Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

Under the holy light cast by the goddess, the temple knights who were originally on the verge of death were now enveloped in holy light, and their wounds were healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Needless to say, the injuries inflicted by the monster's claws and teeth were also rapidly healing under the Holy Light at an astonishing speed, even those with severed limbs, broken arms, or ruptured intestines!

Of course, even if the bodies of those temple knights who were completely dead gradually became whole again under the protection of holy light, they were still dead. Even the most powerful healing magic could not bring them back to life.

Even so, Teresa and the "divine child," as believers of Milis, were completely dumbfounded by this miraculous scene before them.

As is well known, most of the followers of Milis, like Senis, are skilled in the healing magic system, and this is especially true of the Milis Order.

Within the Milis Order, the one who has mastered healing and purification magic the best is undoubtedly the "Old Pope" of the Milis Order.

According to Therese and the "Divine Child," even the old Pope, although he claimed to have mastered "Emperor-level" healing magic, had only actually reached the "Saint-level."

For most mages, healing magic is the most difficult to master, and the old Pope's "saint-level" healing magic is definitely considered heroic in the human realm, which is why he holds such a high position in the Order.

However, the healing magic that Wood just displayed completely changed the worldviews of Therese and the "God Child".

"Saint-level" healing magic is already extremely rare on the continent. Although it cannot regenerate a damaged body, it is enough to pull a person on the verge of death back from the brink of death.

As for "Emperor-level" healing magic, although it is not as outrageous as "God-level" healing magic, it is still almost legendary.

Even as the "divine child" and "temple knight captain" of the Milis Order, Therese and the others had never actually seen "Emperor-level" healing magic.

Moreover, such terrifying healing effects seem to surpass even the legendary "Emperor-level" magic.

“Miss Therese, if I remember correctly, you mentioned before that your nephew, Wood Grellatt, is skilled in swordsmanship at the level of a ‘Sword Saint’, as well as various other ‘Saint-level’ magic of different attributes.”

So your Latorea family calls a healing spell that can instantly kill nearly a hundred magical beasts with a single strike, with an effect only slightly weaker than 'resurrection,' a 'Sword Saint' level swordsmanship and a 'Saint-level' spell, respectively?

Seeing the divine child looking at her with an expression that said, "Your Latorea family is really good at showing off," or rather, "You have such high standards," Therese also showed a conflicted expression.

According to the information she knew, two years ago, Wood only possessed swordsmanship at the "Sword Saint" level and magic at the "Saint" level.

Wood is his nephew. The stronger Wood is, the more face he will have. Why hide such a thing from others?

"I really didn't know that my monster nephew had become so much stronger in just two years!"

Seeing Therese's sincere explanation, the current "divine child" said he didn't even intend to believe a single punctuation mark from her.

She is now certain that Therese is in Versailles; otherwise, given the intimacy she had shown with Wood, how could she not know Wood's true strength?

"If I had known Wood had such strength, why would I have stopped him from returning to the Holy Kingdom of Milis?"

With Wood's current combat strength, even if he doesn't go on a rampage in the Holy Kingdom of Milis, he can at least stabilize the situation within the Holy Kingdom. And even if we take a step back, protecting the Latorea family is definitely not a problem.

Because by the time Wood and his group arrived, almost all of the Templar Knights had already died, so even though Wood's "Emperor-level" healing magic was incredibly powerful, only four or five Templar Knights survived in the end.

When the few temple knights who had regained consciousness saw the Holy Light Goddess gradually dissipating in the sky, they knelt down on the spot with devout expressions and prayed with their hands clasped together.

They believed that this miraculous scene was the power of the gods, and that perhaps only the gods could achieve such a feat.

"That's just a magical effect. Instead of kneeling and worshipping some vague and ethereal god, it's more practical to thank me directly."

Upon hearing Wood's words, the several temple knights present also showed astonished expressions, because they simply could not believe that someone could develop healing magic to this extent.

