Chapter 61: He Must Be Planning Something! (1/2)

[Now then Ivan, how do you plan on fighting these two?]

[Oh, I forgot. Ivan should be a made-up name. Now, that I think about it, I still don't know your name. Mind telling me your name? I mean, you are going to be my master anyway, so it's completely normal for me to know some details as to who you really are.]

[Well, that does make sense and I would oblige if we are not about to face these two monsters! Don't say anything, you're distracting me!]

Calvin replied with some irritation.

Both of them were telepathically talking right now and since Calvin was quite used to doing that.

He had no qualms on doing it.

But at this moment, he was about to face two Specters, a Moonwraith, and a Bloodwraith. He had no time for leisure since these two could instantly turn intangible and attack him from his blindside.

Thankfully, it seemed as if these two Specters were enjoying the hunt.

They weren't in a hurry and seemed to be even admiring the sight of their prey.

[These guys, they are completely toying with you,] Kevin commented.

[What me? You're a part of this, too! If I die, then do you really think that your plans can succeed?]

Calvin lightly chuckled.

Kevin rolled his eyes at him and said, ”Why does it feel as if you're more leisurely than them?”

”Is it because you've fought monsters that are far stronger than these two, or could it be because...” Kevin was about to say that Calvin was just trying to cope in this stressful situation, but Calvin interrupted him by saying.

”Who knows?”

Kevin shook his illusory head and asked, ”What are your plans? Are you just going to engage them in a fight like this?”

”Of course, not! That's just suicide!”

”Then what are you trying to do?”

”Just wait...” Calvin lifted a smile and took a piece of crumpled paper from his pocket.

Kevin saw this and he couldn't help but exclaim, ”Are you going to ask 'Her' to smite these demons?”

An adept Spiritualist like Calvin could indeed summon the strength of the Seven Gods and Goddesses to smite his enemies so long as they were demons, but the price to pay for that endeavor was three times more than the usual!

In fact, it wouldn't even be called an equivalent exchange anymore!

Spiritualists with enough sacrifice so long as they were targeting the appropriate god for their sacrifice could pretty much do anything possible as long as the god agreed to their request.

However, some gods disdained the use of their divinity for unscrupulous deeds such as hurting mortals and gaining wealth acquired from the expense of others.

Of course, there was a caveat.

One couldn't use the power of the Goddess of Compassion and Light to hurt others unaffiliated with darkness.

But one could use the power of the God of Infighting and War to cause trouble to some extent, depending on the sacrifice and the terms agreed upon by the mortal and the god.

Kevin asked Calvin if he planned on asking the help of the Goddess of Compassion and Light to smite these demons, but he was doubtful since the price that he had to pay for that to happen was far too astronomical.

In fact, the only reason why he asked was that he was somewhat confident that Calvin could somehow pull it off.

But of course, that was because he had considered Calvin's previous identity.

A man who had reached the peak of his Profession was a man with a thousand means and a hundred schemes.

He wouldn't be someone simple.

But Calvin shook his head and replied, ”No, I will earn the Goddess's ire if I asked her to smite these weaklings. A Goddess still has some feelings, you know? Even if she did smite them after my sacrifice, she may refuse to hear my future prayers and that would be a problem.”

”Um... Yeah...”

That makes sense...

”Then, what do you plan on doing?” Kevin changed the topic.

”I know that I can't directly ask her to smite these demons, but I can ask her to temporarily enhance my physical abilities to beyond that of an average mortal. You can't ask me to fight them with this trashy body, right? Before I knew it, they could decapitate me with a single strike.”

Kevin didn't ask anything anymore.

He turned his focus to the upcoming battle while Calvin requested, ”Protect me for three seconds.”

Kevin replied with no words, but with his actions.

The silver sword in Calvin's hands suddenly floated in the air as if it was being wielded by someone invisible.

”The sword is floating! Interesting! That sword... It's made out of silver! It seems that this outside really came here to kill us! But does he even know who we are?” Sir Reyes boisterously laughed.

As he laughed, a crazy and tyrannical aura burst from his body, and the stench of iron emanated from his figure.