Chapter 523: Coach, I Want to Learn This!
"Kazuma's alive again!"
"What the hell?"
Eiji jolted in surprise.
He immediately released Megumin and looked toward where Kazuma's corpse had been lying. Darkness and the other adventurers were gathered around the spot, with Aqua at the center placing her hands on Kazuma's body, soft blue light emanating from her palms.
Soon, the hole in Kazuma's forehead and his unnaturally twisted neck were restored, and all his wounds rapidly disappeared.
"Hey hey, isn't this a bit ridiculous?"
Eiji pinched the witch's cheeks hard, only realizing this might not be a dream when she cried out in pain.
"Does this world actually have resurrection magic?"
Amid the witch's shouts of "Why don't you pinch yourself instead?", he asked with utter disbelief.
"...It does exist, but one would need to master holy magic to an extremely advanced level to learn it."
Airi rubbed her cheeks, her expression turning serious.
"For a priestess to wield resurrection magic—she's absolutely no ordinary figure. Just who is she?"
Earlier, she'd introduced herself as a goddess.
Though her foolish and utterly punchable behavior made it hard to believe she was a divine being.
But that wasn't the point!
"Coach, I want to learn this!"
Watching Kazuma's resurrection, Eiji's eyes sparkled, refusing to look away as he tugged at the witch's sleeve excitedly.
Resurrection magic!
Bringing the dead back to life!
Isn't that way cooler than teleportation or whatever?
And so incredibly useful!
Back in the DanMachi world, if he'd known resurrection magic, how could Loki Familia have lost people during the dungeon war?
"I don't think that's possible."
But the witch's next words immediately doused him with cold water.
"Check your adventurer card."
Only then did Eiji remember, hurriedly pulling out his adventurer card.
The learnable skills did indeed include resurrection magic, but the required points were—
"500 points? Are you kidding me!"
"Of course."
Airi said this as if it were obvious.
"Holy magic, simply put, is magic that borrows divine power—it requires absolute pious devotion! The more advanced the priest, the stronger their faith, allowing them to borrow greater divine power to perform miracles like resurrection that belong solely to the gods!"
High-level priests are inevitably devout believers.
Only with burning devotion can one borrow enough holy power from the gods to cast sacred magic like resurrection.
For those without faith to forcibly borrow divine power, it would require an astronomical amount of skill points like this.
Though ordinary people would only need around 100 points—only magic duds like Eiji need 500.
Even so, normal people could never accumulate that many skill points in a lifetime, making resurrection magic impossible for them.
"Never mind then."
Eiji's shoulders slumped in disappointment.
He held no reverence for gods, making it hard to become a devout believer. With no hope of accumulating over 500 skill points in this lifetime, resurrection magic would remain an unattainable ideal he could only admire from afar.
"Kazuma, what are you saying... What do you mean you don't want to come back? No way! If you don't return, how am I supposed to defeat the Demon King and return to heaven alone? Get back here right now, or I'll play pranks on your corpse!"
She was even holding a conversation—probably talking to Kazuma's departed soul.
"Um... could you help me up?"
Megumin suddenly requested, her small face twisted in displeasure.
"I'm going to draw an XX on his OO, and then put an XX on his OO..."
Terrified by Megumin's shamelessness, Kazuma ultimately agreed to revive, opening his eyes right in front of Eiji.
Then Aqua repeated her trick, reviving all the other adventurers who were severely injured, near death, or already dead.
Everyone was immensely grateful to Aqua, and the ensuing praise made her so proud her tail practically stood on end. The entire hillside was filled with a harmonious, joyful atmosphere.
Sour.
Extremely sour.
Eiji turned into a lemon from sheer envy.
Truly befitting of a goddess—with a wave of her hand, she showered divine miracles like rain.
Yet, with his exceptional agility, Eiji dodged every single drop of that divine rain.
Staring at the large "Requires 500 Skill Points" text on his card, Eiji wanted to cry but couldn't.
Even the so-called strongest human attack magic, Explosion, only cost a little over 200 skill points in his learnable skills list!
"Huh? Wait a minute!"
Eiji's gaze suddenly sharpened, and then his face paled in shock.
"Hey, witch, come look at this! My card's bugged!"
"What now?"
Airi Yasaka walked over with a look that said, "You're so annoying."
"I leveled up, but my stats didn't increase at all!"
"Didn't your magic power go up a bit?"
"Only magic power increased by a few points! Strength, vitality, and the rest—nothing improved!"
"That's normal. You're already so strong—you must've hit your limit."
Airi waved her hand dismissively.
"What do you mean?"
"Adventurers have limits."
Airi was getting impatient with him, but knowing she might get a knuckle sandwich if she wasn't careful, she forced herself to explain.
"Some adventurers stop gaining stats after reaching around level 10—that's their personal limit. Others might hit theirs at level 30, or 40... It varies by individual."
Depending on their innate talent, each adventurer's limit differs.
Average people reach their limit in their teens, while only the exceptionally talented can become first-rate or even top-tier adventurers.
"That's why there are so few adventurers above level 50—most hit their limits long before then and can't grow any stronger."
Airi shrugged.
"Unless they stop being human."
By becoming races with greater potential—like oni, Headless Knights, liches, or vampires—they can naturally break past those limits.
As for Eiji's situation—his stats had long surpassed the maximum the adventurer system could handle.
In other words, he was too strong.
So strong that he exceeded the system's limits, far surpassing even the stats of oni, whose potential dwarfs ordinary humans. Naturally, the system could no longer assist him.
An overwhelmingly powerful outsider arriving in this Konosuba world was bound to face this outcome.
Even the gods were no exception.
"This world is so boring!"
Eiji slammed the card onto the ground with a loud smack, his face full of indignation.
"At least there are still skills to learn. You still get skill points when leveling up, and your magic power can still improve, right?"
Airi looked on with gleeful schadenfreude.
The Demon King was finally getting his comeuppance!
The fact that he couldn't improve his strength through the adventurer system was undoubtedly good news for the Yasaka clan... or was it really good news?
Airi's mood suddenly turned bitter—this was just proof that this guy was too powerful to begin with!
"You're right!"
Eiji thought she made a good point and picked up the card that had almost blown away in the wind.