Chapter 493 Wood, the Messenger of God?

"Thank you for saving us, but on the orders of the old Pope, we still have to take the 'Child of God' back."

"The 'Divine Child' plays a crucial role in the Order, especially in the face of the currently menacing rebels. I hope you understand this, Therese, and this mysterious and powerful figure."

As they said these words, the temple knights lowered their heads in shame, knowing that it was quite shameless of them to say such things after they had just been rescued.

However, they were quite helpless about this, as the Temple Knights were extremely devout to the Order and incredibly loyal to it.

The role of the "divine child" in the order is indeed very important. They can turn a blind eye to Therese's departure, but the "divine child" is a different story.

"What happens to your Milis Order is none of my business, Wood."

In short, as I said before, I would ensure the safety of the Divine Child, and I will absolutely not allow her to have any accidents. I only helped you because of Aunt Therese.

"If you don't know what's good for you, you can choose to attack now. I can easily revive you, and I can easily kill you again!"

Upon hearing Wood's rather cold words and meeting his murderous gaze, the temple knights fell silent.

Without a doubt, they had no doubt about the truthfulness of what he said; the boy in front of them, though young, certainly possessed such strength.

After all, with the terrifying power to instantly kill nearly a hundred magical beasts with a single strike, even if their numbers were several times greater, they wouldn't be enough to withstand a single blow from the opponent.

Resistance would mean certain death, but compromise would be a violation of the Pope's orders, a taboo offense for the Templar Knights.

“We had already decided to return to the Holy Kingdom of Milis, so you don’t need to feel embarrassed about it at all.”

Seeing the tense atmosphere surrounding Wood, and then looking at the hesitant Temple Knight who seemed ready to fight to the death for his beliefs, it was ultimately the kind-hearted "God's Child" who spoke first.

If a conflict were to break out with Wood, there is no doubt that even if these Temple Knights had several more lives, it wouldn't be enough to prevent their deaths.

Since the Pope's order was merely to bring him, as the "Son of God," back to the Holy Kingdom of Milis, it didn't seem to conflict with their current goals at all. Therefore, out of his kind nature, the "Son of God" took the initiative to speak up.

"This powerful sir is also preparing to travel to the Holy Kingdom of Milis. I wonder if you could lend a helping hand to our Milis Order?"

Now that the old Pope is advanced in years and rebels have emerged within the order, they are so eager to seize power that they have even disregarded the lives of ordinary people in the theocracy, triggering a beast tide…

Upon hearing that the "Son of God" was also preparing to go to the Holy Kingdom of Milis, the first thought of these temple knights was to hope, or rather, to hire Wood to help their order eliminate the rebels.

Wood's previous strength was evident to everyone present; whether it was swordsmanship or magic, it could be said that he had reached the pinnacle of human skill.

With such assistance, not only would rebels be no match, but even the beast tide that is about to attack the Holy Kingdom of Milis could be resolved instantly.

“I think you must have misunderstood. I have absolutely no connection with your Milis Order. I only saved you because of my Aunt Therese.”

Our return to the Holy Kingdom of Milis this time is mainly for my grandmother Claire and the Latorea family. As for the internal strife that broke out in your order, what does it have to do with me?

"Am I not a saint, nor a follower of Milis? Why should I help you?"

Hearing Wood's blunt words, the Temple Knights were stunned. Although Wood's words were ruthless, they were indeed true.

The other party was just an outsider; helping them was a favor, and not helping them was also their right. They couldn't find any excuse to object, so in the end they could only look to Therese for help.

From what Wood just said, it's clear that this incredibly strong young man is actually a member of the Latorea family's maternal lineage, and that Therese, as the young man's aunt, seems to have a certain amount of influence with Wood.

However, when she noticed the gazes of the Temple Knights directed at her, Therese immediately turned her head away.

The fact that the other party had previously pursued her and the "divine child," putting them in danger, had made Therese completely disillusioned with the so-called Knights Templar.

