Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 469 - 263 I will take divine step first to enforce the justice of my god_2
The girl’s hair and eye color were identical to Xilin’s.
She wore a faint lipstick, and the pale hue of her face, caressed by the north wind, made the lipstick appear even more vivid.
"I like her lipstick..."
He said softly:
"I’d love to buy it for her, but there’s no time left."
Rudelson’s breathing gradually weakened.
Bishop Tut stood quietly by his side, continuously channeling his power, trying to save the life of this friend.
But the farewell still approached silently.
He could no longer hold on.
Suddenly, time paused once again.
The surrounding scene instantly shifted to the temporary residence beside Xilin.
She quietly gazed at the painting in her hand, and in the hazy memory, the only thing she could see clearly was that person’s eyes.
Those were eyes of calm and peace, just looking at them brought an indescribable happiness.
Louis quietly watched the scene.
He had long known what the painting was.
"’A Lifetime of Love,’ alas, the original was never preserved." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Xilin sat there for a long time.
Suddenly, she gently caressed the corner of the painting:
"My painting doesn’t lie to me, in it lies the happiest moments of my life."
Xilin stood up, placing the painting on the easel.
The brush gently adorned, completing the unfinished eyes.
"Ah, found you."
"Rudelson... my love and redemption."
In response to her call, the miracle of the genius disease came into effect.
She finally remembered Rudelson.
Though the memory was fragmented.
At this moment, however, her expression turned to terror.
Because the just-summoned Rudelson dissipated completely before he could touch her.
At the same time, the painting began to decay at an irreversible speed.
If the portrait of Princess Consort Diana decayed at a rate of 1.
Then the decay rate of ’A Lifetime of Love’ was at least 10.
Though the memory was incomplete, she guessed that Rudelson was already heading towards death.
"No... I must go back."
She stumbled out the door with the maid’s support.
She needed to return to Byron Territory.
There was her home.
The approval for the teleportation array was quickly granted.
Just as Xilin was about to leave with the maid, she encountered the Pope of Love.
"You’ve remembered?"
"Not everything."
"He’s beyond saving."
"I want to try, and besides, I wish to be with him."
"But why?"
"Your Holiness, maybe this is the reason I yearn for the Love God."
"Yearn for the Love God... is it?"
The Pope murmured: "Yes, we swore to fight for all the beauty in the world."
"Not tomorrow, but today."
He looked at Xilin and said:
"I’ve completed the application; I will return with you."
Soon, the group returned to Byron Territory.
When Xilin saw Rudelson lying on the sickbed, she could no longer hold back her emotions and embraced him tightly.
Beside them, the Pope performed Divine Art on Rudelson:
"I still dislike the Necromancer, but you’re not bad."
He said nothing, turning and stepping into the snowy white:
"So I’m going to do what I should do."
’A Lifetime of Love’ extended Rudelson’s life, and on this day, the pair, who almost took flight separately, temporarily reunited.
"Xilin, I have something to attend to today and need to step out."
Xilin reproached: "It’s so hard for us to meet, can’t you stay with me a little longer?"
"This matter is important," he said.
"Alright, since you put it that way."
With Tut’s help, Rudelson went to the local God of Love Church.
There, he saw the Church Knights under a lockdown.
He was stopped by the Knights, and it took him quite some effort to successfully enter the church.
There, he saw the Pope fully armed.
"Your Holiness, what exactly happened?"
"Child, this doesn’t concern you."
"No... it does concern me, doesn’t it?"
The Pope sighed:
"You shouldn’t have come; this is our battle."
Rudelson stubbornly said:
"Please tell me what really happened?"
The Pope looked into his earnest eyes and finally spoke:
"Do you know who the greatest enemy of the God of Love Church is?"
Rudelson said:
"The four Abyss Gods?"
"Yes, to be more precise, it is Lust Incarnate among them."
The Pope looked up and said:
"It is rumored that Lust was once a part of the great sin of lust; He likes to extinguish all the beauty in this world."
