Astral Online: Cursed by the Demon Lord to Become the Strongest Beautiful Girl, I Rapidly Grow and Dominate with Cheat Skills Despite Being the Weakest Profession - Chapter 61
Chapter 61: The Bringer of Light
A single pillar of silvery light appeared in the world.
The kings of various nations gazed up at it in astonishment.
The Spirit Kings who witnessed it lowered their eyes in prayer.
All those who knew the meaning of the “silvery light” were filled with excitement, realizing that the Archangel was still alive.
Ordinary adventurers, their journeys halted, stared in awe at the beautiful pillar of light.
Among the top players who had just completed escorting the spirits and were now looking up at the sky.
Those who knew the Silver-haired Girl gasped, suspecting that she might be involved.
A certain young girl, who was a relative of her, felt an uneasy premonition and quickly sent a message to her brother, who wasn’t there.
Amid the various reactions from those in the world of ?Astral Online?, there was only one person laughing.
“Ha, ahahahahahahahahaha!”
Laughing as if mocking, the Demon Lord Shaitan remembered the face of the Level 1 adventurer who had appeared three days ago and injured her.
“Ah, this is amusing. To think that he’s such an idiot as to ‘sacrifice his own life for a world like this’.”
Welcoming the hero who had been born into the world, the Demon Lord Shaitan spoke.
“…The Morning Star that fell from the heavens shall meet the child of dawn. After dispelling the darkness, the light shall become the foundation of this world.”
The girl, a smile on her face, reached out toward the silvery light, as if yearning for it.
Now then, “This is where the real journey begins.”
??Adventurer Sora.
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As usual, Sora heard the voice of the support system in her head.
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The adventurer Sora has awakened as the Fallen Angel ?Lucifer?.
The World Support System’s role will now be taken over by the Unique Skill ?Lucifel?. [1]
Upon awakening as the Fallen Angel ?Lucifer?, the following skills have been enhanced:
– Support Skill ?Magic Resistance III?
– Support Skill ?Physical Resistance III?
– Support Skill ?Status Ailment Resistance III?
– Support Skill ?Insight II?
– Support Skill ?Perception II?
Additionally, the following new skills have been acquired:
– Attack Skill ?Heaven’s Lost?
– Support Skill ?Auto-Recovery?
– Special Skill ?Ain Soph Aur?[2]
?With this, the enhancement process is complete. I, Lucifel, will now be your support. If you encounter any difficulties, please feel free to ask for assistance.?
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As preparations were complete, Sora slowly opened his eyes.
When the pillar of silvery light vanished, what emerged was not a “girl” but a “boy.”
His hair shone like silver, and his eyes gleamed with gold.
He stood about 170 cm tall, with an ordinary-looking face.
The equipment he wore was the same as when he was in his girl form, but it had adjusted to fit his new body.
The boy, his black coat fluttering as he walked forward, held the ?Silver Sword? in his hand as he approached the girls.
Seeing this, Kuro and Aria stared in shock at the back of the boy who now stood tall before them.
“Sora…?”
“Is that really you, Sora-sama?”
Hearing the girls’ tentative voices, Sora turned to them and smiled, trying to reassure them.
“Yeah, you both did well. I showed a pretty pathetic side of myself, but leave the rest to me.”
With those words, Sora turned his attention to the one he needed to save.
His level was still 33, unchanged from before.
However, the Berserk Knight sensed an unfathomable power from the silvery boy and instinctively stepped back.
This slight delay bought some time.
Now, he had to do something about that armor.
In this dire situation, Sora asked his newly upgraded support system, ?Lucifel?.
“Lucifel, is there any way to break that person’s curse with what I have?”
In response to Sora’s question, ?Lucifel? used ?Insight II? to analyze the Berserk Knight’s information and provided an answer.
?Yes, Master. May I suggest trying this??
The robotic, feminine voice echoed in Sora’s mind, presenting him with a skill.
The unique skill of the fallen angel ?Lucifer?, ?Ain Soph Aur?.
Its effect: “Cancel all effects on a selected target.”
The activation conditions were that Sora must be in ?Lucifer? mode and must enhance all attributes and combine them into one.
Huh?
Sora remembered that the maximum number of enhancement skill slots should be five. Confused, he noticed that ?Lucifel? had automatically displayed his status screen. In the corner of his vision, the slots for enhancement skills were highlighted.
If his eyes weren’t deceiving him, the number wasn’t five but fifteen.
