You are all my wings...

If it is an ordinary monster, it will be transformed into an alchemical golem whose body is filled with blood and flesh.

Because the transformation process was very complicated, Macchiato's chanting time was also long, taking almost ten minutes to complete, and then she suddenly waved her wand!

Boom!

An astonishing magical radiance emanated from the thirty-meter magic array, forming a dense halo that instantly brightened the dark surroundings, illuminating every corner of the valley with crystal clarity.

This scene reminded Leon of the lively scenes of fireworks being set off everywhere during the Spring Festival in his previous life.

Although there were no sound effects, the magical radiance of this life alchemy magic was indeed varied and diverse, reflecting the inherent difficulty and complexity of this magic.

Brelitta walked to Leon's side, watching Macchiato's actions intently, and said:

"Her life alchemy magic, aside from being of a lower rank, seems to be no less impressive than Andrio's overall. Leon, you certainly know how to pick slaves."

She seemed to be expressing her feelings.

But Lyon keenly grasped the key word: Andrio.

It seems she still has doubts about Lyon taking in the Blood School members.

After all, the people of this school of thought had already been punished by the gods and were considered sinners by the gods.

Lyon: "Your Excellency is wrong."

She glanced over: "Oh?"

"I am not good at choosing slaves, but I am good at judging a person's talents and making them work for me."

Lyon smiled slightly:

"Is this exactly what Her Majesty the Saintess wants me, the temporary commander, to do?"

Berylita shook her head slightly: "I can't argue with you."

Leon sensed the subtle change in her tone and guessed that she still harbored some resentment.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly reached out and grabbed a faint, dazzling light that was flowing towards Brillita.

This scene is brilliant.

The essence of magical radiance is the phenomenon of magic resonating with the world under the control of magical imagery. It looks like radiance, but it has a flowing characteristic.

You can see it, but you can't touch it.

Leon's reaching out to catch it was actually a pre-emptive movement following the flow of the magical light, creating the visual effect of capturing the magical light.

"Your Holiness, can you capture magical light like I can?"

Lyon asked with a smile.

Brierita knew she couldn't, but watching Leon's actions, she was indeed curious. She reached out to catch the magical light, but missed.

"Looks like I can't catch it."

A barely perceptible hint of disappointment flashed across her eyes, which she concealed very well.

Lyon had been watching Britta's reaction closely and noticed this very subtle response, nodding to himself.

“Your Holiness, this is actually my advice to you.”

"Advice?"

Brelitta cast a strange look at Leon, seemingly wondering about his intentions.

Chapter 131 The Secret of Britta

"That's right, that's my advice."

Leon reached out his other hand and caught another wisp of magical light that was flowing towards him.

She looked as if she had grasped two dazzling ribbons and was waving them lightly, as if she had captured the bustling summer of her past life.

Coupled with the beautiful texture reflected in his long, flowing silver-white hair, his slender figure, and the miraculous action of capturing the magical shimmering light, his already mysterious aura is further enhanced by an extraordinary charm.

"Your Holiness, does what I've done seem impossible? Or rather, impossible for a mere second-tier mage like myself?"

Lyon didn't directly ask what the advice was, but asked with a smile.

"Indeed, normally speaking, those who can capture magical shimmering light are at least legendary level, and can only do so if they have at least a partial understanding of the essence of magic."

Berylita nodded: "I'm curious how you did it."

Leon laughed and said, "It's simple. I anticipated the flow of the magical aura, moved my fingers in advance, and controlled the movements of all my body muscles to make it appear as if I deliberately made the magical aura flow in that way, thus giving you the illusion that I had captured the magical aura. This is not magic, just a simple magic trick. Do you want to try it? With the Saintess's agility, it will be easy for her to learn."

There are also folk magic tricks in this world, using various props and techniques to achieve visual deception.

This is similar to Lyon's profession as a con artist.

With his muscle control and the light sensitivity bestowed upon him by the Shadow Walker profession, achieving such visual effects was not too difficult.

In essence, this is the same as the so-called moonwalk or elevator walk in the previous life; it is an illusion created by the inertia of human thinking.

People who know the tricks but lack physical agility often find it difficult to perform these movements.

Even those who are highly agile but don't know the tricks of the trade find it difficult to do.

Because of the nature of this illusion, you must first make yourself do physical actions that go against the norm.

For example, the moonwalk appears to be moving forward, but it is actually moving backward. First, the performer needs to be familiar with their movements and tell themselves that the next movement is neither forward nor backward, but rather to activate a special physical technique. If they do not do this, they will definitely make a mistake and the performance will fail.

Then, Leon demonstrated the trick to her.

Berylita watched it several times, then tried to reach out and catch the magical light.

It didn't go smoothly at first, and I failed repeatedly.

But after trying a dozen times, she found the trick, and excitement appeared in her eyes. As if her nature had been unleashed, she kept trying to catch the magical lights that were floating by, having a great time.

Her agility is also quite high. Before becoming a Holy Prayer, she was a third-tier magic swordsman, and her muscle control skills were much better than Iris's.

With Leon practically hand-in-hand with her (their fingers accidentally touched each other a few times) disassembling the device, her progress is encouraging.

Soon, she became just as skilled as Leon, except that her visual prediction was slightly inferior to Leon's, but she seemed to be able to easily catch the ethereal magical light.

Like those children in Leon's past life who tried to capture light and flame, she found simple enough joy in it all.

Leon watched the scene and nodded secretly.

