A Commonplace Story Of Overpowered Sorcerer

Amidst the chaos that was created due to the abruptness of Rio's extreme action, a certain old pope who had stood up in a hurry because he'd seen one of Apostle harming himself acted oddly. His eyes suddenly became vacant and glowed with golden light. But, it was so subtle that anyone else did not see it. Moreover, their attention was fixed on Rio and his mangled, bloodied arm.

Though Hajime had seen this extreme action once, he was still squeamish when he looked at it. But, he was quickly being swept away by the fl.u.s.tered spectators. He saw them with a dumbfounded look. He had expected they would react badly from this, but he never thought it would be this bad. Because of his perplexities, he forgot to calm everyone.

Meanwhile, Rio's reaction was delayed because he felt a strong presence suddenly appeared in this place. No, the correct description to what he'd sensed was this strong presence had merged with someone. And it was Ishtar.

Despite the others did not realize the strange occurrence in Ishtar, Rio did not miss it. But, Rio quickly calmed down the flurried people under the stage, "Please calm down! This is under control. If you do not calm down, this presentation cannot continue."

Rio's voice spread through the field for he had enhanced his voice with mana. Everyone stopped at their spots and turned at Rio. Before someone could open their mouth and make this more complicated, Rio continued on.

"Don't worry. I said this is under control, and I mean my words. Though my hand is like this, I have blunted the pain using magic. This is important for the next presentation. So, please return back to your seat."

Though they seemed skeptical of Rio's claim, they followed his words. They returned to their seats and tightly looked at the stage. Ishtar who had been possessed by Ehit followed Rio's order without any fuss. Ehit did not announce their presence yet, and it made Rio curious about the entity's plan.

While putting up his guard towards Ishtar/Ehit, Rio turned at Hajime and nodded shortly. Hajime returned back Rio's nod with his own, albeit shaky one. Hajime then raised his gun and aimed at Rio's bloodied, mangled arm and pulled the trigger.

As an aside, Rio had forced his Auto-Regeneration to stop healing his mangled hand for this. If he did not stop it, his hand would heal in the blink of an eye due to his absurd mana.

A white colored orb was launched from the gun's muzzle and it hit Rio's wounded arm. The next moment, Rio's hand was covered by a white aura. There were loud exclaims and amazed shouts when the spectators saw Rio's arm healed. After a few seconds, Rio's hand and forearm returned back to its healthy state.

Rio turned at the dumbfounded spectators and said, "As you can see, this one has high-level healing spell formula engraved inside the cartridge. Of course, it cannot recover a lost limb, but it is still a spell similar to High Heal that can reattach a limb as long as the cut part isn't destroyed or eaten by some monsters. With this, the presentation ended and the next presentation about the detailed specs of this artifact will be presented by Hajime."

Hajime, who had recovered from seeing the gore, nodded and returned his attention to the spectators. He began the presentation. What Hajime explained was more or less shortened into these points.

1) The artifact used ambient mana in the air to fuel it, but the user's mana is needed to trigger the artifact.

2) Even a regular person with level 1 and 10 Magic can use the artifact but only ten times. Each trigger consumed mana equal to 1 Magic.

3) The artifact only useful against monsters and demons because of the magic formula engraved in the gun's body. If someone tries to use it to harm human or demi-human, the formula will self destruct.

4) There is a self-destruct function in both gun and cartridge. The only harmless and healing effect will not trigger the self-destruct mechanism. And by self-destruct mechanism, it means in the magic formula. The gun and cartridge themselves are only minerals shaped into a gun and a cartridge.

5) The gun and cartridge production is like the status plate, meaning there is the production type artifact that will create them automatically.

6) Trying to counter engineer the guns, cartridge, and the production artifacts are indivisible because there are self-destruct function that will erase the magic formula which is the most important component of these artifacts upon trying to open them.

Hajime's explanation was more or less answering the confusion of everyone. There were still some questions related to the speed of guns and cartridge creation, what kind of materials needed, what kind of spell can be installed, and some other trivial stuff. Whenever Hajime could not answer the question, Rio would step in and answer in Hajime's place. In the end, the presentation was considered as a success and this new artifact was accepted by the Holy Church and the Heiligh Kingdom.

