Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 173 Naval War of Annihilation and the One Holy Church
Chapter 172

"The power of creation is terrifying..."

Rosen looked at the painting of the spiritual realm in his hand and said with emotion.

Because of the millions of people in the city, as well as many believers scattered around the world who have already embraced the Church of God, and the miracles broadcast live online, the Holy City of God has truly become a spiritual painting thanks to the power of belief held by at least tens of millions of people.

This is how falsehood becomes truth; this is the power brought about by faith and divine right of creation.

Of course, he also discovered that there was a limit to how falsehoods could become truth.

First, it is difficult to exceed sequence 3; second, the conversion of a false belief into a true one cannot completely deviate from the truth.

For example, if he claims that the Holy City of God is a spiritual painting, then he can color all the buildings in the Holy City of God, turning the entire Holy City of God into a giant spiritual painting. This action can greatly reduce the conditions for the false belief to become true.

Without this step, it might have required hundreds of millions of people to believe in the Holy City of God to become a painting of a spiritual realm.

Furthermore, the power of falsehoods to become truths is also affected by different states of mind.

The nuclear bomb that just exploded and the poor man's rose were both real. However, when the explosion occurred, everyone was sealed inside the painting. This painting was a giant spiritual artwork formed by the paint that enveloped the entire city.

Because of the brush with death, the moment of escaping death can unleash an even stronger power of belief.

This sudden surge of belief also reduces the difficulty of making a lie seem true.

【Holy City of God: A Spiritual Painting】

[Level: Sequence 4]

[Area: Within a radius of one hundred li]

[Population: 51,519 people]

Specialty Products: Faith, Believers, Spiritual Essence...

The level of a spirit realm is not only related to the size of the space, but also to the number of people in it, and finally to the spiritual strength within the spirit realm. The population of the Holy City of the Lord surpasses that of a Sequence 3 spirit realm painting, but it is far inferior in the other two aspects.

Even so, this painting is already quite terrifying.

Because this spiritual painting can continue to grow, the Holy City of the Lord can continue to expand, and its population will also increase.

In a sense, Lawson is essentially undermining Hunter x Hunter's Spirit Realm.

However, for this reason, it's best not to take the painting of the Holy City of the Lord out of the Hunter x Hunter's Spirit Realm.

Otherwise, the Hunter x Hunter universe might collapse prematurely, which would be a loss for him.

But this is already very good; Rosen has obtained all the spirituality and faith he wanted.

Incidentally, he also intimidated V5 and fabricated a pretext for war against the Kakin Empire.

Once the Church of the Main God decisively defeats the Kakin Empire, V5 will have to consider whether to continue its resistance.

After all, in addition to coercion, Rosen also knew very well that he couldn't do without bribery.

The Holy City of God rejoiced, and the entire internet watched the live broadcast with awe and fear. Only the Kakin Empire was in chaos, with ordinary people worried about their safety as war approached. The royal family and the high-ranking officials of the Kakin Empire knew that this was a frame-up.

However, it is easy to frame someone but difficult to clear their name. The Church of the Lord God is clearly trying to establish its authority by taking the Kakin Empire as a weapon.

King Nasby Greygoro angrily crushed the tablet in his hand and immediately ordered the entire nation to prepare for war.

However, although the human world is an island in Lake Möbius, there is more than one island the size of a landmass for humans.

The Kakin Empire is on the island in the upper right corner, while the Holy City of the Lord is on the island in the lower left corner.

The two islands are separated by Lake Möbius, which is as vast as the sea. It would take nearly ten days for warships to sail there, not to mention the time needed for the entire country to prepare for war. Neither side could make contact for at least half a month.

Even with the help of Nen users who can control space, they can only transport a few people at most.

The two sides are not on the same landmass, which is one of the reasons why the Kakin Empire was previously excluded from Shafik State.

While the Kakin Empire was preparing for war, the Holy City of the Lord showed no signs of preparing for war.

The Church of the Lord God continues to do its utmost to save people every day, constantly transporting patients here and then diverting cured patients to nearby cities. Of course, in this process, almost all patients with excellent qualities and good character are taken into the church.

