Chapter 457: Pulsating fragments

Chapter 457: Pulsating fragments

There was a small town in the border regions of a nation known as the Divine Empire of Sydnia.

With the collapse of the country, its population flowed out to other places, and it turned into a ghost town.

Inside the rundown church there, it was slow, and it happened little by little, but it was growing steadily.

Several priests of the former Light God Faith wearing hooded cloaks concealing their faces were smiling eerily amongst themselves as they watched what they’re trying to accomplish make favorable progress.

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「Hiyaaaaaa!!」

「Zabe meeee!!」

「Gyaaaaaa!!」

On the outskirts of a ghost town, in the church no longer visited by people, agonizing death cries resounded.

「It would be easy if they are criminal slaves.」

「Yeah, it would be easier than bringing those people dying by the roadside in the slums.」

「For those of us biding our time and avoiding suspicion to the best of our abilities until the revival of our Goddess, criminal slaves are the best thing we could hope to have.」

「Yes, there is no need to rush. We have plenty of time.」

The vacant eyes of the former priests did not perceive the abnormality of the transforming fragment. They were no longer able to make normal judgements.

Beyond their gazes, the fragment placed onto an alter which absorbed the provided offerings had greatly changed from the appearance of a chipped purplish black fragment that it initially had.

There, the fragment covered in human flesh like a meaty baseball was enshrined.

This lump of flesh with no muscle or veins, and naturally no internal organs, was amassing miasma as it pulsated like a heart.

The former priests wished for their goddess...... wished for the revival of the Evil Spirit.

However, a more evil monster was being brought upon this world.

The world was not yet aware of that danger.

The grudge of the sacrifices and the miasma were mixing together, creating a monster egg.

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