Chapter 297 Poseidon (9) (1/2)
『You!』
Poseidon belatedly realized what Yeon-woo was aiming for and frowned.
Yeon-woo was trying to steal the rest of the Divine Blessings he had sent to the lower world.
Since he had already taken some of his information with Benteke’s right arm, it was easier to steal it.
This was a body that was created purely of holy power.
It had an advantage in that it made descending easier, but it was horribly weak to energy draining.
And with the activation of Bathory’s Vampiric Sword, the greatest of all energy draining skills, of course Poseidon ended up suffering the humiliation of losing his Divine Blessings.
『Let go!』
Poseidon gripped Yeon-woo’s neck with his strong hand. He tried to stop Yeon-woo from breathing. Poseidon’s descent was still continuing smoothly, and he could speak clearly now.
However, it meant that he would be losing that many Divine Blessings. It wasn’t easy to shake Yeon-woo off. No, rather, Yeon-woo pushed Vigrid in even deeper and forced in Bathory’s Vampiric Sword.
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『I said to let go!』
[Current awakening progress: 12, 13…… 15%…….]
The more Poseidon resisted, the tighter Yeon-woo held on.
‘I can’t lose him here.’
Yeon-woo expected that Poseidon would interfere directly the moment he decided to storm Triton’s base. Considering Poseidon’s personality, he would never let go of his prey easily.
Yeon-woo had planned to end the fight with Benteke before Poseidon interfered and take the Divine Blessing with Bathory’s Vampiric Sword.
Like he had done to Urd before, the damage to a god once their apostle died was great. He thought Poseidon would be greatly affected too.
But Poseidon was trying to do something crazier than Yeon-woo had expected.
Descent.
Descending into an apostle’s body was a form of a god coming down themself. Of course, there would be limitations to an apostle’s body because it was channeling the power of a god directly. That was why gods didn’t try to descend unless it was of utmost importance. The vessel they had created could easily be broken.
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But if Martyrdom was added to this, the story changed.
Martyrdom was a type of offering. It traded the blood of followers for the power of gods in the lower world through the principles of causality.
Poseidon attempted to descend after sacrificing his followers and even his apostle. Benteke’s soul was probably gone because of Poseidon or absorbed into him.
The way that each god and demon dealt with their apostles was different, but it was rare to see them act as extremely as Poseidon was doing. He was treating them like they were only for one-time use.
No, Poseidon had actually cherished Benteke, enough to let him go even with all the harsh words that Benteke said about him. The fact that he was throwing him away like this confirmed what Yeon-woo had been thinking.
Poseidon didn’t want Yeon-woo to have the power of the Black King.
‘Then I need to have it even more.’
Yeon-woo’s Draconic Eyes lit up.
Hwaaa—
『Let go!』
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Poseidon was repeating the same thing from earlier. He was furious at Yeon-woo, who was sticking to him like a leech, not budging in the slightest.
The problem was that as time went on, Yeon-woo’s awakening continued, and it was becoming harder to force him off.
Crunch, crunch—
The formation of the cells took on a change. His bones also changed according to the newly written information.
[Current awakening progress: 25, 26…… 30%…….]
Kwakwakwa!
Was it because of Poseidon’s fury? The stage began to shake violently. The ground cracked, and the sea area along the cliff flipped over, a tornado high above them.
Yeon-woo’s expression hardened. The descent was happening faster than he was absorbing the Divine Blessings. At this rate, the descent would be faster and kick him away.
That couldn’t happen.
The moment Poseidon’s descent was complete, he would be in danger. Of course, it wouldn’t be as bad as Agares on the 23rd floor, but it was still dangerous to normal players.
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‘Then there’s nothing I can do but slow it down.’
He wasn’t going to depend on Bathory’s Vampiric Sword to take care of things for him.
[The holy power has been opened.]
The Divine Blessings that had been coated with Draconic and Demonic Blessings were released in bunches, and they could now show their power.
Holy power symbolized the strength of gods, but the holy power Yeon-woo used didn’t specifically have a name.
Like everything else, it was just moving according to Yeon-woo’s will. Yeon-woo focused his holy power on one spot—at the gazes that always followed him annoyingly.
[The Channeling is being strengthened.]
Yeon-woo didn’t know about how to use holy power properly yet. He had never been an apostle, and he didn’t have any plans to become one. His brother had also focused on growing his power as a Dragon Human and didn’t take too much of an interest in holy power.
If Yeon-woo wanted to use it well, he needed to practice more. However, there was no way he could do that now.
Thankfully, there was a field that Yeon-woo was familiar with.
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Authorities.
No, to be exact, it was the strengthening of the connection with gods and demons through Authorities.
[The Channeling with ‘Athena’ has been strengthened.]
[Athena nods warmly. Her will becomes one with yours.]
[The Authority ‘Stigmata of the Goddess’ is being amplified to her Grace.]
[The Channeling with ‘Hermes’ has been strengthened.]
[Hermes’ will becomes one with yours. His favor is furthered.]
[The Channeling with ‘Azrael’ has been strengthened.]
[Azrael’s will becomes one with yours.]
[The Channeling with ‘Hondon’ has been strengthened.]
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[Hondon’s will becomes one with yours.]
As the connection with the gods and demons who had given Yeon-woo Authorities became clearer, Yeon-woo could feel their presence right next to him.
The limits of the Authorities that came from him not being an apostle all disappeared.
Each connected god used their Channeling to approach. They had accepted Yeon-woo’s wishes.
Their wills became one. That meant that their will would descend to the lower floors according to what Yeon-woo wanted.
It was a kind of descent.
Hwaaaa—
『You’re a mortal, but you experience things that other players would never experience quite frequently. It’s interesting.』