Chương 265: Chapter 248. Scouting And Experimenting

Anna Ericsson's Point Of View A dagger through his head and I was able to protect John and Sarah. While I was a little irritated that they turned their back on our enemy, I can't really blame them. I mean, I did the same thing, thankfully, John was there to save me, this time, I was there to save them." Anna, I Love You a lot!" And with his words, I felt my tension start to leave my body.

Well, his words and the fact that I could tell my dagger actually was the finishing blow this time, I could feel the Goddess's mana destroying whatever it is Pete became from the inside out. How did John know this though? I'll need to ask him about it. I walked over to Sarah and John. It looked like John was observing Pete's corpse while also thinking deeply about something." Darling, how did you know that the Nature Goddess's mana is what would kill him?"" Hm?

I didn't really know, I just assumed based on the knowledge we had. Those tendrils, they're vines. Vines are a type of plant that grows in jungles and the like. However, judging by the feeling that I got from Pete ever since he appeared, no... The feeling was actually amplified since those vines popped out, now that I can think about it for a moment. Anyways, I figured that it was something "evil" in origin."" Evil?"" Yes, evil to us and our Gods whose Favors we've gained.

I think that we're dealing with an Evil God in that sense."" What!?" Sarah responded with shock, but I was somewhat convinced of this myself. I mean, he attempted a sneak attack on John and I only. Meanwhile, even though he was clearly outclassed, he didn't mind fighting Sarah. The only thing that John and I have as a commonality in our Skillset is that we have the backings of different Gods... Or Gods and an Archangel as John told us. Either or, it's something of Divine Origin that we get our Powers from."

The fact that he was happy to clash swords with me when I didn't have my Mana Blade active, but then happily avoided me when I did, or the fact that he did his best to protect himself from my Holy Bolt and Holy Arrows was also a hint. And now, after thinking about it and looking at his corpse... I think we're dealing with an Evil God that might be the opposite of the Goddess of Nature. Or if not that, then something close to it. Did you see what happened when I did land my Holy Flame on him?

It spread like it was slathered in oil. My Holy Flame, when it would hit an enemy, it would explode on impact like the Holy Bolt, except it'd do less damage, which is why I haven't really been using it. This was different though. It acted like proper fire. And then, there's this." /PLOP! / John pulled my dagger out of the corpse of the Butler. It was covered in what looked like black blood." See, his blood was red originally, those vines sprouted out of him though, and now his blood is like this.

That also says nothing about the fact that the Nature Goddess's mana and this hypothetical Evil or Dark God or whatever it is, it's mana was fighting against our Goddess's mana for quite some time until your dagger finally won out, Anna. There's still questions though. Where did those vines come from? Seeds that were inside of him maybe? Did he sacrifice his organs when he knew he was dying for power maybe? Did Pete even know what he was doing? Or did he die before we even came to Zana?

Questions for Victor, I guess? Hey Victor, talk to me! I see you over there, the battle is over."" Great, he's off to his own little world, we'll have to keep this short this time though. Evil God or not, they've taken Our People, Anna. We need to get them back."" Of course we will, Sarah. But I'd rather gain some information that might help us now. Let him think for now, I'll make sure that they're okay in the meantime."" Okay. Track Wendy, since she's a Human, she'll have the most mana out of the 4 of them."

This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere." On it." With that, I began to use the Tracking Spell that the Dodomeki are well-known for. My Elder Sister used to tell me that the Dodomeki used to have an ability for each of our hundreds of eyes, but now we've lost most of them. Thankfully, we still have good Tracking Spells in our eyes.

With a breath, I feel 30 of my eyes open and look through the walls and the distance that was put between us and the group of kidnapping victims. /Click. / Chill! A door opened, I see them walking into it, Dark-red eyes are watching with glee as the girls walk into the darkness of the room. It... Noticed me!? I'm looking at it. What is this feeling? Something.... Encroaching... Something dark and terrible.... /CRACK! /" Get away from her!" 4 voices call out as darkness begins to surround me. It's my Goddesses.

