Geuggeuggeuk!
It was still a narrow hole for the Demon King's rank to pass through.
The interface of the two worlds screamed, fiercely rejecting the Demon King's escape and invasion.
"Keukk."
The higher the rank and the greater the power, the stronger the repulsive force of the world.
At this, the Demon King, who was number one in the Demon World hierarchy, eventually knelt down.
At that moment, a handsome man's hand reached out in front of Avicinis's eyes, who was bowing her head.
Avicinis felt embarrassed and put both hands together, bringing only the tips of her fingers.
"I am receiving an unprecedented light."
Reed's power pulled Avicinis' body into the human world.
Dduddudduk.
The interface was broken even wider by his power. The rain of fragments poured down as if it would bury the two beings. ✠ The Elfenheim Knights, who entered Peronsa to punish the Holy Scriptures, were humiliated by the apostasy of the Master of the Holy Sword.
Naturally, the Holy Emperor was shocked upon receiving their report, and since then, they have been holding emergency response meetings every day.
It has been a week.
Magram Wericks, who was hit just enough to not die from the divine punishment due to Aylet's sophisticated skill operation, opened his eyes.
"Dirty heretics!"
The hot-blooded fanatic who suddenly got up from his sickbed could not contain his excitement.
He barged into the Cardinal's Council room where a meeting was in progress, and stood on the witness stand without permission and spoke passionately.
“I denounce Tesilid Argent! You went to judge heresy, but instead you sided with the heretics! It is clear that the owner of the Holy Sword has been deceived by /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ the witch and has abandoned God!”
“Lord Magram, in the presence of His Holiness the Pope and His Eminence the Cardinal. Calm down......”
“I was not excited, Lord Rex! If I seemed excited, it would not have been me but my full faith that was angry!”
“.......”
“Listen to me! What they did was an unforgivable act of apostasy and heresy! The two heretics should be excommunicated and deprived of their rights as human beings created by ‘strict order and goodness’! Let them be stoned by everyone in the world and set an example of faith! And finally, a clean slate would be good! Not a single hair of the corrupt heretics should be left in the land of ‘strict order and goodness’!”
I believed that everyone would agree since I was just reciting the traditional method of judging heresy.
But why were the cardinals not nodding their heads but just drooling as if they were perplexed?
‘What? Why is the response so lukewarm?’
At this point, Magram was able to read the atmosphere inside the conference room.
Cardinal Decal clicked his tongue at him who was looking around in confusion.
“He only got up from his sickbed in a week, so he shouldn’t know anything. Someone explain it to him. Lord Magram is more than qualified to hear about the situation.”
In order to suppress the extreme believers of the Inspectorate, he had to periodically point out the situation.
There was such a calculation behind Decal’s generous consideration.
Rex, who was closest to Magram, took on the role of the annoying ‘teacher.’
Of course, as expected from his honest personality, he had no complaints.
“Lord Magram.”
“Yes, Lord Rex.”
“Our church is not in a situation where that is possible.”
“Ah! I know what you’re worried about. I heard the news that Hispenril declared heresy as the state religion before I came here. But when we judged the heretic Aylet Rodelin, we were prepared for a holy war!”
Magram, who spoke as if he knew everything, let out a sigh from all sides.
Rex started explaining the basics.
“It’s not just because of the declaration of state religion. It’s more because the owner of the Holy Sword, Lord Tesilid Argent, has gone over to the ‘World-Building Words’ sect.”
“Huh?”
“......Have you forgotten? The reason we were able to decide to judge heresy in the first place was because the owner of the Holy Sword was on our side.”
He tried to use Tesilid’s power and his relationship with the Holy Scriptures.
In fact, the center of gravity was on the latter side, but since he had to turn a blind eye to the beauty trap, he only mentioned the former.
“But now, the owner of the Holy Sword is not our side, but the enemy’s power. If war breaks out with the Duchy of Hispenril, we have no chance of winning.”
Magram looked genuinely surprised.
A reasonable person would think, “Are you crazy?” but this was nothing new for the Order Church.
Since Tesilid had only shown obedience so far, there were quite a few who could not even imagine that he would ‘dare’ to oppose the Church.
The difference in power between the two countries was enough of a reason, but the explanation was not over yet.
“That’s not all. Lord Tesilid is Queen Rabiosa’s biological son. The Kingdom of Binchester announced its support for the Unsung Church the day before yesterday. If we’re not careful, we could turn not only the Duchy of Hispenril, but also the Kingdom of Binchester into our enemies.”
The Elfenheim Church had long since severed diplomatic relations with the Ragnef Magic Republic.
