After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

"Haha, no, you don't have to be so polite with me. But who were you talking to just now? You seemed to have a bad temper. As a chosen hero, it's not good to show that kind of expression in front of your followers, okay?"

"I haven't been the God's Chosen Hero since two months ago, and... never mind."

It would be pointless to emphasize this to her again and again. It would be better to save your time and energy and use it on more valuable things.

"Is it convenient for me to take a step to talk?"

"Is there anything that cannot be said here? There is nothing to hide from everyone in the Pure White Saint Sect."

"...Just tell me if it's convenient."

There was a hint of anger in Aize's tone.

In the past, when the existence of the faith network was not confirmed, Rosaline's image in Aize's eyes was basically that of a super black hand who could handle everything with ease and had everything under control.

But the events of the night before yesterday proved that she was simply too dependent on the belief network to the point that she lost the basic ability to perceive and process the real-world situation.

To translate it, after removing the network of faith, the mind becomes empty and nothing is left.

If you don't understand the situation, you won't be able to stay calm.

After realizing this, looking at her slow attitude, it really makes me angry.

"Um, Lady Rosalyn."

Suddenly a child's voice came from the side. It was the little girl named Jane whom I had met before.

"If you and Lord Aize want to discuss something, why don't you go to the bedroom in the back? The building over there is relatively intact, and there's no one else there."

As the only intact room left in the entire church building after the disaster, theoretically there is no more suitable place than that.

Rosalyn glanced at Jane and nodded.

"Well, right there, Aize, come with me."

(Tsk tsk, with all due respect, that woman's brains might be even dumber than a swamp boar that's been bitten by a brain-eater for a whole month. She's not someone you can easily deal with. Why don't you reconsider it? It's still not too late to kill everyone now. Not considering it? Really? Then good luck to you, hehehehe—)

The unpleasant voice of the Faceless King sounded once again, even deliberately mixed with a sharp and strange laugh, mercilessly mocking and ridiculing Aize who was about to leave.

Then he quickly disappeared, not giving him any chance to retort.

I figured out how to play it after I escaped with one strike.

"...Tsk, what the hell, wait a minute."

The corners of Aize's mouth twitched a few times in dissatisfaction, and he followed the Pure White Saint into the church.

Compared to the hall, which has lost most of its roof and is therefore brightly lit and windy from all directions, this corridor behind the church is at the other extreme.

Most of the structure collapsed, and the fallen building materials blocked almost all the windows and a considerable part of the aisles. In some places, you even had to lower your head slightly to pass through.

The light was extremely dim, with only a tiny amount of sunlight able to penetrate the ruins, forming spots of light on the ground ahead, which prevented the sub-area from falling into complete darkness.

In any case, it has nothing to do with the word sacred, but it does aptly symbolize the current situation of the city.

The two of them came to the innermost side and entered the so-called bedroom.

It was a rather small room, with dim lighting, a foul smell, and extremely shabby furnishings. The only thing that could be called furniture was a makeshift bed made of wooden boards.

There was no need to think about chairs, so the two of them could only sit at the two ends of the bed.

"Okay, there's no one else here, so just say whatever you want to say. Why are you being so secretive?"

Rosalyn patted the bed, spoke first, and got straight to the point.

While smiling, he pretended to be surprised and said:

"Ah, could it be that you've finally come to your senses and are ready to return to the church, so you want me to help you communicate? Haha, don't worry, everyone in the church is looking forward to your coming, so there won't be any problems."

Is this something a carbon-based creature could say in this situation?

Outrageous.

"No, that's impossible. Don't think about it."

Aize was too lazy to waste time, so he quickly denied it and got straight to the point:

"I wanted to give you a warning."

"warn?"

"The Faceless King is confirmed to be hiding among the followers of the Pure White Saint Sect, and there's a 99% chance that he's targeting you. To be more specific..."

Starting with what happened in Lilbas, Aize described in detail his series of experiences dealing with this underworld thing.

Including telepathy, undetectable characteristics, obsession with Rosaline, and the mental conversation between the two just now in the church.

It can be said that apart from the part about the faith network, Aize tells everything he knows and never tells a lie.

"That guy went through so much trouble to infiltrate your sect, yet now he's revealing his whereabouts to me and even urging me to wipe out your sect. Why would he do this? I can only think of one possibility: he's trying to kill someone with a borrowed knife."

All of his unreasonable actions were deeply binding him to the Pure White Saint Sect. If Aize wanted to deal with it, he would have to wipe out the entire sect.

Today, he failed to add fuel to the fire, and Aize restrained himself from killing people.

Tomorrow, it will use its telepathic ability to continue inciting the believers who should have been restrained to cause trouble, and further force Aize to go on a killing spree.

In order to threaten Aize to take action, it even played the role of a good guy and restored Rosaline's ability to move.

Everything is done to better lead this group of charlatans to their own deaths.

The reasons for doing so are unclear.

But it is basically certain that the mass death of sect members is a necessary condition for triggering certain things, so Aize must avoid this situation.

This is another reason for asking Villian to hypnotize those believers - after all, dying of exhaustion is still death, and who knows if this is also part of its plan.

If you don't understand the situation, then just defend yourself. Even if the Faceless King is just trying to cosplay as a cultist, you have to rip off his face and throw his monastic robes all over the floor.

