Chapter 676: Divine Powers


    Fin happily described her experience with Bes and the powers she gained. Her primary ss of Battle Cleric had changed to Guardian Twerp, which improved her skills in meleebat, protection, and healing.


    “Fin now also has an incredible way to constantly increase my power,” she boasted proudly.


    It seemed she was already back to her usual self. When asked what that way was, the fairy took a deep breath to talk about it but stopped mid-sentence with a little blush.


    “Err, it’s a little embarrassing, so Fin would rather not talk about it.”


    Something Fin was notfortable talking about?! Everyone was shocked.


    “Fin, if it’s something weird, or ufortable, you don’t have to do it,” everyone reassured her, just making her look even more ufortable. Facing the group’s encouragement, Fin became more and more flustered.


    “Stop, please! It’s really nothing weird! It’s just… I can grow stronger by having fun and celebrating. I didn’t want to tell you for your own sake!” she finally eximed.


    She added thest sentence when she saw the dismayed faces of everyone around. Other people had to work hard, but the fairy had to go out and have fun. How was that fair? However, a burst of roaringughter quickly lightened the mood.


    “Isn’t that great? We will have to celebrate a lot more when we get back home then! Everyone wins.” Sethughed happily.


    There was no celebrating alone. Of course, they ALL would have to do their best to help Fin grow stronger. If that meant they had to sacrifice themselves for day of partying, then this was a sacrifice they were willing to pay.


    Next to exin were Faenys and Mina. Faenys had been chosen by Phobos, the Olympian god of fear in battle. Her first ss had be Threatwalker, while Mountain Brigand became her secondary skill. The ss came with a lot of skills pertaining to the fear of an opponent and mixing illusions based on it into battle.


    Mina had gained two blessings. The first was the Blessing of Sekhmet, which improved herbat prowess and granted her a skill that could passively add gue effect to her magic. The second was the Blessing of Menhit. It had a simr effect to the blessing of violence on Mike’s sword and would grant her power with every kill in battle.


    Now all eyes were on Jonah. The man had been rather silent, with his hand covering his face the whole time.


    “Ah, hey Archer, didn’t you say you were also chosen?” Jonah changed the topic. A shiver went down their spines when they heard the melodic, androgynous voice. Was this still Jonah?


    “Hmm? Yes, the goddess of archery, Satet granted me her power,” he exined.


    Previously Archer had reached the ss of Bow Demon with a secondary ss of Emerald Scout. Now the Bow Demon ss became his secondary ss, while his first ss became Divine Archer, which t-out improved all his archery skills across the board and added divine magic into the mix.


    “I still need to look through everything that was added,” he ended hisckluster exnation of his gains.


    All eyes went back to Jonah.


    “Don’t look at me. I really don’t want to talk about it, ” the man in question said depressed, still covering his face since the mask was broken in exchange for saving his life from the surprise attack.


    “If you tell me, I will make you a new mask~” Seth whispered to him mischievously.


    Jonah, who had been covering his face the whole time, slowly lowered his hand. He wore the detecting full beard and it was drenched in tears. Despite that, a gasp went through the crowd when they saw his face.


    The vampiric swordsman was not just terribly handsome anymore, he had be drop-dead gorgeous with a face as smooth as marble and long, blonde eyshes he looked like a teenager’s wet dream that jumped right out of a romanceic.


    At the same time, he was the embodiment of sorrow, with his big, deer-like eyes glistening with tears. Even Seth was silent, feeling his heart resonate with the aura of tragedy Jonah emitted. Just what happened? How much had his personality attribute increased for him to look like this?


    A face that men and women alike would fall for, it reminded him of some Olympian myths. Although Seth felt his heartache and the urge tofort the pitiful creature in front of him, he didn’t. Because he knew. The cksmith knew that Jonah didn’t appreciate this turn of events.


    He had not known Jonah before the apocalypse, but ording to him, he had been a bulky hunk with pride in his voluptuous beard. It had already been a hard hit when the ss of vampiric swordsman had turned him into a slender pretty boy.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Somehow, he had drifted even further from his ideal of a big, muscr man. When Seth looked at him now, he got the impression that he had be even more slender and petite. The cksmith had to acknowledge that his physique had be a work of art.


