Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

"That..." Inksha suddenly whispered, "I feel like that special feeling I had when I was praying with Elsa seems to fade. After I finished praying just now, I haven't felt it much since then... Actually, the feeling is still there, but it's much better than before."

"Really?"

Tricia was a little surprised and she looked at Inksa carefully.

"Then... why don't you try approaching Aisha slowly?"

"Ah."

Inksa took a deep breath and approached Elsa carefully step by step. Soon, that indescribable feeling appeared in her heart again, but it was much more relaxed than before. At least she was not dizzy because of the brief eye contact with Elsa.

She walked up to Elsa and stood face to face with her. Only then did she finally feel a little unbearable.

Tricia stared at Inksha thoughtfully.

Elsa had no idea what to do and could only stand there and act as an experimental instrument for Tricia and Inksas.

Seeing that Inksha's face was getting paler and paler again, Tricia quickly said, "Pray like you did just now and see if you can offset that feeling."

"Ok!"

Inksa had wanted to do this for a long time, so she slowly knelt down in front of Aisha, lowered her head, clasped her hands together, and prayed silently.

Sure enough, the increasingly intense feeling of discomfort immediately receded like the tide and disappeared without a trace.

"how do you feel?"

Tricia asked.

"Success!"

Inksa opened her eyes in surprise, and when she looked up she met Aisha's gaze. She coughed twice.

"Anyway...it seems like praying really can make that feeling go away...this way, I don't have to hide from Aisha."

She felt that it was really rude to keep a distance from Elsa all the time, and now she finally didn't have to worry about this problem anymore, she was very happy.

Tricia seemed to have some ideas.

"Inksa, can you do it again? I feel like I've discovered something, but I'm not sure. I want to observe again—this time walk towards Aisha from a farther distance and pray."

"No problem at all."

Inksha laughed.

She now seemed to have put aside the depression she had felt for the past month and was concentrating on cooperating with Elsa and Tricia in the observation experiment.

After repeating this for more than twenty times, Tricia finally confirmed something.

"Inksa, do you feel any changes in your body now compared to usual?"

"Well..." Inksa scratched her head embarrassedly, "My body seems to change every day, so... I can't quite feel it."

"Then let's do this—"

Tricia waved her hand and a thick giant earth wall rose from the ground. This earth wall was even thicker than the stone pillars that Inksa usually used for training. With Tricia's blessing, it was as indestructible as a city wall.

Tricia smiled at Inksha and said, "Let's try throwing a few punches."

Even Tricia couldn't directly judge Inksha's current condition. She could only observe continuously and make inferences based on the slight changes in her breath. At this time, directly fighting was the easiest way to observe.

Inksa did not hesitate. She took a stance and after a brief build-up of strength, she rushed out like an arrow. With a whistling sound, her fist had already been imprinted on the thick earth wall.

bang——

The rolling air waves lifted Inksha's beautiful golden hair and made her clothes rustle. With a dull explosion, several pieces of broken earth fell down, and a few cracks appeared on the surface of the earth wall, but the earth wall as a whole remained motionless.

Inksa looked at the solid earth wall in front of her, her throat moved, and she couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Don't stop, try again—with all your might."

Tricia's voice came from behind her, and Inxa gathered her strength and swung out again.

The punch came like thunder, with great force and power, but still only left a small dent. Inksa swung again without hesitation.

She had been throwing more than a hundred punches in a row, each time with all her strength. Only now did Inksa finally realize that something was wrong. She subconsciously stopped and looked at her hands in confusion.

At this time, her hands were injured due to continuous full-strength attacks, and there were traces of blood on them, but she did not feel any pain. What was even more strange was that she did not feel tired. Not only did she not feel tired, she even felt that her body was still filled with endless strength. This was the first time she had felt this way.

This is an incredible thing. She can still maintain her peak condition after continuously attacking with all her strength for hundreds of times. If it were placed in a battle, it would mean that her enemy would face her continuous explosive attacks - in a battle of the same level, this would bring Inksha a decisive advantage.

"Did you notice it? How does it feel?"

Tricia smiled and came over to Inksha, followed by Aisha.

Inksa looked at Tricia in confusion, and she found that Tricia's smile was full of appreciation as if she had discovered a treasure.

"I can feel my whole body filled with endless power... Sage, what's wrong with me?"

"This is the power Aisha gave you. Is it useful?"

Inksha nodded repeatedly, then looked at Aisha carefully, hoping that she didn't act too strangely.

To be honest, it was really enjoyable. She punched freely and vented without restraint, but she didn't feel tired at all. It made her feel an unprecedented sense of release, as if her whole body became relaxed.

Tricia explained with a smile, "From what I've observed, how should I put it... you're like a sponge."

"sponge?"

"Yes, before, you were probably a piece of wood, a fragile piece of wood. The power of your protection would automatically absorb some of Elsa's power and try to inject it into your body. The power absorbed in this way would increase explosively as you got closer to Elsa. The huge amount of energy was like stones piled up on you. You couldn't absorb it, nor could you drive it away. You could only passively endure it, which would crush your body.

When you pray, all this changes. You become a sponge, and Aisha's power becomes water. You can absorb them into your body - although your own power and your body have not changed at all, and you have not made this power your own, it is stored in your body and you can use it at any time.

These water will evaporate and disappear from your body over time. Even if you don't use them, they will disappear after a period of time, and your strength will return to your original level.

In addition, due to the limitations of your body's ability to withstand and the way you mobilize power, you can only mobilize a small portion of that power at a time. If you want to use more of this power for your own benefit, you must strengthen yourself, making your sponge bigger so that it can absorb more water at a time and squeeze out more water.

Simply put, the power that Elsa gave to Inksya was too pure and too huge for Inksya to absorb, and instead it overwhelmed her.

