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Chapter 1604: Chapter 331: The Arrival of Angels

Earlier.

Holy Church, Holy City.

In this city, which is a nation in itself, Dawn is about to arrive. Five Descending Angels are praying in the Oriental Palace where Dawn is about to rise.

The Pope is waiting outside, not daring to overstep… Recently, the Holy Church has had some problems internally, teetering on the edge, but now all is well. The appearance of the Descending Angels has stopped the actions of all the small-time troublemakers.

The Pope has also regained his energy, having received a long-lost health boost; overnight, many of the Black Religious Congregation’s bases on the Oth Continent have been cleared, something unprecedented in recent years.

The Pope is in a good mood; this is the Lord’s holy will, and he feels that his faith has received an unprecedented response… However, the descent of these five Angel Lords seems to have other hidden reasons.

Four-winged… Throughout the history of the Holy Church, there have been few descents of four-winged angels, and each time was due to significant matters, but this time the Angel Lords have not disclosed any information.

Inside the room, five beautiful men and women have just finished praying and stand up… Angels have no gender, but as incarnations, clearly they possess it.

However, it can’t be helped. To ignore the will of the world and descend directly, only Seraphs can accomplish this. For them, being born into human bodies is more stable, and the world is less resistant.

“This sub-world has too many different voices.” At this moment, one Descending Angel said displeasedly, “The development of the Holy Church in this realm is unsatisfactory, among the many sub-worlds occupied by heaven, this only ranks as below average.”

Angels shouldn’t have emotions; perhaps this is due to the influence of the thoughts of their hosts.

The faces of the four-winged angels are filled with authority. Looking at the Descending Angel who just spoke, he said, “This is a single-digit numbered sub-world. Remember… each single-digit numbered sub-world is extremely dangerous. Even for Seraphs descending, there is a danger of falling. That our Lord’s glory can take root here is no easy feat.”

“We’ve helped the Pope clear some of the Black Religious Congregation’s forces, hopefully he can develop a bit more in the future.” The third Descending Angel said indifferently, “This was merely a casual action, not our mission for this descent.”

“Before we descended, Lord Raphael mentioned that the fallen Star of the Morning Dawn is right here…”

“It has already been suppressed by Lord Raphael, now it is at most slightly stronger than ordinary people, not worth worrying about!”

“Our goal is simply to search for mutated individuals in this world, this is the most important… Metatron, we must find him.”

“Is Metatron really in this sub-world?”

“Not certain, but this is the information Lord Moses obtained from Revelation, urging us to explore the sub-worlds at the forefront… So the sub-worlds from 10 onwards are the most likely, considering even the Star of the Morning Dawn has fallen into this 003…”

“But just searching like this, the efficiency is too slow.” One Angel suddenly frowned, saying, “Unfortunately, the Holy Church’s power in this sub-world is somewhat inadequate… If it were in a sub-world under the absolute control of the Holy Church, finding someone would really be too easy!”

What this Angel says is true.

Among the many sub-worlds, there are worlds completely occupied by heaven… No matter what stage of development the world’s civilization is in, divine power is supreme and overrides all so-called laws—in those sub-worlds, as long as there’s a divine decree, the whole world can be mobilized.

“In that case, let this Holy Church here become rich with energy.” The four-winged angel smiled slightly at this moment.

“Isn’t that too risky… 003, aside from us, seems to contain a large number of mythological heritages… This is a land of mythological chaos.”

But the four-winged angel said: “We once followed Archangel Michael to battle in many worlds, exploring countless lands of faithlessness, meeting even worse situations than this one countless times… Heaven was merely seized by a group of small-time troublemakers once, is that enough to shake your faith? The Transcender Organization… one day, the rage of divine battle will ignite in their territory!”

As this four-winged angel said, the remaining four Descending Angels could only comply—after all, this four-winged angel lord is the vanguard who followed Archangel Michael, battling countless sub-worlds.

This is the Power Angel of Middle Third-Rank Angels… Lord Hamaliel!

This is an angel that, aside from divine duties, in pure combat power, is comparable to upper-rank Seraphs… Thus, it could enter this high-risk 003 sub-world.