As for the remaining patients who were dispersed, they basically all became believers in the Church of God.

Regardless of their motives for believing or whether they are good or bad people, more and more people are beginning to recognize the Church of God.

Wearing an actor's mask, Rosen plays the role of a charlatan, healing believers as usual.

His sixth sense was suddenly activated passively, and his Eye of Time also saw the assassination attempt targeting him four seconds later.

It seems someone hired an assassin to kill him at this time.

Moreover, he was quite familiar with these assassins.

The Zoldyck family, the strongest assassin family in the Hunter x Hunter world.

The family estate is directly surrounded by a mountain, and the area outside the estate has even become a famous tourist attraction.

Not only were they not wiped out by the countries they belonged to, but they were even able to openly occupy a place.

Almost all members of the family are powerful Nen users, and the current heir, Killua Zoldyck, is the second male lead in the early part of the story.

However, based on Rosen's understanding of the Zoldyck family, they shouldn't be here to assassinate him, because although the Zoldyck family is arrogant, they are not brainless.

Even powerful nations like V5 and the Kakin Empire dare not provoke them, so why would they dare to provoke the Church of the Main God?
Unless the powerful nations behind it are the ones who forced the Zoldyck family to test its strength.

Four seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and Illumi Zoldyck, disguised as a patient, appeared in front of Lawson.

The moment he knelt before Rosen, and Rosen reached out to touch the top of his head.

In an instant, several Nen spikes made of manipulating Nen flashed in Illumi's hand and stabbed at Rosen. When his Nen spikes were stuck into himself, he could disguise himself, but when they were stuck into others, he could manipulate the opponent's thoughts and actions.

The moment Illumi made his move, Silva, Zeno, and Maha simultaneously followed suit.

Silva is Illumi's father, Zeno is his grandfather, and Maha is his great-great-grandfather.

This was a four-generation assassination attempt on Rosen. Silva instantly appeared behind Rosen with an assassination technique, his hand hardening as he reached for Rosen's heart. At the same time, Zeno released his Nen, which formed a dragon that lunged at Rosen.

Illumi's Nen spikes were all blocked by the Enhancement-type Nen aura emanating from Rosen's body.

The dragon-shaped aura released by Zeno was blocked by the Gluttonous Aura Beast that appeared out of nowhere.

Silva's heart-piercing strike from behind couldn't even penetrate the Nen energy gathered on Rosen's back.

The powerful recoil even caused Silva's right hand to suffer a comminuted fracture.

Rosen grabbed Illumi by the neck as he tried to back away, and the sound of bones shattering rang out as Illumi's neck was crushed.

The Dragon King's Wrath flashed in his hand, and he fired a shot forward, but no bullet was fired.

Just then, Zeno, who was preparing to retreat under the cover of the crowd, was suddenly shot in the head by a bullet that appeared out of nowhere a second later.

The moment Rosen withdrew the Dragon King's Wrath, a Dragon Fang Dagger flashed in his hand, and he slashed backhand.

Silva's head was severed off without him even having time to dodge.

Only Maha, who was secretly keeping watch, saw that the situation was not good and did not show himself, but fled as fast as he could.

Rosen hesitated for a moment, then decided to let him go.

Of the four Zoldycks, only one survived, and the one who escaped was used as a fishing bait.

Anyway, he wanted to eliminate the problem completely, and he could use Death Judgment to curse someone remotely at any time.

From the start of the assassination attempt to Rosen's three consecutive kills, the entire process took less than two seconds.

Before the other patients present could react, they had already seen the three bodies lying on the ground.

Originally, there was only gratitude, but now there is also a sense of awe.

Rosen had actually considered whether to capture members of the Zoldyck family alive and recruit them for his own use.

After thinking about it, I realized it wasn't necessary, because everyone except Illumi was too old.

Even if one awakens to spirituality, how far can one go in the sequence?

伊尔迷倒是还有一点培养价值，不过这个人，或者说揍敌客家族的人脑子多少都有点毛病，哥哥深爱弟弟选择控制他的思维，妈妈被儿子砍伤竟然狂喜的夸他有出息。

This family is seriously ill; it's best not to harm their territory.

