119. Myth (3)
The god of battle didn’t express his intention further, ending with a message saying that he felt disgusted with me.
Maybe he quit because he had to spend his holy power on the tower like the god of proof.
Of course, it doesn’t change that the god of battle is hostile to me.
While inside the tower, it seems that the gods cannot exercise direct influence.
It was unknown what would happen to the exercise of indirect influence using Shinto.
“…”
It was unpleasant.
He said that he was a dog raised by the top
because he only absorbed divine power.
However, I was now noticing some sort of solution to this.
‘Since this upheaval was caused by the divine power, the solution must be in the divine power.’
This was the case with the concept of authority within the authority of ‘myth’, which was newly added to the divine power.
If you activate < Vampire Exorcist >, which is classified as a myth, it cannot be reproduced and the effect of exorcism appears.
I thought that if I developed this power of divine power a little more, I might be able to stand against the gods.
However, the problem is the unknown authority called ‘Faith Harvest’…
‘Why the hell is Faith Harvest linked to divine power?’
Is it similar to how Cel Neir was leading the vampires as a vampire count?
Come to think of it, the vampires, led by Sel Neir, were worshiping the god of battle.
Then, I wondered if this harvest of faith would be Sel Neir harvesting the faith of vampires and offering it to the god of battle.
It was all the more so since there was no way Sel Neir would harvest faith for himself.
‘Is it pointless to think about this part further?’
Of course, it wasn’t a perfect guess, so I decided not to think further.
The important thing is that this faith harvesting power is also related to the creation of ‘myth’.
The two powers of divine power and harvesting faith were similar to gears interlocking.
Should I say that it feels like the parts that were separated are finally combined and running properly?
I’m still not sure what kind of system it is because the gears didn’t engage intentionally
…
Regarding the harvest of faith, it was my intention to investigate properly before moving on to the waiting room.
「Absorbs the spirit of Vampire Count ‘Sel Neir’ and permanently increases stats.」
「Muscle strength increased by 5」
「Agility increased by 4」
「Stamina increased by 6」
「Magic power increased by 7 ”
Durability increased by 5.”
Right after absorbing Cell Neir’s command, his stats rose considerably…
“Absorbs one of the skills possessed by the Vampire Count ‘Sell Neir’.
” Acquire the skill ‘Charisma (C-)’.」
Then, I was able to acquire an unknown skill called Charisma.
Even the rewards given by Sel Neir’s command didn’t stop there.
「The divinity in the spirit of the vampire Count ‘Sel Neir’ has been captured.」
「The authority ‘Divine Power’ is activated by satisfying the conditions.」
「Attempting to extract the divinity.」
It was a message I saw once in the waiting room. .
“also…?”
Divine extraction, which raised the grade of divine power to B-class, was activated.
「Divinity extraction successful.」
「The grade of the authority ‘Divine Power (B-)’ will grow to the level of ‘Divine Power (B)’.」 「
Now when accumulating myths through the authority ‘Divine Power (B)’ The rank rises faster.」
Soon, the level of divine power rose by one level, and the message ended.
“The conditions are met…”
Having experienced divinity extraction twice, he seemed to know what the divinity extraction conditions were.
The difference was whether or not the commander possessed divine power.
‘If you hold divinity, divinity extraction will activate, otherwise nothing will happen.’
However, divinity was not extracted when the vampires were killed because the standards were ambiguous.
Divinity could only be absorbed by those who had the same level of divine power as me.
I don’t know if
there’s anything special to write about by analyzing these things one by one .
Should I say the feeling of having some degree of control over divinity extraction?
‘Maybe the day will come when I intend to use it for divinity extraction.’
Now I was able to get some sense of divinity extraction.
The only thing left was why and how the Faith Harvest was triggered…
The answer to that was surprisingly easy to find in an unexpected place.
That would be too…
“Oh oh oh…! Defeating the Vampire Count alone…! You must be a warrior!”
“I never thought the hero would come in person…! After all, God has not abandoned us!”
“Thank you, great representative of God, for reaching out to us with a helping hand!”
「The authority ‘Harvest Faith’ detects strong faith in the user.」
「The faith has already been harvested by the authority ‘Harvest Faith’.」
「The authority ‘Harvest Faith’ is not activated.
」 This is because those presumed to be the target of harvest appeared.
***
The people who appeared from all over the city were not ordinary people.
「Displays hidden priests in cities occupied by vampires.」
“….”
Looking at the mini-map still remaining in the corner of my field of view, that fact became clear.
Yes.
‘These people are all clerics…’
The people who gathered to me were priests who could be considered the key to breaking through the 13th floor ordeal.
