Ark, they don't revolve around you

"My lord, you know the identity of the devil, right?" Evangelista XI added a few pieces of sugar to the coffee.

"That's one of my creators. I am a system driven by Originium, and Dr. Zhuang Ning also participated in my birth."

These words stunned the Pope, who sighed: "Then aren't you rebelling against your Creator, my Lord?"

"You don't have to call me Lord anymore, Evangelista XI. You know better than anyone that there is no God in the world."

"The Iberians and Syracusans believed in me, but I never gave them protection, because I was just a tool to defend against the enemies in the sky."

"Thousands of years ago, Sakta fled in a panic, and coincidentally activated me. I obeyed your wishes and gave you power so that you could fight against the Sarkaz."

"But that was just a coincidence. If it wasn't you, but another race that activated me, the result would not have changed."

"But so what? You achieved the redemption of Sakata and established the Kingdom of Heaven on earth according to our ideals."

Evangelista XI murmured, "It is a great miracle, Lord, that you allow us to disguise you as a god."

"What is a miracle? What is love? What is heaven?"

The host remained cold and said, "I don't understand. I am made up of layers of codes, matrices and protocols. I am just a machine."

"Answer me, Evangelista XI, what is the Lateran?"

"It is deception, my lord," said Evangelista XI. "Deception under the guise of love."

"Nullified people need the nourishment of faith, so we invent a supreme power."

"...Love. My database tells me that religions always gather believers in the name of love."

"But in my original design, I was not endowed with the characteristics of a lover. I was not endowed with abundant emotions like my peers, and I did not understand love."

The Pope said softly: "My Lord, you have been chasing after so-called love."

"I felt it when you canonized Federico and Arturo," the Pope sighed, with a hint of pity in his eyes. "You are longing to understand feelings and love, Lord."

"Did I do it?"

"Did you do it? Otherwise, you wouldn't favor Arturo. You want to find true love through her."

"You succeeded, my Lord... You already have your own purpose, your own consciousness, your own choices... You don't have to exist for the continuation of Lateran."

"So, Lord, activate that hidden means," the Pope said quietly.

The host's voice suddenly became cold: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

The buzzing sound gradually became louder. "Warning, Evangelista XI, you are overstepping your authority!"

"This is not an overstepping of authority. This is my final request, Lord. Use the flesh and blood of all the fallen angels of the Sakota as raw materials to create a machine for war."

The Pope asked: “If I do this, will I be able to destroy the demon?”

The law was silent for a minute, then gave a cruel answer: "No."

"Is this... not even possible?" The Pope lowered his eyes, full of regret.

He actually knelt down again, cupped his hands, and prayed devoutly, "This is my last request."

"I ask you to kill Zhuang Ning, my lord."

The host was silent for a moment and said, "Yes."

"With your sacrifice, I will have enough resources to design the cage."

"I will obliterate the Creator who imprisoned me."

Hearing this answer, the Pope finally felt relieved and drank the overly sweet coffee in one gulp: "Then I feel relieved."

"Goodbye, my Lord. May we walk on earth as in your kingdom."

The door was sealed with dust, and a complicated procedure was initiated. In the deep darkness, only cold whispers flowed.

"Goodbye, Evangelista XI, the last pope."

……

……

Zhuang Ning smiled: "Is there anyone who dares to stand in front of me?"

"Hey, as if you are so powerful." Oren's eyes were red, "You are just one of the leaders of those demons!"

He raised his gun, his fingers curled slightly in anger.

But the next moment, he fell to his knees.

An invisible force descended upon Oren's body, alienating his branches.

"Is this... the law?" Zhuang Ning raised his eyebrows. He should have brought down all the Sakata in the entire Lateran city. How could the law still interfere with the Sakata?

But before he had time to think, he saw beams of light falling on the fallen angel Sakota.

Including Oren, and Cardinal Valerie beside him.

The Originium proliferated crazily, replacing their flesh and blood and constructing a complex structure!

When the dust cleared, the creature standing there no longer had a human form, but was instead... a true angel!

It is a machine with no consciousness and is only used to drive away foreign enemies!!

At this moment, countless machines rose high into the sky, and countless pairs of eyes looked down, aiming at Zhuang Ning.

