While My Mage Wife Grinds, I Power Up Idly
Chapter 105: Is the Divine Mother Goddess’s Divine Statue Big Enough?

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: Is the Divine Mother Goddess’s Divine Statue Big Enough?

"Hah... ah..."

Anna’s soft, pale right arm wrapped around Ashu’s neck. Her left hand used Magical Essence to levitate the Magic Stone in midair.

Under her control, the Magic Stone began to release a radiant stream of multicolored light. These lights merged with her colorless Magical Essence, like pigments soaking into water—dyeing every strand.

Slowly, the newly colored Magical Essence was reabsorbed into Anna’s body. At once, her body gave a shiver.

"Ah..."

"Absorbing that hits that hard?"

"Idiot!" Anna tightened her legs around Ashu’s waist. "That was me—I just came!"

Ashu scratched his head, slightly easing his thrusts. It had been days since they last saw each other. He wanted to take it slow this time, to savor the reunion—not rush to the finish line.

Just then—

A system notification echoed in his mind:

[Anna Kagreia has gained: +5% to Magical Essence Capacity][Critical Return! Vessel has gained: +175% to Magical Essence Capacity!]

Thirty-five times multiplier!

Ashu’s maximum Magical Essence capacity nearly doubled in an instant!

But he didn’t rush to absorb and stabilize the energy. He was still busy caressing Anna.

"Do another one. I didn’t catch the details."

Anna flipped him over, now straddling him from above, and pouted: "You didn’t catch it? I don’t believe that for a second. You’re just trying to trick me into using more Magic Stones! If a single person keeps using them repeatedly, the effect gets weaker and weaker. I don’t want to waste them. Give them to Leia and Ymir instead."

"It’s fine. Just use another one—I want to watch. I’ve got more than enough."

Unable to resist Ashu’s coaxing, Anna gave in and used a second one.

As expected, the system data returned from this stone wasn’t as high as the first. This time, it was only a 150% return!

"Hmm... the boost is barely anything now," Anna murmured.

For her, that was true. But for Ashu? That wasn’t the case at all. Even if it wasn’t as ridiculous as the first one, 150% was still absurd!

To any normal person, this might as well be divine alchemy-grade elixir level.

"How about one more?"

"No! Absolutely not! I refuse to waste another one. The effect keeps getting worse!" Anna was adamant this time. She even raised her voice deliberately: "Leia! Leia, come over here! Stop spying! I’ve got something good for you!"

Sure enough—

The ever-peeking Leia scurried over immediately. She looked at Anna, still riding Ashu, her waist snaking like a silver serpent, and asked:

"What is it? What’s the good stuff?"

"Eat this."

Anna snatched the third Magic Stone that Ashu had just pulled out, and stuffed it straight into Leia’s mouth.

"Wait—just swallow it raw like that?" Ashu couldn’t help but ask.

"Leia’s a Forest Elf. She’s not built like a human." As she said this, Anna gently rubbed Leia’s stomach. "Feel any different?"

Leia tilted her head, thinking it over, and replied, "A little. Feels like I grew an extra leaf."

At the same time, Ashu received a system notification:

[Forest Elf Leia has gained: +5% to Magical Essence Capacity]

[Critical Return! Vessel has gained: +125% to Magical Essence Capacity!]

Leia’s first time using a Magic Stone also gave a 5% boost, but the Critical Return multiplier was only 25 times.

That was exactly why Ashu had insisted Anna be the one to use them first.

Even if Anna’s efficiency decreased with each use, her Critical Return multiplier was still exceptionally high.

It wasn’t hard to guess—Ymir’s would be even lower.

So, Ashu laid out his plan:

Give Ymir just one stone.

Keep the remaining two for himself.

Then, claim he had an epiphany while meditating with them—an excuse to explain a sudden spike in power.

The next morning—

Ashu rose from bed with the Church bell’s first chime, feeling refreshed and clear-headed.

As he got up, he casually gave Anna’s snowy-white breast a squeeze, then went off to wash up.

After that, he left Riven Town under the pretense of "supervising Manaro and the others’ repentance."

On the way, he began steadily absorbing the Magical Essence scattered throughout the mountains.

Before, he had already reached Mid-level Archmage.

But now, with his Magical Essence capacity boosted by a whopping 510%,

he had no idea what level he might break through to.

So, deep in the mountain range, he began to absorb Magical Essence recklessly.

The ambient Magical Essence in the wilderness formed into a swirling vortex,

rushing wildly toward his body.

His limited physical vessel behaved like an endless black hole—

devouring everything in sight.

But Ashu wasn’t content with merely filling up his reservoir.

Instead, he began compressing the newly absorbed Magical Essence as well.

And the moment he succeeded—

It felt as though some invisible shackle had been forcefully shattered.

"A breakthrough?"

Ashu stopped mid-flight, stunned, staring at his own hands in joy.

"I advanced to the Magister rank!"

Anna had once told him—

You can judge a person’s power level by the visible hue of their internal Magical Essence.

But Ashu lacked the gift of spiritual perception and couldn’t see color.

He only had the Reaper’s Eye.

So he activated Reaper’s Eye to observe himself, then cross-referenced his energy signature with the life signatures of several Magisters he’d slain in the past.

The result? Nearly identical.

