Chapter 548 35: Revealing the Health Bar
Chapter 548 35: Revealing the Health Bar
"Why not use it? Look at your fingertips, magic depletion will cause necrosis..."Gu Mo said seriously.
No matter how you put it, the girl has now become a magician, though a first-generation one, not one from a family lineage. Therefore, she has only an innate complete set of magic circuits with no imprints, her talent is quite average...
Nevertheless, she is a magician now, and since she has magic circuits within her, magic power exists within her.
However, beings like Gu Mo and Akai Hinako who directly absorb infinite magic power from the Great Source are rare examples. For most magicians, the magic power from the Small Source is their life force.
Activating life force has both benefits and drawbacks, overusing it can harm the body. The Feathered Serpent God just took urgent measures, knowing there are people guarding, Fujimaru Ritsuka wouldn't face issues, so dared to absorb a hefty amount of magic power, then rushed into battle...
Now, Fujimaru Ritsuka is in a situation of magic power depletion and life force deficit.
Feeling weak and limb numbness are mere symptoms, if magic power isn't replenished soon, her body shows signs of necrosis starting from the fingertips, like blood circulation being blocked for a long time.
"But... but... I can't, really I can't..."
The girl's cheeks turned bright red, she stammered, her voice noticeably trembling.
Having learned magic basics, she's naturally very aware of "Magic Refueling", and now being physically weak and mentally groggy, she can't think comprehensively. Upon hearing about replenishing magic power, she instinctively recalled this significant concept.
Moreover, her mind felt dizzy and, coupled with intense embarrassment at the moment, she couldn't think in another direction.
"Did you imagine something inappropriate..."
Gu Mo sighed, when he mentioned replenishing her magic power, he meant it literally.
He shook his head and without explanation grabbed the girl's wrist, his Qi Body flowed, like a calm river, rapidly pouring towards Fujimaru Ritsuka, abundant and non-aggressive, causing no damage to her circuits.
He infused her with magic power at full efficiency, pure energy swiftly coursing through her body, filling her limbs, causing her weakness to melt away like snow under spring sunlight.
"Ah! Eh... eh! Was it like this!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka confusedly made sounds, seemingly unable to respond, she looked at her wrist being held, then at him, her body recovering, her mind seemed to function normally, yet her face turned redder.
She'd rather not have realized, at present only feeling her cheeks burning, even her brain was blank, seemingly crashing.
Mortified, mortified, mortified, the girl was never embarrassed to this extent!
"...Alright, it's enough."
In less than a few breaths, Gu Mo gently let go. His Qi Body easily transformed from the Great Source externally to the Small Source for her, facing no compatibility issues.
He was slightly surprised that the girl's magic circuits, though average in quality and quantity, weren't as undeveloped as he thought.
In fact, the development of her magic circuits was above average… He thoughtfully observed the flustered, red-faced girl in front of him and probably understood what was happening.
Despite talent limitations, she likely continuously studied or trained diligently during spare times in singularities or at Chaldea. The focus was always on cultivating Master abilities.
Master abilities revolved around command and decision-making, and the inherent magic power was crucial.
Considering often encountering other Servants in singularities, signing contracts meant providing magic power duty falling on the Master, except Chaldea's special Command Spells as magic resources, Fujimaru Ritsuka's magic power was also vital.
Because of this reason, she's consistently engaged in various targeted and custom-made training programs at Chaldea, developing her magic circuits.
"Th-thank you..."
Seemingly about to cry from anxiety, Fujimaru Ritsuka whispered, cheeks still red, even feeling waves of heat, as she quietly shrunk into a corner, seemingly looking for a place to hide.
Feeling others around looking at her oddly...
Not knowing if it's psychological, but mortified, the girl quietly curled up, minimizing contact with others.
Truth is... it indeed was odd.
Everyone understood Fujimaru Ritsuka's thoughts moments ago, naturally slightly evasive gazes appeared now.
Ishtar seriously coughed, subtly shifting the topic: "Now that one of Mother's horns has been broken, she shouldn't be able to fly anymore. Shall we continue to delay her here?"
"For now, that's our only option..." Gu Mo nodded, gazing at the Tiamat God over there who continued to make sounds like "Aaaaa——," resembling a naive and innocent little girl. She hadn't launched a direct attack in this direction until now.
Apart from the Tide of Chaos and the countless Rahmu crawling from the black mud, serving as manifestations of her mad instincts, there was nothing else.
