Chapter 213 (1/2)

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Darcia's serreat success

I' too formal… I can't memorize those bulky scriptures in just a few days, after all, Darcia thought to herself

Ordinary sermons at the Communal Church would have a priest of a different God come every day to teach their doctrines, tell anecdotes that were related to their teachings and tell stories of past heroes, creating a session that was both religious and served as leisure

nobody, including Vida's priestess, had expected Darcia to talk about the history of the religion or the 'correct' interpretation of her doctrine

It see about Darcia, but athered here today had come to see the 'rumored Dark Elf beauty' and hear unusual stories

Indeed, the ratio of athered in the Communal Church was considerably skewed towards the ht la a place to come and listen to sermons, but it was only natural for the serywoh when she saw that Aggar, as apparently off duty, and thethem But she was happy when she spotted the faces of Kest, customers of the food cart, Seris, Vestra and the children of the orphanage They were all interested in what she had to say

And although she didn't know their faces, the adventurer Rock had been brought here by his coade, and Bacheht here by his wife

The spies sent by the region's lord were also a the audience

”Nice tothe crowd

She heard the audience whispering words of adarding her beautiful appearance and her serene, clear, wonderful voice

The voice training that she had received fro into play

”But I' about the Goddess's religion of the village that I lived in, and the legends of the heroes related to that,” Darcia continued

She did not tell stories froe on the Aion of Talosheiends, with some amendments here and there

She did her best to ensure that she would not sound like an extremist, but she also inal teachings

She did not want the audience to think that her teachings were siion in the Alcreht by those who had a friendly relationshi+p with Alda's followers

Needless to say, Darcia was an enemy of Alda, the God of law and fate… a Vida fundas like ”Undead should be acknowledged” or ”Alda is the true enemy, and reconciliation with him is unthinkable” wouldn't win her the people's support She are that this would only cause them to turn on her

That hy Darcia talked about the festivals inside the Boundary Mountain Range celebrating Vida, and heroes ereher words toto the audience

And once she had finished speaking, the audience's reaction was quite favorable Considering that this was her first tiyman, it was quite an excellent result

But Darcia decided to add soan

It's a little flashy, but it should be fine if I hold back, right? Murakaroup will have received information about me from Rodcorte anyway, and if Birkyne wants to face er Okay, let's do this! she told herself, firing herself up

Darcia offered a prayer to Vida and sharpened her consciousness

”'Faht descended upon her So that wasn't her own, but that she wouldn't describe as foreign, entered her

Bathed in light, Darcia faced the audience with open ars to everyone,” she said

The audience froze for just a single moment, and then burst into a passionate cheer

Gods existed in the world of Lambda, and its inhabitants never doubted that fact

For a religion to gain followers in such a world, it needed ood doctrine and physically attractive, charis that was visible to the eye was the y, saved people from everyday troubles and monsters like adventurers, and provided roups of priest-warriors to Devil's Nests and re sole sermon was impossible, so Darcia had decided to use 'Familiar Spirit Descent' to summon a familiar spirit upon herself to show the people

She possessed the 'Goddess Descent' Skill, which was a far superior Skill to 'Fa the Goddess herself would stand out too much If it became a topic of too much conversation, Vida's Churches frodoht visit her from Duke Alcrem or from other duchies That would make it impossible to move freely in human society

That hy she had decided to su a superior Skill did not cause the forgetting of the previous Skill It was no different froic' and 'No-Attribute Magic' even after acquiring 'Dark King Magic' and 'Hollow King Magic'

It was not rare for clergye Churches of Alda to perforh some priests of Alda were discontented by this practice, thinking that it wasa show of the Gods' servants

But it seeht favorably of it

”Darcisan… No, please let me call you Darcisama!” she said

”No, you know, I'm just a worker at a food cart, Priestess-sama,” said Darcia

She hadn't expected even the priestess to react like this, never athered audience

”Please callDarcia's hand, her eyes shi+ning like those of a young girl

Darcia panicked a little, even though she was supposed to have been used to receiving the passionate stares and cheers of an audience from her concerts

Maybe it's because they're so close? Kanako-chan always e… I was so lucky to have Bone-Man-san and Mikhail-san on security, Darcia thought to herself

Despite her ser over, the audience's excitement didn't seem to subside As Darcia looked at the front row, she saw Vandalieu there

His expression was unchanging as always, but he gave her the thuht of her ser the fact that Priestess Paula was clinging onto her

… In the opposite situation, Darcia would always think of Vandalieu's actions as jobs well done Perhaps one could say, like mother like son