“Let the Pope waiting outside come in!” The Four-winged Angel Hamaliel said indifferently at this moment.

So, the Pope waiting outside walked into the room with immense trepidation.

“Greetings to the Angels.”

“Right now, how many holy remains are there within the Holy Church?” Hamaliel asked as soon as he saw the Pope enter.

The Pope thought for a moment and said, “The Holy City has seven holy remains collected, of which five have already been used in the Angel Lord’s descent ceremony. Currently, only two can be used.”

“Too few.” Hamaliel furrowed his brow, “Each Descending Angel leaves behind holy remains when they leave… there should be more than this remaining.”

The Pope thought for a moment and said, “There are a few holy remains that have been scattered; some are placed outside the church because they require special geographical conditions to exert their maximum effect… Some have been lost, whereabouts unknown.”

“Incompetent.” Hamaliel snorted coldly.

The Pope could only quickly apologize, “Since the angels need the holy remains, I will have them sent back from outside… However, only a few are currently difficult.”

“Speak.”

The Pope said, “Before the angels descended, a holy remain was stolen by the Black Religious Congregation using deceit… But now, we have identified its appearance location, unfortunately this holy remain has been reversed using secret techniques by the Black Religious Congregation, seemingly able to create a dark force field, capable of burning divine power within the field; I fear this is the Black Religious Congregation’s means to counter the Holy Church.”

“Hm, these followers of Satan, wherever they are, there is always trouble.”

The Pope suddenly said, “Lord Hamaliel, there is one more thing.”

“What else?”

The Pope bowed his head and said, “The place where the reversed holy remain appeared should also have another holy remain, possibly in the hands of a priest named Stretta.”

“Stretta?”

“Yes, this person used to be the warden of the Shenwei Prison of the church.” The Pope slowly said: “Back then, a paladin named Amunst in the Paladin Corps rebelled from the church because his descendants were involved romantically with a bloodsucker. Stretta was responsible for capturing him, but eventually allowed Amunst to escape. Following this incident, Stretta resigned from his position as warden and secretly took away a holy remain…”

“Foolish!”

“The angels may not know, though Stretta is arrogant, his power is exceptionally strong…” The Pope said helplessly, “Later, Stretta hid in Britain, which is the origin of the Knight Agency, where the Holy Church really cannot make big moves…”

“Britain? Knight Agency?” Hamaliel frowned, “Indeed, it is a land of intertwined myths, even the broken-down Celt can leave a trace of inheritance here! But a mere broken god lineage isn’t worth worrying about!”

“Indeed.” The Pope thought for a moment and said, “I have communicated with the Queen of Britain and obtained the privilege of free action; from now on, the activities of the Holy Church will not be hindered by the Knight Agency… They can be a bit freer.”

“We don’t have time to play war games with the descendants of these minor pantheons,” Hamaliel shook his head, “Too weak, such heresy should be eradicated…”

As he spoke, Hamaliel glanced at the two Descending Angels on the left, “Go reclaim the Reversed Holy Relic, and bring back the priest who stole it as well!”

Upon descending, Hamaliel already sensed the suppression of transcendent power by the world will of this sub-world. He was clear about the limit of this suppression… These two Descending Angels, relying on the holy remains used for their birth, were already able to wield the maximum power permitted, enough to silence all opposing voices.

At the moment Hamaliel issued the order, the two angels flew out of the Holy City, transforming into beams of light, like meteors, disappearing into the horizon.

The Pope felt a chill in his heart upon seeing this… These Descending Angels, especially Lord Hamaliel, seemed particularly powerful — to the Pope, they seemed more like soldiers than angels.

“There’s one more thing,” Hamaliel suddenly said.

The Pope hurriedly adopted a listening posture.

Hamaliel coldly said, “Gather all believers worldwide who are qualified to become Prayer Aggregators into the Holy City. Once we’ve finished our matters here, we’ll take these Prayer Aggregators away.”

Worldwide?

So urgent?

What exactly… has happened in Heaven?

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Cave.

