Ch25. Peeker

Solution's [Holy Smite] descended upon Dominion Authority, engulfing it in a pillar of light. The members of the Sunlight Scripture didn't see what happened inside of the pillar of the light. Only Nigun realized it as he was the summoner of Dominion Authority. As its summoner, he felt his connection to the angel cut the second the pillar descended.

Dominion Authority was erased in an instant.

Normally, a seventh-tier [Holy Smite] would only injure Dominion Authority. It definitely didn't have the firepower to kill it, much less kill it instantly. After all, Dominion Authority was a holy being, an angel. That gave it a lot of resistance to holy attribute spells. In this case, however, Solution had so many bonuses to the holy spell tree through her race, highest-tier holy-attributed advancement job, and little something Rei dubbed 'his biggest success to screw the system' that her damage exceeded the limit.

In short, [Holy Smite], a seventh-tier divine spell, had an output of upper-level eight-tier spell.

And the difference between the [Holy Smite] of Dominion Authority and Solution was clearly felt through the surroundings.

As the pillar of the light descended, shockwave tore through the air, sending the members of the Sunlight Scripture flying through the air. Not a second later, however, the air tried to fill the empty space from where it was pushed away by the shockwave, creating a reverse current that slammed into the poor humans mid-flight, treating them like a ragdoll before it brutally slammed their bodies to the ground with quite the force, breaking a few bones.

This was followed by an earth-shattering earthquake, spreading spiderweb cracks all around the place where the pillar of light was still drilling into the ground, creating a crater as the ground was steadily giving in under the strain of the spell.

The light element in the air exceeded what was humanely safely bearable and the poor humans started to feel as if they were far too long under the sun. Their skin started to get irritated, turning red and even forming small burns in those who had no resistance to holy element whatsoever.

Rei watched in muted silence while the shockwaves crashed into him like waves, yet, his body withstood them without problem, only his black coat flapped in the fierce windstorm that was ravaging the grasslands.

Frankly, he didn't expect so much environmental damage. In Yggdrasil, the spells didn't affect textures quite as much as they did terrain in reality.

'If this is what a mere [Holy Smite] is capable of, I will have to schedule a magic spar with Solution once we return to Nazarick.' Rei decided in no small measure of excitement. He was only glad the Amphitheater was strengthened enough to be able to bear even Tenth-tier spells up to a certain limit.

Rei could clearly feel a heated stare boring into his back and was aware it belonged to Ainz who must have been extremely uncomfortable right about now with all the holy element in the air. He wasn't about to acknowledge Ainz's intense stare. That was a discussion for a later date. Rei had no doubt the magic-fanboy in Ainz will surely push him to ask how he managed to strengthen Solution's magic attack to such a degree even though normally, Ainz would be too polite to ask.

Five minutes... that's how long Solution's [Holy Smite] lasted, ravaging the surrounding lands with its tremendous side-effects. Once it finished, the earthquake and the winds finally calmed, almost as if they were never even there.

The members of the Sunlight Scripture alongside Nigun were strewn across the grassland, still alive thanks to the distance between them and the Dominion Authority when the spell was cast. They were groaning and dazed, lying on the ground, some in considerable pain, while the lucky ones were just shocked enough to be unresponsive.

Solution, still with a gentle unshakable smile on her lips, had to inwardly admit she enjoyed playing with these insects. And when she felt the satisfied gaze of her Master on her back... she couldn't help but preen!

'It's time to deal with the peeker. Enable your anti-scrying equipment and skills, Solution.' Rei suddenly contacted her via Message.

Solution's smile widened. She was enjoying herself and decided to give one last small show to the person watching the battle. Obviously, Solution made sure to scan the surroundings with her spells. She was Divine Caster and that meant she had her own Divination spells.

Solution slowly turned her head towards the direction of the Scrying spell used to observe the battle, her eyes staring directly into the eyes of the user, scaring the ever-living daylight out of their already flabbergasted mind.

"I think that's enough of peeking." She amusedly said before the sky shattered with an audible crack. "

...

In the heart of Kami Miyako, the capital city of the Slane Theocracy, in the Temple of Light, Thousand Mile Astrologer was currently sitting on the ground in the middle of a room, surrounded by her assistants while she watched over the Sunlight Scripture.

The usually composed woman was hyperventilating, her expression twisted in fear, while her body couldn't stop shaking. Her assistants didn't know what to do. On one hand, they were there only to note what she said during her divination and help in an unforeseen situation. What that meant, was never really explained to them, however.

This was an unforeseen situation and they knew it but... since the Astrologer suddenly screamed, "ANGEL!", and then became deathly pale, shaking in fear like a leaf in hurricane, they had no idea how to help.

"Gods! Sh-She used Seventh-Tier Spell with just a wave of her hand!" The Astrologer exclaimed and the assistants stiffened. They were aware the Sunlight Scripture encountered some problem but this... Was this an advent of new heroes?

Much to their horror, the fear on the Astrologer's face suddenly increased and for a whole five minutes, the woman looked as if she was frozen, unable to move with her wide clouded eyes staring at the ceiling in part-awe, part-fright.

Suddenly, the Astrologer jerked back as if she was zapped by lightning, alerting her assistants.

"She saw me!" The woman screamed in terror while trying to crawl back. Despite her shock, she managed to quickly cast a Holy Shield around herself.

The assistants didn't get a chance to question her behavior. An ear-shattering explosion suddenly shook the room, originating in the spot where the Astrologer was using her divination not a second ago.

The unprepared assistants were thrown around as the full force of the explosion smashed into their bodies before they impacted walls and were promptly flattened to mush, leaving only a big red, meaty, bony, and brainy stain and cracks in the walls.

The only one who survived was the Astrologer herself. Despite being the closest to the epicenter of the explosion, the lucky girl did several good split decisions. First, her Holy Shield ate up quite a bit of the initial force. Not enough but it certainly saved her from being insta-killed. Second, she positioned her body just right that the kinetic force not absorbed by her Holy Shield threw her right through the door of the room, preventing herself from being splattered on the wall like her assistants.

Her body hurt like never before and the bones in her body were broken and twisted in horror-inducing angles but... she was alive. Screaming her throat raw from the sheer agony but alive.

Not long after, being unable to bear the pain, her mind granted her the bliss of unconsciousness.

...

Back in the grassy plains near the Carne Village, Solution chuckled and briefly wondered about the effects of her fourth-tier spell, [Counter Divination: Rupture]. Obviously, she didn't believe whoever was peeking at her was dead. Who would die from something as weak as a fourth-tier spell anyway? It would completely ruin the effort to set up the entire performance.

Alas, Solution didn't even realize she was still overestimating her opponents. The fourth-tier counter-divination spell cast by her was as strong as a fifth-tier combustion spell and she didn't account for that. Unknown to her, luckily, the Astrologer survived by chance.

Solution turned towards Nigun and the Sunlight Scripture that were slowly starting to recover from their daze and shakenly tried to stand up, giving them a predatory smile that sent a chill to creep up their spines.

"Now, then... it's time to end this farce."