337 - Power of the Temple 2

337 - Power of the Temple 2

TL/Editor: raei

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5★ ‘Saint Candidate’ Irene.

5★ ‘Saint Candidate’ Laurencia.

I wondered how their titles could overlap like this, but thinking it over, it wasn't that strange. The Goddess Faith was modeled after monotheistic Abrahamic[1] religions, with a slight fantasy twist.

In other words, the title of Saint wasn't exclusive to one chosen person but was a title for those who performed miracles in the name of the Goddess.

It was similar to how knights could handle aura when they reached a certain level, or how mages could use advanced magic when they reached their peak.

Just because the Kingdom's Knight Commander reached the level of a Sword Master and could use aura didn't mean I was prohibited from using aura.

"Indeed, it’s Sister Irene! It's been a long time!"

"How did you end up inside the tower, on the 50th floor?"

While I was thinking that, the two saint candidates, like old friends, squealed and clasped hands. Seeing this, the robed men hiding in the alley approached and slowly removed their hoods.

As expected, under the gray robes were white armors. Unlike the Royal Knights, these Temple Knights had the Goddess's symbol prominently displayed on their white armor.

After all, since the saint candidate had reached the 50th floor of the unconquered tower, she would need a guard.

As Grace and Katie released their weapons, the Temple Knights made the sign of the cross and nodded in greeting, while the two saint candidates entered into a lively conversation.

Irene, a radiant beauty with golden hair and eyes, and Laurencia, a lively girl with bright brown hair matching her cheerful smile, looked beautiful together. Han Se-ah seemed to think this was a great scene and focused the camera on them without a word.

-Roughly speaking, keep rubbing until the glacier melts.

-Whether rubbing or whatever, ask them how they ended up on the 50th floor.

-A lively girl clinging to a kind older sister, this is what it's all about, haha! The 50th-floor is crazy

[Chat deleted by the mod]

-Yuri fanboys, how excited are you right now?

"Even as saint candidates, they act no different from high school girls. If you just listened to the sound, it feels less like a 50th-floor infiltration operation and more like a snack shop in front of the high school next door."

Despite Han Se-ah's assessment, the two saint candidates continued their excited chatter.

Laurencia was clinging to Irene with such vigor that the Temple Knights behind them looked flustered, seemingly wanting to intervene.

Luckily, the harpies didn’t seem interested, probably still engaged in battles with the knights. However, the stone dwarves in the workshops and the few adventurers kidnapped to the 50th floor by harpies were looking at us curiously.

Were those guys kidnapped while trying to take on the harpies, or were they people who climbed up to make some money and went missing?

"For now, let's move. There's no need to talk on the street, and we're drawing attention."

"Yes, sister!"

It wasn't good to gather over ten people on the street. Especially among the stone dwarves kidnapped and exploited city-wide, and the human adventurers trapped in the tower, unable to descend.

'Is she insane? That kind of determination...'

Unlike Irene, Laurencia was the second daughter of a noble family who devoted herself to the temple instead of an arranged marriage, wielding innate divine energy as a 5★. Thanks to Han Se-ah's play, gates opened every ten floors in the tower.

Various circumstances intertwined to bring her to the 50th floor.

"But the underground passage wouldn't have been open..."

"We climbed the mountain!"

"...You climbed the mountain to get here? So you spent a whole month climbing?"

While we were slowly tackling each floor from the 43rd, Laurencia went straight to the 50th via the surface. She smiled brightly, saying that she received supplies from the many kidnapped human adventurers in the harpy empire.

Her bright smile left our party members feeling like awkward sacks of barley.

Of course, what she faced wasn't a warm embrace but a fascist feathered harpy leader who enslaved other races and indulged in imperialism.

-Is this what it takes to be a 5★? She's terrifying, seriously, lol.

-Camping for a month in the highest-level zone with monsters and harpies? Even players wouldn't do that.

-Talking about it with a smile is true madness...

-Why do characters from the temple always seem to have a screw loose, except for the mommy?

-I thought she followed the knights a long way, but it turns out she led them here, crazy girl, lol.

"So, while we were watching mercenary raiders, discovering underground monsters, and capturing a city every three days, she just climbed mountains, crossed cliffs, traversed rope bridges, and speed-ran all the way up to the 50th floor?"

[Speedrun master Kim donated 10,000 won!]

If you defeat the 50th-floor boss here and there aren't any problems with the quest, that means you could speed run via the surface route.

"Right? Instead of tunneling underground and fighting monsters, it might be faster to hire a harpy or defeat one and travel to the 50th floor via the surface. But you'd need a character capable of hunting the 50th-floor boss without leveling from the 40th to the 50th floor."

As the viewers were overwhelmed by shock and awe, the loli saint opened her mouth again, delivering a second blow of shock to the chat.

"So, sister, I came here to gather the stone dwarf brothers and the imprisoned adventurers to escape... Will that noisy battle continue?"

Could it be that Laurencia's inspiration was Moses leading the Exodus from Egypt?

That thought suddenly crossed my mind.

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[1. raei: religions claim to be monotheistic, worshiping an exclusive God]

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