Chapter 403 - 403: Possessed? (1/2)

Derik spent most of the day time working out and trying to strengthen this weak body of his as much as he can with the little mana he could muster. While his god soul allowed him to regenerate a certain amount of mana daily, this was still too small to be used to carry out mass chaos and destruction. Since this world was already void of mana, Derik decided to follow the path of a true fighter. Using the same method he used to strengthen Blink, Derik kept refining his body slowly with his death aura, strengthening it slowly. Without his powers, he is no different from any normal human so the least he could do for now is to become the strongest fighter in this little kingdom.

After washing his body, Derik returned to the mirror to gaze at his body once again. Thanks to his werewolf path he didn't need much effort to attain muscles or look buff, the problem with this path he has chosen is that his skin was turning pale

”My death aura is seriously affecting this body… but it doesn't mean much… according to this person's memories, My pale skin may arouse suspicion… but as long as there is no concrete evidence that I am a supernatural being then there are no issues….” Derik said nonchalantly.

After his arrival here, he had already changed his lifestyle and choice of clothing. Derik put on a black shirt and black trousers, just from gazing out the window he could see three carriages right in front of the gates and men dressed in white and gold robes slowly walked in.

”They are here?” Derik was not impressed since he couldn't sense any form of power from these men.

Then how are they able to detect supernatural being.

Pondering on this for a while, Derik chose not to write these people off just yet. There is a lot he doesn't know about this world now and until then he can only proceed cautiously.

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The people of the church of light gathered at the great hall where they met with Alfred, Alicia and Mariam. Chloe was yet to return and Lucia was yet to come down to meet the guests as promised so all they could do was wait while discussing.

The church of light in this world possessed power comparable to that of the emperors of various kingdoms. Since this was the only acknowledged religion in the world, they had gained so much power that they could rival empires in strength. For that reason, even the noble families and royal families had to treat them with respect.

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

The great hall fell silent as Lucia walked down the stairs with an emotionless expression on his face. The priest Khalid and Derik were locked in staring contest and none of them was ready to back away, shocking those around.

In this world only royal families are bold enough to gaze at the member of the church without fear. Even a high class noble man can be put to death by a mere priest of the church so no one could understand how an ordinary character like Lucia would be bold enough to gaze at a priest in the eye without fear.

Reaching the great hall, Derik ignored everyone and moved towards Khalid, offering his hand to shake. Seeing this everyone's heart skipped a beat and they shuddered in fear! Even Alfred who was currently the patriarch of this noble house bows slightly as a sign of respect when greeting the priest but Derik was bold enough to offer the man his hand to shake.

”Do you know who you stand before! Heretic!” a man whose face is covered with a hood roared in anger.

The man's white robe had only one ray of golden light embedded on it so based on Lucia's memories, Derik quickly guessed that this man was a deacon. Behind them were three white knights dressed in heavy white knight armor with their shields and swords in their hands just waiting for the order to pounce on Derik.

Khalid's gazed was fixed on Lucia who didn't look fl.u.s.tered at all. He shot the three knights a lazy glance before shifting his gaze to the deacon and then returning to Khalid. Never once did he show any sign of fear or concern.

”Courage! This is what all great men must have!” Khalid laughed loudly as he shook Lucia's hands with excitement.

Only then did the tension building in the room die down. Alfred has been excited by the changes in Lucia after his diseases miraculously healed. During the past week, Lucia had shown great physical prowess, wisdom and courage and never for once did he think that Lucia would be bold enough to do something like this.