Huh? Are they all real?.

"Because I made a promise to a child. And this will indeed be the start of a war, but it has nothing to do with other forces."

The mayor glanced at Xiao Zhong, who was unresponsive, with surprise.

He said it was true?

so?

"Are you saying that no force has offered you any assistance or support?"

"Correct."

This time, even the mayor lost his composure.

"You two killed the Patriarch by your own?! Do you really know what you're saying? The Church will never let you get away with this, why?"

Moen continued to repeat that sentence:

"I made a promise to a child."

The mayor, who had calmed down slightly, couldn't help but ask:

"Is it worth it?"

Moen said calmly:

"I owe him."

The mayor, his brow furrowing and then relaxing, finally asked one more question:

"How far do you intend to go?"

"I plan to kill the Pope. Although it will definitely be done through compromise, I will try my best to do it in a way that is theoretically possible for mortals to replicate."

This time, the entire warehouse fell into a deathly silence.

They were astonished by the man's audacity and found his plan utterly absurd.

Kill the Pope, or with the power of a mortal?

Even though it was said to be a compromise, they still felt it was outrageous.

Moreover, is it even necessary?

"Are you joking?"

Moen shook his head and said:

"No, sir."

After a moment of astonishment, the mayor resolutely shook his head and said:

"This is impossible."

Moen laughed:

"Before I did, did you think there could be two mortals who could kill Patriarch Rodgerns?"

This startled the mayor, but it didn't stop her. She paused briefly before continuing:

“You have indeed accomplished a miracle, but I have also reviewed your actions, and this was only based on the premise that the church has been negligent for many years and that you are very clear about its protective rituals.”

"And now, the Church is slowly becoming wary, and how do you deal with the Pope's own power and Camelot's more complex rituals? You might not even be able to see the Pope."

Moen shook his head and said:

You've said a lot wrong.

"for example?"

"For example, I don't know what the protective ritual at the Patriarch's feet is; I just know that it will happen."

The mayor said in astonishment:

"But as far as I know, your attack did cause problems with the ritual."

Moen laughed:

"His ritual remained intact; my attack did not even cause it to waver in the slightest. As I saw it later, that thing was something even a demigod would have difficulty dealing with. The so-called problem was just a smokescreen."

The explosion was real, but the contamination of the ritual was fake; what was flashing was not a light barrier but a specially made explosive device by Moen.

Extraordinary knowledge is something that is difficult for ordinary people to access. The rituals used by the church's higher echelons are even more likely to be absurd things that they cannot understand even after spending years.

So Moen didn't prepare a weapon specifically for their rituals; it was just an explosive device that looked intimidating.

If you want to do that, it's very simple.

Moreover, after so many years, even Moen couldn't possibly know how the rituals used by the church actually work today.

Moen never intended to contaminate the ritual and render it ineffective.

He can do it, but he needs to make his actions as easily replicable as possible for others.

So he was just playing a little trick and betting against the Patriarch.

If the High Patriarch becomes afraid and uses the power of the ritual and his extraordinary artifacts for direct defense, then Moen will succeed.

Conversely, Moen will return empty-handed.

Having gradually come to understand this, the mayor raised an eyebrow and said:

"Then your success is just good luck!"

Moen said seriously:

"Before I explained, all of you thought it was an assassination attempt by other important figures. You, the church, and even the deceased Patriarch would all think that way."

"Because who would believe that this was an assassination attempt carried out by just two nobodys? It's unbelievable!"

“You all think this is an assassination attempt launched by a big shot, and since it was launched by a big shot, it must have been a swift and decisive strike.”

"Then, our attack did indeed create a great visual effect. In fact, because the explosion was in front of him, my illusion was also in front of him. So much so that to someone who was already naturally afraid, his means of survival seemed to be collapsing, and the next decisive blow would definitely come from this direction immediately."

"So, why wouldn't he turn his back to me?"

"Of course, I must admit that this is still a gamble, but my chances of winning are not low."

Finally, Moen looked earnestly at the mayor and emphasized:

"Moreover, he is the Patriarch of Rodgerns, and after his term ends, he will be promoted to the cardinals, a high-ranking position in the church that everyone must acknowledge."