To achieve this goal, Rosalind is the most critical link.

If she could realize the seriousness of the problem after Aize's earnest narration, and then take the lead in restraining the sect's actions and not do the same bad things as before, then this matter would actually be easy to handle.

Aize has plenty of ways to restrict this creepy turtle thing to the point where it can't move normally.

But the problem is——

"Haha, Aize, what are you talking about? What's this about borrowing a knife to kill someone? Now that I can clearly sense the faith of every believer, how can there be a Faceless King? Don't scare me."

Rosalyn said this with a smile.

With just one sentence, everything Aize had been talking about for nearly twenty minutes lost its value.

Chapter 120 Take it for granted

Aize could probably guess the Faceless Man's plan and the means he would use.

During the previous confrontation in Jarlsberg, he had deliberately revealed his interest in Rosaline. Furthermore, in conjunction with the previous case, he had directly revealed his identity and completely drawn Aize's attention to the Pure White Saint Cult.

Next, it will most likely use its possession and telepathic abilities, as well as its understanding of the faith network, to actually control the entire Pure White Saint Sect and drive them to continue to cause trouble.

For the sake of the overall situation, Aize had no choice but to take the most extreme measures against these guys.

The purpose of this is unclear.

Perhaps, all of this is just a deception, and its real intention is actually in other directions.

Perhaps its real target is the faith network, and to do this it must eliminate the sect members who are its important components and weaken its overall strength.

No matter what, it is inevitable that the Pure White Saint Sect will start to commit high-intensity suicide.

In this case, the most ideal solution, of course, is for Rosaline herself to realize the seriousness of the problem and restrain the sect's actions.

In this way, the worst situation can be avoided for herself, Aize, and the overall situation.

However, the results of previous experiments showed that Rosaline relied too much on the belief network, so that her ability to receive and process any information in the real world was so poor that it might even be worse than that of a kindergarten child.

On the contrary, the Faceless King can use his abilities to disguise information as oracles and project it directly into people's minds.

Therefore, in debate, Aize is naturally at a disadvantage.

It's not surprising that he didn't listen to anything I said, just like now.

"Previously in Jarlsberg, the Marquise was possessed by the Faceless King. According to her subsequent account, this being seems to be able to retain the victim's original consciousness during the possession process, interfering only at the most crucial moments. It's normal that you didn't sense it."

Aize paused, thought about it and decided to speak more directly:

"Also, although I don't know the reason, that guy seems to be very familiar with the characteristics of the belief network. If you continue to blindly trust the information in your mind as before, the consequences may be even worse than what happened two nights ago."

Since the matter involved was of great importance, there was no need for Aize to hide anything. He directly put the core issue of the faith network on the table without any concealment.

The lesson I taught her was just before her, and the painful torture of a day and a night had just passed.

Even without talking about stance, wisdom, or foresight, if it is just out of the primitive instinct of living things to seek benefits and avoid harm, she should be more careful.

That’s what Aize thought.

however--

"Aize, what are you talking about?"

The Pure White Saint maintained her signature smile and blinked, tilting her head slightly, as if she was truly confused.

"Faith Network? What is that?"

"……what?"

What does she mean?

He took advantage of the weaknesses of the network of faith and set a trap specifically for her the night before, hitting her right where she is and giving her the most fatal blow.

Logically speaking, the two of them should have had a showdown.

Now, I have put the term "faith network" on the table in the most direct way.

What else is necessary to pretend?

Aize, who has always had perfect emotional management, now has an expression as if he is looking at a monster. The combination of his facial features and the frown on his face is so wonderful that it can be directly used as a facial expression.

Rosalyn hadn't changed much.

Even covered his mouth and smiled:

"Hehe, what's wrong? You have such a strange expression. The God's Chosen Hero can't show such an expression. It would be bad if the believers saw it."

"……what?"

"Ok?"

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no... You really don't know about the Faith Network? Sis, at this rate, the Faceless Men are going to turn your church into a shambles. Stop pretending and get to the bottom of things, okay?"

Aize jumped out of bed and fell into an extremely rare state of madness.

And Rosalyn still just smiled.

He even shook his head innocently:

"No, Aize, what are you talking about? I'm not pretending. To me, faith is faith. It's something irreplaceable and precious. I've never heard of a faith network. What is that?"

"You... Tsk, didn't you say you could sense everyone's faith? Isn't that achieved through the faith network? How could you not know that!?"

"Aize, that's a strange thing to say."

Rosalyn stood up and paced slowly across the not-so-spacious space of the room, her tone gentle and patient.

"I can hear their prayers and faith because I am the object of their faith. This is something that has been going on since I was born. It's a natural thing. What does it have to do with faith networks or anything like that?"

"……ha?"

I clearly understand the meaning of each word, so why can't I understand it when they are put together?

Aize covered his face, took a few deep breaths to calm himself, and then looked at the other person again.

Smiling, still perfect.

His eyes were still empty.

Based on the experience of the past few days, this guy is not good at concealing his emotions, but due to the influence of the belief network, he has no emotions at all in most cases.

When the topic really touches on the vital issues, she will still react like a normal person.

But now, theoretically, the belief network, which is the core of the whole issue, has been discussed to this extent, but she still has not reacted at all.

Is there a possibility that... this guy is actually telling the truth?

Did she really not realize the existence of that thing and just take everything for granted?