Inside the private jet heading to Hiroshima.
The situation had been resolved so quickly that no one was particularly exhausted, but perhaps because they had been running almost nonstop from Korea to Japan, everyone was resting quietly.
Gwang-taek and Yuseon were sleeping with eye masks on, Chang-su was watching a movie, and Seong-jun was just staring at the sky outside the window.
Then.
[The Goddess of Light Hemeias invites you to her temple. Do you accept?]
[Yes / No]
‘I knew she was quiet even after I reached SSS-rank, so I was wondering when she’d invite me. But I don’t know if I can accept here.’
They were on a plane, and he wasn’t alone.
If he accepted, a golden portal would open.
He wondered if his companions and the flight attendants would panic.
But his hesitation didn’t last long.
“Chang-su.”
Seong-jun called out to Chang-su, who was watching a movie on a small screen.
“Ah! Hyung-nim, what is it?”
“I need to go somewhere for a bit. It won’t take long, but don’t panic if something happens.”
What was this sudden talk? They were flying in the sky. Where could he possibly go?
“Huh? What do you…”
“Just know that. A portal will open for a moment. Don’t freak out, and if anyone asks, say it’s nothing.”
In a situation where any variable could occur at any time, there was no need to postpone a chance to gain new power.
So when the invitation message appeared, he decided to accept right away.
‘Accept.’
After briefly explaining to Chang-su, he accepted Hemeias’s invitation.
wooosh!
A golden portal materialized in the aisle between the seats.
“Huh? P-por-portal?”
Naturally, Chang-su was startled, and the waiting flight attendants also panicked, not knowing what to do.
“I’ll be back.”
Seong-jun lightly waved his hand at the flustered Chang-su.
His body slowly rose and then was sucked into the golden portal.
whoosh!
Thus, Seong-jun entered the temple of the Goddess of Light Hemeias.
-Welcome.
I get to see you much earlier than expected.
Hemeias’s voice echoed, and Seong-jun chuckled.
“I’m a fast grower. By the way, if there were orbs that raise class levels, why didn’t you tell me sooner? Couldn’t you give me some level-up orbs as a reward this time?”
After struggling to reach level 6, he had easily reached level 8 through level-up orbs.
Now only levels 9 and 10 remained, and grinding them through hunting alone seemed incredibly distant.
-Unfortunately, I can only provide things imbued with my authority.
I have no say in anything else.
The Holy Water of Experience Gain was indeed holy water, so it contained Hemeias’s authority.
But the level-up orbs were artifacts created by the system, not containing Hemeias’s power.
So she couldn’t interfere with them.
“I see. Can’t be helped. Well, I’ll probably get more from hunting. By the way, dark elves exist in our world. They seem to have come from your world. How is that possible?”
Seong-jun told Hemeias about the master of Revolution.
Since the dark elf race didn’t exist on Earth, they must have crossed over from the other world.
How was that possible?
-Dark elves are in your world?
I knew an unknown power was interfering with your world through the concept of dungeons, but I didn’t know of any other method of intervention.
It seemed that even Hemeias, a goddess, didn’t know everything.
“Is that so? Anyway, this dark elf has created an organization called Revolution and is trying to drive our world to destruction. Specifically, he’s planning to trigger all the dungeons across the world at once to bring about the apocalypse. So I need information about dark elves.”
Hemeias, the goddess of the other world, must know what dark elves are, their strengths and weaknesses.
-Elves are beings of harmony, loving nature and living with it.
Dark elves are fallen beings that split off from them.
As such, they are strongly influenced by demonic energy.
Normally, they would be weak to divine power.
But dark elves are different.
As fallen beings influenced by demonic energy, they seemed clearly aligned with darkness.
That meant Seong-jun, with his divine power, should have the advantage in affinity, but Hemeias said otherwise.
“Dark elves are different? How so?”
-The demonic energy of dark elves is far purer and more powerful than that of ordinary monsters.
