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Chapter 72 - 072

"Wait, wait, wait. What nonsense are you spouting? A mythical monster has gained a physical form and has been further strengthened by absorbing my power. No matter how much of a disciple of Juuzo you are, there is no way you could defeat such a monster unscathed!"

Even if you say that to me. I managed to defeat it, so...

"To put its strength into quantifiable terms as divine power, the great serpent's divine power was one hundred seventy thousand. In contrast, your divine power, Hayate, is twenty thousand at best. An average human is about ten, so even as you are now, you could be called monstrous. Furthermore, with my power, you can raise your divine power to two hundred thousand, but... hmm? W-What is this... your divine power is... rising."

I tried releasing just a little of my fighting spirit.

It seems the power stored in the area just below my navel, the lower tanden, is indeed what's called divine power. What I call Fighting Spirit Release is just the act of releasing it.

"Impossible, one h-hundred twenty thousand!? You have already surpassed Juuzo. Could it be that you have already mastered the power I have given you?"

I don’t think my master was being serious, though. That man’s power is completely bottomless.

Also, I have not used the power I received from the god yet.

Since this is a good opportunity, I'll try to surprise her a little.

"I’m going all out now. Fighting Spirit Release!"

I released all the power I originally possessed.

This sense of omnipotence, it's been a while. I feel like I can do anything right now.

"O-Ohhh! Five hundred thousand divine power!! Wonderful! So, Hayate, you had already mastered the art of releasing divine power!!"

The god's eyes sparkled with joy.

Her reaction is a little underwhelming. I wanted to surprise her.

...No, that's not it.

She thinks my divine power became this much after being multiplied by thirty.

Since she gave it to me, I might as well try using the power I received from her.

Now that I'm in this state, I know. I'm sure of it.

It's okay, I can control it.

Let's enter the second stage of enhancement.

"Divine Power, Release."

The power I received from the god wasn't like a mass of energy. It felt more like when I used a body enhancement support magic scroll in FWO.

My own power was being amplified.

In FWO, skills and attack motions could multiply the damage dealt to enemy monsters by hundreds of times. However, the increase in a player's base stats was at best a few dozen percent.

The buff the god gave me that ‘multiplies all my power by 30’ was something else entirely.

"Uuuuooooooohhhhhhhhhh!!"

My body feels like it's going to explode. But I can still withstand it.

Power is welling up from within my body.

I use the emerging power to strengthen my body, releasing even more divine power.

"W-What is this!? What is happening!! One million divine power!?"

Just doubling it caused this... I should stop here.

"Phew."

"That's... impossible..."

My body had been floating slightly. The released divine power was lifting me off the ground on its own.

The divine power radiating from me shone with a red-black light.

Amazing. The energy is visible. And since it has the power to make my body float, it should be able to interfere with reality too.

Maybe I can even shoot this out from my palm?

A special move where I condense the energy inside my body and release it all at once.

That’s every boy's dream. So, let’s try it!

I focused power into my right hand, with the image of pushing it out.

"...Hah!"

Light converged in front of the palm I held out before me and shot forward at super high speed.

It flew to the very edge of the sacred domain and...

It caused an explosion so massive it shook the ground.

"Whoa! I did it!!"

Because the Goddess synchronized FWO's settings with this world, even ordinary people can use magic inside dungeons. I can also launch slash attacks with skills, but that's all the Goddess's power.

When I try to defeat the Goddess, if she were to place restrictions on our powers, the fight would instantly become difficult. That's why I wanted a long-range attack power other than skills or magic.

And now I have that power.

"What do you mean, you did it! You destroyed my sacred domain!!"

"Ah."

The god lunged at me.

"S-S-Sorry. I just got carried away."

I got too excited after gaining a new power.

"This is not something you can just get away with an ‘oops’! You have utterly destroyed the bedchamber I have cherished for 2700 years. I will have you take responsibility for this!!"