Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 419 Punishment and Suspension

No one expected that Peter from the Soma team would suddenly launch a deadly sneak attack, and that the target of the attack would be their own team captain, Adam.

Amanda, who happened to be standing next to Adam, caught a glimpse of Peter gathering lightning out of the corner of her eye and noticed it in time, immediately shielding Adam from the thunderous attack.

The only price she paid was her own life.

Adam stared blankly at the lifeless Amanda.

He knelt down and grasped Amanda's hand: "How could this happen..."

"Although I don't know why you teleported to the church, it seems that he was the one who revealed the location and time of the main force's teleportation to the Fire-Stealer Cult."

Guan Tong's voice rang out beside him, and Adam's heart skipped a beat. He looked up and stared ahead.

Peter knew that Adam would be exposed once he made things clear with Guan Tong and the others, so he decided to strike first and eliminate Adam, the biggest threat.

But he didn't expect Amanda to block the attack for him. He failed to succeed in his sudden attack and when he tried to escape, he found that Silver Fox had blocked his way.

The rest of the team then surrounded him.

"So you were the traitor who betrayed us!"

"That beast, kill him!"

Enraged, Peter realized he couldn't escape and couldn't help but curse, "Baker and Heath, those two good-for-nothings! I told them the time and place beforehand, and they still failed, letting you heretics live!"

Upon hearing his words, everyone immediately realized that he was also a member of the Fire Thief Cult.

Moreover, judging from his use of the word "useless" to describe the two bishops, his position within the church must be quite high.

One person exclaimed, "Could you be the Pope?!"

"How could His Holiness the Pope be someone like me? Humph."

Peter said this as he ripped off his combat uniform, revealing a black robe with a red belt underneath.

Many people immediately took a deep breath.

"So you're a bishop too!"

Within the Church of the Fire-Stealers, there are four bishops below the Pope.

The identities of these four individuals, along with the Pope, remained secret and unknown to the outside world. It was only after Heath took responsibility for the bombing that people learned the name and appearance of one of the four.

The team had previously been ambushed by a magic array. In addition to Hiss, another bishop with the ability to become invisible and a boyish physique appeared, named Byke.

However, no one expected that, in addition to the two bishops, there was another one hidden within their own ranks, hidden in the Soroma team!

Yang Ran looked incredulous: "How did the Soma team select its players? Why would they put a cult member on the team?!"

His question reflects the sentiments of others.

Didn't Solmar conduct a thorough safety background check on the team members?

It should be noted that the other countries sent the most trusted elevators, so there's no reason why Solmar wouldn't do the same.

"Your Excellency, it's Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency, save me!"

"Kill all these heretics, Your Excellency!"

The cultists who hadn't been crushed to death and had crawled out of the cathedral ruins saw Peter reveal his identity and began to plead and beg.

Peter scoffed at this: "I don't have time to care..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt the air around him compress rapidly, and his expression changed drastically.

It's Adam's invisible force field!

"Thunderous Spear!"

Extremely dazzling lightning erupted from his body, then quickly condensed into a lightning spear.

He thrust the gun upwards, and for a moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared—a truly spectacular sight!
This is his strongest move; the Thunder Spear can unleash extremely high-voltage lightning in an instant, enough to overwhelm any obstacles or attacks from others.

He didn't probe; he went straight for the ultimate attack because he knew probing was pointless against an enemy like Adam. First, he destroyed the field with his ultimate attack, then he used a teleportation item... Hmm?!
Peter was astonished to find that his lightning spear was blocked by the invisible force field and could not advance an inch.

“This is impossible!” Peter looked at Adam in shock and anger. “You killed so many priests and apostles in the church, and then deployed your power to protect several people when the building collapsed. It’s impossible for you to still have so much mental energy left!”

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

Since Peter is an internal traitor, he must be going through the motions without putting in any real effort, keeping his mental energy hidden until he betrays the organization and then suddenly unleashes it.

Unaware of this, Adam's remaining mental energy was still able to overpower Peter's...

Guan Tong did not make a move at this moment. He looked at Adam, who was kneeling on the ground and holding Amanda's hand. An indescribable aura emanated from the latter.

This familiar feeling... Guan Tong's heart stirred, and he immediately understood the changes that had occurred to him.

He knew that at this moment Adam's mental power limit had exceeded one thousand points, entering the second stage of sublimation!
"I'm sorry, Amanda..."

Adam ignored Peter's roar and spoke softly to his deceased wife.

“It’s my fault… I shouldn’t have agreed to the king’s request in the first place.”

"Adam!!"

Peter was filled with anger and fear. He couldn't understand it. Was his strength really that much weaker? He had given it his all, holding back more than 90% of his mental power, yet he still couldn't defeat Adam after a long and fierce battle.
The scene became eerily silent for a moment, and it seemed that the others had a tacit understanding that they hadn't made a move.

That is to let Adam personally deal with Peter, the traitor and wife-killer.

At this moment, Adam took off the headphones that were playing the elders' voices and crushed them, picked up Amanda, and looked at Peter, who was filled with fear and dread.

"The most unforgivable thing is betrayal. Betrayer should suffer the most painful punishment."

"what are you going to do?!"

Peter's face turned deathly pale as he thought of Adam's abilities.

Adam said, word by word, "Fifty times, gravity."

"Aaaaaaaaaaa!"

After the ability was activated, an extremely terrifying scene appeared.

With fifty times the force of gravity applied to his body, Peter screamed as his entire body exploded into a cloud of blood mist, which sprayed down with a "whoosh" as even the strongest bones in his body shattered under the terrifying gravitational field, making a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound.

In just a few seconds, Peter went from a tall young man over 1.8 meters tall to a pool of bone fragments and blood scattered on the church ruins.

Most of the people present trembled in their hearts. Even Bai Xuewu, who had fought alongside Adam several times, showed horror on her face. She had never seen Adam use such a cruel method to eliminate the enemy on the battlefield of the Black Flag Kingdom.

Guan Tong's eyes widened slightly. This was the first time he had witnessed Adam's ability to manipulate force fields, and it was indeed terrifying.

After Peter's death, the other cult members were quickly killed by the action team.

However, only two of the most important members who died were Bishops Heath and Peter. Another Bishop, Back, escaped using his invisibility ability, while another bishop and the Pope were nowhere to be found and were not even in the church.

On the action team's side, including Amanda, two people died, one was seriously injured, and one was slightly injured. From the outcome, the operation can be considered a complete failure.

However, this failure was not due to a lack of combat skills, but rather to huge problems in both mission intelligence and team members.

This is actually a stroke of luck amidst misfortune!

If Guan Tong hadn't broken the formation, the outcome of this mission would most likely have been the complete annihilation of the entire action team!
If all the highly promising elite ascensionists from various countries who gathered here were to die here, one can imagine how severe the consequences would be.

Forget about unity against external threats; if the Firebringers cult exposes internal spies and other intelligence, the Federation might even lose trust in its member states – that would be the real crisis. Building trust in an international organization is difficult, but destroying it is incredibly easy!

Someone must take responsibility for this failure.

The operations room is already aware of everything that happened on site.

Li Meng's voice came through Guan Tong's earpiece: "Guan Tong, with the intelligence leaked, the enemy leader, the Pope, has probably already moved. There's no point in you continuing the search. All the team leaders have agreed to cancel the mission. You should bring your men back."

"The intelligence leak and the issue of the mole must be thoroughly investigated," Guan Tong said. "Everyone was almost killed; this cannot be covered up by a mistake."

"Don't worry, this matter will be thoroughly investigated, and the People's Federation will definitely make Soloma give an explanation."

(End of this chapter)