Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Moreover, the effect of blessing is more intuitive than that of stimulants, lasts longer, and has basically no side effects. On the one hand, it can alleviate the pain of the recipient, and on the other hand, it can enhance the recipient's strength. It is also a very common usage to use it in conjunction with healing.

Blessing is one of the reasons why priests have such a high status in the guild. After all, this spell can greatly enhance personal strength when used in actual combat, and the ability to deal with crises will naturally be stronger.

What Elsa didn't mention was that she hadn't actually given Sandela such a high level of strength. She had simply added a layer of prayer within the blessing spell, a common practice for combat nuns like her—combat nuns, church priests, as members of the church, more or less received the goddess's blessing.

Sandella's situation is probably related to her own advantage as a Ute - people's physiques are different!

"That is a kind of holy light magic that can give her the power to overcome the disease."

Elsa coughed lightly.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine soon."

"Holy Light Magic can actually reach such a level!"

Sammo was very surprised. As the village chief, he was considered a well-informed person in the village, but he had never seen a pastor do all this.

He looked at the muscles in his shoulders, then at his daughter, who sat on the bed, looking delicate and frail, with envy in his eyes. The Utes worshipped strength; it was more accurate to say that their admiration for muscular beauty was essentially a pursuit of strength.

But the miracle of blessing was not a stone on the roadside, and he knew that only a very few people could use this kind of magic.

Sanmo could almost guess that judging from the power Elsa displayed, she must be a person of a certain status even in the church.

So to say……

Looking at Aisha and then at his daughter Sandella, an idea suddenly emerged in Sanmo's heart.

Given Sandella's situation, her future was likely to be filled with difficulties. Sandella was too thin, and the Ute people had strong prejudice against people of her size, regardless of gender. Even if Sandella married, she wouldn't necessarily find happiness. In fact, although Sandella was old enough to marry, she had never had any male friends who approached her.

After all, the villagers were friendly to Sandra simply because she was Sandra's daughter.

Sang Mo has also been quite worried about this.

He was just the chief of a small fishing village. He was old and had no money, power or influence. He could not find a good son-in-law, and he himself did not like those young men. However, he did not have the ability to send his daughter to the city to find a good husband.

It's just like that, neither up nor down.

But thinking about it from another perspective, if that were the case, wouldn't sending Sandella to the church be a good option? Of course, the church wasn't a place you could just enter, but wasn't Elsa a member of the church? With someone to help introduce her, it should be possible to get Sandella to become a nun in the church.

However, he now owed Elsa two big favors. Elsa not only solved the imminent trouble of Flint for the village, but also treated and blessed Sandella. Sanmo really couldn't be so shameless as to continue asking for help.

Sighing, Sang Mo temporarily buried this thought in his heart.

……

Coming out of Sandra's room, Aisha was also ready to leave.

But before she left, she had one more thing: "Come to think of it, there's one more thing I want to ask you for help with this time."

"That's great, just tell me, I won't refuse!"

Sammo's eyes suddenly lit up, and that expectant look made Aisha a little confused.

"Sandar said before that you were attacked by a sea monster?"

"That's true, but that happened more than ten days ago. Those sea monsters haven't appeared since then."

Sang Mo thought for a moment and said.

"You're asking this because you intend to...?"

Aisha replied: "I want to go and take a look. I hope to find someone to lead the way."

"Ah? This..."

Hearing this, Sang Mo's expression showed a hint of hesitation.

See the sea monster?

Are you here for sightseeing?

In fact, Sang Mo was not unwilling to help, but the sea monster was too scary. He was not confident that the person who had done him a favor would go to such a dangerous place. He had seen those sea monsters with his own eyes. They were ferocious and cruel, huge in size, and numerous in number. Each one had powerful strength and flexible claws, making them difficult to deal with, not to mention that there were often more than a dozen of them.

Moreover, the sea monsters that came ashore to attack their village were only a very small part. The vast majority were in the sea. According to the fishermen who escaped back, there were sea monsters in the sea that were bigger than a house. They could even overturn fishing boats easily, and some people had already died in the sea.

It was because of the attack of the sea monster and the early arrival of the cold wave this year that they had no harvest.

