Hate me, Miss Witch!-Chapter 34 - 31 Who is your Son of God?

The roaring Black Flames Dragon surged towards the sky, scorching the atmosphere and triggering a blazing storm.

The intense heat within the inferno distorted the light, making it impossible to discern specific shapes.

Stone slabs melted, and flesh and blood evaporated.

All nerve endings were incinerated in an instant; the Ashes cultists on site didn’t even have time to wail or scream before they turned into pale white powder.

Within the inferno, only a pillar of black flame remained—darker than night, as if poised to swallow the world.

Meanwhile, countless azure prompts flashed rapidly through Shiayar’s mind.

[Flame Seed Containment Progress: 100%]

[Skill Prototype: "Amaterasu" has been completed]

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[Amaterasu]

[Attributes: Darkness, Curse, Flame, Spirit]

[Tier: Extraordinary (Quasi)]

[Proficiency: Beginner (0/10,000)]

[Skill Description: Within your line of sight, unleash wide-area pitch-black flames to damage opponents. This attack ignores spatial constraints and inflicts multiple effects, including burns, curses, and spatial rifts.]

[Notice: The skill’s actual power upon release is directly related to the spiritual power expended. Excessive use will severely deplete the user’s spiritual power and place a significant burden on their body. Use with caution.]

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[10,000 Classless Experience Points consumed. Silver’s Composite Skill "Amaterasu" proficiency has broken through, advancing from ’Beginner’ to ’In Control’.]

[30,000 Classless Experience Points consumed. Silver’s Composite Skill "Amaterasu" proficiency has broken through, advancing from ’In Control’ to ’Proficient’.]

[Remaining Classless Experience Pool: 60,500 points]

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[Congratulations! By acquiring a new skill, Silver’s Combat Level has increased. Current Combat Level: 30.]

[Silver’s rank has advanced from Extraordinary Order (2nd Order) to Commander (3rd Order).]

[Congratulations! Your Soul Pact Level has increased. Current Soul Pact Level: 30.]

[Your 3rd Soul Pact has been activated.]

...

Shiayar felt a sharp pain in his left eye. He touched it, and a few drops of crimson liquid trickled from the socket.

Didn’t expect it to even replicate the side effects. That’s absurd.

Luckily, it’s just temporary spiritual power weakness, not permanent vision loss.

He took out a tissue from his Spatial Pocket and wiped the corner of his eye.

After a Beastmaster signs a Soul Contract with a Pet Beast, they can receive physical enhancements from the Pet Beast. The higher the compatibility of the Soul Contract, the greater the feedback enhancement the Beastmaster can get. If compatibility is high enough, they can even directly use some of the Pet Beast’s own skills and abilities. This is why most Beastmasters choose to cultivate Pet Beasts from eggs or infancy. Moreover, unless their original Pet Beast dies accidentally, they won’t easily switch, even if they encounter young Pet Beasts with better Racial Talents.

Silver, Shiayar’s first main Pet Beast, had accompanied him all the way from Ceylon in the North. Their soul compatibility had long since reached an unbreakable, maximum level.

That was why, shortly after Silver completed "Amaterasu," Shiayar had wanted to personally test this newly acquired, powerful skill.

He had seen the notice beneath the skill panel. However, having just obtained "Amaterasu," Shiayar was eager to test its full power.

So, it was worthy of the three Skill Seeds it cost me. Just raising its proficiency from ’Beginner’ to ’Proficient’ cost forty thousand Experience Points for a quasi-Rank Transcending skill.

Indeed, you get what you pay for. Expensive things are flawless; the flaw is my own poverty.

Witnessing the full power of "Amaterasu," Shiayar couldn’t help but offer a lament for his empty pockets.

Extraordinary rank skills are theoretically exclusive to Sovereign Rank Pet Beasts. Even among them, only those with outstanding Racial Talents can possess such skills.

Yet, Silver had now prematurely mastered an Extraordinary rank skill while being two ranks lower.

Although there are current restrictions, once Silver reaches Sovereign Rank, the "(Quasi)" designation can naturally be removed.

Furthermore, by absorbing a 6th Order Extraordinary material, Silver had also leaped two levels, reaching the threshold between the Extraordinary Order and Commander ranks...

Even Shiayar himself, due to the contract’s feedback, had broken through that final barrier, advancing to 3-Ring and activating his 3rd Soul Pact.

"All in all, the spoils are fairly decent." Shiayar stretched lazily, then turned his gaze back to the distant sky. "Now, it’s time to wrap up this farce."

...

「On the distant battlefield.」

The three 4-Ring Masters engaged in combat also sensed the sudden anomaly that had occurred within St. Roland Academy.

POP. POP. POP. POP. POP. POP. POP—

In the Ashes Cult leader’s hands, an iron piece that initially flickered with faint luminescence now had its bright spots rapidly extinguishing one by one, until they completely vanished.

This Extraordinary tool recorded the soul states of the arsonists present. The scene before him undoubtedly declared their utter annihilation.

However, at this moment, the cult leader had no interest in the life or death of his subordinates.

He didn’t even bother with the Magma Giant’s enraged roar as it faced death.

In his spiritual perception, the once majestic and scorching token gifted by his Lord had now completely vanished.

No... to be precise, it hadn’t just disappeared.

Rather, it had merged with the sole human survivor within the blaze.

The cult leader’s face, hidden beneath his black robe, shifted rapidly through expressions of disbelief, anger, and panic...

But ultimately, his expression settled into one of wild elation.

"I see... I see..." he muttered.

"No wonder I found such a mysterious and fervent soul here..."

"Only one of the Lord’s bloodline... the Son of God of Ashes... could directly assimilate a part of my Lord’s body as their own."

"And only thus... could he so easily command the Lord’s Black Flames."

BOOM—

The Magma Giant let out a colossal wail as the core crystal in its chest was shattered by a combined strike from Professor Karn’s Element Fairy Sovereign.

Its life force was fading rapidly.

For the Rock Giant race, the core crystal in its chest was equivalent to a human’s heart and brain. If damaged, death was certain.

But the Ashes Cult leader remained utterly unmoved.

He stood upon the rapidly cooling remnants of the Magma Giant, arms outstretched towards Professor Karn and Colonel Zieg, his face contorted.

"You’re finished! You’re all finished!"

"Quietly embrace your death!"

"The Son of God of Ashes, bearing the Lord’s will, shall descend from the heavens in savage fury!"

"All heretics! All who defy fate—"

"Shall be impaled by that searing spear in the deepest pit of hell!"

Bathed in blood, the Ashes Cult leader let out a maniacal laugh, but it was cut short.

He slowly turned his head, only to see a black-haired, black-eyed young man who had appeared silently behind him at some unknown moment.

An insubstantial blade, formed of Black Flames, pierced straight into his abdomen.

Those scorching flames consumed the Ashes Cult leader’s internal organs in an instant.

It seems the "Flash" and "Amaterasu" combo works pretty well. Another combination technique for the future.

Shiayar whistled, then kicked the Ashes Cult leader’s neck, snapping it.

The head flew high into the air.

The headless corpse toppled from the dead Magma Giant’s shoulder, landing with a wet thud.

"But to hell with you," Shiayar scoffed. "Who do you think is your ’Son of God’?"

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