NOVPUBFrom the beginning I always found the Church of Light very strange, they are very authoritarian and extreme in their doctrine, but many in high positions commit horrible acts with terrible excuses.
But I really don’t know what to do about this, I remember Athena saying that her sister led her troops to defeat an Evil God and they used a city as cannon fodder, even the false Hero they created was a sacrifice and I saved him Hinata.
In addition to their extreme behaviors, there were also people like that Archbishop who enslaved Irius and Irina, not to mention what Baldr himself did to someone close to becoming his Saint, Vanessa.
"(I always found them strange, for those who proclaim so much about justice, their acts are always full of cruelty and without a hint of mercy.)" (I)
"(So if he had an explosion in the number of troops that alerted even the Gods, they came from somewhere.)" (I)
"You seem to already know where these troops came from, correct?" (I)
"Yes, I managed to capture some individuals, the dead were more difficult, their Priests use the dead as Sacrifice to perform rituals of all types." (Nicole)
"Capturing any alive was also difficult as they tended to kill each other." (Nicole)
"That really delayed my..." (Nicole)
"Try to be objective by keeping a summary line of thought, you don’t need to be so detailed about everything when it’s not necessary." (I)
"All good." (Nicole)
Nicole, like any scientist, researcher or scholar, likes to talk about the things she understands as she attaches great importance to everything she has learned, if you let her talk it will take a long time and will add unnecessary details to this report.
I just need to know the facts in a summarized and easy to understand way.
"I captured one of them and realized that they were not normal people, in fact I had difficulty identifying their races even though they are very close to Humans." (Nicole)
"The few differences I found were their eyes being completely white and emitting dim light, their bodies being slightly stronger than Humans should be, possessing some degree of physical regeneration while exposed to sunlight and their Auras being ’strange’." (Nicole)
"..." (I)
I noticed that Nicole said that last part with a bit of disgust, it seems like she discovered something and didn’t know how to uncover the truth, it seems like the kind of thing she wouldn’t like.
"Describe the strangeness she said?" (I)
"That’s the problem, I don’t know what to describe, I just know how to identify that it’s not normal." (Nicole)
"Then continue with the report, what else did you find out." (I)
"Mental functions have diminished to a large extent as has the sense of identity." (Nicole)
"They all seemed fanatical in the extreme, they also formed the majority of the front line, always being part of the Soldiers with none of them occupying any other role." (Nicole)
"Disposable soldiers, are they slaves of the Church of Light?" (Magnus)
"Negative, but they still have a high degree of submission to the Priests and Templars." (Nicole)
"They don’t seem to have their emotions developed properly with some showing emotional outbursts while others show almost no emotion at all." (Nicole)
"From there I tried to track where these troops were coming from, with a starting point it didn’t take long to figure out the transport routes." (Nicole)
"I ruled out the supply routes and rear troops, so I identified some that led to various places, I couldn’t see all of these places, and so I asked my brothers for assistance." (Nicole)
"The place I went to was empty, but there were traces of curse, the land was contaminated for miles." (Elsaris)
"I found 2 concentration camps full of people, one of them was in an impossible to enter location, a Holy Land while the last one was under surveillance by different Divine level beings." (Hela)
"They both told me what they found in detail." (Nicole)
"The curse was the most abnormal, the traces of curse that Elsaris found were of the Shadow element with traces of the Dark element." (Nicole)
"But if this is a place previously occupied by the Church of Light..." (I)
"Exactly, there were many inconsistencies, but for the concentration camp Hela found to be so heavily guarded showed the level of importance." (Nicole)
"Seeing this as a clue, I found a route that was heavily guarded, was given a lot of importance, and was heading to a planet whose population could be considered low with everyone being Human." (Nicole)
"Planning for 2 days, I created Bone Golems and replaced them with the bones of a living criminal, his mind was under the influence of..." (Nicole)
"Did you use a living person?" (I)
"He was an idiot, don’t worry." (Lilith)
"(If Lilith is doing it, then I’ll let it go.)" (I)
"As I was saying, I discovered some things and managed to get that book, I couldn’t open the book, but I saw how they were using it." (Nicole)
