Chapter 74: The Blessing of the God (Part 2)

“Oh my! Oh my! It seems Shuna’s earlier evaluation was right. People really do talk more as they get older. Wait, that’s not right. This projection of my avatar clearly reflects my younger personality. Did I used to be such a chatterbox back then?”

“But why hasn’t this kid woken up yet after all this time? If I forcibly wake him up, it might cause some bad effects on his Soul. Forget it, I’ll just wait a bit longer. Since I have time, let’s see what’s special about this kid. Who asked you to sleep so long and not wake up!”

Unknown to George, he had already been thoroughly observed and studied from top to bottom by a bored Deity.

“This Essence Spirit stuck close to the Soul seems strange? It’s a bit similar to the Lord of the Demon Hands, but essentially it’s closer to the Druid system. Hmm! To be more precise, it’s closer to the system that spreads on the Continent of Karatu to the east of the endless Eastern Sea. But this kid is really bold. How dare he practice something with an unknown origin on his own body like this?”

“Eh! Now I know why he hasn’t woken up for so long. It turns out the Essence Spirit is using my light to clean the negative emotions in his heart. What an interesting little ghost. Also, the Astral power surrounding the Soul is a bit strange too. But it looks like he’s about to wake up soon. I just wonder if my believers down there will get impatient waiting.”

Let’s switch the scene. As time passed, High Priest Virginia, kneeling on the ground, began to feel something was wrong. ‘Strange? According to the original records in the Church, such Divine blessings should be very short. Maybe this time My Lord’s reward far exceeds the past, so the blessing time is a bit longer.’

However, while he was having this thought, he did not stop chanting the scriptures. This was the instinct he had trained over decades of his life as a believer. The other Clergy members beside him did not notice his abnormality either.

Slowly, George woke up. He found that he felt much lighter. It was just like taking a good nap in the middle of winter.

Light! There was nothing but light. At the same time, George could no longer feel his physical body. This sudden change scared George immediately. ‘What is going on? Let me think about this carefully. I clearly remember being in the Temple of the Lord of Justice, preparing to receive a Deity’s blessing. How did it suddenly become like this? Could it be that the so-called blessing is actually body modification, and I am now in a state of general anesthesia? If that is really the case, I hope the Lord of Justice’s modification skills are good, and there are no strange side effects.’

“Has the little one woken up?”

Hearing the voice, George shouted in his mind: “Who is it?”

“You are very skilled at mental communication, little one. Either you have experienced a similar situation before, or you just talk to yourself in your mind from time to time. As for who I am, based on the previous situation, can’t you guess? If you really can’t guess, I will have to doubt whether the legal knowledge from before was actually your own work.”

George was initially stunned by the sudden knowledge, but as he came back to his senses, he immediately realized who the voice beside him belonged to. However, to show submission and respect, George asked cautiously: “Is it His Grace, the Lord of Justice?”

“That’s right, it is me. But you should put away that pretentious look. Any fake disguise is meaningless in my presence. More importantly, here we communicate directly through our Souls in spirit. No matter how much you try to make extra movements, nothing will change. Judging from your current performance, you must have talked to yourself often in the past. Because if you had a similar experience, you wouldn’t not know what just happened and make such a low-level mistake.”

“I heard Your Grace was going to give me a blessing. Should we do it now?” George asked curiously.

“Wait a moment first. Do you just want the basic reward, or do you want more?”

‘Can a Deity’s blessing be bargained?’ Hearing this voice from the void, George was stunned for a moment, then he asked: “What is the difference between getting the basic reward and getting more rewards?”

“For the basic reward, it will be given based on the knowledge recorded in your manual. Since you are walking the path of a Knight, I will use a powerful Divine Arts spell—Wish—to help you strengthen any one of your physical attributes by more than two Ranks. If you want more rewards, you can exchange them for more knowledge and ideas about law. I will give you rewards based on the content you provide, on top of the original reward. I am the Lord of Justice, so you don’t need to worry that I will intentionally undervalue the worth of your knowledge and ideas. Because that would conflict with the path I walk.”

“Is my knowledge really that important to you? Also, why don’t you personally go into my memory to search for it?” George clearly placed himself in a weak position to gain more sympathy. Even if the other party had no bad intentions, this feeling of being at someone else’s mercy was really uncomfortable.

“Little one, are you sure your brain is not having problems? Flipping through memories, while I doing it won’t cause any bad effects on your Soul, do you really want all your memories from the past years to be exposed in front of me? Even the tiniest little secrets will have no reservations. As the Lord of Heavenly Mountain, I will not search the memories of those in non-Evil Camps against their will.”

After receiving the Lord of Justice’s affirmative answer, George could not sigh with relief completely, but his heart finally calmed down. Then he asked: “Then how should I tell you the knowledge you want? If I just tell you sentence by sentence like this, it will take a very long time!”

At the same time, George thought in his heart, ‘So, people from the Evil Camp have absolutely no human rights here.’

“After all, it is mental communication. There is no need to be so troublesome. You just need to keep recalling the knowledge and ideas you want to tell me. Under such strong mental fluctuations, I do not need to actively perceive your thoughts; I can just passively receive them. I will not read your other memories.”

Following the other’s words, George racked his brains to recall the laws, regulations, and related knowledge he knew.

No one knew how much time had passed when George stopped recalling. At the same time, the slight headache he felt made him realize that he had indeed thought too much.

“Is that all?” After a while, a voice came from the void.

“Yes, all that I know and think is here.” George answered and asked cleanly, “Then what will my reward be?”

“Little one, do you know what the Vow of Poverty is?”