The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone - Chapter 18

“-Awe. Worship. Make offerings.”

Hideout of bandits with fallen leader.

There, Euthenia conducted a ritual of offerings.

She made an altar with all kinds of intricate patterns on the floor, and in the middle of the altar she gathered people to offer as an offering.

Around the altar were written phrases of praise and thanksgiving to God.

For the first time in her life, Roan watched proper ceremony with an amused eye from start.

It was not an easy opportunity to be given the chance to fully witness the ceremony of an offering to God.

Even from Roan’s perspective, who had lived as a Warlock for decades, this was the first time he had faced this kind of ritual.

“-Sing the hymn of life.”

After the final prayer of Utenia, which announced the end of the ritual, the offerings on the altar disappeared with a pure white glow.

Roan, who had been watching the ceremony, involuntarily applauded.

A direct glimpse of a great being appears and receives the offerings made to him.

It was a marvelous sight that Roan had never encountered before in his life.

What miracle in the world could be more astonishing than this?

It was no surprise to him that exclamations flowed from Roan’s mouth.

“It’s really amazing, Apostle.”

“It’s a little embarrassing to be praised”

“No, no. Just witnessing this ritual fills me with the strong feeling that the Great One is watching over us.”

“Is that so?

“Of course.”

Peter, the second observer of Euthenia’s ritual, had the same expressions of bitterness.

He looked into the traces of something that humans cannot be seen.

It was not something within the realm of adaptability, even though he had seen it several times already.

However, he did look unpleasantly at Roan, who praised the Euthenian ritual.

A Warlock and an ordinary village man.

A difference of perception existed between them that would not shrink.

Peter could never understand the Warlock .

“Now that the ritual is over, I would like to see the laboratory.”

Euthenia, who had finished the ritual and hugged the book, looked around.

There were only six more people visible in Euthenia’s eyes .

Four of the surviving bandits turned after Roan.

It was like they had unintentionally surrendered in order to live, but their eyes had changed after the ritual had proceeded.

With a bit more training from Roan, it was possible that they might become devout believers.

Of course, Roan, who teaches them, appears more fervent than anyone else present.

“Then shall we go in for a look once?”

“Are you sure about that?”

“Of course. As much as you want, Master Apostle.”

Roan was angry when the bandits came in, but now that Euthenia is coming in, he is more willing than anyone else to show her around.

If he had a tail on him, he might be wagging it very hard.

Euthenia followed Roan as he walked towards the tent with a slow pace.

Peter also followed along with Euthenia towards the tent.

Entering beyond the tent, which was placed in a corner of the hideout, they found Roan’s laboratory, filled with all kinds of magical tools.

“Is this your laboratory?”

“It’s not much, but I’ve collected it over the course of my life.”

“There’s also a strange shaped pot, and I can see a glowing stone.”

“Oh, those are luminous stones. Once you charge it, it can be used for about 10 hours.”

Euthenia’s curious gaze slowly peered into the tent.

Roan’s tent contained all sorts of magical objects .

Larger pots in the corner.

Animals of all kinds preserved with magic.

Roan’s research records written down in beautiful handwriting.

There were even a few magic books in a corner of the bookshelf.

They were shabby, but full of things of value to an inexperienced wizard.

Magic items were all very costly items to acquire.

“I see you also have a magic book here.”

A hand extending from Euthenia’s shadow picked up a book stuck in the corner of the bookshelf.

Roan, who made contact with the shadow’s hand, freaked out.

Despite Roan’s reaction, Euthenia turned the pages of the magic book she had taken from the bookshelf.

Her calm eyes began to examine the contents of the magic book.

The name of the magic described in the magic book is (Lightning Arrow).

It was a magic that formed the energy of lightning into the shape of an arrow and shot it at the opponent.

It was also the magic that Roan used on the boss when he first met her.

As she read the magic book, the image of the lightning she had faced one day passed through her mind.

As Euthenia began to open the magic book, Roan, who had been watching her actions, opened his mouth.

“Oh, that magic…”

“Is the magic named Lightning Arrow?”

“Yes, it is.”

“That’s interesting..”

The Lightning Arrow in Euthenia’s hand was low-level magic.

Nevertheless, Euthenia saw numerous possibilities in the magic book in her hand.

The magic her God, used was on the different scale from normal magic.

The more complex magic was far more difficult to create on a massive scale.

