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

Basically, in the past thousands or even tens of thousands of years, Drebel Taplis, a believer of the Eternal Blazing Sun who runs the City of Eternal Night, can represent the ceiling of the extraordinary people of the Five Gods Church.

"Even the Book of Holy Words has been misinterpreted countless times in the course of generations of inheritance." As Charles spoke, he took out a small booklet from his arms and slowly walked to his side.

“You need real faith.”

Saturn half-knelt on the ground with his hands raised and looked at Charles with a fanatical face.

Ciel frowned, then pulled him up.

"She never allowed her children to bow down to her."

"But..." Saturn pointed to some murals in the cathedral. In the murals, one can clearly see some people half-kneeling or even kneeling on the ground.

“That is a kind of confession, not to be like the Mother Goddess, but to be like yourself.”

Charles didn't explain.

"What about the law enforcement rules? If you are truly a believer, a pastor, or a priest, you have no right to decide our life or death like this."

Perhaps Charles' attitude towards Santu caused others to misunderstand something, and one person boldly spoke to Charles.

Ciel's gaze shifted from Santu, who was currently immersed in the Holy Book, to that person.

"You're right. Whatever the reason, of all the things you've preserved about the church, the only thing that remains intact is the trial system."

"According to this system, I have no right to directly deal with you who have lost your ability to resist."

Charles's gaze was very gentle, and this gentle gaze fell into the eyes of the person who said such words, but made him feel a sense of fear.

But he had no way to retreat.

Among the more than 20 demigods who just disappeared, a small half had a good relationship with him, and he also participated in some of the things they did.

It's just that he wasn't deeply involved, and what he did wasn't as excessive as theirs.

Judging from Charles' attitude, those people are in great danger. If he doesn't find a way to break the deadlock, something will soon happen to him.

The key to breaking the deadlock lies in Santu.

Santu is the current Pope of the Church of the Earth, and theoretically has the same status as a deity.

As long as he stands firmly on his side, no matter who the person in front of him is, as long as he is still a believer of Mother Earth, if he wants to deal with him, he must first disobey the rules of the church and betray his own beliefs.

As for whether Santu would stand on his side?

He was sure it would happen.

the reason is simple.

Santu is a true believer. He is extremely stubborn, conservative, and sticks to all the rules of the church.

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Chapter 260 Chapter 140 Charles: They are so scary!

Stubborn, conservative, and inflexible sound like derogatory words.

But in some positions, these words are positive.

There are many people like this, especially in the church - both in the past and now.

Even now, Charles still remembers how many times he was criticized by the teacher who taught him the rules when he first joined the Church of the Earth.

Thinking about it now, he didn't have any resentment in his heart, but he did complain many times at that time.

Later, as his strength and status in the church gradually improved and he gained greater power, he began to have new perspectives on many things, and especially understood why the church chose a person with such a character to be its guide.

The big picture is to maintain the image of the Church of the Earth and Mernade - the moment you join the church, your actions no longer just represent yourself, but also the church and the gods standing behind you.

On a smaller scale, it serves as a warning and a means of screening. Regardless of the Five Gods' attitudes toward believers and the public, one thing is undeniable: for most people, joining the church represents a leap in social status.

Even an ordinary priest would be respected by the people in the place where his church was located because of the existence of the Five Gods. In most countries - including non-religious countries, the words of local priests, nuns, and monks were even more effective than those of local governors and sheriffs.

In such an environment, if there are no conservative, stubborn and inflexible people to set an example and remind them, some people can easily go astray.

The human heart, especially the greed within it, cannot be completely eradicated.

The church will not require people to abstain from sex and abandon all bad qualities, but it will continue to change you in various ways after you enter the church.

This is a silent way of doing things, and these "old stubborn people" play a big role in this process.

Therefore, at this time, he was in a good mood when he saw a Pope like Santu in the current Church of the Earth.

At least his existence proves that the current Church of the Five Gods is not rotten to the core and still has meaning to exist.

