"Told by whom exactly?"
The elder didn't seem to mind NIght's ambiguous answer, on the contrary, he found it quite interesting. Not many people co to visit the church, especially considering the situation and the circumstance behind the sudden growth. So when Night showed up, the elder was quite happy internally.
"....."
'That's an interesting question.....'
Could he tell him it was the system? NPC's weren't exactly aware of the system, so saying the word system would simply be stupid. Convincing an NPC that they lived in a ga was quite harsh and cruel.
"It was a voice in my head..."
It wasn't a lie, equating the system to just a voice in the head was sowhat undermining it but it was the only thing that he could think of. Naturally, he wasn't aware of how that would sound to an elder of a Church.
"...."
It was the elder's ti to process what was said. People randomly coming up and claiming to be God's ssenger wasn't rare, while it wasn't common as well but the reason the elder even considered it was because of Night's choice. If he truly was faking it why would he choose a church like the Church of Artemis when there were better choices at the mont.
"Haha I'm sorry young man, I think I misheard you, could you say that again?"
'What was I thinking, I can't believe I thought he said he heard a voice, tch.' the elder thought as he scolded himself internally.
"Ah of course, I said that it was a voice in my head,"
'What a fkn loser man, I had a chance to think about it and I went ahead and said the sa thing, for fcks sake...'
"...I see. Please follow then..."
'Oh, that worked? Hopefully, it worked properly...'
It was a rather surprising turn of events, Night had no idea he was being taken to the Pope as well as the fact that the elder thought he was a ssenger. Whereas the elder, naturally, had no idea Night was talking about the system.
'In retrospect, I think simply saying that Noel sent should've worked but whatever this worked...' it was the sa as a counter-argunt occurring to people during showers. Night continued to think about the entire event as he followed the elder into the Pope's room.
"Your Holiness," the elder said after very slightly knocking on the thick oak door.
"What is it?" a gruff voice replied from inside, it was slightly muffled, which was probably due to the door, but the voice didn't exactly scream "kindness and virtue".
"We have...errr how do I put this...we have a rather "interesting" visitor. A young man who says a voice asked him to visit the Church of Artemis,"
"....Let him in," the voice replied after thinking for a bit, perhaps he was hesitant but as the Pope of a growing religion, he could easily punish soone and get away with it. If the new visitor was indeed lying then, it was going to be unfortunate for him.
As soon as Night entered the room he was t with the fragrance of the earth, it wasn't exactly earth, it wasn't as strong as the sll of the wet ground, it was more moldy and raw. The Pope of the Church of Artemis stood there with his hands slightly parted, a gesture to welco the supposed ssenger of God, but he quickly retracted his hands once he looked at Night.
Night's face was a well-known one in Vraun and the Pope recognized him. It would be unusual for him to not do so, especially considering his position requires him to know the affairs of the Kingdom.
"Leave us, elder..."
"At once Your Holiness," there wasn't a single hint of hesitation in his voice, the second he was ordered or, "asked" to leave the room, he turned around and left without any further questions.
"That's a unique sll...what is it?"
"Oh haha, it's red amaranth, it's sacred to our Goddess," The Pope said as he walked to his desk.
He was dressed in his usual rich garbs of white flowing satin robes, heavily embellished with gold signatures and designs signifying the Goddess Artemis and her hunt. On his head, he wore a long mitre hat with similar symbols. The Pope was a distinguished-looking man, unlike the others, he was unusually fit and relatively young. Contradictory to his voice, he had a rather pleasant countenance.
"As you probably know, I'm Pope Moonstar.."
'I had no fcking clue but sure,'
"Truly a pleasure Your Holiness, I go by the na Night," he said while slightly bowing.
"Haha, it would be difficult to not recognize you. You're quite well known within the Kingdom you know?" The Pope chuckled as he sat down on his chair, "so tell about this voice you heard,"
"There's nothing to say really, I was simply told to visit the church, however, I do have a question of my own. If that's alright,"
"Of course, of course, I enjoy answering and fulfilling the curiosity of the young and complex, so tell what is it that you wanted to know?"
"You were behind the summoning in the Forest of Silence, weren't you? Why did you order them to do so? Aren't you the Pope? Besides, even if you were behind it, it's foolish to send them in their robes,"
'Those stupid imbeciles! I specifically told them to not wear the robes, now everything a ss, it's gone to shit,'
"Whatever do you an? What summoning? I have no idea about any of this. You must be mistaken ahah,"
"The n you sent have already admitted that you ordered them to do so. Honestly, I wasn't sure as to why I was asked to co to visit the Church of Artemis, but now that I'm here I might as well catch a criminal, don't you think?"
"Hm? I'm sure you've heard of innocent until proven guilty? I have nothing to do with the actions of my followers, accusing of such a cri is simply preposterous!"
"Save it, Moonlight, the royal guards are going to show up and bring this entire sche of yours down with you,"
"...."
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"Alright, we're here, and HOLY FCKING SHIT that's a lot of monsters.....they're causing a sandstorm as they move...."
"They'll take half a day to reach the borders, hopefully by then we completely scrape them out,"
"Hmm no no, I an yes there a lot but the sandstorm is caused by sothing big, I can't see what exactly it is but it's definitely bigger than the other creatures...." Nate explained to Leo and Noxx as the entire group stood on top of a wall.
"Guardians....." Shade muttered. "I can feel more of my kind...."
"Are you sure about this?" Layla asked quizzically, it wasn't sothing to joke about after all. Why would beings that were proud to be territorial co forward and make such a bold move? Especially as one force.
"Yes...it's faint but I can feel sothing," Shade replied in a low tone.
"Okay, but how?" Layla looked at Nate for an explanation. Getting beings like the Guardians to work together was close to impossible, after all the last ti such a feat was done was only under the rule of the Divine beings.
"Hmmm..." it was at that mont that he realized. When they were in the royal courtroom the existence of a Myth was ntioned, while it would definitely be annoying, it wouldn't be impossible for soone like him to force beings such as the Guardians together.
'A Myth rated war strategist huh? It has to be him...'
"The Imperial Kingdom, they're using the greed of the Guardians. Since they're territorial beings, I assu the circumstance here is that the Imperials sohow managed to convince them that once Vraun is fully destro-....but it doesn't make sense....there's sothing missing..." Nate said as he gazed into the horde of monsters.
"Whatever, let's begin, the more we delay, the more we lose our advantage,"
"We're ready,"
"Alright then. Just so you guys don't forget, in a battle against numbers, reducing them is going to be our priority. Forget about the big guys and the bosses, focus on slaughter. Layla, Leo, and Noxx are better suited to hunt down the bosses, so they can take care of that. Shade can switch and move around the field but I'd prefer you remain safe. Any injury and I hear it from Night so. Let's go!"
'I sure hope the Imperials aren't involved....'
A Myth facing a Legend was sothing the world would want to see, but it isn't sothing the ones related are prepared for. Especially because of how much Pythia had warned the others to beware of Neo Thallius. Even if this man did appear in front of them, they would be slaughtered in less than 10 seconds, not to ntion that Night wasn't with them. Perhaps Night was the only one who could survive for more than 10 seconds but even then it would only be thanks to his real-life skills.
'You better not do anything stupid...'
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