Chapter 210: Chapter 184: Infighting Among The Gods of Four Pillars? Chapter 210: Chapter 184: Infighting Among The Gods of Four Pillars? The underground hall was so quiet that only the flicker of flames could be heard.
The children stopped crying and stared blankly at him, Igula seemed to age backward by a dozen years at that moment, as bewildered and innocent-looking as the child next to him. Only Harvey had a ridiculous expression, wanting to laugh but not daring to, giving Ash a thumbs-up with his bound right hand.
Everyone seemed to hold their breath, quietly waiting for the outcome of this sacrificial confrontation.
One second passed, then two seconds, then three seconds—nothing happened.
The children’s faces fell in disappointment, Igula also let out a sigh quietly.
However, the hooded people around them gradually began to stir.
“Have we been abandoned?”
“Why is this happening, Gods of Four Pillars, are you punishing us?!”
Even Eternal Damnation’s usually cheerful and cute face frowned slightly, like a child watching someone snatch their toy.
Yes, nothing had happened.
But the very fact that nothing happened was the biggest issue!
The Gods of Four Pillars always responded promptly to sacrifices, never showing aloofness or delay. They truly knew how to cater to the believers by engaging with them effectively, creating new tracks for devotions, forming a closed-loop ecosystem between sacrifices and divine oracles, enhancing perceivability among the people, ensuring the fast and efficient handling from offering to divine acceptance, decentralizing the hierarchical structure of the Sect, thus achieving simplified reusability and rapid response in rituals—the most solid moat of the Four Pillars God Sect…
Yet this time, the Gods of Four Pillars didn’t respond to the believers’ summoning to collect the offering, and it was akin to internet users finding a webpage unresponsive. The hooded people’s panic was justified—they suspected they had been disconnected from their deity!
Who wouldn’t fear lost connectivity!
Suddenly, a strange noise came from above, and the hooded people looked up in surprise, only to see a crack burst open in the hall’s ceiling.
With an explosion, the ceiling burst open!
Observing this scene, Ash felt like he had seen this plot development somewhere before.
“Finally, I’ve found you, Selena Bright.”
From the settling dust, a tall elf with gray hair and long ears descended lightly before Ash and the others. She was draped in a red cloak with a hood, her gray ponytail lifted high, holding a hand cannon in each hand, each etched with rune circuits.
As she landed, the surrounding Fire Ring instantly extinguished, and the ground cracked open, forming layers of earthen walls, perfectly enclosing the children inside!
As the whizzing sounds like electric currents surged, more than ten rescuers in red cloaks burst through the ceiling, relentlessly firing at the hooded people in the hall without any regard for human rights.
But these cult followers in the robes were much stronger than Ash’s cheerleading squad. Facing the ambush without fear, they even pulled out their weapons and unleashed Miracles to try and overwhelm the less numbered rescuers!
Suddenly, a young rescuer let out an excited roar, “Job, thank god you’re alright—die, Cult Leader!”
The tall elf’s expression changed drastically, “Cleos, don’t—”
The youth fired an Electromagnetic Gun Bullet at Eternal Damnation, but the bullet hit another rescuer’s bullet. The two bullets collided midair with a crisp ding, their trajectories forcibly twisted, and then—
Ash heard a sound like a watermelon splitting from behind him, followed by warmth on his back as if something warm had splashed onto him, then hysterical screams of panic from the children.
He didn’t dare to look back.
“Job… Job!?” The youth cried out in panic, “It can’t be—”
Focused on Eternal Damnation, the tall elf shouted, “Cleos, you’re on the battlefield now!”
The elf’s concern quickly became reality, as the youth named Cleos screamed in agony, seemingly counter-killed by the robed individuals taking advantage of the situation.
Throughout the ordeal, the tall elf never once turned her head, always standing in front of Ash and the other offerings, her gaze locked on Eternal Damnation, leaving the others to deal with the rest of the robed believers.
Although his stronghold had been raided, Eternal Damnation seemed unconcerned, showing no worry on his face, but rather a keen interest as he watched the tall elf: “Watcher ‘Crying Sand’ Cleos, ranked first in ‘Red Hat Azura Sub-list,’ and tenth in the overall ‘Red Hat List,’ has personally come to arrest me, a disabled man. Selena is truly flattered.”
“You are not just disabled,” the elf named Cleos said coldly, “you are also cruel. Ranked first in ‘Sinners List Azura Sub-list,’ sixth in ‘Slaughter List Azura Sub-list,’ and eighth in ‘Disaster Messenger List’, the crime rate in Azura has been rising year after year, serial killings, kidnappings, drug smuggling, and the resurgence of cult activity—all of these can be traced back to you.”
“Elder sister Cleos, actually I’ve been wronged,” Eternal Damnation suddenly started crying pitifully, “look at me, I can barely move without a wheelchair, I could starve without someone to serve me. I’m just a puppet put on display, and sometimes, even a toy for someone behind the scenes… Elder sister Cleos, can I trust you? Can you free me from the control of the Four Pillars God Sect?”
Harvey and Igula looked at Ash simultaneously, their eyes brimming with intense skepticism—brother, are all your cult leader’s whitewashing lines the same? Did you all attend the same training class before taking office?