The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

Sharp, the Soldier Chief, was a seasoned member of the Painful Esoteric Sect, having delved into various arts of inflicting pain since his initiation.

How to make death painful was the very subject of his research.

He always considered himself a prodigy of pain.

Young as he was, he had already become a Soldier Chief, and his future seemed bright.

He was the man chosen by the primal pain.

That's what he had always believed.

Only today did he realize, when confronted by these three followers of the Radiant Holy See, that in the study of the path of pain, he was merely mortal.

This was the first time he questioned his faith: Oh great Mother Goddess of Pain, do you truly watch over us... or is the true doctrine of pain actually with the Radiant Holy See?

Soldier Chief Sharp didn't understand, he couldn't see through it.

He knew he had been defeated.

Utterly defeated.

Defeated by the combined tactics of these three.

It was only after being frozen that he understood that real pain is feeling more dead than alive.

He was an invader, and what he had lost could never be regained.

Between every two breaths lay silence and emptiness, in his mouth and nose was the stench of decay and bitterness,

He knelt before the three of them, wanting to cry, but tears wouldn't come; as the icy mask on his face slowly melted, it wasn't tears of sadness and regret that rolled down his cheeks, but a yellowish-brown urine.

Damn it, just kill me.

"Although you have lost, you remain a honorable Remnant Ranger," Arthur solemnly said, raising his magic wand.

The metal magic wand struck directly on Sharp's crown, and with a wave of dizziness, he fainted, silent thereafter.

When Sharp's teammates arrived, they were met with a terrifying and awful scene.

The fight between Sharp and the three from An Su didn't last long; the spells were cast in succession, totaling only a dozen seconds or so,

In just such a brief time, their respected and admired captain had been defeated by these three.

What kind of righteous beauties were these three to have brought Soldier Chief Sharp to his knees?

And what was that yellowish-brown liquid next to Sharp...

An ominous guess arose in their minds,

Could it be that Soldier Chief Sharp had been scared to the point of wetting himself?

The urine could only have come from Sharp himself, as it was right on him... Most teammates downgraded their opinion of Sharp by a notch; this was too embarrassing.

Meanwhile, their wariness toward the three An Su reached an unsurpassed level—to them, these three must be prodigies from the Radiant Holy See.

But it didn't matter. The reason for Sharp's defeat was his arrogance.

Picking a fight with three people all by himself.

Now they had five, all second rank magicians, with no one to fear.

Only Scout Ka Man, who possessed an eagle's eye view, had fully observed the entire event, cold sweat trickling slowly down his cheeks.

These three were not Church prodigies... they seemed more fitting for the Painful Esoteric Sect than us...

But he thought better of voicing such a morale-disrupting thought.

With Soldier Chief Sharp out of commission, Ka Man automatically took over the command.

He evaluated the three in front of him:

The blond, big guy was strong and resilient, not suitable for focus fire;

The bespectacled man in the tailcoat was too bizarre, able to attack with urine, thus untouchable as an enemy; the grey-haired youth in the middle seemed the youngest, likely less experienced than the other two.

For group combat, one should start with the weak spot,

And pick the softest persimmon to squeeze.

Ka Man made a decisive call and communicated with his teammates via the magic "Echo," ordering them to prioritize taking out the grey-haired youth first!

The assassin and the healer would engage the big blond, while the magicians would take on the bespectacled man,

And as a scout himself, he would team up with the second strongest warrior to take down that youth first!

Upon hearing the command, his teammates immediately sprang into action.

The assassin slipped into the shadows, moved through the spread of leafy silhouettes, and teleported behind Arthur, striking with a poison-coated dagger aimed at his forehead.

The magician launched several blood magics in quick succession at Lister.

And Ka Man exchanged glances with the warrior beside him, a burly man with a scarred face, a greasy, drooling smile, named Kuiter, known as the biggest pervert in the team.

Kuiter's favorite pastime involved violating beautiful young men, deriving pleasure from their pain to please the gods.

No one wanted to cross paths with Kuiter.

At this very moment, he was leering at An Su, drool trickling down from the corner of his mouth.

But An Su was not panicked.

On the contrary, he was delighted.

He even laughed more maniacally than Kuiter.

At last, he had found a subject for testing his new magic, which he exchanged from the Mother Goddess of Life and had yet to find an opportunity to use.

"Heh heh... beautiful boy."

Kuiter dragged his battle ax that was as tall as a man, charging forward with the sound of war horns, sparks flying as the ax scraped against the ground;

On the other side, the scout had already shared his vision with Kuiter, leaving no movement unseen by his eyes.

Their vision shared... An Su's gaze was piercing.

An Su, however, was not panicked. He raised his magic wand and cast another intermediate magic from the Mother Goddess of Life.

[God's Kiss]

Its original name was [Mother Goddess's Kiss of Death], but An Su had changed the name to sound more aligned with the Holy Light.

[Intermediate Magic, Blessing Magic]

[Magic Power Consumption: 3 (originally 6)]

[Magic Effect: This is a kiss from the Mother Goddess of Life, bestowing a curse on the kissed area, causing the loss of six percent of life force every minute along with the addition of a state of desire; the effects grow stronger over time and last for ten minutes, only effective on second rank or below]

[Magic Introduction: A kiss from the Mother Goddess, only another kiss can lift the curse]

Many of the Mother Goddess of Life's spells have this characteristic; named as a blessing, their essence is a curse.

This appears to be a quite powerful spell.
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However, almost no cultist of the Life Esoteric Church would choose it.

Because the method to break the curse has been discovered, quite simple indeed.

It has been widely circulated.

Merely a kiss will do, a kiss would lift the curse.

If nobody can help you, kissing oneself is also viable.

It can only serve as a distraction.

Disturbing the opponent by making them take a brief moment to eliminate the curse, yet for a total of six points of Magic Power consumption, it was totally not cost-effective.

"Don't panic." Kaman's voice echoed in Kuiter's ear, "This is the Mother Goddess of Life's kiss, a paper tiger spell, and I will break it for you."

"Just charge forward and chop him into mincemeat."

Although An Su chanted God's Kiss, Kaman still recognized it as the Mother Goddess of Life's Kiss.

After all, this spell was once so commonplace it was infamous—having been included in textbooks, everyone knew how to break it.

It has been outdated.

Indeed, [God's Kiss] had become obsolete, but combined with another white spell for assistance, it would be different.

A smile formed on the corners of An Su's mouth.

Holy Light white magic, [Precise Assisting Healing]

[Low Rank Magic, Assisting Magic]

[Magic Power Consumption: 2 (originally 1)]

[Magic Effect: Can pinpoint the exact location affected by a Blessing Skill, preventing unnecessary Magic Power loss, leading to a more effective healing]

[Magic Introduction: The entry-level magic for a healing magician]

The effect of this assisting spell is simple: it can locate the specific part affected by a Blessing Skill.

For example, if a saint is injured only in the thigh and uses a Blessing Skill for the entire body, the effectiveness is greatly reduced. By using the assisting magic, the Blessing Skill can precisely target the thigh.

But An Su was not assisting a healing Blessing Skill, instead, he was pinpointing the application location of [God's Kiss]—this Blessing Skill!

And the target was only one—

Kuiter was clearly stunned.

He turned his head with a strange look and saw Kaman with an equally odd expression,

"... The Mother Goddess just kissed my drum," he said. "A bit on the inside."

"..."