"However, Lust Incarnate allows it; my God does not."
"The remnants of the Goddess of Beauty and the divine gift of the Love God combine here, which is something Lust Incarnate does not wish to see."
"The followers of Lust Incarnate will carry out an assassination against you; I have already smelled the scent of danger."
Rudelson was silent: "Is there no possibility of stopping it?"
The Pope said: "Unless we abandon you."
Rudelson hesitated:
"Is there anything I can do to help you?"
The Pope said: "Then go to the City of Art, which is the core place of faith for our church in the Ense Empire."
He smiled and said:
"Don’t show such a sad expression, fighting against the Evil God is the duty of the God of Love Church."
"Especially against Lust Incarnate."
"We fight to protect our faith."
Rudelson was speechless. After returning home, he packed his things and headed to the City of Art with Xilin.
However, the attack did not shift according to others’ thoughts.
Just as they settled in, an overwhelming force swept across the entire city.
Arriving through teleportation, the Pope’s face darkened:
"These bastards, they acted quickly enough."
The nearby cardinal who sensed something amiss and rushed over said:
"Your Holiness, a demigod just activated a half-plane."
"It’s Lust Incarnate’s chosen one, Fulin, you gather the people, I’ll go first."
Cardinal Fulin hesitated for a moment and said anxiously:
"Your Holiness, that’s Lust Incarnate’s chosen one. This time he acts, he must have been prepared, and fighting in his half-plane will lose the initiative."
But the Pope shook his head and said:
"It doesn’t matter; since a fight is inevitable, better let me start it."
He raised the holy book in his hand and smashed it directly into the void.
The void visibly dented under the impact.
On the other side of the breach was Lust Incarnate’s chosen one’s half-plane:
"I have sworn to my God to fight for all that is beautiful; now is the time for me to fulfill that vow."
The Pope stepped into the half-plane.
A new battle was thus unfolded.
In the half-plane, Rudelson held Xilin, watching the battlefield ahead that had become a bloody storm.
He showed a pained expression.
"Why is it like this?"
"Lift your head, watch closely, boy."
The Pope’s voice was as grand as thunder:
"I shall execute my God’s justice, ahead of the gods."
It was a competition of strength and beauty.
The Pope of the Love God, like an angel on earth, causing heavens to collapse and earth to break wherever he went.
The followers of Lust Incarnate and the summoned abyss demons could not withstand even a single blow from him.
However, there were simply too many enemies on the scene.
Especially the two chosen ones of Lust Incarnate advancing.
They were demigods, given some time, they could reduce half the continent to wasteland.
The power of the half-plane locked down Rudelson and Xilin.
No matter what they tried, they could not escape.
The Pope said nothing, yet protected them while battling his opponents fiercely.
A booming sound echoed.
The ram on the Pope’s holy book directly smashed one of Lust Incarnate’s chosen ones into oblivion, killing him on the spot.
But the other chosen one had already pierced the Pope’s body with the stinger on its tail.
The Pope was smiling.
He directly grabbed the tail and pulled the other chosen one close.
His hands were like shackles that could imprison criminals, binding him tightly.
"Fulin!"
At his call, a terrifying shockwave tore through the crystal wall of the half-plane, as a white-haired middle-aged man stepped through the smoke and flames.
A terrifying flanged mace smashed down heavily, turning the Lust Incarnate’s chosen one, locked by the Pope, into a pile of pulp.
The one who arrived was none other than the Cardinal responsible for the Ense Empire region, Archbishop Fulin.
"Your Holiness, I apologize for being late."
His eyes were bloodshot, and from the unfolded half-plane emerged one priest and temple knight after another.
These were the core fighters of the church’s nearby area.
"Everyone, this is a holy war!"
"How exhilarating! How thrilling!"
The followers of the Love God emerging from Fulin’s half-plane shouted wildly.
"Everyone, execute the will of God and uphold our justice."
"Charge into the abyss!"
A new war commenced.
