Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

Then they felt that all the strength in their bodies was empty and disappeared. At the same time, many things that were very familiar to them and emitted strange light suddenly appeared on the table in front of Charles.

This is their extraordinary characteristic.

The demigods who had lost their power showed despair on their faces.

Originally, after entering the church, they felt a little relieved looking at the seventy or eighty demigods present, but now they are almost filled with despair.

At the same time, Charles' brows furrowed.

At the beginning, Ciel actually didn't think about showing such powerful strength. After all, it was just to deter or create opportunities for Reiner. The power of an ordinary god or a little bit of power beyond that of a god would be enough.

but...

The strange feeling he had before affected him, so he tried his best when arranging the Hotlat Cathedral, and at the same time, when facing these invitees, he also went all out.

Take away their power before they can react.

only...

Is it a bit too simple?

You know, in his expectation, these forces were just testing and eliminating some small fish.

The real battle has not yet begun.

but...

Now what's going on?

Why did everyone fall down?

This shouldn't be the case. The premonition I had earlier was definitely a sign. Theoretically, only what I did today could possibly cause such a sign...

It's not with me, could there be a problem with Reiner?

Charles fell into deep thought.

The demigods, like lambs to be slaughtered, trembled as they looked at the man who could decide their fate. Some of them had bent their knees and knelt on the ground begging for mercy out of fear or other thoughts.

However, seeing that Charles seemed to be thinking about something, they didn't dare to speak for fear of disturbing him.

At the same time, they felt extremely regretful.

If they had known the cunningness of Charles's abilities, they would have probably attacked with all their strength the moment they entered here.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

and...

If it were a skirmish, with more than eighty demigods attacking together, even Charles would encounter some trouble.

But if they chose to fight in the place he arranged, the result would only be worse.

After all, when delivering the invitations, Charles took the time to look at their abilities, stole some of their ideas, and made some marks on them.

Therefore, the battle between them seemed to be one-on-many, with Charles at a disadvantage, but in reality...

As early as the beginning, Charles had already "fought" with them "one" on one.

The fighting style is still the four demigods (white horses) attracting attention head-on, while Xia Er sneaks in...

They could have crushed the opponent with a thrilling fight, but they did something so despicable...

If his friends in the Church of War and Glory knew about this, he would probably be condemned for a long time for his behavior of abandoning the honor of a warrior and not observing martial ethics.

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Chapter 259 Chapter 139 The Pope, the Last Hope of the Demigods

So what should we do now?

Looking at the crowd in the church pews, whose fear seemed to have become tangible enough for Charles to use his next trick, he felt a little bored.

What about catching big fish?

Why are all the fish in the net small shrimps?

His eyes kept scanning over everyone.

"How about burying them all?"

An idea suddenly occurred to Charles' mind.

For him, or for this world, the existence or non-existence of these demigods does not have much impact.

Even to Charles, they had little value in being used—except for the extraordinary qualities that had been taken away from them and could be used as sacrifices.

Murderous intent accompanied the materialization of his thoughts.

The demigods who had lost all their power in an instant seemed to see their own ending and future.

A very small number of people rolled their eyes and fainted - they were pretending. Most of them had probably accepted their own fate. They didn't say anything, but just stared at Charles with vicious eyes.

It was as if they wanted to memorize his figure in their minds - but it was completely useless. Even though they had extraordinary characteristics and their own strength, they could not see Charles's face clearly without his permission when facing him, not to mention that they were no different from ordinary people at this time.

"That gaze seems to be guiding me to do something." Ciel smiled grimly.

He gently stretched out his right hand. With a light pinch, he would be the only living creature left in the church.

only...

He turned around and looked at the statue of Mernadè in front of him, which was showing a kind smile. The coldness in Charles' eyes slowly faded away.

This is a church, and killing here is a blasphemy.

So, he waved his hand, and more than 20 people disappeared in the church. After leaving the church, they appeared in the boundless universe. Having lost all their powers, they were slowly killed by the harsh environment like ordinary people, and eventually turned into dust in the universe.

"I thought there would be someone stronger among you." Charles said sincerely, but his words sounded more like a mockery.

"But this is fine. Since I was resurrected in this era, I have been thinking about what to do with you."

"Whether it's the decline of the church or everything you do, it's all worth the consequences."

It cannot be said that there are no good demigods in this era. At least a few demigods such as Reiner have good character, which is not bad compared to his friends in the Five Gods Era.

But there are only a few of these demigods, and there would be nothing wrong with him killing most of the others directly.

"Don't look for excuses. Maybe there are things you think you did covertly, and you think you can remove yourself from the matter."

"But in my eyes, many things are not as secretive as you think."

"Besides, I'm different from the guys you know."

"They rely on evidence when doing things, and they will give you a chance to defend yourself at the trial, but I don't need it."

"Because I only believe what I see."

The church trial in the extraordinary world is a very troublesome matter.

Especially in the Age of Five Gods, because there were so many gods and extraordinary beings, it was very difficult to collect evidence for the trials of some matters.

After all, for extraordinary people and even gods, they can easily rewrite the past, change the future, and eliminate cause and effect... For those people, even if they are caught, they will go through a long review.

It is normal for suspicious incidents to be transferred from the chapel to the cathedral step by step, and finally handed over to the goddess personally.

Basically, if they are caught by the church, they cannot escape punishment, but they can live a little longer.

Even if this time is only a few days or years, they will continue to work hard for it.

This caused great trouble for the law enforcers. Charles had worked as a law enforcer for a while and was tired of seeing the faces of such people - some people dared to deny the irrefutable evidence even when they were in front of the goddess. In the files, Charles even saw a person who shouted in his death that he was wronged and that it was the goddess of night who tampered with the past and slandered him.

