Norm's expression was in sharp contrast to Kain's.
His face was gloomy and he looked worried. He stared at Kain with a scrutinizing gaze and asked:
"You've always been in Islandon and never left, right?"
Norm never thought that Kain, as his father, would deceive him. However, various things that happened showed that he was indeed deceived.
Kain turned his head to look at the mess after the battle, as if he was deliberately avoiding the question, turned his head, and dealt with the injury silently.
As demigods, as long as they don't die on the spot, no matter how serious the injury is, for them, recovery only needs to be a matter of time.
Norm's originally calm face suddenly became extremely excited.
"Why?" he asked.
Norm is an orphan adopted by Kain. Since childhood, he has regarded him as his biological father.
My biggest wish for this wedding is that Kain can attend.
However, the response was that Kain was sent to the outer seas by the Holy Church to perform a very important mission.
Kain shouldn't be here.
"Did you already know that there was something wrong with Shanlin?"
Seeing Kain's evasive eyes, he knew he had guessed correctly.
He couldn't understand why, as a father, he could watch him jump into the sea of fire.
Kain is in Islamton. If he had been at the wedding, this accident would not have happened today.
There wouldn't be so many innocent people dying.
Seeing the civilians howling in the ruins, Noam felt increasingly uncomfortable.
What happened to these people was all because of him and his wedding.
They are the father of the child, the mother's son or daughter, who could have lived a stable life.
Because everything is ruined for him.
If it was just an accident, he might not feel so uncomfortable.
The fact is that this is most likely a game between the senior leaders of the church, and they are all victims.
As the most respected father, I am also one of them.
"Dad, tell me, why is this?"
Norm was called daddy only before he was five years old. After that, Kain did not allow him to be called daddy.
Kain also changed from a loving father to a strict father. He always pushed Nomu to continue to move forward on the path of becoming strong.
"Hey~" Kain's cold-bloodedness eventually broke away with the sound of 'Dad'.
He sighed softly and looked at the son he had carefully cultivated with a complicated expression.
"It's very simple. The Church of the Machine wants to grow."
While speaking, Kain moved his arms, then drew a circle on the ground and divided it into several pieces.
"Resources are limited. The God of Machinery needs more anchors to maintain his humanity."
The maintenance of divine humanity is a problem that every transcendent cannot avoid.
Explore the truth, get close to the truth, and become the truth. If human nature is eliminated, pure divinity will make you return to the truth and become a law without independent consciousness.
"As the Seven Gods, it has the largest territory. The Church of Light, which has the largest number of believers, is targeted by machines. This is normal."
Noam looked solemn and asked with confusion: "Since the church has noticed it long ago, why didn't it stop them before they took action?"
Norm's biological parents were killed in a divine war, and he hated war more than anyone else.
Kain shook his head helplessly, raised his eyes slightly, and looked into the distance. His voice was full of desolation: "I am just a demigod. There are angels and goddesses above. I am not as powerful as you think."
"Look at my hands, if it weren't for you, I might be dead by now."
"I can't change many things, and I can't influence the decisions of senior management."
All in all, in one sentence, you and I are just following orders. If you want to complain, you can't blame me.
Norm was confused. Doesn’t the church represent justice? Why is this happening, allowing riots to happen?
From the previous conversations of those people, it is not difficult to infer that this action did not just happen here.
It's possible that all the branches have manned personnel, maybe there's a battle going on somewhere that can't be seen, and even the goddess' kingdom is being invaded.
Nomu couldn't help but turn his eyes to the sky. The goddess' kingdom was at the top that was out of reach.
There were still many confusions in his heart, but Kain no longer gave him a chance to ask questions.
"Let's go. As the disciplinary priest of the temple, there are more important things waiting for you now."
At this time, Kain's spirituality had recovered a little. From his perception, there was a strange aura spreading in Islamton.
The two came to the street closest to the church.
Several people in a row had varying degrees of mutations.
These people were prostrate on the ground, as if worshiping something, and the color of their pupils was a dead gray.
Black hair grew on his body, and his belly slowly bulged visibly to the naked eye.
