My Alter Ego Is Becoming a Giant

Trial of the Holy Sword (2)

The place where the Holy Sign and the altar of the Holy Spirit Church were located was similar to the chapel of the Great Hall of Fame.

‘It seems that the scale of time is different for each ordeal.’

Unlike before, the time magnification here is about three times that of the outside.

As he was calmly examining his surroundings, a will resounded in his head this time as well.

＜Pray to the Lord.＞

sparkle-

At the same time, a soft light leaked from the large pattern carved on the wall on the side of the podium.

It was a holy mark, a symbol of the Shinju denomination, as if it was embodying the light that spreads in all directions.

‘Oh, I think you know what this is.’

It was a type that came up quite a lot in the records of previous contenders.

Heinrich walked forward without hesitation in a confident step, knelt in front of the podium in a natural position, and clasped his hands.

‘Trial of faith.’

The process of this ordeal, which appears almost every time as a regular question, was very simple.

I just had to prove my faith.

As he began to pray, the light that was emanating from the denomination’s holy mark gradually grew darker.

Whoa-

And the light began to illuminate Heinrich like the sun shining through the window.

With him, a tremendous divine power penetrated into his body.

‘To endure and accept the divine power above a certain level.’

That was his way of proving his faith in this trial.

He knew roughly the level required in the trial of the Holy Sword.

It seemed that the difficulty was determined by considering various conditions such as potential and possibility, although there were some differences among those who responded to the ordeal…

On average, between the bishop level and the archbishop level, the standard could be satisfied.

It was a simple matter for Heinrich, who already had bishop-level divine power, and could increase that limit any time he wanted.

‘So I thought I would be able to pass this ordeal easily…’

However, something was strange.

The divine power flowed in endlessly.

Even though he had already reached a considerable level, he did not know that the momentum would be broken.

I’m a little perplexed, but the constant influx of divine power was already trying to exceed the limit that Heinrich could normally use.

‘Uh, uh… is this dangerous?’

He hurriedly drew the mental resources of other avatars and converted them into faith using “Mind Hub” and “Persona”.

Hans helped raise the intelligence organization by collecting the warlocks around him.

Heinz II, who was busy expanding his power after completing the task of acquiring the entire clan.

Harley stayed at the Steel Citadel to hunt monsters in the Northern Mountains.

Hubert is slowly increasing his size by establishing a stable foundation for Tarak’s counter-offset.

From the Elven Kingdom after the festival to Harris, who became the focus of many elves.

However.

‘No, how long will this last?’

Even though he drew all the avatars’ mental power, the infusion of divine power did not end.

The amount of divine power already contained within him was comparable to that of an archbishop.

‘I only put it in my body for a while, so I won’t be able to keep it for a long time… Oh no.’

There was no time to think about anything else.

Han Seong-hyun, who was watching the situation from Earth, also closed his eyes and concentrated his mind.

And he poured all the powers and mental powers he had acquired while growing up so far on only one Heinrich.

In an urgent situation, his body, who had fallen into a state of indifference without the slightest leeway, was wriggling in an amount that was several times the divine power he had normally dealt with.

how long has it been

The amount of light of the holy star shining on him began to gradually decrease.

However, he barely had time to notice the external changes as he was barely grabbing the divine power just before it exploded from his body.

uh-

The fading holy sign finally went out completely, and the chapel fell into silence as if nothing had happened.

Only Heinrich, who was emitting divine power from his whole body, was different from the first.

Then at some point.

A divine power of a different nature wafted from his body.

《The entity has achieved Enlightenment by fulfilling the condition. Acquire the special skill 「Blessing: Increase」.

A ray of sunshine that came in an extreme situation.

The divine power that was about to explode from his body gradually calmed down and began to follow his control.

And it won’t be long…

＜End of the second trial. Go to the next level through the gateway.＞

Along with the will that resonated in his head, his deeply immersed mind slowly awakened.

‘Ah… it was quite breathtaking.’

It really felt like I had reached the end of the limit and barely escaped.

Little by little, as I was able to afford it, the spirit of the avatar, which had been focused on Heinrich, began to find its place one by one.

And he soon realized his own change.

‘Acceptable divine power has increased.’

It was thanks to the new skill that I acquired through this event.

「Blessing: Increase」is the ability to increase the maximum amount of divine power that can be possessed in the body, and it was mainly a blessing obtained by priest-type priests.

Since it was not promoted, it did not rise to that level, but at least it was able to compare it to the archbishop level to some extent.

‘No, it’s not that far yet.’

Even right now, the divine power that had not yet been recovered was leaking out one after another and brightening the surroundings.

Although he was not yet familiar with the new ability, controlling the divine power during the ordeal was only a temporary achievement achieved through the help of other avatars.

‘It doesn’t matter since the ordeal is already over.’

Thanks to 「Blessing: Increase」, the amount that Heinrich alone could control more than doubled, which was satisfactory in many ways.

‘But the difficulty seems to be too difficult.’

From the beginning, I knew that a more difficult ordeal was given to those who were strong, and a relatively easy ordeal to those who were still lacking but had potential…

Although he passed the ordeal with a trick using the avatar, the divine power that was finally poured on him was at a level that even an archbishop would find difficult.

On average, most paladins with less holy power than them will fall out of here.

