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, Machiru's incantation took a long time, almost ten minutes, before she finally finished and waved her wand!

boom!!!!

An amazing magical light emanated from the thirty-meter magic circle, forming a dense halo that instantly brightened the dark surrounding environment, illuminating every part of the valley with exquisite detail.

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

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

Britta walked over to Lyon, her eyes fixed on Maggie's actions, and said:

"Her life alchemy magic, it seems, apart from being of a lower rank, is no less powerful than Andrio's overall. Lyon, you certainly know how to pick slaves."

She seemed to be expressing her feelings.

But Lyon astutely grasped the key word: Andrio.

It seems she still has reservations 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 deemed guilty by the gods.

Lyon: "Your Excellency is mistaken."

She glanced over: "Oh?"

"I am not good at picking 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?"

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

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

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly reached out and caught a faint glimmer of light flowing towards Britta.

This scene is brilliant.

Magical radiance is essentially a phenomenon where magic resonates with the world under the control of magical imagery. It appears as radiance, but it has a flowing quality.

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

Lyon'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.

Britta knew perfectly well that it was impossible, but she was genuinely curious as she watched Leon's actions. 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 her very subtle response, nodding in approval.

"Your Holiness, this is actually the advice I wanted to give you."

"Advice?"

Britta cast a strange look at Lyon, seemingly wondering about his intentions.

Chapter 131 Britta's Secret

"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 waved 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 light, his already mysterious aura was further enhanced with an extraordinary charm.

"Holy Maiden, does what I've done seem impossible? Or rather, impossible for a mere second-tier mage like me to accomplish?"

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

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

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

Lyon laughed and said, "It's very 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 look like I deliberately made the magical aura flow like that, 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, which use 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 afforded by his profession as a Shadow Walker, achieving such visual effects was not too difficult.

In essence, this is just like 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 don't know the tricks, and it's difficult for them to do it.

Because the essence of this illusion is that 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.

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

It didn't go smoothly at first, and there were repeated failures.

But after trying more than ten 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 drifted 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 she was slightly inferior to Leon in visual prediction, 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 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.

Britta's heart has been sealed by the mask of 'saint' for too long, carrying too heavy a burden, and she actually has a lot of self-pressure.

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 before that she had also dreamed of exploring dungeons alone with just a sword.

Becoming a Holy Prayer made her special, but it also burdened her with many responsibilities.

Just then, Britta 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 coughed lightly.

"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 was to let go of the body's 'prejudice' and do things that defy common sense. Only in this way can a near-miraculous visual effect be produced, 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."

This was Lyon's original purpose.

He initially only wanted to use a tactful approach to get Britta to accept the existence of Maquill, a member of the Holy Blood School.

As a result, Britta's true nature was unleashed for a few minutes, revealing more of her true nature.

"Prejudice in one's heart? That is indeed a good piece of advice. Let go of prejudice and witness new miracles."

Bretta first nodded in praise, then frowned slightly as if remembering something:

"But is your prejudice against Maggie? Don't worry, I know her past, and I don't have much prejudice against her..."

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

Lyon said:

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

Britta 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 Britta was 'ruthless'.

Leon knew that Britta had indeed taken some cruel actions, 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 what Leon knows about her, perhaps she did carry out a brutal crackdown, but there must be a deeper reason behind it.

Lyon 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 extreme as Andrea's?"

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

Britta hesitated for a moment, then 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 before. 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 leaned closer and whispered in Lyon's ear.

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

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

[Mission Details: Help Britta collect the items needed to resurrect the goddess Astalia]

[Quest Rewards: Maximum Mana +60; Reward: Saint-level King-rank magic, Divine Revival]

Unexpectedly, there was an additional benefit.

However, upon looking at the rewards, 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 one back from the dead?

Such a generous reward...

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

Has humanity's only god died?

Chapter 132 Three centimeters between the noses

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

A faint blush had crept across her cheeks, and she breathed warmly into Lyon'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 Slayer 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."

It seems these are the items used to revive the goddess Astalia.

But it sounds like it would be very difficult to collect them.

"Secret treasures" is a general term for magical items of the seventh rank or higher.

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

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

The weakest among them is actually the female lead, Ophimosa.

Meanwhile, Moretsus and Prince Abraham, the leaders of the remnants of the Holy Blood School, are both legendary masters.

With opponents of this caliber, it's no wonder they're rewarding us with so many good things.

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

"Since the Holy Maiden told me about 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 Britta couldn't dodge in time; their noses were only three centimeters apart.

The distance was so close that even the faint lines on Britta's iris were clearly visible. Her eyes were so clear and bright, without a trace of impurity. Looking into them, one could easily be drawn to the pure colors hidden deep within.