Chapter 36 - C36 Festival Of Piety

"Plague, tell me. What profane techniques did you use?" The old man asked.

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The whole church was silenced. They wanted to trash the old man and help Plague but their strength was not enough. They were too weak.

They wanted to blame Allen, the Lord that they followed but when they noticed how calm the Plague Priest was.

They realized that from the very start, the Plague Priest did not have a chance to fight against four individuals with the strength on par as him.

But contrary to that, Plague was able to fight them and he even looked fine as if he was walking in a park.

Although Plague was on the passive side, they could feel the divine energy of their Lord was helping The Plague Priest.

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"Did you defect to the demons? Hehe, traitors of the human race." The old man tried to agitate Plague but Plague did not mind him as he kept his eyes closed.

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The members of the Plague River Church clasped their hands and silently prayed, "Our Lord, the Divine Spirit of Life and Death, forgive us for our faith wavered. Please, let our enemies know that you are a great Lord."

As if the members of the Plague River Church had a tacit understanding, they prayed the same prayer at the same time.

Allen heard their prayer. He closed his eyes and entered his inner world.

Then, from there, he manipulated the divine energy from their prayer and created a link towards their location.

He, then, poured the divine energy from their prayers back to them in a form of a divine energy mist that surrounded the members of the Plague River Church, which made them feel a holy aura embracing them, giving warmth to them amidst the storm.

Then, they subconsciously pointed towards the four and yelled, "Perish!"

Four blackish white blobs of death energy were formed and were shot towards them. After that, the blob that Plague shot hit the burly man along with the other blobs.

This happened before the four could even fire their guns towards Plague, just after the old man spoke. They were hit as they did not expect that the members of the Plague River Church could also shoot a blackish white blob of death energy.

The burly man felt an indescribable pain with him and dropped his gun as he convulsed. And after a few seconds, his consciousness faded.

The other three also felt what the burly man felt but it was not as intense as the burly man's.

The blackish white blob of death energy directly attacked their soul and weakened their inner bodies, which was also their core, and resulted in their strength diminishing.

The members of the Plague River Church heaved a sigh of relief as the four dropped their guns and collapsed to the floor.

Then, they prayed again to convey their gratitude towards Allen.

"Our Lord, the Divine Spirit of Life and Death, we thank you from the depths of our heart!"

Their gratitude was filled with sincerity. Then, for some reason, they felt relaxed as a seed of faithfulness was formed in each of their inner bodies.

Their worries seemed to have vanished into the thin air.

After that, Dexter used his ability and conveyed a message to each of the members of the church.

"Don't let them escape!"

But the message was not necessary because the members of the church were already dashing towards their weakened opponents to give them a 'quick' death.

Dexter smiled wryly and walked towards Plague.

Meanwhile, the Plague Priest had his eyes closed as he was waiting for his 'death.' But strangely enough, time seemed to slow and he felt as if he was drifting out of this world.

He felt the aura of his Lord close to him as his seed of faithfulness sprouted in the same way as Elioenai's. Then, the lone root of the sapling dug its way towards Allen's inner world and connected to his inner body.

Plague kept his eyes closed. Then, after a brief moment, he felt a pat on his shoulder along with Dexter's voice saying, "Hail to the Divine Spirit of Life and Death," with a voice filled with joy and reverence.

Their day was long but they did not want to end it yet. Instead, the first festival dedicated to the Divine Spirit of Life and Death was created.

"On this very day, we fought, and our faith grew," Plague began his speech.

"Also, on this day we have completed the test that our Lord gave us. Our faithfulness formed a seed of faithfulness that connected us to our Lord."

"Thus, on this day, we shall have our first festivity, the Festivity of Piety. The Festival of Piety will be celebrated every time we grow in faith."

Unexpectedly, Dexter seemed to be prepared. He played an electro music that has lyrics that praised the Divine Spirit of life.

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Allen did not leave his inner world as he heard Thomas' prayer. He noticed Thomas' divine mark was receiving a greater influx than usual.

He was perplexed. Thus, he connected with Thomas' divine mark and found the source of the divine energy.

In his peak, he also had an arena in his City of Life. But it was not like this. The arena was used to test the faith of his followers and it was not a life and death arena.

The loser is still allowed to live in exchange for his freedom. While the person with the most wins can become part of the divine army and fight for the glory of the Divine Spirit of Life and Death.

Allen smiled. His followers in this era are better than in his past era. He did not need to direct them.

They will think on their own of a way to strengthen their Lord. All that Allen needed to do was to give a reward.

Speaking of which, he did not have an item to bestow his followers as a reward. But, he knows knowledge from ancient times.

Although it was not related to spiritual energy, it could help his followers improve their faith and fight using it.

Allen waved his hand and formed particles that contained a fighting technique. He passed the particles into the Plague Priest's divine mark. Then, the divine mark engraved it in the Plague Priest's mind.

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Amidst the celebration, Plague was suddenly dazed as he received the knowledge that Allen passed him.

After a while, tears fell from his eyes as he subconsciously said out loud, "the Lord had rewarded us."