1036 Chapter 1036: Big ck T


    "Onceagainour lord talked to me in the form of ady, even holding my cheek as he softly whispered in my ear."


    "Let''s… skip to the important parts, Luka."


    "...But the little details matter—"


    "No."


    With much reluctance from the other knights and supposed holy men, Ang was back inside the church. And perhaps it would have been bearable if it was just that—but no.


    Right now, Riley was also within their walls along with Karina…along withhis religion''s supposed cardinal, and the rest of her acolytes. And perhaps if therewasany constion to this, it would bethe factthat the members of Riley''s religion werequite…behaved.


    None of them were even walking around the church andwerejust seated on the benches; theirattention,solelyfocused on Riley and his words, nothing else…and since he was not talking that much, most of them weretrulyjustsitting there.


    And while theywere focusedon Riley, the otherswerpletelyfocusedon Luka, the Emerald Pdin; the tone he carries with him, somewhat of a poet as he seemed to truly like imparting words and stories. Unfortunately for him, Ang was theplete opposite and wanted him to go straight to the point.


    Ang and Luka were in front of the altar, seated on the steps towardit;bothof their helmetsbeside them.Luka,as one might have already expected from his name, was a blond, green-eyed man sporting a buzz cut.But although he looked militaristic, his gaze was anything but—it was almost like it belonged to a puppy.


    "But Idothink I need to start from the beginning," Luka pleaded.


    "No, you don''treallyneed to," Ang, however, was adamant as shecontinued to shake her head and shushLuka''s attempts, "Just tell us the part where our lord spoke to you."


    "Mylord. You''re not—"


    "Don''t even—I swear!" Ang''s sewn eyesstarted to twitchas Luka raised his finger, "Just tell us!"


    "Fine. Nobody understands the beauty of suspense anymore."


    "I do, Emerald Pdin."


    "Thank you — who would have thought the viin to be the most understanding one," Luka let out a small sigh as he rolled his eyes. He was about to say something elsepletely unrted to whatever it was he wanted to tell Ang, but as soon ashesaw her eyebrows lowering, he just shook his head and once again sighed,


    "You remember how I suddenly did not join you and the others when it was time to set off into the campaign, right?"


    "Vaguely," Ang nodded, "You saidit was better that one of the Pdins stayto protect the church."


    "Yes," Lukaalsonodded several times before shaking his head, "The truth is, the night before we were supposed to set off, god once again appeared before me — wearing nothing but a white gown which I could almost see through.Her—I mean,his bosom,forting me even by sight."


    "...Skip the unnecessary details."


    "He told me that I should stay, that I have a different word to share—not to the masses, but to a single person," Luka closed his eyes, almost as if reliving the wonderful memory of being so close to his supposed god, "He did not tell me who, he just told me that I would know as soon as that person arrives — and who else could it be now, other than Darkday?"


    "Hm…" And as everyone''s focus turned to him, Riley just ced his hand on his chin and let out asmallhum;only returning Luka''s stare after a few seconds, "...And what message is that, Emerald Pdin?"


    "It was a little vague, but…" Luka very slowly leaned closer to Riley,who wasseated at the bench in front of him, "...perhaps I need to say it to you alone, Darkday? It is, after all, the word of—"


    "For fuck''s sake, man," Ang could not help but sp her hand for forgiveness at the altar as she cursed Luka, "Just tell us, it''s alright."


    "It is alright, Emerald Pdin," Riley nodded, "I swore to my children not to keep any more secrets from them, and it just so happened that Karina is here — whatever you say to me, you say in front of her."


    "He told me these exact words — ''What mustbe done, should be done.'' — and then he disappeared as quickly as he appeared," Luka once again closed his eyes to relish the memory, "I told you, it was vague."


    "No… it wasn''t," Ang could not help but take in a small gulp as sheveryslowly turned her head toward Riley, "But… but perhaps there is a different interpretation to it."


    "And what sort of interpretation are you thinking, Miss Ang?" Riley tilted his head to the side.


    "That—you know," Ang''s head subtly shook.


    "No, I do not," Riley shook his head, "Emerald Pdin is right, itis quite vague and could hold many meanings.The primordials,if it is one of them, tend to speak in riddles — their words may not be as they uttered it to be, Miss Ang."


    "Really? Because Death seemed pretty straightforward to me," Ang scoffed.


    "She is perhaps an exception as she had spent the most time interacting with all sorts of life," Riley shrugged, "But Miss Ang, if youare convincedthat the primordial''s wordsitdirect, then does that mean they are telling me to kill everyone and end all life to give way for the new one?"


    "Well… I''m not saying it is," Ang nervously smiled, "And it''s probably not even a primordial — how hard is it to believe that it might truly be god who talked to Luka?"


    "If it was your god," Riley ced his hand on his chin, "Or if it an unknown entity, then I am afraid we truly do not know what they meant now."


    "Wait, wait…" Karina, who had been watching the exchange since the start, could no longer turn her head back and forth and raised her voice, "...How hardreallyis it to believe that this might just be Auntie Paige? I know she''s not the type to take advantage of anyone, but she''sheweirdtoo. Like, your level of weird, Dad. Who knows, she might just be bored."


    "No," Riley shook his head, "Paige will never do anything like take advantage of someone''s beliefs, Karina."


    "Then that means we''re back to where we started!" Karina stood up in frustration, "If Auntie Paige isn''t going to show herself even though we''ve already gathered a bunch of other weirdos, then I don''t think she''s going to show herself, ever."


    "We have not even gathered nearly enough, Karina," Riley shook his head as he stood up. And as soon as he did so, his followers followedsuit;all ofthem,awaiting his words, "I believe we need to, at the very least, upy half the Holy City of Mold."


    And with those words, his followers'' eyes lit up as they looked at each other. The woman who assigned herself to be the Cardinal, Elizabeth, gestured to the others to go and leave…but then retracted her orders as she realized something.


    Elizabeth then very slowly approached Riley with her headdown;hersteps,careful.


    "Lord," she said respectfully, "I am afraid we need a ce to gather, wedo not have a church yet."


    "..." Riley blinked a couple of times as he looked at Elizabeth, causing her face to turn red as she lowered her head even further, "You''re right, Cardinal Elizabeth."


    "The… TheLordknows my name!?" Elizabeth almost fainted there and then.If it wasn''t for the other followers behind her catching her,then she would have probablydropped to the marbled floor headfirst, "You… you do not have to bother yourself with this,Lord!I will find and build us a church myself!"


    "No," Riley raised his palm, causing Elizabeth to almost cry with the sudden rejection, "I have already thought of a ce for us to gather— there."


    Not only hisfollowers,buteveryone else and even the other knights turned to look to where Riley was pointing, only to see the ck Tower from the distance through the mosaic window.


    "But… no one can enter that tower," Elizabeth lightly bit her lip, "Everyone has tried."


    "Everyone but me," Riley shrugged before starting to walk away. He did not even need to tell his followers, theyfollowed him regardless ofwhatever he was doing.


    His followers were not the only ones who followed him, however, Emerald Pdin and the other knights of Ang''s church did too. Suffice it to say, they garnered all sorts of attention as their group headed to the ck Tower.


    "This…"Andas soon as they reached it, Karina could not help but raise an eyebrow upon seeing the massive infrastructure, "This isn''t a tower, it''sjust a huge… ck rock." n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "That is what everyone says," Ang nodded as she touched the walls of the tower, "It''s just—"


    But as soon as she did so,however,the tower started tothrob;quite literally.


    "What… what did you do!?"


    "It''s not me!" Ang quickly pulled her palm away before looking at Riley…


    …only to see him also touching the walls of the tower.