Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 460 - 400: Only for the Salvation of All Beings

The breakout squad organized by Dawn brushed past the company’s executives, and their journey was incredibly smooth, straight until they reached the secret hideout without any obstruction from the Ashen Church.

At this moment, the Pope was eagerly advancing his plan to the next stage, temporarily lacking the energy to pay attention to a few foreigners who had secretly slipped out of the Holy City Cathedral.

"What is this?"

After entering the room, Earth Wolf Twelve’s gaze was quickly drawn to the enormous crystal in the room; this specially materialized crystal was reflecting the scene from beneath the cathedral.

It was a double entendre of a question.

Because his curiosity quickly shifted to the "object" seated on the Golden Throne.

"The scorched Pope."

Yet Dawn was not surprised by this, "This is the result of forcibly infusing a human body with the power of the Sun King."

The humanoid object on the Golden Throne was unrecognizable, its original contours obliterated, but what was bizarre was that beneath the completely charred layer of skin, a golden light spilled out.

The hollow eye sockets that lost the eyeballs, and the mouth agape due to extreme pain, were both flickering with the same brilliance.

"Are you saying he got burned to death?"

The Third Prince asked in astonishment.

The current Pope of the Ashen Church was ambitious, having nearly realized his entire layout, yet if he were to burn himself to death before achieving his great work, it would be somewhat ironically humorous.

"I wish that were the case, but sadly, he’s still alive."

Dawn spoke with a grave expression, the golden glow beneath the charred skin was the Scorching Sun Power that the Pope hadn’t yet dispersed; although his body was thoroughly incinerated in the process of the infusion, he had appropriated the energy left by the Sun King for himself.

The Pope had now become a being that surpassed their understanding.

An entity of pure energy.

And this, for them, was not good news at all.

"The Pope altered the Prophecy of the Sun King. The one meant to rise to the Golden Throne was the chosen one of the Sun King, which is Duan Mingyuan."

If the one sitting on the Golden Throne was Duan Mingyuan, the self-ignition would not have occurred; however, the current Pope was, by all means, unwilling to admit to the status of a heretic.

"...How did you know that?"

The Third Prince was stunned by this sudden secret, yet after thinking carefully, he suddenly recalled signs from as early as when Baptism first visited Blue Star.

Duan Mingyuan possessed a natural affinity for the Scorching Sun Power, and the preacher Hei Misa on the Baptism ship even regarded him as the Sun King himself.

"This is a message from the Land of Eternal Night, but now is not the time to talk about this; we must quickly set up the summoning ritual and open a pathway between the two dimensions."

Dawn’s tone was urgent. At present, the only person who could stop the Pope was Duan Mingyuan, and it was precisely this that the Pope had foreseen, altering some content in ’Genesis’ and using the Dark Night Witch to lead him to the Land of Eternal Night.

"The true purpose of the Pope is to seal Duan Mingyuan and the Void Demon together in the Land of Eternal Night."

To connect the two dimensions, someone must serve as the guide in the real dimension; they must set up a new Summoning Array in the realm of the Holy City.

They were racing against time, and racing against the Pope who had completed his transformation.

The unknown filled Dawn with immense anxiety; she had no idea what the Pope could now do.

The Pope had been scheming to obtain the energy from the Golden Throne, and now, he had fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

On the other end of the crystal, the company’s executives had recovered from their initial shock, and someone began to question the Church’s Judge, "What does this mean?"

The "object" on the Golden Throne seemed utterly lifeless.

"Take a good look, this is who we are now."

The response came in a commanding tone, and in an instant, the scenery around the people changed. The void’s projections were cast on either side of them, allowing them to see the stars up close—the Star Zone where the Holy City was located was almost completely ignited by war.

"Caught in strife for our own interests, we became puppets manipulated by demons. Over the past few years, I have been reflecting on why the Universe Company has fallen to its current state."

"If you’ve come to apportion blame, I’d advise you to save your breath."

Immediate retorts rose from the crowd.

The Church’s sermons weren’t meant for them; in terms of administrative rank, everyone present had an equal standing with the Pope.

Besides, everyone privy to the underlying facts knew that the Ashen Church had no ground to stand on in accusing others.

The witch hunt had persisted for centuries, the Universe Company had invested a massive war fund, expending a great deal of manpower and material resources. During the campaign against the witches, many department heads had faced assassination. Even putting aside all that, the Church’s policy of preferring to kill a hundred by mistake rather than letting one go had plunged the company’s reputation to rock bottom in several Star Zones.

And it was under these circumstances that the Shan Clan People had rapidly developed.

The Pope ignored the objections and continued at his own pace, "The answer lies in the fact that over these long years, we’ve forgotten the importance of unity. It was by this very principle that the humans of old stood against the invasion of the Void Demons."

"That’s just the history of the Ashen Empire."

Clearly, not everyone was a follower of the Sun King, so they were naturally not bound to accept the history recorded in ’Genesis’.

"Everything that is about to happen today is part of history."

The company’s executives wanted to say more, but all mocking words got stuck in their throats.

The "celestial phenomena" lingering around them suddenly changed, and in a blink of an eye, a blinding brilliance enveloped everything. Under the brilliance that swept across the entire Star Zone, all the war machines ceased to operate, and those people who had been blinded by different stands and hatred suddenly "woke up" as if they had come to their senses.

The Pope merely observed all of this calmly.

His body was bound to the Golden Throne, but it granted him a broader perspective.

He now stood in another dimension, overseeing everything happening within this Star Zone, while the entire culmination of his predecessors’ efforts in the Ashen Empire had become the tools in his hands.

Utilizing them was as simple as stooping to pick up a carpenter’s hammer.

Therefore, he was not angered by the company executives’ rebuttals and ridicule, nor would he punish them.

Of course, his will did not require their approval.

Deities can do whatever They wish.

And now, what he sought to do was to unify those disintegrating wills and stands into one will, one thought.

To make this Star Zone hear only one voice.

—His voice.

Thus, would be the path to redemption.

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