I had more or less expected that Agnes would appear as the final boss.
After all, The Voice That Forges Worlds created this event dungeon called the “Pilgrim’s Path.”Originally, it would have placed cute slimes and the saint of the Voice’s Church—Agnes—here and there for my benefit.
But thanks to the difficulty being ratcheted up, the slimes were replaced by the Sages of the Order, leaving only Agnes unchanged.
It probably happened because the dungeon wasn’t specifically designed to be owned by just one religion.
Anyway, I knew I’d eventually meet Agnes here, but I hadn’t realized the Voice’s true goal was for me to awaken as an Aura Master.
“Wait a second—that goal’s way too ambitious! I’m not going to reach Master level just from a few sparring matches!”
My desperate protest was met with nothing but an Aura Blade.
“Quiet down and watch carefully.”
Behind Agnes, seven swords of light—floating like a spread of fans—flared outward.They fanned out left and right as…