Chapter 17
Chapter 17
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 17
Chapter Title: Lot, Who Accepted the God
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Lot, who had taken in the god.
With an utterly chilling presence, he gripped a massive axe forged from condensed golden mana.
His entire body, swollen with bursting red muscles and wreathed in roaring yellow flames, looked for all the world like a demon manifested from the depths of hell.
Yet even so, Boris and the other warriors showed no sign of backing down. They prepared to launch their assault on him.
They had come this far with the blessings of Lady Seraphim herself—they couldn't retreat now.
At that moment.
"I'll handle him. Deal with the others!"
"C-Captain?"
"That guy's strong! Charging in half-cocked will just pile up the casualties! You all take on the rest around us!"
"Y-Yes!"
"Understood!"
The enemy soldiers were already swarming in late, drawn by the commotion.
The warriors turned to face them and dove into battle without hesitation.
In this situation that looked utterly hopeless at a glance, they would at least ensure Eva could fight without interference.
Meanwhile.
'Divine Possession... This won't be easy.'
With that thought, Eva cloaked her body in holy power and charged forward with blinding speed.
And then.
"Haaah!"
💥 ROAR! 💥 -Kuuoooooh!!!
-Boom!!
An immense impact that didn't even feel like weapons clashing.
Even after deflecting the blow to one side, Eva grimaced at the pain shooting through her arm like it might tear right off.
Divine Possession meant literally taking a god into one's body.
She didn't think that Lot guy had fully accepted the Baal God, but even so, this strike infused directly with divine power—not mere blessing—was something even her strengthened body couldn't shrug off easily.
💥 ROAR! 💥 -Kuaaaagh!!!
"!! L-Lord... wait!"
"C-Calm down! W-We’re on the same... Kyaaagh!!!"
Lot let out a grotesque roar and unleashed another storm of attacks.
Belching yellow flames without restraint, he pressed Eva relentlessly, not caring that allied soldiers nearby were burning to death.
"Ugh!"
She scraped together every bit of the blessing from Seraphim to keep defending.
But no matter that her body was empowered by that divine might, there was no way a mere human could overcome the god's incarnation itself.
-Boom!!
"Nngh!"
Eva was finally sent tumbling across the ground by one of his blows.
She'd somehow managed to block enough to avoid a fatal hit,
but her battered body and Lot—who still didn't have a scratch—made the outcome plain as day.
"Not bad, holding out this long! But this is the end! Kneel now! Submit before the might of the Almighty God!"
"..."
Lot bellowed in a voice thick with murderous intent.
At that moment.
"!"
"C-Captain...?"
True to his word, Eva dropped to her knees on the ground.
Despair etched deeply across the warriors' faces.
A twisted smile of ecstasy began to spread over Lot's.
However.
They didn't know.
At this instant, Eva's gaze wasn't fixed on Lot right in front of her...
💥 LAUGHTER 💥 -Kuhaha! So you're not a total idiot! Fine! I'll spare you and make you my sex slave...
...but up high, gazing down at her.
A massive red eye...
⚙ DIVINE VOICE ⚙ "Lady Seraphim! Save us!" "!?"
In that instant, Eva cried out sharply, her voice brimming with holy power.
For a fleeting moment, the divine mana cloaking Lot's body wavered under the sheer intensity of that force.
The chaotic clamor around them fell into utter silence.
And then.
From within that silence, it began to echo.
In the ears of everyone present.
A small, delicate voice, yet piercingly clear, as if boring straight into their souls.
⚙ DIVINE VOICE ⚙ [Understood.] *
Eva's sudden call to Seraphim.
The ominous voice that rang out simultaneously.
Lot was a bit flustered upon hearing it, but he wasn't truly afraid.
'Hah! That puny heretic fake god? Before this body wielding Baal God's power, it's nothing but a paper tiger!'
The immense power surging through his flesh even now.
The strength that had utterly overwhelmed even the mighty holy knight Eva.
It filled Lot with an unprecedented exhilaration and an omnipotent sense that he could do anything.
For someone whose obese frame had always made movement a chore, this exhilarating lightness paired with devastating power hit even harder.
"Haha! A god? Seraphim? Come at me then! This body bears the power of the Almighty Baal! I'll rip you apart in an instant!"
Lot bellowed with unbridled bravado.
At that moment.
