Chapter 360 – Will God Forsake Me (4)

“Nice to meet you. This is Elizabeth, Pope.”

Even after her true self her was exposed, Elizabeth casually started playing the benevolent and benevolent Pope.

The party looked at the pope with an expression that seemed absurd. But the Pope didn’t mind and he went over to Iris and grabbed her by the wrist of her.

“Then, gentlemen, I have something to talk about with the members of the church—could you wait a moment? Charlotte. Please follow me too.”
“…… Yes.”

In an instant, the Pope grabbed Iris and Charlotte in front of the party and headed back to the confessional.

Caught by the pope, Iris began to look at Do-jin with a pitiful gaze, like a cow being led to her slaughterhouse.

However, there was nothing Do-jin could do in this matter. In a way, this was a family affair.

-Iris! The person you are! Charlotte! You should have dried…… ! Yeah? What? You!?

As if there was such a thing as soundproofing, a huge shout rang out from the inside. The children waiting outside looked at each other with puzzled expressions, then tried to overcome the awkward situation by chatting among themselves.

The children, who were chattering and looking around, burst into admiration at the splendid paintings that could only be seen in a huge cathedral.

A picture of a pantheon where many gods fight. The colorfully shining stained glass made the picture more beautiful.

‘Those guys…….’

While the children felt indescribable emotion and emotion while looking at the picture, only Do-jin began to put those faces in their heads one by one.

It wasn’t that I was going to have faith and question religion now. One day I will have to fight them, but at least I tried to figure out their faces by looking at pictures that imitated gods.

Looking at his face like that, how much time had passed, the voice of the pope who had been nagging from the inside slowly diminished.

After opening the door to the confessional, the pope cleared his throat a couple of times and apologized to the party.

“Hmmmm, sorry. You are rude in front of the guests.”
“It’s okay. Rather, the Pope. I have a question.”
“Yes. Please tell me.”
“Those pictures – are they real?”

The Pope raised his head in the direction Dojin pointed. He then looked at the painting on the ceiling and smiled softly.

“Yes. Of course. There are many pictures of the pantheon all over the world, but only that picture painted in our church is genuine.”

“…… I don’t mean that, those gods. Do you really look like that?”

“Oops, I misunderstood. What do the gods look like… That kind of question doesn’t make any sense.”

Gods are transcendental beings who transcend cause and effect.
At most, humans could change their appearance with magic, but to them, appearance was meaningless.
It was for that reason that he was drawn as a handsome man in some paintings and as a beautiful woman in others.

“Of course, there is an image that is universally thought of. There is no set appearance.”

“It’s a universally thought image…… For example?”

“There must be a sun god. It is extremely rare to portray the sun god with intense energy as a woman.”

While I was being explained about the gods, the door to the confessional opened and Iris peeked out from the inside.

Elizabeth, who gave her probation to her, glared at her, glaring at her with her tantrums.

“I would have told you not to come out.”
“Ha, but a little more with her husband her…….”
“Noisy. You are on probation for the time being. If you don’t want to be confined at all, please be quiet.”

The pope said that and started grinding his teeth. Madam, the face of her church her, and her main power her, she has lost her divine power.

It wasn’t that he was swept away by the pranks of the gods, he just threw it away by his own choice his. If others find out, it won’t end like probation.

And, even if she loses her divine power, she should still be the face madam of the church. The pope had to make her saintess regain her divine power as much as possible.

Somehow, priests who lost their virgins because they were raped by monsters and outcasts could also use divine power. If he rips off the saintess’ mental head and makes her believe her, her divine power her might return.

‘Even so, it would be impossible for her to have the divine power that she originally possessed…….’

A divine power powerful enough to summon an angel. It is impossible for ordinary priests to have that much divine power even if they pray for the rest of their lives.

However, if it was the body that once contained divine power, it might be possible to restore some, if not all, of it.

“The Pope.”
“Yes, Do-jin.”
“Now I want to go to the place I asked for.”

At that, the pope closed his mouth and looked at him. Indeed, he wondered if it was really okay to send someone whom God ordained as a heretic.

But now, such concerns were meaningless. Do-jin has already come from the dungeon to Seong-guk, and even if he tries to stop him, he will push in with force.

“…… As I said before, only you can enter it.”
“It’s okay.”
“Okay. If so, please follow me.”
“Oh, wait a minute before that.”

Do-jin left Pope behind and approached his party. The party looked at Dojin approaching them and tilted his head.

“I’ll be gone for a while.”
“…… Where?”
“To the dungeon.”
“Go with me.”
“Sorry, I can only go in alone.”

He dissuaded Seo-yoon from going anywhere with Do-jin, and Do-jin explained why he could enter the dungeon alone.

He was already at level 4 with no suitable opponent, and his fighting power his greatly increased due to his fight with Yeshua.

Now, even if he entered the dungeon alone, there would be no enemies powerful enough to threaten Do-jin’s life with his.

“Still…”
“Don’t you worry? In the first place, this dungeon is such that even Charlotte returned alive.”

Saying so, Do-jin greeted the party and followed the pope. The two walked down the street without saying a word.

