The rewards for the second Angel Hunt were very fair. As long as one held out until the end, all participants would receive the sa spoils.
However, precisely because there were too many people sharing the bounty, the reward each person received was less than in the first Angel Hunt. But everyone expected this outco, as the Source Angel deliberately designed it this way to provoke demons and Mages into slaughtering each other.
More than ten people endured through the golden rain to the end, including the two bystanders, Filly and Nia, who were more than they could stomach. With so many people feasting on the Source Angel’s Golden Illusion Wings, Ash and his team were not surprised that each Mage received only three Magic Feathers. On the contrary, they were quite satisfied, as the White Bull generously provided a guaranteed reward: one of the three feathers was a shimring Flash Feather.
"I tested the effect of the Flash Feather last night," Vishi said.
"To sum it up, it can transform into any magical color according to the Mage’s wishes. For instance, my soul’s dark blue can change into prophecy’s ebony black."
"You may think a Flash Feather is better than nothing, unable to play a decisive role. Indeed, if you were still mortals, then this Flash Feather wouldn’t an much more to you than a single-color feather."
"But I can tell you unequivocally, if this were in Hell, all Demigods would sacrifice their fifth Void Wing just to exchange for this one Colorless Feather."
Igula raised his eyebrows, "Is it because mortals and Demigods have different bodies?"
Vishi nodded, "When Mages step into the Divine Domain, their bodies and souls shatter and reconstruct, fabricating a soul body externally and erecting a temple internally. At this stage, Mages are no longer mortals but are almost eternal life forms like Technique Spirits, with souls and bodies beyond the limits of lifespan, free from the pain of aging."
"But this doesn’t an the soul body has strong self-healing abilities. On the contrary, the soul body’s recovery capability is extrely low. After all, the essence of recovery and healing is actually the death and rebirth of physical cells. But this cycle chanism is the root cause of aging. The soul body no longer ages, which also ans it’s almost entirely devoid of self-healing capabilities."
"Moreover, not only is the soul body hard to self-heal, but it’s also difficult to accept Wonder healing. Since the soul body’s attributes are determined by the Void Wings: a Fire Demigod using Water Magic Wonder healing is essentially self-harming. Nevertheless, at the sa ti, they are immune to most Fire Technique effects. Whereas a Body Technique Demigod can indeed withstand most healing Wonders, this also ans they will fully bear the damage from other factions."
"If it’s just a one-ti injury, that’s one thing. A more serious situation is when the soul body suffers from continuous damage," Vishi said. "For example, a Fire Demigod cursed by a Water Magic Wonder: using a Fire Technique for healing would have the curse easily dissolved; using Water Magic for healing might even intensify the curse. Different soul bodies suffer from different injuries, and the corresponding treatnt thods also vary, making it very cumberso."
"Speaking of which, you should understand the significance of this Flash Feather to a soul body."
Ash understood, "Adjusting soul body attributes?"
"Precisely," Vishi beca more excited as she spoke, "I don’t know about the Divine Lord, but at the Demigod stage, a Mage cannot gather feathers of conflicting magic, such as Fire Technique and Water Magic cannot be gathered simultaneously; hence a Fire Mage is bound to fully withstand Water Magic damage. But a Flash Feather can completely reverse this situation: even having just one ans your soul body has the corresponding resistance."
"In the case of an instantaneous strike, this Flash Feather can offset 10% of the damage for you; against a continual curse, this Flash Feather can at least reduce 50% of the symptoms, thereby significantly weakening the curse duration. And regardless of what healing Wonder you possess, this Flash Feather can make the Wonder 110% effective!"
Through Vishi’s words, Ash and the others gained a basic understanding of Demigods.
In simple terms, the difference between Demigods and mortals is the resistance distinction. Mortals have almost zero resistance, so healing is simple and damage is one hundred percent lethal, whereas Demigods have varying resistances according to their different Void Wings, and the impact of these resistances is trendous. Whether you have resistance or not will determine if you’re a paper defense.
