Chapter 100

In the night of Igewent, on the apartment building by the Nanyang Flower Road, Dorothy, who had just imprinted the information, sat in a chair, pondering with great interest.

‘Actually obtained the sword technique of the Sword Maiden. It seems that this secret transmission of swordsmanship is quite profound. I wonder if this set of sword techniques can help those people over there to resolve their crisis. I hope they are safe… After all, he gave me this secret transmission for free.’

Dorothy thought this as she received the secret transmission through the sacrifice and then proceeded to extract it. The Laurent Swordsmanship actually fed back into Dorothy’s consciousness. She duplicated it and sent it over to imprint it onto his soul book. After all, knowledge does not disappear when shared.

That means Dorothy still retained a copy of the Laurent Swordsmanship in her consciousness, merely stored and not yet imprinted onto her soul book.

Yes, the purpose of imprinting the soul book is not to store knowledge, but to allow Dorothy to avoid the learning cost and time, mastering certain knowledge at the highest proficiency in an instant.

Just like the Dragon Roar in the world of The Elder Scrolls’ Nirn, knowing a Dragon Roar and mastering it are two different things. For ordinary people, it might take a lifetime to master a Dragon Roar, and even then, they may never learn it if they lack talent. For example, the Lord of Windhelm, who attempted to learn Dragon Roars from the Greybeards but failed, while Ulfric Stormcloak, leader of the Stormcloak Rebellion, learned it and used it to k*ll the High King of Skyrim, igniting civil war. However, many Dragonborn characters have cheated their way to mastering it much faster.

With the help of the soul book imprinting, Dorothy learned Dragon Roars even faster than a Dragonborn, although there was a limit to how much she could learn due to the thickness of the soul book.

Now, Dorothy had stored all the skills and experiences of the Laurent Swordsmanship, but her remaining space in her soul book was insufficient to learn the entire advanced dueling sword technique.

Unlike Vania, whose soul book was blank, Dorothy’s soul book already contained Dragon Roars and Cain Identification Technique. If she wanted to learn the Laurent Swordsmanship, she could only pick some parts to learn.

“Although it’s a bit regrettable that I can’t learn everything at once, at least I now know another channel to obtain secret transmissions.”

Looking at the book “Navigation of the Literary Sea” on her desk, Dorothy muttered, “I feel like I can develop subordinates in a similar manner, getting them to sacrifice secret transmissions to me.”

“Sigh… So, I hope you can get through this difficult situation. Oh devout believer who has misplaced your faith.”

Looking at the floating text on the navigation, Dorothy thought to herself.

…

At night, in the underground crypt of the Red Creek Town chapel.

Guided by the Mind’s Eye, Vania blocked the incoming b*llet with her sword. Although she deflected the b*llet and killed the masked white-robed man holding the g*n, the powerful kinetic energy from the b*llet was not so easily handled.

At the moment the metallic sound rang out, Vania deflected the b*llet, but her hand holding the sword went numb, causing her to lose grip on the blade, which clattered to the ground. Losing balance, she fell backward and landed on her bottom.

“Oh!”

Rubbing her tailbone, Vania cried out in pain. Although she had experience and skill in Laurent Swordsmanship, her physical strength was not enough to fully utilize these abilities, leading to the situation where she couldn’t stabilize the b*llet.

Vania was a clerical nun living a rather sedentary life. She had never exercised properly, and though her action of deflecting the b*llet was flawless, she lacked the strength to hold her stance, resulting in her being shaken off balance. Neither the advancement of the “Lamp” nor Dorothy’s blessing had given her any additional strength.

‘Shriek… It hurts… I need to get up, the battle isn’t over yet!’

Holding the injured area, Vania quickly stood up. Just as she picked up the sword from the ground and repositioned herself, she saw the white-robed man lying on the ground, lifeless.

“Huh… He’s dead? When did that happen? Oh… It seems I deflected the b*llet back. This sword technique gained from divine revelation is incredibly strong; it can block bullets!”

Vania exclaimed, surprised at having killed the enemy. She hesitated, unable to believe what had happened. Looking at the scene and the bl**d on the sword, she was dazed for a moment before shaking her head.

“Phew… Now is not the time to be stunned; I should thank the divine grace!”

After shaking off her daze, Vania knelt down and prayed devoutly.

“Thank you, Lord… Thank you for your revelation… Thank you for giving me the strength to defeat the heretics. Your grace proves the correctness of my path and the doctrine of the Three Saints. I will adhere to your way and original teachings, and oppose all heretics who seek to destroy the truth!”

As usual, Vania performed a formal prayer, but after finishing, she noticed something seemed off.

“Oh… Up until now, I don’t know which one of the Three Saints or the Savior granted me the divine revelation. Not being able to specify the deity is really disrespectful!”

Vania thought, in the Radiant Church, if one cannot specify whether they are praying to one of the Three Saints or the Savior, they use “Lord.” However, generally, they would specify the deity being prayed to, and using “Lord” is not common.

“I must ask quickly! Generally, the Lord doesn’t respond to prayers. Let’s see if the holy text works.”

While thinking this, Vania hurried to the corner of the crypt and took out the holy text she had written earlier, opening it and writing devoutly with a pen.

“Thank you for your grace, please forgive my impudence. May I ask, Lord, are you the Holy Son, Holy Mother, Holy Father, or the Savior?”

…

Sitting at her desk, Dorothy finally received a response after staring at the book for a long time. Seeing the sentence appear on the page, she furrowed her brow slightly.

‘It seems he has escaped safely. That’s good… But… asking if I am one of the Three Saints or the Savior? Does he think of me as a deity of the Radiant Church? Is he a clergy member of the Radiant Church?’

Seeing this, Dorothy chewed on the end of her pen for a moment, then took a deep breath and wrote on the book.

“I am not one of the Radiant Church’s deities.”

…

“Ahh!!!”

Looking at the words appearing on the holy text in her hands, Vania screamed in fright, dropping the text in shock.

She stood up in panic, placing her hand on her chest, eyes wide open.

“No, not one of the saints! This means it’s an Other God! A Heterodox God!”

Suddenly, Vania felt her mind in disarray, breathing heavily, heart racing.

“What do I do… I accepted the divine revelation from an Other God, I’ve become a heretic! No, not just a heretic, but a follower of a heterodox religion! I’ve apostatized!”

Vania looked at the dead white-robed man on the ground, who was a heretic but still believed in the Radiant Church. They had directly apostatized to a heterodox religion!?

If discovered by the Tribunal, it would be disastrous!

For a moment, Vania felt her future prospects were bleak.