(Sanoba Witch is really damn good. I only have Shiiba's route left to clear.)
Bai Ye panted heavily as he sat down against the rock wall. Although the air inside the Volcano was scorching, the rock wall at his back was even more blistering. Yet Bai Ye did not care in the slightest.
Compared to the damp chill that had lingered behind him and the slimy sensation like tentacles, the discomfort he felt now was nothing worth mentioning.
After slaying that maddened god, Bai Ye felt as though something had been added to his body.
Though he checked himself repeatedly using all sorts of methods, Bai Ye ultimately failed to notice anything amiss.
Just as Bai Ye had begun to relax, a hand suddenly appeared out of thin air before him.
It was a hand wreathed in holy light.
The hand had appeared without any warning. Even with Bai Ye's Berserker-rank perception, he had sensed no sign of it beforehand.
Yet upon sensing the aura from the palm, Bai Ye's tense body and nerves relaxed of their own accord.
Because the aura contained within that flawless hand shared the same origin as the Holy Light within Bai Ye's body, and was even a level higher.
Bai Ye was no stranger to it.
It was the power of the goddess Latena—the power that had forced Bai Ye to temporarily become "Victorique."
Under Bai Ye's gaze, the hand gently brushed over the tips of his hair, then moved upward until it finally rested tenderly atop his head.
A warm aura enveloped Bai Ye's entire body, and he could not help closing his eyes.
Then, Bai Ye could feel something on his body seemingly burning.
Yet Bai Ye felt neither discomfort nor pain.
Clearly, the burning was not directed at him.
The flames