Hellmode ~A Hardcore Gamer Becomes Peerless in Another World with Retro Game Settings~

Chapter 499: Spiritual Power and Divine Techniques

Allen noticed a new entry amongst his stats.

(I guess Spiritual Power gets added when someone enters the divine realm.)

It was still 0 though, so he decided to check if the others had the same entry.

Cecile noticed something was off, so she went to look at the Grimoire with Allen.

"Oh? Something changed on my stats then?"

She looked over Allen's shoulder and said that.

"Yes, it seems there's Spiritual Power and Divine Techniques here."

(This seems familiar. I feel like new areas sometimes had new powers too, now I have more things to experiment with.)

That happened to Allen when he was Kenichi playing games too, sometimes updates or additional content would add extra powers. So it made sense for the spirit realm to be the same.

(Now I have to figure out what Spiritual Power does. Hm? Kurena's stats…)

"Ohh! My stats have changed too!!"

Kurna pulled on the Grimoire with her hand covered in meat sauce.

"Oh, I knew it. Divine Techniques scale in Extra Mode."

Allen compared Cecile and Kurena's stats, and he pulled up Haku's too.

-Cecile, Kurena, and Haku's general stats

[Name] Cecile Grandvelle

[Age] 16

[Talent] Archmage

[Level] 60

[Strength] 2470 + 2400

[Mana] 3974 + 2400

[Spiritual Power] 0

[Attack] 1640

[Endurance] 1686

[Agility] 3382 + 2400

[Intelligence] 4138 + 2400

[Luck] 2541 + 2400

[Skills] Archmage (6), Fire (6), Ice (6), Lightning (6), Light (6), Abyss (2), Kumite (4)

[Extra] Small Meteorite, Divine Technique Activation

[Divine Technique] Mana Accumulation, Intelligence Boost

[Name] Kurena

[Age] 16

[Talent] Dragoon Emperor

[Blessings] Arbiter God (Medium)

[Level] 1

[Strength] 4828 + 12000 (True Heroism)

[Mana] 2766 + 12000

[Spiritual Power] 0

[Attack] 11188 + 12000

[Endurance] 5594 + 12000

[Agility] 4701 + 12000

[Intelligence] 4850 + 6000

[Luck] 3310 + 12000

[Skills] Dragoon Emperor (1), True Dragon Riding (1), True Dragon Sword (7), True Dragon Smash (7), True Dragon Blazing Slash (7), True Dragon Scale (2), True Killing Slash (7), True Phoenix Blast (7), True Healing Sword (7), True Supreme Sword (7), True Heroism (2), Limit Break (6), Swordsmanship (7), Divine Technique Activation

[Divine Technique] Dragon Aura (1), Combined Dragoon Attack (1), Deep Impact (6)

[Experience] 0 / 100

[Name]: Haku

[Species]: Demigod Dragon

[Form]: Infantile

[Rank]: Demigod

[Level]: 1

[Strength]: 15311

[Mana]: 11212

[Divine Power] 0

[Attack]: 19412

[Endurance]: 15314

[Agility]: 19412

[Intelligence]: 10432

[Luck]: 10437

[Special Skills] Dimension Breath, Light Breath, Hellfire Breath, Chewing, Tearing, Stomping, Presence Sensing (6), Breath Resistance (6), Magic Resistance (6), Physical Resistance (6)

[Awakened Skill] Dragon Beat, Divine Technique Activation

[Divine Technique] Dragon Aura (1), Combined Dragoon Attack (1)

[Experience] 0 / 100

[Faith] 0 / 10'000'000'000

After defeating the Dragon King, Megadeth gave them a new Talent and Rank.

Kurena was in Extra Mode, and her Divine Technique had a Level, and Cecile's did not.

(But what's Faith and Divine Power?)

Haku's stats were intriguing too. He was a Demigod Dragon now, and had two new stats.

Allen felt like he would be finding out what each of them did as they moved through the divine realm..

"Kurena, try using Dragon Aura."

He told her to use her Divine Technique. [Divine Technique Activation] did not have a Skill Level, but [Dragon Aura] and [Combined Dragoon Attack] did.

"Huh? Sure. Wait, I can't use Dragon Aura."

Kurena still held a piece of meat as she tried, but it did not work.

"Hm? You can't? How about you Cecile?"

"Me? Oh, it's the same. Why can't I use it now?"

Neither of them was able to activate the Skills, even though Cecile used it before.

"Merus. Could it be that Divine Techniques can't be used without Spiritual Power?"

Only Merus had a chance of knowing what was happening there.

'Yes, usually you can't use them without Spiritual Power, but I guess Isiris allowed for Mana to be used as a substitute in the human realm before.'

That change only applied until they entered the divine realm, and Spiritual Power appeared.

"How do we gain Spiritual Power?"

'You'll have to defeat the wraiths of the divine realm, or use Spirit Stones.'

It seemed like Spiritual Power did not refill automatically like Mana.

(Ohh, I don't know where wraiths spawn, but we'll have to hunt them soon.)

"Haku's stats are different too though. How do we get all that Faith?"

Allen could not do anything that required Spiritual Power yet, so he moved on to Haku's stats.

'Gyau?'

Haku thought they were calling him, so he looked at Allen. But he quickly got distracted by a large piece of meat.