But the black mud was repeatedly evaporated, though it couldn't evaporate the entire sea, the portions spreading onto the shore could barely be handled. Anyway, as long as the black mud beneath the Tiamat God's feet is cut off, she, being the Sea of Life herself, cannot easily set foot on land.
Yet, the Rahmu emerging from the sea and constantly climbing onto land and flying into the sky were endless. However, the Rahmu appearing here couldn't survive more than a minute, continuously being blasted to bits by treasures, or their spiritual bodies dissipated the instant they emerged from the sea.
Every moment, every minute, and every second, countless Rahmu would fall, plummeting back into the sea like dumplings raining down from the sky.
Not even a splash was raised, swallowed by the surging waves of black mud—
Compared to their terrifying numbers, the efficiency of such elimination was not truly effective, and they themselves were made of "mud." This was material that could be deemed foundational to the Mesopotamian World, formed of the sands and earth of the divine era, entities not existing within Earth's normal life system tree.
Thus, they were seen as mass-produced versions of Enkidu...
Being engulfed back into the black mud was merely returning the materials that composed them, likely to be recycled and manufactured anew as brand new entities...
Of course, considering that the black Sea of Life represents the Tiamat God's body, through the cycle of the true ether of Genesis on Earth, this ocean could supply magic endlessly, having continuously birthed demons non-stop since its manifestation, the production was already maxed out, and productivity was infinite...
The significance of recycling, in fact, was negligible—whether for us or for them.
"Let me handle it this time, my magic power should suffice..." Ishtar said, taking a deep breath as she watched the Tiamat God advance again, exchanging a look with Akai Hinako, seated at the rear of the flying vessel. With this Incarnated Spirit as her Master, her magic power supply was still abundant.
The flying vessel flashed, and the Lady Goddess vanished into the air,
while a gleaming light began to shimmer above the distant Tiamat God. The flying vessel hovered directly above, and the Lady Goddess pointed her slender index finger at the sky. Instantly, a fissure appeared in the night sky, rapidly widening, resembling a tear in the void.
On the other side of the space seemed an icy, silent scene of outer space.
The next moment—
The massive outline of a terrestrial planet neared the fissure, the celestial body enveloped by clouds and a thick atmosphere.
With the Goddess's gesture, this outer celestial body from the opposite side of the fissure, seemingly located in distant space, rapidly shrank in size, swiftly sliding into her hand before she placed it casually onto the invisible string of the flying vessel.
The overflowing light flashed, akin to the previous Light Arrow attack.
However, the light of this Light Arrow was particularly massive and concentrated, the time required for charging relatively longer, the stream of light extended from the front edge of the flying vessel to a distance far behind, seemingly penetrating into that fissure and appearing on the other side of space...
Yet, despite this conspicuous charging attack, the Tiamat God remained oblivious, just as before, until the terrifying stream of energy akin to a cataclysm fiercely descended, striking hard beneath her feet!
The deafening roar echoed, the ground visibly shuddered for an instant, Gu Mo hadn't seen the scene when Ishtar shattered the Tiamat God's brain body before, only sensed the qi body boiling between heaven and earth from afar, chaotic like rolling porridge, until now witnessing the Goddess exerting her full effort with his own eyes.
"Such unreasonable power..."
He softly sighed, his eyes gleaming brightly, his pupils reflecting like a full moon.
Ishtar's treasure's essence was using the manager's authority to take the concept of Venus and firing it as a conceptual planet from the flying vessel's magazine... although not a physical entity, merely firing the concept of a planet as ammunition, and its power constrained by the form of a Servant and the form of her treasure.
But this act was still beyond imagination, the miracles wielded by humans were classified as magic, ritual, mystery, or curse, whereas the authorities held by gods were far superior to these powers.
Witnessing such information was also greatly beneficial to him.
"It's enough, we can hold off Mother for a while longer. If we keep at this, we should be able to delay for a day, even if she tries to approach Uruk..."
In a flash of light, the flying vessel reappeared above the crowd, Ishtar said so.
However, her tone remained pessimistic, as this delaying tactic didn't suit the nature of this blunt and forthright Goddess, not to mention that it might not even suffice. It's said that Merlin died directly, and the South American Feathered Serpent God recently returned to the Heroic Spirit Throne.
If Mother makes any movement next, even if it's not aimed directly at them, someone might have to step forward and sacrifice themselves, sending one after another to their deaths...
Is there really hope?
"It should work... she'll reveal her health bar soon." At this moment, these words were heard from beside them.
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