"What are you going to do with them?" After carefully reading the new book of holy words, Santu's spirit was a little different from before, but some words in the new book of holy words also gave him greater courage.

"If we were simply following the rules, then everything that had happened before would have been largely within their scope. I have the right to hunt down those I believe to be guilty, and if they resist and harbor murderous intent, I also have the right to take their lives."

When Santu heard what Charles said, he was about to refute, but Charles did not give him the chance.

"You must know that in the heart of the goddess, whether they are believers, priests or ordinary people, their status is equal."

"She would hope that everyone would have more kindness in their hearts, but she would never hope that people would lose their lives because of kindness."

"In the battle between extraordinary people, even I have no right to hold back. Therefore, as long as I determine that they are guilty and have certain evidence. At the same time, when I make an arrest gesture, they do not surrender and have the heart to resist, or even have the intention to kill me, then any action I take is in compliance with the regulations." Evidence is easy to find to announce their arrest. Just a small piece of evidence will be enough.

The church also has regulations regarding criminals: those who surrender will be treated with courtesy, and if it is ultimately discovered that the case was a false accusation, they will be given exceptionally high compensation. Some have even acquired high-level, even demigod-level, extraordinary traits.

Therefore, when facing arrest by the church, rebels are usually considered to have admitted to their crimes - after all, with the fairness of the church during the Five Gods Era, all trials were transparent, and those who kept crying out for injustice could even be directly convicted by the Five Gods.

If you don't feel guilty and haven't done anything wrong, why are you running?

Essentially, this is a loophole in the Bible and the church system. There are many such loopholes in the church system, and the handling of many matters is left to the discretion of local priests and pastors.

This scale can be large or small, and it is easy for filth to breed in a world without gods. However, with Mernadè, this free scale has greatly improved the efficiency of the church in a certain sense.

As one of the rare people in the Church of the Earth with an active mind, he was well-versed in many aspects - and it was precisely because of this that he was sent to do a new job after only a few years as a law enforcer.

Most of the people he killed would be killed after being reviewed, but the concepts of being killed by being baited and being killed after being judged are different.

Although he hasn't made a mistake yet, no one can guarantee that Charles will never make a mistake.

"Murderous intent... Those people you just killed should have only fear of you in their hearts, how could they have murderous intent!" Batu was the demigod who had previously reminded Charles of the church's trial rules. He seemed to have completely let himself go. Following his "reminder" to Charles just now, he began to question and test Charles.

He was not stupid, so he naturally knew that the more happily he danced now, the more miserable his death would be later.

but...

Batu had no choice.

Not to mention what he had done, his attitude towards Charles in some previous parliaments made it impossible for him to be like those who shrank their necks and acted like quails.

You know...when discussing several times how to deal with Charles, the subordinate god of unknown origin, Batu's attitude has always been to unite everyone to expel or even eliminate the other party.

He didn't know what would happen to the others, but Batu believed that if he couldn't use Santu to make Charles behave more "properly", he himself would not live long.

"Are you questioning me?" Charles looked at him calmly.

Batu swallowed his saliva. As a demigod, he theoretically shouldn't be so cowardly, but facing death... he couldn't suppress the fear that was born in his heart.

"Yes, according to the rules, I am qualified. Although I am a prisoner now, I am also a friend of those people you killed. As their friend, I want to question your law enforcement methods and results." He said gritting his teeth.

In fact, Batu has not studied the trial system of the Five Gods Church in detail.

But perhaps he was forced into a desperate situation. When Charles's gaze fell just now, he felt as if he had seen a revolving lantern that could only be seen before death.

Although it was only a moment, his thoughts had advanced for a long time.

Charles suddenly laughed. He thought this guy was very funny.

He is obviously a coward in his heart, but in his appearance he is the bravest one in the hall.

Slowly, he walked to Batu's side, then stretched out his hand and nodded his head.

When his hand touched Batu's forehead, Batu's body softened and fell to the ground - Charles didn't hurt him, he was just scared.

