Parallel World Pharmacy

Volume 2 - Ch 7

The Church.

It was an international group that ruled regions both within and outside the continent.

Even though they are a religious group, their influence was beyond the scope of just a religious organization.

The Church appraises the Guardian Deity of the Divine Art user during baptism which is performed soon after birth. The Divine Pulse would be opened through a blessing and will give them the qualification as a noble. In addition, to those who had been considered to lack the qualities of a noble, their Divine Pulse will be closed by force, and their social position will drop to a commoner. Any nobles who decide to rebel against the Church, are banished for eternity.

When an emperor or a king of a country was chosen, the Church too would present them their royal staff and crown, officially granting them the authority.

Therefore, the power of the Church exceeds that of an empire, and they wouldnt even mind starting an all-out war with the Empress of San Fleuve if they were determined to do so.

The fact that Falma was only a second son of an Archduke, who was only the Chief Apothecary employed by the San Fleuve Empire, didnt matter to the church, as they simply didnt care.

They decided that Falma was a non-human, and would be wiped out as a heretic.

There are a total of seven Inquisition officers riding on their horses. It was a gathering of Divine Art users from all 4 attributes.

Since Falma was feigning to be a Divine Art user of both water and wind, he was fighting back with ease without exposing his secret.

An attack from the ground from an earth attribute user would be defended by laying a thick layer of ice on the ground; the flame from a fire attribute user would be erased with the Negative ability; the windstorm from the wind attribute user would be met by the shield made of a wall of ice; toying with the horse using a waterspout to make the rider fall, and attack them physically with ice pebbles to destroy their wands and neutralize them Alone against seven highly experienced users, the boy jumped around places while showing composure, while the inquisition officers began to show signs of fear and impatience.

The ice barrier that contained Falmas divine power was much tougher than any metal, as it withstood the brunt of fire attacks and was fully insulated from heat.

In addition to that, the attacks that were known only by the Church, which were meant for crushing evil beings, werent of use to them, as Falma was not an evil spirit.

They could only monotonously and simultaneously attack using the 4 basic attributes in a cross fire battle formation. It was probably the first time the seven knights werent able to exorcise a heretic.

To prevent them from noticing that he had a material creation ability, Falma fought back with his chantless water Divine Art. Still, because the Inquisition officers exhaust their divine power every time they used Divine Arts, the power of their Divine Arts would decline over the period of battle.

Wait, this is

The Inquisition group was getting exhausted, but it was the complete opposite to Falma, because as he used more of his Divine Art, his physical ability seemed to be increasing. The Inquisition officer sensed that divine power was gradually accumulating around Falma. In addition, it was to be expected that the power of his Divine Art should have decreased, but the divine power within his body wasnt being sucked dry like theirs.

Rather, the divine power was swelling up inside of Falma, the officers suspecting that it might be flowing in from somewhere else.

Wai wait

Since a little while ago, let alone having no shadow, Falmas body began to glow in reaction to the excitement of the divine power.

Dont you all look a little tired?

However, Falma was still continuously receiving successive attacks, only barely able to take a breath. The situation was getting nowhere, and the end doesnt seem to be in sight. Therefore, Falma decided to threaten them.

He swung his arm lightly up, and drew a line on the air with his left hand.

At the beginning, it was just a line studded with small ice crystals. Before it became enormous with amazing speed along with a roaring sound. In a flash it became an iceberg, so big that it shared the same space as the sky, making it impossible for the them to escape anywhere.

The boy was smiling as the iceberg was floating overhead.

If the boy decided swing his fingers downwards, there was no doubt anymore that everyone would be squished to death by the iceberg.

Ah Uwaaaa!

The horses began to rampage, and the Inquisition officers were thrown off their seats onto the ground. Just by its presence alone, they lost the will to fight by the pressure of the iceberg that covered the sky. Even if they fired off a large flame in desperation, it was powerless in front of the iceberg that seemed to grow much more bigger.

Ah, now I am completely the bad guy.

By the time the Churchs carriage that was summoned arrived, the page of the Empress, Noah, led an Imperial Guard Division of the empire. They rushed at full speed. Noah and the Imperial Guards were fully armed. The first thing they did was to confirm Falma was intact. After that, Noah faced the Inquisition officers and announced himself,

Gentlemen of the Church, what business do you have to the Chief Apothecary of our empire?