Hiss~
"Is this pollution from the Mother Goddess?" Norm gasped when he saw this.
The state of these people is exactly the same as when Shanlin was contaminated before.
But now, this kind of pollution appears in more people.
The restlessness from the instinctive desire deep in the soul made Norm's whole body feel hot.
This was only the initial stage of pollution, and it would affect his promotion. He couldn't imagine what it would be like when all the babies in these people's bellies were born.
I'm afraid that by then, the entire Islamton will become a hell without ethics and morality, only knowing about mating, procreation, and venting desires.
Can't let this happen.
Such an idea appeared in their minds at the same time.
Norm looked sideways at Kain in confusion, not knowing how to stop the situation from developing.
After his eyes for help met Kain's, Noam's heart suddenly stopped for half a second. He saw murderous intent in Kain's eyes.
"Is there no other way?" he asked.
Kaiyin narrowed his eyes slightly, and his tone contained no emotion, cold and decisive: "Kill"
The Holy Temple, which represents justice, raised its sword, but it fell towards the people they originally protected.
Thorn~thorn~thorn~
Kain walked past the mutated people with an expressionless face.
In the early stages of the mutation, they still had a glimmer of reason. When they saw the priest wearing a white robe, they thought they were waiting for salvation.
However, what greeted them was cold blades.
Hot blood spurted from his neck, and the breath of life disappeared instantly.
Until their death, they did not understand why they died.
Holding back the tears in his eyes, Norm bit his lip. The fishy-sweet feeling made him fall into incomparable self-blame.
One, two, three...
Watching innocent people fall one after another, Norm's mental state became worse and worse.
Soon, Kain dealt with the contaminated man, and his white robe was soaked in red blood.
He gently stroked his hand on Noam's head, and said in a warm voice:
"It's not your fault. They just returned to the embrace of God. Death is not the end."
Norm raised his head with disbelief in his eyes.
According to the thoughts that Kain had instilled in him since he was young, they should be knights of justice and protect the weak.
But now, what he saw was Kain's unilateral massacre.
There should have been a more appropriate way to deal with it, but Kain chose the worst one.
Shanlin, as a medium, is dead, and these people are just contaminated by her remaining power.
In fact, as long as they are restrained and wait for the church's senior deacon to cast purification magic, they can return to normal.
Maybe it was Kain who was contaminated?
The moment this idea came up, Norm broke out in cold sweat.
Suddenly, the hand on his forehead became stronger.
Without enough time to think too much, Norm stepped back suddenly.
Hiss~
There was a tearing sensation on his scalp, and five bloody scars appeared on his forehead.
"What happened to me?" Kain looked down at his blood-stained hands in shock.
Norm stepped back warily, keeping himself at a safe distance.
"Sorry, maybe it's because of the previous battle that I'm not used to my current hands."
Norm stared at him for a moment.
Thinking about how to stabilize Kain.
Kain's current state is obviously not right.
Why can't you adapt to your hands after injury and can't control your strength?
When he broke someone's neck just now, he could see clearly.
Kain's face clearly showed a smile, which was a kind of enjoyment and pleasure.
Norm reached out and gently wiped away the blood stains on his forehead, pretending not to care and said:
"What should we do next, continue to kill?"
There are many people polluted by the Mother Goddess, not just in this area. The inexplicable sense of oppression has not disappeared because of the deaths of those people.
This shows that the source of pollution still exists.
Kain did not reply, but looked at Norm with a half-smile, his expression was very strange.
Suddenly, the hairs all over Norm’s body stood up.
He left the place in a flash without hesitation.
Bang~
Where it was originally, a short blade emitting a cold light was inserted there.
If he hadn't dodged quickly just now, this thing would have been stuck in his head.
Even so, the air wave generated by the short blade cut open the clothes on his upper body, and a hideous wound extended from his chest down to his lower abdomen.
This is a small 'Sword of Judgment'. Although it is not as powerful as the one used to deal with Shanlin before, compared to the hundred-meter giant sword, this is the favorite attack method of the senior investigators of the temple.
A slight smile appeared on the corner of Kain's mouth, and he opened his mouth, but the sound he made was a childish voice.