Normal demonic energy is lower in rank than divine power, but the demonic energy of certain beings is equal in rank to divine power.
So you can’t gain an advantage through affinity alone.
You’ll have to overpower them with a clear difference in strength.
It wasn’t a simple matter of affinity; victory would be decided by who had greater power.
“Then how do my abilities compare to an average dark elf?”
-Of course, the rank of your divine power is far superior to an average dark elf’s.
But there are dark elves with exceptionally outstanding abilities, so comparing to average ones is meaningless.
However, at your current level…
I don’t think you’ll be pushed back much.
Seong-jun was SSS-rank.
With only the final EX-rank left, it was hard to imagine him being pushed around by a dark elf.
“Is there any weakness?”
He could identify weaknesses through his Divine Eye, but if someone already knew, it wouldn’t hurt to ask.
-Weakness, you say.
For ordinary elves, the World Tree is a sacred being that sustains their power and protects them.
But for dark elves, it’s a curse that weakens their power.
I will give you a mace made from a branch of the World Tree.
Just holding it will prevent dark elves from using their full strength.
As soon as Hemeias finished speaking, a mace glowing with a faint light appeared before Seong-jun.
“Oh? I imagined a wooden mace made from the World Tree, but this looks different.”
The World Tree was still a tree, after all, so he had imagined a wooden mace. But the one that appeared had an odd feel to it—more metallic?
-The World Tree is not an ordinary tree.
It’s a holy relic imbued with divine power stronger than any other.
If you think of it as just wood, you’d be mistaken.
The branches of the World Tree are harder than any ore, accept divine power better than any relic, and boast destructive power greater than any weapon.
It will certainly be of great help in your future journey.
At Hemeias’s words, Seong-jun immediately checked the mace.
[SSS-rank] Mace Made from a Branch of the World Tree
A mace made from a branch of the World Tree.
When used by one who holds divine power, it can achieve extreme efficiency.
– All Divine Magic efficiency [200%] increase.
– All Divine Magic duration [20%] increase.
– All Divine Magic cooldown [20%] decrease.
– All dark elf race basic stats within a [500m] radius [30%] decrease.
– All dark elf race mana within a [500m] radius [50%] decrease.
– All dark elf race attack and defense within a [500m] radius [30%] decrease.
– Indestructible.
And Seong-jun said he had brought back several such authorities.
“They’re a bit different in nature from the Guardian’s Authority, but they’re quite powerful. I also brought back a useful artifact. It’s an artifact that will help in the battle against the dark elf master of Revolution, but its basic options are pretty good too. Anyway, my combat power has increased significantly. Once this situation is resolved, I think I can challenge an S-rank dungeon right away.”
The mace made from the World Tree branch was almost like a curse to dark elves, but since it raised all Divine Magic efficiency by 200%, it would be a huge help in normal battles too.
“Oh! An S-rank dungeon? Is it finally time to challenge the supposedly unbreachable S-rank dungeon? I’m already hyped! Let’s finish up Hiroshima quickly and go back to Korea to open it up.”
“Right. Anyway, let’s use it well. Thanks to this, the fight against the Revolution master will be much easier.”
-The unknown power filling the Forest of Darkness is rapidly growing stronger.
At this rate, it may spread beyond the forest to the continent.
But currently, there is no one on the continent who can fully accept my power and resist that unknown force.
The only one capable is you, Kim Seongjun, who inherited the essence of Hermia Jaylin.
The unknown power had started affecting even Earth.
To resist it, a vessel was needed that could fully accept the Goddess of Light Hemeias’s power.
And currently, the only such vessel was Seong-jun.
The Radiant Saintess, Hermia Jaylin, the greatest saintess in history.
Only Seong-jun, who had absorbed her essence, could fully accept Hemeias’s power.