'Haku has a Divine Artifact, and can potentially become a God.'

"Hmhm."

Allen pushed him to keep talking. Merus dislike talking about that in public, since things involving Gods were best kept away from human knowledge.

'...So Haku gains Faith and Divine Power when people pray to him, which can be used to bring forth miracles.'

Merus continued, realizing Allen would not stop until he knew.

Allen then wrote down everything he learned on the Grimoire.

[How to gather Spiritual Power, Divine Power, and Faith]

-Spiritual Power is obtained by defeating wraiths, or using Spirit Stones

-Spirit Stones can be obtained by defeating wraiths

-Spirit Power is necessary to activate Divine Techniques

-Divine Power is possessed by Gods with a Divine Artifact

-Faith transforms the entity into a God

-Faith is gained by people praying, or defeating wraiths

"Alright, I think I got the gist of it. Now let's summon Kuwatoro."

Allen turned one of the Sacred Beads he held into points, and summoned Kuwatoro while everyone watched.

(Kuwatoro, I summon you!)

'You have Created a Bird S summon. You spent 3 Sacred Bead Points.'

'Qwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!'

The large golden bird appeared in front of Allen. It was 30 meters long, the biggest of all bird summons. Now it looked like a swan with golden feathers, and wings with a rainbow glitter.

It walked around for a bit before Allen checked the summon's stats.

[Species] Bird

[Rank] S

[Name] Kuwatoro

[Strength] 40000

[Mana] 40000

[Attack] 40000

[Endurance] 40000

[Agility] 50000

[Intelligence] 50000

[Luck] 40000

[Blessings] Agility +5000, Intelligence +5000, Dodge Chance Up

[Special Skills] Thousand-mile Eyes, Appraiser Eyes, Pursuing Eyes, Floating Wings, Turn into a chick

[Awakened Skills] Phoenix Wings, Sacred Bead Creation, (Sealed)

The rest of the party members were curious so they looked at the Grimoire with Allen.

"Ohhhh, that's a strong one!"

Kurena was also really excited.

(Good good, this looks promising. Kuwatoro is like the pinnacle of all other bird summons.)

Each summon species had their specific roles, bird ones were mainly scouts.

Kuwatoro started flying, and Allen used the Special Skill [Thousand-mile Eyes].

"Ohh! I can see really far away!! And the divine realm is way too big!!"

Allen could see 1000 kilometers in the distance. A line of clouds continued like a corridor far in the distance. An enormous continent of clouds lay at the end.

It was hard to tell how large the continent was, even with 10 times the range of a Bird E.

'Heheh, it seems I've become stronger by becoming your summon. I'll continue to be your eyes, and I'll keep watch over everything.'

Kuwatoro looked pleased with Allen's surprise. Just like with Makris, Kuwatoro became larger.

Then he tried to use [Appraiser Eyes].

"Dogora, I'll try using Appraiser Eyes."

"Hm? Ah."

"Hmm, I can see your stats."

Allen could tell Dogora's stats. That Skill allowed him to Appraise anyone.

'Hahah. Now you can tell the stats of anything you want.'

Rosen was also eating happily on the clouds, and he congratulated Allen for having his wish granted.

"You're right. Wait, woah! These stats are incredible."

[Name] Rosen (turned into infantile spirit)

[Species] Spirit

[Age] 5023

[Strength] 50000

[Mana] 70000

[Divine Power] 45000

[Attack] 40000

[Endurance] 40000

[Agility] 60000

[Intelligence] 70000

[Luck] 50000

[Attack Element] Wood

[Endurance Element] Wood

Allen Appraised Rosen and soon saw his stats.

(I see, even though he's already a Spirit God he's still in a demigod state.)

He even could see his age.

'Hahah. It feels a bit awkward to be appraised silently like that.'

"I'm sorry."

Allen apologized, but did not say he would never do that again.

(This is really useful. I can see their element even.)

Seeing the enemy's elements would help him come up with strategies better, and he wished he could also see the Skills of the enemy, but things were not that convenient.

"Next…use Floating Wings."

'Understood. Wings of freedom for everyone!!'

Kuwatoro flapped her wings and rainbow particles fell on everyone.

"Oh? What's this?!!"

Kiel started bouncing on the clouds.

"Wait, we can actually fly with this!!"

Cecile looked impressed.

(Even the hero's party and Galara's party are under the effect. Does it affect a specific area then? Hm? My Agility is going up too.)

[Floating Wings] gave everyone in a specific area the ability to fly, and increased their Agility by 10000.

(This is really useful. I've been looking for ways to increase our Agility after all.)

The frontline of Allen's party mainly had equipment that focused on increasing Attack, so a boost of 10000 in Agility was helpful. On top of that [Floating Wings] meant they no longer needed to summon Bird B summons to travel around.

"Allen is becoming more and more like a beast."

Rosetta was also flying around, holding a mug in her hand.

(And they can get rid of it at will too.)

As they got rid of [Floating Wings], they all slowly landed on the clouds.

Allen decided to test out the other Skills.

"Hm? What?"

Then Allen noticed something was off about his own stats. Usually they regenerated on their own, but now they remained lowered.

"What's wrong Allen?"

"Cecile, Mana doesn't regenerate here."

Allen had discovered something shocking.