For mortals, however...
A single glance from a deity could easily annihilate them.
That was also why she had told Lynn to prepare himself mentally. His body could easily fail to withstand that gaze.
"Let's begin, Matriarch. I'm ready!"
Lynn sat cross-legged on the ground, his expression earnest.
The Self-Binding Angel closed her eyes. Her lips moved slightly as she slowly chanted in an ancient language. As her chanting began, Lynn immediately saw an increasingly dense holy aura radiate from her. Even around her body, visions resembling divine kingdoms slowly emerged. At the same time, the chains binding her rapidly tightened.
She was awakening her divinity!
Humm-
Almost instantly, the Self-Binding Angel snapped her eyes open. A dazzling light shone from them, making Lynn instinctively raise a hand to block that fiercely invasive curtain of light.
His entire body felt as though it had been purified in an instant. He even had the sense that he was about to dissolve into that holy light.
Then came excruciating pain, as though his body were breaking down.
His whole body reflexively tensed, and the Colossus Heart in his chest began pounding violently like a war drum.
It was only thanks to the beating of the Colossus Heart...
That his body and soul barely held together, keeping him from being annihilated in that holy light.
"So this is the power of a deity... It really is... terr..."
And this was merely a sliver of the divinity within the Matriarch. What kind of terrifying existence would she be in her complete divine form?
Humm-
It felt as though an instant had passed, yet also as though ten thousand years had gone by.
Lynn's pupils dilated. He abruptly came back to his senses, utterly drained, and gasped for breath.
"Matriarch... how did it go?"
Amid