178-Sanctuary of the goddess




 The day after I drew the mess, I came to a secluded area to check the items that came out as planned.

''Hmph, I can't wait to try it out to see how much it's enhanced.

 Estelle clutches her wand in both hands, smiling and buzzing from side to side in excitement.

'It's a rare thing to see Estelle floating around, you know.

It's no wonder you're so buoyant when it comes to trying out your new powers. If it were me, I might just unleash a recovery spell on the entire town.

"...because you're never going to be enhanced.

Well, that's good. It's not going to hurt you.

 It's not good! It's true that recovery magic wouldn't do any harm, but.......if the entire town was suddenly engulfed in light, there would be a panic for sure.
 Sisuha was originally a priest who could recover a large number of people at once.
 If I wanted to do it, I could at least use recovery magic on the entire Brunne, so I have no idea if it's a joke or if he's serious.

''Eheheh, I'm looking forward to trying out the gacha items!

It's worth it to get out in the daylight.

 Luna had been sleepwalking earlier, but she had come with me to see if she was curious about the items in the mess.
 It was in the form of Freesia waking her up and inviting her to come, but it doesn't seem to be a big deal.

 Well, the main item this time is the UR Goddess' sanctuary, but before that, let's check out what I'm talking about.
 I select the extremely large gold nugget from the item column and tap it.
 Light floods out of my phone and the gold nugget that materialized in front of us was.......a giant trapezoidal ingot.
 It was taller than my height and more than twice as wide.

''Ta-da! That's too big for you!

It's a big lump of gold.

I suppose the idea of great wealth isn't entirely untrue.

It's shiny and beautiful!

 It's not big enough to be big.......how much money is that worth?
 Esther, who was examining the ingot by touching it, answered such a question.

''Hmmm, the purity seems to be quite high as well, not to mention 100 million g, maybe even more than 1 billion g.''

"Hmm, that's enough to make me not have to work anymore...

 As soon as I heard Estelle's words, Luna moved with a gleam in her red eyes.
 She grabbed the edge of the ingot to take it with her and pulled it.
 But it was too heavy, or maybe it was too freaked out and she quickly gave up.
 Please don't try to rob me and stay back........

 But still, I knew there was more than 100 million G's worth even if I looked at it, but I didn't think it was the equivalent of 1 billion G's worth of Esther-san.......
 It looks like I won't have any more trouble with funds. It's enough to buy a house in the capital.
 But if it's too big to pay for, it's going to be difficult to use for payment.
 I guess I'll just melt it down into a small ingot and use it steadily, huh?

 Next up was a rare ore that I had been putting off for the same reason as the gold nugget.
 When I materialized it, it was another lumpy object bigger than my height.
 The whole thing was a metallic green color, and at a glance, I could see that there were no impurities mixed in at all.

''Another huge ore... is this an ore?''

It is a very colorful stone, isn't it? What kind of ore do you think it is?

At least it doesn't look like it's just ore. I guess I'd better have it crushed and appraised.

'It would be handy to have an item I could appraise. Can't you see what kind of thing it is in the status app?

...no, it's not responding at all.

 The status app only works on demons and people.
 I wonder if there will be an appraisal app or something like that out of the gutter eventually.
 Like Estelle said, let's take the crushed shards to Gantz-san and have her take a look at them.

''Alright then, let's start checking the Goddess' sanctuary.

 I tucked the gold and ore into my bag and put the white and silver ring on my finger.
 I picture the Nors as objects in my mind and send magic power to the ring.
 Then the crest inside the rainbow-colored gemstone began to glow, and a thin rainbow-colored film appeared in a semicircle covering everyone with me at the center.

''Oh! It's covered with something!

'So this is the sanctuary of the goddess. More bang! I thought it was going to be awesome!

''It was definitely easy to use the moment I used it, but it feels quite powerful. I'm sure this one will be able to defend against any attack.

'It's filled with divine power. The potency of the goddess' sanctuary is worthy of its name... oh, Luna! Are you sure it's safe to be in here!

 Oh, my God! It's called the Sanctuary of the Goddess, so it's to be expected that divine power would work!
 
 What the heck, they don't look fine at all. Just because it's a sacred power doesn't mean that Luna will be harmed?

Thank goodness it looks fine. I was very surprised.

Hmm, it's nothing to worry about. Just a headache and nausea.

No, no, no! Because it's not okay! Come on, get out there!

'Yes! Let's leave together!

You have to be able to say something in that situation.

'That's right! Patience is not good!

I don't have any patience with them. Everybody worries.

 I hurriedly carried Luna out of the thin membrane and had her wait outside as it was.
 Totally, why doesn't this vampire-sama tell me if she's not feeling well........................I'm troubled by her strange pride in some strange places.
 There was a commotion as soon as we started, but I regained my composure and began the process of confirming the Goddess' sanctuary.
 The first thing we need to check is the duration. If we don't know how long it can continue to deploy, it's difficult to operate it.
 So I've been measuring the time with a stopwatch, one of the features of the SR Clock app that was added to the item gacha right after it was activated.

