"Alice!"
Anna exclaimed, quickly retreating before the owner of the arm could strike again.
A deafening roar echoed through the narrow corridor as the unknown monster, in a fit of rage, pounded the walls as if trying to break through.
However, it could only vent its fury up to this point.
Its frantic sequence of attacks, aside from stirring up some dust, couldn't destroy the walls in any way.
After nearly running back to the entrance of the passage, Anna found Alice again.
"Are you okay?"
Alice shook her head. Although she had been thrown a great distance, there were no injuries on her body.
"What will we do now?"
"I will kill it."
As she spoke, Alice moved forward alone, completely unaware of the strong murderous intent behind her cold words.
This strong murderous intent made Anna swallow the words she originally wanted to say to dissuade her.
Returning to the entrance of the passage again.
Alice in front of Anna.
The monster seemed irrational.
Anyone approaching the entrance would be attacked by it.
With the sound of whistling wind, the robust arm appeared quickly from the darkness with a slicing sound and struck Alice's small body with force.
However, Alice calmly raised her delicate hand and easily blocked the punch that was larger than her body.
Then she slightly opened her eyes and, while one hand held the opponent’s punch, the other delivered a direct strike.
No great momentum, just a simple punch.
When their fists collided, the sharp sound of bones breaking was particularly clear in the passage.
There were obvious cracks in the enormous arm, and sticky blood dripped from it.
Then, there was a loud crash.
Even without seeing with her own eyes, Anna could imagine the enormous and monstrous figure hidden in the darkness exploding.
"Alice?"
Anna's face looked a bit pale.
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"Everything is fine now."
Alice's expression was very calm.
She casually discarded the pieces of flesh in her hand and then stepped into the darkness, walking over the dark blood and dismembered fragments.
Her small white feet contrasted strongly with the disgusting blood on the ground.
Anna suppressed the feeling of nausea and followed behind Alice.
When her feet touched the blood, a corrosive sensation spread across her skin, and she quickly activated a miracle to avoid being poisoned.
Two spheres of warm light enveloped Anna's feet, and she was surprised to find that the miracle she was using now was much more powerful than before.
Even compared to real priests, there was little difference in terms of power.
Perhaps, later, she could cast those ancient spells.
Unconsciously, they had entered a spacious room.
This was a square, enclosed room with no exit.
With ancient inscriptions on the walls and floor.
Compared to the room where Alice was before, this place was very well-preserved.
"Do you want to decipher these spells?"
Anna nodded enthusiastically.
She had interpreted only one prayer from the previous spell and felt that her miraculous power would greatly increase if she could decipher all these spells.
Becoming a high priest or even the Pope was no longer a fantasy.
Unfortunately, the monster's blood had contaminated a large area, halving the part she could interpret.
Now that it was decided that Anna would decipher the spell again, Alice silently retreated to a corner and sat down.
Then began a long period of time...
...
"May eternal light shine, may the sacred manifest in the light—"
The usual light shone on Anna.
But this time, Alice only felt a slight discomfort.
Although she had a repulsion to the light, the light Anna was emitting was not as strong as before when there were crystals to amplify it.
"Sickness and pestilence, pain and disaster—"
Anna raised her right hand, a small light began to expand and spin from her palm, quickly forming a ring of light that enveloped the entire space.
"May the pain that torments humanity—"
"In the name of Anna, bring light to the world and drive away all suffering!"
At that moment, Anna seemed like an angel, radiating a sacred aura that made people want to kneel in worship.
After the blinding light diminished, everything returned to calm.
Anna opened her eyes and, excited, waved her small fists and smiled happily.
"Yes! I finally did it!"
This was the first miracle Anna had deciphered from the ancient spells, with the primary goal of curing diseases and calamities.
Of course, any light spell or miracle would cause great damage to dark creatures.
The miracle Anna now mastered, if directed at low-level dark creatures, could instantly destroy them.
That, Anna did not yet know.
For her, expelling dark creatures was something reserved only for high-level priests.
Even now that she mastered some ancient miracles, she was still just a small priestess.
At the same time, silently, a black hole appeared in the wall of the room, leading to other places.
This time, they did not rush forward and waited for Anna to continue deciphering other spells.
For Anna, being trapped here had turned from an unhappy disaster into a great opportunity she could not miss.
...
While Anna continued learning new miracles, in the dark forest above the underground ruins.
"Mommy, down below... there's... a... sense... of light."
A slow but sweet voice came from the mouth of a girl embedded in the trunk of the tree.
In front of her was an even larger and sturdier tree, with a mature woman embedded in the trunk.
"Yes, probably some little rat has gotten in there. I've already sent someone to deal with it."
She seemed to be speaking with indifference, but there was a touch of concern in her heart.
After such a long time, those who were sealed must have rotted...
Although she could handle most of the creatures inside, even when they were completely victorious, there was still one person inside she couldn't deal with.
She really didn’t understand why that person was sealed instead of being killed directly.
She could only think about questions like these in her heart and pray that the being wouldn’t come out...