The accuracy of the formula required depended on the scale at which the magician used it.

Therefore, the higher-level systems of magic that apply their effects over a wider scale are more complex and require more alterations.

However, Euthenia realized that such things did not make sense to her.

Complicated techniques were, after all, just an extraction to increase the range and reduce the amount of magical power consumed as much as possible.

Euthenia – High Lost. She was an alien being who receives a sea-like magical power directly from God.

Magic efficiency was something that Euthenia didn’t need to place any value on.

Euthenia’s eyes, which were reading from a magic book, took on a different color.

“… Are you also interested in magic?”

“It was his will that I learnt magic, you see.”

“…I see.”

“Could you give me some space? After seeing the book, I suddenly felt the urge to read.”

A hand that moved under Euthenia’s shadow brought her a chair.

Euthenia sat down in the chair and calmly began to turn the pages .

At the proclamation of Euthenia occupying the tent, Roan looked at Peter with a questioning gaze.

But Peter merely nodded to his gaze.

The two eventually left the tent with awkward expressions.

Inside the tent, Euthenia began to spend some time alone.

* * * * * *

There are moments in your life as you live in the world when you have to deal with pressing issues that suddenly come to you.

For me, yesterday was such a moment.

I didn’t even have time to run the game yesterday due to the schedule that quickly piled up.

This is quite unusual considering that I have been connected to the game almost every day since I started playing it.

“Ugh…”

I grabbed my dazed head and raised my upper body, and the sunlight coming in through the window greeted me.

10 am. Or maybe it was 11am.?

The sun already seemed to be rising close to the mid-sky.

I took a cup from the small table and quenched my thirst.

Gulp. Gulp.

The lukewarm, cold water flowed down my esophagus.

My dry throat finally felt relaxed.

“Huh… I finally feel like I am alive.”

Even though my body still felt a little sluggish, I felt like I had some realization.

I reached over and took the smartphone that was under my pillow.

It was to check for any messages that had come in last night.

When I operated the smartphone and checked the message window, I saw an icon for a game that was now on the main screen.

I remembered that I couldn’t play the game yesterday.

It was something that might have happened to the game while I was not connected.

Since Euthenia started working, didn’t it become an typical idle game?

I clicked on the game icon and let the game start.

“What happened last night?”

Lately, I had been hunting on the other side of the flow line from her, keeping Euthenia docile.

It was an anticipated moment to see what Euthenia had been up to so far.

Scroll down to check the logs that have been floating around all day.

Did Euthenia do many last night?

Today’s message log was on the longer side in its length than I had expected.

– [Apostle – Euthenia High Lost] has made an offering to you.

– Offerings made to you – 17.

– The effect of  is activated.

– Your karma has increased by 34 minutes according to the number of offerings made to you.

The first thing that popped into my sight was the message of the offerings made to me.

It seems that Euthenia had offered additional offerings.

Is this because she is a character with the trait of ?

She was quite active in making offerings.

Looking at it this way, it felt like I had picked a pretty good character.

“Huh? What is this…?”

And underneath, there was a surprising message floating around.

It was a message from Euthenia saying that I had been offered a new magic book.

The name of the item, which was confirmed by opening the inventory, was “Magic Book – Lightning Arrow”.

Seeing that I had no memory of acquiring a magic book by messing around, I was certain that the item had been offered by Euthenia.

I didn’t know that I could be offered by an apostle and acquire a new magic book.

It was quite unexpected for me.

“Can I get magic without having to play the gacha?”

You can acquire a magic book without a ten-turn gacha.

My evaluation of the game changed a little upon learning this fact.

I felt that the game might not need to charge so much, surprisingly.

Of course, judging by the fact that I now have the magic book, the odds themselves don’t seem so high.

I pressed Inventory and clicked on Magic Book.

It was to use the magic book to learn new magic.

– You have acquired .

– Now you can use Lightning Arrow magic by consuming magic power.

The name of your newly acquired magic is Lightning Arrow.

Like the  magic I had been using before, it was a magic that shoots lightning towards the target.

When you get a new magic, it is only natural to test it.

I threw the magic towards the nearby village.

A massive bolt of lightning landed on the village, inflicting damage in a wide radius.

It looked more like a throwing spear than an arrow.

“Oh…”

Fine sparks flashed in the vicinity where the magic had struck.

The damage inflicted on the enemy by the  used earlier was 30.

What a surprise, it was twice the damage of .