134 – faith
For Christine, faith and belief were absolute truths that turned the impossible into the possible.
When faced with seemingly impossible situations, it meant a lack of faith.
Even though Christine’s age was not long before crossing the triple digits, the reason she still looked as young as when she first met God was because of her faith.
The reason I was able to live without eating or drinking anything right after I found a new faith until now was also because of my faith.
Even the reason why they could ignore the laws of this world as if they were natural and follow their own laws in their own world was because of their faith.
So, Christine’s faith never wavered.
God has always been watching over Christine at the same time as always illuminating the way to go to the bright light, so you just have to pray in that light. To Christine, God was such a being.
There was never anything that her god would not survive. immortal forever. I could affirm that there is no better word to describe her God.
As long as that immortality existed, as long as there was a God who personally descended into this world and cared for her, Christine would never be broken.
I had to.
“Oh God?”
Christine, who had been kneeling in prayer, hurriedly stood up next to a mountain of corpses piled up with their heads and spines and arms and legs removed.
Yellow amber eyes constantly looked around. Anxiety and nervousness consumed my mind. My fingertips trembled.
“Why, the light…?”
It was because the light that was deeply seated in Christine’s heart, her god-sent symbol and faith itself, was greatly shaken.
In nearly 100 years of living, I can assure you that the light has never wavered. Christine couldn’t hide her embarrassment at the unprecedented situation.
My first thought was to blame myself for my lack of faith. Christine hurriedly fell to her knees again. No matter what he did wrong, prayer for forgiveness came first.
But Christine soon realized that she was wrong. The light that had settled in his heart was slowly being eroded by the darkness.
Christine, who felt the scene straight away, was shocked as if an explosion was going on in her head. His gaping mouth did not know how to close, and tears welled up in his eyes.
As I lost strength in my legs, my knees naturally bent. My calves spread out to the sides and my buttocks pressed against the soil. My eyesight was blurry, probably because of the tears.
“Ah, my God. What is it? Is it my lack of faith? Is it the lack of sacrifices? Is it something like that?”
Christine sat down on the floor and immediately began to wail loudly. A groaning cry echoed in all directions.
This was a sign that her god was disappointed in Christine. The meaning was clear that if you do not repent of your mistakes, the light will be withdrawn.
Christine, who had lost her faith, had no meaning in living.
Christine cried out and forced herself to swallow, then prayed loudly. Please, I hope that God’s voice will come down, that I will be given just one more chance.
And, Christine’s faith was the very source that made the impossible possible.
ㅡGo find it.
“Oh God?!”
Christine stood up with more urgency than when she first stood up. It was the voice of God. Christine was sure that God had answered her prayers.
prayed once again. This time it was a prayer of thanksgiving full of joy.
“Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I really appreciate that you have not abandoned this lowly lamb yet.”
It was difficult to hold back the tears. Christine was truly grateful to have been given another chance. Still, there was more time left to serve her god.
I forcibly straightened my staggering leg. There was no way I could have misheard the voice of God. She did not dare to make her god say the same thing twice.
He just told Christine to come find her, so all you have to do is follow that voice.
“I understand, my God.”
Divine power swirled around. Where God is is written in Christine’s soul. To the souls who are still trying to find the place where God is in order to achieve unity.
“Now, this lamb will answer the call of God.”
In-young disappeared. A step later, the place where the piece of divine power had passed by was engulfed in white flames and burned.
The boy Christine believed to be a god didn’t even have the ability to speak directly from a distance.
The fact that the voice called God’s call was actually a kind of hallucination created by Christine’s faith will never be revealed to the world.
Christine arrived at the capital of the kingdom by running like flying. Considering that the transfer door was not used, the speed was really absurdly fast.
There were a few ‘minor’ accidents along the way, but Christine didn’t mind at all. Because I had to go to God as soon as possible, bow my head, and pray for forgiveness for my sins.
The path Christine chose was the shortest distance in a straight line.
Literally, the shortest distance to God.
It was a straight path, ignoring everything he would encounter along the way and only thinking about the distance. Objects that would collide with her and change lives were not Christine’s considerations.
The thick wall that separated the kingdom’s capital from nature was pierced like a wooden plank. Wooden structures processed with magic and having strength comparable to iron broke like candy.
Sensing the commotion, the first guards in the capital to arrive tried to stop Christine by shouting for them to stop, but paid a very high price.
Christine, who arrived at the palace after destroying dozens of buildings in a row, encountered the knights who heard the news and stood by to protect the palace.
