Rain tilted his head slightly, his hair falling onto his face. “The only way and the hardest part... is to corrupt them, right? Sinner Lucisia.”

“You, you, you! How is that possible? An earthworm that cannot fight, only crawl on the ground and plow the soil. This is unacceptable!” Lucisia exclaimed in frustration. “How could I, a genius one of the Saint Erline’s followers, be trick by a lowly thug and child?”

“Oh! Saint Erline will disappointed at you, That one of her fingers will turn to the dark side,” Rain remarked.

“No, that’s not possible. I have planned everything, every step... even my last resort,” Lucisia insisted.

“Yes, that’s it. You have grabbed that dark stone. I am sure they will now call you a sinner of the dark tower cult,” Rain said, raised the book slightly. “Do you want to see for yourself? We are in town, and this follower’s book linked with the Holy Tower. It may not have the freedom to roam like a God whisperer’s book, but it is still convenient.”

“You, you, you... it’s because of you. You tricked me into this!” Lucisia’s body trembled, anger burning in his eyes. He wanted to kill the cunning child in front of him.

“Ha ha ha! It’s really difficult, you know. Sly foxes like you are hard to unmask. We planned a lot for this. Have you seen my dark eye? I haven’t slept properly for an entire week, but it was worth it. I can destroy your life’s work. It’s called working with efficiency. Ha ha ha! Higher status like you should know this word, right?” Rain looked at Lucisia with a mocking eyes.

“Curse you, child! Return to hell!” Snap! People stood up, their eyes turning white, murmuring “Help Holy Kill Demon” as they slowly walked towards Rain. “Kill the Demon!” they shouted, rushing at Rain like crazed people.

“Sly fox, using innocent humans as a shield. But did you think I didn’t plan for this?” Rain held the holy book in front of him, his hair fluttering as if mana was gathering. The light shone brighter and brighter. “Sand of time, this holy ground...” the light grew even stronger.

Lucisia was take a back, his hand shaking. The crowd of crazed people also moved towards Rain as they approached the light. “That holy spell is of a higher rank holy priest. How can this be? Are you truly a follower?” Lucisia squinted his eyes as he saw Rain chanting, swiftly making a hand gesture to cast a protective spell. “Magic barrier!”

“... Heart that still remembers the warmth of the sun. Please, return hope to this soul, Cure of pure spirit” Suddenly, light burst out from the book.

Swoosh! Thud!

Lucusia’s head shook violently, stunned, as if something had hammered it. Was holy damage capable of hitting this hard? My head and consciousness felt wrong. Drip... Drip... A drop of red fell from his head. He touched his own head, feeling the bloodstain on his hand. Was this my blood? When I got a physical attack... His senses swiftly returned, his blood pumping. Dark veins crawled along his neck. “Bastard! Did you throw a book at me?” Lucusia scolded. Room become dark again.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! The sound of a man running.

“Rave, attack from the left. Ivara, support me. Use physical and magic attacks periodically. Twain, Throy, continue the evacuation. We will distract him.” The sound came from afar.

“Okay, Rockman.” “Okay, Boss.” “Yes, Brother.” Thud! Thud! The sound of a group of people running.

“Do you think I’ll let you do as you please?” Lucusia raised his hand and a magic circle slowly formed. “This is light. This is sun—”

Suddenly, in a far corner of the room, rainbow light shone. “Do you need a sun? I can give you one for free.” Rain dashed and spun, throwing a stone with incredible speed.

Swoooosh! The sun stone flew swiftly.

Lucusia was confused about what was happening. instinctively blocked with a barrier spell.

The stone hit Lucusia’s barrier, causing a burst of white light. His spell was depleted once again.

Swoosh!

An arrow flew out of the darkness. His body and brain warned him simultaneously. He dashed back to avoid the arrow, but he wasn’t fast enough. The arrow still grazed his shoulder, but he didn’t pay it much attention. He moved his hand in the direction of the arrow and quickly cast a spell without a glyph. “Magic burst—” but another stone came flying towards him, hitting his barrier and shining brightly.

The magic burst flew off, but swayed to the left, missing its target and only hitting the tip of Ivara’s robe.

People along the way got collateral damage, thrown aside with long bench.

Lucusia’s eyes turned red, his focus on every spell disrupted. “Damn Curse Child! How many stones do you have?” He put his hands in front of him randomly. “Magic burst! Magic burst! Magic burst!”

