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Reverence. Shock.
At this moment, Shelley’s figure was like the most terrifying and evil demon king in a legend. He had walked out of slaughter, had killed the evil god who had oppressed all living beings, and then… had become a new fear.
“Shelley…”
Just as Klara was about to speak with some hesitation, a large amount of golden light burst out from Kiaransalee’s body.
Divinity gushed out from inside.
When a true god died, their own divine spark power would turn into divine spark fragments, and then they would scatter to other places, waiting for a suitable person to absorb them.
The divine spark fragments that Kiaransalee’s divine spark had turned into flew out. Shelley would naturally not let them be wasted and wait for a fated person. He restricted this piece of golden light to the nearby space.
But this time, it was different from before. The power of the divine spark and divinity was not all absorbed by him alone.
More than ninety percent of the golden light was absorbed into Shelley’s body, and there were also two streams of light that flew toward Klara and Liz in the rear.
While holding the remaining nerves, he silently sensed the true form of the two streams of light.
“[Drow Elf] domain…”
“Well, that’s normal.”
As a drow elf, Liz was naturally more adapted to the “drow elf” domain than Shelley. But in fact, Shelley could also absorb this domain.
Not to mention the specialty of the system, just the fact that he was a half-elven high priest also had some relationship with the elves.
A drow elf was a dark elf… a fallen elf. If a drow elf and a human had a half-drow, in a strict sense, it would also be considered a half-elf.
Shelley did not plan to have any conflict with Lolth in terms of divine portfolio, so he had no intention of competing and let that light fly toward Liz.
And at this time, Shelley found that his holy spirit priest was staring blankly at his face, and she didn’t even care to look at that stream of golden light…
Shelley shook his head at the dazed her, his heart filled with emotion.
“There’s no way. I’m just that outstanding…”
Liz herself was very admiring of Shelley, and at this time, he had also made the feat of slaying a god, and plus his now-terrifying charisma of over 40 points… these three points added up, it was not as simple as just accumulating.
Liz had fallen.
Even if Shelley told Liz to sacrifice herself for him at this time… Liz would very likely die a heroic death.
“Do I count this as seduction…”
He smiled helplessly, and then his voice sounded in Liz’s heart, “Little Liz, don’t be in a daze anymore.”
“Absorb this power well. It will be of help to you in the future.”
The gentle voice had a deterrent effect. Liz immediately came back to her senses and nodded quickly at Shelley. Although her slightly dark skin could not show the change in her face at this time, Liz herself knew that her face was a little hot… there was a strange feeling in her heart that she had never had before.
“This is the first request my Lord has made of me.”
I must do my best.
Liz sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, and concentrated.
“Hmm? What’s wrong with this?”
He didn’t know why Liz had suddenly ignited such a strong fighting spirit. Shelley decided to ignore it for now and turned to look at the other stream of light.
“…[Vengeance] divine portfolio.”
This time, Shelley’s mood was even more complicated.
Indeed, as an avenger, Klara was very well-suited to the [Vengeance] divine portfolio, and it could even be said that she was far superior to Shelley. After all, since Shelley’s debut, he had not had any particularly big enemies… he had always been the one persecuting others.
It was not his turn to take revenge.
Shelley’s hesitation was not because he had any greed for this divine portfolio, but because he was considering whether he should let Klara walk down the path of a god.
The path of a god was not an easy one. It was even more arduous than the path of a legendary. There would often be people who wanted to take a shortcut and would greedily stare at you, regarding you as food.
[What’s there to worry about?]
[She still has you behind her, doesn’t she?]
I can’t protect her for the rest of her life…
Shelley was just about to answer like this when he saw Klara, who was now looking at him. That gaze was very complex, full of joy and longing.
“A mortal can really defeat an evil god.”
She was like a person walking in the darkness, seeing the light for the first time. She found that all of this was real. There really was such a warm and bright thing.
And what touched Shelley the most… was the trace of admiration and inferiority hidden deep in her eyes.
The distance between the two of them, which was not far and not close, seemed to be getting further and further in the face of the gap in their strength.
“…”
[A soft-hearted man~]
Chelsea no longer paid attention to the outside world. She had no doubt about what choice Shelley would make next.
[Hmph.]
She gently lay on the bed, looked at the traces Shelley had left when he had sat there, and revealed a smile.
[Anyway, he definitely won’t let go~]
[After all…]
[You are a greedy person, even…]
Her mouth formed the shape of the words, but no sound came out.
[You won’t let go~]
[Heehee.]
…
And the Shelley in the outside world had made his final decision. He applied a layer of power to the speeding stream of light.
“I see…”
Klara was very understanding of Shelley’s actions. After all, that god had been killed by him alone, and this thing was divinity… Klara had originally thought that Shelley’s move was to take back that stream of light, but she had not expected… that the light had accelerated toward Klara, and had instantly merged into her chest.
“Ah.”
“Why…?”
Klara couldn’t care about the feeling of that stream of light entering her body. She looked up with wide eyes at the man who was smiling at her.
“Although I don’t care, I know you need this power.”
What?
Her little, uncertain thoughts were exposed by someone. Klara’s bewitching face immediately turned pink. She was blushing, not knowing what to say.
If she didn’t explain, it would seem that she had tacitly agreed to Shelley’s words… If she explained, not to mention that it would look like she was trying to argue, it was hard to say if she could even cross the hurdle in her own heart.
Fortunately, Shelley’s personality was not so bad. He did not force Klara to express her stance at this time.
Shelley smiled and walked to the front of Klara, saying softly to her, “Absorb it. I need a helper.”
He looked into her eyes, seriously, and carefully looked at her face.
“I need you.”
You need me? Do you need my help? Or do you need me?
Say it clearly…
Klara wanted to avoid his extremely gentle gaze and took a step back… but at this time, her chaotic heart and weak body made her lose her balance in an instant.
“Ah.”
The panicked Klara was directly pulled into Shelley’s arms.
“You…”
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.
Klara could clearly hear her own rapid heartbeat. She didn’t know why… she slowly closed her eyes.