Perhaps the silence was annoying, the pope cautiously opened his mouth.

“—You’re more polite than I thought.”

“Yes?”

“Yesterday, I spit out such vulgar words like that. You’re so respectful again today.”

“That’s it, it’s about time and place.”

Tuck, Tuck. A nun passes by the two of them and bows lightly. Do-jin followed the back of her nun with her eyes, then looked at the Pope again and said.

“You can’t speak bad words to the Pope in church, can you?”
“I didn’t know you were a person who knows how to choose a time and a place.”
“I have a unique charm.”

Hearing Do-jin’s words, the pope sighed and went into the basement of the church. It was a place that was locked with all kinds of iron doors and locks, but there was no place that the pope, who bore the name of the emperor of the church, could not enter.

A dungeon-like landscape. Do-jin burst into admiration for the fact that the dungeon was a likely place.

“I think so.”

No matter how far down the stairs he had come, the Pope opened his mouth, pointing to the open space below.

The dungeon was there.

“As you know, we can’t save you after you go in. Well, it might not be too dangerous for you.”

“Thank you.”

“…… Half words again.”

“Because there is no one here.”

Dojin proudly spat out words and entered the entrance of the dungeon. A new dungeon causes a different feeling every time you enter it.

I felt my heart pounding a little, and I stepped lightly.

The moment you cross the boundary of the entrance, all sides are stained with darkness. A blackout that can no longer be seen in the Dungeon Spirit’s dungeon. The blackout screen covers Dojin’s view.

‘It’s a memory.’

Dojin broke through the blackout and headed inside. He went inside and thought about it, he didn’t come with the guidance.

Now, he went out again to get a map, but Do-jin decided to find a way based on his experience his in the dungeon of the Dungeon Spirit.

Well, the first floor will be fine. What- Even in the dungeon territory, the first floor is at the level of goblins—.

Sweetheart-!

“…… What?”

He caught the arrow that suddenly flew by and quickly ran in the direction of the arrow. Surprisingly, there was a hole there that looked like a trap.

There were traps in this dungeon, not monsters. The moment I recognized him, I heard loud laughter from all sides.

─Knock-knock-knock!
─Kyahahahaha!

Appearance is not visible
Nonetheless exists
Dojin knew what to call such an existence.
It was a demon. A being that curses and drives people crazy.

‘…… It’s a trap for evil spirits.’

Apparently, this dungeon looked quite different from the dungeons in the Dungeon Command. Dojin grabbed the arrow in his hand and broke it, looking at the evil spirits.

A dark red sword rose from his sword.

“I wonder if even a ghost can be cut by swordsmanship.”
─What’s the point?

Do-jin climbed the dungeon, swinging his sword at the evil spirit that rushed at him, not knowing that he was afraid of the evil spirit.

* * *

The Holy See was flooded with visitors every day.
Early in the morning, the inhabitants of the Holy Land offered morning prayers at the Holy See.
However, not all places in the Vatican were open.
Rather, it was a place where all kinds of holy relics were kept, so it had stricter boundaries than other places.

“There you are. Entry is prohibited here.”

And, the Paladins who were wary of the secret space had an unfriendly and bloody atmosphere unlike the friendly priests outside.

It is said that this is because a contrast effect can be achieved by taking an unkind attitude between kind priests…… In fact, it was more comfortable for the paladins who stood guard to speak harshly than to speak kindly.

The red-haired man looked at the paladin who spoke to him and tilted her head.

“Prohibition? Who do you like?”
“No one except those with permission can enter here.”
“Since when did I get permission for all of you—?”

The paladin frowned. Often there are such people. Maniacs who are proud of their skills.

These guys said they had to be beaten to come to their senses. Without saying a word, the paladin took out the club from his waist and swung it.

A thousand-year-old stick strong enough to make even wild boars scream and run away. The paladin thought that the red-haired man would soon be crying out and begging for fault.

Roaring!

“What is it, you guys?”

However, the moment the club touched the body of the red-haired man, the club melted in an instant, as if it had been drowned in lava.

The moment he saw the melted club falling to the floor- the paladin next to him quickly blew the whistle he was carrying in his arms her.

At the same time as the whistle sounded to announce the attack, the Holy Knights waiting inside the Holy See came running armed.

“Get down!”
“Hands behind your head!”
“Get down!”

When the loud paladins shouted, the visitors who heard the commotion began to gather one by one, showing interest.

Annoyed by the paladins surrounding him, the man clicked his tongue and opened her mouth.

“Let me see you just once. Get lost.”

“You’re crazy.”
“You have a unique ability! It melts the moment you touch it!”
“Okay? God-bless us!”

Seeing the god’s name called out, her man frowned. Before whom do you dare to seek God?

Scratching the back of her head, the man who confirmed the paladin’s faith reached out to her and burst out laughing.

“Hey, you guys. What god do you believe in?”
“Conquer!”
“Ha- I was going to look at it twice if I believed it.”

The man said that and grabbed her hand her.
At that moment, the sun descends inside the Vatican.