374 Deicide (1/2)

A young man covered in scars and bruises crawled along the coast of a small town in the Kingdom of Rosa d'Oro. It was a lively town, with neat streets, tall lighthouses, concrete docks, and small steamships.

The local fishermen found him severely injured and dying. They immediately realized that something was unusual about him. The man's robe was ragged, but one could still recognize it as a robe from the Church of the Dark Night.

The priest was covered in blood. Black veins were twisted together in his arm. A giant eye grew out of his chest. The black pupil trembled and moved constantly as if it was sizing up every individual on the shore.

”Devil! Devil!” a fisherman screamed with great fear. He stumbled backward off the ship and fell into the water.

”It's the eye of the devil! Do not look! Do not look!” The crowd dispersed.

”Go find Sir Ankeru, now!”

When Ankeru, a priest of the Church of Light, finally arrived, the young priest of the Church of the Dark Night was trembling and vomiting something black and foul-smelling. The afflicted young man clenched an exquisite silver wand in one hand. It was the status symbol for red cardinal bishops of the Church of the Dark Night.

”I am…the high priest of the Church of the Dark Night, following Bishop Arthas…”

The dying man leaned against the posts on the dock, confessing to Ankeru!

Ankeru greatly feared the power of the devil spreading through the air. He was merely an apprentice priest who had never seen anything so evil. The demon power within this man was about to break out.

”Almighty Goddess, I am calling your name, please give me your power…” Ankeru murmured.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

Ankeru could feel his legs are quivering with fear. A level-three official priest was in front of him, using his last of his strength to suppress the power within him. Ankeru hoped that with the power of the light, he could control the demon within the priest's body. He could sense that, if the power broke out, no one on the scene would survive. The priest was a powerful clergy member, and at this moment, he was struggling under the demon's attack.

”Demon…demon…evil is ruling the entire Hollyma Kingdom! The Church of the Dark Night…has…has fallen…Everyone turned into apostles of demons! That man… that man has resurrected… The King of the Dead…Ado…nis…has come back…The fearful being has emerged from the abyss! He wants…he wants…” the possessed priest mumbled.

Ankeru was holding the sigil of the sun and activating the divine power within it. However, it was only a small comfort. Ankeru gulped when he heard the terrifying news and the name of Adonis. The representation of death and terror in countless fairy tales and myths, the origin of sins and evil, the damned soul sent to hell by God, had come back to the world.

”What…does he want?” Ankeru asked, his hands trembling as he held the sigil of the sun.

The priest of the Church of the Dark Night clawed at the dock. The power within his fingers sunk into the ground beneath him. The ground cracked and spread out more than 10 meters. It seemed that he could no longer bear the torture.

”He wants…” The young priest looked to Ankeru with his blood-red eyes and said, ”He wants…deicide!”

At that very moment, the darkness in his veins climbed up to his face. His eyes turned pure black instantly, and he burst into laughter.

”Too late, too late, it's already too late! He has only one last step left!”

The power of the abyss spread out from his body, burning the ground around him. Then in the next moment, the priest of the Church of the Dark Night awakened and used the forbidden witchcraft of the Church of the Dark Night, Soul Flame, to ignite his soul and all his powers, giving up all chance of redemption and entering the divine kingdom, and perished together with the demon.

”Spread my word! I hope it's not too late! No, no, it's already too late!” the priest of the Dark Night screamed.

He lingered for a moment in pain, despair clouding his face. He slowly burned into ashes, along with the demon from the abyss, perishing with painful screams.