Since the Zoldyck family's assassination attempt failed, all eyes that were watching Rosen seemed to have vanished all at once.

However, undercurrents are still swirling, and V5 and the Kakin Empire will not sit idly by and wait for their doom.

If Rosen hadn't used his Void Realm Eye Technique to infiltrate and control the network, there would have been no information about the Church of the Main God on the internet long ago.

As time passed, the warships and transport ships of the Kakin Empire finally set sail.

This time, in order to destroy the Church of the Supreme God, the Kakin Empire mobilized the vast majority of its combat power.

With the threat of nuclear weapons, the Kakin Empire is not worried about other countries raiding its territory.

After all, not all forces can withstand nuclear bombs without fear of threats.

Leading the Kakin Empire was the Black Whale, a colossal ship 800 meters high, 800 meters wide, and 1,500 meters long. It had five decks with enormous space for hiding troops, and more importantly, the ship relied entirely on Nen power for its propulsion system.

This is one of the ships built by King Naspi Greygoro with the full resources of his kingdom in order to explore the Dark Continent.

The larger the ship, the higher the requirements for materials. The Black Whale was able to be built to such a large size entirely due to the combination of various Nen abilities that enhanced the materials. However, compared to extraordinary ships, this kind of ship is useless except for its size.

Rosen illuminated the entire map of the human world, and he also gained two abilities in the human world.

These are God's-eye view and full-map teleportation, respectively. So after the Kakin Empire's fleet set sail, he immediately sent his self-portrait clone and the feathered serpent warship to the sea, intending to annihilate the entire fleet on the high seas.

Two days later, the Kakin Empire's fleet was far from land.

I don't know when it started, but the strong winds and torrential rains have made it impossible to see the sunlight during the day.

No one in the Kakin Empire's fleet saw the colossal beast dancing in the storm deep in the sky.

The Storm Thunderbird, having grown to Sequence 6, can shrink to the size of a sparrow, or spread its wingspan to tens of meters in its true form. It drives away gales and dark clouds with ease, and together with the nature fairies that follow it, it directly creates hurricanes and tsunamis that sweep across hundreds of miles.

"hehe!"

King Nasby stood on the top deck of the Black Whale and sneered. The unusual rain before the Church of God's press conference convinced him that the Church of God possessed the ability to influence the environment.

The sea is not like land; he wouldn't have come here rashly without preparation.

Naspi took out a teru teru bozu (a Japanese doll shaped like a sunny day) and hung it to the side. Then he pulled over a water pipe and inserted it into the tattered wound on the back of the teru teru bozu. Black blood plasma slowly flowed out of the pipe and was completely absorbed by the teru teru bozu.

The teru teru bozu swayed in the wind, and the surrounding wind and rain gradually subsided.

However, the teru teru bozu itself was getting older and older, which made Naspi tremble with heartache.

There are only a handful of Nen tools of this quality in the entire Kakin Empire.

What other methods does the Church of God have up its sleeve?
……

Seeing that the storm it had painstakingly created had been dispelled, the Storm Thunderbird angrily came up to the fleet and attacked.

These dilapidated ships lacked any spiritual aura and were not difficult for the Storm Thunderbird to deal with.

The heavenly lightning struck down, blasting a small frigate into pieces.

At this moment, the Storm Thunderbird, which had been hiding in the clouds, was finally locked onto by the fleet's radar system.

As anti-aircraft guns on warships on the sea opened fire, anti-aircraft missiles locked onto the Storm Thunderbirds and accelerated into the air.

The Storm Thunderbird had never seen an anti-aircraft missile, nor did it sense any spirituality on it.

Therefore, they mainly dodged anti-aircraft guns and failed to intercept and destroy missiles in the first instance.

Dozens of anti-aircraft missiles exploded simultaneously, nearly blasting through the storm protection barrier surrounding the Storm Thunderbird.

Seeing that even anti-aircraft missiles could not break through the defenses, and even enraging the Storm Thunderbirds to unleash more thunderbolts.

