What if you ascend to the wrong world?

"Not for now." Ye Tu leaned back in his chair. "Just go do what you want to do."

"it is good."

She nodded slightly and walked straight out of the study.

The conversation between the two left Ivia even more confused.

No!

You two are having an encrypted call here!

She can understand each word individually, but why can't she understand them when they're put together?

What does 'things you want to do' mean?

Why did she leave after I said that?

We're still a gang...

Pooh!

Is it a team?

Ivia hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

She really wanted to ask, but she was worried that if she did, she would only get the response, "This is not something you should know right now."

……

……

Shortly after, at the Cathedral of Dawn.

Behind the main hall where the statue of the Lord of Dawn is enshrined, there is a dark and gloomy secret chamber.

The bookshelves were arranged in neat rows, each crammed with dusty files.

However, it seems that it has been neglected for too long, and a thin layer of dust has accumulated on some of it.

Call ~

As a cold wind blew by, a cold current formed by countless tiny ice crystals silently surged into the secret room, condensing into a cold and beautiful figure among the rows of bookshelves.

But it was Irene Wett.

Just as she reached out to take a file from the bookshelf beside her...

"I thought you would wait until I died to come."

An aged voice came from behind, causing Irene Vitte to pause in her movements.

Looking back, I saw Elliott appear out of nowhere, carrying a lamp. The eerie blue light shone on his wrinkled face covered with age spots, making him look somewhat creepy.

"I should have come sooner."

Irene Vitte remained calm and composed, without panicking.

“That’s true.” Elliott smiled.

With the power of that great being, breaking the contract between the Ice Warriors and the Lord of Dawn would probably be a trivial matter for him.

Without the constraints of a contract, the strongest hero of the current generation, whose combat power surpasses that of Saint-level professionals, truly has no need to worry about anyone.

"Thinking about it, you should have arrived here much earlier."

This secret room.

It was built by the Pope Dawn, who had already become a Saint-level professional before his soul returned to the Kingdom of God.

The dusty files contained records of things that were 'unspeakable'.

Those despicable, shameless, yet real 'ugly things' were all recorded in this secret room at the moment they occurred.

Therefore, this secret room is also known as 'Darkness Under the Dawn'.

No one knows why the pope did this.

Previous popes didn't even dare to enter this place, fearing that their faith would waver after reading the documents inside.

"Are you going to stop me?" Irene Vitte looked at him calmly.

The flow of extreme cold magic caused a thin layer of white frost to cover the surrounding ground and bookshelves.

"Prevent?"

Elliott shook his head.

"No, child, I never intended to stop you."

If a child doesn't even know why his father died, then the world is truly tragic.

"If you want to know anything, you can just ask me."

Elliott hung the lamp in his hand to the side, making the dimly lit secret room a little brighter.

"Whether it is the ugliness of the Church of Dawn or the despicable nature of the Lord of Dawn, I will answer truthfully."

"..."

Is Elliott out of his mind?

Is this something a 'Dawn Pope' should say?

Chapter 60 The Sealed Past

"who are you?"

The chilling cold intensified, and tiny, almost imperceptible ice crystals, twinkling like stars, appeared in the air.

The ugliness of the church?

The despicable nature of the Lord of Dawn?

Such words could never come from the mouth of a 'Dawn Pope'.

and so……

There's only one possibility!

The Elliott in front of you is someone else impersonating him!

"who am I?"

A soft, warm, and bright pale golden light shone around Elliott, warding off the biting cold that was about to strike.

"I've been thinking about this issue a lot these past few days."

"In the first half of my life, I was the most devout believer of the Lord of Dawn and the Pope of the Church of Dawn, but I was an ignorant prisoner without freedom."

"And now, I am just an old man who has tasted 'freedom' and is no longer willing to be bound by false beliefs, and who is about to die."

His voice was calm and firm, yet carried a hint of barely perceptible fervor.

The aura of the ancient gods did indeed stir his yearning for 'free thought,' but this was merely a trigger.

What truly made him decide to abandon his faith was Una, and those devout souls who had fallen into purgatory.

Since devout faith cannot bring salvation, whether an individual is devout or not is meaningless to the gods.

Why should he continue with this meaningless faith?

"..."

It's a bit strange.

But it seems to really be Elliott himself?

What's wrong with him?

In an instant, the biting cold dissipated considerably, and the tiny ice crystals that had been shimmering in the air disappeared.

"What exactly happened fifteen years ago?" Irene Wett asked directly.

Fifteen years ago.

The father chose to gamble everything, completely sealing off the Primordial Sin Purgatory that could drag the entire Dawn Empire into the abyss.

But why did the Lord of Dawn create such a purgatory of original sin?

Why would He drag all His believers into the abyss?

And most importantly, what exactly happened during the process of sealing off the Prison of Original Sin?

The father did not mention any of these things in his message in [Frostfeather].

Perhaps they didn't know, or perhaps it was too late.

But if it's here, she'll definitely find the answer she's looking for.

"Lenna Etherland".

Elliott stepped forward and took a file from the bookshelf.

Unlike the other files that were covered in dust, the one he took down was spotless.

Clearly, someone only recently looked at it.

"Your father is a remarkable person."

He handed the file to Irene Wett, his tone somewhat wistful.

"Fifteen years ago, thanks to him, we were able to survive..."

As Elliott recounts his story, the truth that had been buried for fifteen years is slowly revealed.

Lennar Etherland, as the strongest hero of the previous generation, is far more powerful than Irene Wetland in the present.

That was a true embodiment of the name 'Hero,' a being who could rival a demigod with a mortal body, and even to some extent, transcend the constraints of the contract.

at that time.

The Lord of Dawn has just created the Prison of Original Sin and is attempting to take over authority for the first time.

However, the price He had to pay for taking over authority far exceeded His expectations. Even with the original sin purgatory linking each believer to share the contamination, He simply could not bear it.

The entire Dawn Empire was about to be swallowed up by the endless corruption of the ancient gods, turning into the world's largest ancient god ruins.

At the crucial moment, Lennar Etherland stepped forward.

By overdrawing his own life force, he unleashed the full power of the artifact [Frostfeather], briefly touching upon the forbidden realm that belongs exclusively to the gods.

He then forcibly froze and sealed off the Primordial Inferno, and with the active cooperation of the Lord of Dawn, severed the connection, preventing the further shift of authority.

The gods brought despair to the world, but the heroes brought hope to the empire.

“Back then, he could have taken you and left directly,” Elliott sighed.

"But he still chose to stay and stop it from happening."

"The only condition is that the Lord of Dawn releases you from the contract and grants you your freedom."

But in the end...

The Lord of Dawn not only failed to keep his promise, but also sent his demigod angels to bury Lennar Atheran, who had witnessed all the darkness, completely.

Yes!

Lennar Atheran did not die from the siege of the demon gods and demon lords, but from the demigod angels sent by the Lord of Dawn.

After all, the Lord of Dawn needs an absolutely positive image to keep believers in faith, so as to prepare for taking over authority next time.

The reason for keeping Irene Vitte is...

He was also thinking that if he failed to take over power again, someone would stand up to stop him, just like fifteen years ago.

As for whether Irene Vitte would stand idly by, the Lord of Dawn was not worried.

Isn't that what a hero is like?

They possess the determination to wield a sword against the sky, yet they steadfastly uphold the belief of protecting everything.

They will not stand by and watch the Dawn Empire fall into the abyss.

"This is what happened fifteen years ago."

Extremely selfish, every pore of his body exudes the stench of baseness and decay—this is the Lord of Dawn whom He has worshipped for most of his life.