The Birth of a Saint
The forest was burning.
Fallen trees were stacked against each other, blocking the view.
Several voices could be heard from the other side, shouting and screaming.
Indeed, unlike a moment ago, it was now the citizens of light that cried out loud with delight.
The majority of the screams were from the monstrous spider people.
The fight from our direction was pretty much over.
The Arachne were turning their backs and fleeing.
I thought that we should just leave the mopping up to the surviving soldiers of the citizens of light.
We were only reinforcements after all.
On top of that, I wasn't very knowledgeable about this world.
There was still a lot more I needed to learn.
I had heard most of what I needed to know from Lucia, but there was a lot that she did not know herself.
Especially about this world being destroyed tomorrow.
It was going to be necessary for me to ask Rin about those matters in particular.
In fact, it was right when she was explaining such things to me that the enemy had launched the attack.
For now, I better return to Rin through the teleport gate…
I was about to turn on my heels when something made me stop.
Arisu was surrounded by several soldiers.
It did not look threatening.
If anything, it was the opposite.
The soldiers were on their knees before Arisu, they bowed their heads with a mystical reverence.
"O Saint, please, I beg of you. Please help our comrade."
"Oh, uh, um."
Arisu looked towards me with a troubled expression.
Well, I'm not going to be much help…
"She brought someone back from the dead. It's no wonder that they would worship her."
Lucia said as she stood next to me.
Ah. That was true.
She's performed genuine miracles.
Though to be precise, the soldier that Arisu had helped was only close to death.
She could not have brought a completely dead body back to life.
I learned this at the Q&A in the white room after I defeated my first orc.
Even then, such a sight could only look like the work of God to the people of this world, as they did not live with the skill system.
The soldiers were starting to call Arisu 'Servant of God' and 'The Saint'.
She was a young girl who performed a miracle, and this was a world where God really did exist.
It really was no surprise that she would be worshipped then.
"I'm sure there are many who were dealt grave wounds in this battle. The citizens of light have their own restorative magic, but Arisu's magic is a cut above the rest."
Lucia added.
"But isn't she still rank 5?"
"The sight you are seeing now is the answer."
From what I've heard, the capabilities of the sorcerers of the citizens of light were around rank 3 at best.
Well, she would look pretty good then.
I switched my mode of thinking.
It would not be a bad thing to show our devotion here.
"Arisu, can I leave the healing of the wounded to your care?"
"Ye- yes! Thank you, Kazu!"
Why was she thanking me?
Ahh, I see.
She very much wanted to heal the wounded soldiers.
However, the MP was our shared asset, so she couldn't say anything.
But the fight was over, it didn't even matter.
We stepped out of the hollow of the tree.
The sight of the treetop village where Rin was spread out before us.
“Well, you shouldn’t need me as a guide anymore then.”
"Thank you, Hagan."
"No, thank you. You've done a lot for me."
We shook hands once again before crossing the bridge and parted with smiles on our faces.
Hagan said "Later then." and turned his back to us and walked towards a different bridge.
In the next instant.
Numerous spears landed in Hagan's body.
The man who had been smiling a second ago was killed in the blink of an eye.
"Ah…what?"
I let out a dumb exclamation.
I frantically turned my gaze towards the direction where the spears had flown from.
A lone man was standing there.
He was smiling with an expression full of malice. He was an eerie looking man with cat ears.
There were over a hundred spears floating around him.
Uh…what was.
What did…
For a moment, I was not able to think.
"It's the pacifists!"
Lucia dashed forward, she pulled the bone whip from her belt as she charged straight at the man.
The staff-like weapon curved like a whip.
The eerie looking man hurled a dozen spears in Lucia's direction.
Lucia stopped.
She planted her feet in front of us as we all stood there in shock.
"Bright Shield."
A shield made of billowing flames materialized in front of Lucia.
The spears rammed into the shield of fire and melted away.
Wait, what… Were the spears that the man had been using all made of magic to begin with?
The shield of flame disappeared.
The man's eyes had widened in shock.
While I and Mia were still unable to move, Lucia went in for the attack.
She swung her bone whip, it wrapped around the man's neck. She pulled.
The man was pulled towards the ground, at the same time he sent all of the remaining spears towards…
His own body.
"Lucia, look out!"
A few of the spears were headed for Lucia who was close by.
Lucia threw down her bone whip and frantically tried to get out of the way.
She probably hadn't killed him with magic because she wanted to take him in alive…
But her efforts had not been rewarded.
Pierced by his own spears, the man who had attacked us fell dead in an instant.
Blood ran from all over his entire body like waterfalls, his body fell limp.
I looked once again at the fallen Hagan.
Without Arisu, we could not save him this time.
For that magic, it was necessary to act within at least 10 seconds of the mortal wound being inflicted.
"What…what was that. What the hell was that!"
“That is a pacifist.”
Lucia answered cooly as I began to yell in agitation.