But through prayer, this power will become Inksha's property, and in a short period of time she will have an inexhaustible amount of powerful strength - although it is temporary, just like the most commonly used buff spells by priests, except that the effect is very exaggerated.

Inksa seemed to understand but not quite. It was not that she didn't understand, but she still felt that all this was too bizarre.

This made her recall the changes that had taken place in her over the past month or so - her Holy Light Technique had become difficult to improve, but her physical strength had become more astonishing, and her boxing skills had improved by leaps and bounds.

According to Tricia, this is because she lost the goddess's protection and gained Elsa's protection. The goddess's protection represents holy light, and Elsa... Inksa and Tricia don't know what Elsa's power represents. They only know that Elsa rarely uses magic, and she fights almost purely with physical strength.

Is this the so-called...power of "protection"?

Inksha's mind was wandering, and she subconsciously looked at Aisha and met her gaze.

"Um...um...thank you for lending me your power, Elsa..."

She didn't know what to say, but she still expressed her gratitude - she always felt that it was a bit incongruous to talk to Elsa like this, because logically speaking, she might be considered "Elsa's Saint" now, but this title was too strange, and she had never known it before.

Then she became a little worried: "But, Elsa...if I take away your power like this...will it be bad for you...will you feel uncomfortable?"

Aisha smiled when she heard that.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Elsa was indeed fine. In fact, Elsa herself didn't feel anything at all. She also checked her panel and there was no change. This feeling was just like when she was holding the jellyfish girl Rosa. She was obviously poisoned, but Elsa herself didn't notice it, because the loss of life value caused by the poison was not worth mentioning compared to Elsa's own vitality.

On the contrary, Aisha felt curious for the first time in a long time. She wanted to see to what extent Inksa could exert her power.

"By the way, Tricia, how long can she last like this?"

Aisha suddenly asked Tricia.

"That's a good question, and a crucial one," Tricia looked at Inksha and shook her head regretfully. "It's a pity I can't tell. We'll have to test it to find out. Inksha, can you move in with Elsa and me tonight? As long as you stay with Elsa, you'll be able to feel the changes in yourself at any time. When Elsa can give you that special feeling again, it means this state is over. At the same time, I can also observe your condition."

"Okay, I'll ask Pope Wilmot for instructions."

Inksa agreed immediately.

She has always believed in Elsa and Tricia, so when she learned that she might have really lost the goddess's protection, although she was sad and lost, she was still very willing to cooperate with Tricia's experiment. Because she is a saint, she knows better than anyone what this completely unknown connection and power between herself and Elsa means.

To observe this change, to touch it, to understand it—this is an unprecedented and incomparably noble and great undertaking.

But she still felt lost inside.

Now, that sense of loss was fading away, and her thoughts were changing.

Because she found that she could still gain power, powerful power, and this power came from a gentle and upright person, someone she admired and respected very much. This didn't seem to be a bad thing.

……

At the same time, somewhere in the silent void...

"Something's wrong. I always feel something's wrong..."

The girl suddenly raised her hand and pressed hard on her eyebrows, frowning.

The other hand held up a complex rune, which looked like it had not been completed yet.

From the beginning, she had a strong intuition that something important was getting away from her, but she couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Forget it, let's not think about it for now. Let's find a way to contact Inksa. I hope she didn't encounter any accident..."

Generally speaking, if Inksas died due to some life-threatening situation, she would definitely be able to sense it. At the very least, the Goddess Mark would peel off from Inksas body, return to her hands, and tell her what happened. But Inksas had been gone for so long, and she didn't feel anything during this period. The Goddess Mark also disappeared out of thin air and disappeared without a trace.

The girl sighed.

"Otherwise, if the mark is broken for too long, I'm afraid I'll really have to choose a new saint..."

She continued to sketch the runes intently.

However, at this moment, the corners of her eyebrows twitched suddenly and her eyes widened instantly.

"not good!"

A familiar and powerful force attacked her from all directions. She subconsciously wanted to collect the rune in her hand, but she was still a step too late. The force was too fast and powerful. She was completely unable to resist. In an instant, the force was forced into her body. The rune in her hand was crushed in an instant, and blood spurted out of her nose instantly.

She raised her head in a daze, wanting to cry but having no tears.

……

the other side--

"Inksa, let me try this time."

Inksha had been conducting experiments for a long time, so this time it was Elsa's turn - let Elsa pray and see if Inksha could hear anything.

Elsa clasped her fingers together and stood still.

Inksa quickly closed her eyes and felt carefully, but after a few minutes she felt nothing.

"I didn't hear anything."

Inksha felt sorry.

"It's okay, try again."

Aisha consoled him and began to pray to the goddess once again.

again and again.

This went on for dozens of times, but Inksa still couldn't hear anything.

"I think we should try a different approach," Tricia suggested. "Think about it from another perspective. If the goddess were to issue a divine decree, what would she do? I don't think it would be prayer."

"Well... I was wondering if there were other ways..." At this time, Inksha, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up. "I mean, if it's not through prayer, but through blessings, or confession, or simply talking to myself... or even dreaming... can Aisha hear my voice?"

Inksa had just thought of this question.

Prayer and intercession are just one of the ways to communicate with the goddess. In fact, there are records in history of people receiving oracles from the goddess under special circumstances, such as dreams.

Inksa couldn't help but wonder, would Aisha be able to see her dreams?

She suddenly felt inexplicably embarrassed.

Because... that would be too shameful.

"That's a good question."

Tricia also smiled, she understood what Inksa was thinking.

"Why not give it a try?"

……

"It finally stopped..."

At the same time, someone had been lying there for a long time, with her nosebleed all over her face, looking particularly terrifying.

However, in reality, she now has terrifying amounts of power.

But that didn't make her happy.