The anti-aircraft missiles that were subsequently launched were also torn apart by the hurricanes generated by the Storm Thunderbird's wings.

Naspi's expression darkened further, and he immediately ordered the Nen-powered troops to be deployed.

Although only one in ten thousand ordinary people have the aptitude to master Nen, this is nothing in the face of national power.

The Nen unit comprises over a thousand people, each possessing a wide variety of Nen abilities.

The strong are very strong and the weak are very weak. If they fight on their own, more than 90% of them will just be cannon fodder and a burden.

However, the biggest difference between the military and individuals lies in the soldiers' strong obedience and cooperation.

One hundred Nen abilities may be weak individually, but when one hundred Nen users complement and strengthen each other's Nen abilities, the resulting power will far exceed the strength of any single individual Nen ability.

After a chain of hundreds of Nen abilities, the Nen chain reached a burly man at the end.

The cannon barrel he carried on his shoulder could fire at most a Nen bullet capable of destroying a warship, relying solely on his Nen ability.

However, with the combined power of hundreds of Nen abilities, his single shot would be comparable to a nuclear bomb in terms of destructive force.

Sensing the threat, the Storm Thunderbird stopped its attack and took off.

Just as the giant cannon was about to fire its projectile, a bullet suddenly pierced through the burly man's forehead, killing him instantly.

Rosen stood atop the figurehead of the Quetzalcoatl warship, easily sniping one child at a time.

He was sniping from more than ten kilometers away, and at that time, there was still wind and rain on the sea that had not completely dissipated.

In this situation, the Nen user who was shot and killed unilaterally never saw the enemy before he died.

They could only determine the trajectory direction and then continuously request assistance on the combat channel.

Dozens of missiles were launched from a certain range locked onto Rosen's position. However, the Quetzalcoatl warship had already activated its Void Shadow Escape ability, and its true form was located in the shadow of the dark clouds hanging over the sea. Since they were not in the same space, even the most violent explosions would be futile.

Rosen continued his long-range sniping, killing over a hundred Nen users before the rest went into hiding.

Using all-out elemental four-phase bullets, theoretically, one shot shouldn't kill many.

Rosen chose to kill them one by one because he wanted to capture them alive.

Those he shot were people whose Nen abilities were of little use and who were not worth capturing alive.

With a thought, Rosen used his access to the map to send all the assassins in his territory onto the Black Whale.

Still shaken and desperately trying to evade assassins, the Nen users faced a series of elusive assassins. Except for a few with special abilities who escaped unscathed, the rest were all wounded by the assassins' poisoned daggers and rendered unable to fight back.

In the end, they were all thrown into the sea and swallowed by the Void Gallery.

Rosen waited until the last assassin withdrew from the Void Gallery, then looked up at the sky and projected a picture.

The painting depicts a meteorite falling from the sky, and his golden divinity is being consumed so intensely that it is projected, rendered, and materialized.

The meteorite, falling at an extremely high speed, struck the Black Whale directly, and all the nearby warships were torn apart by the shockwave.

Meanwhile, Rosen had already sent the remaining superhumans and a thousand knights to the Kakin Empire.

The outcome of the war was not in doubt; humanity's prized weapons, such as missiles and nuclear bombs, were of no use to the Extraordinary Order.

Nen units that posed even a slight threat were either killed or captured at this point.

As a result, the Kakin Empire fell rapidly. Occasionally, when the Templars, whose largest retinue consisted of knights, were attacked by nuclear bombs, the self-portrait clones that followed them could detect the nuclear bombs in advance and then lead the people to safety.

The Kakin Empire, second only to V5 in the Hunter x Hunter world, was completely defeated by all resistance forces in just half a month.

The power displayed by the Church of God made V5 uneasy, and a conspiracy against the Church of God was also being carried out in secret.

With current human technology and Nen users alone, it is impossible to threaten the Church of the Main God.

Therefore, the things originating from the Dark Continent became V5's final trump card.

Rosen was unaware of how dangerous the trump card from the Dark Continent was, which is why he didn't use Death Judgment against V5.

