Devil's Bible

Chapter 45 Confrontation
After confirming that there was a problem with Jacques, Nemes immediately notified his men with the Oath Rope.

At the same time, she looked at Isabella, who was sitting under the half-collapsed church, her eyes closed, connecting the grid, using the power of faith in the idol to restore her energy with divine magic.

Isabella certainly wouldn't be able to use up all this faith power, so as long as I accept this faith power, a major element of my ability transformation will be completed.

"Of course, if possible, I can also obtain the results of the old pastor's research."

"That way, perhaps we can reduce our need for faith."

It can be roughly determined that the old pastor's research focused primarily on developing the Holy Blood.

So-called saints are basically beings who have been blessed by God.

Because of this blessing, saints are generally able to reach the Golden Age.

In terms of expressiveness, the Saint surpasses the ordinary Golden Seed.

The bloodline of a saint can thus contain special power.

This is why the descendants of saints are mostly able to become nobles.

For example, the Dartmenley family.

However, the special nature of this bloodline will gradually diminish over time.

God rarely creates saints, so much so that some churches occasionally study the bloodline of saints in order to create individuals that resemble saints using a high concentration of holy blood.

This is a fairly normal situation; however, the old pastor's experiment may not be that simple.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have failed despite the church's significant investment.

So much so that the old pastor had held a grudge for twenty years.

"But now, the battle on the other side should have started too, right?" Nemus's thoughts involuntarily turned to the other side.

Now that we know the old pastor was behind this for bloodline experiments, it's not hard to guess why he let the village guards go, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

"If they can't find Leah, they'll go to the village guards. They'll definitely capture Leah and extract experimental materials from her."

“At this point, what I need to do is quite obvious.” Nemus instantly figured out how to maximize his profits.
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The midday sun shone down, and Aupu pondered what to do next.

He thought that once things calmed down, it would just be a matter of starting smuggling again.

But unexpectedly, the big one arrived.

The old pastor had completely gone mad. Not only did he take away all the materials he had collected, but he also gave him orders to capture the village guards, find the patients with whale-like disease, and bring them back.

The old pastor did not mention Op's future.

By this point, Opp knew that if he didn't agree, he would die immediately.

Compared to others, Op had a profound understanding of the old pastor's power.

Now that things have come to this, he has few options left and can only follow the old pastor's advice and take it one step at a time.

"When the old pastor's experiment failed, even though the church discovered many violations, no one took any action."

"The research was stopped simply because of insufficient funding."

"This is just a follow-up to the research. Perhaps as long as the experiment is successful, the Church will let it go easily." This was the only way Op could comfort himself at the moment.

"We've found the village guard. He and some villagers are heading towards the village because of the commotion earlier." Just then, a member of the Aupu caravan came to report.

Most of the people in his caravan were outlaws from other places, or die-hard loyalists whose interests were closely aligned with those of Aupu.

The bulk of the smuggled whale skin ore was used to purchase various experimental materials and tools for the old priest, while a smaller portion was used to buy drugs to suppress the nest beasts within his body.

The rest of the money was used on these people. Opp put a lot of effort into them.

Since being manipulated by the old priest eight years ago, Op has been secretly training henchmen, hoping to one day cultivate subordinates of the Iron Seed level and then break free from the old priest's control.

Unfortunately, advancing to the Steel Rank is too difficult. He has six subordinates who are somewhat talented, but their basic stats are only around six to eight. The other caravan members are too poor in talent. Even after several years of training and with resources, they can only improve their stats by one or two points, making them useless.

In the past, these subordinates were all hidden in the caravan, rarely revealing their own strength, and almost never attacking the villagers.

However, at this moment, there was no time to worry about that.

"Go, capture him."

"According to intelligence, the opponent has the power of controlled whale transformation, so we need to be careful about this change in him."

"As for those villagers, let's clean them up while we can."

Given the current situation, the more people who know about these things, the greater the potential trouble will be. Therefore, Oppein coldly issued the order.

“I understand, but…” The subordinate looked up, his words becoming hesitant.

This surprised Op. Could it be that the other party still couldn't bring themselves to harm innocent villagers?

Then he looked at his subordinate, his expression momentarily blank. The man was missing his right forearm; it was the result of the man taking a knife for him in a dangerous situation.

Upon closer inspection, I noticed that his hair was already gray. Although he was not older than me, he looked more haggard and aged.

"What's wrong, Aro?" Op asked, suppressing his own agitation at the dire situation.

"You'd better think about your escape route, Lord Op." A subordinate named Borei Aro gave this serious warning, even though he shouldn't have been the one to offer it.

Op's heart sank, then he forced a smile: "Don't worry, you be careful too."

"The time for Xiao Luo's grave is approaching, and we'll have to go clean it up afterward, won't we?"

Aro simply looked at Op, then lowered his head, nodded, and without saying another word, rushed toward the village guard's position.

Xiao Luo was his son. After his son died, the only reason he lived was to protect Opu, who was willing to pay for his treatment.

Op's thoughts were momentarily pulled away, but he quickly regained his composure and prepared to unleash one of his few combat spells.

On the other side, the siege had already begun. With a low growl, Aro rushed towards the village defenders.

The villagers had already sensed the impending danger.

The arrows grazed his fingertips, becoming a deadly threat, forcing the one-armed Aro to roll to the side to avoid them.

The village guard retreated while picking up a new arrow.

The villagers around him were also somewhat bewildered by the attack, wondering why the members of the Aupu caravan had suddenly started fighting with the village guards.

But the next moment, all such doubts vanished.

Because several arrows were flying towards them.

Some villagers were hit before they could dodge.

The other members of the Aupu caravan would not hold back just because they had lived in a village for a long time.

At the same time, a dark shadow suddenly rose from the ground and rushed to the side of the village guards.

　Thank you to all the readers for your support. The character Bo Rui A Luo is from the "Extra Building" and was submitted by reader Jiangpian No. 1. It has been slightly adapted.

　　
　
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