The first trial of perseverance would have been quite difficult had it not been for his various qualities.

It must be a Paladin-class level to pass.

‘Heinrich is still his first challenge and he’s not that strong, isn’t the standard too strict?’

The force is not that of a paladin, and the divine power is not that of an archbishop.

However, since the trials that had passed so far demanded both of them, there was no choice but to cause dissatisfaction.

‘No, it’s too early to decide. I still don’t know what the next ordeal will be like. For the sake of overall balance, the next one might be a little easier.’

Heinrich struggled positively and looked around to find the next gateway.

Then I noticed that there was a brown wooden door on the exit side of the chapel that was not there at first.

‘But how many more times do I have to do it?’

Each person had a different number of trials, so he didn’t know how much he would be given.

According to the records, only two people have reached the front of the Holy Sword.

They went through trials 3 and 4 respectively and were able to stand before them.

‘Of course, he pulled out the holy sword and failed to get its recognition.’

Hoping that this would be his last ordeal, he opened the door and stepped inside.

“ah.”

And when the light disappeared and my sight was restored, the first sight I saw was…

It was a barren ruin.

The black rotting land of death, where even a single sliver of vitality cannot be felt.

‘It’s George.’

I was able to instinctively sense the unusual atmosphere.

An easy ordeal is unlikely, and this time, a very difficult task will be given.

＜Defeat the enemy.＞

At the same time, the will resonates in my mind.

It was immediately clear who the ‘enemy’ it was talking about was.

It was because someone floating in the air in the distance was staring at this side, spitting out a ferocious energy.

‘I’m very familiar with the impression of something…’

It was a very familiar atmosphere to him.

A dark, ragged robe, a black wooden staff with multiple skulls woven at the tip.

And the aura of death that vibrated as if it were burning all over his body, and even the skeleton that scatters the red light of his eyes.

‘…it’s like Hans.’

Of course, his intimidation could not be compared with that of the Immortal King.

‘Then, is it Rich?’

At that time, Master Hans, the immortal king of the undead, analyzed everything, including its energy.

That’s the conclusion that came out.

“Acrich…”

It was the undead that Hans stayed with just before becoming the Immortal King.

And Acrich, who had matured, was an existence that even Paladins were reluctant to do one-on-one.

[Is it the church’s hunting dog? How did you get here?]

Even though he was quite a distance away, the sound of scraping metal could be heard as far as he was.

[No, it probably doesn’t matter now.]

Acrich, who seemed to be talking for a moment, immediately stopped thinking about talking and raised his black magic.

And he stirred the air once with dark energy in his skull staff.

‘No, why are you in such a hurry!’

However, Heinrich didn’t care, and the energy that spreads around him like a mist immediately seeps into the earth…

Crackle-

[Khehehe eh!]

Crackle-! Duck–!

[Quick- Queek!]

All kinds of undead protruded from the floor endlessly.

From a hundred to a thousand… no, maybe even more.

‘Wow… is the ordeal materializing up to here? In fact, I see more.’

I knew that all of this was a virtual space created for credentials through prior information, but starting from that energy, the momentum emitted by each undead seemed to be real.

‘By the way, it’s difficult to fight one-on-one with Akrich, so you want to deal with these undead as well?’

Isn’t this a bit too much?

But there was no time to be so immersed in other thoughts forever.

[die. Church dog!]

Thousands of undead and the Acrich who commanded them were in a situation where they wanted to kill just one of them.

***

“It will start soon.”

“…Ah, that’s right.”

In the southern part of the continent of Aeon, the secret hideout of the oath of Yeokcheon.

The man wearing a robe spoke first, but the reaction of the old man, who was always gloomy and mad, was flat these days.

‘Are you sure you’re not scared now?’

This work wouldn’t have even started if he was missing.

It is absolutely unacceptable from the standpoint of a man who has invested more than ten years of time for the great event.

He turned his frown to the old man and looked closely at his condition again.

Contrary to what he had expected, however, there was no sign of fear at all.

He just opened the lid of his locket pendant and looked inside with a blank expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

What was inside was a portrait of a family drawn through printing magic.

“There will be no problem in carrying out the work, right?”

However, he asked the old man straight-forward, not wanting to understand such a sentimental appearance.

From the beginning, he didn’t even understand those feelings.

“If you come and take your feet off now…”

“Ah— what nonsense.”

But before he could finish his words, the old man closed the rocket’s lid and chuckled in his usual voice.

“Kick, it’s been 30 years since I’ve been preparing for this great cause. Am I giving up on this at this moment? Khhhh…”

Unlike looking at the portrait, his eyes were already dyed with madness again.

“On the contrary, my heart has become stronger. After all, this continent shouldn’t be this peaceful. Cancer, not like that.”

Seeing the old man who began to mutter to himself in a confident voice, the giant nodded with a satisfied expression on his face.

It seemed that there was no difficulty in carrying out the work.

“This is not the time to be like this! I’ll have to check it out one last time. It is the result of 30 years. You can never fail.”

The old man, who got up like that, left again to check the preparations of the Daebeop.

“Hmm… Then I’ll have to go do my own thing.”

It will get busier in the future, so it was necessary to prepare in advance.

Those preparations will be necessary for everyone on the continent, but…

He didn’t know how many were ready now.