On the other hand, he didn't actually intend to destroy V5.

After all, what he needs is faith. If the entire human world is engulfed in war, hatred will probably outweigh faith. Moreover, no one knows whether V5 will do something that leads to mutual destruction after being forced into a desperate situation.

Now that we've destroyed the Kakin Empire and threatened them to this extent, it's time to use incentives.

Rosen, in the name of the Pope, sent invitations to V5 and various countries, large and small.

High-ranking officials from various countries did not come to the Holy City, but their representatives have already arrived there through various means.

Rosen delegated all matters, big and small, to Kurapika and then continued to busy himself with treating and saving lives.

Logically speaking, the Angelic Beast and Doctor sequence should be sufficient for healing and saving lives.

If you really want to show approachability, you don't need to personally participate in treating and saving lives day and night.

On the surface, Rosen was treating patients and saving lives, but in reality, he was doing two things.

First, he honed his charm and divine power. He discovered that when acting with the mask of an actor, his charm and divine power could resonate powerfully with the actor's power, making him full of infinite charm and every word he spoke full of infinite charm.

As time went on, his enchanting tongue even began to possess a powerful seductive ability.

As his persuasive power grew stronger, his followers now believed everything he said without question.

So Rosen began to fabricate a second lie without realizing it. By projecting the ash curtain onto the patient's consciousness, he instilled in the patient the idea that death is not the end, and that all believers can be reborn in the divine realm of God through the gates of heaven after death.

Rosen even meticulously painted a spiritual image of the gates of heaven in the church temple to support this lie.

As more and more people believe that the Gates of Heaven truly exist, the power of divine creation is enough to make the Gates of Heaven seem real.

By then, Rosen might be able to create an extraordinary building for his divine domain.

Rosen was so busy he didn't even have time to catch his breath, while Kurapika's meeting with the envoys from various countries also came to a successful conclusion.

He has too many things he can use to entice people, the most basic being the promise of immortality without illness.

Then faith belongs to the supreme god, and the rule of mortals still belongs to them.

While V5 was still considering, many small countries had already begun building churches for the main church and banning all other faiths, because they did not have the strength of the Kakin Empire, and their weakness left them with no other choice.

As more and more small countries compromised, V5 eventually had no choice but to compromise in order to survive.

On this day, Rosen unusually chose to take a break.

Good news came from the main temple: the castle of sequence 5 in Gray Rat's Spirit Realm, which he had bartered with the main temple, had finally found a buyer after so long. He immediately withdrew and entered the main temple to complete the transaction.

What Rosen received was not a skill crystal, but rather self-study materials for the Painter Sequence 6 skill.

Even so, it is worth a Sequence 5 castle, equivalent to a Sequence 3 extraordinary artifact, which shows how precious this skill is.

It took Rosen two days to barely digest the detailed information about this skill.

Body painting is a skill that involves painting on the human body.

By incorporating a vast amount of spiritual runes into the painting, and then drawing them directly onto the human skin, they become part of the human body.

Through human figure drawing, one can enhance human attributes and acquire skills from other sequences.

This is an extremely difficult skill to learn, and the prerequisite is that one has mastered more than two thousand spiritual runes in the art of talisman drawing.

Rosen currently only has more than 500, a difference of four times.

Fortunately, the skill data he bought contained more than three thousand commonly used spiritual runes.

This is also why this material is so valuable; simply recording so many spiritual runes requires a special medium.

Rosen himself continued to heal the sick and save lives, while his self-portrait clone began to immerse himself in studying spiritual runes.

Several months passed in the blink of an eye, and the last patient finally disappeared.

In the beginning, patients had to travel long distances to the Holy City of God.

However, not all patients have money, because everyone wants to come to the Holy City of God for treatment, causing travel expenses to skyrocket and many people cannot afford it.

However, ever since the churches were built in various places, Rosen has been visiting each church and leaving paintings on the walls.

Through the spaces depicted in these paintings, without needing to use his teleportation privileges in the spiritual realm, all church members can freely travel to and from any church.

Therefore, patients only need to come to the local church to receive treatment.

(End of this chapter)