Chapter 1000 - 460: I Am Very Strong_2
"But..."
Tero wanted to say something else, but ultimately could not prevail under the calm gaze of the young girl. Finally, with a grit of his teeth and a stomp of his foot, he turned back to rejoin the battle with the mutants, shouting with eyes nearly bursting, "Your subordinate obeys!"
"And Sister Selina."
Yu Chen suddenly turned aside and with a backhanded gesture granted a nearby female mercenary, who had stealthily approached, a Restoration Prayer that could continuously restore health, "I saw you earlier."
The mercenary knight, who had been tiptoeing around attempting to sneak up behind the saintess to knock her out, sheepishly chuckled twice and obediently returned to chopping up monsters beside Snow Mane, who was also looking after the left flank.
Yu Chen and the mammoth female knight conspiring from the shadows to bop her on the head exchanged glances, naughtily sticking out her tongue, "Sorry~"
"Really, there’s no dealing with you."
Snow Mane sighed, lifting his war hammer and smashing two mutants brutally into a fiercely burning building, resignedly saying, "Such wasted goodwill from the Black Vatican Priest. If anything were to happen to you, how am I to explain to him and to Her Highness Xia Lian... Uh, come to think of it, if anything really did happen to you, I suppose I’d be gone too."
Yu Chen sprinted to the center of the defensive circle, spread her tiny hands, and unleashed a glaring Dawn Nova on the spot, lamenting, "I will properly apologize to the Black Vatican side."
"Haha, then we need to put more effort, at least to give you a chance to apologize to the Black Vatican Priest."
Snow Mane laughed heartily, finally abandoning his intention to rush Yu Chen into the chapel for safety, and loudly ordered, "Circular formation! Protect Her Highness the Saintess!"
"Yes!"
The others promptly responded, quickly forming a semicircle around Yu Chen in the center, shifting from their previous desperate fighting style to one more skilled and consciously conserving their strength.
Since the Saintess Her Highness wished to bring them all back alive, they could no longer fight as previously.
Yu Chen, detecting this change in everyone’s mindset, finally breathed a small sigh of relief...
If these people still treated their lives as dispensable as before, no matter how hard she fought, she would not be able to last till the end, but with this new rhythm, things were different.
"I should be able to do it..."
Yu Chen took a deep breath, watching each person fighting bloodily around her, and gently clenched her tiny fists.
She knew, although everyone’s mindset had changed, no longer fighting with self-sacrifice as the goal, including Tero and Snow Mane, everyone still did not expect to survive; they were only responding to her earlier words that she hadn’t stayed just to die with them.
Only Yu Chen knew, though hope was faint, it was not nonexistent.
Because she was there!
No one knew just how formidable the Dawn’s Forgotten Language Saintess of the Church of the Dawn really was, whether the advanced Holy Knights who had seen much of the world or those from the joint forces who saw Yu Chen almost daily; no one could objectively assess her strength. After all, Yu Chen spent most of her time dispelling plagues among the commonfolk, and even when healing the wounded, she worked alongside a great number of clergy, making it difficult to give a clear estimate of her real capabilities.
Most people, including her personal guard Tero, didn’t hold much expectation for her current abilities—even if she was God’s Chosen, she was still just a novice Saintess. Even if the future Dawn’s Forgotten Language would be formidable, even possibly surpassing Xia Lian herself according to her, that future was far from the present.
Whether a God’s Chosen or exceptionally talented, how strong could a little girl who barely mastered fewer than twenty Divine Arts and joined the clergy less than half a year ago be?
Being able to dispel plagues that even the Archbishop struggled with did not mean she was stronger than the Archbishop, after all, Her Highness Yu Chen was God’s Chosen, and moreover, from the most merciful and healing Goddess of Dawn.
This was the viewpoint of most people, including players, a very objective viewpoint.
But the reality was not so.
The real strength of this novice Saintess was known only to Yu Chen herself, and approximately to Mo Tan and Feather Song who knew somewhat about her character panel.