"I really did become a Magister... what a stroke of luck."

Ashu couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from curling upward.

Technically, he’d only expanded his Magical Essence capacity by 510%—

but because of his insane rate of absorption and compression,

it was like a freight truck getting a rocket boost on the highway.

By the time he filled that 510%,

the damn truck couldn’t brake anymore—

and rammed through every previous limit, continuing to surge forward.

At this point, the total Magical Essence inside him had reached ten times what it used to be at Mid-level Archmage!

So not only had he advanced to Magister,

he’d gained a monstrous internal capacity boost along with it.

And just then—

Within the vision of Reaper’s Eye, a familiar figure was rapidly closing in from the distance.

He immediately dropped down and concealed himself within the jungle foliage.

Before long—

That figure came to a sudden halt right beside him.

The newcomer wore a black mask.

Though not especially powerful, in the borderlands, he still counted as a notable figure.

"Antikythera. You came rushing here like that—what’s so urgent?"

"Yes, Lord Bishop!" Antikythera caught his breath, then quickly said,

"I’ve identified the key individuals mentioned in that letter. The Queen’s Faction of the Kingdom of Ankgarde is dispatching these personnel to assist Atras The Royal Family! Please take a look!"

As he spoke, Antikythera handed over a hand-copied intelligence bulletin.

Ashu gave it a puzzled glance, and Antikythera hurried to explain:

"I assumed I might not be able to reach you in time, so I prepared a few contingencies in advance—to ensure the intel would eventually reach your hands. Luckily, I just found out it was you drawing certain people’s attention at the border."

"Negotiations, huh? Seems Lady Luck really is on my side for once."

Perhaps blessings never come in pairs...

But sometimes, they come in threes—or more.

Ashu unfolded Antikythera’s handwritten bulletin and began to read.

Slowly, his brow furrowed into a deep frown.

"Kingdom of Ankgarde’s First Deceiver, Mage-King, Geodia..."

"Kingdom of Ankgarde’s Royal Vanguard, Bow King, White Arrow..."

"What the hell—

To kill me, they’re dispatching those two heavyweights?"

Ashu finally understood why Antikythera had come charging toward him in such a panic.

To be treated as such a high-priority target by nobles of two kingdoms—

At least his title of Luminous Saint wasn’t for nothing.

Those two... their strength was on par with Vivita.

And anyone who’d seen that Demon Huntress Nun fight would know—

Her combat power was monstrous.

Ordinary people in front of her were no sturdier than paper.

And both of these incoming enemies were her equals in strength.

Just to kill him, the "Luminous Saint"—

They were pulling out everything, not leaving him the slightest chance to struggle.

"Antikythera. Are you certain this information is accurate?" Ashu asked.

Antikythera dropped to his knees immediately and exposed his neck.

"Yes, Lord Bishop. I stake my life on it."

"Damn... that makes this even harder to handle..."

Ashu silently channeled Magical Essence, and the hand-copied bulletin dissolved into dust.

As the one directly involved, he had to think several moves ahead.

The Kingdom of Ankgarde was sending a Mage-King and a Bow King.

Then what about Atras The Royal Family?

They were the hosts, after all—

Surely they wouldn’t allow these two powerhouses to act freely at their own Imperial Princess’s coming-of-age ceremony?

Naturally, they would prepare defenses of equal—or even double—the strength.

In other words,

If Ankgarde deployed two King-Class powerhouses,

Then the Atras Empire would likely deploy four!

Just imagining that kind of lineup—

Ashu was already deciding where he’d like to be buried.

This time, not even Vivita might be able to keep him alive.

Not unless all Twelve Demon-Hunting Nuns were dispatched at once.

Either that—

Or he’d have to go through with that joke he’d made earlier:

Hold a "100-Day Wedding Anniversary" ceremony during the Imperial Princess’s birthday,

And invite the Witches from the Witch’s Guild as guests.

That... might be his only way out.

He had just broken through to the Magister rank,

Barely had time to enjoy the thrill of his new power—

And already, it felt like six mountains were crashing down on his shoulders.

That kind of realm wasn’t something one could reach in just two months.

The path of cultivation—the higher you climb, the harder it becomes to ascend!

Ashu had witnessed Vivita’s combat firsthand. That level of battle power—

Even after his recent breakthrough, he didn’t have the slightest thought of going up against her.

Crushing. It would be an absolute, one-sided crushing.

He figured that even if he advanced to the Grand Archmage level, he still wouldn’t last a single exchange against Vivita.

Those other six people might not possess the same individual might as Vivita—

But combined, they could absolutely overwhelm him on every front.

As for another life-saving method—

Like carrying the Divine Statue of the Divine Mother Goddess on his back—

At this point, he had no idea what size of statue he’d need to activate any effective Holy Light protection.

He’d tried using small-sized Divine Statues before,

And even those weren’t enough to block an attack from someone like Kakarim.

Twenty meters? Thirty? Or maybe fifty meters tall?

To block attacks on that level... Ashu couldn’t even begin to calculate the required scale.

And that kind of enormous Divine Mother Goddess Divine Statue—Ashu had never seen one.

He even started to wonder whether the one in the Holy Church back in the Imperial Capital was big enough.

And more importantly—could he even steal it?

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