Please Stop The Pope-Chapter 49

"What nonsense are you spouting, you cultist bastard?"

Those voices were undoubtedly an oracle delivered through divine power.

However, it was vastly different from the oracles of Liemen.

Liemen’s oracles merely conveyed the will of the god, but this creature’s oracle was implanting its will into its target.

It was likely the reason why all members of the Goblin Guild, except the guild leader, were in their current state.

Even if it's a forgotten deity, divine power is still divine power.

To players on Earth who have never experienced divine power, it could be deadly.

"It seems Pope Kim can hear that voice too. Isn’t it a wretched voice? I’ve been an atheist all my life. There’s no way I’d succumb to this cultist bastard. Ha ha ha ha ha!"

Of course, this doesn’t apply to the guild leader.

Resisting a deity’s will in its sanctuary is impressive, but on top of that, he’s not even using his power to bind his subordinates?

What a monstrous human.

I joked with the guild leader, who was laughing heartily.

"That’s not something to say in front of a religious person."

"Heh heh. That so-called god looks utterly wretched. Is there any way to bring my men back?"

The guild leader said this while glaring at the monster I was holding.

Indeed, someone with the power to resist a deity’s will couldn’t be unaware of its existence.

I nodded slowly at the guild leader’s question and answered.

"Of course."

This monster used the divine power spread throughout the sanctuary to force the Goblin Guild members to worship it.

The method to stop the worship is simple.

Crack-!

[Screeee!]

"Just erase it."

Destroying the object of worship will do.

I thrust my idle left hand into the monster’s stomach, and it began to struggle violently.

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Hummm-.

The monster focused all its divine power, embedded in the ground, on me.

The divine power that sustained the sanctuary was directed solely at me.

Even though this place is a ruin, it is still the sanctuary of the monster.

A deity can exert absolute influence in its own sanctuary.

[Disappear. Disappear. Disappear.]

Pressure, as if it would crush me at any moment, came from all sides.

When the monster’s divine power engulfed my surroundings, my entire field of vision began to ripple like a mirage.

And through that mirage, a pitch-black space appeared.

An abyss with no end in sight.

I realized that this abyss was where the creature had been hiding all this time.

Ssss-.

The darkness from the abyss reached out toward me, more precisely, toward the monster in my grasp.

But I didn’t care and clenched my left hand. A strange sensation spread from my fingertips.

"Gotcha."

Grasping the alien object, I pulled my hand out of the creature’s stomach.

What emerged was a small, gray stone.

A tiny stone that would fit perfectly in a child’s hand.

At first glance, it looked like an ordinary stone, but it was the source of this horrific sanctuary.

"……A relic."

[Stone of Birth]

Item Type: Relic – ???Origin Dimension: ???Description: A stone containing someone’s birth. Once filled with earnest wishes, now its true form is obscured. It is consumed by an unknown force.

[The Stone of Birth from another dimension is synchronizing with this system.] [You have discovered the core of the Abyss Dungeon: Fallen Sanctuary of Faith.]

There was no need to drag this out.

I channeled my divine power and tightened my grip.

Crush-

Gray powder trickled down through my fingers.

At that moment...

[By destroying the core, you have completed the dungeon: Fallen Sanctuary of Faith! The dungeon quest is complete.] [The identity of ??? reward is revealed. The Pope DLC – Relic is updated!] [You can now use Relic Points. Collect relics from other dimensions to earn points, which can be used to summon relics from the Liemen Order.]

Countless message windows scrolled down.

But soon, an illusion began to project before my eyes.

A girl stood before a stone tower larger than herself, wearing crudely stitched animal skins.

With her tiny hands, she placed a small stone in front of the tower.

And with a small voice, she whispered.

"Please make everyone happy."

The girl, who had prayed with her hands clasped, slowly moved away from the stone tower, and only after she disappeared did a gentle white light begin to emanate from the stone.

[You have witnessed the myth engraved in the Stone of Birth from another dimension.] [You have absorbed the myth of this relic, earning 1 Relic Point!] [You can use 1 Relic Point to summon one relic from the order. To unlock the next relic, 5 points are required.]

The mirage-like illusion vanished as the new message window appeared.

That must have been the moment when the deity was first born.

[Screech...]

And that was the end.

Ssss-.

The creature that had been struggling in my grasp, the divine power within the ruins, and everything that made up this place all vanished like a mirage.

Everything began to return to its original state.

"Leader!"