“Well, I’ll have to see how things flow, but it feels like it’ll take forever just to reach EX-rank. More importantly, I’m already swamped with the immediate task. If I really was born with such a destiny… it’ll probably unfold that way without me even realizing it.”
Seong-jun didn’t particularly believe in destiny, but if he truly was born with that kind of fate, he would inevitably end up following it even if he tried not to.
So he didn’t feel the need to concern himself with the other world’s affairs.
If he had to intervene, the situation would present itself before him.
-You’re right.
Just focus on growing as you have been.
Things will naturally fall into place.
By the way, time is almost up.
Let me grant you new power.
As soon as Hemeias finished speaking, Seong-jun’s entire body began to glow brightly.
whoosh!
The light that had brightly illuminated the temple was absorbed into Seong-jun’s body and disappeared.
Inside the private jet heading to Hiroshima.
whoosh!
*
Having finished his business, Seong-jun came out through the portal.
“Hyung-nim!”
“Seong-jun!”
“Whoa! What’s all this? Where did that portal come from?”
As Seong-jun came out, the golden portal disappeared, and his companions, who had been watching, urgently asked.
Seong-jun made an awkward expression and said, “Haha. It’s nothing. I just went to meet the Goddess of Light Hemeias.”
What nonsense was this?
Meeting a goddess?
“Huh? You went to meet someone?”
“D-did you just say you went to meet a goddess? Whoa! You mean an actual god?”
Naturally, his companions were baffled.
“Well, technically, a god from the other world. At the same time, the source of my divine power.”
“Crazy! An actual god? And you talk about meeting a god like it’s nothing, like visiting a neighbor? But seriously, this is insane. A god? Gods exist?”
“A real god. Now you’re even meeting gods? At this rate, you’ll start a religion or something.”
“As expected of Hyung-nim Seong-jun! Not an angel, but you went straight to meet a god! Your scale is truly different!”
Even in a world where awakened abilities existed, the concept of a god was still regarded as a superstition.
Yet Seong-jun had actually met one.
“It seems the other world has its own share of troubles too. Anyway, I picked up a few useful authorities and an artifact along the way. They’ll be a big help from now on.”
They didn’t know exactly what abilities he had obtained, but from his confident attitude, it seemed he had gained something significant.
“Authorities? Like the Saint’s Guardian Authority?”
Abilities that bore the name “authority” were all on a completely different level from ordinary skills. And Seong-jun was saying he had brought back several of them.
“They’re a bit different in nature from the Guardian’s Authority, but they’re quite powerful. I also brought back a useful artifact. It’s an artifact that will help in the battle against the dark elf master of Revolution, but its basic options are pretty good too. Anyway, my combat power has increased significantly. Once this situation is resolved, I think I can challenge an S-rank dungeon right away.”
The mace made from the World Tree branch was almost like a curse to dark elves, but since it raised all Divine Magic efficiency by 200%, it would be a huge help in normal battles too.
“Oh! An S-rank dungeon? Is it finally time to challenge the supposedly unbreachable S-rank dungeon? I’m already hyped! Let’s finish up Hiroshima quickly and go back to Korea to open it up.”
At the suggestion of cleaning up the Hiroshima boss group and immediately tackling an S-rank dungeon upon returning to Korea, Seong-jun tilted his head and asked, “Right away in Korea? Shouldn’t we rest a bit?”
They hadn’t had proper rest aside from sleeping on the plane.
He had planned to go back, rest well, and then slowly attempt the dungeon, but Gwang-taek seemed eager to challenge it immediately.
“The battles all end in an instant anyway, so I’m not really tired. Ah! Maybe Yuseon and Chang-su are a bit tired? I’m a tanker, so my base stamina is high, but Yuseon and Chang-su have low base stamina.”
“Hey! I’m not tired at all! But I am looking forward to it. An S-rank dungeon. What kind of rewards will come out? And if we turn an S-rank boss monster into a summoned soldier, wouldn’t we be almost invincible?”
