Sturdy Saint

### Abilities

Strengthens the user, both physically and magically, upon receiving the opponent's attacks.

## Possessors

### Formerly

**Saints & Martyrs*** Saint Stephen
* Margaret Clitherow

**Sturdy Saint**, also known as the **Saint's Trials**, is a Sacred Gear with the power to strengthen the wielder's power upon receiving the opponents' attacks.

## Summary

Sturdy Saint is among the numerous Sacred Gears created by the Biblical God before his death under the hands of the Four Great Satans in the Great War. It is considered to be among the strongest Defensive/Counter-Based Sacred Gears, with the potential of evolving into a Neo-Longinus in the future.

According to Azazel, the Sacred Gear got its epithet, Saint's Trials, due to the amount of its former wielders being martyrs and/or being canonized as saints. It is estimated that it has been in the possession of *at least* 6 saints that the Vatican know of, two of which being Saint Stephen who was stoned to death and Margaret Clitherow who died by crushing.

## Appearance

Sturdy Saint takes the form of a silver-blue aura surrounding the wielder's body upon activation which becomes brighter the more attacks the wielder receives. Skilled wielders, however, can hide their aura away by making them more transparent and eventually invisible to the human eyes.

## Abilities

Sturdy Saint strengthens the wielder by enveloping the user in an aura which allows them to absorb the energy of their opponents' attacks, regardless if it is physical, magical, or spiritual. The absorbed energy could then be absorbed by the wielder, giving them a temporary boost in their physical and magical capabilities, or be released into the world under the form of blasts of magical energy.

Upon receiving a certain amount of energy, the wielder receives a boost in their power and multiple boosts can be stacked upon each other to even greater enhance the amount of power the wielder gains. Even after the Sacred Gear is deactivated, the power boost will not disappear instantly but gradually, unlike many Sacred Gears of the same category.

Unlike many Sacred Gears or enchanted items of similar powers, there isn't an exact maximum limits of how many attacks it can absorb or how many power boosts the wielder can gain, and Azazel speculated that, with the right trainings, enhancements, and enchantments, the wielder can possibly stack an infinite number of power boosts on top of each other and potentially gain God-class levels of power.

## Forms

### Sturdy Saint Withstand

**Sturdy Saint Withstand** (聖者の試練に次ぐ試練スターディ・セイント・ウィズスタンド, *Sutādi Seinto U~izusutando*), also known as the **Saint's Trial and Next Trial**, is Nero Raimondi's Crest Side Balance Breaker. It creates a giant automaton-like battle suit around him, which he can control as easily as he does with his own limbs, and is equipped with many technologically advanced weaponry, such as laser cannons or missile launchers.

His strength and defense in this form is also significantly enhanced to the point where he could withstand the attacks of a temporarily revived Ddraig - A Primordial-class fighter who is considered to be one of the strongest dragons to ever hold the title of Heavenly Dragon.

## Trivia

* It is among the Top. 5 most powerful Defensive/Counter-Based Sacred Gears.
* Many wielders also practice touki to better control the Sacred Gear's powers.
* Due to its power, most wielders prefer to fight hand-to-hand combat rather than with weapons.
* Both of its known former wielders, Saint Stephen and Margaret Clitherow, died because they were unwilling to activate their Sacred Gear for unspecific reasons.