Light flashed all around. The shadowy members of Rain’s group dodged the magic attacks, dust swirling and scraps of wood scattered. In just a moment, a voice spoke up. “Let’s think how many of it, you are also proficiency in using kids, right?” A man dashed out of the smoke, his hand had a piece of wood from a bench leg. Rave, with black hair, struck at Lucusia.

Lucusia has no time to swap the barrier. He tried to block it with his bare hand. Because of weak material, the Wood pole broke into two pieces.

“Right! He’ll know that a lot of kids come and play in this place,” another Rain already at the lowered close to ground, he grabbing the half broken piece and swiftly aimed at Lucusia’s abdomen. Instinctively, Lucusia used his knee to struck Rain’s hand, but Rain managed to turn the attack and hit Lucusia’s leg instead.

Churm! It pierced his leg. Blood oozed out, Rain pushed more force, hoping to inflict more damage. However, Lucusia let Rain force forward, causing Rain to lose momentum. Lucusia raised his hand over Rain’s head, cast a magic “Magic burs—”,

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but Rave appeared from the side and struck Lucusia’s hand, narrowly missing Rain’s head and only cutting his hair a little. Lucusia tried to grab Rave’s neck with his other hand, but Rain already set his body with sat knee, swiftly struck his fist up while Rave spun body in the air and kicked out.

Hand to hand, leg to leg, Lucusia skillfully blocked their attacks like a martial fighter, while Rain and Rave fought with less technique, more like street thugs, but their strikes synchronized like brothers. Dust and blood filled the air, and the sound of bones and muscles colliding echoed in the distance.

Rave used his hands as a pivot point to swung his body on the floor and struck Lucusia’s lower body with his leg. Meanwhile, Rain spun in the air and delivered a powerful strike to Lucusia’s head.

Lucusia instinctively grabbed Rain’s fist while kicking Rave away. Rave blocked the attack with crossed arms. He flew, crashing into a long bench that broke into pieces.

Lucusia looked at Rain with an ugly expression. There was no trace of the original Lucusia left. “Finally caught you,” he said, his hand gripping like iron, the sound of bones rumbling in his hand.

“Never thought that a priest who stayed away from battle could fight like this. Are you really a priest?” Rain asked.

The Dark Priest didn’t answer, instead moving his other hand, intending to eliminate Rain from the world as soon as possible.

But Rain showed no fear. “Have you forgotten that I also have a bird in my group?” The Dark Priest looked into Rain’s eyes and saw a reflection of a girl in a white dress. Her body leaned against the horizon, her hair and dress fluttering. Light shone on her hand as she drew a bow from the sky.Instinctively, Lucusia raised his hand and used a protective spell from above. At the same time, Rain flicked a Sun Rock at Lucusia’s eyes. The Dark Priest released his grip, protecting his eyes from the bright light.

Crack! The white light covered the entire fight.

Plunk! Crash!

The Dark Priest was sent flying and crashed into a preaching table, shattering it into pieces. His abdomen bore the imprint of two feet, lonely light and dust lingered around him.

Thud! Ivara landed beside Rain, her hair fluttering in the breeze. Her golden eyes shone brightly, and her robe tore in half to make it easier for her to run and dash. She had minor injuries on her legs and hand, and her quiver was empty of arrows.

Rave walked over to Rain, his torn and messy shirt stained with blood, but he didn’t seem to care. He dusted off his hair and helped Rain stand up.

Rain slowly stand up, bloodstains all over his body, the cuts and misshapen arm, and the sticky blood in his hair combine with his old scar that burn form hot iron and pierce by iron needle, made him more like a ferocious beast than human. But Rain’s face showed a good mood. He held a silver necklace with a follower badge in his hand, which he had finally retrieved back after a close combat fight with a dark priest.

Click! Click! Little flick. He twisted it twice, and it returned to its normal shape as he wore it around his neck again. “I just took my things back and gave back what you gave me, okay?” Rain said. A black goo crawled behind Lucusia’s body,

No answer from dark priest.

“Lucusia, how are you feeling? Fighting with normal people. Is it good, right?” Rain asked.

The dark priest didn’t move, but replied, “Ha ha ha, that is amazing. I have never felt this before. Worms that can push me this far.”

“Um... That’s good... do you want to surrender? Everyone has already evacuated... and in the beginning, this was all just a futile ritual,” Rain said.

“No, no, no, no one can escape my grip. Even if I die today, I will drag you, you, you and everyone, followed me into hell.” Lucusia slowly rose up as if pulled by a string. Dark aura covered his body, his eyes turned back, and bones protruded from his flesh. The black goo had already consumed half of his body.