Besides, the weather outside was terrible, with ice and snow everywhere. If something happened, sea monsters would have a clear advantage over humans. Even strong men like them couldn't withstand the attacks of sea monsters, so Elsa's thin arms and legs were even more suspicious...

Of course, it is undeniable that Elsa, who masters such powerful holy light magic, is the most powerful priest Sammo has ever seen. However, blessing magic and combat magic are two different things after all. After all, priests are not good at frontal combat. This is a conclusion that no one will question. Sammo does not want to harm Elsa because of his irresponsible decision.

"We hunted one before, and the carcass is still outside the village. I'll let Sandar take you to see it first."

Said Sammo.

He didn't know why Elsa suddenly became interested in sea monsters. He just thought that as a nun, Elsa couldn't turn a blind eye to these monsters that were causing trouble to the people, but she didn't know how dangerous those sea monsters were.

So he thought that after Elsa saw the horrible corpse, she would be more cautious.

Elsa didn't refuse and nodded.

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518: Sea Tribe

It was late at night, and a deep trail of footprints stretched from the village to the coast.

The sea breeze howled, bringing the sound of ice and sea water rushing against each other.

Sandar stopped in front of several raised patches of snow.

He held up the oil lamp in his hand and shone it around. Then he walked to a bulge and wiped away the snow, revealing an object covered with snow - it was an upside-down fishing boat. The fishing boat was not big, only about three or four meters long. The bottom of the boat was raised with several square blocks. Traces of dried salt and some dried seaweed could be seen on the bottom of the boat.

Elsa was standing behind him. She noticed some oddly shaped damages on the side of the fishing boat. Looking closely, she saw several scratches that ranged from shallow to deep.

"It's here."

Sandal bent down to take a look, then grabbed the side of the boat with both hands and lifted it up. The fishing boat, which was much larger than him, was lifted up, revealing the object covered underneath.

As Sandal opened the fishing boat, Aisha suddenly felt an inexplicable unpleasant smell coming towards her.

Below was the corpse of some creature covered in ice crystals and salt. The strange smell came from it - the smell was not the smell of a rotting corpse. This corpse covered in ice and snow showed no signs of decay. Instead, white crystals seeped out from the surface of the body. The smell was a bit like the smell of seaweed, fish and shrimp mixed together, mixed with some... the smell of magic element?

All in all, it doesn't smell very nice.

Sandal didn't seem to react. He moved the fishing boat away from the rocks, then squatted down and dragged out the sea monster's body with great effort. The body had been frozen into the ground and had been fixed in shape. Sandal's forceful pulling made a crunching sound that made his teeth ache.

"My father asked me to place the sea monster's body here in order to pray for peace and tranquility in the village."

Sundar explained.

This is their custom here, and they also deal with the bodies of their dead members in this way.

Sea monsters come from the sea, and their bodies must return to the sea—roughly speaking. So they turned the sea monster upside down in a fishing boat and placed it near the coast, raising it with rocks to provide shade for the fishing boat and also signal a fishing holiday. When the tide came in, the body would "return to the sea."

It may have been washed away, or it may have been decomposed and eaten by other creatures in the sea. Who knows?

Elsa didn't know much about these customs. She only heard about them from Sanmo before she set off.

"This is a sea monster... quite unique. Are all sea monsters this big?"

Elsa looked closely at the sea monster's corpse. It was indeed large, almost as big as a fishing boat.

"About the same," Sam thought for a moment and replied, "They're usually about this size, but I've heard there are even bigger ones among them."

Elsa nodded.

At this moment, Adele's voice appeared in Elsa's mind.

"Huh? Is this a sea creature?"

Elsa blinked, looked at the black sword at her waist, and asked in her mind.

"What sea people?"

"Just like you humans, as well as elves and ancient dragons, they are all races that have existed for a long time. The only difference is that you humans like to run around, while elves like to live in tree holes, ancient dragons like to live on rocks and mountains, and they like to live in the sea."

"Mermaid?"

"What mermaid?"

"A subhuman with a fish's tail."

"That's still a little different... probably."

Adele wasn't so sure either.

There were no demi-humans in her time. When Adele first met the little fox girl Lacey, she was surprised by the demi-human race.

"Really? The Sea Tribe... I've never even heard of them."

Aisha thought for a moment, but she had no knowledge about the sea people in her mind.

