As Davey cut her off and forced her to bury the topic, [Caldeiras] seemed confused and couldn’t understand Davey. But even if Davey told her that he was the student of her original master, she wouldn’t believe him anyways.

Davey was simply thankful that [Caldeiras] didn’t run wild and say that he was insulting the deceased. In a way, the Hall was a secret, and so it was something hard to believe in.

While slightly grumbling about [Caldeiras], Davey glanced at the half-broken, gigantic red jewel. The force of the attack, which had the power of the Divine Sword, was truly astonishing. Although the jewel wasn’t completely shattered, the damage done was enough.

Shari was a vampire with extraordinary powers, but it wasn’t enough to threaten Davey. She probably never thought that she would lose. Whether she died or escaped alive, Davey couldn’t really go after her because of the stadium’s situation. It also wouldn’t be easy for Davey to pursue her with his current power.

Moreover, there was something far more important to deal with than Shari, who seemed to have run away. The red fog was being sustained with the life force of everyone, who weren’t vampires, trapped within. And like a flame that was lit, the fog would keep going as long as it had life force to siphon off.

‘If I’m late, an irreversible catastrophe will happen.’

-‘Blood Polis’… Ah, I haven't seen this in a while… Makes me want to vomit.

Davey could hear the Divine Sword’s annoyed mumble.

-Do you know that? Since you destroyed the nucleus, this red fog won’t get bigger. But if you leave the fog as it is, it won’t stop until everyone here dies.

“Yeah.”

-Since it’s weakened a little, using a wide-range cleansing magic that is 6th level and above for a few months will remove it, but you won’t be able to save the humans who have already lost their life force. And in that time, most of the people will die.

“That’s also true. What’s shittier is that once exposed to the fog for long enough, the people will all turn into the infected.”

-Without a doubt, the humans outside are probably hesitating whether it’s okay to enter this unknown fog or not. I’m not sure, but it’s probably topsy-turvy around here.

[Caldeiras] was quite quick to catch on, since she was an ego that had lived for a long time.

-Since humans are easily scared.

“All living things are like that. The desire to survive is what evolves the species.”

-In that sense, you got really lucky. You’re still young, but you’re as strong as the ‘Master’ level, right? It seems like your level is too high for the ‘Blood Polis’ to affect you.

Davey hollowly chuckled after listening to [Caldeiras]. His level wasn’t just ‘Master’; in terms of level, he had reached a level higher than ‘Swordmaster’. He replied, “‘Master’… You’re not wrong, but I need more time to bring out the ‘Auror Blade’.”

The reason behind Davey’s strength was not from using pure mana, like everyone else. His strength came from the strange enhancement that he created with the enlightenment he had achieved after reaching a level higher than ‘Master’ and his mastery of mana. Although, thanks to that, it seemed like ‘Metamorph’ has gone out the window.

-What? What does that… Wait, what are you?

Davey heard the Divine Sword [Caldeiras] mumble in shock. It seemed like she had just noticed.

-You’re…a monster! What are you?

[Caldeiras] screamed after mumbling in a shaky voice.

-What is the unbelievable mana? And this devil mana and holy power?!

The ‘Ego’ sword, [Caldeiras], which had its own consciousness, had the power to look inside the person handling the sword. She had the partial ability to control her powers by connecting with her master. There wasn’t just a physical reason for a sword protecting its master; being too overgeared would ruin the master too. Although it wasn’t real life, there was a reason for level limits on items in games.

Ignoring the Divine Sword’s shock, Davey frowned at the devil mana and holy power, who were awake but unmoving. It felt like they would move with a little bit of stimulation, but Davey didn’t have a lot of opportunities to do that.

-Three powers coexisting… I’ve never heard of this before. You are human, right? You’re not some strange being from a game?

“Unfortunately, not.” After giving a calm reply, Davey slowly walked forward with [Caldeiras] in his hands. All the heroes at the Hall had remarked that Davey was insanely gifted, and to be honest, he knew that it was his exceptional talent that allowed him to achieve these many things.

-There’s no way… Mana, holy power, and devil mana are all colliding powers! I don’t know about one, but more than two… If you have such huge amounts of it, your physical body would explode. You should have completely blown up all around…”

“There’s a human who violates all common knowledge in front of you right now.”

-How is this possible?! Yo… You’re crazy!!

“Hey, crazy? Don’t talk ill of the new method that was born after hundreds of years of research.” Davey calmly pierced the Divine Sword in the ground upside down. [Caldeiras] was a large, straight sword, so being pierced into the ground upside down made her look like a cross with a lot of holy power. Davey then continued to speak. “Since I’ve already borrowed you, work with me for just a little longer. I can’t handle this with the amount of power I can move right now.”

-What does that mean?

“Let’s clean up this situation.”

There was no reason for Davey to sacrifice himself to save everyone here, but if that would help his recovery, he would gladly do so. He thought to himself, ‘Since I absolutely don’t do free labor, I’ll do it to accelerate the recovery of my hardened powers, I guess.’

Whether it was mana, holy power, or devil mana, these underlying powers tended to increase more with usage. Some mages chose to increase their mana through recovery after using it until they ran out, but using normal methods such as meditation would result in a sloth-like slowness in mana increase.

