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Chapter 380 God is my faith, but I do not believe in God.

Is His Highness Erin worried?

When Erin turned his head and saw the Pope's wise gaze that seemed to see through everything, his legs, which were about to move, suddenly stopped in place.

After seeing the slight change in Erin's expression.

The Pope suddenly smiled and then said to Gwen beside him, "My conversation with His Highness Erin may involve some of the Vatican's secrets, so I'll have to trouble you to sit here for a moment, Ms. Gwen."

Upon hearing this, Gwen did not answer immediately, but instead turned to look at Erin.

After pondering for a moment, Erin nodded to Gwen and said, "Wait here for me, I'll be right back."

It wasn't that Erin wanted to hide anything from Gwen.

Erin knew that sometimes, certain knowledge is inherently dangerous, and the more you know, the more dangerous it becomes.

Before Erin knew whether there were any unknown risks involved in what the Pope wanted to say, he didn't want Gwen to encounter any unknown dangers.

After hearing Erin's words, Gwen did not insist that her partner tell her everything, unlike some couples in love.

After giving Erin a worried look, Gwen gritted her teeth and nodded.

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

Upon hearing this, the Pope glanced at Gwen with a hint of admiration.

Then, turning to the knight commander Wendy beside him, he said, "Wendy, go down and have Lady Margaret prepare some delicious snacks and fruits and bring them over. Don't let Miss Gwen wait here idly."

"it is good."

After responding with a buzzing sound, the tall and imposing Wendy walked briskly toward the side door.

After Wendy left.

The Pope then made an inviting gesture to Erin.

The Pope's arrangement made Erin take another look at the unusually kind-looking old man.

Wendy's departure, seemingly to allow the other party to prepare refreshments and properly entertain Gwen, also served to dispel the concerns in Arryn and Gwen's hearts.

Otherwise, there would be such a tall and strong guy here.

Even if the other party didn't mean any harm, Gwendo would probably feel a little uncomfortable being suddenly separated from Erin.

Of course, what the Pope probably will never know is that with Gwen's current power, even if his tall and strong knight commander really harbored ill intentions, he probably wouldn't be able to do anything to Gwen.

Even if she couldn't win a direct confrontation, given the spacious layout of this papal palace and its domed windows, Gwen could easily leave if she wanted to.

If Erin wasn't absolutely certain, he wouldn't have left Gwen alone.

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After giving Gwen a reassuring look, Erin followed behind the Pope, passing through another large door covered with reliefs, and then walked deeper into the Papal Palace.

After passing through another long corridor and two palaces.

The Pope led Erin to a closed room.

After lighting the three white candles on the candlestick in the center of the room, the Pope gently turned the candlestick.

next second.

The large door behind Erin, which had been open, was tightly shut by the mechanism.

In an instant.

The enclosed room then became dark.

Erin paid no attention to the suddenly closed door behind him, but instead took a sniff of the special scent emitted by the three lit white candles.

what.

Did you notice?

Upon seeing Erin's actions, a hint of surprise flashed in the Pope's eyes.

However, he didn't say anything.

A while later.

Seeing the Pope fall silent, and hearing the scent emanating from the three lit candles, Erin looked at the Pope and said, "If I'm not mistaken, these aren't ordinary candles, are they? So, Your Holiness, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

He looked at Erin, who had walked up to him and was already reaching for the candlestick.

The Pope said helplessly, "This is a Divine Sleep Candle. The scent emitted when this candle is lit nourishes special souls. However, while nourishing the souls, it also puts them into a deep sleep. For angels from the heavenly dimension, the effect of this Divine Sleep Candle is even more pronounced."

"So, Mr. Erin, don't worry, because its only function is to let the angelic soul within you get a good night's sleep."

Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in Erin's eyes, and his gaze toward the Pope deepened instantly.

The Pope didn't seem to care. After estimating the time, he extinguished the three candles that were now only half-burnt, and then turned on the light next to him.

After doing all this, the Pope looked at Erin and said, "The Divine Sleep Candle takes effect immediately upon the first ingestion. The angel inside you should be asleep by now, so we won't need it for the rest of our conversation. Well, the Divine Sleep Candle is not easy to make, and the Papacy doesn't have much left, so we'll have to use it sparingly."

After saying a few words to Erin.

The Pope glanced up again at the huge mirror hanging from the ceiling of the enclosed room. After confirming that no angel's silhouette was reflected in the mirror, the Pope smiled again and said, "Alright, now there are some things I can talk to you about properly."

Erin: "Of course, but after going through all this trouble, what does His Holiness the Pope intend to say to me?"

Looking at the calm Erin, the Pope's eyes first flashed with surprise, then he said thoughtfully, "After seeing what I did, you can still remain so calm. It seems that my guess was right. Although I don't know how you obtained the power of a six-winged angel, it is clear that you are not a so-called reincarnation of an angel."

"But that's not surprising. If you were truly the reincarnation of a six-winged angel, the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj would have banished you from Earth long ago."

Upon hearing this, a flicker of emotion crossed Erin's eyes, and he asked, "Why do you say that?"

"After the rise of the Sorcerer Supreme, the power of the Heavenly Dimension was banished from Earth. Not to mention a six-winged angel, even an ordinary angel could not be reincarnated on Earth."

"Because the Sorcerer Supreme, or the Vishanti behind her, will not allow it."

Upon hearing this, Erin spoke up: "So, you kept inviting me to meet before because you suspected me, and then you wanted to verify my identity in person?"

