Reincarnated as a Holy Nun, I Refuse to Lose! v3c27

Volume 3: Angel Sanctuary Arc

Chapter 27: War

The All-Knowing Witch, Shizhi, felt the power surging within her, the power she had pursued for her entire life, the power closest to the divine. She looked up at the endless sky.

“Let me tear open the fabric of this world and see the peak beyond~”

The halo behind her flickered, as if connecting to something. But before she could act, a golden light appeared in the sky, and a sword pierced her chest.

[Divine Art: Feather Arrow]

“So you finally show yourself after the bombardment?”

“Hmm? A follower of the light.”

Shizhi looked at the light arrow in her heart and tried to pull it out, but her hand couldn’t touch it. She looked up at the golden-haired girl looking down at her.

“You don’t look like an angel…”

“So what if I’m not? You weren’t going to spare me anyway, were you?”

“Since you know, there’s no need for me to say anything more…”

Luo Yuxi watched the two figures in the sky, one a witch who had just betrayed her, the other a former Saintess of the Church. She looked at the golden figure, a sense of awe filling her.

“Ailani, I haven’t seen her in a while. But a First Order against a demigod? This doesn’t look good…”

Luo Yuxi stood up, leaning against a tree, watching the battle. She felt weak after having her authority stolen.

“But why are the Church here in the Far South…?”

Before she could think, the sound of clashing metal echoed through the forest. A giant arrow, over two meters long, flew over her head and struck the walls of the Holy City, the sound of metal scraping against metal deafening.

“N-No… what’s happening?! What’s going on?!”

Luo Yuxi, her ears ringing, fell to the ground as a volley of arrows rained down on the city walls.

“I’m going to die! I’m going to die!!”

One of the arrows ricocheted off the wall and landed beside her. Luo Yuxi recognized it as a siege crossbow bolt from the Church.

“That’s not right, why is the Church attacking the Holy City?!”

Luo Yuxi prayed that none of the arrows would land on her. Her small, fragile body wouldn’t be able to withstand a single hit. This was a weapon from the game’s tower defense mode, a mode the developers had added to spice things up.

“They didn’t even use this when they attacked the Witch Kingdom!”

Luo Yuxi crawled towards a nearby cliff and looked down. She saw a large group of silver-armored soldiers surrounding several giant crossbows. Beside them stood a girl in heavy armor, wielding a giant shield and hammer.

“She’s here too…”

The girl wasn’t wearing a helmet, and Luo Yuxi recognized her as Baromets, the Seat of Loyalty, one of the 12 bishops. Only two bishops didn’t wear the standard robes: Baromets, the commander of the Divine Punishment Army, and Qian Yu, the Seat of Fortitude. Luo Yuxi wondered if this was because of her.

“No, impossible, I’m just a nun, even with a promotion, I’m just a ‘Holy’ nun…”

As Luo Yuxi was thinking, Baromets raised her hammer and pointed at the Holy City, her giant shield a stark contrast to her slender frame. Although her own Order level wasn’t high, her equipment allowed her to withstand attacks from 3rd and even 2nd Order beings. She had once withstood three punches from the Wrath Witch.

“3rd Squadron of the Divine Punishment Army, load the arrows! 16th Squadron, adjust angle, 16 degrees to the left! Fire!”

Hundreds more siege crossbow bolts flew over Luo Yuxi’s head. She looked at the Holy City, enveloped in a divine barrier, the arrows seemingly having little effect.

“It’s a prison, it won’t be that easy to destroy.”

Luo Yuxi was about to find a way down and tell them when she heard thunder. She looked up and saw the All-Knowing Witch, who had been so arrogant just moments before, now falling from the sky like a broken kite.

The demigod, who had toyed with the Archangel Gabriel, had been defeated by a First Order.

“Could it be? Is Ailani really that strong?”

Luo Yuxi shook her head, dismissing the thought. Ailani, also a First Order, had been struggling against the Time Witch. She looked closer and saw transparent chains wrapped around the falling witch.

“Chaos Link?”

Luo Yuxi recognized the sacrificial divine art of the Seat of Sacrifice. It used one’s own body as a bargaining chip, inflicting a powerful debuff on the enemy at a random cost. She had used this skill often when playing as the protagonist in the game. After all, in a game, sacrifice was just a number.

“This divine art, the price for using it on a demigod…”

Luo Yuxi remembered her sacrificial build, using the divine art to debuff the enemy, then falling into a near-death state while her teammates finished the job. It was a strategy that could even defeat higher-level enemies.

“Tsk, this shouldn’t be happening…”