I feel their warmth as their Influence fills the space around me, they replace the darkness that was closing in on me. With a reprieve for the moment, I open another eye to find the path to the door that the girls just walked through. Before long, I'm staring at Sarah, John and myself through the powers of my eyes." I know where they are now!"" Good!" Sarah was the first to answer, John on the other hand, was lost in thought. I also became lost in thought as I saw what he was doing."

Sarah, is Darling injecting his mana into the corpse?"" Yes, he said he wanted to test something? Are you okay, Anna? You look like something happened?"" Ye... No-... I'm not sure, but I know that my Goddesses helped me. So, I'm okay."" You should have him "Reward" you for a job well-done after we've finished our work for tonight. I know I plan on making him."

Sarah, who seemed to forget that we still need to save our Friends at the moment, already seemed to be thinking up ideas about flirting and other things with John. While usually, I'd say something about watching our behavior, I think Decorum has already flown out the window for tonight. While Sarah and I spoke briefly about some ideas moving forward for dealing with this God we're fighting, John has come to us after finishing his experiment." Anna, are you okay?

I heard Sarah say that you looked a little worse for wear. Did something happen while you looked for Princess Alice and the others?"" Yes, something did happen, but the Goddesses helped me, so I'm okay. What about you, Darling? Did you find out what you needed to know?" His look of concern stayed on his face as he began to think about how to explain what he's thinking to us. John always seems to be thinking about the best way to explain his thinking to Sarah and me. In one way, I'm thankful he does this.

He's always had to explain not only to us, but the People of Paradise about why he's doing something. Sometimes, it still doesn't make sense to everyone, despite his best efforts, just for instance, his insistence on renovating and repairing Paradise from such an early state of our plans for the town. Sarah and I didn't fully understand it until the Townspeople started to open their own Shops. The fixed roads made it easier to transport products without anything breaking.

The children were able to run around without fear of twisting their ankles or hurting their legs. Which led to the town being filled with a fun atmosphere from all of the children running around and playing. He also raised the walls to make it harder for Spies to see what was happening in the town. While Sarah and I grasped the raising of the walls, the insistence on the roads were something we didn't fully understand until we saw the direct effects." Well, I wanted to test a theory. First things first.

My Holy Mana seems to have a similar effect on the mana from this unknown God as the Nature Goddess's mana. When they're combined it's extremely potent against the mana as well. I'm not quite sure how to actively use that in a fight yet, but give me time and I'll find something. The 2nd thing is that Pete most likely was brainwashed or something similar in-between Victor's death and tonight. I don't know when for sure. With that, we need a new strategy. I'm thinking that Anna and I should switch places.

In the back, she should attempt the same idea as with Pete. As for Sarah and me, I'll try covering Sarah in my mana as a cloak against the God's mana. With that, we should be able to offer some resistance even against someone who I'm willing to bet, is even more dangerous than Pete when he's transformed."" Cloaking me in your mana, My Love... Will that even work?" Sarah asked the first question that came to both of our minds.""

I wasn't sure, so I tested it on that body after the God's mana left, it seems to work, and I gained a New Spell. It's called "Holy Mantle". Looking at it, it seems that it doesn't have any positive or negative effects. It just cloaks the target in Holy Mana. They can't use Holy Magic or anything though. Pretty useless usually, right? But, for tonight, I think it's perfect. Worse comes to worse, I think it can even give Sarah a way to counter that Spell that the other girls are under.

The best case obviously, is that you won't even need the ability in the first place."" Are you sure this is the best way to go about this, Darling?"" At the current moment, yes. I'll be honest, this is going to be dangerous, our best move is to go all-out immediately and kill Fracks and anyone who tries to help him. We need to strike fast and hard and figure the rest out later."" Okay, let's get moving." With Sarah and John beside me, we walked down the dark hallway towards the door that the girls walked into.