Therese felt she had repaid the debt of their past camaraderie after Wood's intervention to save the man.

Therese no longer wanted any connection with the Milis Order, so it was even less likely that she would ask Wood to help the Order quell the rebellion.

Wood was unwilling to help, and the Temple Knights were helpless. However, the fact that the "Son of God" was willing to return to the Holy Kingdom of Milis with them was a relief to the Temple Knights.

To be honest, with Wood backing them up, even if the "God Child" is unwilling to return to the Holy Kingdom of Milis, there's nothing they can do. Although they failed to hire Wood, a powerful figure, this time they at least fulfilled the old Pope's order.

As for whether the "Son of God" would be willing to return to the Church after returning to the Holy Kingdom of Milis, that is not their business.

After all, their previous mission was merely to bring the "God Child" back to the Holy Kingdom of Milis. As for how to bring the "God Child" back to the Church from the hands of the powerful Wood, that was a headache for the old Pope.

With several Templar Knights acting as vanguards, and Wood's relentless efforts, Therese and her party quickly arrived at the city gates of the Holy Kingdom of Milis.

With news of the impending beast tide, the capital of Milis was in a state of panic.

Families and powerful individuals with even a slight background in the church are unwilling to give up their long-established businesses and leave their hometowns, so they all seek the protection of the church.

At this moment, the cult was already too busy with internal strife caused by the rebels to have any time to deal with other matters.

As for the ordinary civilians of the Holy Kingdom of Milis, they began to leave the capital in large numbers at this moment. After all, everyone in this world was well aware of how terrifying the beast tide was.

Ordinary magical beasts can easily slaughter adult humans, so the so-called "beast tide" is even more devastating. Not to mention ordinary humans, even an army of equal size would be as fragile as paper in the face of a beast tide.

With so many people leaving the city, Wood and his companions' entry into the city became particularly conspicuous.

"The capital of Milis is in such a mess that even ordinary people know that the beast tide is coming?"

But without the protection of the city walls and the temple knights, if these ordinary people left the capital and encountered a horde of monsters, wouldn't they be no different from food delivered to their doorstep?

They are all devout followers of Milis, and the order just lets them risk leaving the city like this?

Seeing a large number of Milis citizens pouring out of the city, Therese glared angrily at the temple knights beside her and said.

Having just returned from outside, they knew exactly what the situation was like outside.

Even as members of the Temple Knights, they faced total annihilation even when encountering small to medium-sized waves of magical beasts, let alone the ordinary people of the Holy Kingdom of Milis.

Let alone a small group of monsters, even a lone monster could easily slaughter a civilian army of a hundred.

"It's not that the cult doesn't care about these people's lives or deaths, but rather that the cult is currently too preoccupied with internal strife to take care of itself."

The Knights Templar are currently unable to muster enough manpower to resist the beast tide, so the actions of these believers are actually tacitly approved by the order, because their chances of survival by escaping are actually higher than those of fighting the beast tide in the capital.

Hearing the Temple Knights' argument, Wood couldn't help but sneer, "Do you care more about your current power and status than about resisting the beast tide?"

Judging from this, the old pope doesn't seem like a good person either. But that's not surprising, considering there's already a "divine child" like him.

Faced with Wood's sarcastic remarks, the temple knights lowered their heads in shame and chose to remain silent. If they could, they would naturally want to resist the beast tide, even if it meant their deaths.

Unfortunately, the Templars were originally created to protect the Order, and the Pope's orders were absolute.

"Run, everyone! The beast tide is coming!"

"We have high-level magical beasts like the Flame Lizard, the Ringed Bear, and the Rock Python. We're really doomed this time! God Milis, please hear the prayers of your devout followers and save us!"

"Where are the Templar Knights? Where is the Pope of the Milis Order?"

Just as Wood and his group were about to enter the city, the so-called beast tide suddenly struck, and those who originally planned to flee the capital of Milis naturally became the primary targets.