Finally, Ishtar/Ehit who had been silent made his move. He stood abruptly, attracting everyone attention. Next, incomprehensible presence exuded from his body and light golden light leaked out of the orifices in his head. The people who did not know what happened with Ishtar was struck dumb. Those who knew what happened to him, mostly the delegations from Holy Church, prostrated before Ishtar in a hurry. They began praising Ehit's name in reverence. Before long, everyone else knew that Ishtar's body was possessed by Ehit and the god had indirectly graced them with their blessed presence.

When the students knew about this, they had mixed feelings. They were finally in the presence of the God who arbitrarily kidnapped them from their world. They wanted to protest and demand Ehit to send them back. However, they were tongue-tied and frozen in their spot by Ehit's presence. They could only dumbly watch the procession.

Ishtar/Ehit continued walking up towards the stage, approaching Rio. When they got closer, Hajime fell down on his but and had a panic-stricken face. His body was drenched by his sweat. He lost control of his body. Meanwhile, Rio only had sweat on his forehead, it trickles down to his cheek and chin before falling down to the ground.

At this moment, Rio discovered that he had underestimated Ehit. This fake god was powerful, but Rio was not scared of him. Nay, he did not even need to unseal all his nine seals. He only needed to unseal four seals to get enough power to crush Ehit.

All that aside, back to the present situation. Rio was watching Ishtar/Ehit's approach with a blank look, hiding his inner feeling. He also readied himself to take off his seals at any moment. After a few seconds, Ishtar/Ehit stopped in front of him and opened his mouth. What came out from Ishtar's mouth was not his voice. It was the mixture of many different voices; male and female, old and young. They mixed together in surprising harmony.

"O mine own belov'd apostle, mine own chosen h'ro! I am Ehit! The God of tis world! I am joyous with thy eff'rt to holp humanity, who is't I loveth dearly, in their war 'gainst the vile demons yond seeketh their destruction! Tee coequal unhesitatingly did harm yourself to maketh thy pointeth cleareth, and t is w'rthy of mine own attention and careth. But, o mine own belov'd apostle, doth not harmeth yourself f'r the second timeth! T'pains me to seeth thee wound'd and thy blood spilled, o thee quaint child. Thou art mine own belov'd apostle and chosen h'ro who is't shalt bringeth salvation upon mine own dearly belov'd humanity! groweth stout! beest stout, festinate! and I shalt waiteth until the day thee shineth brightly and p'rsonally inviteth thee to mine own heavenly did abide at which hour yond timeth finally cometh!"[1]

Ishtar/Ehit turned around without waiting for Rio's response and spoke to the delegations of Holy Church and the people of Heiligh Kingdom.

"Treat that gent well. Treateth that gent well as h'ro. This is mine own sinc're wisheth f'r the children I loveth!"[2]

Right after that, Ehit's presence disappeared and Ishtar slumped down right in front of Rio, unconscious. For a short while, everyone was silent, recovering from their intense experience. And the next moment, another chaos was created. This time, it was due to Ehit's descend and 'blessing' for Rio.

Amidst the ruckus, Rio was thinking only a single line. He thought that a single line with a funny expression.

'Why the heck Ehit spoke Shakespearean?'

★★★| FOOTNOTE |★★★

[1] "O my beloved Apostle, my chosen Hero! I am Ehit! I am happy with your effort to help humanity, who I love dearly, in their war against the vile demons that seek their destruction! You even unhesitatingly harmed yourself to make your point clear, and it is worthy of my attention and care. But, O my beloved apostle, do not harm yourself for the second time! It pains me to see you wounded and your blood spilled, O Beautiful Child. You're my beloved Apostle and Chosen Hero who shall bring salvation upon my dearly beloved humanity! Grow strong! Be strong, fast! And I shall wait until the day you shine brightly and personally invite you to my heavenly abode when that time finally comes!"

[2] "Treat him well. Treat him well as Hero. This is my sincere wish for the children I love!"