No wonder Vishi said Demigods would flock to Flash Feathers, since they an you won’t ever be a paper defense in any status, not to ntion they can ensure that no Magic can completely restrain you.
Furthermore, Vishi’s words focused on ’how to heal the soul body,’ showing that she must have suffered quite a bit in this aspect before. Ash did not expect that in Hell, where daily life matters like food, clothing, and shelter were resolved long ago, dical needs would instead beco a thorny issue.
It’s not even ’Rapid Healing,’ more like ’Convenient Healing,’ which lets Vishi appreciate the Flash Feather so highly.
"So, we really hit the jackpot this ti," Ash murmured.
"Indeed, our luck is truly amazing, this is sothing even the Divine Lord would desire," Vishi exclaid. "Perhaps only sharing the Source Angel’s Void Wings could allow us to acquire Flash Feathers. Once the Source Angel has completely fallen, Flash Feathers will be forever extinct."
"It’s our good luck, not yours." Ash reached out his hand, "Hand it over."
Vishi looked at Ash with resentnt but obediently placed her hand in his. She had no choice, for a re three feathers were far from enough to break free from the ruby shackles.
As for crying or resisting, she wouldn’t resort to it. Although her physiological period hadn’t passed, Vishi had ntally prepared herself a month in advance, so she could naturally calm down.
More importantly, during this month, she had tried everything—playing cute to gain Ash’s favor, logical negotiations, appealing to the bigger picture, even cooking als or warming his bed—though she’d been kicked out. Unfortunately, Ash simply refused to return any spare feathers to boost her combat power. Other than ntally tornting Ash a thousand tis over, Vishi could do nothing.
But when she felt the feathers quietly slipping away, Vishi couldn’t help but pout, lowering her eyes to the ground.
Filly leaned over, "Vishi, are you crying?"
"Just a physiological reaction of a weak body," Vishi rubbed her eyes, "nothing to cry about. Do slaves cry when offering to slave owners?"
Filly whispered, "But you and Ash aren’t slave and slave owner. We are comrades fighting side by side. Ash keeping them for you is for your own good."
"Do I look like soone naïve enough to believe that?" Vishi glanced at her and muttered, "It’s just that this body might be as naive as you."
"Alright," Ash released her hand, "you’re lucky. I couldn’t take your Flash Feather. You can keep it."
Filly couldn’t help but shake Vishi’s arm, her eyes full of joy. She couldn’t exactly say, "It’s great that Ash couldn’t take your Flash Feather,"—after all, she didn’t see Vishi getting stronger as a good thing. She was simply happy for Vishi’s joy.
Yet Vishi remained staring blankly at Ash, her eyes filled with puzzlent.
"Besides the Flash Feather, I seem to have..." She hesitantly felt her waist again, "another dark blue feather?"
Igula’s heart stirred, and Harvey also turned to look at Ash. Ash’s expression remained unchanged as he put the golden fish scales back in the bag, "I originally only intended to let you keep one dark blue feather, but I didn’t anticipate not being able to take the Flash Feather, so I had no choice."
"Why?"
"Consider it the reward for saving ," he paused, emphasizing, "I didn’t want to leave you two feathers; the Flash Feather wasn’t sothing I intended to give you, but sadly... So, Vishi, you had good luck this ti."
Vishi gazed at him quietly, then suddenly said, "Did I only save you once?"
She ticked off her fingers, counting, "Golden and Silver Wings once, Rainbow Illusion Wings once, Different Color Wing once, Hell’s Poison once, I at least saved you four tis, so you still owe three—"
As Ash lunged to catch her hand, Vishi imdiately leaned back to avoid him, causing Ash to lose balance and fall from his wheelchair in a clumsy sprawl.
Rose promptly pulled out a suitcase from under the chair, stood up, and said, "I want to resign!"
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