This time, I won't be the devil.

In order to expand the effect of the [Law of Silence] to the entire city, in addition to this main altar, they also set up 4 branch altars. Once the ceremony of the main altar is successful, the other branch altars will be activated together.

"Your Majesty, please become our leader. As long as we have you at our helm, we have nothing to fear, no matter whether our enemies are the Church or the demons!"

But in response to Ivan's earnest expectation, Frey simply replied calmly:

"I reject."

Faced with this unexpected rejection, Ivan couldn't help but widen his eyes and his pupils trembled.

"Why? Aren't you our savior?"

"Only those who are strong enough have the ability to enforce their will. Don't you still remember what I said?"

"Neither you nor I can be considered strong right now. Even if we step onto the stage, we will only become bargaining chips and pawns for others."

"The most important thing is that I'm not interested in saving humanity. I just want to live a free life, and your actions have caused me trouble."

Hearing Frey say this, Ivan was extremely confused and asked hurriedly:

"How could a leader like you, who possesses strategy, courage, and ability, be so narrow-minded?"

Frey stared into Ivan's eyes and replied:

"Because I am neither a partner of justice, nor a partner of humanity, nor a partner of the demons."

"I'm just my own buddy."

"From this perspective, I am indeed a narrow-minded person."

"Then, were all the kindness and saintly virtues you showed us false?"

"Not entirely."

Just like when he fought the hero, facing the dying Ivan, Frey took off his disguise and revealed his true feelings:

“If a child smiles at me, I feel happy, so I am gentle with them.”

"If anyone threatens my safety, I will eliminate them, so I will eliminate you."

Having said that, Frey paused, and then gave his final conclusion:

"If I were still the Demon King, I would definitely take you in as my subordinate."

"But unfortunately, this time, I won't be the Demon King."

After hearing the true words of the Demon King whom he admired, Ivan was not happy but fell into madness.

His head shook back and forth as if he had lost his support. After a moment, Ivan suddenly burst into hysterical laughter:

"Haha, ahahahahahahahaha..."

"I understand, I understand! You are not the devil, you are not the devil at all!"

"The Demon King in my heart is a great being who can bring salvation to mankind."

"And you are nothing more than a common human being who has taken over the body of the Demon King!"

In a sense, you are right.

"I will never acknowledge you. I will kill you and then resurrect the real Demon King!"

It seems that even if Frey himself takes action, he cannot change Ivan's obsession.

But he never thought of using verbal attacks to solve the problem.

Glancing at his watch again, Frey knew his plan had succeeded.

"Ivan, did you misunderstand something?"

"I don't need your recognition. From the beginning, I never thought about understanding each other with you."

"Then why did you tell me these truths?"

"The power of the Ring of Plenty will last for about 5 minutes."

The reason why Frey wanted to chat with Ivan was to divert his attention, thereby delaying time and waiting for his power to dissipate naturally.

"Now, the time has come."

As if in response to Frey's words, blood gushed out from Ivan's seven orifices, and the twisted flesh that emerged from the ground began to collapse.

No mortal body could possibly withstand three consecutive burns, and Ivan's life had come to an end.

But Frey was still not careless. While he was talking, he was also constantly injecting magic power into the ground.

At this time, the ground cracked again, and countless rock spikes rotated like the blades of a meat grinder.

Ivan didn't even have time to scream before his body was crushed to pieces.

"Goodbye, Ivan. I don't hate you."

……

Ivan was dead, but perhaps because he had dedicated part of his life to the Mother Goddess of Fertility, his soul did not dissipate immediately.

At this final moment, all his life experiences flashed by like a kaleidoscope, and finally stopped at himself holding a dagger, intending to kill the girl in front of him.

Looking at the cult leader in black robe, Ivan suddenly felt very unfamiliar.

The cult leader claims to save humanity, but at the expense of innocent people. This method is exactly the same as his father's behavior of sacrificing boatmen for profit.

Ivan finally realized that his behavior was no different from his father's. Both achieved their goals by sacrificing others, which ran counter to the original ideal of saving the weak.

After being exposed by the girl, Ivan chose to place all his hopes on the Demon King, with whom he had only been together for ten days.

He believed that the devil could change humanity, not out of rational judgment, but because he desperately needed a spiritual sustenance after despairing of humanity.

However, this spiritual sustenance was completely shattered just now.

There has never been a savior. The devil's body contains a human soul.

The moment he realized this, Ivan felt extremely disappointed.

But Ivan still didn't intend to give up.

At this moment, Ivan finally understood, it was the same as what the idol said.

The ugliness of human beings made him feel extremely painful, and he just wanted to destroy the things that made him feel painful.

This isn't right, it isn't just, it doesn't even make any sense.

Just because he wanted to.

After understanding his true wish, Ivan "walked" to the altar.

This was the last message he hid.

Although life force is needed as fuel for energy supply, the most important sacrifice required for this ritual is not human flesh and blood.

But a soul in despair.

……

After completely killing Ivan, Frey's magic power was almost exhausted.

Just in case, he used the last of his magic power to create a huge rock spear and fired it towards the center of the altar.

Just when Frey thought everything was over, his rock spear stopped in mid-air.

It looked like it was blocked by an invisible hand.

Seeing the situation change, Frey immediately thought of the last suspicious object in the entire space, which was the Ring of Plenty originally buried in Ivan's heart.

Frey soon discovered it among the remains of Ivan's body.

The Ring of Plenty is dark black in color, with twisted vine-like relief patterns wrapped around its surface, as if dried plant roots are entangled and coexisting with flesh and blood meridians.

After absorbing Ivan's vitality, a red light appeared on the surface of the ring.

The ring itself has no magic power. To be on the safe side, Frey decided to put it into the static space in the space ring first.

But the moment the ring touched him, something that had not been there appeared in Frey's vision.

He saw a black ghost standing in the center of the altar, and it was it that blocked the rock spear.

The black ghost dissipated in an instant, and as it disappeared, the ritual started again.

A laugh rang out in Frey's mind. It was a very funny sound, yet also seemed very sad.

Just as Frey was hesitating whether to use the bottle of [Saint's Blessing], the laughter disappeared.

All that remained in my mind was a noise like a broken TV.

At this moment, the sound of water like a tide came from the pipe above this space.

Although Frey immediately destroyed the altar, it was clear that some change had occurred.

At the same time, the walkie-talkie in the waist bag sent a signal. After it was connected, the monitor's panicked voice came from it.

"The typhoon in the thunderstorm area suddenly turned and is heading towards Bondolim..."

The monitor's words disappeared mid-sentence, leaving only a meaningless exhalation.

At this time, he and all the residents of the city were subject to the [Law of Silence].

I saw some friends complaining that I have been updating too slowly recently, so I will try to write more tomorrow.

Chapter 64: Solar Doll (53K)

After the ceremony at the main altar began, 80 cultists at the other four altars held hands and began singing according to the previously rehearsed process.

No one was puzzled by the early start of the ceremony, because under the influence of the God of Joy, the cultists on the altar had lost their self-awareness and turned into music puppets.

Their voices were hoarse and frantic, like the roars of wild beasts, chanting forbidden words:

"The god opened his mouth and let me know who I was. It pushed me toward the sky, over the dust and ashes."

“I have to stop, but I can’t stop~ The night is flying on my back~ Come and party, party~ I will never fall…”

In the dark sewer, as the cultists' low calls echoed like a tide, the clown opened his mouth.

At this moment, His voice drowned out the melody of the wind and spread the Law of Silence throughout the city.

That day, the residents of Bondolim recalled.

The fear of being hit by a storm.