Then, wisps of strange mist with various colors rose from his body.

"This is what you are thinking now. The black aura represents fear, and the red mist represents murderous intent."

Charles pointed at the mist in front of him, the mist condensed from Batu... black occupied the vast majority, with only a trace of red.

This is normal. No matter how scared a person is, there will always be other thoughts in the corner of his heart.

It is normal to have murderous intentions when facing an enemy.

Just like now, everyone is afraid of Charles, but as long as they have the chance, they will definitely fight hard instead of sitting here and waiting to die.

"Look~ Even if you're like this, you still have the thought of hurting me. Do you think those people don't have it?"

Batu was dumbfounded by Charles' words.

"But they no longer have the power to hurt you. According to the rules, you should not hurt them." Santu spoke.

This familiar feeling...

Sometimes when faced with such conservative people, Charles didn't know which side they stood on.

Don't you know we are in the same group?

Although he was complaining in his heart, this long-lost feeling still made him feel happy and excited.

When he was in the Earth Church, he always liked to argue with these old guys.

In fact, he respected those people very much, but the difference in ideas and the boring life needed some spice. Occasionally, he actually wanted to miss the feeling of arguing with people in front of the computer in his previous life.

Unfortunately, he couldn't play it anymore after just a few times - not long after, because of his actions, the Mother Earth found him a teacher.

At first, Alf would debate with him, but after discovering his argumentative nature, Alf simply stopped talking - I can't argue with you, but I can beat you.

Moreover, it is natural for a teacher to beat his students.

what?

You said I was angry because I couldn't argue with you.

That incident has long passed. I think what you said makes sense, but I need to correct your disrespect for teachers.

Thus, in the Church of the Earth, Charles quickly lost a great pleasure.

After all, he didn't want to be chased and hacked at with an axe as big as a door panel every day, and he didn't know what Alf said, but no matter who he argued with, it would end with the grin of Alf carrying an axe.

But now... Humph, I don't believe you can find Teacher Alford to complain.

For some reason, Santu felt that Charles's upper limit was a little strange now. It was not that he was embarrassed or angry, but rather a little hot.

This was a little difficult for him to understand.

But he soon understood.

"What you see is just the surface. You think they have no ability to hurt me, but in fact they do." Charles said seriously.

"Their extraordinary characteristics have been taken away." Santu said speechlessly, pointing at the extraordinary characteristics scattered on the ground like piles of garbage.

For a transcendent, losing their transcendental characteristics means losing everything.

Generally speaking, extraordinary characteristics will only manifest after the extraordinary person dies.

He had never heard of someone having their extraordinary characteristics taken away from them before they died.

But no matter what means Charles used to do this, once he deprived them of their extraordinary characteristics, the other party lost the strength to resist.

It is difficult for ordinary people to harm extraordinary people. There is still some chance for middle and low-level extraordinary people with the help of magic technology. High-level extraordinary people and ordinary people are basically two different species, and demigods and high-level ones are different concepts.

The strength and rank displayed by Charles is that of a god. How could an ordinary person possibly harm someone with such strength?

"If it were in the past, they would certainly not be threatening like this, but it's different now." Charles said seriously.

"Since the recovery, I've discovered that there are many more interesting things in the world, such as guns."

"An ordinary person can also hurt a superhuman if he takes it." As he spoke, Charles waved his hand. Among the more than 20 people he had just thrown into space, the projections of five people appeared in front of Santu.

"Look, all five of them have guns on their waists. If they sneakily attack me, wouldn't I be in great danger?"

Santu was in a daze.

Are you serious?

This kind of item is more decorative than practical. Not to mention you, even if I stand here and get shot for a year and it can tear my clothes, I lose!

"Don't look at me like that. You can see that I joined the Church of the Earth halfway through. My previous sequence was a bit messy, so my body isn't as strong as the other high priests from the God."

"It's very possible to be injured by a firearm."

Santu: ....