The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire - The Half-Puny Priest Hopes To Retire chapter 216

216 – Life Is a Flower. Love Is the Nectar of the Flower. (3)

There was one thing Apis used to say to me.

Even if you’re a superhuman who can fly and crawl, if you pierce the head or heart, it’s just one hit.

When I first heard that, I dismissed it as nothing more than a boastful rant typical of the longevity tribe.

When she saw Apis’s ability to right in front of her nose to cut off a monster the size of a mountain with just a single arrow, she had no choice but to admit that there was not a single lie in his words her her her her.

And soon after that, I vaguely realized.

The reason why Apis said such things to me so persistently was because she was considerate in her own way to encourage me, who had always lacked self-esteem.

”Apis──!!!!”

Letting out a tearing scream, he urgently kicked the ground.

A chain violently passed through the center of Apis ‘chest her

The wound that penetrated mercilessly around her heart was a fatal wound.

No matter how much an adventurer had developed his physical abilities dramatically through repeated training, his limitations were clear as he was a mortal being.

If your head is crushed you die, and if your heart is pierced you die.

And it was no exception for the so-called heroes.

”Kuhup!”

Apis suddenly let out a breathless moan and blood poured out of his mouth.

At that moment, a strong sense of anxiety came over me.

The fact that blood was pouring out of her mouth her meant that Apis ‘her current wounds her her her she were dozens of times more serious than what she could see with her own eyes.

There may be internal bleeding. It could have been blood pooling in her lungs.

It was forbidden to hastily judge an injury that had not yet been checked, but one thing was clear: Apis had injured an organ that should not have been injured.

”Apis! Just stay still! Right now!”

”Hehe♪”

Sigh!

At that moment, a low declaration and a heavy chain protruding blocked my path.

”Get out of the way!”

He shouted in disgust and swung his arms viciously.

Then, a chain shot up from my arm and started tossing and turning violently against my will.

But.

Kwaang─!

”Wow!”

My struggles, which were almost like a struggle, ended in vain due to an unknown force pressing down on my body from above.

”Don’t disturb Mother.”

”·····!”

I opened my eyes and looked up with difficulty, and saw another candidate for sainthood holding down my body as it lay on the floor.

After a while of being shocked by the presence of an uninvited guest who barged in without warning, the vision that had been so clear began to be eroded, one by one, by a deep sense of despair.

Even as I am doing this, Apis’s spark of life is fading away quickly.

If the part where Apis was stabbed was exactly the heart of her, the time it would take to save her would be only about ten seconds at most.

There was no time to mumble like this.

Pop! Pop!

”Let go…”

”Don’t move. Stay still.”

Her knees were crushing her lungs, making it difficult to breathe, let alone speak.

As I tried to move my body by forcibly twisting the oppressed joints, I could hear the sound of bones and muscles shifting from all over my body, but I didn’t care at all.

Right now, I didn’t care about anything else than reaching out to Apis ‘body her

”You don’t have to be in such a hurry. Because Mr. Elf is still alive. Of course, right now.”

”·····!”

It was right then. She said her words to me quietly.

It was clear that the fact that her blood was rushing out was a reference to this situation.

The current situation, where the person who put my precious colleague’s body in such a state is speaking calmly with a faint smile, was quickly wearing down what little reason I had left.

”Rest assured. If Priest Raiges listens to my small request, Mr. Elf’s life will be safe. If you don’t believe me, you can swear to God right here.”

”Don’t talk nonsense–”

Coo!

The head that was raised unconsciously fell to the ground again due to the force pressing down on it.

”Big, town…”

Needless to say, the taste of the mud mixed with blood was the worst, but of course it was nothing compared to the fishy scent that leaked out from between her lips her one after another.

”Please swear to God right here and now that you will unconditionally obey my words and that you will not disobey what I have decided. How is it? It’s not that difficult, right?”

Her offer to me was brief, but she was more than that.

The identity of this author had been discovered to some extent.

She is a person who was once mentioned as the strongest candidate for sainthood in this generation along with Sister Beltane, and is a shady person who secretly harassed the saintess from behind when she was still mentally sound.

Liza Claudia.

