Level 0 Master

The goddess looked at Rachel and smiled.

"Little girl, my time in this world is over, but my power will stay with you."

Rachel's bottle floated in the air and changed its color to match the goddess' bottle.

"Never lose the mindset of saving others."

"Yes, my goddess! I will work hard! I will share my love with others."

The Valkyrie declared.

Weapon obtained: the Honeydew Bottle - Gratuitous Mercy.

Ultimate skill has changed.

Protection of the Light → The Honeydew Bottle - Gratuitous Mercy: remove all the wounds of the army and recover from all damages..

Passive: The same amount bonus as the magical power added for all spells related to healing/protection.

Passive: Cooling time reduced by 40 percent for all spells related to healing/protection.

Spell power: 600.

"Wonderful, little girl. Embrace the world with your love for the boy."

"Yes!"

Then the goddess looked at Sungjin, and Sungjin felt the transcendent power inside him fading away.

Hmph. It was not a power I could keep.

The power had been overwhelming; it could not be compared to level seven or eight. With it, he was fighting as a proxy of God. It was not a fight of humans. It was a fight that he had to win, but it was not his fight. If he held onto it to become an Arc Master, that wouldn't be his achievement.

I don't need it anymore.

It was enough that the power stopped the evil God from cheating.

"But I would deeply appreciate if you let me have some level," said Sungjin hoping the goddess would reward him that much.

"It's not depending on me; it is on you."

"What?"

"You're not accepting the power of this world because you are not connected to this world."

"I have no plans to sacrifice Ereka to have a connection with this world."

"There's another way."

"Another way?"

"If you have a deep connection with girls with different powers from this world, those powers will be connected to you as well." As soon as the goddess finished speaking, she disappeared.

"Deep…connection?" Sungjin was confused.

Deep connection with girls with different powers.

What kind of deep connection?

Connection as a man and a woman?

Is it…

"W…wait! What do you mean by the connection…"

But the goddess was already gone.

"Pff. If you wanted to help me, why didn't you just tell me…"

In most situations, Sungjin wouldn't need any more clues. He would have discovered the answer himself; but this time, he was lost like a teenage boy.

The clue made him think the answer was quite tricky.

What do you want from me, goddess?

Sungjin would figure it out eventually.

Sungjin and Rachel returned to the waiting room.

"Congratulations!"

"Good job!"

"Sungjin Oppa! Way to go!"

"It was our victory. Well done, everyone," Sungjin didn't claim the victory alone.

"But Sungjin."

"Huh?"

"Well…nothing. Let's go back and party." Ereka was blushing but smiled at Sungjin.

"We should celebrate, Rachel. You did a great job." Sungjin praised Rachel.

"Hehehe. The goddess was real! I'm…happy."

Everyone looked at Rachel with love.

Sungjin's camp was full of happiness, but the Holy Pope's camp was in a panic. The four priests screamed in confusion.

"Your Excellency? Your Excellency! Wake up!"

The great white priest used his healing power to wake the Holy Pope up, but it didn't fully work. He was slowly dying.

Dying on the battlefield shouldn't kill a person in the waiting room, but this was a special case. Angramainyu had kept the Holy Pope alive for more than 100 years, and now the power of Angramainyu was fading away; he lost his force to stay alive.

Pedrian couldn't even hear the four priests anymore.

Is this…the end…

He didn't understand why he lost this battle. This world was hell where devils called humans were living. He had been positive the creator of evil would win, and he had been on the side of truth.

For the first time, the Holy Pope was able to hear the crying voice of vindictive spirits.

S…t…o…p…

Children cried out to him:

We are sad we died like that…

But we were happy to be with you.

We don't want you to do such scary things.

Oh, that's it.

Pedrian started to cry as he remembered. They were such lovely children; they were worried about him even in death. The light had been with him, although he was not able to see it.

"Did I give you the pain…I was foolish…"

When Rachel heard the Holy Pope, she hesitated.

She came to check when she heard the screaming of the priests and heard the Holy Pope.

What should I do?

He was a bad guy who gave her nothing but pain. He caged her and when she escaped, he tried to put her back in the cage. He was the worst person in this world.

But…

He was apologizing as he lay dying, and she felt sorry for him.

Now, I'm all cured.

She held the hand of the Holy Pope and smiled.

"I'm okay now. Don't do bad things again."

I will accept his apology.

She decided to forgive him.

"Is that so…thank you," said Pedrian with his last breath.

He was happy to see the children smiling for the last time.

