Diary of Guarding Monster Girls-Chapter 594 - 342 The Sun Church’s Calculations (4.2K, Please Subscribe!)

"The Sun Church has declared war on the Sinful Desire Church? Hiss..."

The Ashen Bishop didn't speak, but Herbert, who was eavesdropping from under the skirt, subconsciously repeated.

Huh?

What's this development?

This, isn't quite right, is it?

The initial incident shouldn't have been exposed!

Herbert and Nenasha had repeatedly confirmed it; they had misappropriated authority back then, and the Sun God shouldn't have been aware of it.

How would He know to cause trouble for the God of Sinful Desire?

"And moreover... even assuming the worst, weren't you the one who hit first?"

In the previous conflict, the one who should have been angry was Sinful Desire.

The Divine Favorer died, the corrupted city was gone, the plan was thwarted, and the embodiment was destroyed... Herbert made Him lose thoroughly.

If anyone were to be angry, it should be the God of Sinful Desire. How did it end up the other way around?

"The one who got hit hasn't said anything, why are you making the first move?"

Is the villain accusing the victim? Taking advantage and acting coy?

Brother, what's going on with you?

Is this truly our righteous Sun God?

Herbert's confusion was indeed the thought in the Ashen Bishop's mind, though her first reaction was more straightforward—absurd.

Seeing the scene from Quinna's memory, the Ashen Bishop knew that the Sun God's power had intervened in the battlefield against the God of Sinful Desire, becoming a crucial force in his plan's downfall.

However, she knew something more definitely than Herbert—it's certain that the declaration of Holy War wasn't made by the Divine itself.

The news of the Sun God appearing to fall into slumber had already spread in the world for several centuries.

During this time, the Sun Church's actions had indeed toned down, still leading the charge against evil, but not as "fanatical" as before.

If the Sun God was indeed in such a state, then the decision was definitely not made by the Sun God itself, but by its Sun Church below.

Although the Church represents the Divine's will, it's not entirely following the Divine's wishes in action.

Objectively speaking, they possess some degree of subjective initiative.

"Are you certain they've initiated a Holy War?"

The Ashen Bishop asked with a frown: "Are you sure that what they declared is a 'Holy War'?"

Battles between Divine Spirit Churches, Orders, and Sects are quite common.

Especially after entering the second millennium of the Era of Faith, when the honeymoon period between the faiths of the gods began to wane, relationships became increasingly strained.

They often let their subordinates engage in overt and covert confrontations for the fighting over followers as precious resources.

Sometimes, even close allies on the surface might allow their subordinates to fight secretly just for the gain or loss of a town or a piece of land.

But as long as it doesn't escalate to the level of a Holy War, then it's actually a trivial matter, just playful squabbles.

Once it escalates to the level of a Holy War, it concerns the survival or demise between two Divine Churches.

Any Holy War between Divine Churches is extremely dangerous and could result in a major showdown between the two sects, possibly even leading to a direct intervention by the gods.

Just for the small matter of "their own god beating up an evil god"?

Is it worth it?

Is this reasonable?

"Although regrettable, yes, they did declare it as such."

The Knight Commander looked equally serious, nodded, then sighed and said, "I sent them a message to confirm, and the other side insisted it's a 'glorious Holy War to restore our Lord's glory,' ha."

In the end, he couldn't help but let out a mocking chuckle.

Is this the justice they uphold?

Ridiculous.

"…" The Ashen Bishop frowned slowly, asking, "What exactly happened? Why is the Sun Church so enraged?"

The Knight Commander shook his head and explained, "According to their account, for some reason, the God of Sinful Desire dispatched a team of Corrupt Apostles trying to forcibly corrupt an entire devout city of Sun God's followers a few days ago..."

Herbert: ?

Ashen Bishop: ?

Wait, this is an unheard-of piece of news, what's this situation?

Lost in confusion, Herbert subconsciously raised his hand to scratch his head then stopped halfway.

He slightly glanced from the corner of his eye, seeing the still snake tail nearby.

To his surprise, he found that, after he made a move, the snake tail didn't react by moving away.

"... Oh?"

Realizing that the Ashen Bishop's attention is focused elsewhere, Herbert's lips slightly curled up.

"Opportunity has come," Herbert silently murmured, lightly licking his lips, and began slowly moving towards the snake tail.

Putting his hands on the ground, exerting slight force, he lifted his seated body half an inch, then moved relying on his fingers.

The two hands acted like two giant spiders, moving "quickly" in a silent and covert posture.

Move, move, move...

The Ashen Bishop, indeed, had put all her attention on the "Holy War intelligence" that the Knight Commander talked about, ignoring Herbert.

In her mind, since Herbert regained consciousness, he should stay put and would not do anything out of line.

Yet she never imagined that Herbert would dare to be so bold!

In such a situation, he still dared to continue courting disaster!

...

"Although that group of Corrupt Apostles didn't succeed, their plot was detected by the Sun Church just as they were about to conduct the ritual, causing no casualties, but the Sun Church viewed it as a serious provocation."

"... It's truly unclear why the God of Sinful Desire would make such a provocative move."