"How can killing someone like that be so simple and foolproof?"

The mayor was genuinely at a loss for words this time.

Yes, how could killing someone like that be so simple and foolproof?

After a brief hesitation, she could only ask instead:

"And what about the Pope? How are you going to deal with him?"

Moen stated truthfully:

"I have prepared a plan and completed the preliminary preparations, but I don't know if my plan will succeed."

The mayor asked with a troubled expression:

“I don’t know what you owe that child, but is it really necessary to go this far? This goes beyond risking your life.”

Moen answered quickly and calmly.

“I’m not just doing this for the child.”

The mayor asked, puzzled by Moen's statement:

"why?"

"To show people that ordinary people can also kill the Pope."

"This is a world where the true God walks among humans. Are you trying to emphasize our Confederation of People's Rights and equality?"

From the mayor's perspective, this guy is definitely not from their People's Union, but she didn't expect that he would actually advocate for their People's Union's human rights and equality.

"No. This world is destined to be a pyramid structure, so hierarchical that there is no hope of change."

This is the answer that Moen has come to after traversing four eras and countless identities.

Even he couldn't change that; this is an inevitable pyramid society.

Gods are necessarily superior to humans, and the extraordinary are necessarily superior to ordinary people.

That's why, when he was in the Old World, he asked the Quintus gods and the superhumans how they viewed slave revolts.

Even Moen knew that even if he succeeded in killing the Pope, in the end, it would still be the Lionheart who had to step up and clean up the mess.

But he still decided to do it.

The mayor was puzzled. She didn't think this guy was crazy, so she asked directly:

"Then why do you ask me to do all this useless work?"

Moen stood up and said earnestly to the mayor:

"Because I want to improve the situation of ordinary people as much as possible. I not only want the extraordinary to see what ordinary people can do, but I also want ordinary people to see what they can do."

"My method may not be replicable, but if I can do it, then it means that they also have the hope and the possibility of doing it. Because I will do all this in the most easily reproducible way possible."

"Then those who are used to silent endurance may learn to resist, and those who are used to oppressing the mud may also remember that the mud may have killed them."

“I never even thought they could try to challenge the Patriarch or the Pope like I did, as long as they could try to kill a priest they could kill easily.”

"I can't change the nature of this world, but I want to make it a little better."

"Perhaps it will all be in vain in the end, but what if? What if I didn't do anything in vain? So since I can do it and I promised that child, I will naturally do it."

The mayor stood there, stunned, knowing that the other party was indeed right.

Especially since she came from the UN Human Rights Council and was a public official, she understood very well that no matter how many meetings they held, how many notices they issued, or how many laws they promulgated to emphasize the prohibition of corruption, it was far less effective than showing them a few real-life cases of ordinary people being killed because of corruption.

It would be even better if it happened nearby.

The appearance of a ruthless person can make a region better for at least several years or even more than a decade.

But at this moment, Moen suddenly changed the subject and asked her a question that he had asked before:

"I have been very honest in telling you what you wanted to know. So, shouldn't you also answer what you are hiding from?"

The mayor instinctively replied:

"dragon!"

Chapter 286 Fafnir's Dragon and the Last Son

dragon?

The New World was built upon the remains of five ancient dragons, making it the continent with the most dragon species among the five continents.

Its number is almost greater than the total number of the rest of the continents combined.

However, dragons in the New World are mainly concentrated in the northern continent outside of the dioceses.

In theory, they, living in the parish, should not need to worry so much.

After all, the church would never allow a cursed dragon to openly invade the parish.

But that was in theory, and it was in the past.

And now.

Moen simply said:

"Then perhaps you've come to the wrong place."

The mayor's heart skipped a beat:

"You know what?"

"I probably know less about the new continent than you do, but because I am new here, I may actually see it more clearly than you do."

Moen stood up and walked straight to a corner of the warehouse where miscellaneous items were piled up.

After casually moving aside a few items, he took out a discarded shield.

"It's standard equipment from the Round Table Army, but the material has been worn down to this state, so it should be in a museum rather than here. It's probably thousands of years old."

Moen's words and actions left the time travelers bewildered.