<h4>Chapter 701: Return to ckwater City II</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion <strong>Editor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion


    “Your Holiness the Pope, the evil heresies of the Kingdom of ckmoon have marched past the Polosi River and are beginning to step foot into our Holy Light Empire...”


    Listening to the subordinate’s report, it was filled with bad news. The freshly-escaped Phndeny felt extremely annoyed. At first, it was almost a guaranteed victory. They were about to rule the entire world. Suddenly, a mysterious Wizard appeared, and used the force of lightning and thunder to suppress Bo, hence defeating the esteemed disciple of the Holy Light Empire.


    If not for the precious item that could tear space apart, Phndeny might have remained in the Kingdom of ckmoon forever.


    Phndeny initially thought that the Kingdom of ckmoon would do the same as before, which was recovering slowly over a few decades, and both sides would live in peace in the meantime. Then, one day in the future, the Holy Light Empire would journey to conquer the Kingdom of ckmoon once again.


    However, this time, it looked like the aim of the evil heresies was to destroy the Church of Lightpletely. This gave Phndeny a bad sense of foreboding.


    “Nevermind. Summon all members of the Church into Light City. Here, the Almighty God of Light will protect us and help us defeat the evil heresies!”


    That was all Phndeny could do right now. With theirbined strength, hopefully, they would be able to safeguard Light City.


    Phndeny had no other viable ideas, so he could only pray silently in his heart. Compared to the others, he was a pathetic Pope with little faith. Only when he faced utmost desperation, he remembered to pray.


    “Creak.”


    The door was pushed open gently. Sunlight flooded the main foyer, causing a pang of annoyance in Phndeny’s heart. Enraged, he was just about to rebuke the intruder when he opened his eyes and saw two men wearing in white believer robes.


    “Divine Believers?”


    Phndeny knew that there was a total of three Divine Believers. Now that one of them, Bo, had died in the war against the heresies, there were only two of them left.


    “Dear Sir Divine Believers, why are you here?”


    Phndeny’s only saving grace was these two Divine Believers. He hoped that they would be able to safeguard Light City. As for defeating the leader of the heresies, Wizard Merlin, he did not even consider it for a moment. Back then, Bo seemedpletely powerless, and was immediately suppressed by Merlin. Most probably, even these two Divine Believers would not be able to defeat Merlin.


    “Your Holiness the Pope, we have a newmandment!”


    One of the Divine Believers said with a calm expression.


    “What? There’s a newmandment?”


    A glimmer of joy appeared on Phndeny’s face. Finally, God had revealed Himself once again. Perhaps the Almighty God of Light was aware of the situation faced by the Church of Light.


    Perhaps, this was the turnaround for the Holy Church of Light!


    ...


    “Rumble.”


    With an earth-shattering sound, the ancient church standing in ckwater City copsed right before the horrified gazes of the Normies.


    Perhaps, this marked the beginning of a new era!


    The copse of the church was simply a form of symbolism. Waking up this morning, the Normies in ckwater City discovered that the members of the clergy had all disappeared. Even the knights of the church vanished without a trace. Thus, the church became a deserted luxurious building.


    At the same time, a new g was raised in the Casten’s Mansion of ckwater City. Some of the more well-informed businessmen recognized that it was the g of the Kingdom of ckmoon.


    The heresies of Kingdom of ckmoon had already invaded ckwater City, and even the members of the clergy had escaped. It seemed like the Almighty God of Light have abandoned his devout believers and the rest of ckwater City.


    A woman in a bup skirt was holding a snot-nosed child in a death grip, trying to prevent the child from making a sound. All the people’s faces revealed a look of horror.


    Before them, on the gravel road, a team of horsemen was slowly entering ckwater City. They were the five hundred knights stationed in ckwater City by the Kingdom of ckmoon. In reality, after the escape of the Church of Light and the City Defense Troop to the bigger city, a mere five hundred knights were enough to conquer ckwater City.


    Furthermore, following behind them were numerous carriages which contained the infamous evil heresies – the devious Spell Casters who preyed upon fallen souls were sitting inside the carriages.


    Some people were silently praying for God to save them but there was no God, only more and more knights poured out into ckwater City.