"They use a curse to contaminate a person’s entire body with the dark element, all other elemental affinities are consumed by the dark element." (Nicole)
"Even their vitality is replaced by the shadow element when consumed, with this they gain a great increase in regeneration and strength, but their lifespan is reduced by 10 times." (Nicole)
"After this, they are subjected to another ritual, this time a Sacred Purification Ritual where all the Shadow and Dark elements are purified and replaced by the Light element." (Nicole)
"As their bodies were filled with the Dark element, they were almost transformed into Light Elementals." (Nicole)
"Their bodies strengthen and heal more easily, they are highly compatible with all the techniques of the Church of Light and with the last ritual they become loyal to the fanatical level." (Nicole)
"Of course, undergoing two such extreme forced transformations has many many side effects." (Nicole)
"Altered emotions and a decrease in intelligence, being just some of the consequences, also have damage at the level of the Soul, infertility and a double decrease in lifespan." (Nicole)
"..." (all)
"That chained book was something they used for the dark ritual." (Nicole)
"Damn bastards!!" (Vanessa)
"The Doctrine... this is against the very foundation of the Doctrine!" (Athena)
"The book itself seemed harmful to me, so I let Hela carry it, she seemed unaffected." (Nicole)
"Dark energies like this are useless against a Necromancer." (Hela)
"That’s what I thought, whoever used the book to perform the curse was exactly a Necromancer who was being forced to do all that, that’s why I asked Hela for help." (Nicole)
I knew from the beginning that it was Nicole who brought the book, she was close to Hela since they are both researchers in their respective fields, I also saw a little of Nicole’s Aura in the chains.
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POV ???? (Archbishop of Light):
I was looking at the reports about the robbery that happened at another facility, it seems they used a living person as if it were a Golem, truly barbaric.
I also saw that they took one of the sinful books, I honestly can’t tell if I’m relieved or irritated by that.
"(It really is shameful to have to resort to extremes like these.)" (I)
"Sir, the new batch has arrived." (High Priest A)
"I am going." (I)
When I followed the High Priest outside I saw scared men and women, I don’t feel sorry for them, they are mostly people associated with the Demon race or other dirty races, but I still don’t like having to depend on these types of methods.
"(Maybe it’s a way to make these sinners useful in the end.)" (I)
"Start the ritual and be quick, I don’t like seeing something so disgusting." (I)
"As you command." (High Priest A)
I saw a Priest carry that thing, a book that struggled in his arms, the light seemed to darken a little around the book while the one carrying it was pale, dark veins spreading across his neck and arms.
"(May Baldr have mercy on his Soul in the face of his sacrifice...)" (I)
When the book opened a Necromancer was brought in, his body covered in restraints, as well as his clothes and his chains, just being in the same environment as him disgusts me, but only something so Heretical can make use of that filthy book.
"..." (I)
I point to the book, I don’t want my voice to be wasted on this kind of disgusting creature, it shames me to have to depend on him.
He just shows his ugly anger before performing his sinful magic, the magic circles appear around the target people, I try to ignore the cursed words that the necromancer utters with the book, then soon the shadows if each person start to climb over their bodies opening wounds in the process, dark veins spread out and begin to contort on their bodies as they scream.
Their wails subside as their bodies become dry, their hair falls out and their eyes are taken over by darkness, such a scene affects me each time to the point that I want to kill each one of them.
"..." (I)
I nod to the other Priests and launch the friendly crystal into the air, multiple High Priests join me in a mass Purification, a pillar of Divine Light descends upon these dark creatures burning them with Baldr’s Blessing.
The shadows on their bodies are burned by the light that takes its place between their screams from the pain of the process, their eyes become bright, their bodies become muscular and their Auras bright.
The two rituals took around 3 or 4 hours, part of this due to the number of people used, some weaker ones were lost burned by the light of Purification, but those were useless anyway.
With a wave of my hand this group is taken for a two-day indoctrination before being sent to the front lines.
Soon the next group is brought in to do the process once again, regardless of what I think, this is for the good of the universe I must endure this ordeal.
"(For the glory of Baldr!)" (I)