Let us see...
[Dawn’s Forgotten Language]
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Profession: Priest Level 22, Dawn Saintess Level 19, Dark Saintess Level 19
Alignment: Absolute Neutrality
Faith: Goddess of Dawn Paxcine
Health Points: 580/580
Physical Strength Value: 390/390
Magic Points: 950/950
Faith Points: 2000/2000
Talents: Unstable Divine Favor, Gospel, Mercy, Kind Heart, Purity, Devotion, Light Incarnate (Activated)/ Domination of Darkness, Dark Transformation
Basic Attributes: Strength 10, Agility 13, Wisdom 85, Constitution 29
Civil Attributes: Eloquence 1, Charm 69, Knowledge 27, Leadership 1
Combat Attributes: Light Teachings level 28, Shadow School 1 (+15) level
Skills: Enhanced Holy Healing Art, Enhanced Recovery Prayer, Enhanced Redemption, Enhanced Calm Aura, Enhanced Regeneration Art, Enhanced Condensed Light Arrow, Enhanced Dawn Nova, Enhanced Condensed Light Art, Life Link, Dawn’s Prayer, Arc of Holy Light, Ripple of Holy Light, Drawing Light Technique, Dawn Praise Poem, Sacred Word Technique•Bravery, Sacred Word Technique•Grace
Equipment: Blue (Fine Quality), Purple (Epic) Mix
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This is Yu Chen’s current character panel. If this exemplary data among players is still not intuitive enough, we can also look at her talents.
Unstable Divine Favor: Omitted
Light Incarnate / Domination of Darkness: Omitted
Dark Transformation: Omitted
Gospel: All your healing skills have a chance to trigger a splash effect, replicating 25% of that skill’s effect for yourself and all friendly units within a five-meter radius of the target.
Mercy: Your healing amount is increased by 30% for friendly units with health points below 30% or physical strength below 15%, and by 50% for units meeting both conditions, with the same target only being affected by this talent once every three minutes.
Kind Heart: The critical hit rate of all your healing skills is increased by 8%, and the critical effect is increased by 25%. For fifteen seconds after a skill critically hits, all your skill power is increased by 8% and casting speed by 25%.
Purity: The cooldown time of all your healing skills is reduced by 5%, and the duration of all negative states you receive is reduced by 33% and their effects by 10%.
Devotion: You won’t suffer from divine arts backlash, faith consumption is reduced by 50%, magic power consumption by 5%, and physical strength consumption by 5%.
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This set of talents, which seems like cheating, is really a bit too much. Anyway, as another priest, Motan almost burrowed into the ground when he first learned about Yu Chen’s talents.
Yu Chen didn’t speak to him for a full five minutes, annoyed as he was...
[Am I strong... right?]
Yu Chen murmured in her heart, then shook her head and swung her fist vigorously, pursing her lips as if to cheer herself up, "I am strong!"
Even if she wasn’t as formidable as Sister Xia Lian...
Even if she didn’t have the exceptional talents that Luna possesses...
Even if she wasn’t as composed and calm as Feather Song...
Even if she couldn’t drink as much as her elder brother...
"I am still very strong!"
The girl’s cheeks turned slightly red as she repeated the phrase, and expertly cast a Holy Healing Art on the leg of a horse, stabilizing its body just before it collapsed.
The members of the Princess’s guard around her couldn’t help laughing, shouting encouragements and cheers for the adorable princess behind them...
"That’s right, Your Highness, you are very strong!"
"Her Highness is the greatest!"
"Cheer up, Your Highness, it’s all on you now!"
"Such timely divine arts, truly amazing, Your Highness!"
Yu Chen’s face turned redder with embarrassment, surrounded by a light-hearted and cheerful atmosphere.
...
Twenty minutes later
The light-hearted cheer on everyone’s faces had vanished, replaced by shock, utter shock.
Because they realized that the Saintess had not just been boosting her own morale, nor was she simply being cute.
She... was truly strong!
Chapter 460: The End