An unexpected delight.

I never expected that this idea I came up with on a whim would work so well.

Berylita's heart has been sealed by the mask of 'saint' for too long, the burden is too heavy, and the pressure on herself is actually quite great.

This is likely one of the reasons why she might choose to sacrifice herself when facing the final boss of the first game.

I remember hearing Britta say that she had dreamed of exploring dungeons alone with just a sword.

Becoming a holy prayer priest made her special, but it also brought her many burdens.

At this moment, Brierita suddenly noticed Leon looking at her with a subtle smile. Realizing something, she stopped her playful antics of capturing the magical light, stood up straight, and cleared her throat.

"Leon, the techniques you taught are quite interesting. Although they are not helpful in combat, they are quite entertaining. But what does this have to do with your so-called advice?"

"The core of that trick is to let go of your 'prejudice' and act against common sense. Only in this way can you create a near-miraculous visual effect, right? My advice is also very simple: let the Holy Maiden let go of her prejudices. In this way, the Holy Maiden may gain a group of miraculous helpers."

That was Lyon's original purpose.

At first, he just wanted to use a tactful method to get Brierita to accept the existence of Machiru, a member of the Holy Blood School.

As a result, I accidentally unleashed Brierita's true nature for a few minutes, revealing more of her true nature.

"Prejudice in your heart? That is indeed good advice: let go of prejudice and witness new miracles."

Brelitta nodded and complimented him at first, then frowned slightly as if remembering something:

"But, are you referring to Machiru as your prejudice? Don't worry, I know her past, so I don't have much prejudice against her..."

"No, it's not just about that."

Lyon said:

"In reality, although the Blood Society has committed many great sins, those who should have been punished by God have long since died. The fact that the remaining people have survived divine punishment shows that God Astalia spared them for a reason, doesn't it?"

Birelita shook her head: "If they hadn't harbored hatred for the Vatican and caused so much destruction, I wouldn't have sent people to suppress them before."

She was referring to the previous bloody crackdown, which is one of the sources of the claim that Brierita was 'ruthless'.

Leon knew that Britta had indeed done some cruel things, but the specifics of how she did them were not explained in the main storyline; it was simply treated as a background event.

But now, based on Leon's understanding of her, perhaps she did carry out brutal repression, but there must have been a deeper reason behind it.

Leon understood: "It seems I misunderstood Her Majesty. So, you're not so opposed to those who accept the Holy Blood School? As long as their sins aren't as heinous as Andrea's?"

"That's not quite right, it's just..."

After a moment's hesitation, Britta finally said:

"Alright, after spending these days together, I think I've come to understand you better, and I trust you won't reveal this secret. What I'm about to say is something I've never told anyone else. You can only know it yourself; you can't tell anyone, not even in writing, understand?"

"No problem, I guarantee it with my personal reputation."

The seasoned con artist, Leon, replied emphatically that he would never reveal someone else's secrets without a reason.

"it is good."

Britta approached and whispered in Lyon's ear.

Just then, as Berylita uttered her first word, Leon noticed that a new message had been loaded onto the panel.

[Trigger the hidden secret of the character Brierita and activate the side quest "Astalia's Redemption"]

[Quest Details: Help Burelita collect all the items used to resurrect Astalia]

[Mission Reward: Maximum Magic Power +60; Reward: Saint-level King-rank Magic, Divine Revival]

Unexpectedly, there was an additional benefit.

However, upon looking at the reward details, which are even more generous than those for Britta's main quest, it's clear that this is definitely not an easy task to complete.

Moreover, isn't the King-level Divine Resurrection Magic an extremely rare magic that can bring oneself back to life?

Such a generous reward...

No, Leon realized he had overlooked an even more important fact: Astalia was dead.

Is humanity's only god dead?

Chapter 132 The distance between the noses is three centimeters.

However, what Berylita told Lyon was not directly related to the goddess Astalia.

A faint blush had crept across her cheeks, and she breathed warmly into Leon's ear, speaking in a soft voice:

"For a certain purpose, I must collect several important items without relying on the power of the Papacy. First, the Dragon King Sword, a secret treasure of Princess Ophimaso; second, the Scales of Life, a secret treasure in the hands of the remnants of the Holy Blood School; and third, the Holy Relic Spring Map in the hands of Prince Abraham."

These appear to be the items used to revive Astalia.

However, it sounds like it would be very difficult to collect them.

Treasures are generally a collective term for magical items of rank seven or higher.

Because of its extremely high production difficulty, the materials are mainly derived from monsters of the seventh rank or higher. The effects are amazing, possessing characteristics that are difficult to achieve with conventional magic, and greatly enhancing the combat power of the holder.

Moreover, according to Berylita's information, the holders of these three treasures are either high-ranking officials or extremely powerful.

The weakest among them is actually the female lead, Ophie Marceau.

Meanwhile, Moretsus and Prince Abraham, the leaders of the Bloodline remnants, are both legendary masters.

With opponents of this caliber, it's no wonder they rewarded so many good items at once.

Leon pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Britta:

"Since the Holy Maiden told me this, does she want to use my power to accomplish these things? But isn't that overestimating me?"

His turn of the head was so sudden that Berylita couldn't dodge in time, their noses were only three centimeters apart.

So close, I could see even the faint lines on Burelita's iris clearly. Her eyes were so bright, without a trace of turbidity, and when I looked into them, I was easily drawn to the pure colors hidden deep within them.