Although she could be considered an acquaintance, she was a woman who was literally an acquaintance and could never be said to have had a close relationship.

The fact that I recognized her and remembered her her name her was purely a product of her her own coincidence of her.

The result of unknownly holding in my hand a fragment of a memory that had fallen from a rain tree in a dreamscape flowing like clouds.

That was really everything.

Therefore, the truth behind this abnormal obsession she showed me was still unknown even after I found out her identity.

According to the words of Apis, who interrogated her for the last time while she was detained in her prison, the author even said that she showed greater interest in me, who happened to be next to him, than in the condition of the hero she was trying to assassinate.

”Oh, that’s right. When I thought about it, there was no way I could talk in that state. Please take your hands away. Upsilon.”

”Okay. Mother.”

With those words, the power holding my head disappeared.

Thanks to this, I was able to see her arrogant expression her, her looking down at me lying on the floor more clearly than before.

”Now then, let’s listen to the story─”

”I will do as you tell me.”

With her sinister smile, she tried to urge me to answer, but her lips moved a beat faster than she expected.

”Wow, I can’t believe you didn’t hesitate even for a moment. Priest Raiges is a much cooler guy than I thought! No, should I say servile? Anyway, it’s truly amazing!”

”·····”

Clap clap.

She clapped her hands in admiration a few times and suddenly looked at my face

It was unclear at the moment what she expected from me.

What we can know right now is that the person called ‘Mother’ who was leading the group of saint candidates from behind was this guy.

And it is clear that she is deeply involved in this series of events.

There was no need to say how foolish it was to follow the suggestions of such a suspicious author, but since my colleague’s life was at stake, there was no other way.

”I will follow whatever you say. Please help us save Apis right now…”

”Hehe, no. Before that, you must first swear to God.”

”·····”

The cunning snake’s tongue has once again tightened my throat.

I swear to God.

For a priest, that declaration is a guarantee more reliable than any strict restraint.

”·····I swear to God. I am your—”

”Lightning. Come.”

It’s so bad!

The moment when the words I spoke were not even fully concluded.

A lightning strike that tore through the air, accompanied by a majestic sound as if Mother Nature was shaking, suddenly engulfed this area.

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”Mother—!”

As I gradually became accustomed to the light flickering on her retina, the image of Sister Liza struggling with the thunderstorm that covered her entire body she came into view.

”Cough! This crazy b*stard… While I looked away for a moment, the damn thing happened again…”

”Ah, Apis!?”

Apis reprimanded me for somehow trying to spit out a swear word even while blood was pouring from his mouth

In both her hands she held tightly the chain that pierced her her own chest her her her.

It was only after seeing that that I was able to understand what Apis had done.

It seems that Apis used her own body as a catalyst to blow lightning magic directly into the chain that pierced her chest.

Now, if you do it wrong, it’s a dangerous action that could cause your entire internal organs to melt.

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It was absolutely not something a sane person would do.

”Wow!”

”Apis—!”

Shake it up!

When the chain that was piercing her body was pulled out, Apis, who was about to collapse like a doll with her strings untied, was quickly taken into her arms.

Sigh!

One o’clock was running out.

After tearing off the top covering the injured area, she placed her hand on the area and quickly imbued it with divine power.

”Kuh, clack… You fucking idiot… My, I am to the idiots… Kahak! Lord, tell me not to bow your head even if you die…”

”All right! Because I got it! Don’t open your mouth now!”

Even while my throat was scorched by the electrodes, I quickly adjusted my stance while stopping Apis, who was busy scolding me for my servile choice.

”These creatures…Are to be punished…!”

Immediately after that, she cleared her throat in an ominous tone, as if she were about to utter a curse.

Judging by her noticeably slower recovery than before, Apis’s electrodes, which were conducted directly from the chains tangled around her body, appeared to be quite effective for her.

”Hold on a little longer. You will recover quickly. Apis…”

”Ha·····. Ha…”

She was able to save her life by performing her prayers in time, but Apis, who was slow to recover for the same reason, continued to have difficulty breathing.

”I’ll kill you──!!!!”

She announced the start of a game of tag that would end in her death if her life-threatening declarations she she were caught.