Chapter 81

Whoosh!

Behind the Flame Archangel, its bright yellow wings covered in armor were fully unfurled, and in its hand was a sword of flame radiating 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 Rank angel, Tang Zheng couldn't help but size it up from top to bottom.

"Faith-based magic is truly quite interesting."

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

Because during the meditation just now, what Tang Zheng had imagined in his mind was himself. Since it was acceptable for the casters of 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 an intangible cluster of magic power.

To be certain.

Tang Zheng imagined the image of angels from various works of his past life, and as a result, he sensed the existence of that intangible magic power cluster again.

As for what this magic power cluster 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 into it, and then forming a reaction with this magic power cluster.

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

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

Looking toward the Flame Archangel hovering in mid-air.

Tang Zheng sensed with a bit of intent; he could easily manipulate the other party with just a thought. In the absence of instructions, the summoned creature would prioritize protecting the caster.

Such a summoned creature was too suitable for him, as he intended to disguise himself as a magic caster and not expose his close-quarters combat ability.

"My current faith-based caster level stacking has already reached level 40. I should be able to master Sixth Rank (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 already reached four—Genius 10Lv (Priest, Priestess, Forest Priest, Temple Priest)!

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, showing an expression of surprise and astonishment: "How could it fail?"

He closed his eyes again.

The result was still the same!

After testing several times in a row, Tang Zheng discovered that he simply could not summon a Fourth Rank angel.

"So that's how it is!"

"Understood." Tang Zheng opened his eyes again, a trace of realization appearing in his gaze.

When summoning the Third Rank angel just now, that feeling of "judgment" was not intense, but at this moment, summoning the Fourth Rank angel, the situation of repeated failures.

Made Tang Zheng clearly feel this "judgment"! Summoning an angel first requires mastering the "Angel Summoning" magic; this is the first judgment—passed.

Next is the caster level.

His faith-based caster level was naturally sufficient—the second judgment passed!

The problem appeared in the third judgment!

What Tang Zheng wanted to summon was a Fourth Rank angel, with a level between (22–28).

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

"Fourth Rank · Angel Summoning" failed! This so-called "judgment."

Was actually Tang Zheng describing it according to game terminology so he could understand it better.

People of the Other World would not encounter this situation, because there did not exist a situation where Tang Zheng's caster level would be higher than the player level.

"To people of the Other World, mastering higher-level magic is a process of learning, which is the process of raising one's own class level." "And I was able to activate 'Third Rank · Angel Summoning' because I already mastered 'Second Rank · Angel Summoning,' and used a higher caster level to drive it, thereby successfully summoning it."

"Heh."

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

The magic power cluster he sensed should be the natural energy in the world.

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

Is the so-called "faith" letting the caster themselves become more aligned with a certain aspect of energy in the natural world? Tang Zheng speculated in his heart.

But he was not very certain; after all, in the game, this was just background setting data, and in the Other World, he had not communicated with 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.

Just see.

The Guardian Angel summoned using the magic scroll began to dissipate into light spots all over its body.

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

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

"To normally support a 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 until now, there were no signs of it dissipating at all.

In the absence of being destroyed, the time that a self-summoned angel should exist ought to be longer.

"Let's test the strength."

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

Magic activated!

An invisible magic barrier rapidly expanded, covering the entire room.

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

"Attack me."

Tang Zheng gave the order to the Flame Archangel.

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

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

Tang Zheng crouched down, dodging the swift sword strike, while simultaneously kicking off the ground with his back foot to quickly open up the 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, bursting into intense sparks.

Creak, creak!

The position where the iron sword in his hand collided with the flame sword emitted a harsh sound.

Tang Zheng's arm moved closer to his chest, his legs bent slightly, but his eyes lit up: "Strength is not bad."

He glanced at the other party's flame sword.

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

"Then, it's my turn."

Tang Zheng exerted a little force with the hand holding the iron sword, and his leg kicked out suddenly, forcefully kicking toward the Flame Archangel's chest.

(End of chapter)