Chapter 81: Judgment? Understanding of Faith-Based Magic

Whoosh!

Behind the Flame Archangel, its bright yellow, armor-covered wings were fully unfurled, and the sword in its hand radiated a scorching aura.

It even caused the temperature inside the room to rise slightly.

"Woo."

The small Evil Spirit Dog seemed to sense the powerful aura emanating from the Flame Archangel and immediately shrank its neck, hiding behind Tang Zheng’s legs.

Looking at the newly summoned third-tier angel, Tang Zheng couldn't help but size it up from top to bottom.

"Faith-based magic is actually quite interesting."

Recalling the process of casting the spell, he discovered that there was no need to believe in anything fixed at all.

Because during the meditation just now, Tang Zheng had imagined himself in his mind; since it was acceptable for spellcasters in this world to believe in the Six Great Gods, why couldn't he believe in himself? After all, he was also a player.

And then!

He inexplicably sensed a formless mass of magic power.

To be certain.

Tang Zheng imagined the images of angels from various works of his past life, and as a result, he sensed that formless mass of magic power again.

As for what this mass of magic power was? Tang Zheng felt it was more like magic energy that already existed in this world, and subsequently, he summoned the Flame Archangel.

The process in between was somewhat indescribable.

If one had to describe it...

Tang Zheng lowered his head in thought.

It was like transmitting his own thoughts inward, and then forming a reaction with this mass of magic power.

No! It was a bit like a "check."

Just what was being checked, Tang Zheng could not confirm; this process should have been completed in an instant.

He looked toward the Flame Archangel hovering in mid-air.

Tang Zheng sensed it slightly; he could easily manipulate the other party with just a thought. In the absence of commands, the summoned creature operated on the premise of prioritizing the protection of the spellcaster.

Such a summoned creature was perfect for him, as he intended to pose as a magic caster without exposing his close-quarters combat abilities.

"My current faith-based spellcasting level, when stacked, has reached level 40. I should be able to master sixth-tier (36–42) magic."

This thought flashed through Tang Zheng’s mind, and he closed his eyes to meditate once more.

Currently, the faith-based classes he could convert to had reached four—Genius 10Lv (Priest, Priestess, Forest Priest, Temple Officer)!

With the experience from just now.

This time, Tang Zheng quickly entered the state, and fluctuations of magic power emerged from the surface of his body.

But the next moment, this magic power fluctuation suddenly dissipated!

Tang Zheng opened his eyes in confusion, revealing an expression of surprise and bewilderment: "How could it fail?"

He closed his eyes again.

The result remained the same!

After testing several times in a row, Tang Zheng discovered that he simply could not summon a fourth-tier angel.

"So that’s how it is!"

"I understand." Tang Zheng opened his eyes again, a hint of realization appearing in his gaze.

When summoning the third-tier angel just now, that feeling of a "check" wasn't strong, but now, summoning a fourth-tier angel and failing repeatedly.

Allowed Tang Zheng to clearly feel this "check"! To summon an angel, one must first master the "Angel Summoning" spell; this was the first check—passed.

Next was the spellcaster level.

His faith-based spellcaster level was naturally sufficient—the second check passed!

The problem lay in the third check!

The angel Tang Zheng wanted to summon was fourth-tier, with a level between (22–28).

But the problem was that Tang Zheng’s level was only 21; it was impossible to summon a magical creature of a higher level than himself, which meant the player level was insufficient.

"Fourth-tier Angel Summoning" failed! This so-called "check."

Was actually just Tang Zheng using game terminology to describe it so he could understand it better.

People from this other world wouldn't encounter this situation because the condition of a spellcaster level being higher than a player level did not exist for them.

"For people of this other world, mastering higher-level magic is a process of learning, which is the process of increasing one's own class level." "And I was able to activate 'Third-tier Angel Summoning' because I already possessed 'Second-tier Angel Summoning' and used a higher spellcaster level to drive it, thereby succeeding in the summon."

"Heh."

Tang Zheng chuckled with a strange expression, "Is this the magic system of the faith-based path in this world?"

That mass of magic power he sensed should be the natural energy within the world.

The foundation for faith-based magic casters to activate magic power should be to combine their own magic power with the energy in the natural world to cast it.

Is the so-called "faith" what allows the spellcaster to better align with a certain aspect of energy in the natural world? Tang Zheng speculated in his heart.

But he wasn't too sure; after all, in the game, this was just background setting material, and in this other world, he hadn't communicated with any magic casters of this system.

However.

Through this personal experience just now, Tang Zheng did have a clearer understanding of the faith-based magic system.

Bang—

Suddenly.

A slight vibration of magic power sounded, bringing Tang Zheng back to his senses.

He saw.

That guardian angel summoned using a magic scroll began to dissipate into points of light all over its body.

Tang Zheng was startled and quickly picked up the pocket watch on the table to check the time.

"A little over 29 minutes, let's call it half an hour."

"To support a normal battle, this time should be enough."

Tang Zheng silently calculated the time in his heart and looked up at the Flame Archangel he had created.

Up to now, there were no signs of it dissipating at all.

Without being destroyed, the angels he summoned himself should exist for a longer time.

"Let's test its strength."

Tang Zheng reached out and grabbed into the void, taking out the "Silencing" wand.

Magic activated!

A magic barrier invisible to the naked eye spread rapidly, enveloping the entire room.

The room in the inn was originally prepared for adventurer parties; other than the bed and a small wooden table, there wasn't much furniture, so it was naturally quite spacious.

"Attack me."

Tang Zheng gave the command to the Flame Archangel.

Whoosh! The Flame Archangel, which had been motionless, had a red light flash across the red visor on its head armor, and its bright yellow wings flapped.

Swoosh! The Flame Archangel rushed over at an extremely fast speed, the flame-radiating blade in its hand slashing down rapidly.

Tang Zheng crouched down, dodging the swift sword strike, and at the same time kicked off the ground with his back foot, quickly creating distance.

"Speed is average, about the same as an adult Evil Spirit Dog."

Tang Zheng evaluated expressionlessly, his wrist turned, and an iron sword appeared in his hand, which he swung to block in front of him.

Almost at the same moment!

Bang! The Flame Archangel’s figure pressed forward, the flame sword and the iron sword collided, sparking violently.

Creak, creak!

A harsh sound came from the point where the iron sword and the flame sword collided.

Tang Zheng brought his arm closer to his chest and bent his legs slightly, but his eyes lit up: "Good strength."

He glanced at the other party’s flame sword.

It should contain magic power with both flame and holy attributes; it had an advantage in attacking the undead, but against non-undead, the flame attribute damage would be greater.

"Then, it's my turn."

Tang Zheng applied a little force to the hand holding the iron sword, and his leg kicked out suddenly, forcefully striking the Flame Archangel’s chest.

(End of chapter)