The old man on the other side of Yang Yu slowly turned around, and his attributes also appeared on Yang Yu's system panel.
To Yang Yu's surprise, the attributes of the Pope of the Curse Sect were mediocre, not even as strong as some of the bishops under his command, and he did not have any special abilities.
Looking closely at the Pope of the Curse Sect, the more Yang Yu looked, the more he felt that he was just an ordinary old man. There was no madness on his face, nor any joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. There was only the helplessness of a man in his twilight years.
The Pope of the Curse Sect was so ordinary that Yang Yu felt that the one here was not the real Pope of the Curse Sect. The real Pope had already left through teleportation magic.
Come to think of it, this is really possible.
[Song Yang], who had caused trouble to Yang Yu and his team last time, never appeared in front of Yang Yu and his team from beginning to end.
Although there is a barrier constructed by [vines] outside this mountain, we cannot rule out the possibility that the Curse Cult has never left here.
In Iyas's perception, two demons had completely disappeared.
Just when Yang Yu was doubting the old man's identity, the old man made a stop gesture to everyone behind Yang Yu. Everyone behind Yang Yu unconditionally put down their weapons and respectfully stepped aside.
If the old man in front of Yang Yu was a fake, he would not be able to have such great majesty.
The believers around him were no longer hostile, and Yang Yu put his sword back into the scabbard.
Gaskell Lorente looked at Yang Yu like this and asked, "Why? Why don't you attack? That's why you came here, isn't it?"
"You should be very clear about the gap in our strength
Demon, you can't summon me anymore, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to come here so easily.
If I'm not mistaken, you summoned the demon in advance to deal with our arrival, and as the price of the early summoning
There are only so many demons you can summon."
Gaskell Lorente responded expressionlessly: "You are worthy of being the commander of this expedition team for being able to perceive this."
"Your plan has failed, why don't you run away?" Yang Yu asked.
Gaskell Lorente looked at the pure water pool in front of him. "In your opinion, the plan has failed, but that's not necessarily the case."
"Is it because of the two demons you released?"
Gaskell Lorente did not deny it and nodded.
Yang Yu sighed deeply: "Why did you choose the devil
Do you really believe that the devil will listen to your wishes and help you realize them
You have thousands of wishes. If two wishes conflict, does it depend on whose wish is more pious to determine whether it will come true? "
Facing Yang Yu's three consecutive questions, Gaskell Lorente shook his head.
“What you are saying is what the devil followers believe, but we are not devil followers, but a true curse sect.
If the sect was full of fanatical followers of the devil, our church would not be here today."
Gaskell Lorente paused for a moment, then continued speaking as if he had made up his mind:
“We chose to summon the devil, and I can tell you the reason.
We release demons because they are weapons created to fight against the goddess.
Their power is indispensable to dealing with the goddess."
Just as Yang Yu was about to speak, Gaskell Lorente interrupted him.
"Before you question it, listen to my story for a moment, okay?"
Yang Yu remained silent and agreed to let Gaskell Lorent continue.
Gaskell Lorente looked from the pure pool to the empty ceiling and said, "This story is quite simple.
In the very distant past, you and I were not like we are now. Each of us was not much different, and everyone could enjoy everything in this world equally.
But when a being called the Goddess came into this world, everything changed.
Because of her, people began to be divided into different classes. Some people could hear the goddess' voice and accept her guidance, thus leading an extremely happy and fulfilling life.
Some people, however, apparently have everything, but because of the chain reaction caused by a series of actions of the goddess, they eventually lose everything they have.
The goddess began to divide humanity from within. Some people really fell at her feet, thinking that by believing in the goddess they could live an extremely happy and fulfilling life. They became believers of the goddess and actually succeeded in gaining some power from the goddess.
Some humans realized that the goddess was consciously dividing humans. Some people would live a happier and more fulfilling life, while some people were destined to live a miserable life. Those who lived a miserable life would double their faith in the goddess. In the end, the goddess could control faith without any effort and completely rule over humans.
After realizing the goddess's conspiracy, the remaining conscious humans decided to rebel against the goddess. They created this world and created demons.
However, the devil did not listen to them. In desperation, they could only seal the devil temporarily and wait for the day when they could control the devil.
But that day never came.
Soon after that, humans quickly split into two factions and fought each other.
Thanks to that fight, the goddess let down her guard, and the Sober Faction was able to find an opportunity to temporarily seal the goddess' power.
But their war did not stop because the goddess was sealed.
On the contrary, it escalated and eventually led to the destruction of civilization.
Why did it still lead to the destruction of civilization
The reason is that the seeds of inequality have been planted. There are always people who think that they are stronger and better and should occupy more things, but they do not notice that they have touched the psychological bottom line of other individuals.
The root of all this inequality comes from that hateful goddess.
It is not enough that the goddess is sealed, she must be completely defeated and killed.
Eliminate this damn curse of inequality.
Only then will it be possible for the world to return to the way it should be.
Back to a time when everyone can work together and no tragedy will happen.
So, we decided to release the demon."
After listening to Gaskell Lorente's words, Yang Yu rubbed his temples. Many things were connected in his mind, but there were some subtle sense of disharmony in some places.
Is everything Gaskell Lorente said true? Yang Yu couldn't make a judgment.
After thinking it over for a while, Yang Yu spoke again:
“I kind of understand why you guys stick together like this.
But where on earth did you hear these things? It can’t be that an ancient ghost told you in a dream, right
You are so sure and so unwavering, you should have some evidence to prove that what you said is true, right? "
In response to Yang Yu's question, Gaskell Lorente took out a few intact but extremely old pages from his neat dress.
(End of this chapter)