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Chapter 279 Red Dragon's Sorrow
“The prophet Yongyi predicted the catastrophe of world destruction three hundred years later, so he built the Temple City on this land with his disciples and believers as the last refuge for mankind.

"At first, people laughed at them, thinking they were just the crazy talk of a group of fanatical religious charlatans, but when the green hell really came, the city retained the last spark of civilization.

“At the same time, just as Yongyi predicted, some young women among humans awakened special abilities after the disaster and became witches.

"Among them, the most powerful is the daughter of the prophet Wesser. She calls herself the Red Dragon and has a terrifying destructive force within her body. She can even kill animated plants with her bare hands without any weapons.

"He was just as heroic as the demigod hero in myths and legends. He immediately became an idol for many young people in the city. At that time, humans and witches joined forces to fight against those animated plants."

“Humans are responsible for researching weapons and equipment that witches can use, providing them with backup, and solving the side effects caused by their use of magic, while witches fight those animated plants on the front line, search for supplies, and protect ordinary people in the city.

“That period can be said to be the honeymoon period of the relationship between the two sides. The sudden disaster brought everyone together closely.

"But the Red Dragon was not satisfied with just being a hero. Especially when she deeply realized how powerful the power she possessed was and how insignificant mortals were, her ambition began to expand uncontrollably.

"Like all politicians in history, the first thing she has to do is to find her supporters and unite them into a force that only obeys her.

"This was not difficult for her. In addition to her, there were more than thirty witches in the Temple City at that time. They also respected and worshipped the Red Dragon, and like her, they also possessed powers far beyond the mundane world."

“Red Dragon recruited them all under his command with almost no effort. They were originally comrades who fought side by side. Of course, this was not enough. As a political group, they also needed to have a political platform.

“The red dragon described an extremely tempting world to the witches—a world where witches could become gods in mortal form.

“To do this, they need to first take over the church, use the church’s propaganda power, and pass down oracles in the name of the Lord of Order, instilling in believers that the witches’ magic power comes from the sacred blood in their bodies.

"The Red Dragon claims that the witches are the daughters of the Lord of Order, who sent them to save the world, so ordinary people should serve them like they serve gods."

"According to the Red Dragon, except for the holy witch, everyone is born with sin. This apocalypse is a judgment on mankind, and if you want to survive, you must atone your sins... How about it, does this statement sound familiar?"

"The witches' theory of original sin?" Malu raised his eyebrows, "But is it the version for ordinary people?"

“History is also a circle. We must be mindful of the sharp blade swung by the past, which will cut into our future selves.”

The old nun continued, "Let's go back to what happened in the 14th year of the Holy Calendar. The Red Dragon was almost successful. At that time, the disaster had just struck and the church's organizations were not as perfect as they are today.

"The Paladin Order was established less than three years ago, and the power armor has not yet been successfully developed. The church has just trained the first batch of knights. They train very hard, have firm beliefs, and are fearless. Unfortunately, no matter how hard they try, they cannot harm those animated plants.

"So they could only undertake reconnaissance and logistics tasks and serve the witches, but even so, they still performed very bravely on the battlefield and were the pride of mankind. "But in order to control the church, the Red Dragon used only one false intelligence to annihilate the entire Holy Knights. The group of young people obeyed the Red Dragon's orders and held their positions. Even if the support was delayed again and again, they still fought to the last moment and shed their last drop of blood."

“After that tragic battle, the church lost almost all of its armed forces. Even though the remaining people had already realized the conspiracy of the red dragon and those witches, they were powerless to stop it.

"It seemed like it was only a matter of time before they became gods, but at the last critical moment, an ordinary person from the weapons and equipment department stood up.

“She was different from the others. She didn’t trust those witches from the beginning, and believed that the expansion of power would definitely bring about the expansion of ambition.

"And the most important thing is that the witches are much stronger than humans. If there is no restraint, even if there is no red dragon now, once other ambitious people appear in the future, humans will become very passive. So she secretly created the Ring of Order without telling others as a means to check and balance the witches."

"Of course, the red dragon and her witches would not submit so obediently, so she came up with a plan and presented the Ring of Order as a necklace of the gods to the red dragon.

"The prophet Weser personally came forward and hosted a grand banquet. Weser knelt on the ground, crowned his daughter, and kissed her toes. But in fact, he put shackles on the witch clan that they could never get rid of forever."

"Now, you have finally learned the truth you longed for, and you also understand why the church is so wary of witches."

A sneer appeared on the corner of Thorn Eagle's mouth. "As the sharp blade of the church and the guardian of mankind, I hope you can remember your mission in the future and live up to the blood shed by those pioneers."

Malu asked in return, "Why was this incident deleted from the Chronicles of the Temple City?"

“Because this is the stain of the prophet Weiser. In order to deceive the red dragon, he swore to the Lord of Order that this was a gift dedicated to the gods. Otherwise, even if she was his daughter, the red dragon and other witches would not be so easily fooled.

"In addition, after that incident, the church also reviewed its previous attitude towards witches and began to increase its control over them, not only physically but also mentally, to completely prevent the Red Dragon incident from happening again."

The old nun paused and said, “Although the church has been deliberately downplaying what happened in the 14th year of the Holy Calendar and deleting it from the Chronicles of the Temple City, even the name of the Red Dragon has become a taboo today.

"But the far-reaching impact it had is still there, and once the seeds of doubt are planted, they can't be removed.

"What the church did to the witches has nothing to do with justice. This is a war between races."

The Thorn Eagle said, "As long as the witches still possess powerful strength, humans will never stop being afraid of and wary of them."

(End of this chapter)