Darkness

Ki Attraction was precise. Anyone it targeted died. The relatively close-range Reinforce Body meant that these believers had no chance to counterattack while being restrained by Ki Attraction.

Nie Hong also helped kill a few believers, but looking at the corpses at Mithra's feet, he felt a chill down his spine.

As expected, he had messed with a killer.

She had only learned Ki miracles a week ago and was already very skilled.

Nie Hong's speed in forming Ki patterns was slightly slower than Mithra's, and the range of his Ki was also slightly less powerful. His specialty was high-precision Control Object.

More importantly, her close-combat skills after closing the distance were not something a young person should be capable of. She systematically smashed the heads of those believers one by one.

Soon, the believers didn't dare to approach. The occasional bear or dog that tried to approach was easily knocked down. Mithra walked calmly over the bodies toward the knight.

The knight had initially seemed to be only observing, but seeing that more than half of his people were dead, he had to approach Mithra with his sword.

"Ki miracles, truly impressive. At such a young age, your skills are so polished… Is it because of your eyes?" the knight's voice was muffled by his helmet.

"You know about these eyes?" Mithra stopped and asked.

"Ah, yes. Everyone here knows. It's a shame that the dark, filthy tunnels obscure your beauty? Those beautiful eyes are the guide we pursue..." The knight held the straight sword at his side, the blade partially covering his face.

The opponent stood still for a moment. Mithra realized that this might be a form of greeting.

What he had said was...

Lost in thought, the knight took a large step forward, thrusting his straight sword forward with great force. Mithra dodged at the last moment, striking the sword with her hammer and then hitting the opponent's chin.

The knight, agile, quickly regained his balance. He retracted his straight sword, parrying the hammer. After adjusting his stance, he thrust forward, aiming for Mithra's eyes!

Mithra kicked out, striking the knight's sword hilt, disrupting his posture, and then using Ki Attraction to close the distance.

But the knight immediately countered with a flurry of punches and kicks. Mithra couldn't get a hold of him and was overwhelmed by the knight's powerful blows.

Mithra struggled to defend, absorbing many punches before forcibly grabbing the knight's attacking wrist.

The knight's other hand quickly raised the straight sword again. A red glow appeared on Mithra's other hand, gripping the hammer.

Slash!

Bang!

The straight sword pierced Mithra's abdomen. The stone hammer flew out, striking the knight's head and sending him flying. The sword embedded in her flesh was pulled out.

Mithra's body trembled slightly, but ignoring the wound in her abdomen, she charged forward, her left hand summoning the stone hammer, giving no chance for respite.

Thanks to the sturdy helmet, the knight only suffered a momentary dizziness. The helmet was merely dented.

Seeing Mithra's relentless advance, he got up, quickly pulling something from his chest and lightly wiping it on his sword.

Instantly.

Swish!

Mithra's left hand was severed by a blue sword energy, flying away and falling powerlessly to the ground.

"Ugh..." The excruciating pain of the severed limb caused Mithra to pause momentarily, her eyes widening slightly.

Nie Hong, who was fighting several believers in the distance, was also distractedly watching Mithra. Seeing this, he was immediately shocked.

What was that just now!?

Sword energy?

Mithra gasped, activating Stabilize...

With her left arm severed, she couldn't activate miracles until it regenerated!

Although she had mastered several miracles and her combat skills with the hammer were impressive, she hadn't yet spread the ability to use her miracles to other parts of her body.

The opponent had accurately targeted her weakness, aiming for her left arm, a weak point that was difficult for Mithra to fully cover with Reinforce Body.

The severed limb was rapidly regenerating. The intense pain, starting from her arm, was like strong, sharp needles repeatedly piercing and twisting the wound.

Mithra's cold sweat poured down. Her body trembled violently, her lips twitching into a twisted smile.

The knight pressed forward, intending to capitalize on the opportunity.

But Mithra quickly turned, her right hand seizing the stone hammer that had fallen nearby. The rhythm of her body suddenly became strangely fluid. The knight swung his straight sword, repeatedly missing. Mithra, dancing, kept her right hand holding the hammer unsteady, her footwork impossible to predict.

Even though she had lost an arm, she hadn't lost her balance. Her body, despite feeling unfamiliar, should be at most half as effective. The fact that she could even maintain her footing was remarkable, but Mithra simply changed her fighting style and regained stability, denying the knight the chance to win.

Praise Phaselos. His gift was truly powerful.

Techniques for using a hammer after losing an arm, even how to wield it while crawling, were all included.

However, this wasn't enough to defeat the knight.

Not to mention the strange sword energy he had released earlier, which Mithra's heightened senses hadn't even reacted to. For a moment, it felt like all her senses were blocked.

