“His Majesty the Dawn is right. Perhaps we are really facing an unprecedented crisis this time. I need to contact the Pope of my church as soon as possible to make preparations,” the follower of the Church of Life said worriedly.
"Well, who would have thought a god would appear? The others in the cult might think I'm joking!" someone said with a wry smile.
“You should indeed take this message back to your respective churches. As for the matter of eradicating the cult, do not act rashly for now. If you can request the descent of your gods, that would be even better,” Pope Dawn said in a deep voice.
“Your Majesty, what about Upton…” Aubrey reminded him.
Pope Dawn rubbed his temples. "Tell him to stay away from the Blood Calamity's territory for now. Although those three gods are currently possessed, their strength is likely far above the divine level. He's acting recklessly; what if..."
“I understand.” Aubrey nodded. “But what about His Highness the Holy Son and Miss Melody? If the gods possess them for too long, it may damage their bodies and souls.”
"And my Caroline, my poor granddaughter, lost her parents at a young age and has been living with me ever since. If she doesn't come back either, it will be the death of this old man! Your Majesty, please think of a way!" Elder Memphis said with wide eyes, extremely unwilling.
"Alright, alright." Elder Nancy nudged him with her elbow, signaling him to stop yelling. His Majesty was already annoyed enough; did he really think His Holiness the Pope wouldn't do his best? His Majesty's own daughter was among them!
"I have no solution at the moment. Do any of you representatives know anything about possession? If you could provide any information, I would be extremely grateful." Pope Dawn shook his head, his face aging instantly. Even as the Pope of a religion, he was helpless in this matter. However, not only his daughter was there, but also two equally outstanding young followers.
Dwyer pondered for a moment and said, "The usual way for a god to descend to earth is through divine descent, at the request of a favored being of divine descent level. However, what descends is only a branch of His consciousness, not His true body. The god's true body is generally unaware of this. Once the favored being ends the skill or dies during this period, this consciousness also disappears. Therefore, this method is not the true descent of a god to earth. Another way is for the god to come in person. In the history of our continent of Ver, there have been many relics and legends left after the descent of gods. Some things that they came into contact with have even turned into sacred objects."
“Yes, we know these things, but what about this possession state? How do we break free from it? Has there ever been such a case in history?” Elder Memphis asked anxiously.
"Actually, there have been cases of deities possessing humans. According to ancient records, more than 230 years ago, a young painter became famous overnight in a painting competition held by a duke. He created a work called 'Hidden Secrets Under the Moonlight' at an extremely fast pace. On the surface, the work depicts a fairyland scene under the hazy moonlight, but if you shine a light on it, you can see countless hideous faces in the fairyland. The details are lifelike, and the changes in light and shadow are unprecedented. However, after he completed this work, he collapsed and did not wake up. It was later confirmed that he was possessed by the god of art, because the young man was just an ordinary countryman, not a favorite of any god. In the end, the painting became a sacred object of the art god religion," Dwyer replied.
Phil Gray recalled the last time he heard about this god of art was on a ship, where one of the god's attendants was responsible for drawing portraits of the passengers.
"What happened to the boy after that?" someone asked curiously.
"Later..." Dwyer's eyes became distant, "Later, the boy disappeared without a trace. Some say he was taken away by the gods, while others say he is dead. There are many different opinions."
"Alas, what can we do..." Elder Memphis sighed, as if no one knew the consequences of divine possession, let alone how to expel it.
"Then we can only wait and see if any other gods will descend, or if these three gods will voluntarily break free from their possession," said Pope Dawn.
Everyone wore worried expressions, and the atmosphere fell silent once again.
Then a deep voice asked, "Could it be that we're overthinking it, and the one controlling those three children is merely a divine being, or at most a divine being, and not a true god? Should we be more optimistic?"
Phil Gray looked closely and recognized the man who had given him the crystal ball "cell phone"—a follower of the Cult of Creation.
Everyone else shook their heads, indicating that it was absolutely impossible for them to be mistaken.
Elder Nancy's face was still very pale, as if she had not yet recovered from the backlash. She explained weakly to him, "Those who are favored by gods might sense it more clearly. They are fundamentally different from mortals. Their eyes seem to want to annihilate our souls. Moreover, to be able to detect the prying of the Dawn Relic and backlash against me, even if they are not gods, they are at least quasi-gods."
Phil Gray nodded. Indeed, although he couldn't describe the mysterious feeling, as long as they saw the three people in the mirror, their intuition would constantly remind them that they were definitely gods!
"Oh, okay." The man awkwardly scratched the back of his head. It seemed he had overthought things; his master had indeed scolded him for being slow-witted more than once.
Just then, someone rushed into the church; it was Elder Glenn.
Phil Gray then realized that he hadn't been there at all.
"Your Majesty..." Elder Ge Lan walked up to Pope Dawn and whispered a few words in his ear.
The Pope's expression darkened further. He stood up and said in a deep voice, "Gentlemen, there is more bad news. The Dream God Cult, the War Church, and the Church of the Dead have also declared war on us! They are openly protecting those evil cults!"
“There are also some smaller churches that have been lured by the dream and are now on their side. What’s more dangerous is that some people within your churches may have been corrupted as well. It would be best to clean them up as soon as possible,” Elder Glen added, giving the representative of the Eternal Church a suggestive look.
The representative of the Eternal Church felt a chill run down his spine and almost fell over.
"Oh my god!"
"What should we do?!"
"How did it turn out like this?"
"Gods above, please give me guidance."
One problem after another, the representatives of each religion are on the verge of a mental breakdown! They are all divinely inspired followers, some of whom are not young anymore, but none of them have ever experienced anything like this before.
Originally, they were just following behind Chenxi to help deal with those cults. After all, their respective churches had been harassed from time to time over the years, and they were tired of it. Chenxi could be said to be the number one sect on the continent of Weier. With so many churches, they were sure to win. But who would have thought that something like this would happen!
Am I dreaming?
The worst has happened, even worse than anticipated. The Dream Cult and the War Church, which thrives on chaos, have attacked them, and even the Church of the Dead, which has always lived in seclusion and remained aloof from worldly affairs, has joined the fray…
But these are by no means the fault of Dawn, nor was the war caused by them.
Phil Gray's mind raced through the events of the past few days, and he felt that these sects seemed to have planned this all along. The events in Numas City were more like a trigger. Even if Dawn didn't issue a purge order, they would have taken action sooner or later!
What role did their gods play in all of this?
Phil Gray shuddered at the thought of the three pairs of cold, bloodthirsty eyes reflected in the mirror.
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