    With just a brief nce Seth could see that although his muscles had be very lean, they were defined and well-bnced. They seemed to have be fully specialized in quick, agilebat. It was a brief nce, but it was already all he could glean from it. Maybe a sculptor would have been more interested than him.


    “I’m hideous! Stop staring!” he cried out pitifully and covered his face again before he started to exin.


    He had be the chosen of a deity called Munara, the Goddess of Gruesome Beauty in battle and his personality attribute went through the roof. Personality was an attribute that had many variations from charisma, to charm, to intimidation. Obviously, in Jonah’s case, it was an overwhelming charm.


    Previously his sses after his advancements were Sanguine Swordmaster and Blood Abbot which evolved from Blood Monk. After bing the chosen of Munara, the Blood Abbot ss turned into Munaras Apostle and became his primary ss.


    Jonah also gained all kinds of specialbat skills that were merciless, elegant, and was supposed to be able to confuse and charm enemies inbat. Or so said their descriptions. It didn’t quite work on the general he was fighting, which indicated that the power of the skills was also reliant on the target’s sense of aesthetics and not just how charming Jonah was.


    While Seth managed to keep the conversation going, the other were mostly staring in awe. The cksmith could only pity and envy Jonah. This was probably what Adonis had to suffer through.


    “Monique, what about you?” he suddenly asked the salivation second-inmand.


    “Ah! Me? I..erm..” she stammered embarrassedly, being caught staring.


    “Yes, well, I got the blessing of a goddess called Athena. ” she said with an awkward smile.


    “S-So, what did you gain?” Seth asked her, staring at her in shock. She had been blessed by one of the main gods of Olympus.


    “Ah, well, aside from an improvement in spear arts and my physical attributes, I got the skills , , and ,” she listed her gains.


    The first was a spear-throwing skill she had used to kill the fleeing Mantidae General. Thest meshed in with her ss as Turtle Warrior and her defensive fighting style, as it allowed her to block damage easier and gave a low chance to petrify an enemy that was blocked.


    Monique described as a skill with a passive and activeponent. Passively it allowed for a clear mind inbat and gave assistance in nning ahead while keeping their surroundings into ount. Actively, it would slightly buff troops under one’smand.


    “Ah, Jonah, Lydia could you show me your weapons for a moment?”


    He asked the three to stay back because they had the surviving angel equipment. Seth had gotten the notification that one of his items had grown to be a legend, and even got a reward for it, but he doubted any of his relics had done anything to do so.


    The only thing he could think of was that the system had finally finished observing the angel items and acknowledged one of the as legendary, so he wanted to take a look. He already knew that it wasn’t Bulko’s helmet, so the only ones in question were the weapon that Lydia and Jonah had put in their inventory.


    It wasn’t surprising when he say that Jonah’s sword had finally gotten a full description. It already had the most readable appraisal information thanks to the empire’s experiment.


    Special


    Damage: 2175


    Durability: 4000


    1. Enve


    2. +75% Damage against the Divine


    3. 75% Chance to cause Silence on hit


    4. 50% chance to cause Paralysis on hit


    5. 25% Chance to cause local Metallification on hit.


    6. Active Skill: Divine Chains


    7. Active Skill: Control


    A divine weapon filled with the power of the God of Chains. Created by Master Smith, the first cksmith of Urth, from the body of an archangel.>


    It didn’t have the greatest basic damage, but the effects made more than up for this. Enve had a 5-15 chance to enve an opponent that had lost the will to fight. It was a 100% chance on people that showed no resistance at all.


    allowed the wielder to force someone to follow their order, as long as the sword threatened their lives. This was the effect that the researchers of Chrona described as the ability to make someone tell the truth if the sword was pointed at their throat.


    was an area of effect snare that allowed the wielder to summon literal chains to bind enemies in the surroundings. Seth exined the effects to Jonah and the others which were followed by a wave of congrattions to Jonah. It also helped cheer up the depressed swordsman.


    They kept talking about what to do from now on for a while before they finally split up so everyone could go get some sleep.


    “I will have the golems stand guard. Everyone deserves a good rest.”


    Seth sent Mina ahead and stayed outside for a moment longer after setting up the golems. The cksmith wanted to check his own gains from this battle.