Chapter 511: Unstable Movent 2
While Marcus was leading a dissolute life with the n of the sa faction, his cousin, Archbishop Constantine, was stuck in a chapel.
The Marius Faction he was leading, the faction that one boasted as the highest-ranking one in the Holy Empire, was so weak.
Veronica III, who declared that she wouldn’t choose a certain faction to strengthen the Holy Empire, entrusted key positions to people who were loyal and committed to their acts.
As a result, young priests and lower nobles who were doing basic chores in the Marius Faction fled and went toward the Pope.
Even the high ranking bishops betrayed Constantine.
“Kuak, I was deceived! I was deceived by that wench!”
Constantine, who said the sa thing a hundred tis before, was stripped of his position of being a regent and was whipped countless tis.
The so-called ‘repetition’ was a practice of seeking God’s grace while reflecting on their sins.
Crack!
“Oh, great El Kassel! Forgive this foolish man and give the power to defeat that witch!”
Initially, Constantine’s whipping was strongly protested by the others.
But later, it was notified that he was facing atonent for his wrong decision of electing the Pope and trying to shake the position of Veronica III.
However, the reaction of the believers was rather cold.
The people began to say that Constantine was getting senile. They also said that he would be closer to God if the Pope used a poison or a dagger on him instead of a whip.
That led for Constantine, who was overwheld by those responses, to take the whippings sincerely.
He was getting whipped constantly.
Even as his blood oozed out of his body, the whipping didn’t stop.
Even when Count Marcus and the others pleaded to her, she didn’t order for the whipping to stop.
“Please allow to defeat that witch! Grant the divine power to defeat the witch who is deceiving everyone’s eyes!”
Day and night, he kept repeating the sa thing in front of God’s statue that stayed silent.
Rather, it seed like the statue was laughing down at him.
It was to show that everything that happened was due to his greed.
“Please, please give the strength! If I get to defeat the witch and correct this Holy Empire, I am willing to pay any price!”
Are you really sure you would do that?
All of a sudden, a voice sounded from sowhere. Constantine, who was shocked by it, looked around.
“W-who is it?”
Don’t be afraid. I am the one you have been waiting for.
Crack
The statue in the front cracked and fell to the ground.
Blue flas appeared at the place where the statue was standing and took the shape of a human.
‘T-this is…?’
Constantine was flustered and tried to figure out what just happened, and a solemn voice ca out of the flas.
My child, now that I showed myself, won’t you accept ?
“Huh? Ah, I-I apologize.”
As the flas shook like it was going to devour him, Constantine fell to the ground in fear.
Seeing the man who was laying on the ground, the moving fla spoke in a soft voice.
My child, your sin was that you got deceived by the witch who was using magic, and for that, you need to die. But I’ll give you a chance to atone for it.
“A-an opportunity you say?”
Constantine raised his head, and the flas nodded its head.
Yes. Soon, punishnt will be given to those who have been deceived by the witch and moved away from my will. Make sure that those sinners will repent.
‘Punishnt? Then what about the Holy Empire?’
Constantine was startled and was panicking. If sothing went wrong with the Pope, it was an opportunity for him and the Marius Faction.
Honestly, he wasn’t sure if the person in front of him was really a God or not. It was because he couldn’t feel divine power from the fla.
Nevertheless, he believed that it was so kind of God.
It was because he thought that God would be the only one who would support him, the man who made a mistake and wanted to repent.
I will share my power with you, so try to awaken those foolish sinners with these powers.
When the words were done, the fire disappeared.
The smoke, which was hovering over the place, soon faded from Constantine’s vision.
The cloudy smoke around Constantine soon entered his body through his eyes, nose, and mouth.
Humph!
The mont he began to breathe in the smoke, the pain on his back disappeared.
In addition, his wrinkling face and hands beca smooth again, and his grey hair turned black.
Constantine was captivated with the new feeling of vigor in his body that seed to have brought his youth back.
‘God’s power! This is God’s Power! The thing that he gave . It’s God’s power!’
Thrilled with it, Constantine stared at the place where God’s statue had disappeared.
For a mont, he apologized for doubting God’s presence and thanked the generosity that was shown to him.
“Thank you, God! I will surely accomplish the work you have given to and punish that witch and her followers!”
There was a shadow that was watching Constantine praying several tis.
‘Huh, got him.’
The sinister creature made from the body of soone who was once referred to as the Devil King smiled at Constantine and disappeared imdiately.
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