"You actually dodged it? It's fun!"
Like a child, he jumped up and down and clapped his hands happily.
The face that was originally a bit old now seemed to be filled with the roundness of a newborn baby.
On the head, the hair mixed with a few strands of white silk has returned to the hair color of its youth.
"This feeling is so wonderful~"
He bared his teeth and smiled almost to his ears.
The battle with Shanlin consumed all of Kain's spirituality, and the massacre that followed made him easily corrupted by pollution.
A demigod became a source of pollution, and it was terrifying to think about that scene.
Wow~
He raised his head and opened his mouth, letting out a high-pitched, loud baby cry.
Then came responses from all directions.
Wow~
Wow~
Wow~
These sounds irritate people's eardrums, break into the ears, and make people close to mental collapse.
Faced with a demigod whom he thought was contaminated, Nomu didn't know what to do.
He didn't even dare to think about escaping.
Kain slowly walked towards him with a smile.
He closed his eyes slumpedly, waiting for death to come.
Maybe this is my punishment. A sinner like me shouldn't live.
The current out-of-control situation was indeed caused by him to a certain extent.
Dong Dong Dong~
The heart beats violently uncontrollably.
In his sight, Kain's figure disappeared, and red mist poured in from all directions.
The sky, the earth, and everything around were shrouded in red mist.
From the depths of the fog, there was an unknown roar. There was no adjective to describe that sound.
Everyone who hears it will be fascinated by it.
It's like being at the feet of a giant, feeling even smaller.
In the red mist, the outline of a huge figure slowly emerged.
His body is as high as a mountain, and his voice is like muffled thunder.
Just as he was about to walk out of the red mist, suddenly two dazzling golden lights shot through the air from the left and right directions.
The red mist met the two golden lights, like ice meeting flames, melting rapidly.
Roar~
The existence in the fog roared unwillingly, like an abyss with a wide mouth. He, or they, were constantly spinning, twisting, and changing into different shapes.
Norm saw a lot of unspeakable things there, which seemed to be monsters and also seemed to be himself.
The indescribable material attempted to come to reality. In front of him, Noam even forgot all existence. He forgot his body and all his thoughts.
The fear of death that I originally faced seemed to be swallowed by the abyss.
He stood there blankly, with only a patch of red in his sight.
However, after waiting for a long time, I didn't feel any discomfort.
He slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a flawless white robe. Looking upward, he saw a tall and straight figure.
There is a silver cross pattern printed on the white robe, which is the unique costume of the senior deacon of the church.
"The war is over"
He said a simple word and took Kain away, leaving Norm there, bewildered.
He looked around blankly.
The baby's cry was gone.
People with physical changes also stopped going crazy.
They stood there blankly.
The originally swollen belly deflated like a deflated rubber ball.
Dong Dong Dong~
The men fell straight backwards.
He hit his head on the stone and there was no reaction even though he was bleeding profusely.
"it's over?"
Norm covered his face and shed tears uncontrollably.
It's the aftermath of the disaster, or something else.
It is impossible to describe the mood at this time, the heart in the chest is beating rapidly and uncontrollably.
"Are those two lights coming from the goddess?"
Apart from the goddess, he couldn't think of anyone else who could possess that kind of power.
"Huh~"
Taking a deep breath to calm down, he began to check on the unconscious people.
Reaching out to explore, everyone was breathing normally, their mouths were wide open, blood was oozing from their eye sockets, their pupils were white, and there was no focus.
No matter how much I call, I can't wake him up.
Like an unconscious vegetative person.
To be more precise, it is a body that has lost its soul.
They seemed to be scared to death by something.
This state of suspended animation lasted for several minutes, and then at every moment, these people collectively lost their life.
"died"
Norm looked at the dozen corpses in disbelief.
In my mind, I couldn't help but recall the thing in the red mist.
"Hmm~"
Suddenly, a piercing needle-pricking sensation hit his whole body, making him groan.
He was in a daze.
A group of people wearing white and blue robes hurried over.
"It's broken~"
Norm clenched his fists in a defensive posture.
Blue robes are unique to the Mechanicum.
In the current state, being besieged is the only way to die.
