The goddesses attempted to gain my salvation.

After hearing Ryan's explanation, the anger on Yann's face subsided somewhat.

But he still felt a surge of anger in his heart. The thought of West threatening his daughter made him so angry that his teeth itched.

Fortunately, the worst didn't happen; Victor stepped in and protected Maggie.

Ya'en thought to himself that once everything was over, it would be time to give Victor some benefits in the name of the family.

But West and Rudolph, they must pay the price for their actions!

After hearing Ryan's words, Victor was also moved to tears.

All my efforts... have been worth it now.

His mentors kept patting him on the shoulder, comforting him.

"You are our role model."

"To protect the students, they were willing to sacrifice so much...sigh."

"We are truly ashamed of ourselves. We used to make fun of you all the time, but now it seems that the poor clown was actually ourselves."

As for West and Rudolph, they were pressed together shoulder to shoulder, glaring at each other.

"Vester! You've really ruined me!!!"

"It's not my fault! It's all Ryan's fault! He's too cunning!!! He actually deceived me!!!"

Ryan had no intention of listening to their nonsense and continued speaking.

"But this is not all the evil they have committed. Behind them is an even more wicked and rampant organization: the Church of Eternal Life!"

"At first, West and Rudolf were just doing some shady things behind the scenes. But ever since they joined forces with several high-ranking members of the Vatican and established the so-called Church of Immortality, they have become even more brazen!"

"They not only used the name of the Church of Eternal Life to recruit believers and amass wealth, but they also held horrific sacrificial rituals for their own purposes."

"Without a doubt, the Church of Eternal Life is the source of all evil!"

Ryan focused all his conflicts on the Church of Immortality.

That was his real purpose.

Not only should Wester and Rudolf be punished as they deserve, but the very soil from which the Church of Immortality thrives should also be completely eradicated.

A chorus of gasps erupted from the audience. Some had heard of the Church of Eternal Life, while others were originally members of the Church, but later severed ties with it out of fear of Olina's ruthless methods.

There was a lot of discussion among the crowd, and one rumor after another about the Church of Immortality was brought to the forefront in these discussions.

People gradually came to understand what the Church of Immortality really was.

Only one final step remains to complete the project.

Ryan's eyes flashed with determination as he began to be on guard about his surroundings.

"Therefore, after punishing West and Rudolf, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, the Bysma Church will purge all believers and supporters associated with the Church of Eternal Life across the entire continent!"

"I urge everyone present not to be misled by those cult members with ulterior motives, lest they fall into the abyss of crime."

Ryan was still giving a passionate speech on stage.

Meanwhile, deep within the forest, a person dressed in a black robe, whose gender was indistinguishable, had a slight upturn at the corners of their mouth.

"The Papacy of Bysma..."

"Don't laugh too soon, you guys."

"The real sacrificial ritual has only just begun..."

"Let's move, Nina, my lovely puppet..."

Chapter Sixty: Fight for Glory!

At this moment, Ryan was still on the stage explaining the secrets of the Church of Immortality.

However, he didn't talk much about the sacrificial ceremony.

The fewer people who know about this, the better.

If some of the families present were to hear that the sacrificial ritual could enhance their strength, they might take the risk and do something that would incur the wrath of both heaven and man.

After all, this is a world that values ​​strength.

Faced with the temptation of absolute power, most people are unable to remain rational.

Meanwhile, in the mentor group, Nina's eyes lit up, and she staggered forward.

The instructors were about to stop her when they noticed a black liquid continuously flowing from between her legs. The liquid emitted a strong, fishy stench, and none of the instructors dared to approach; they all retreated.

Ryan keenly sensed something was amiss and immediately let out a sharp shout.

"Do it!"

"Take her!"

Nearby, several members of the Radiant Moon Knights, who had been prepared beforehand, immediately activated their magic and rushed to Nina in the blink of an eye, subduing her.

In fact, Ryan had envisioned this scene long ago, when the plan was first being formulated.

Wester, Rudolf, and even the Church of Immortality are merely pawns placed on the table; the mastermind behind them must be someone else entirely.

Once they are arrested and the secrets of the Church of Immortality are revealed, the mastermind behind it will certainly take action.

Freya's assassination completely severed all leads related to the sacrificial magic.

Although many of the stone tablets were taken away, Ryan couldn't guarantee that he had successfully stopped the sacrificial magic.

In order to understand the principles and truth of sacrificial magic, and to uncover the mysterious mastermind who has been lurking in the shadows for hundreds of years, the Vatican must lay out enough bait to lure the mastermind into action.

The entire arena, all the nobles, academy students, and even the magic academy's instructors were the bait.

According to Ryan's prediction, once the sacrifice magic is successfully activated, the benefits will be unprecedented.

Those who benefit from it can even directly possess nine magic circuits.

Under such strong temptation, Ryan was certain that the other party would make a move!

This is a colossal gamble with countless lives and the future of the entire continent at stake.

In hindsight, he made the right bet!

Just when Ryan thought everything would get better after he got Nina under control, the unexpected happened!

Several members of the Moonlit Knights, each with six circuits, used all their magic to suppress Nina beneath them, but all that came out of her throat was a strange gurgling sound.

Countless black liquids spurted from her mouth, and her body emitted a thick, liquid-like black light!

In the next instant, all the magic power in the bodies of the knights who were suppressing Nina was drained!

The black light gradually spread outwards, affecting more and more people. One after another, mentors who had not managed to escape were drained of their magic and collapsed to the ground.

Nina's face was flushed with a sickly redness. She raised her head, opened her arms, and let the black light envelop her.

Then, before everyone's eyes, it transformed into a pitch-black stone statue.

Ryan felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the scene before him.

This is the effect of the magic-suppressing stone!

Everything was beyond his imagination!

Ryan had no time to think about why Nina, who was a perfectly normal person just a moment ago, had suddenly turned into a magic-suppressing stone.

He immediately shouted.

"Destroy her!"

However, it's too late.

The surrounding mages had all their magic drained and could only lie on the ground, unable to move.

The surging magic transformed into seven-colored light, continuously converging on Nina.

Driven by powerful magic, the Nina statue slowly floated up.

A beam of black light shot out from between her eyebrows, reaching straight into the sky!

The once clear sky was torn open by powerful magic, revealing an enormous eyeball!

At the same time, a huge black curtain descended from the sky, trapping the entire academy inside!

Along with them came black creatures resembling locusts!

In an instant, the entire sky above the academy was shrouded in darkness.

West, Rudolph, the mentors who joined the Church of Immortality, the papacy members whose magic had been drained, the weaker students, and the spectators in the stands who hadn't had time to react...

Everyone was pulled into the air by some force, flying towards the direction of the black pupil!

Screams and wails echoed through the sky.

West screamed and tried to swim back to the ground, but all his efforts were in vain.

He, Rudolf, and the mentors who had ties to the Church of Immortality were all captured by the black creature and sent to the eyeball.

Then, amidst a series of mournful cries, it completely vanished into nothingness.

Ryan witnessed the whole thing and was left only with shock.

It turns out that the so-called offering of sacrifices did not refer to lives...

It's magic!

The true sacrifice is the magic extracted from people!

As for those people who mysteriously disappeared, they were actually food for that eyeball, or some kind of life form behind it!

The truth has come to light!

The magic that was sacrificed has already entered someone's body.

Ryan knew that this was the final step of the plan!

"Olina!"

"It's now!"

At the same time, on a distant hill.