?Upon awakening as ?Lucifer?, you acquired the title ?Morning Star?. As a result, your enhancement slots increased from the base five to fifteen?
“I see.”
And if he wasn’t mistaken, the number 660 was displayed for his fully recovered HP, and next to his MP, the word “Unlimited” was shown.
Did this mean he had infinite MP? As he wondered, ?Lucifel? answered as if reading his thoughts.
?By sacrificing one “Life Point”, Master has temporarily linked your MP to “Yggdrasil”, allowing it to be displayed as unlimited?
“Unlimited, as in?”
?It means it will never run out?
I see, so that’s how it is.
It’s more than just a cheat. At this point, the character is practically bug-level.
It reminds me of something similar that happened in the game ?Sky Fantasy?, Sora laughed at himself bitterly as he once again faced the Berserk Knight.
“Hart-san, I’m going to save you now.”
The Berserk Knight, sensing the impending threat, swung his greatsword to eliminate Sora before he could act.
It was the same long-range slash that had cut him earlier, ?Darkness Thrust?.
But Sora, calmly anticipating the move, activated ?Sword Guard II?, lightly deflecting the black slash from below to above, sending it off course.
The Berserk Knight let out a growl, realizing that half-hearted techniques wouldn’t work.
Strengthening himself with additional skills, the knight charged at Sora, wielding his greatsword.
This time, the knight used ?Break Upper?, an attack designed to shatter defenses from below.
The knight, having learned that Sora had been blocking his attacks with ?Sword Guard II?, now sought to break through Sora’s defenses with an unblockable technique.
It wasn’t a bad choice.
But it was a mistake not to flee.
Don’t think I’m the same as before.
Sora, taking advantage of his unlimited MP, filled all eight enhancement slots with ?Attack Power Boost Enchantment II?.
As the greatsword approached from below, Sora timed his move perfectly and swung his enhanced ?Sonic Sword III? horizontally, using its rapid acceleration.
The strike, immensely empowered by the boost and rapid acceleration, struck the side of the greatsword, sending it flying.
The Berserk Knight, caught off guard by being overpowered, stumbled.
Seizing the opportunity, Sora sheathed his sword, lowered his stance, and positioned himself with his feet apart, body angled, and right elbow exposed.
Why the stance for a quick-draw slash?
Because it seemed the best way to combine the attributes.
Next, Sora activated the seven elemental enhancements on himself.
Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Light, Darkness.
These seven different attributes, originally separate, now gathered together under the command of the great ?Enchanter? boy, uniting once more through the medium of the sheathed blade.
From the ?Silver Sword? within its sheath, a blinding, pure white light began to emanate.
Pure white, the color of the heavens, belonging only to gods and their followers.
The only light capable of opposing the pitch-black Demon Lord.
With the divine radiance that illuminated the entire world in his hand, the boy dashed forward.
“Uoooooooooo!”
With a roar, the boy narrowly avoided the desperate slash aimed at him and unleashed the power of purification in his hand.
The skill’s name was ?Ain Soph Aur?.
?Power?: 0.
Because it wasn’t a skill meant to defeat the opponent.
The pure white light of purification, released from the lightning-fast blade, enveloped the Berserk Knight.
The light canceled all effects on him, including the berserk enhancement on his armor and the effect that made it impossible to remove.
As Sora sheathed his sword, the cursed armor finally accepted the long-awaited *Unequip,* releasing the man from its grasp.
“Ugh…”
Hart, weakened from resisting the madness, fell to his knees on the ground.
As Sora rushed over, concerned for his well-being—
“Dad!”
Kuro, who had been holding back, ran past Sora and rushed to her beloved father.
With a weak smile, Hart embraced his daughter tightly, holding her close for the first time in six months.
“Kurono… Ah, it’s like a dream…”
“Dad, Dad…”
The two of them, father and daughter, wept tears of joy.
These were not tears of sorrow but tears of pure happiness.
This was the gentle world Sora had wished for.
After half a year of unwanted separation, the parent and child were finally reunited.
TL Notes:
???????: Rushiferu
???????: Rushifaa
This is not a mistranslation, the author made it different. This might be to distinguish between the skill and the system name.
Ain Soph Aur is a term used in Kabbalah, a Jewish mystical tradition, to describe the primordial, infinite light that is the source of all creation. It is often understood as the third aspect of the Absolute, the divine, and the unknowable.