 In addition, I tried to see what would happen if I got out of the wards that were developing around me, and the membrane continued to stay in place without moving from the place where I activated it.
 So once you activate it, it will remain in place even if the activator is not inside?
 It would have been a lot more convenient if the Goddess' sanctuary also moved around the ring, but it couldn't be helped.
 If it moved, it would have been possible to drive the demon to the wall while it was activated and crush it as it was.

'Let's do another test while we measure the duration. I'll go inside, so you can try to see if Esther's support magic and Sisha's recovery magic can get through.

 It's not worth waiting for time to pass like this, so let's do some other verification while we're at it.
 I entered the sanctuary and had Esther and Sisha fly a harmless magic.
 The result ..................They both shake their heads. I don't feel the support and recovery magic hanging over me either.

The only thing I can think of to say is, "Hmmm, it's no good. I'm not going to be able to get the magic to play in the middle.

You don't have to be a harmless object to get played.

'Okay, I'll go outside this time, and Sisha and the others can go inside and use their magic.

 Next, we switched places and I had the same magic flying from inside.
 The result is that the magic is properly applied to me as usual, and power is coming up from inside my body.
 Oh ... this feeling, I feel like my power is getting stronger than before.
 Estelle said that the support magic might be strengthened as well, but it looks like the effect is really increasing.

 Since it's a good idea to have Estelle and the others stay inside, I'll also have Freesia go inside to attack this time.
 Delighted, Freesia shoots an arrow from inside the sanctuary to the outside, the arrow goes straight through the membrane and flies away.
 Next, Esther let the water fly from her fingertips and it flew outward with no problem.

'No problem from inside, huh?'

'Haha, great, great! The arrows are going to go through!

'You can shoot my attack magic from the inside with no problem.

''As expected of UR. It's so unreasonable that you can't interfere from the outside, but you can from the inside.

 I wasn't expecting Luna to go inside and get sick, but this is more than enough of an awesome item, and UR isn't a great choice.
 The measurement time has passed 5 minutes and the Goddess Sanctuary is still going strong, and this can attack the enemy from a safe zone one way or another.
 

For the rest of the time, we'll just try to see if we can neutralize any attacks. I'm afraid to go in there, so I'll just leave this instead.

Oh, the stuffed animals! Okura-dono! It's outrageous to use that as an experiment!

No, there's a lot of them, so why not have one...

No, sir! I want it because it's the kind I don't have!

 I didn't go in and try to experiment with the stuffed animal because I didn't know when the effect would wear off, but.......as soon as I made the stuffed animal into an actuality, Nol jumped on the buzz.
 The kind I don't have....Are you aiming for a plushie complete?

'You used them as decoys in the cave last time. Stuffed animals come in handy!

Hey! Don't say that!

 The moment he heard Freesia's words, Noor jerked and stopped moving.

''........By the way, what happened to that stuffed animal, sir?''

He got caught up in the skills of the clunky elves and disappeared without a trace.

'Oh, oh... my stuffed animal, my stuffed animal...'

 Hearing Luna's words, Noor collapsed from his knees with a zulu and nodded.
 S-, was it that shocking that the stuffed animal disappeared...?
 But this is an unavoidable sacrifice, and I want him to be convinced.
 After that, I took out multiple and handed over the newly released stuffed animals and convinced Nol to use the dumbed down stuffed animals as a substitute.
 Surprisingly, Noll is a cash cow too, to be convinced by this........

 I mean, this is not the time to waste! I can't wait to see how the rest of the goddess sanctuary performs!
 In order to check the effect of the attack, I had Freesia attack first.

'Then I'll do it first! Aim and shoot!

 Freesia, who received the enhanced Esther's support magic, released an arrow that was guarded by the bow.
 The moment he released it, there was a sound like a burst of air, and in the blink of an eye, when the arrow reached the rainbow-colored membrane that is the sanctuary of the goddess..................the arrow flew to the far side of the bullet.

'Oh, it was played.......that was awesome!

'Then I'm next. I'm going to crush it for you.

'Oh! Do it, Luna!

 Freesia is cheering Luna, who is motivated with her spear at the ready, with her hands buzzing around her.
 Aren't these two actually quite good friends?

 With those doubts elsewhere, Luna ran out and jumped up high in the air.
 She spins her spear vigorously in the air to gain momentum, and even more crimson aura rises from the spear... hey, wait, you're using that skill!
 Immediately after realizing it, the spear is released from Luna's hand and turns into a red flash and heads to the Goddess' sanctuary.
 And when it lands........the spear is flicked and spins around and flies in the direction of the day after tomorrow.