"That's part of the reason, but more importantly, the Vatican needs the power you displayed in New York to solve a problem. Just now at St. Peter's Basilica, I thought I was wrong and that you really were the reincarnation of an angel. But when I saw the way you looked at Miss Gwen, I was certain of my previous guess, because angels don't have emotions."

At this point, the Pope glanced at Erin and said, "It was because I saw you and Ms. Gwen exchanging glances that I changed my initial plan and brought you here."

"You brought me here, then used the so-called Divine Sleep Candle to put the angelic soul within me into a deep sleep," Erin asked. "So what exactly do you want to do?"

The Pope said, "What happened in St. Peter's Basilica just now should have made you feel the changes within yourself. Your spirit has been influenced by that being. The existence of this Divine Sleep Candle will cleanse your spirit, restore your true self, and allow you to be yourself again. Only then can I communicate with you. I think you are not willing to be a vessel for the descent of angels, are you?"

"A vessel for the descent of angels?"

A thought struck Erin, and he asked, "What does this mean?"

"The literal meaning."

After staring intently at Erin, the Pope continued, "Judging from your state just now, you must have been deeply influenced by a certain angel. This subtle influence will make you the best vessel for angelic descent. Before the rise of the Sorcerer Supreme, the angels of the Heavenly Dimension liked to descend to Earth in this way."

"Even if they are not vessels for the resurrection of angels, such subtle influence over time will gradually change a person's mind and turn them into a puppet of angels."

Hearing this, Erin asked, puzzled:

"Why tell me all this? Even if I really did undergo those changes you described, shouldn't it be a good thing for the Vatican?"

"And as the Pope, shouldn't you be God's most devout believer?"

"Good news?"

Upon hearing this, the Pope sneered, "The existence of angels is not necessarily a good thing. Otherwise, the Papacy would not have suddenly fallen from its strongest position."

"According to the Vatican's records, every angel considers spreading the Gospel of God as their highest mission, and they will spare no effort to achieve this goal. The famous crusades were initiated by angels to spread the Gospel of God."

"If you knew how many people died and how many families were broken during that period, you wouldn't think it was a good thing."

At this point, the Pope couldn't help but recall the secret record he had once seen.

The protracted war that year, while making the Papacy's reputation spread throughout the world, also thoroughly awakened the pope of that time.

In order to end that protracted war, that Pope secretly joined forces with the Sorcerer Supreme to completely banish the Heavenly Dimension from Earth.

After the Heavenly Dimension was expelled, the war also ceased.

The lack of high-end combat power caused the Papacy's influence to plummet.

But it has also become more decisive.

At least they are no longer tools for gods to vie for faith.

Or rather, since then, all popes have ceased to be tools for gods to vie for faith.

Thinking about this...

Upon hearing this, the Pope laughed and said, "Furthermore, I am indeed God's most devout believer, but I believe in the God I imagine, not a real deity."

"To paraphrase a certain pope, 'God is my faith, but I do not have faith in God.'"

"God is my faith, but I do not believe in God." This statement instantly made Erin understand the Pope's attitude towards the so-called God.

"Alright, enough of that. Today, I just want to ask you: are you truly willing to be a tool for an angel's descent?"

"Of course not."

"If you don't want to, then let's make a deal!"

Upon hearing this, Erin looked up at the Pope and asked, "What deal?"

"You help me solve the problems the Vatican is currently facing, and I'll help you solve your own problems, how about it?"

The troubles I'm in.

Upon hearing this, Erin was slightly tempted, but he didn't immediately agree. Instead, he asked, "What trouble is the Holy See facing?"

Upon hearing this, the Pope said in a deep voice, "In the Vatican, a group of demons were once suppressed. Although the passage of time has reduced these demons to very few, those that remain are extremely difficult to kill."

"Not long ago, due to the overlap between the Hell dimension and Earth, the seal of the Vatican was damaged, so those damned guys unexpectedly regained some of their power."

"It's caused quite a bit of trouble in the Vatican lately."

"What I want you to do is use your six-winged angel power to kill those guys, or seal them away again."

Let me kill those demons who have been suppressed for thousands of years but have not been erased by time?

What a joke.

If I could handle those monsters, would I be standing here?

Just as Erin was about to shake his head at this thought,

The Pope, as if guessing what Erin was thinking, said, "Don't overestimate those guys. They were wiped out by the Vatican's magic array for a thousand years. Even if they accidentally regained some strength, their original source was damaged, and their strength is less than one-tenth of their peak. The only troublesome thing is that their talent makes them more difficult to kill."

"If we really can't kill them by then, we can seal them back into the magic array and let time wear them down."

The Pope's words did not dispel Erin's doubts; instead, they made Erin frown slightly and say, "If they are really that weak, then why don't you just kill those guys directly?"

"Because we can't do it."

The Pope shook his head and said, "Although these guys look extremely weak, they were once infamous demons. Even if they only have a little power left, their life essence is still incredibly high."

"If you want to kill them, you must at least use power of the same level to slowly erode their essence bit by bit."

"After being expelled from Earth from the Heavenly Dimension, our Holy See has retained some cultivation systems, preventing the lineage from being severed, but we can no longer kill those guys."

"We can't do that, but you're different. I don't know where the holy light power within you comes from, but its essence is extremely high, at least from a six-winged angel."

"It's not difficult to obliterate a weakened demon with the power of a six-winged angel."

"As long as you agree, no matter what the outcome is, I will immediately tell you how to solve your problem."

After saying this, the Pope took out a yellowed parchment scroll from a drawer to the side.

Ok.

Looking at the rolled-up sheepskin scroll, Erin's heart stirred.

(End of this chapter)