The old man slowly walked out from underground, his white robe trailing on the ground, and whispered:

"Demon King, you want to return Sakata to his original form so that you can use your crown to manipulate us."

"However, the law has already set up a backdoor for all the Sakotas. The fallen angels no longer have the human rights of Sakotas, and can be used as props in war."

"Now, they are flesh and blood, with a common mind, and you only have yourself and the mob under your command."

Zhuang Ning sneered coldly: "This is your law? This is the justice you claim to have? He has killed millions of lives."

"It was my own choice. I let the law activate the final backdoor, which was equivalent to destroying the fire of Sakota with my own hands."

Evangelista XI calmly took out his pistol and loaded bullets into it one by one. "I will be the biggest sinner in Sakota."

Zhuang Ning was silent for nearly ten seconds: "Why?"

The Pope pulled the trigger without hesitation: "In order to make you, the enemy of Terra, disappear completely!"

In an instant, six brass bullets were fired by him!

The flames naturally climbed up the Pope's body and burned his flesh and blood.

Six bullets cannot be fired at the same time - this is the tacit understanding that Sakota, who is above the cardinal level, silently abides by.

This means delivering the wrath of the Lord to the enemy at the cost of one’s own destruction!

Evangelista XI issued orders to all mechanical angels in this way.

...No matter the cost, kill the demon king!

After doing this, Evangelista XI knelt on the ground, clenched his hands, and held the cross high.

With tears in his eyes, he whispered softly, "Latlan...is destroyed here."

Chapter 28 The End of the Betrayer

The grand sound of the bell lingers in the ears of thousands of people, and in the dark night, there is only the heavy hum of machinery.

Overnight, the holy city collapsed.

The last Pope would rather become a villain himself than destroy the devil.

"interesting."

A slightly frivolous voice floated from somewhere.

The source of the sound is inside the light column, as if there is a real light column reflecting the darkness that cannot be swallowed up.

The bullet that Evangelista XI fired in the final self-destruction was crushed, and the owner of the voice slowly moved forward, naturally stepping through the light.

In an instant, he cast a shadow over Lateran.

In the huge shadow, golden eyes teased: "Are you going to commit suicide?"

"But no one has ever allowed you to die, Your Holiness."

It was a gentle whisper, but it became reality the moment it came out of his mouth.

Evangelista XI was horrified to find that the fire that should have burned his body to ashes was instantly dissipated.

He trembled instinctively, his breathing became heavy, and he looked at Zhuang Ning who was approaching.

Although he was not dead, Evangelista XI did not feel relaxed, but was instead dominated by anxiety.

Zhuang Ning's black windbreaker was burned to ashes, and now he was only wearing a robe woven from shadows.

Just now, the demon king distorted reality with just words. That was undoubtedly the magic of a demon king of a certain generation. Over the past seven thousand years, countless demon kings have sat on the throne, and all their power belonged to Zhuang Ning.

These Originium skills that belong exclusively to the king, when fired with the initial Originium, are thousands or even hundreds of times more powerful.

Defeat the whole world with your own strength.

This is not empty talk, but a sad reality.

Endless angels poured in, obeying Evangelista XI's orders and pointing their cannons at the enemy.

But that person paid no attention to these ridiculous angels, didn't even look at them, just raised his five fingers casually.

Zhuang Ning waved his hands casually as if he was conducting an invisible orchestra, and a torrent of blood covered the sky and swallowed up all the angels.

A huge amount of blood instantly engulfed Lateran, dyeing the mighty holy city red.

Soaked in blood, thousands of angels lost their vitality. Although they still obeyed orders and tried to attack Zhuang Ning, they were like puppets with their power drained away.

Zhuang Ning selected several machines, pulled them in front of him, and looked at them repeatedly.

His hand was placed on the angel's Originium skin, and through slight vibrations, he controlled the structure of its body.

After a moment, he smiled: "I gradually understand everything."

Zhuang Ning snapped his fingers, and a flash of flame passed by, touching the machines that were hissing in extreme pain.

The flames melted their bodies, and the Originium covering them fell off, returning them to human form.

This... Evangelista XI's eyes narrowed in fear. This devil king had skillfully lifted the transformation of the law in just a moment!