The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"The day of revelation is coming, my brothers and sisters."

“The great Mother Fish has revealed to us that even souls born with sin will be reborn at the end.”

“Look at those nobles favored by the sea god; they still indulge in pleasure and sit high in the temple because of their blessings.”

“Their crimes are far greater than yours, yet you will bear their heavy sins.”

"But revelation is equal for everyone, and the end will come upon everyone."

"Brothers and sisters, be glad for what you have carried. For tomorrow, at the end of Ramadan, at the beginning of the Hunt, and on the last day of forgiveness."

"The arrogance of the sea god will bring about the end of the world, while the great fish mother will lead you to salvation!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the believers spontaneously made a prayer gesture with the backs of their hands touching their chests.

The five fingers of the two hands, pressed together and slightly bent, resemble the shape of two fish tails.

"Celebrate! For the great mother fish, and for your own suffering!"

"Shout out, for the apocalypse, for the end!"

"The great fish mother will grant salvation; your suffering has been worthwhile!"

Then, the bishop on the platform raised his hands, and the sea of ​​believers below followed suit, erupting in enthusiastic and high-spirited shouts.

Ye Xiao saw tears falling from the profiles of some people, and even recognized the old man in the front row who was shouting the loudest and whose face was red with embarrassment as the same old man who had worked as a porter with him before.

Whether a religion is true or false is not important; what is important is that they need something to rely on.

The simple sermon was able to awaken what these suffering people longed for most in their hearts.

[The Saintess's Dog 2: I feel like their poses are like they're cheering for someone, like they're at a concert.]

[Late-night snack: Can't you be serious for once?]

“However, redemption comes at a price. If you don’t seek someone who can take your sins away, the sins will remain on you.” The bishop on the platform suddenly changed the subject.

"The great Mother Fish loves every believer equally, just as I love every family member here equally. However, as our family has expanded, many sinners have gradually emerged who are not devoutly seeking salvation, but rather harboring evil intentions."

"They disguise themselves as your brothers and sisters, lurking around you. While you sincerely pray for blessings for them, they are listening to your thoughts, trying to steal the grace that belongs exclusively to our family."

【The Saintess's Dog 2: Oh no, I have a bad feeling.】

"what?"

"How is this going?"

"How can there be people like this?!"

The believers whispered among themselves and looked at each other.

Ye Xiao stood silently in the dense crowd. No one spoke to him or approached him, but he could feel countless gazes falling on him.

His gaze swept around him, and the believers who were whispering among themselves seemed to be glancing at him intentionally or unintentionally out of the corner of their eyes.

“They evaded the suffering they should have borne, but now they pretend to be one of us, wanting to be redeemed with us at the end.”

"Can you accept such a malicious thief?"

The inflammatory words were like a demonic chant, and an invisible fervor was spreading among the believers.

"No!" the crowd below the stage shouted in unison, their voices hoarse.

Do you want to expose these hidden malicious intentions?

"miss you!"

The believers' gazes gradually shifted from numbness born of long suffering to excitement and frenzy.

The atmosphere began to become restless and uneasy.

[Late Night Snack: I also feel something's not right, maybe we should retreat first]

However, the next moment, the archbishop waved his hand, and two believers dressed in black robes escorted a man who was bound hand and foot and covered in blood onto the stage.

"Fortunately, my dear family members have caught one of them."

Who is this?

Ye Xiao stared blankly at the unfamiliar faces on the stage.

He felt the gazes that had been secretly observing him gradually disperse.

New messages popped up in the group chat.

[The Saintess's Dog 2: Uh, he doesn't seem to be talking about us?]

[Late-night snack: Mine! I'm so excited, let me check again.]

“These believers of the sea god, while receiving the sea god’s blessings, have absolved themselves of their sins. Now, they dare to try to share in the fish mother’s salvation!” As the archbishop spoke, the man was dragged to the front of the stage by two believers, facing the believers below.

"Brothers and sisters, from this moment on, only by sharing the flesh and blood of this sinner can you cleanse yourselves of your sins! Only then will you have a chance to be redeemed!"

As he spoke, the archbishop actually pushed the wounded man off the stage, causing him to fall into the crowd of believers below.

The fanatical believers swarmed forward, countless withered hands like claws from the abyss, lunging at the unarmed man, tearing at his clothes and limbs.

"Stop!" Just then, a heart-wrenching shout rang out from the crowd, emanating from a simply dressed woman.

