The Healer in a Japanese-Style Game World: Mastering Healing to Save My Favorite Character in a Brutal World, Only to Find Everyone Around Me Becoming Obsessed - Chapter 25: The Law of Lightning

Chapter 25: The Law of Lightning

“Listen, Yomi, this creature was born from the contamination. Assume it can use all of Oboro’s powers!”

“Even if you say that, I don’t know its attack methods!”

Tsukuyomi-sama wielded a sword she had drawn from somewhere, but I was at a loss because I hardly knew how this black fox would attack. 

I vaguely remembered Oboro-sama’s attacks from the game, but assuming they would be the same here seemed foolish. As I thought this, a blizzard suddenly started.

“Cold!?”

“Oboro uses the powers of the moon I bestowed, and absolute zero is one of them. If you let your guard down, you’ll become an ice corpse!”

“I would have liked to know that sooner!”

In the game, it was just an ice-element attack, but in reality, its threat level was much higher. My breath turned white, indicating a drop in temperature, and it felt below freezing. A long battle would be impossible.

The abilities I knew about included blinding through eye contact, creating an environment of absolute zero, and controlling ice. The worst one, if my memory was correct, was…

A few minutes into the battle, a blue moon began to rise behind the black fox. It was currently a crescent, but if my prediction was right…

“Tsukuyomi-sama, what’s that moon behind it!?”

“It can use that too!? Human, that moon will bring curses based on lunar legends upon us!”

“Explain in detail.”

“If that technique, Lunatic Moon, completes, we will go mad!”

Is the worst possible effect really coming true?

I remembered that when the moon reached its full phase, it inflicted a madness debuff.

In the game, this caused the protagonist’s controls to reverse and allies to turn hostile. But in reality, this would be disastrous. The effects of madness were unpredictable and unmanageable.

In the game, we could prevent it while fighting, but right now, we simply lacked allies. “Kamigami” was an action-based Japanese RPG where the basic operation included four allies, so we could still manage the unfairness. But with just the two of us, we couldn’t even divide roles properly.

“Yeah, there’s no time to think!”

Ice pillars approached, spear-tails attacked from all directions. 

The game’s unfairness now targeted us directly, aiming to hunt us down. Considering that technique, we didn’t have time, and this situation was getting worse.

Without Kagura’s blessings, I was merely a support specialist, struggling to keep up with this battle. And considering the backlash of using my trump card, I couldn’t use it recklessly.

Tsukuyomi-sama, calling herself a divided spirit, bravely attacked, perhaps trusting my healing abilities. But without a decisive blow, I kept healing her over and over. If this continued, I’d run out of spiritual power first.

“―The thirteenth night is almost here. Hurry, Yomi!”

Looking at the moon behind us, it was indeed the night of the thirteenth moon, meaning it was about to become a full moon. At that moment, my choices narrowed significantly.

“I beseech you, Kagura of calamities… descend from Yomisaka, deliver punishment, consume curses and defilements—sing, yearn, and become empty, bringing forth…”

“Yomi… as expected, those words are from Kagura-sama.”

Tsukuyomi-sama said something, but I couldn’t focus on it. I continued to pray to her—Kagura—and chanted the incantation to borrow her blessing. Using glacial principles against a black fox that controls ice wouldn’t work. So, what I needed to use here was:

“The roaring thunder of Narukami, the Law of Lightning.”

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Name: Yomi

Existence Strength: Lightning

Titles:

[Beloved Child of Eighty Calamities]

[Master of the Thunder God’s Lightning]

[Holder of the Law of Lightning]

Life Force: 50

Spiritual Power: 1200 + 150

Strength: 24 + 30

Dexterity: 50

Defense: 10

Speed: 14 + 200

Spiritual Techniques:

Physical Reinforcement

Healing Prayer

Curse Removal Prayers

Spirit Sight

Barrier Techniques

Divine Skills:

‘Grace of Calamity’…Borrow the authority of Kagura, the Eighty Calamities.

Law of Lightning: Imbues spiritual power with the lightning attribute.

Physical Transformation: Thunder God

Transformation of Existential Strength

Thunder Slash

Duration – Eight minutes

Insufficient Existential Strength

‘Feast of Ōkamuzumi’… Resistance to demonic disturbances.

‘Food of the Underworld’… Resistance to curses, miasma, and demonic energy.

Subjugator of the Black Wolf: Grants the right to summon Obsidian Fang Makami.

[???]…[???]

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“Tsukuyomi-sama—leave this to me!”

Empowered by the blessing, I felt an overwhelming sense of omnipotence and my stats increased. 

Yet, I knew that alone wouldn’t be enough to defeat this black fox. I had to think, choose the best actions—do whatever it takes to save Oboro-sama and give my all.

A mass of ice larger than before was closing in, and the fox used its instincts and power to kill. It sensed the threat from my transformation and employed its techniques to try and kill me.

“But that—won’t hit me!”

With my current speed-focused form, that massive ice block couldn’t touch me.

In fact, I had enough time to slice through it. Lightning crackled around my sword as I slashed vertically through the next incoming ice attack.

“―Let’s keep going!”

While using the Law of Lightning, I could float in the air, making my movements unrestricted. The techniques I could use, just as I had imagined, aided me significantly. I noticed a new divine skill added to my status for a brief moment.

Naturally, a prayer came to my mind. So, I began to chant the words.

“―I, who bring forth thunder, let the divine roar echo and make the earth tremble.”

But this was a large-scale attack, making it difficult to hit this swift opponent. At that moment, Tsukuyomi-sama cast a spell to stop the black fox’s movement. Grateful, I chanted the final words.

“―Thunder Slash!”

This was a single, powerful strike infused with compressed lightning, an ultimate attack.

The blow I unleashed sliced through the fox’s body and even cut through the crazed moon behind it. 

However, the recoil was immense. This newly acquired ultimate technique drained most of my spiritual power and physical strength, and the excessive power’s backlash felt like I was struck by lightning myself.

“―But I defeated it.”

“Well done, Yomi. Now, purify Oboro’s soul!”

Immediately, I approached the full moon, still enveloped in lightning, and poured all my spiritual power into purifying Oboro-sama’s soul. 

As I began the purification, the accumulated miasma overflowed and attacked me.

Poison… no, even that word is too mild. This miasma corroded the soul itself—it was overwhelming. I could barely stay conscious. Breathing became difficult.

“Cough—”

Despite the whirlpool of miasma, I continued the purification, but my spiritual power was running out, and the purification slowed. 

If only I had been at full strength… but there had been no other way to defeat it.

“No, can’t give up! I promised to save her!”

I encouraged myself and decided to use a forbidden technique that converted life force into spiritual power. It was a technique I learned from the Shiranui family’s texts, one that Kagura had warned me not to use. 

But I had no other choice.

If I’m lacking, I’ll just add more. With that thought, I prepared to use the technique,

“—Yomi, I entrust you with my spiritual power. So, I’m counting on you, okay?”

With those words, a hand was placed on my back, and my spiritual power was rapidly restored. Infused with divine spiritual power, the purification technique expelled all the miasma in the area. 

The combined spiritual power of Tsukuyomi-sama and me filled the entire soul space, and my vision was enveloped in light. 

The next moment, I was thrown out and found myself outside.