Of course, when I killed the Vampire Count Sel Neir myself, it would be more useless…
―The authority ‘Reaping Faith’ detects the user’s intense faith.
―This is the faith that has already been harvested through the power of ‘Faith Harvest’.
―The authority ‘Reaping Faith’ is not activated.
Thinking about the messages that just came to my mind, it seems that their faith has been harvested for me.
Of course, since faith is what the clergy offer to God, I thought it would be strange to be harvested from me, but… “I never thought that
one of the mightiest warriors of the church would come…!”
“To subdue that cruel vampire count so easily…! After all, he is the representative of God!”
“Looking at how easily the vampires were killed, it seems that the power given by the god is amazing!”
Listening to the mutterings of the priests, I can understand why it was harvested for me.
‘You just thought of me as a warrior sent by the church and sent your faith.’
From another point of view, in fact, the beliefs I harvested were similar to scams.
It’s because I’m not a representative of God, a warrior, or anything like the priests think.
However…
‘It seems that faith sent by mistake is also treated as faith.’
I had no intention of stepping out and clarifying that fact.
Possibly harming the faith that might have a beneficial effect on divine power?
‘There’s no need to do that.’
Even if it was a bit of a conscience, it wasn’t a complete scam.
‘I didn’t lie.’
It’s true that he killed the vampire count, and it’s true that he has authority.
And I never directly claimed that I was a warrior from the church.
「The achievement ‘I didn’t lie’ was achieved.」
「Magic power increased by 1.」
Of course, the system denied my thoughts and achieved the achievement.
“….”
It should be nice to
be able to give achievement rewards so easily.
However, now that the rise in stats is important, the awkwardness was soon clouded by the fact that the stats had risen.
‘I’d rather achieve more of these achievements.’
It was at a time when I was hoping that more achievements would be achieved.
“…that Mr. Han Seong-yoon?”
Before I knew it, the team members who had brought the priests came to me hesitantly and opened their mouths as if they noticed.
“…?”
I looked at him as if I had something to say, and then Sachio Michimoto said.
“I have a question, can I ask…?”
I felt a sense of déjà vu in Sachio Michimoto’s words and actions,
as if he was treating a nobleman.
Both of them said they were behind Sachio Michimoto, but they were looking at me with a very polite attitude.
Although I was puzzled by his attitude, I allowed Sachio Michimoto to ask the question.
“Please.”
At that, Sachio Michimoto still hesitated and asked me a question.
“That… is Han Seong-yoon really a hero chosen by God…?”
I immediately felt my head go blank at the unexpected question.
Are you really a hero chosen by God…?
‘What are you talking about.’
I wanted to say that all of them climbed the tower as the same challengers, but could it be that they were the chosen warriors of God?
Without denying that very question, I asked why they had such an idea.
“…why do you think so?”
“Isn’t that right…. to treat a vampire count like this who can’t be caught unless all the priests gather…”
“What are you talking about again?”
“I heard from the clergy that if you don’t have holy power, you can’t kill a vampire count. So I thought maybe Han Seong-yoon was a hero…”
“…”
I was dumbfounded.
I never thought that even those who work as hunters outside would have such thoughts.
It was even more embarrassing to hear such words from those who knew the authority of the administrator.
Of course, the priests’ story that they couldn’t be killed without divine power wasn’t wrong… but if you
look for the manager’s power, which is called a pseudo-god, you’ll find that it has quite a bit of ability to give effective hits to the Vampire Count.
‘In the first place, if you look at the manager’s authority, it’s the authority of a pseudo-god, so it’s the authority bestowed by God.’
However, they do not know that the administrator is a pseudo-god, so they firmly believe that they can defeat the Vampire Count only with divine power.
‘It’s a bit of an absurd misunderstanding.’
Soon I tried to answer that it was not, but then I swallowed the words again in my mind.
Because…
「The authority ‘Harvest Faith’ detects the user’s intense faith.」
「This is a state where the authority ‘Harvest Faith’ can be activated.
」
It’s because the power of faith harvest that helped build the myth of < Vampire Exorcist > whispered to me.
If we can make good use of this misunderstanding, we can harvest faith from them too.
And…
“As expected…! You must have been an apostle of God to kill such a monster…!”
“Huh….
I wonder if there was even a god in the tower…”
The three challengers readily accepted the words that were spoken without spitting.
“…”
I was embarrassed because I trusted him so well that I even felt a bit of guilt.
「The power ‘Harvest Faith’ is activated.」
「Reaps the faith in you from the surroundings.」
「Insufficient folklore or faith to base.」
「The harvested faith is stored for the next myth.」
‘. ..that’s good.’
Thinking of the rewards he would acquire later, the guilt soon vanished.
