It occurs to me that since he has Nephylia's book, no other followers of her faith can level up - only he can. The book may have other functions which he hasn't discovered yet; the powers of the Goddess may be seriously limited now.
The name Atom is significant because this story is inspired by another manga called "Tetsuwan Atom;" known in America as "Astro Boy."
More of "Fireball" was planned, but Katsuhiro Otomo never finished the story. Instead he remade it into "Akira."
The 1st thing he does is grab her breasts & compare them to her mother's. So everything he's going to do to her in this story - he's already done to the mother.
I'm confused how someone whose alignment is neutral is considered the follower of an evil deity.
Is it just because he met Her first? If he studies the religion & starts worshiping another God, will he free himself of Her "blessing?"
She was invincible until meeting another who also has Divine Skill, & even summons multiple blades when she has only 1 hammer.
Also we learned that she's seen an adventurer brutally killed, thus her extreme resistance to becoming one. :haa:
The album that one of them carried (until he had to throw it away) is In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson. It's a British record from 1969. https://images.app.goo.gl/eitDvCGGpxeYovai7
So in the previous chapter, the Pond flower was likely missing because of those thieves. 🪻 They were probably hired by someone who wanted the prince to die.