”Darcisama, please take me as your disciple!” said Paula

”No, that's… I can't teach a priestess… Umm, what shall we do?” said Darcia

She couldn't just suddenly tell her about the region within the Boundary Mountain Range, and the 'Fa that could be taught It was a Skill that beca one's everyday actions to follow the Gods' teachings, and confor

In other words, one could only tell devout followers to ”continue doing their best”

But this was a chance to convert Priestess Paula and the rest of Vida's believers in the city of Morksi to an anti-Alda stance

”I will do it, but I'm not an official priestess, so… do you mind if we just say that we're friends? Let's talkto accept Paula as a friend

With this, the Church of Vida, which didn't make it clear just how dom, wouldn't make a fuss over it

”Friends… Yes, it's an honor, Darcisa Darcia

”So, you won't stop using '-sahed as she returned Paula's elad I held back and only used 'Faht to herself

There was no telling how much commotion she would have caused if she had summoned the Goddess herself rather than a fa froathered at the Communal Church did not subside for some time

Priestess Paula had actually already iion in the city of Morksi during the previous incident where a part of the statues of Alda mysteriously crumbled

While the priest of Alda let out a scream and lost consciousness, Paula had calmed the people down, ordered that the incident be reported to the guard, and took charge to ensure that panic did not break out

Of course, coion, but Priestess Paula had continued to make efforts to keep the people calm even after that The people of the city had been impressed by her sincere personality and the way she worked for the city's sake during an eency situation

And now, the people were extremely excited by Darcia's sermon

Despite the atmosphere of excitement in the Communal Church, there were some who quickly walked out with pale faces One of theion

… This has gotten out of control But the lord's decision to refrain fro to contain that woht to hi to make his report as soon as possible

If one listened to her words without being distracted by Darcia's charisma, the novelty of her stories and her performance with 'Familiar Spirit Descent,' it was very clear that her stance was not friendly towards Alda's peaceful faction; in fact, it was the exact opposite

The concepts that all of Vida's races should be acknowledged as people, that new technology should be accepted, and Devil's Nests should be adapted to rather than fought against

All of these ideas were against Alda's religion

On top of that, Darcia had used 'Fah to make the spy certain that Darcia could becoainst Alda's peaceful faction

Fro at a food cart ht be too weak to use as a leader, despite her ability to use 'Familiar Spirit Descent' But if she were to make a move, the fact that she was the mother of a Dhampir would likely become a weapon for her

If Isaac Morksi had already created a favorable relationshi+p with Darcia and Vandalieu, Duke Alcrem, as friendly towards Alda's peaceful faction, would suspect that he was plotting soht, the spy continued hurrying down the road

There was another person walking down the same street, with a look of determination in his eyes

”I'll do it… I can do it if I try I'll do it!” he s, repeated his words to himself over and over as he walked towards the slu the Coar and his companions

”damn it, this isn't ere told!” one of theonna use 'Familiar Spirit Descent' We can't follow Joseph's orders no athered at the Coone of their own free will

This was not because they were devout believers who regularly attended priests' serone because Darcia was there

They had believed that Vandalieu wouldn't be able to bring hisWolf' Michael's lackeys wouldn't show their faces there either

Of course, Aggar had already received a stern repri to uards had visited his house first thing in theto not get involved with that wo these abnormal activities, he would face the wrath of soion's lord

If he kept causing trouble, he would lose his job… In the worst-case scenario, he would lose his head This thought had uard ould repeatedly take bribes, thinking that it was fine as long as he wasn't caught, and his co themselves this, they had chosen not to listen to the captain's warning

But they were unable to hide their shock upon seeing Darcia su ar's co a faives you soether wouldn't be able to take her in that state,” said another

Indeed, 'Familiar Spirit Descent' was a Skill that enhanced the user's Attribute Values The e it caused was the increase in Mana, but other Attribute Values such as Strength and Agility were increased as well

With that being the case, Aggar and his couard, wouldn't be able to defeat her even if they gathered dozens of others like theh in reality, Darcia would be able to easily knock out a hundred knights, nevera faar and his co force was out of the question They were forced to accept the fact that they would be helpless if Darcia fought back

If they took her by surprise and dealt a single blow to her head or a vital organ before she had the chance to use a Skill… This would be the way an assassin would think, and this wasn't their goal anyway

”And wouldn't it be bad to ar's companions muttered

The mental pressure was also troublesome If one had no malicious intent towards the user of 'Familiar Spirit Descent,' it would merely seem to be a divine miracle, a wonderful opportunity to witness a God's power

But to those like Aggar, who did have ill will towards the Skill's user, 'Familiar Spirit Descent' only caused a sense of pressure It instilled a fear of the Gods, who held absolute power, a fear that Aggar usually forgot