Outside, the sea water was crashing against the reefs, and Sister Grant was here performing simple treatment for her injuries — her shoulder was pierced directly by a pebble thrown by Father Strala, as if pierced by an armor-piercing round, the injury was severe.

[Fear Inverted Cross] wasn’t equipped like [God-slaying Armor] with advanced healing magic. She could only take a violent approach to stop the bleeding herself.

A small box was projecting the image of Lady Katerina; she already knew that this action had failed, and all consequences were known.

“Is Father Strala really that powerful?”

“Didn’t you see the wound on my body?”

Silence.

“Not only angels descend, even a Warden from Shenwei Prison has such power…” Lady Katerina’s face was dark: “Could it be that the Black Religious Congregation really will exit this era.”

“Hopefully, you can go to any length to satisfy Priede; truly complete that thing,” Sister Grant gritted her teeth — at this moment, she was using a stapler-like suturing device to seal the wound on her shoulder.

“You should return now!” Lady Katerina hurriedly said: “Don’t worry about Lamias for now; the Congregation can’t lose you.”

“I’ll find a way,” Sister Grant nodded, but her expression suddenly changed slightly.

“What happened?” Lady Katerina keenly sensed something amiss.

“A cat,” Sister Grant suddenly frowned: “There’s a black cat here!”

“A cat… what cat?” But on the distant ocean shore, Lady Katerina had already lost communication with Sister Grant… It was all black, no matter how worried Lady Katerina was, the communication couldn’t be restored.

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The black cat stood at the entrance of the cave, its green eyes had an unsettling feel… Sister Grant gripped the hilt of her great sword tightly, enduring the pain to pull her dislodged shoulder armor back on.

“Who?”

A figure slowly walked in from behind the black cat; it was a man wearing a tailcoat and a top hat, the brim was very low, preventing her from seeing his face.

The other party didn’t answer Sister Grant’s question from the congregation, just a shadow silently spread to her side in that instant.

No chance to evade, the shadow devoured her in an instant… Finally, she only heard the other’s low voice.

“Your time… is up.”

The cavern became completely quiet.

Outside, the man in the black suit and the black cat slowly walked along the beach, he suddenly stopped, looked at the sea, and muttered to himself: “Congregation, Holy Church… never happened before… Seems really different this time. So, perhaps I can…”

Sea water washed up on the beach; the man and the black cat disappeared without a trace.

Not long after the man in black attire and the black cat disappeared, two meteor-like rays of light slowly landed at the shore.

Angels.

“This place gives me an uneasy feeling,” one Descending Angel frowned.

The other Descending Angel thought for a moment and said, “Let’s search, we just need to retrieve the holy relic and take Strala back.”

“Lord Hamaliel said to enhance the influence of the Holy Church. How do you think it plans to do that?” the angel asked curiously.

This time recovering the holy relic and capturing a priest was considered quite an easy task for them… Naturally, they could chat freely.

The companion thought for a bit and said, “To enhance the influence of the church, to bring down divine power, the best way is surely to stir up transcendent warfare, then suppress all transcendent forces in the world to showcase the greatness of Heaven… Anyway, world number 003’s sub-world doesn’t seem to prohibit transcendent existence, so if Lord Hamaliel plans quick execution, that might be considered.”

“They all say the closer sub-worlds are more perilous, but from the looks of it now…” the angel smiled and said: “This place isn’t as dangerous as imagined; though the world will is suppressing quite intensely, it holds no malice. Compared to the sub-worlds we’ve explored, it could even be called mild.”

“Be careful.” The other angel shook its head, “The calmer it looks outside, the more likely hidden turmoil lies beneath… This place is already considered a front for exploring The Origin; possibly numerous hidden powers have fallen here. Although we can use the highest combat strength of the world, it doesn’t guarantee invincibility… You’re right, never encountered such mild world will, this place is indeed peculiar!”

“Let’s go.” The angel patted its companion’s shoulder, “Don’t overthink; isn’t mild better? Unless you’d be happy to encounter hellish difficulty here.”

“Anyway… be cautious in everything.”

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