I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

At first, the Goddess of Light was quite excited and kept adjusting her magic to deal with the opponent's invasion, but as time went on, she gradually lost her initial patience.

"Tsk, is it ever going to end?"

She blocked the opponent's attack once again with a little annoyance, but seeing that the opponent immediately regrouped and started attacking again, the Goddess of Light was furious and directly shattered the magic in front of her, and instead drew a strange magic circle to attack the opponent's position.

She had already sensed the other party's location during the previous test. Since he dared to provoke her, a god, she would let him experience what divine punishment meant.

However, the next moment, the Goddess of Light froze in her tracks, and a strange expression of embarrassment mixed with a hint of anger appeared on her face.

Insufficient range, such a funny reason, stopped her original plan.

In her current state, she was completely unable to bring down divine punishment there.

After all, too much of the accumulated faith in the Holy Kingdom has been consumed by her, and the area where she can now bring down divine punishment is limited to the area covered by her power.

"..."

After a moment's silence, the Goddess of Light began to adjust the position of the divine punishment.

You little mouse want to sneak in, then come in, but I will give you a little surprise, I hope you can catch it.

After doing all this, the Goddess of Light no longer had the heart to play with the jewelry. Instead, she picked up a small golden bell on the bedside and shook it a few times.

Jingle bell, jingle bell.

squeak-

As the bell rang, the maid waiting at the door entered the room, knelt on the ground and asked respectfully.

"Lady Goddess of Light, what are your instructions?"

"I am tired, please prepare to help me take a bath."

"Yes."

On the other side, Eve and others who had just arrived in the Holy Kingdom also encountered the troubles left by the Goddess of Light.

boom--

As soon as everyone emerged from the teleportation magic, a dazzling light descended from the golden barrier in the sky with the force of thunder, heading straight for everyone, and then heavily slammed into the barrier that Eve held up with her hands, and all of it was touched by it.

In this long-distance confrontation between the two, Eve was still more skilled.

"Let's go, don't let anyone notice."

After blocking this sudden attack, Eve chose to escape quickly with everyone without stopping, as she didn't know whether the other party was dispatching people to surround them. Their next target was the capital of the Holy Kingdom.

—·—·—·—·—·—·—

After a while…

With everyone's strength, it wouldn't take any time to reach the Holy City, and they arrived at their destination in no time.

"Hmm... It feels like nothing has changed here except for the light curtain in the sky. Instead, people are a little more enthusiastic."

Not far from the gate of the Holy City, Eve grumbled softly as she looked at this magnificent city dominated by white and the people around her who looked like pilgrims.

"Yeah...Even though the human race outside the barrier has been nearly wiped out, there's no sense of tension here at all."

"It's probably because of that Goddess of Light descending upon the Holy City."

While waiting to enter the city, Eve had heard about the situation in the Holy City from everyone's mouths. In a nutshell, the Pope announced to the people that they had held a ceremony in the Holy City, summoning the Goddess of Light to descend into the Holy City, and the light curtain above their heads was created by the Goddess with supreme power to protect them from the attacks of those black monsters.

After hearing the news, countless people put down their current affairs and rushed towards the holy city for the so-called pilgrimage. No one cared about the abyss monsters still wandering outside the barrier.

Well, thanks to this pilgrimage, the entry inspection at the gate of the holy city has been cancelled, which makes it convenient for them to sneak in.

But Eve felt a little unhappy when she saw the fanatical expressions on the faces of the people around her.

Or perhaps it was their doctrine that Eve disliked.

In other human countries, there is a consensus that if you rescue a believer in the Goddess of Light, you should be prepared for your blood pressure to soar.

Because they will not thank you for saving them, but will thank the Goddess of Light instead. Because in their view you were sent by the Goddess of Light to save him, so he will naturally thank God for his grace.

Well, Eve didn’t know whether other people’s blood pressure was high, but if it were her, her blood pressure would be out of control, and she might even kick him back.

