How the Cult Saves the World

Chapter 43

I knew what power Zain was talking about.

'The power of healing.'

He had seen me use the 'Heal' skill on my body in Shalom's castle, so that's why he said that.

"Isn't that power something you shouldn't use carelessly? Of course, I won't tell anyone or anything like that."

In the dark forest, where there was no one to hear us, Zain lowered his voice and spoke. I nodded. He was right.

Currently, only the high-ranking officials of Diego Faith could directly use the power of healing in the continent.

The alchemists' healing potions had a similar effect, but they were a skill of mixing herbs, not a real healing power.

The Diego Faith knew this fact well, so they used this power to do various things. Especially, since they monopolized the power of healing.

'But, the healing power of Diego Faith is incomplete either.'

The healing power of Diego Faith was not a perfect healing power. On the surface, it seemed to perfectly cure anyone, but there was a wicked god's energy in that power.

Diego Faith used this wicked god's energy to control people. Of course, the range of control varied depending on the amount of energy embedded inside the body.

In any case, Diego Faith's officials killed or dragged all those who were born with real healing power to Diego Faith's headquarters and absorbed the power to be their own.

Half of the high-ranking officials of Diego Faith were such people.

Of course, there were other healing powers besides Diego Faith's power in the original work. However, it was only the minority and not as much as Diego Faith. Diego Faith often fought to take away the healing power from Kyros Faith. Every time it happened, Terdius would stop them.

'The problem is that we are the minority right now.'

The situation was different from the original work. I was the only one who had the healing power in Kyros Faith. Fortunately, that fact was not known externally.

If it became known that I had the real healing power, Diego Faith would try to restrain, eliminate, or pull me to their side.

It was a great fortune to discover that I could apply my power to potions. Although it seemed to reduce the effect a little, compared to using the healing skill directly, it would still be better than any alchemist's healing potion.

'It's good that I have a healing skill, but I was a little surprised at first because there was no healing skill in the original work.'

I gathered my thoughts and opened my mouth,

"Don't worry about that. I'm aware of it."

"Still, don't use it in front of people."

Zain looked sincerely worried. As if to reassure him, I smiled at him and then took out a small glass bottle from my inventory. As I used the healing skill on the glass bottle, a small light entered the bottle and soon changed into a potion.

"Is that what you gave Yuri?"

Zain's eyes widened.

"Yeah. I found out that I could use my power like this. So I'm not going to use that power directly in front of people, but make potions like this and use them."

I talked as if to tell him not to worry, then threw him a potion. He caught it with both hands and his eyes sparkled.

"Keep it. You never know what might happen. It might not heal a big wound, but it'll be useful."

According to the description of the healing skill, its effect increased proportionally to the skill level, so it would be useful for any kind of injury. Zain looked moved as if his eyes turned moist.

"Master...!"

Why does he look so annoying?

"I'm so grateful that you made such a potion for me that is no different from an alchemist's top-grade potion...!"

He looked like he was about to rush into me right away. Somehow, I didn't like that, so I lay down on my robe.

"Don't be shy."

I closed my eyes as I heard Zain's laughter ring with his voice.

The next day.

Zain and I took turns keeping watch at night. I slept well whenever I fell asleep, so I didn't feel tired.

We cleaned up the bonfire and got on our horses again. The forest continued all the way to Beon.

Zain saw the scene and gagged. He had no problem collecting fangs from dark wolf corpses before, but he seemed to have no immunity to rotten monster corpses and their stench.

Of course, I was in a similar situation. The smell was so bad that I had to cover my nose with my hand.

Fortunately, the road was flat, so walking was easier, but I couldn't help frowning.

The state of the corpses... It's strange. The orcs and goblins had their other parts intact, but only their heads were cut off.

"I knew that orcs and goblins were fighting here, but they wouldn't fight so neatly."

Zain wiped his mouth and came next to me. He was obviously feeling sick. I kept some distance from him and answered.

"Yeah. Judging by the clean cuts, it's not the crude weapons they use, but someone who sliced them with a sword in one stroke."

Because I was still covering my nose, I sounded nasal. Then, Zain followed suit.

"It seems like someone with considerable skill. Could it be as I suspected..."

Maybe it was really the apostle of Diego Faith who was here.

I furrowed my brows. I didn't understand it when Zain first reported it to me, and I still don't understand it now.

There was no sign of Diego Faith's apostle in Beon Mountain in the original work.

...Could this be a hidden route like in Cartel Forest?

Damn. I bit my lip.

It wasn't certain that the apostle of Diego Faith was around here. But the skill of cutting the monsters was flawless.

That meant that even if it wasn't Diego Faith's apostle, it was someone with great skill.

There were also some skilled people who came here for the rumor of the treasure in Beon Mountain.

But they couldn't find the treasure.

"Ugh."

Zain and I passed by the monster corpses and continued walking. The monster corpses were not only on that road but everywhere, so we couldn't take our hands off our noses.

After walking for a while, a forked path appeared in front of us. Both roads were covered with dense trees, but there was a difference.

The slope. The right road was flat without a slope, and the left road had a steep slope. It was as steep as before we entered the flat road.

Zain looked at me and subtly said,

"It would be better to go this way, right?"

He just wanted to go to the flat road. I shook my head at him.

"We're going this way."

"No, why?! Why do we have to go the hard way when we have a flat road?!"

Zain whined loudly. I ignored him and passed by him.

"Stop talking and follow me."

Zain, realizing that it was useless, shut his mouth and followed me.

While climbing the slope, we were lucky enough to be able to take our hands off our noses. There seemed to be no monsters around here. That was a relief.

---But, my little bird, do you know what the treasure is here?

Kyros' voice came as I walked for a long time while trying to control my rough breathing. He might have felt awkward because he was quiet or he was really curious.

But, I couldn't tell him what the treasure was.

'I don't know.'

Actually, I do know. It's something I really need right now. To prepare for the incident that will happen in the continent in a few months, and to survive after that. But it doesn't make sense for Revelof, who has only lived in his territory until now, to know what the inside of a treasure that even Kyros doesn't know.

'Usually, you have to overcome hardships to find treasures like this. So maybe... there's something amazing here.'

When I played HSAW, I always visited Beon Mountain. At first, I didn't even know there was a quest in Beon Mountain, but I found out about it as I explored various routes.

There was a hidden quest in Beon Mountain.