'Bulleted........Heihachi, give me some blood.

Oh, yeah.

I didn't think you'd be able to use your skills...

''But this also proves the effectiveness of the Goddess' sanctuary. No ordinary object can prevent Luna-san's attack.

 I didn't expect him to try to break it with skills, but this is a good example of how it proves its performance.
 It didn't make Freesia's arrows an object, and it didn't even freak out the cazicle that penetrated Luna's defense and magic resistance.
 It's safe to assume that this completely nullifies interference from the outside.

 Yeah, I guess I've done most of the verification with this.
 
 Ah, she seems to be very motivated.

It's a good idea to have a good time with them. For now, ei.

 With a yellow grimoire in one hand, Esther stabbed her staff into the ground, and with a roar, a thrusting vertical shake hit us.
 It didn't stop there, the thin membrane of the Goddess' sanctuary and the boundary of the ground exploded loudly, sending an avalanche of dirt flying up into the sky.

''Hey, what did you do!

'I was curious to see what was going on under the ground, so I shot some earth magic into it. It seems to be working properly.

It was a tremor...

''It looks like it's been enhanced and Esther-san's magic is getting more intense...''

 I certainly hadn't verified that it was protected down to the bottom... but hasn't Esther's magic grown to be insanely vicious?
 It's as if all the places other than the ground where the Goddess Sanctuary is unfolding have been dug up all at once.
 At any rate, thanks to Esther, it turns out that the Goddess Sanctuary is not a semi-circle, but rather a near-circular shape that is unfolding.

 That's it........or so I thought, but this time I took out the red Grimoire and Estelle waved her staff again.
 Then, next, a huge explosion suddenly occurred in the sky above the sanctuary, and hot air was scattered around.

''Oh dear, I've been displaced.''

'Esther, what was that! It just exploded out of nowhere!

I just tagged the space and blew it up. I still don't think there's any way to interfere from the outside.

That's not going to be avoidable. Esther is still terrifying.

 Ku, specify a space to blow up...? Don't tell me you're doing something like a coordinate attack!
 I used to have time to accumulate before I used some magic, but now I was blowing up in an instant.
 With this, even quicker opponents can hit an attack, and my anti-aircraft ability has improved dramatically.

 Yeah, I'm really glad I enhanced Esther-san.
 

''Well then, finally, I'll try to shoot some special magic into it.

Don't tell me you tried to use that light of doom thing you tried to use before?

'Yeah, I think I would have lost control before and everything in front of me would have been cleared out, but don't worry, I should be able to narrow down my position now.'

 A clearing in front of me or something, isn't that magic bad guy after all!
 To be honest, I wanted to make her stop shooting, but I felt bad when I looked at Esther, who was confident with her chest, and I just told her she could shoot.
 She put on a bright smile with a puff, and elatedly took out her white Grimoire and raised her staff.
 Then a huge magic circle appeared far above the Goddess' sanctuary, and a shining sphere formed in the center, gathering light from around it.
 The size of the sphere gradually increases, and the ball is beating like a throbbing pulse with a thumping thump.
 .........Ho, is this magic really okay?

Yes!

 When it had converged to some extent, Esther called out and swung her staff down.
 The sphere of light fell as it was........it didn't, but a pillar-like extremely thick beam of light went from top to bottom into the sanctuary.
 The sanctuary was swallowed whole by the rays, and the light was so strong that it was impossible to see what was inside as if it was too strong.
 You can't look directly into the glare, but it's more frightening that you can't hear a sound at all...

 Then the extremely thick rays of light fell continuously for nearly a minute, gradually becoming thinner and thinner, and finally the magic finally ended with a long, thin line.
 When the place swallowed by the rays of light appeared, the surrounding ground was obliterated, leaving only the place where the sanctuary had been, surrounded by a deep hole, like an isolated island.

''Huh.......even this was prevented......UR items are amazing.''

 Estelle exhaled in disappointment, but her cheeks are red from the satisfaction of shooting that magic.
 
 However, the Goddess Sanctuary prevented all of Esther's magic, including such bad magic.
 It should be safe to say that this has already proven its performance.

''I think Estelle is more amazing than you, but...''

'After all, you can do a lot of things when you're enhanced. I can't wait to be strengthened too.

'Hmm, I'd like to be enhanced if I didn't have to work.

'Haha! Great, great, great! Estelle, I'd like to see more magic in your life.

'Hmmm, it can't be helped. Well then, let's try a few more things.

 After that, the verification continued until the effect of the Goddess Sanctuary wore off and the stuffed animal inside erased and flew away, causing Nol to scream.
 Finally, the Goddess Sanctuary was found to have an effect time of 20 minutes and a reuse time of 12 hours, and the verification was successfully completed.
 Estelle was also strengthened and even got a super-performing Goddess Sanctuary. This looks very promising for future battles.