Chapter 47: Divine Power Infusion
A ray of morning light emerged.
Soren glanced at Gloria, who was sleeping beside him. Her charming face still retained a blush from the joy of last night, her expression appeared content, tired, and lazy, still soundly asleep. He got up, put on a robe, and tucked the soft silk quilt around her. It was already July, and the weather was gradually heating up, but the temperature in Gloria’s chamber remained constant, similar to that of spring.
The light purple crystal lamp emitted a faint glow; arcane knowledge was always so wondrous.
Soren leaned down and kissed Gloria’s cheek, then gently stroked her smooth long hair. Gloria clearly sensed Soren, but she did not wake up, merely pouting slightly and incoherently mumbling half a sentence before curling up and pulling the quilt over her head. After all, she was a witch, a spellcaster; she didn’t have the same energy and recovery ability as Soren, and she was exhausted from the previous night’s festivities. Naturally, on such a beautiful morning, she wanted to sleep in.
Soren chuckled mischievously, his fingers sliding down her fair neck, and then slipping into her dress to grasp her soft fullness.
Gloria noticeably shivered.
The morning light seemed to delight Soren; with one hand squeezing her softness, he plunged the other into the dew-kissed valley.
Her breathing grew noticeably rapid, producing indistinct sounds.
Smack!
Soren gently slapped her rounded, perky backside, flipping her over into a doggy position, then lifted the robe, dabbed it in some dew, and began a new round of conquest.
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When Soren walked out of the room, the sky outside was already bright, and he encountered the fallen witch Corinna on the road. She gave him an unclear look, then slightly nodded in acknowledgment.
It seemed that becoming a deity did not change Soren’s life significantly.
He continued to live a life much like before, only now he added a new routine, which was to filter important matters through the “Deity Template.” If there were important matters, he would handle them; if there weren’t, he would leave everything to the “Deity Template,” which could automatically respond to most believers’ prayers.
Gods received many petitions daily, so some gods with insufficient willpower could easily be ensnared by faith, ultimately becoming what their believers prayed for. It was like the evil god on Treasure Island; the indigenous people prayed for strength, power, and the ability to k*ll enemies, which transformed it into what they desired. Soren’s greatest advantage was that he didn’t have to hear various petitions daily and didn’t need to worry about his mind being disturbed by the thousands of prayers, as he avoided personally handling the vast amount of information and only addressed things directly when something significant arose.
In recent days, the only matter Soren had to address directly was a small boy receiving baptism in the temple.
A baby only about a year old.
He was able to sense Soren’s will descending, staring at Him with wide-eyed curiosity.
—“Extraordinary Perception!”
This was a child born with an innate extraordinary sixth sense, and if he weren’t so young, Soren would likely have trained him to be his priest directly.
But that was fine for now; Soren secretly arranged for personnel to protect them.
The boy’s father appeared to have died in the chaos of Leaffall City, leaving only his mother and uncle as family. His mother worked daily, and his uncle was a candidate selected from the defense team. The little guy was often left alone at home during the day without crying or making a fuss, waiting until his mother returned at noon to drink his fill, only slightly concerned. Soren noticed this was a child with remarkable talents.
Throughout history, some exceptionally gifted individuals would emerge, as long as they weren’t destroyed like Fang Zhongyong. Their futures would typically be legendary.
The Half-Elf Church had already taken notice of him.
Soren informed the High Priest, who after observing, decided to have the former Archbishop, the elderly one from the Battle of Leaffall City, personally train the boy. As priests, they didn’t have long lifespans, and the Archbishop’s vitality was waning; naturally, the powers he wielded needed to be delegated to younger, more promising individuals. As a servant of the deity, an elderly elder without a wife and children, his best course of action was to cultivate an outstanding priest for the god, someone who would enter the legendary domain in the future.
This would be beneficial for all parties involved!
As the former Archbishop retired to the background to train a successor, the original factions within the church would completely disappear.
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After quite a while, Gloria finally completed the transformation of the Gisz Silver Blade.
A silver-white metal sphere manifested in Soren’s palm. He had tested the weapon the previous night; it was a second-tier legendary item.
However,
For Soren currently, this level of weapon seemed insufficient for his needs, so he came to the temple today, preparing to reshape it in a divine manner.
—“Divine Power Infusion!”
Soren summoned the divine power he possessed and gradually extracted the power from within the temple, then began to infuse it into the Gisz Silver Blade, point by point.
—+3, +4, +5!
By the time Soren had nearly depleted his stored divine power, the weapon had transformed into a +5 legendary equipment, the infusion of divine power granting it a touch of artifact-level characteristics. If Soren were willing to invest a significant amount of divinity, it could be elevated to a first-tier artifact.
Naturally, Soren wouldn’t waste divinity.
Using precious accumulated divinity for a single weapon wasn’t worthwhile; it was better spent cultivating his elects.
For now, strengthening it with divine power was sufficient.
Its attributes had now changed to:
“Item Type: Gisz Silver Blade【+5】
Item Level: 【Fifth Tier Legendary Item】
Item Description: This is a weapon from the Astral Realm, forged by the Gisz people. However, it has now been reformed by arcane means and infused with a deity’s power. This greatly enhances its strength and allows it to deal special divine damage to enemies. Due to the blessing of the deity, this weapon possesses a touch of artifact characteristics.
Equipment Requirements: 14 points or more in Strength, exclusive weapon, Lawful alignment.
Equipment Effects: Silver Blade characteristics, shape-changing, divine power infusion, +10 Sharpness, +8 Penetration, +12 Toughness, +5 Armor Piercing, +5 Divine Damage.
Weapon Special Effect: 【Silver Blade Characteristic】, this weapon has the properties of the Gisz Silver Blade; if fighting in the Astral Realm, it can directly sever the silver threads connecting the target creature to its body, causing d*ath if the enemy descends as a projection and inflicting severe mental damage to their true form.
Weapon Characteristics: 【Shape-Changing】, this weapon has a special changing form, which can switch between five forms in battle: curved blade, longsword, beheading sword, spear, and shield.
Weapon Characteristic: 【Divine Power Infusion】, this weapon has been infused with divine power, making it sharper, more durable, and filled with penetrating power, while also adding an additional 5 points of divine damage when attacking any enemy.”
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Due to Soren’s infusing of divine power, this weapon was directly transformed into his exclusive weapon.
Basically, others could not use this equipment unless they were priests who believed in Soren, as they might not be rejected by the divine power within the weapon. Artifacts made by deities always had many limitations; for instance, after Soren infused divine power, the Gisz Silver Blade now had the requirement of being usable only by individuals of the Lawful alignment, because the weapon had already absorbed the fundamental power of laws that he possessed.
Many artifacts had alignment requirements for this reason!
For example, the “Holy Avenger” had the requirement of the Paladin class and the Lawful Good alignment; Soren could only wield it thanks to his Universal Skillful Hand.
The reason why “Time Flail” was chased after by many was that it had no alignment requirements as an artifact.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
The military parade on Modo Island was still being vigorously prepared; this sort of thing couldn’t be completed in a short period. After arranging some matters, Soren finally decided to proceed with the next step of his plan.
To personally head to the Bottomless Abyss!
………………(To be continued ~^~)