He planned to turn all summoned soldiers except the boss into S-rank upon entering an S-rank dungeon.
S-rank normal monsters were weaker than A-rank bosses but stronger than elites.
“Really? Then let’s create an S-rank dungeon with the Dungeon Creation Device once we’re back in Korea. By the way, how much longer until Hiroshima?”
“Actually, we’re almost there. That’s why I was waiting for you to come out.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a flight attendant carefully approached.
“Um… we’ll be landing soon, so please take your seats.”
The flight attendant spoke as carefully as possible, fearing she might upset Seong-jun and his companions.
“Ah, is that so? Understood.”
They immediately sat down and fastened their seat belts.
Thus, the private jet arrived at Hiroshima Airport.
*
The A-rank boss group in Hiroshima was, as they already knew, Death Knights.
And Seong-jun planned to use all the Sanctuary, Divine Totem, and Holy Field he had saved from Shizuoka to finish as quickly as possible.
“War Cry of Madness!”
Gwang-taek activated War Cry of Madness, drawing the aggro of the Death Knights.
“Summoned soldiers! Clear the way!”
Seong-jun summoned soldiers to open a path to the boss.
And finally, when the boss came within the direct range of God’s Wrath.
‘Authority of Amplification! Target! God’s Wrath!’
He activated the Authority of Amplification, one of the new authorities he had obtained from Hemeias.
[Authority] Authority of Amplification [1/10]
A powerful authority granted only to God’s Agent.
– Select one Divine Magic skill to amplify its power.
– Amplification amount [500%] (increases with level).
– Cannot be applied to authorities.
– Cannot be applied to passives.
– Casting time: [Instant]
– Duration: [Until the effect of the selected skill ends]
– Mana cost: [1,500,000]
– Cooldown: [1 hour 36 minutes]
The Authority of Amplification allowed choosing one Divine Magic skill and greatly increasing its power.
It couldn’t be applied to authorities or passives, but it worked on any active skill.
Moreover, thanks to cooldown reduction, the original 5-hour cooldown had been reduced to 1 hour 36 minutes, making it easy to use.
And Seong-jun selected God’s Wrath as the skill to amplify.
‘God’s Wrath!’
Then he cast God’s Wrath.
BOOM!
A beam of light, much thicker and more intense than usual, struck the Death Knight King.
CRAAAASH!
At the same time, a powerful wave of light swept in all directions.
Because it had been amplified by a whopping 500%, not a few Death Knights collapsed from that single blow.
‘Radiant Wind!’
Without stopping, he added Radiant Wind.
With just two attacks, all normal monsters and even elites had collapsed.
Now only the boss remained, but Seong-jun used all his remaining AoE skills.
‘Light Downpour! God’s Condemnation!’
Each skill boasted powerful damage, and since this was the last hunt in Japan, he just used them all.
“Kuuooohhh.”
Whether because of the immense damage from the amplified God’s Wrath, the Death Knight King fell from the follow-up AoE attacks alone.
CRUMP!
“Whoa! What? We killed the boss with just AoE skills?”
Normally, even with four AoE skills, the boss’s health should have remained at about 30%.
But to kill a Death Knight boss, which was higher rank than a Troll, with only AoE skills was shocking.
“I used one of the authorities I obtained. It amplifies the power of a single skill. It’s pretty strong. Anyway, good work, everyone. Let’s collect the loot and head to Tokyo soon. We need to pack up and go back to Korea.”
Seong-jun finished speaking and then turned the elite and the boss into summoned soldiers.
In the meantime, his companions collected the spoils and checked the reward boxes, but unfortunately, nothing useful appeared.
Thus, Seong-jun and his companions quickly cleared the A-rank boss group in Hiroshima following Shizuoka, then headed back to the airport.
I Became an EX-Class All-Rounder Priest Chapter 144
E-book publication date: 2025.11.14
Author: Kim Hyeon-jun
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