In this situation, if there is friction with the Kingdom of Binchester following the Duchy of Hispenril, the church could be isolated from the continent.
“And lastly, the public sentiment is not good.”
“Public sentiment?”
“The owner of the Holy Sword is a great symbol in itself. The sword that divides good and evil judges his actions.”
“What’s wrong with that? Even so, he is still a heretic.......”
In the end, Rex also let out a sigh.
“But even after converting, Lord Tesilid remained uncorrupted. According to common sense, he should be the ‘owner of the magic sword’, but he is still the ‘owner of the Holy Sword’. That fact is shaking up many of the believers.”
“......!”
The Holy Emperor’s Office had already given up more than 30% of its citizens while fighting a defensive battle to build the Holy Land during Walpurgis Night.
In a situation where public sentiment was worsening, the persecution of the Order Church towards the hero, Shin Seong-gyeong, and the conversion of the hero, the Master of the Holy Sword, acted as a detonator.
As a result, many of the religious citizens applied for asylum in the principality.
The Order Church members are leaving in large numbers.
Originally, Bianca had been working behind the scenes, but by obtaining Tesilid, the plan was progressing more smoothly, and the future of the Unryong Church was very bright.
Shin Seong-gyeong and the Master of the Holy Sword were too good to be true.
“Well, come to think of it....... If he was a heretic, he should have, fallen, but why, why.......”
Magram couldn’t help but be shocked.
He was also one of the believers who were shaken by the last reason.
Tesilid Argent, who turned his back on ‘strict order and goodness’, is still the ‘Master of the Holy Sword’.
In the first place, it was natural since the sword of the Holy Demon did not discriminate between gods, but it was bound to be confusing for those whose thoughts were trapped in the worldview of the one and only God.
If even fanatics are like that, how much more so for other believers?
Several cardinals sitting in the council seats lamented.
“If this continues, we might be called heretics.”
“We shouldn’t have sent the owner of the Holy Sword to Peronsa.”
“That’s right. We should have brainwashed, or rather baptized, Lord Tesilid so that he would remain in our sect.”
“I’m just saying this now, but whose idea was it to send the owner of the Holy Sword to punish the Holy Scriptures......?”
“That was strongly advocated by Saint Muriel.......”
“Cough, cough.”
“Ugh.......”
An annoyed sigh poured out.
Muriel, who was supposed to be in charge of the work, was away, praying, so it was understandable.
“We must admit that judging heresy is impossible.”
A deep voice cut through the sighs.
It was Cardinal Besalius, who seemed to have aged ten years in the month since losing his son.
“So you’re saying we should leave the heretics alone?!”
Magram raised his voice as if he had been betrayed.
Instead of pointing out the rudeness, the old and tired Cardinal Besalius continued to say only what was necessary.
“Of course, we shouldn’t just leave those who pose a great threat to our church alone. We should find another realistic method.”
“A realistic method.”
The person who was thinking was Cardinal Decal.
The two cardinals had a special characteristic.
They often agreed on issues related to the Holy Bible and the owner of the Holy Sword.
Cardinal Decal adjusted his cold monocle and said.
“Come to think of it, it is true that those two betrayed the church.”
Cardinal Besalius nodded with his eyebrows raised.
“That is true. Especially the heretical Holy Scripture side deceived many believers by hiding their true identities. This is an extremely dishonest act for a human being.”
If they had revealed it openly, they would have immediately executed them as heretics, but they brought up universal virtues that are difficult to refute as an excuse.
The two cardinals who joined forces found a justification that could deal a blow to Aylet and Tesilid.
“Let’s make a statement condemning their apostasy.”
“Let’s do that!”
“Oh, good!”
The Order of Order was in a state of shock as they found a means to bring down the honor of the Holy Scripture and the Master of the Holy Sword and to deal a blow to the Unryeong Church.
A rather ambitious atmosphere enveloped the Seonghwangcheong.
However, for the human crowd to be fighting over power, this world was too difficult just to survive.
Kuuuung!
“Hic?”
“Huk?”
A huge vibration was felt above their heads.
“C, the ceiling......?!”
“Oh, no! It’s the sky!”
Even so, all of those gathered here had awakened their divine powers or auras.
They identified the epicenter with their excellent senses.
Kurururung.
The sky was shaking as if it was howling. The celestial earthquake caused circular ripples to run and made the creatures on the ground tremble.
Walpurgis Night and Doomsday.
Everyone recognized the familiar sensation they had experienced during the two disasters.
“More, it’s Dungeon Burst!”
“T-T-Than this much, surely......!”
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