The long-lost peace once again fell into the Stasis Temple, but beneath this peace was a surge of ominousness and disaster.
The new Pope, leaning on his sword, stepped back little by little, and finally sat down weakly on the steps, looking vigilantly towards the deep wellhead.
The new Pope raised the spiked sword with trembling hands, staring at the blade, trying to stop its slight trembling, but he couldn't do it. Under the pressure of his will, his body was no longer as sensitive as before. It was now very sluggish, and it took a long time before the trembling blade gradually stabilized.
"I...can't hold on any longer?"
He muttered to himself with some doubt.
Unlike Lawrence Lorenzo and others, the new Pope is just an ordinary demon hunter. The only special thing about him is that he is given the name of a holy angel and relies on his own willpower to resist the influence of erosion from the Night of the Holy Visit to the present.
He has no proof of sublimation, and as the erosion intensifies, he will only fall into a deeper and deeper vortex, unable to extricate himself.
The new Pope was once troubled by the fact that he had to resist the erosion on his own, but now he has encountered another bigger trouble.
Those monsters from the well.
The new Pope was not sure when exactly it became like this, but he guessed that it might have been after the Purification Agency dealt with Allander and Roger.
With the death of the two beings that were closest to the end of sublimation and most likely to become the "road", the Well of Sublimation, which had been calm for endless times, rarely showed a little restlessness.
The new Pope was not sure whether this was the so-called "restlessness". After receiving the letter from Old Dunling, he learned what was imprisoned in the well, and the new Pope never rashly went deep into the well again.
But he could clearly feel that the intensity of erosion was slowly increasing under the sublimation well made of holy silver. It was like overflowing mist, gathering in the well and trying to climb out of the well little by little, silently.
Now the power within has not fully awakened, but the entire Seven Hills has been clearly affected by it. The believers in the city have fallen into nightmares, and some can't even fall asleep. They still stubbornly sing the praises of faith, but the new Pope knows that it is futile.
The once glorious faith cannot save anyone. It is better to grasp the sword than to fold your hands and pray.
Is this the end? Or...
The new Pope was conflicted. At this point, he was not sure whether the Evangelical Church could continue in history. With the advancement of technology, the ignorant faith was being dragged into the shadows little by little.
He didn't really care about it. The new church might have had faith, but it all disappeared with the outbreak of the Holy Night.
But now he does not have the courage to announce all this to his believers. Even if he really wants to end the faith, he guesses it will take decades or even hundreds of years. After all, this faith is so deeply rooted.
The new Pope believed that if he destroyed everything, what he would get would not be the end of faith in history, but the madness of another group of people. They would regard him as a heretic and shout that the Pope was bewitched by the devil. They would destroy the former church and build their own kingdom of heaven.