"Why did I... why did I attack the leader?"

The Goblin Guild players were freed from their brainwashing.

"Leader! Are you alright? Everyone, move quickly! Check the injured first!"

Si-Hyun’s team, who had been waiting outside the barrier, quickly joined us.

And from afar, I heard Luna’s loud, high-pitched voice.

"Your Holiness! Are you alright?"

Hearing Luna’s voice, I chuckled and dusted off the gray powder on my gloves.

A red-bordered message window appeared before my eyes.

[Warning! This dungeon will disappear in one hour. Please escape quickly!]

"Impatient thing."

A desolate end for a sanctuary that must have once been filled with countless people’s faith and hope.

6.

Getting out of the dungeon wasn’t difficult.

Ironically, the Goblin Guild players being brainwashed by the deity had helped.

The deity, who had been the master of the sanctuary, intended to turn them into fanatics, not kill them.

Thanks to that, there were no deaths, and except for the guild leader, who had been attacked unilaterally, there were no serious injuries.

Most complained only of mental fatigue.

Anyway.

We were now at the temporary tent set up by the Goblin Guild at the entrance of the Abyss Dungeon.

"Would you like a drink? The taste of alcohol while bleeding is incomparable to anything in this world."

"Absolutely. The leader knows a thing or two. This earth alcohol is quite something."

"Ha ha ha! Drink to your heart’s content, Luna! Hey! Bring more vodka from my car!"

Inside the tent, a drinking party had started.

The guild leader, covered in bandages, sat in a folding chair, gulping down vodka, while Luna blew into a vodka bottle horn, not to be outdone.

I watched them with a look of disdain and said.

"Drinking like that with serious injuries will usually kill you."

"On the battlefield, sometimes we use strong alcohol to disinfect wounds."

"That’s for pouring directly on the wound, you idiot."

"Don’t you think the wounds inflicted by my men will leave a mark on my heart? Think of it as disinfecting the wounds in my heart! Ha ha ha!"

"Geez, what nonsense..."

"Your Holiness! Watch your language!"

"...Fine, nonsense..."

Leo and Luna, both from Eden, seem to get along well with the guild leader.

With a bored expression, I took a sip of water.

I enjoy drinking too, but now isn’t the time for it.

I was feeling unsettled.

Perhaps because...

[A main quest has appeared!] [Advent]

Type: Main – ScenarioDescription: The Age of Gods has arrived. Many deities will descend to Earth. While some may be benevolent towards humanity, not all will be.

The power of their myths will be a great source of strength to enhance your order. Absorb that power to further grow your order.

Completion Condition: Absorb 3 relics from other dimensions.Reward: Special skill Myth Tracking, 10,000 Divine Points

It’s probably because of this quest window that appeared before my eyes.

A new quest updated as soon as I cleared the dungeon and stepped outside.

To summarize, it means that many new deities will continue to appear on Earth.

"Hah."

It’s a troublesome situation, but unavoidable.

Moreover, I’ve already had experience dealing with deities in Eden.

Some of Eden’s deities had allied with the Demon King.

Furthermore, possessing divine power alone doesn’t mean they follow a righteous path.

Followers of evil gods can also possess divine power.

The definition of evil gods is simple.

Deities that bring harm to mortals.

The creature I just dealt with was definitely an evil god.

"The problem is, more like that will keep appearing..."

If the quest window’s content is anything to go by, more deities will definitely show up on Earth.

Among them, there will undoubtedly be evil gods.

In other words, I now have another task besides tracking the Demon King.

An inevitably frustrating situation.

But my frustration didn’t last long.

"Leader!"

One of the Goblin Guild players hurried into the tent where the drinking party was happening.

The guild leader frowned at his subordinate.

Holding a vodka bottle in his right hand, he asked.

"Can’t you see I’m with important guests?"

"It’s just... there’s a situation."

"A situation? The dungeon has disappeared, what situation?"

"You need to come out quickly."

The man took a moment to catch his breath and continued in a low voice.

"Currently, we are in a standoff with individuals identifying themselves as ‘Baekmyeong Church’. They don’t seem willing to back down easily."

"What? Those religious bastards? Why them all of a sudden?"

"We don’t know yet either..."

The sudden appearance of those we had temporarily forgotten.

"Hah."

I took the vodka from Luna’s hand and took a sip.

Looks like I won't be getting any sleep tonight either.

When will I ever get to sleep peacefully at home?