To be honest, this method of law enforcement is, to some extent, even more perfect than the place where Charles was in his previous life - every year, the Goddess of Night and the power of the Eternal Blazing Sun will take turns scanning the files of various churches to eliminate any mistakes.

False and wrongful convictions have been basically eliminated.

This system is good, but it is too kind.

You know, strictly speaking, the church will not interfere with national laws. Generally speaking, those who are hunted by the church are mostly evildoers who have committed serious crimes (at least using supernatural powers to cause serious adverse effects on more than a hundred people).

When faced with such evildoers, church regulations also require them to be given three opportunities to defend themselves.

Every time he defends himself, the law enforcement officer needs to use his own power to trace back to the past through supernatural powers or evidence of existence.

At the same time, because of these opportunities, many people have been given the opportunity to reduce their sentences.

For the Five Gods, their original intentions may have been good - supernatural power itself is an unstable factor.

It would be too inhumane to impose the same punishment on those who cause harm by indulging their own power and those who cause harm unintentionally by failing to suppress the spread of supernatural power.

However, it was their original intention that led to the decline of the church after the disappearance of the Five Gods.

After all, the church court's trial method sounds like there are too many loopholes that can be exploited.

At the same time, the core of this court is the Five Gods. As long as they have not returned, they can be acquitted even if they have done something wrong according to the church's trial system.

Even if the five gods returned, according to the escape route they prepared for themselves, they could at least be entangled in this issue for a thousand years.

Of course, this was the preparation made by the first transgressors in the Godless Era.

In this era, although the glory of the Five Gods has been completely forgotten, they have not given up the customs passed down from the ancient demigods - although it is a little more troublesome to do things, it can save lives at critical moments.

At the same time, as time went by, they were able to find good excuses for what they did. In their opinion, if the Five Gods really revived, they could confidently tell them that their actions were correct.

"Killing is to gain greater power to protect this world."

"Slavery is only for self-preservation." "I don't want to do this, but I have to do it to protect myself, my family, my country, and the world..."

With all these reasons accumulated, and the precedent of Judd being killed by demigods, although Charles's display of miracles was a little stressful for them, it was actually not a big deal.

In their opinion, no matter how strong Ciel is, he cannot defeat the combined power of all the demigods.

At the same time, even if he really defeated his opponent, according to the church's trial system, he was not qualified to execute himself directly and had to follow the rules and regulations.

It is difficult for a subordinate god to judge them no matter which sequence they are from. Although the Holy Book of the Five Gods Church has changed more than one version so far, the trial system has not changed at all from ancient times to the present.

Throw away what is not beneficial to you and keep what is beneficial to you.

For tens of thousands of years, the living and fallen demigods have maintained this tacit understanding.

If it were any other subordinate gods, they would generally have done nothing wrong. For example, if it was Charles' teacher Alfor who was standing here today, even if he had the power to defeat these people, he would not deprive them of their power like Charles did, or even execute them directly.

In the teachings of the Church of the Earth, killing is a serious matter. No matter what the reason, one must pray before the statue of the Earth Mother after committing the crime.

If the Mother Goddess believes that your behavior is correct, she will affirm you in a gentle tone. If she thinks you are wrong, she will criticize you with a stern face and then decide how to punish you according to the severity of what you did.

This is a manifestation of the Earth Church's respect for life. However, because most believers do not want to trouble the goddess frequently, they habitually choose to capture the enemy alive when facing them.

Charles was an exception. He always liked chatting with the goddess, so he never showed mercy to anyone he thought deserved to be killed.

The goddess never blamed him for his behavior.

Mernadette was very gentle and compassionate, and would quickly forgive anyone who offended her, but she would never forgive the perpetrators on behalf of the victims if they hurt others.

Ciel's gaze swept over the sixty or so surviving demigods.

The twenty or so demigods he dealt with directly were the kind of people who were on the sacrifice list and could be killed directly.

The majority of the remaining people are in a situation where they can be killed or not, and there are also a very small number of people whose crimes do not deserve the death penalty, or even those who are not guilty at all.

"You are not a true believer." When Charles was thinking about how to deal with the remaining people, a voice suddenly sounded.

Ciel's eyes followed the voice and found the other person.

He was a man with gray hair and beard, but he looked like a young man and a little strange.

"You are not qualified to decide the life and death of others without trial." Facing Charles's gaze, there was a hint of fear in the other's eyes, but it was eventually suppressed, and then he strode through the gap between the benches and walked into the aisle.

"You are tarnishing the glory of the Lord."

"Saturn, the Mother Goddess has always been the Mother Goddess, not the Lord. She loves everyone like her own children, not being high above everyone else." Charles said calmly.

When talking to him, Charles' tone was unusually less aggressive and murderous.

Saturn, the current Pope of the Church of the Earth, is the only demigod in the Church of the Five Gods.

Even his promotion to demigod was due to the appearance of Charles.

Under the influence of some demigods who had no intention of conflicting with Charles, some demigods who were seeking a way out for themselves, and some complex factors, a "friend" of Santu told him that he had such qualifications, so he naturally became a demigod.

After the decline of the Church of the Five Gods, the emergence of demigods was not allowed for a long time.

This is the consensus of almost all demigods. Almost every time a demigod belonging to the Church of the Five Gods appears, he will die due to various accidents within a hundred years, and the Church of the Five Gods will also be impacted.

Therefore, for a long time, there has been an unspoken rule between the declining Church of the Five Gods and the demigods.

They maintained the status quo, no longer housing holy relics, and even handed over some remaining holy relics to be sealed by them. Meanwhile, the demigods ensured that the faith of the Five Gods would not be extinguished and would continue to exist as the mainstream faith.