Chapter 22 - The Church of Darkness

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Don’t be in such a hurry to leave. Do you want to talk about it?” This person was dressed in a black robe and his body was completely covered.

“What’s there to talk about, a rat hiding its head and tail!” Owen snorted coldly.

“My bad. Please don’t be angry, Sir.” As he spoke, that person took off his mask and long hat.

This was a human! He had black hair and deep black eyes. He was extremely handsome but he gave Li Wei a gloomy feeling.

“What’s the relationship between these two wolf bandits and you?” Owen asked indifferently.

“They’re just pets I kept when I was bored,” the man said arrogantly.

“So, they massacred the village because of your orders?” Li Wei asked somewhat angrily.

“That’s right. The sword technique I’ve been practicing recently requires many human souls.” The man openly admitted it.

“Do you still have any conscience?” Even Owen, who had seen the world, could not stand such a cruel person.

“Of course, not. Moreover, strong people don’t need such useless things,” the man said softly as if it was a matter of fact.

Owen and Li Wei were not good people but because of their own beliefs, they could not kill thousands of ordinary people.

“To be honest, I really want to kill you with a sword!” Li Wei stared at the person in front of him angrily.

“Hahaha, then you may try!” The man laughed loudly as if he had heard a joke.

“Of course, I’m not your opponent. Your opponent is my teacher.”

“Come on, little mouse, you don’t know what to say. I want to kill you just by looking at you now,” Owen said fiercely.

However, he did not make a move directly. Instead, he stared at the person opposite him cautiously.

“How stupid. You even want to give up the chance to live forever?” The person opposite him suddenly became abnormally violent, and then roared in a somewhat irritable manner.

“Remember not to practice the undead magic or you’ll become extreme and crazy.” Owen turned around and warned Li Wei.

“I didn’t expect you to know so much.” The person opposite him suddenly returned to his normal appearance.

“Of course, I know a lot. I also know that you’re a remnant of the Church of Darkness!” Owen said loudly.

“I’m surprised that you knew about it. It looks like I have another reason to kill you,” the person on the other side said gloomily.

Owen was just guessing, but seeing the man’s reaction, he immediately knew that he was right.

“Do it.”

Owen directly conjured his longsword. The person on the other side began to chant a spell in front of Owen.

Owen was slightly surprised, then raised his sword and displayed his signature fighting technique, Baptism Blade. For a moment, the entire room was filled with white light, and Li Wei felt his entire body becoming warm.

However, the person from the Church of Darkness opposite him did not have the same feeling as Li Wei. He only felt as if he was about to be melted.

At this moment, that person realized that he had been careless. Owen’s strength was somewhat beyond his expectations and he knew light attribute fighting techniques. This was simply his nemesis.

“You guys remember, I will not forgive the two of you the next time I return!” as he spoke, that person threw out a scroll.

Within the scroll was a level-5 undead magic, Undead Barrier.

A large amount of undead energy was emitted. After which, it collided with the sword technique, emitting a sizzling sound. This magic was only resisted for an instant before it was swallowed.

In an instant, that person had already escaped. Owen sensed the surrounding aura and said, “Spatial teleportation scroll? He really has escaped.”

Seeing that the person had escaped, Owen brought Li Wei into a secret passage. That person had just exited from here. Owen wanted to investigate properly.

The two of them walked in, but what was disappointing was that there were no clues at all. There was only a shabby energy cultivation technique called judgment!

Owen quickly put it into his spatial ring. Then, he told Li Wei that he would study it before giving it to him.

On their way back, Li Wei asked about undead magic and the Church of Darkness. Owen did not plan to tell Li Wei too much, but Li Wei said that since he had already met them, he had to understand them. He could not meet them again like a blank piece of paper.

Hearing this, Owen no longer tried to avoid telling him about it. Through his narration, Li Wei had some preliminary understanding of the two.

Three hundred years ago, many gods of the divine realm had established their sects in this world. Among them, there were also evil gods from the underworld, which was the Church of Darkness. Undead magic was its main force.

At first, everyone was fighting over their beliefs, but there were no major conflicts. One day, an unexpected thing happened. Many sects were unable to contact the gods they believed in. For a time, all churches fell into a panic.

Other than the Church of Darkness, the rest of the gods were not a big deal. After the Church of Darkness communicated with the evil god, they killed 990,000 humans and started the blood sacrifice, opening the gate of the underworld. Thus, a one-sided war began.

At first, the humans did not have the strength to fight back, but in the end, under the leadership of the Church of Light, the humans began to show resistance.

Wave after wave of humans rushed to the battlefield, fighting with their lives. Finally, after a hundred years of battle, the humans successfully defended their homeland.

At that time, only the Church of Light, the Church of Life, and a few other churches were left. Later, the presidents of several churches joined forces to seal the passage between the two worlds. Only then did the war come to an end.

After the war, all the humans began to search for and kill the remnants of the Church of Darkness. However, after 200 years, they were still unable to completely eradicate it.

At present, only the Holy See, which was the previous Church of Light, still existed. After hearing this, Li Wei could not help but feel shocked. However, he was more worried.

He had always felt that since the Church of Darkness had been hiding in the shadows for so long, now that they had come out, it was very likely that they had made a big move in Spano Province.

Then, he thought that if the sky fell, there would be a big guy to hold it up. He did not seem to have much to worry about.

Just like that, the teacher and student returned to the Holy Knight Village with their worries in mind and told them that the matter had been resolved. Then, they were warmly welcomed by the villagers.

Owen and Li Wei sat together at the village chief’s house and ate the celebratory banquet prepared for them. During the banquet, Li Wei did not speak.

It was the experienced Owen who kept communicating with the village chief. The village chief was obviously a talkative person, and the two of them chatted happily.

“Village chief, do you still remember the name of the knight from your village?”

The village chief drank in a daze and after a long time, he stammered, “T-the Knight of Judgment. My grandfather told me that.”

“What Knight of Judgment!?” Li Wei and Owen shouted in shock at the same time..