Rain spoke softly, “Um...So this is our last cross line.”

Ivara stepped back, fear gripping her heart. But suddenly, a warm sensation come beside her. She looked at her brother. Rain showed his left hand that was stained with blood. It was as if he was asking, “Are you afraid of my blood?” She shook her head slightly. So he touched her shoulder.

“Do you remember what I told you?” Rain said. Ivara nodded slowly, and Rain smiled. Then he pointed his other hand at the ceiling and said, “Follow my words, okay? Take a breath, clear your mind, and speak slowly, little by little.” Ivara nodded and aimed her bow upwards.

“I’m Ria, daughter of the sun and light,” Rain said.

Ivara’s eyes widened, her mouth hanging open. She quickly looked at Rain, who smiled warmly at her and nodded. She simply nodded back.

“I’m... Ria, daughter of the sun and light” Light particles floated out of her body, and the sun rock in her pocket also emitted a faint glow.

“Wishing to the Lord Father, grant me a strong hand that can grasp onto hope.” Rain said.

“Wishing to the Lord Father, grant me a strong hand that can grasp onto hope.” Ivara said. golden light particles transformed into an arrow, and the mana grew denser, causing even Ivara to feel its weight, which should have been weightless.

Lucusia also witnessed this spectacle and was shocked, his hand trembling as he murmured, “She... a holy child? What have I done? No, no, no, this is not right! I have to kill her!” With his hand outstretched, and cast spells. “Magic Burst!” “Dark Traumatize!” “Hallucinate!”

Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!

Various types of magic burst forth towards Ivara, but Rain swiftly raised hand “Lingering Mana, follow my lead,” Rain commanded, “Magic Barrier”

Wink! Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!

A golden shield shone forth to protect everyone. However, it couldn’t block the scrap wood that came along with the spells. Rave, agile at the front, swiftly took off his cloth and flicked it like a fan, protecting his group.

“How can this be?... It’s my skill! How can you use my skill so easily?” Lucusia exclaimed.

Blood falling from Rain’s nose. He wiped it away, paying no mind to the dark priest’s words. Ivara looked at him with worried eyes, and Rain simply rubbed her head. In that moment, she could sense the fragility of the hand that touched her hair. Brother Rain that stood before her are like a thin glass that cracks and ready to shatter with the slightest pressure. The image of a flickering fish from her childhood showed again. But Rain’s voice brought her back to reality.

“Lead us into a new day in this nighttime,” he said, blood now flowing from his mouth.

Ivara’s mouth trembled slightly as she said, “... Lead us into a new day in this nighttime. Initial Sun”

Suddenly, the arrow disappeared, and the bow shattered into pieces. Nothing happened. Ivara turned and hugged Rain, buried her face in his chest. Her body trembled slightly as she whispered, “Brother... sorry... I’m sorry...” Rain gently rubbed her back.

Rave headed to Rain with curiosity and asked, “Did we succeed?”

In Rain’s verity eyes, over Ivera’s Head had a golden word shone brightly like the sun ‘Manifest of Sunlight.’ He nodded to Rave and replied, “We succeeded from the very beginning.”

Rattle... Rattle... floor shaken.

Swissssh... wind rushed through tiny holes.

The air slowly rose, causing hair and dresses to flutter, and wood scraps, pebbles, and stones to soar through the air. The remaining sun stone, disguised as a regular stone, now shone brightly. Its warmth touched everyone. Rain caught a tiny round rock, the Heart of the Goddess Sun, and placed it back in Ivara’s hand. She took it, but still kept her face buried in Rain’s chest.

Sun stone arranged in a circle slowly rotated, leaving a trailing light because of its lingering speed. Not long, it completed a full circle, glowing. Suddenly, it ascended, lifting everything it passed, the ceiling, tower bell, and the hope of a new day. It hung in the vast sky, shining brilliantly like a star.

Everything gradually compressed at the center. The bell transformed into a white light.

Silence of the night. People Those unable to sleep, knights that lost in fog, mages that using mana wanted to break free from hallucinations, Group of Refugee that held the torch ran at the town, all gazed at this small, radiant light.

BooooOOOong! The bell tolled for the final time, and everything burst forth, shining brightly like the sun. The night, magic, spells, and fog disappeared. A gentle breeze, vibrant life, and renewed hope reflected in the eyes of the people. The hidden darkness revealed the colors of blooming flowers as a new day dawned.

Rain looked down at the girl stilled embracing him, he whispered softly, “Ria... This World is beautiful, right?”

Hug tighter. “Um...”