Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 95 Desire

"This is it!" Raimondo led Cono and the priest to a house deep in the slums.

The environment here is already quite terrible, with all kinds of domestic sewage and garbage flooding the muddy road surface and emitting a nauseating stench.

"This is where that 'coachman' and his family settled down. Half a month ago, he was completely eliminated and had no choice but to move here. After that, he was tempted and corrupted by the cult of desire, became a slave to desire, and launched a sacrifice of desire," Raymondo said succinctly.

"There is a force that shakes destiny here, and someone has betrayed 'fate' here!" Father Costel's face turned extremely ugly.

He reached out, grasping a badge engraved with black thorn patterns. The badge trembled slightly, as if resisting or defying him.

"I see destiny fluctuating..." Father Costel's eyes suddenly became misty as he chanted an incantation, "'Destiny' is unique!"

A strange power surged from the badge, giving one the feeling that a predetermined destiny was irresistible and bound to be fulfilled.

"The cultists of desire are still nearby!" The fog quickly dissipated, and the priest seemed to have received a revelation from fate.

In a world of "destiny," anyone who breaks free from "destiny" stands out, their fate as abrupt as a fish swimming in the sky.

"What!" Captain Raimondo and Kono instantly became alert, looking around warily.

"Let me do it; it is my duty to purify those who have betrayed their 'destiny'."

"Priest" is also a profession, and it is the profession closest to the "Ring of Fate".

"By 'Destiny'... My contracted creature, go and destroy all heretics who defy destiny!"

The priest's eyes darkened, and he chanted in a low voice, a strange power emanating from him.

The priest's shadow in the sunlight suddenly twisted, as if a creature had been summoned and emerged from it.

Kono could only vaguely see a black shadow flash by, and felt an extremely powerful force from it, an extraordinary ability even stronger than the "Ballad of Desirelessness"!

"Let's go!" Father Costel quickly made a discovery and ran off into the distance.

"Keep up!" Ramondo and Conno equipped themselves with the "Desireless Badge" and followed, wielding weapons resembling guns.

"Where does this power come from...?" Amon and Bethel, who had only ever seen the potion system, were both astonished.

When Father Costel summoned that "spirit," their spiritual vision saw through everything, but that feeling was completely different from the potion system.

"They don't have any inherent special abilities; the source of their power is the Giver." Truman's eyes lit up. The power gained through the "Gift" wouldn't be much weaker than a Sequence Potion!

"The battle has begun!" Truman suddenly sensed something and led the other two to the scene, finding the best spot to watch the battle between the heretical cultists.

Neither of them is at a high level, probably around Sequence Seven.

Father Costel demonstrated a wide range of abilities, including shadow possession, mental attacks, and invisibility.

This has already exceeded the limits that many Sequence 7s can achieve.

The priest's opponent was a young woman dressed as a maid, her light blue eyes seemed to sparkle, and her loose-fitting maid outfit outlined her beautiful figure, exuding feminine grace.

"Mina Redman! You betrayed 'destiny'! And you killed your father!"

Father Costel's face was serious, his eyes were piercing, and he stared directly at Mina Redman.

This is the daughter of the "coachman," whose destined profession is "maid."

But it's clear that this naturally beautiful woman is unwilling to spend her whole life as just a "maid".

This is the biggest drawback of the "destiny" civilization that Truman could think of, even more profound than the contradictions of those eliminated professions.

Humans are never satisfied with the present.

Unless the "Desireless Badge" is made widespread, erasing all desires and turning everyone into machine-like beings, human desires can prevent "Destiny" from being at peace.

This is probably why the power of the "Mother Tree of Desire" is exceptionally strong in this place.

Desires suppressed by "fate" will eventually erupt.

"You have been seduced by 'desire'." A look of pity rose in the priest's eyes.

"You've been tamed by 'fate'." Mina puffed out her chest, making her black and white maid outfit look like a fashion show.

She nonchalantly mocked Father Costel and his two companions, saying, "You are 'law enforcers,' you are 'priests,' you were born that way!"

"I am a 'maid,' and my father is a 'coach driver,' it was all destined!"

"It's all 'fate'!"

Mina's eyes were already flashing with a crimson light, which made Father Costel's expression change drastically.

"What have you done!" Father Costel shouted sternly.

"I only want to awaken the desire in your hearts."

"Look at the choices in your hearts: is it 'destiny' or... freedom!"

Mina suddenly smiled, the crimson light in her eyes growing stronger and stronger, as if the air in this slum was filled with some kind of substance.

All the poor people who lived nearby were affected by this force, and their inner desires began to surge and swell.

They also wanted to be "priests," because that represented wealth, power, and even, most importantly, the right to define oneself and the qualification to communicate with God...

"Destiny!"

Father Costel threw out the badge engraved with black thorn patterns from his hand. The badge seemed to transform into a thorny ring made of mist, correcting the path of "destiny".

At this moment, all those whose inner desires are growing are about to return to their destined path as the power of the badge fades.

"Desire is indelible!" Mina suddenly ripped open her clothes, tearing her well-fitting maid outfit and revealing her fair skin underneath.

She had a pink mark below her collarbone, which beat faintly like a heart, pointing to the "Mother Tree of Desire"!

"I declare that those who betray their destiny will perish and repent in endless solitude before the great 'Ring of Destiny'!" Father Costel solemnly pronounced.

The divine power of judgment bursts forth from the emblem of destiny, pointing towards the cultists of desire.

"'Destiny' can no longer control me! I have transcended my fate!" Mina suddenly went mad, her body began to grow gigantic, and the limbs and faces of some people began to appear inside her body, breaking through the maid outfit.

Even under the crimson light, tumors began to grow on her body. The tumors burst open, splattering blood and blood, from which flowers and tentacles grew.

She can no longer be called an extraordinary being; she doesn't belong to the sequence and is more like a container contaminated by the "Mother Tree of Desire."

Everything was just as she had planned; she wanted to awaken the desires within everyone here.

(End of this chapter)