‘Please cooperate. You just have to lend me your power, and I’ll do the rest.’

-You… What are…

[Divine Union.]

[Transcendental Longsword, Thunder Slash.]

Crack!!

Enlightenment was such a convenient system. Muscle strength was stored in the physical body, but reaching a new level and gaining enlightenment was engraved in the soul. For Davey, who had already experienced enlightenment once, a new change would simply be his hardened mana returning to its original state. Recently, his recovery speed had gotten quite slow, but it was just a phase from a lot of mana being released at once and not really about a lack of enlightenment.

Ares’ sword technique, the [Longsword], which could be seen as the original version of the [Mountain Crush] that Davey used, tore through the air with great power. Although it was a blow that lacked a lot of mana, a huge amount of holy power flowed out of the sword and made up for the lacking mana. It wasn’t a Divine Sword for no reason.

As a pure white spark of light flashed through the air, the red fog cleared for just a moment. Then, there was a horrendous sword marking left behind.

“For how much longer are you going to hide?...