Don't you think the Goddess of Light will send someone to rescue you? Then just wait.

But apart from this, the style of this sect is quite good, otherwise it would not have grown so big and even established the Holy Kingdom, a top human force.

§22 Visit

In front of the gate of the Holy City, although there were several teams of paladins guarding here just in case, they were completely useless because everyone was very orderly. Although there were many people, there was no sign of chaos at all.

Eve and her group, who were hiding among them, quickly followed the flow of people and smoothly blended into the holy city without attracting anyone's attention.

On this day of pilgrimage, every believer of the Goddess of Light hopes to come to the Holy City in person to see the face of the Goddess of Light, and this is also the purpose of Pope Elliot - to quickly collect the power of faith to enhance the strength of the Goddess of Light.

After all, nothing can gain more faith than showing off one's power in front of others.

The believers below believed that the Goddess of Light was capable of leading them through all obstacles, but as the Pope, he knew very well what this Goddess of Light was like, not to mention that he had long known that she did not exist.

If the power of faith is insufficient and the Goddess of Light is unable to continue to maintain the light curtain above the sky, then what awaits the Holy Kingdom is to be swallowed up by the tide composed of countless monsters.

However, there is a serious problem facing Elliot right now - he cannot order the Goddess of Light to perform a divine act in front of people.

Well, it’s no exaggeration to say that everything is ready except for the east wind.

Due to the problems caused by the pollution of faith, the goddess of light is very fond of luxury and doesn't care about other things at all, leaving Elliot completely at a loss as to what to do.

If he were to appear before the public in his current state, not to mention harvesting faith, some believers would probably suspect that he, the Pope, had found an imposter.

While Pope Elliot was having a headache about this, Eve and the others also began investigating in the Holy City.

Because the previous God's Descent Ceremony caused such a huge commotion, Eve didn't have to spend too much effort to get some information from the residents of the Holy City. She also knew that their next destination was the Pope's Palace in the center of the city.

Because Eve was delayed for a day in returning to the past, there was no room in the holy city at this time, not to mention the hotels, even the homes of some enthusiastic residents had no room for people. Therefore, there were many simple tents on both sides of the streets of the holy city, as if they were determined not to leave until they saw the Goddess of Light.

These tents also make the holy city look like a slum.

I can only say that believers are really persistent. Eve, who is not a religious person, cannot understand their mentality at all.

Fortunately, Eve didn't plan to stay in the Holy City for long this time. She had a lot of things to do. She needed to confirm the whereabouts of the God of Creation as soon as possible, then find Evangeline, and then it would probably be the Far Western Front? If there were no unexpected events.

"Let's go and meet the Pope."

After finally confirming the location where the initial change occurred in the Holy City and that the Pope was the one who issued all orders, Eve led everyone to sneak into the Pope's Palace.

At this time, Elliot was trying his best to meet the many needs of the Goddess of Light.

"Your Majesty, the Goddess of Light said she needs to rest, and the meeting with the believers will have to be postponed."

"…Well, go down, my child."

"Yes."

After sending away the girl who was in charge of taking care of the Goddess of Light, Elliot shook his head helplessly in the deserted room.

Although the Goddess of Light was born just one day ago, she had already caused him countless headaches. He probably had fewer headaches than in this one day since he became Pope.

But suddenly, Elliot's expression changed and he looked up in front of him, where four girls suddenly appeared.

What's even more terrifying is that Elliot didn't notice anything until the other party took the initiative to reveal some aura.

If the other party came with malicious intent, Elliot couldn't even imagine the consequences.

"…If you're here to meet the Goddess of Light, you might have come to the wrong place."

After hesitating for a moment, Elliot spoke calmly.

"Hmm…what's the point in playing dumb?"

"..."

After listening to the other party's answer, Elliot realized that the matter might not end well.

The other party may not have taken action immediately because he wanted to confirm something, not because he had no ill intentions.

