Devil's Bible

Chapter 356 Fortune Telling - Past
Balthazar didn't care whether the enemy was the demon Nemus or the traitor Clement of the Church.

Both of these men were enemies of the church, and it is almost certain that they were plotting to kill him.

Although he no longer wanted to live, he could not die until a proper solution was found for dealing with the Sinful Soul!
This is the belief he has held onto for so many years.

Do the right thing.

Protect this world!

The massive hammer, though enormous in size, was remarkably agile in Balthazar's hands.

When it was swung, it didn't create a lot of air currents; instead, it slammed towards Clement like flames.

Nemes didn't know, but Clement did.

This heavy hammer is called the Flame of Purification. It is a sacred artifact that protects the church. Although it is shaped like a heavy hammer, its actual weight is also quite astonishing.

However, this heavy hammer was actually forged using a special flame as a material.

This flame has a special characteristic: the deeper the sins of the person who touches it, the heavier the hammer becomes.

The reason Balthazar was able to wield this hammer was that all his sins were not committed by him voluntarily, but rather acquired under the influence of various circumstances.

Therefore, he is in a state of being both guilty and innocent.

Since his own people knew his own situation, Clement was certain that if he were touched by the hammer, even with the 'Calamity Creature' as a buffer, he would most likely be severely injured by the hammer.

Clement's expression changed slightly as he watched the hammer approach. A little imp emerged from the soft soil and rammed into the hammer, knocking it aside.

Now that he knew Balthazar's intelligence in advance, Clement would naturally think of a countermeasure.

These little devils, like Balthazar, possess sins they did not commit themselves.

Thinking about this, Clement's thoughts wavered slightly.

The past inevitably begins to surface.

He took in the children from the orphanage and settled them in the small village where he was stationed.

However, things did not turn out as well as expected.

The issue of child brothels involves far more complex problems than one might imagine.

Many people are searching for the whereabouts of these children.

Clement later learned that many church members were regular visitors.

They feared that these children had memorized their stories, which would later become evidence of their crimes.

So naturally, they kept it a secret while searching for it with all their might.

Furthermore, rewards were offered both openly and covertly.

It was impossible for him to keep the fact that he was raising so many children in the village a secret, so some people started to have designs on him.

It was that demon again, the other party reminded him.

For the sake of those children, and for his own future, he killed the person who wanted to report him and began to secretly control the flow of information in the small village.

When the new garrisoned paladins arrived, they naturally discovered the children as well.

Clement explained the situation, and the paladin nodded in agreement, but secretly he was thinking of escaping; he had no other choice this time.

If they killed him, it would be difficult to hide it from the church.

Even if they are not killed, it will be difficult to control them.

It was at that moment that the demon revealed his true colors—he wanted that body.

After much deliberation, Clement signed a detailed pact with the demon, restricting its further destructive activities.

His mental energy surged, and the calamity-infused life force before Clement mitigated the attack layer by layer. However, his body was still sent flying.

"Bang!" The body, bent into a C-shape, left a long trench in the ground.

When it finally stopped, it had already flown out of the cemetery.

Nems couldn't help but sigh, realizing how truly difficult it was to kill those calamity-infested beings.

His sword strike, aimed at the Bird of Light, was interrupted due to the accumulation of divine power. Although the sword technique's power was not at its maximum, it was still enough to kill a regular Gold-type, but it couldn't kill Clement.

This made Nemus start to think about how he should deal with the calamity creatures.
Exploring the land is inevitable, as is confronting calamity-ridden creatures.

These things need to be prepared in advance.

The silent giant hammer slammed down on Nemus.

"Just in time!" Nems was never a dreamer, but rather a man of great action.

Balthazar, this sinful soul, clearly also possesses forbidden power.

His forbidden power is similar to calamity, but also different, and it is mixed with many auras similar to the abyss.

In short, this is what makes the Sinful Soul so special.

The sinful souls are derived from the taboos, which were originally just fragments, but now there are more and more of them.

Balthazar's situation was rather unique, and therefore his soul's condition was also quite strange.

In this situation, even a saint cannot guarantee the purification of his soul.

A hasty purification or death will only free the sinful soul from the shackles of its physical body, and then the sin, no longer restrained, will begin to expand wildly, eventually causing a major problem.

This 'difference' made Nems feel that he could perceive and contemplate the existence of taboos from different perspectives.

Although Nemus was unfamiliar with the Purifying Flame, he had witnessed its previous performance.

He brandished the Forest Sword in his hand, clashing with the Purifying Flame.

A tremendous force surged through him, and Balthazar's stats, after being inflated, reached approximately 230.

Its numerical value already surpassed Nemus's, and now, with the blessing of sin, its power has multiplied.

The ground beneath Nemes' feet cracked open instantly.

It's about releasing the force!
At the very moment of the confrontation, Nemus moved accordingly, instantly completing the link with Balthazar and establishing a connection with him.

Subsequently, the flow of energy began to accumulate, and the details of Balthazar's flow were observed through connections.

If this act had been performed in the previous life, it would have had a very appropriate name—fortune telling!
Much of Balthazar's past was touched by Nemes through contact with Yun.

When Clement suddenly recalled the past, part of the reason was that Nemes was making such calculations.

In addition, Clement himself was in a special period, and various past events caused him to lose focus during the battle.

Nemus focused his attention on Balthazar, wanting to see how he had become a sinful spirit!
Balthazar was not a member of the Discipline Church; he actually came from another church of the true God, called the Guardian Church.

When he was just a Black Stone, he happened to encounter an outbreak of plague.

This plague is highly contagious and cannot be cured by ordinary treatments.

The church's task at the time was to clean up the infected.

Although he felt reluctant, he also knew that this was something he had no choice but to do.

Those people are beyond saving; continuing will only lead to more people contracting the plague.

However, during this process, the son of a prominent figure in the church secretly entered the lockdown area, became infected, and fell into Balthazar's hands.

(End of this chapter)