-Flash!
"!!"
A colossal pillar of light poured down between him and Eva.
In that instant, goosebumps erupted across Lot's skin.
It felt like being crushed under some vast, overwhelming presence.
The sheer pressure made his earlier bluster seem laughable; instinctively, he took a step back.
And then.
"Gulp..."
Lot swallowed dryly without realizing it.
There, in his vision, it appeared.
A colossal form that dwarfed him by size alone.
And attached to that body,
countless red eyes staring right at him.
[...]
'Wh-What... the hell? Th-This is... what? A m-monster like this is... a god?'
A chilling sensation that clawed at his soul.
This didn't feel right.
An instinctive revulsion at its core.
A nausea that twisted his guts.
And a terror that made his entire body tremble.
The eerie discomfort of facing something he could never resist,
something he shouldn't resist.
Lot froze solid.
However.
"Damn it!"
Despite the sensation, Lot gripped his axe tighter.
The primal rejection stiffened his body rigid.
But even so, he couldn't back down or surrender here.
The heretic god standing before him.
If he knelt to that, what then?
The alliance would crumble in an instant,
and he'd have to cut ties completely with the Baal Church that had backed him.
All his hard-won opportunities would evaporate, and his ambitions would become an impossible dream.
He couldn't let that happen.
How much effort had he poured into this?
How much time and wealth had he invested?
He couldn't let it all shatter in a moment,
without even putting up a proper fight.
Not even against... a god.
'Yeah, it's do or die! I'll slay this filthy evil god right here! I can do it! I hold the Almighty Baal God's power!'
Fueled by the blazing flames of ambition still burning within and the divine power enveloping him, Lot mustered his courage.
Shaking off the paralyzing fear, he leveled his axe again.
"So you finally show yourself, you filthy evil god! Perfect timing!"
Golden flames blazed around Lot's axe.
As he prepared a strike with all his might, a warped smile twisted his lips.
He could instinctively tell pure strength wouldn't cut it easily.
So he had to end it in one blow.
The moment it let its guard down even slightly.
Crush those eyes with his ultimate strike, and victory would be his.
"Brace yourself, you dirty false god! In the name of Baal God, I will punish you! Raaah!!!"
Lot roared and charged forward.
At a speed he'd never dreamed of, he shot ahead like the wind.
This was it.
The end.
This power.
This speed.
No matter how great the thing was, there was no way it could withstand this strike infused with Baal God's authority...
💥 DIVINE JUDGMENT 💥 [-200. Trash.]
"?"
The thing uttered something incomprehensible for a split second.
As a flicker of doubt crossed Lot's mind.
"...Huh?"
-Boom!!!
"!!?"
A sudden, colossal pressure slammed down.
Along with the horrific, agonizing sensation of a giant palm crushing his body, Lot was buried deep into the earth.
"Wh-What... the...? Wh-What's h-happening... Gaaack!!!"
-Thud!!
"Nngh! Y-You bastard!! Th-This much... won't... Gaaah!!"
-Crunch!!!
"Gueeeeh!!!!"
Lot thrashed desperately to rise.
But despite his efforts, the pressure grinding him down only intensified mercilessly.
"Kyaaaaagh!!! St-Stop... Gaaack!!"
It pulverized his bones,
mangled his muscles,
burst his organs.
In agony beyond anything he'd known, wretched screams poured from Lot's mouth.
His earlier swagger was nowhere to be seen.
Just Seraphim's gaze alone inflicted this immense torment,
instantly humbling the arrogant Lot who'd charged in to kill.
"Sp-Spare... Gaaack!!! Pl-Please... mercy... Gaaah!! I-I'm sorry!... Please... spare me!!! Gueeeh!!!"
Tears, snot, bloody tears, nosebleeds—all streaming as Lot begged forgiveness.
He'd never been devout, but in this moment, every word was sincere.
Banging his body against the ground, he repented to Seraphim with all he had—something even Baal God had never seen.
A normal human would have died long ago from such excessive humility.
However,
amid this excruciating pain and his endless humbling,
Lot didn't die.
No, he couldn't die.
Separate from his pulping flesh,
'that thing' dwelling within him hadn't permitted death yet.
To 'it', there was still
more to witness through this fool's eyes.
📜 DIVINE THOUGHT 📜 {This is... Seraphim...}