"…What do you all want to know?"

The situation was stronger than the person. Elliot didn't think he could see through any of the four girls opposite him, so he had to give in and took the initiative to ask about the other party's purpose.

"Everything about the Goddess of Light."

Since she had the real god Melshia by her side, Eve naturally knew that this god did not exist in the mythological era, but now the other party really appeared, so there must be something wrong.

Moreover, they had heard something in their previous investigation, that is, when the Goddess of Light appeared, a huge golden pillar of light appeared in the Holy City, which coincided with the disappearance of Lucia.

"The Goddess of Light is a deity belonging to our Holy Nation. To ward off disaster, I summoned her true form through a divine descent ritual. You can verify these facts by simply asking around in the city."

“…What is the Divine Descent Ceremony?”

Although he wanted to say he had nothing to say, feeling the pressure from the other party, Elliot decided to reveal a little after hesitating for a moment.

But the secret that the Goddess of Light did not exist must never be told to others, even if it means going to war with them.

"That's a mysterious ritual created by the founder of the church. I don't know the details, but I know that through this ritual, the Goddess of Light can be summoned."

Listening to the unnatural pauses in Elliot's words and his heartbeat that suddenly quickened by half a beat, Eve narrowed her eyes and vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

This guy still has some reservations. At least he doesn't seem to be completely ignorant of the ceremony as he claims. It seems the pressure is not too great.

Thinking of this, Eve decided to try to trick the other party a little.

"Really? It seems the Pope's memory isn't very good."

"...I don't understand what you are talking about, I just..."

Before Elliot could finish his explanation, Eve rudely interrupted him.

"Well... I'll give you a hint."

“…Please go ahead.”

"The Land of Fall."

"!"

Listening to what the other party said, even Elliot couldn't help but want to flip the table and curse.

He had never expected that these evil spirits would come to him because of this kind of thing.

Oh my God, I thought that the core was just an imperial soldier and it didn’t matter if he disappeared, how could he be related to so many terrifying existences!

§23 Trouble

“…I don’t understand what you are talking about.”

Even though he had guessed that the other party's target was the mysterious girl who was summoned by him as the core of the God's Descent Ritual, Elliot still wanted to try to struggle one last time. After all, the other party should have no evidence to prove this, otherwise they would not have come to him.

"Really? I don't think so."

The next moment, as Elliot's eyes blurred, a sharp blade was already right in front of his eyeball. If it was moved a little further forward, it would blind one of his eyes.

"My time is limited. I don't have time to waste with you. Tell me the truth, otherwise I can't guarantee that this holy city will be safe and sound."

As she spoke, a blood-colored magic wrapped around Eve's fingertips, and together with the weapon that lingered in the Pope's eyes, it proved that she was not joking.

Although Elliot was also one of the strongest men in the human race, he was suppressed by Eve, who was more numerous and stronger than him and even had hostages to use as bargaining chips, and he had no temper at all.

The other party held the safety of the entire Holy City hostage. Regardless of whether they would really choose to take action, as the Pope, he had no other choice.

"...I understand. I will explain. However, the situation regarding the Goddess of Light is somewhat unique. I'm afraid you will have to resolve it on your own."

"Tell me about it."

As the words fell, the weapon that was originally pointed at Elliot's eyes disappeared, and Eve's figure returned to its original position.

Although standing there made no difference to Eve, she still had to show some respect on the surface.

Since the other party has already given in, she has to give some response. Of course, if it's still not old-fashioned, that's another matter.

Then Elliot began to pick out some parts and started to talk to Eve about the God's Descent Ceremony.

Of course, Elliot naturally kept the explosive news that the Goddess of Light did not exist. He just said that during the ceremony, he found that the body that was the core of the ceremony was in the direction of the Fallen Plain. In order for the ceremony to succeed, he summoned it. He also defended his behavior by the way, probably because he just mistook the other party for an imperial soldier at the time and did not expect any accidents to happen.