Chapter 115 : Chapter 115

Chapter 115. Radiant Priest

When Fulan opened her eyes, she saw that the book before her was now filled with text. On the cover appeared the title of the book—“Prayer of Holy Light.”

The title was written in red ink, while the text inside was written in black. Faint traces of handwriting could still be seen within the pages.

“I praise the Lord of Radiance, for that light is warm as a furnace fire, and those sheltered by it shall fear no cold…”

“I give thanks for my lord’s mercy, for under the illumination of His light, blades cannot wound the faithful and darkness cannot approach…”

“I behold the irreverent…”

Fulan flipped through the book a few times and found that it was filled entirely with praise for a certain god. She quickly lost interest.

However, after the light from earlier had faded, she felt that something about her body had changed.

She summoned her panel and examined what new changes had appeared.

【Name: Fulan

Class: Radiant Priest (One Star) ... (omitted)

Attributes: Physique 3.7, Spirit 13.5

Skills:

Howling Gale (Mastered) (Proficiency: 12/1000): Summons raging winds that repeatedly slice the target.

Light Prayer (Proficient) (Proficiency: 3/10000)

Radiant Shield (Proficient) (Proficiency: 0/10000): Creates a shield around the body capable of blocking all attacks.

Sacred Strike (Proficient) (Proficiency: 0/10000): Infuses a weapon with light, causing it to burst with radiant power upon striking an enemy.

Radiant Blessing (Proficient) (Proficiency: 0/10000): Channels divine power to slightly enhance a target’s attributes.

Sacred Word Prayer (Proficient) (Proficiency: 0/10000): After reciting “Prayer of Holy Light,” the next Radiant Priest skill gains a certain bonus depending on the specific sentence recited.

Radiant Ray (Proficient) (Proficiency: 0/10000): Condenses the power of light into a beam and fires it at a target.

... (omitted)

Traits:

Emissary of the Lord of Radiance (The god has chosen you, and you may represent Him.)

Light Within the Blood (Light flows with your blood. Whenever that light manifests outside your body, your wounds will automatically heal.)

... (omitted)】

Looking at the large section of new information on her panel, Fulan felt rather satisfied.

What surprised her most was that the Radiant Priest class actually increased Physique. The increase was small, but it was still there.

Her Spirit had also risen slightly as a result, reaching the frightening value of 13.5—far exceeding her Physique.

She had also received a large number of skills.

That part was easy to understand. Previously, her Light Prayer had come from a book. But now the book was filled with text, meaning that the god had directly granted her these skills.

What puzzled her the most was the trait labeled Emissary of the Lord of Radiance.

Light Within the Blood was easy to understand—it was simply a passive healing ability.

But what exactly was this “Emissary”?

None of the materials she had studied mentioned such a concept. It was probably another example of the secrecy maintained by the great noble families.

The description of the trait sounded impressive.

She could represent the god?

That surprised her.

She remembered clearly that the very first page of the materials she had read described the gods in this way:

【The gods dwell within the Astral Realm. They are not stars, yet they can represent stars. Their origin is unknown.

In the Material Realm, they rely upon their believers.

In the Spirit Realm, their might is nearly unstoppable.

In the Astral Realm, even legends are but dust beneath their feet.】

Fulan raised an eyebrow.

Although the description sounded impressive, she still had no idea what practical use this trait had. There was not even a convenient way to profit from representing the Lord of Radiance.

At that moment, a line of golden text appeared on the book’s cover.

【Well? My power is impressive, isn’t it? Would you like me to explain what divine spells you possess and how to cast them?】

“No need.”

As she spoke, Fulan began using the divine spells.

Although it was technically her first time casting them, it felt as natural as if she had done so thousands of times before.

She first cast Radiant Blessing upon herself and carefully felt its effect. It increased all her attributes by about five percent.

Then she cast Radiant Shield and applied every buff she could before continuing.

“Alright, the divine spells you gave me are decent. But even so, this still isn’t enough to defeat that Second-Tier dragon.”

Although the spells seemed fairly comprehensive—there was protection, damage, ranged attacks, passive healing, and enhancement abilities—

In her estimation, they would place her among the stronger First-Tier fighters at best.

But there was still no way she could defeat a Second-Tier creature.

The golden words on the book did not respond immediately. Instead, they began bouncing rapidly across the surface, as though extremely shocked.

Fulan understood what the god was probably wondering.

Why was she able to use divine spells so skillfully and understand each spell’s exact effect?

The answer was her panel.

To the god, it probably felt similar to how the Spirit Realm granted skills—like handing someone a switch they could press to activate an ability.

But her panel was different.

Once something appeared on the panel, it revealed all the information about it. It even improved her casting technique automatically, making it feel as though she had practiced for years.

The golden words continued jumping around before finally forming a sentence.

【This is still not enough. You have only reclaimed this temple. The people of Monsa have not yet come to believe in me...】

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When Ailante was dragged out of the prison cell, he was completely bewildered.

He had still been immersed in sorrow, reflecting on the failure of this trial.

Suddenly the cell door had opened, and several people rushed in and pulled them all out.

His first thought was that time had passed too quickly.

Had so many days really gone by already? He felt as though he had barely seen the sun rise a few times before the day of his execution arrived.

But once he regained his senses, he realized that the people dragging them out looked strange.

Dragon-like traits had appeared on their bodies. Some had grown wings, others claws, and almost all of them had scales.

Those were the signs of the Dragonification Potion.

After carefully observing them and sensing their strength, Ailante instinctively came to that conclusion.

Yet that only deepened his confusion.

Those effects matched the normal Dragonification Potion—but he also knew that the potions in this trial might not behave normally.

The guards they had seen earlier had not shown any of these dragon traits.

It seemed they must have used some method to remove those features, even though they granted a certain advantage.

So why had these dragon-like traits suddenly appeared on these people now?

Ailante and the other Spirit Realm excursionists were brought into a large room.

Then the ‘Half-Dragons’ simply left, leaving only the excursionists behind.

Just as they were all wondering what was going on, the door opened again.

A woman entered the room.

She too possessed dragon-like traits.

But this time, the Spirit Realm excursionists immediately recognized her.

She was one of them.

“It’s you!”