She gained much of her knowledge from books. The old priest gave her many books, all of which were quite old and came from nowhere. The old priest said that those books were his collections over the years. Elsa naturally cherished them very much and would often open them to read. Although she could not know everything like Tricia did with an encyclopedia, her knowledge reserves were beyond the reach of ordinary people.

But Aisha was sure she had never heard of the "sea people".

"They're not common to begin with. I've only seen them a few times... The sea gods are just as elusive," Adele said, pondering distant memories. "Don't mistake them for monsters. They're fundamentally different from those monsters that survive solely on magic."

"Come over with Tricia next time."

Aisha thought Tricia should know.

Without thinking any more, she drew out the black sword from her waist and was about to poke the corpse, but the black sword suddenly made a sharp explosion.

Then Adele's shrill plea rang out in Elsa's mind: "Stop it, ahhhhhhhhh! Mother Elsa—ah no, Master Elsa! Don't use me to touch it!"

"Huh? Why?"

"I hate dead bodies... let alone scaly, slimy slugs... Don't touch it, please!"

"Where's the sticky part? It's all frozen." Elsa looked at the corpse that had already turned into ice.

"Frozen snot is still snot! What's the difference?"

Adele argued with anger in her voice, and it was obvious that she was very anxious.

Elsa couldn't help but feel amused, but she wasn't some devil after all. Since Adele didn't like it, she didn't tease her any further. She put the black sword away and instead took out a steel sword from her space equipment and grasped it. Elsa grabbed the steel sword with one hand and tried to lift the corpse and turn it over, but with a snap, the sword broke.

"Tsk."

Elsa sighed and threw away the steel sword in her hand. A light flashed in her hand again, and a silver spear appeared in her hand - the spear given by the old priest. This thing is the most handy weapon Elsa has ever used.

Sandal, who was standing by, was about to say that he could help, but he saw Aisha shoot the corpse directly. There was a dull bang, and visible ice chips splashed everywhere. The corpse turned over 180 degrees - Sandal's eyelids jumped when he saw this scene.

The corpse was already frozen. He had just tried to lift it himself, and it took both of his hands to drag it. How could it be so easily overturned by Elsa?

Aisha didn't look at Sandal's expression. She put away her spear and looked at the corpse carefully. Now she could see the whole appearance of the corpse.

The corpse was covered with scars, some deep, some shallow, and of various shapes. It was obvious that the corpse had died from a siege, but under the scales of the corpse there were many scars that did not seem to be caused by a battle. Those scars were all over the body, which was quite strange.

Overall, the corpse looks human-like, but a closer look reveals many differences - the body is covered with dull scales, and the facial features are very different from those of humans. Although dead, the eyes are still wide open, and there is a layer of membrane on the surface of the eyes. The nose is flat with only two cavities, the mouth is sunken and relatively protruding, and the lips are thin, like a fish.

The lower jaw has fins and gills that extend to below the ears. There is no protruding structure on the ears, so they look inconspicuous. There is no hair, but there are fins. There is a long crocodile-like tail running down the spine on the back. The limbs do not look well-developed, but they are quite strong, and it can be seen that the animal must be extremely powerful.

Elsa used a steel sword to pry open its tightly closed mouth. There were fangs in the mouth, and the fangs were stacked layer upon layer. It looked creepy and was not the oral structure of an ordinary human.

"Thandar," Aisha asked, "Have you heard of 'Sea People'?"

"Sea Clan?"

Sandar's puzzled look told Aisha the answer.

"This sea monster is the 'Sea Clan,'" Elsa thought for a moment, not knowing how to explain it. After all, Elsa didn't know much about this race. "Can I take this corpse with me?"

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519. Alessa's Void Space (4K1)

When Elsa returned to the castle wearing a cloak that was as hard as steel due to ice, Tricia and Charlie were stunned.

"Elsa, what have you been doing?"

Tricia and Charlie asked in unison, surprised but also amused.

Not only did Elsa's clothes turn into steel plates, but her beautiful golden hair also became unruly and looked very stiff - it is not difficult to guess that Elsa must have been drenched in water, and her wet clothes froze, resulting in her current appearance.

"I went to the North Sea."

Elsa casually scratched her hair, and the frozen strands of hair crackled in her hands.