He had been wrong, but they smiled for him anyway.

You're forgiving me.

Yes…they were such a lovely children.

Just like the darkness, the light was with me.

Why did it take so long for me to realize…

The four priests kneeled in front of Rachel.

"We will devote ourselves to you, Saint Rachel."

"Huh?"

"Your God is more truthful than ours, so we shall follow you."

They bowed down.

"We want to follow the rightful faith; please forgive us and take us."

"Take us."

"Uh…well…" Rachel didn't know what to do and looked at Sungjin.

"Sungjin Oppa, what should I do?"

Sungjin giggled.

So, that was it.

For the priests, the logic of the world was about divinity. So they are turning their back from the old God and trying to follow the new God who would give them the real salvation. What they wanted to follow was not the doctrine or the truth but the salvation.

That was the nature of humans.

To make Rupellion better, they would follow the new God.

"Take them. You already forgave their leader; you can give the followers a second chance, right?"

"Yes, Sungjin Oppa," Rachel nodded with a bright smile.

"You shouldn't abuse people from now on."

"Teach us the new rules; we will follow your word."

The four priests bowed down to the little girl.

The people of Sevrantina cheered, but the people of Rupellion didn't know how to react; should they cheer or cry? They had lost the absolute power that had given them their unwavering faith for so long.

Should we honor the fallen God?

What if the new conqueror, Sungjin, is angry with us?

Should we cheer?

But…Would it be okay? The Holy Pope was forgivable for such things.

They had no idea what to do.

Kelt fell down on his knees.

Angramainyu is defeated?

My God was not an absolute power?

Then…

Then…

I followed his rules, what now?

God was the absolute truth because God has the absolute power.

But the absolute power was…defeated by a bigger power…

That means, the bigger power is holding the truth?

Then…

What about….

What I did….

What about…I stoned Irein…

"Ugh…. Ahhh…"

Kelt burst into tears. He didn't know what to say and continued crying. It was the first time in his life he had shed tears.

Epilogue

Sungjin won only a small parcel of Rupellion from his fight against the Holy Pope. But the battle was over; everyone from Rupellion surrendered.

The young lion king of the south defeated our God and the Holy Pope with his God, one stronger than ours.

That was a good enough reason for them to obey. The new God was stronger than the old God. It would only be natural for them to follow the new power.

All priests surrendered to Sungjin and Rachel.

Sungjin took all of them under him, and he received a massive amount of land.

Status report of your land:

Population: 231,370,000

Area: 3,720,000 km2

GBP: 549.5423 trillion dilent

That was half of the continent.

That wasn't all. The four priests offered a great sword to Sungjin.

The sword was presented on a cushion shining like a pure white morning star but also held blackness darker than the sunset.

The handle of the sword was decorated with six wings. The wings changed color, just like the sword, between black and white.

The power of light and darkness lived in the weapon; it contained an undisputable power.

Even Durandal, the Sword of Heaven's Will, would look like a normal sword in front of it.

"Please take this sword."

"What kind of sword is this?"

"We don't know its real status or abilities. The Holy Pope ordered us to seal it because a strong pagan power is hidden inside. Master Sungjin could open up the power of this sword."

"Let's check the status."

The Valkyrie said with a mechanical voice:

Now that you have conquered the territory, the gods accept you as the master of the Holy Magical Sword, formerly sealed. Do you want to check the status of the sword?

The Holy Magical Sword, that's a funny name.

"Yes," Sungjin answered.

Six wings spread in a heartbeat, and Sungjin saw the ability of the sword in front of him.

Nickname: The Holy Magical Sword

Crystal needed to activate the item: 3300

The Holy Sword Mode: Attack 200, defense 50, resistance 50, heroic power recovery 30 per second.

The Magical Sword Mode: Attack 250, 30 percent recovery of the damage.

The Real Name: The condition doesn't fit, can't be disclosed.

Skills: The condition doesn't fit, can't be disclosed.

The Holy Sword character 1: The condition doesn't fit, can't be disclosed.

The Holy Sword character 2: The condition doesn't fit, can't be disclosed.

The Magical Sword character 1: The condition doesn't fit, can't be disclosed.

The Magical Sword character 2: The condition doesn't fit, can't be disclosed.

With the same amount of crystals, a regular magic sword would have attack power of 100. The best sword of the four kingdoms, Durandal, had attack power of 200. But this Holy Magical Sword was much stronger.

"The average power is over Durandal…This is amazing!"