Considering Mithra's situation, even regeneration would take time for an injury of this magnitude. The severed arm was only regenerating up to the elbow.

The crucial hand would take much longer, and she couldn't activate miracles in the meantime.

Fortunately, Mithra had habitually replenished Stabilize. The current duration was definitely sufficient.

But her other miracles were rapidly depleting, especially Reinforce Body. Without Reinforce Body, how could she defeat a fully armed knight?

The key was to buy time...

[Price: You have lost your left arm.]

[Compensation Received: Abyssal Hand (Left).]

[Jungo's signature: Heh heh heh heh heh——]

Mithra froze.

Gush gush——

Suddenly, she felt an intense itching sensation in her regenerating arm, then the wound was covered in a viscous black liquid.

The black liquid continuously flowed out, causing both Mithra and the knight to momentarily freeze.

What was that!?

But Mithra quickly understood.

The knight hesitated before pulling something from his chest.

This time, it was a living eye.

After crushing it, he smeared it on his sword.

The mysterious straight sword emitted a blue light, and Mithra's senses could no longer detect the sword for a moment.

Swish!

The sword energy rapidly approached. But this time, the previously slow-moving, viscous liquid suddenly transformed into several tentacles with a definite shape, wildly swinging around Mithra.

The blue sword energy was shattered. Mithra stared at the knight, tilting her body to aim the strange arm at him, focusing her mind.

The tentacles obediently restrained him, then pierced through him like arrows!

The knight had no time to react. His armored body was easily pierced. The tentacles burst from his back, eagerly drinking his blood, seeming quite excited. But under Mithra's control, they deftly retreated.

Mithra's breathing became increasingly heavy. Swinging the arm, she felt many strange sounds in her head.

Prayers. They sounded like prayers...

Suddenly, the intense pain in her left arm subsided.

[Left arm has regenerated. Abyssal Hand (Left) has departed.]

[Jungo's signature: Heh heh heh heh——]

This new being was something else.

The black substance on her arm completely disappeared. The previously unclear material had vanished.

Mithra looked at her newly regenerated left arm, clenching and unclenching it. It didn't hurt. The severed left arm had automatically dissolved and disappeared.

Then she suddenly turned her head and looked at the surviving townspeople and believers.

...

Killed them all.

The open space before the tunnel had witnessed a small conflict: two innocent young people versus a cult and the townspeople who had been manipulated by them.

It ended with the two innocent young people miraculously winning.

It was truly fortunate.

Nie Hong's gaze toward Mithra was filled with even greater fear.

This person was definitely a newly awakened Wandering God! A monster in human skin!

He began to suspect that taking Mithra back to Planet Blue might be considered "leading the enemy to our base."

While Nie Hong was filled with suspicion, Mithra was walking among the corpses, picking and choosing as if she were shopping in a supermarket.

Because she was a sense-deficient person, accumulating sense intermediaries was very important.

Finally, she arrived at the knight's corpse.

She picked up his sword and examined it.

[Night Worship Sword: Ordinary material, but a straight sword imbued with fragments of a special Wandering God miracle. Weapon of a Night Hunter Knight. Crushing and smearing a living eye as an offering allows activation of miraculous power. It is said that using this weapon to hunt Night Eyes will allow one to see that Wandering God at the end of the hunt.]

[—"Invisible Blade": Godly miracle. With the power of the "Night Hunter" miracle blooming, no one can capture the blade's shadow.]

After confirming this, Mithra stabbed the sword into her body, adding it to her weapons storehouse.

She might need it or not, but she'd collect it anyway.

Mithra found that she was starting to develop a desire to collect these unique weapons.

This was probably an influence from Phaselos's exchange, but Mithra didn't mind. He hadn't mentioned many details, so she might as well make this her new hobby.

Then she continued searching, finding several live eyes in a small pouch the knight had carried.

These were the necessary offerings to activate the miracle on the sword.

Miracles could be attached to items, something Safin had mentioned before. But she hadn't expected that her first acquired miraculous item would be related to a Godly miracle.

"Night Hunter," the description revealed the title of that Wandering God.

Mithra touched her eyelids and looked up at the darkening sky. "It seems that the big shots didn't just put me anywhere."

Combined with what the Night Hunter Knight had said earlier, their organization hunted Night Eyes. Even the unnamed Wandering God, the title seemed incongruous with Night Eyes.

Safin had mentioned not long ago that these eyes might cause trouble in Dreamland. She hadn't expected the trouble to come so quickly...

No, the big shots behind this had probably planned things properly.

Their gifts were definitely not easy to obtain.

She decided to express her gratitude first. Mithra vowed to do her best.