"Vincent! Vincent!" she screamed, stumbling through the crowd of believers to the man who had fallen to the floor. She hugged him tightly, looking at the archbishop on the platform in horror. "This is my husband, Vincent! There must be some misunderstanding. He can't be a sinner!"

“I’m sorry, sister.” But the voice that responded to her was so cold, seemingly devoid of any emotion. “After joining our family, he still participated in the pilgrimage to the Ocean Sanctuary. If this isn’t a sinner who betrayed us, then what is?”

"It's a misunderstanding! There must be some misunderstanding!" The woman's voice trembled with tears. "Vincent... he's been spreading the teachings, and many of the people here were introduced by him!"

"Madam, I can only remind you that those who harbor sinners are sinners themselves." The archbishop finished speaking, then looked at the crowd below. "Brothers and sisters, what are you waiting for? Have you forgotten the divine message from the Great Fish Mother? Only by killing a sinner can you gain redemption!"

"And now, we have two sinners!"

Chapter Seventy-Nine: Frenzy

Incited by the archbishop, the fanatical believers once again attacked the dying man and woman below the stage.

However, at that moment, a crisp sound suddenly came from above the theater.

Countless crows crashed through the windows covered by thick curtains, and sunlight streamed into the dimly lit theater, casting beams of light like a divine radiance.

The grotesque-looking believers were drawn to the sudden commotion and stopped what they were doing.

"What is this..." The archbishop on the stage was still in surprise when Ye Xiao below the stage flashed by, his ghostly figure passing through the gathered crowd, and with a flip, he leaped onto the stage.

"Who goes there!" The followers of the guards pulled out daggers from their black robes and went to meet Ye Xiao, who suddenly appeared on the stage. But how could these ordinary people, who had not even received much combat training, be a match for Ye Xiao? In less than two seconds, they were all taken down by Ye Xiao.

Seeing the sudden change in the situation, the masked archbishop instinctively ran towards the exit behind the stage. However, Ye Xiao snatched the dagger from the guard and casually tossed it, which accurately pierced the fleeing archbishop's calf.

"Ah!" A rough voice rang out from the figure covered in black. Ye Xiao stepped forward, grabbed the archbishop's shoulder, and ripped off the veil covering his face.

Surprisingly, the person under the veil was a burly man with a scruffy beard.

"A man?" Ye Xiao looked at the veil in her hand in astonishment, and suddenly realized that there was a small magic array page that could change the tone of voice pasted on the inside of the veil.

He quickly sent a message to notify the other members of the Seven Stars Society in the group.

[Late Night Snack: @Everyone, let's move! Most of these bishops are probably imposters. Let's probe their identities first. If we encounter the real ones, don't fight them head-on, immediately request backup in the group!]

Seeing the situation was turning against them, the priest who had initially given the opening remarks immediately ran out while shouting to the audience, "Brothers and sisters, the enemy has infiltrated our ranks and is trying to prevent us from achieving salvation! Quickly rush out to find the other sinners!"

"Remember! Only by killing sinners can you achieve redemption!"

The closed doors were opened, and sunlight shone on the faces of these believers, revealing the fish scales that appeared on their dark skin.

Driven by fervent faith and the influence of a partially activated plague, the believers poured out of the gates like caged beasts, followed by piercing screams and chaotic noises.

Some believers remained in the theater, still trying to kill the suffering couple in the audience, but Ye Xiao, who had grabbed the fake bishop and jumped off the stage, knocked them all down with a single punch, making it impossible for him to get close.

Meanwhile, the other four gathering points were also attacked by crows controlled by Ella. At the dock in the harbor area, Ella herself, wearing a fox mask, rushed into the venue and directly captured the "archbishop" there.

But unsurprisingly, he was also a believer posing as a bishop.

[Saintess's Dog 2015: North District Fish Farm, we caught the bishop, but it was a fake. However, the believers' murderous intent has been incited, and they are causing riots outside.]

[Late Night Snack: Received, Li Cheng, how's the situation on your end?]

[Saintess's Dog 2: I've also taken action. This bishop is a fake, damn it, an old man in disguise. The believers are rushing out and smashing the surrounding streets.]

They originally thought the other party would make a big move on the day of the banquet, but unexpectedly, they incited their followers to riot the day before.

After Ye Xiao knocked out more than a dozen believers who dared to step forward, the theater suddenly became empty.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't rush out to stop the believers who had run outside, since he couldn't stop so many people by himself.