    Cleansing was a necessary course of action. Faced with the unwavering and devout believers, the Kingdom of ckmoon did not spare them any mercy. Therefore, blocks after blocks of godly statues were destroyed. Some of the more stubborn devout believers were captured and thrown into prison while some were directly executed. The peaceful and prosperous days of ckwater City hade to an end. Now, every day was filled with death. There was a faint stench of blood even in the air.


    However, at this moment, the biggest uproar was happening in the Dound n. Specifically, the head of the Dound n, Old Gutt, was the most influential person in ckwater City once upon the time. Even the casten did not dare disrespect this chubby old man, Old Gutt.


    This was because the Dound n had conducted business directly with the Church of Light. Hence, the Dound n was scattered throughout the Holy Light Empire. They were arge n that was protected by the Holy Light Empire.


    At first, the Dound n had moved to Light City but because ckwater City was Old Gutt’s hometown, he brought some family members, and returned to ckwater City to live his remaining years in peace.


    Unexpectedly, the evil heresies had invaded ckwater City quickly and silently. Seeing as the Dound n had close ties to the Church of Light, they were, of course, a clear target to be eradicated by the Kingdom of ckmoon.


    When they found Old Gutt of the Dound n in ckwater City, the Kingdom of ckmoon was overjoyed. Thus, a hundred knights surrounded Old Gutt’s castle and dragged him out.


    The chubby Old Gutt did not appear at all panicky. He was dressed neatly, like a true gentleman. Despite being dragged by the knights, he said cheerfully, “The Dound n also has business dealings with the Kingdom of ckmoon. I’m just a businessman. Whether it’s the Church of Light or the Kingdom of ckmoon, as long as there’s business to be done, the Dound n will be there. Many years ago, I also have a Spell Caster friend but maybe he’s dead now...”


    Old Gutt did not seem to be aware of the situation he was in, and continued to ramble on.


    “Hey, you’re an interesting old man. It’s true that the Dound n also has some business with the Kingdom of ckmoon. If this was peacetime, you may not be in trouble. However, right now, you’re in a terrible situation. No one will be able to save you now. You shouldn’t have upied that castle. His Majesty the King has personally ordered to reim Wilson Castle.”


    One of the knights who were restraining Old Gutt showed a trace ofpassion but he shook his head gently. He knew that it would be difficult for this old man to evade his misfortune.


    “Wilson Castle? This castle belonged to an old friend of mine. Ever since he left, I bought it and hired servants to look after it. You mean your king actually know about this castle?”


    Old Gutt’s face was brimming with doubt. Looking at Wilson Castle reminded him of his childhood ymate but unfortunately, after so many years, its owner had never returned.


    “Trot trot trot trot.”


    In front of Wilson Castle, a fully-armored captain of the knights wearing a purple helmet was looking into the sky with a solemn expression. Beside him were some men dressed in ck robes. The knights all seemed fearful of these ck-robed men, and dared note forward.


    “Who are you dragging? Why did you drag him here?”


    The captain of the knights hollered in rage as soon as he saw a team of knights dragging an old man behind them.


    “Sir Commander, this old man is the one who forcibly upied Wilson Castle. He’s also the current head of the Dound n, who has close ties to the Church of Light!”


    “Oh? The Dound n? upied Wilson Castle too? I’m afraid no one will be able to save you. Take him in, we’re weing a great Sir Wizard.”


    Just as he finished speaking, a ck spot appeared in the distant sky. Then, a loud roar reverberated across the sky. At this moment, everyone could distinctly see that it was a remarkably enormous and vicious-looking three-headed monster.


    “Boom.”


    The three-headed monsternded on the ground and gently tucked in its outstretched wings. Its vicious-looking three-heads lowered swiftly to reveal a ck-robed Wizard atop its back.


    “Great Wizard Merlin, wee!”


    All the knights and ck-robed Wizards presented him a look of reverence as they bowed their heads and greeted in unison.


    “Finally, I’m home...”


    The ck-robed man’s voice was very even but even then, he could not conceal the slight tremor in his voice. This spoke volumes of the tion in his heart.


    On the other hand, chubby Old Gutt’s eyes bulged wide open when he saw the ck-robed Wizard atop the three-headed monster. His entire body shuddered, and his wrinkled face was filled with disbelief.


    “You... You’re Merlin?”


    His hoarse voice was unmistakably distinct amid the hushed, gentle breeze.