However, since Davey already had a large amount stored in him, just stimulating it to move would increase his total amount. And as the amount of stimulation increased, his recovery speed would pick up too.

Without further explanation, Davey kneeled on one knee in front of [Caldeiras], then gathered his hands and closed his eyes. He looked like a priest praying devoutly.

“Ugh, this isn’t really my style.” Davey couldn’t help but click his tongue. “Lord Freyja, who watches over all things, your lamb is wandering on a dark path. Since he can’t see anything, he wishes that you would give him a flashlight or something. I wish that you would take care of this yourself, but because I know that you are not able to do so…?”

-Wh… What kind of prayer is that?!

[Caldeiras] freaked out at Davey’s shocking prayer. At first glance, it seemed like a prayer without even an ounce of faith. In fact, the prayer was so disrespectful that Davey could even be punished.

To be honest, Davey’s source of holy power was a little weird, thanks to Saintess Daphne’s training. To properly distinguish it, Davey didn’t receive love from God, but her curiosity.

“Lord Freyja, since your lambs are immersed in evil and moaning in pain, and your profane lamb is trying to save them using item buffs… Ah, whatever! Since I know you’re watching, I’m going to use it, so please allow it!”

The priests didn’t know that it wasn’t the devout, sweet-talking believers who received God's love, but it was those who practiced devotion that received God's attention. What Davey was about to do was honestly impossible with his current holy power, but the strength from the Divine Sword [Caldeiras], which had a huge mass of holy power, was enough. [Caldeiras] was the first ever divine sword, but she would still panic if she knew what Davey’s plan was.

‘It’s possible to clear the fog using cleansing magic, but it’s impossible to fix someone whose life force has already been sucked out of them. If something is being suppressed by a great force, all that can be done is to suppress that with an even stronger force.’ Davey was thinking about the highest level of holy magic that he had learned and got God’s permission for, and the highest-level miracle that Saintess Daphne, who was the strongest saintess ever, created.

-Heh! There’s no god that will listen to that ridiculous prayer…

“You don’t know much about gods, do you?”

Noticing something strange, [Caldeiras] stayed silent as Davey smiled. Suddenly reminded of that vampire lady-in-waiting, Davey thought that this guy was pretty slow too. He thought to himself, ‘God likes a crazy guy. I mean a really insane guy.’

[9th level Ultimate Holy Magic.]

[Saint’s Sanctuary.]

-9, 9th level?! What are you trying to do?! Are you trying to kill…?!

“Man, stop fussing. You’re not going to die, so relax.”

-H… Hey, you lunatic!!!!!

[Caldeiras], who caught on to Davey’s plan, screamed, but it was too late.

Whoosh!!! Davey felt a burning sensation down his back, as if even that strange prayer was sent to God. It felt like being seared with a hot iron. It was a unique wound—a mark—that could not be made in this world.

‘I guess getting a stigmata is inevitable, since I’m a living being. But isn’t the stigmata a little too big?’ Davey thought perhaps these gods were perverts who enjoyed leaving scars on their believers. He automatically felt as if he was going to vomit, but he took the raging holy power and scattered it all over the place while keeping his hands together.

Whoosh!! Pah! At the same time, pure white feathers began floating in the air as a large barrier of light spread and covered the stadium. It was like an angel descending. A warm and pure white light, which was invisible to the eye, began consuming the red fog and removing it. Soon, the complexion of the people, who were being drained of their life force, started returning to normal as they absorbed the light into their bodies.

Crack! Crrracck!! The red jewel that initially released the red fog to drain everyone’s life force began cracking. Then, it disappeared, as if it had shattered completely.

Boom! The silent shock wave from the massive holy power shook everything in its surroundings. As the light gradually disappeared, all that was left were the small pieces of feather-like light.

“Keugh… It stings.”

Perhaps it was because she had used most of her strength, but [Caldeiras] silently trembled. She even forgot to scream. Of course, the rebound of the high-level holy magic didn’t only go to her.

Davey began to feel extremely exhausted. ‘Maybe I overused my power.’ It felt like getting a big lump of his hardened holy power ripped out after briefly using the power of God. He was fatigued.

“Pant… Sigh…” Momentarily catching his breath, Davey shook his head, his vision going blurry. He used a lot of holy power, but he should be fine since [Caldeiras] was the living storage of holy power.

Excluding the hardened power, Davey couldn’t help but sigh at the remaining amount of holy power, which had completely disappeared. He then turned his gaze while feebly sitting on the ground to catch his breath, seeing that the red fog which maintained the ‘Blood Polis’ had disappeared completely.

The people who were moaning in pain looked relaxed, as if they were never in pain. That was when…

Bleep. With an eerie mechanical sound, Davey began seeing strange things in front of his blurry and exhausted gaze.

-Name: Davey O'Rowane.

-Age: 16.

-Sex: Male.

-Species: Human.

-Title: The Student of the Mad Heroes of the Hall.

-Status: Drained of holy power.

-Notes: A half-lunatic that has a twisted sense of common knowledge; cannot undergo ‘Metamorph’ until a certain level; possesses a stigmata.

-Merit Given: Can briefly identify the state of the target.

“Hey, Freyja. I’m not a lunatic.” Davey couldn’t help but mumble in irritation. Then, he wondered, ‘What is this?’