Chapter 22: A Little Harvest
A saintess might come from a sect, palace, temple, etc. However, the holy saintess was vastly different and could not be compared to those 'role model' ladies.
Based on classified information unknown to many people, the holy saintess was like the presence of God's messenger, and the holy land was a God-protected sanctuary.
Once the holy saintess descended from her holy land, she was always accompanied by secret protectors capable of destroying a country.
Fortunately, this kind of overpowering force was friendly, regardless of their mysterious agenda.
However, what happened this time was beyond the mortal's comprehension. The mentioned secret protectors could destroy God's divine power. The holy saintess, Lady Miko, was even more terrific because she possessed the ability to rival a God!
The holy saintess prevented the Demon God from descending to the mortal world, and the latter was seriously injured by the holy light arrow earlier for sure.
Several experts regained their composure shortly after the golden holy light was dismissed. The morning sky cleared, and the atmosphere returned to normal.
Suppose it weren't for the demonic cultivators and the surrounding mess. In that case, people might have thought the incident just now never happened.
The seventh princess of the Great Yan Empire immediately called out to the holy saintess by reflex.
"To think I was abduction by the demons yesterday, and here, some humans want to make me a sacrificial offering? What's with this chaotic world?" Ely muttered under her breath. These events happened within two days since she left Sacred Mountain, Northern Realm!
"Please excuse me, holy saintess. Please don't equate all humans with those demonic cultivators because that would be unfair to the orthodox or righteous ones." The seventh princess didn't know why she said that suddenly. She probably didn't want the holy saintess to equate humans with demons.
"You are?" Ely asked as she took out a green lotus crystal artifact.
She previously wanted to quietly leave and return once the mess was resolved, but since the escape route was impassable, she chose to harvest some VIT under the pretext of healing people.
"My name is Yan Fei, the seventh princess of the Yan Imperial Family. I represent the people to express our gratitude. If it wasn't for your help, the loss of life would be unimaginable." Princess Yan Fei grasped her fist with awe, respect and gratitude.
"It isn't worth mentioning. I only did what I needed to do, Princess Yan Fei. If you'll excuse me, I need to provide some help to those who are injured." Ely looked at the students who were injured.
"Please..." Princess Yan Fei gave way with a hand gesture.
Ely extended her hand and released her green lotus crystal to fly around. She controlled that S Rank artifact with her spiritual connection.
The gentle greenish light enveloped the injured people individually as her artifact went around healing people's injuries. Ely sacrificed her MP, SP, and VIT to use her Healing Sacrifice skill.
However, she did not do this act of kindness to her detriment. After each healing, her artifact sucked the patient's MP, SP, and VIT as much as 105% of the value she sacrificed for the payment of her service. She was quite generous because she usually took 10% more than the value she spent.
For example, her usual healing service would consume 1000 MP, 10 SP, and 100 VIT. So, she would take 1100 MP, 11 SP, and 110 VIT from the patient as payment via her Energy Manipulation skill. However, she was generous today and cut her profit by half.
So, Ely took a few days worth of her patients' lifespan in exchange for an instant recovery. A good businesswoman should not lose money even though she was doing an act of kindness.
She was not petty or selfish, but the healing technique was dangerous. It could be considered a suicidal skill if used carelessly. That skill consumed the healer's lifespan and vitality, which couldn't be recovered with a usual replenishment method.
Because she was too absorbed with her harvest, Ely failed to notice that she was also accidentally healing the demonic cultivators. She only realized it when there were no more injured people.
The reinforcements, senior mages, teachers, students, etc., expressed their gratitude.
However, Ely was overwhelmed and immediately shifted the topic to the fleeing demonic cultivators. "Shouldn't they be held accountable for what they did? They killed people and created this mess."
"Capture them all!" The sixth prince was the one to take action. The current situation had become too chaotic, and his sister had introduced herself as a member of the Imperial Family. Thus, he had to be the first to spring into action.
It didn't take three minutes to capture all the demonic cultivators.
"I'll leave the rest to you. We may meet again, Princess Yan Fei." Ely raised her hand in farewell. She didn't wait for anyone's response. Then she asked the wind spirit to dispel her aura of presence when everyone's attention was diverted from her.
"Holy sai-" Princess Yan Fei turned around, but the holy saintess was already left like a gust of wind. The people clad in white-gold cloaked outfits were also nowhere to be seen.
"We'll meet again, right?" Lily-Mae muttered softly under her breath as she found the holy saintess had miraculously left without anyone noticing.
"We'll meet again for sure. She doesn't look like she's leaving for real." The dean sighed because he had not properly thanked the holy saintess.
He then crouched down and took off the ninja mask from the handcuffed ninja leader. At that very moment, he was surprised to find it was someone he knew. "Why is it you? You broke through to 6th Rank and disguised it until today? So, you are those rats' boss, huh..."
"Ah, uh, oh, Demon God. Why... After years of preparation. The holy saintess shouldn't have that kind of divine power." The Grand Master-level ninja muttered blankly while looking at the bright turquoise sky.
"Their crime is too big to be tolerated. I'm afraid they will not be spared the sentence of execution." The 6th prince crossed his arms and sighed as he watched the demonic cultivators being escorted away by the chivalric orders and people from the orthodox sects.
"So be it." The dean put the ninja mask back on the former academy's elder. He then ordered his people to handle that traitor accordingly.
"Grandfather..." Lily-Mae called out while removing the emergency bandage from the great elder.
"We need to clean up the mess immediately and make a report. What do you feel now, Yazhu?" The dean put his hand on his granddaughter's head and checked his guardian's pulse.
"I'm as good as new, Graham. Lady Miko is truly a miracle beyond my expectation. It's not the first time I've met a holy saintess, but she overshadowed them all like no comparison can be done." The old gentleman laughed wryly.
"Yeah, and this is her first experience after descending from her holy land... I'm afraid her impression will fall downhill because of this event. Prince Yan Hui, how did your investigation into Lady Miko's origin and background go? Do you know anything about Sacred Sakura Holy Land?" Graham glanced sideways.
"We can't find anything. I'm afraid she came from the secret realm or the unexplored land. She could also come from the world across the vast ocean. However, that doesn't rule out the possibility that she is the daughter of heaven from the upper realm. Because of her divine-like power just now, I feel that the possibility is not zero." Prince Yan Hui shook his head.
"We should continue our conversation elsewhere. I don't want it to be overheard by outsiders." Princess Yan Fei came closer with her allies.
"..." Graham checked the surroundings first. The students were led away by teachers and instructors, following the priests of the Holy Church for a bit of mental or trauma therapy.
He and his allies then proceeded to handle some matters elsewhere.
A few meters from the dean's previous conversation, a boy accidentally eavesdropped on the shocking information, thanks to his sharp sense of hearing.
"What are you looking at?" Wang Zi-Zhen frowned when she found her junior brother lost in thought as he watched the dean and several top-brass people leave.
"No, it's nothing." Chen Fan shook his head and then followed the other student. The incident that just happened still shocked him so much.
The terrorist, the Demon God, and the holy saintess' might. All those events happened in less than an hour. Regardless, for some reason, he felt a bit irritated when he discovered the disparity between him and the holy saintess was like the earth to the sky.
He was like a drop in the ocean, and he still dared to call himself one of the talented geniuses? It was nothing but a joke to clown himself before the true journey to immortality.
He had to improve his qualifications to break through the mortal's boundary. A strong determination snapped his mind into a rigorous fiery passion like a perpetual fire. He no longer wanted to experience helplessness with his fate being determined by others.
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