Volume 6, Chapter 79 – Angel

“What… is this?”

In the vast space that could accommodate at least ten thousand people, there were pulsating lumps of flesh everywhere, like hearts. The ground and walls were stained black with blood, and a thick, nauseating smell of blood rushed into her nostrils. The hellish scene made Evelyn subconsciously take a small step back. If it were someone who had never seen a murder scene, they would surely have vomited immediately after seeing this. Even Evelyn, if she hadn’t seen these pulsating balls of flesh on the ground before, would have surely screamed and fled back the way she came without looking back.

Of course, this was on the premise that Evelyn hadn’t seen it before. Mustering up her courage, Evelyn held her breath and tiptoed into the hall. The balls of flesh Evelyn had seen before had taken less than five minutes to rupture and gestate demons, but the ones before her were very different from the ones she had seen before.

First, their volume was much larger than the previous two times, at least twice the size of the ones she had seen before. Through the stretched skin of these balls of flesh, Evelyn could clearly see the numerous, fetus-like creatures sleeping inside.

Second, these balls of flesh seemed to be in a deep sleep. Their pulsation was unusually slow, and the sound was so faint that it was almost inaudible. This was also one of the reasons why Evelyn hadn’t turned and run. What was certain was that the balls of flesh themselves were not aggressive—unless she startled them.

“…No wonder Julius doesn’t let anyone into the fifth level. Besides himself, no matter who sees this scene, their faith in the Goddess will be shaken.”

Muttering under her breath, Evelyn secretly tightened her grip on the two divine staffs in her hands. Although she really wanted to throw away the cross-shaped divine staff, which had almost no function in battle besides symbolizing power, the feeling of it being a pity to throw it away just wouldn’t leave her mind.

Step by step, she walked towards one of the lumps of flesh closest to the door. The huge lump of flesh, about two people tall, required Evelyn to look up to see its entirety.

A strange feeling welled up in her heart—it wasn’t disgust or fear, but something very subtle and difficult to describe. Subconsciously, Evelyn reached out her hand towards the ball of flesh.

A cold touch, both soft and elastic, no different from skin. At first, it was just one finger. Later, Evelyn had already pressed her entire palm against it.

“This feeling… kindness and familiarity…”

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A bad feeling welled up in her heart. Evelyn’s heart and fingertips trembled for a moment. And as if it had sensed her presence, the surface of the ball of flesh began to squirm. With a motion as if to swallow her palm, it guided her arm to sink into it.

The sense of kindness instantly disappeared, and a feeling of disgust and discomfort welled up in her heart. Evelyn withdrew her hand with the speed of a conditioned reflex, but her palm seemed to be stuck to it by some extremely strong slime. Although Evelyn could pull her hand out of the ball of flesh, the surface of the ball of flesh was firmly stuck to her palm. Even after pulling it a meter away, there was no sign of it breaking or letting go.

“Tsk.”

A feeling of fear invaded her body. Evelyn clicked her tongue heavily, threw the cross-shaped divine staff on the ground, and prepared to cut the skin of the ball of flesh stuck to her palm with the Staff of Divine Retribution.

But it was at this moment that an extremely strong, undeniable white light flashed from her chest. The moment the light flashed, like ice meeting fire, the ball of flesh quickly released Evelyn, and its own body, as if it had touched something very hot, suddenly caved in on the side facing her, in a motion to avoid the white light.

Without the courage to hesitate, Evelyn even forgot to pick up the cross-shaped divine staff on the ground and quickly ran out of the huge underground space.

She looked back to confirm.

Nothing was following.

The ball of flesh was also still in a state of slumber. The white light just now had not caused a chain reaction.

“Hah…”

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The feeling of having escaped from death made Evelyn let out a long breath. Her heart was beating violently, and her chest was heaving up and down.

“…What was that just now? The white light Yisi mentioned?”

Her right hand involuntarily clutched her chest. Evelyn lowered her head and looked at her bosom. Although she had been very nervous when she was running away, she still couldn’t help but glance down at the place where the white light had emitted from her body—her heart.

“Hey, hey, what on earth is going on?”

If she didn’t try again, she wouldn’t know the result. But the strange scene just now had completely shattered her courage.

Evelyn only dared to stand at the door and look at the hall from afar, as if she were to step in again, she would be trapped and unable to get out.

Immediately after, something that made her eyes widen happened.

The ball of flesh she had just touched suddenly made a sound like a watermelon cracking. Its translucent skin suddenly split, and just like the balls of flesh she had seen before, several humanoid creatures walked out from inside.

To be precise, they crawled out.

If the demons Evelyn had first seen were compared to human children of about eight years old, then the things crawling out of the balls of flesh in front of her were only equivalent to a few months old infants. However, unlike the demons Evelyn had seen before, these creatures had the same skin color as humans, their expressions were no longer ferocious, and their physical abilities were even the same as their apparent age. If she hadn’t seen them crawl out of the balls of flesh with her own eyes, Evelyn would have only mistaken these creatures, whose bodies were covered in mucus, for human infants.

An indescribable chill enveloped her entire body. Evelyn raised the Staff of Divine Retribution.

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“Disgusting.”

Even if she didn’t have a righteous heart, after seeing such an evil scene, she couldn’t help but have the thought of burning this place down.

Time waits for no one. Although it would be more appropriate to leave this place as evidence to execute Julius in the future, who knew what else Julius would come up with in the meantime. What was certain was that if Julius were to release all the balls of flesh here, the entire Mitters Bayer, and even the Ymir Church, would be destroyed.

…?

Wait.

A bolt of lightning suddenly shot through her mind. Like a messy ball of thread being combed out by a comb, Evelyn’s shoulders trembled, and a smile that was by no means a compliment appeared on her face.

“I see… so this is your backup plan, you bastard. You’ve completely gone mad.”

Why wasn’t Julius worried that she wouldn’t cooperate with him after she became the Pope? And why had he been constantly talking about unifying humanity for two hundred years, but had not made any tentative efforts on the surface?

Because he had already found a direction.

That is, to use the things gestated in this room as tools of war to unify humanity.

As for why he had been holding this card up his sleeve and had not made a move, it was very likely because this technology was not yet mature. Julius could not completely control these demons, and he didn’t even know how much longer it would take to complete. So when Yisi brought the medicine that could cure the Fallen Mark before him, he was so moved.

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Unfortunately, Yisi was stronger than he had expected. He could only place his bet on the one hand, and shift his focus back to his originally developed war weapons on the other.

The long-puzzling question was finally cleared up, and a feeling of enlightenment filled Evelyn’s entire body.

“If that’s the case, then everything can be explained.”

Except for what she was.

Next, she would burn this place to the ground, then go to the passage on the right and run out from the Tower of Ymir and the sky bridge. She had to make what happened here public. That way, even without borrowing Yisi’s strength, Julius would be executed by fire by the believers.

However, just as Evelyn was beginning to chant a spell, another aged voice that had been waiting for a long time sounded.

“Finally, you have successfully hatched.”

“Ugh?!”

While turning her head, with a force that would smash the newcomer’s head, Evelyn used her body as an axis and brought the Staff of Divine Retribution smashing down behind her.

She missed.