The yellow pupil scanned the knights who blocked him. It was an armor with a familiar appearance. Christine immediately remembered where she had seen that armor.
that year.
It was the same armor as the blond pagans who clung to Christine’s God and uttered all sorts of disgusting titles with their filthy three tongues.
Displeasure soared. I wanted to purify everything by spreading divine power, but if I did, there was a possibility that the palace would be damaged.
As long as her god was in the palace, the castle couldn’t be destroyed, so Christine uncharacteristically chose to quietly invite her to leave.
“My god is inside. I need to meet him as soon as possible. Please step back.”
“It’s noisy. You’re a criminal who destroyed walls and destroyed houses and caused chaos in the city. Do you dare to enter the palace? I will arrest you with the authority of the 2nd Commander of the Royal Knights. His Majesty the King of Gargantua will personally interrogate you, so be quiet. Please follow me. Please be grateful that I did not execute you here.”
As soon as the words were over, the knights gathered around drew their weapons and formed a formation. Breathing was fine.
The actions of the knights did not even catch Christine’s eyes. It was because the word Gargantua got stuck in his head.
“Did you just say gargantua?”
Power went into the clenched fist. The stone tile he was standing on could not stand the pressure and cracked.
Christine did not know the name Gargantua. I couldn’t know It was also the year that made up her mind that one day she would have her limbs torn off alive and offered as a burnt offering to her god.
“You mean that evil cultist is with my god?”
If you were a human who followed such a pagan, of course you deserved to die.
Holy light fell on Christine’s body. A bright halo of light enveloped the simple nun’s uniform. The royal knights watching the scene were very nervous and poured mana into their bodies.
Of course it was useless.
“What, what! Mana…!”
“Knight Commander, mana is not coming out!”
“So do i!”
“I can’t use mana!”
The power of nullifying mana was absolute.
If it was Christine’s ability to downgrade even that Charlotte to an ordinary person, at most, the royal knights could not draw mana.
Rather, if the knights had tried to raise mana for the purpose of running away from Christine, the mana nullifier could have been avoided.
However, that was not the purpose of the Royal Knights, so it was natural for them to do so.
“My God awaits.”
A twinkle flashed in Christine’s eyes. It was an unforgiving look. The knights, who faced that gaze, hesitated.
It was because they instinctively realized that if they fought against the woman in front of them, they would surely lose.
It wasn’t that I was afraid.
If Charlotte gave an order to attack, the royal knights were confident that they would gladly charge without mana and carry out the order even to the point of death.
It was disloyalty to Charlotte to start a battle in which he was sure to lose even though he hadn’t given such an order, and to die an empty death.
It was a little hesitation, but it was enough time for Christine to make a decision. The divine power gathered in Christine’s body was just about to explode and spread.
“……ah?”
Christine let out a groan. The divine power that wrapped around her body was scattered like sugar melting in water.
Amber eyes turned to the top floor of the palace. His body, which had been tinged with life as if it were about to attack at any moment, completely stiffened.
Even the Royal Knights, who were prepared for death, were dumbfounded. The opponent who was raising his life until just now is suddenly making an expression that has no mate.
“Oh God……?”
There was no way to know if this situation was due to the temporarily strengthened divine power, or if something else had worked.
However, one thing was certain: Christine intuitively sensed what had just happened on the top floor of the palace.
Her god was rolling on the floor, all limbs severed. because of whom? Because of the pagans next to him.
The only thing that could hurt God was Christine. The act of squeezing her heart, chewing her fingers, and smelling the scent of blood had to be Christine’s only.
The darkness that gnawed at my heart grew thicker.
Christine completely changed her mind. There was no time to waste on these little pups. In order to swing his fist, he concentrated all of his holy power on his legs.
Then, he accelerated and crashed into the castle gate.
The gate collided head-on with Christine’s body and shattered with a roar. It was a very futile end for a huge door with several superlative defense magics stacked on top of each other.
After entering the castle, Christine jumped straight from her spot and collapsed the ceiling to rise to the top floor. Shattered fragments fell in the rainwater.
The same action was repeated on the next floor and the next floor after that. Arriving at the destination was quick.
As soon as Christine reached the top floor, the protective magic circle that surrounded her area was completely gone. It seemed to be a kind of defensive magic circle that directly attacked intruders.
I saw a thick door made of adamantium right in front of me. It was this room. Behind this wall-like door, she could feel her god.
“This lamb dares to go before God.”
Christine threw a fist without hesitation.