He first tied up the fake bishop with a rope, then told the couple he had rescued to quickly find a place to hide.

The riot will be suppressed by Storm Harbor guards and gangs occupying the streets. Given the current scale of the riots, the situation should not escalate too much.

[Saintess's Dog 1024: The bishop of Cliff City escaped. The terrain is too narrow, and we are surrounded by believers and can't get out.]

[Late Night Snack: Where did it run off to? I'm going to chase it!]

[Saintess's Dog 1024: She rode a horse, and judging by the direction, it should be the Western Bridge]

[Midnight Snack: Okay, you guys hold on over there. Ella will be there to help soon. I'll take care of the bishop.]

This was the last bishop who hadn't been caught. Ye Xiao quickly ran out of the theater, grabbed a horse, and headed towards the Western Bridge that No. 1024 had mentioned.

His location in the North City High District was close to the bridgehead. After a short walk, sure enough, he saw a figure in a black robe riding a horse rushing towards the South City District from the side of the bridge on the mountain.

He immediately jumped off his horse, chanted a spell, and channeled his magic into the ring on his hand, the "Granx Spell Amplifier".

He couldn't carry a conspicuous longsword or staff to blend into a secret gathering, but he could still wear the spell ring that Greta had given him.

As his magical power flowed into his limbs, Ye Xiao's arms grew white, beard-like animal hair.

He then stomped his legs hard on the ground, creating two deep craters, and leaped off the cliff, tracing a straight line dozens of meters long as he hurtled towards the center of the bridge.

When the archbishop, who was riding away on horseback, suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure flying towards her like a cannonball in the air outside the bridge, she had no time to react and was tackled to the ground by Ye Xiao, horse and all.

The walls of the merchant's hut next to them were smashed to pieces by the two rolling figures. Ye Xiao pinned the other to the ground, deactivated his beast form, and then tore off the veil from the bishop who was covered in a black robe.

But they discovered that what was hidden beneath it was a terrified girl.

Although she was somewhat attractive, judging from her ordinary human ears, which were not of elven blood, she was clearly not the real Beverly Shelley.

These five archbishops are all fake.

……

As night fell, the sudden riots in the city subsided considerably.

With Stormport soldiers suppressing the unrest, the more prosperous areas like the North City High District and the South City District were able to maintain a semblance of order.

After all, they are just ordinary people at the bottom of society. In front of these warriors who can use magic, have weapons, and have undergone professional combat training, they are not likely to cause too much trouble.

For ordinary citizens, the impact is at most something like "hearing that a riot has occurred in a certain neighborhood".

But for the soldiers who actually faced the riots on the front lines, they discovered that these fanatics who instigated the unrest were probably not as simple as they had imagined.

Even though a number of them were killed on the spot and the rest who gave up resistance were imprisoned, the eyes of these believers still held a madness.

Like a wild beast whose true nature has been temporarily suppressed, lurking in a vast and gloomy prison, quietly waiting for something.

Chapter 80 Interrogation

After much difficulty, the members of the Seven Stars Society finally managed to escort the bishops back to their stronghold from the areas where the riots had occurred, breaking through the blockade.

But when these bishops were taken to the basement of the stronghold for interrogation, it was discovered that most of them were already insane, only repeating meaningless ramblings:

"Hahaha, the apocalypse is about to descend, you ignorant mortals."

"Await the final judgment; the end is nigh!"

Li Cheng sat in a chair, looking at the five bishops who were tied up in a row and kept talking incessantly. He sighed in distress, "Not even a believer came to rescue these people. They feel like pure expendable pawns."

"I don't know if they're really crazy or just pretending," Xiao Deng, Li Cheng's sidekick, scratched his head. "Anyway, it seems like slapping them a few times didn't do any good."

Just as they were at their wits' end, Ye Xiao and Ella also went into the basement. "So, did you get anything out of them?"

"Oh, Brother Ye, ah, why is the Holy Maiden here too?" Li Cheng saw Ella in a black dress next to Ye Xiao, and immediately stood up to greet her. "Sigh, I feel like these guys have gone crazy. We can't get anything out of them."

"Of course... it's also possible that our methods were too lenient for them," Xiao Deng added, waving the stick in his hand.

After all, everyone here is a normal person who has been influenced by modern society and culture. They have only been in this other world for less than a month, so they can't really come up with some particularly barbaric and cruel tortures.

"Hmm... how about I give it a try?" This time it was Ella who spoke, her light and melodious voice startling everyone in the room.