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As Andrew moved away from Rebecca, the two men Hieronymus had entrusted with watching over Rebecca approached him.

Generally speaking, it would be to catch people who approach the target of surveillance without permission.

The two men bowed to Andrew, and Andrew patted them on the shoulder and turned away.

Because those two were more loyal to Andrew than to Jerome.

Although they were both warriors of the same faith, Andrew’s subordinates had intervened in the meantime.

Of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t believe in the Church of the Future.

They believe in the same God, live for the Church of Hope for the Future, and can do anything for Him.

The only difference is the people who are loyal.

Just as there are A Line and B Line in a company, there were different people who were trusted and followed more.

If it was a pseudo-religion that was originally designed to destroy people, this would be difficult to happen. Moreover, Jerome brought in a system that had already been verified. Therefore, there were no major problems with the system.

But even if the system is perfect, problems will arise if the person using it has problems.

As Jerome focused on growing the pseudo-religion called the Church of the Hope of the Future and neglected internal management, a rift developed.

Originally, something like this would have taken time to be suppressed and killed with a single voice, but Jerome didn’t have enough time to do that. Because to him, the Church of Hope for the Future was nothing more than a pseudo-religion to be used and discarded. Therefore, no one believed in it.

And the person who took advantage of that gap was a man named Andrew.

Originally, he was a man who created a religion by gathering believers in a god for the desperate with his innate wisdom and charisma.

Even if they absorbed such religions and became the Church of Hope for the Future, did all the believers change overnight?

Andrew also joined the Future Hope Church because of his desire to have a larger religion.

And he was moving slowly to get the Future Hope Church, which had grown in size as he had desired, into his hands.

But suddenly, a monster named Rebecca appears, putting everything on the line.

If it were simply a strong monster, it wouldn’t have been this dangerous.

But this monster gave great powers to those who followed him in the name of blessing. He gained visible proof of loyalty.

This was extremely dangerous.

If Rebecca was a being who only responded to Hieronymus, then his position was shaken to the point where he had to resort to extreme measures.

Andrew, who can give nothing, and Hieronymus, who gives blessings. It’s obvious who you will trust more in this situation.

So I contacted Rebecca urgently.

And I heard something very satisfying.

If you provide a sacrifice, I will give you a blessing. I said that I will side with whoever provides the larger sacrifice.

I heard that even if we oust Hieronymus, we can still take his place, as we believe we have summoned a rather scary monster.

Even without Hieronymus, I heard that it was possible to kill the monster if necessary.

Or if you can’t have it, you can kill it.

People exercise because their bodies are weak.

Andrew heard Rebecca speak and understood that she was not a transcendent being, but rather a being bound to that body.

If you are not careful, you can be killed.

Andrew plans to get the Church of Hope back from Hieronymus, comparing what would happen if he got Rebecca and what would happen if he killed her.

And the scales tilted in favor of Rebecca.

The blessings Rebecca gave were that appealing.

In addition, I learned that there was one more place where I could receive the blessing without having to steal Rebecca from Jerome.

Since it would be difficult to keep track of each and every one of the thousands of people, he thought that after some more time had passed and it became difficult to keep track of all the blessed people, he would give blessings to his subordinates as well.

To subordinates only.

Of course, Andrew had no intention of receiving the blessing himself.

Are you in your right mind to be blessed by such a monster and become a monster yourself?

Andrew fundamentally did not believe that Rebecca had any connection to the God he believed in.

I just thought it was a monster that Hieronymus had summoned with some strange magic.

Unfortunately, Andrew got his analysis wrong, even though he was fundamentally right in invoking that god.

But it wasn’t anyone’s fault.

No, strictly speaking, there is a malicious being among them who twists the story.

But that being would say this.

He said that he was only telling the truth.

If you know how your words will sound, you will lie and say that.

As they continued to deceive, the Future Hope Church slowly began to roll down the steep slope.

Until the moment it stops.

continue.

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Meanwhile, after escaping from the Future Hope Church in the jungle southwest of the Kingdom of Cogni, Tisha immediately headed southeast.

He wanted to get as far away from the Future Hope Church as possible.

So I kept running until I reached a small town.

Three days and nights. I went forward with a body that could regenerate any wound. The wounds and diseases that would have held me back originally were unable to overcome my regenerative power and disappeared. Even bugs could heal my body faster than it could eat it.

Blood-sucking bugs cannot push their stingers in, and even if they did suck blood, their bodies would immediately melt into a blackish purple.

With that kind of body, he was able to cross the jungle without much burden.

The dense jungle that seemed like it would continue forever slowly changed its appearance.

The suffocating humidity had subsided considerably, and the appearance of the trees had changed. Instead of the thick ground, they were often stepped on hard ground.

The jungle became a forest.

No, to be exact, he escaped the southern jungle of the Cogni Kingdom and reached the forest at the northern end of the Anselus Kingdom.

And there he stood at a crossroads.

There were nine men carrying a lot of luggage in front of me, and a girl who was being dragged along by them. It was obvious that she had met with an unfortunate incident and was being dragged away by thieves.

If Tisha had any sense, she should have run away from here.

It’s not that Tisha can’t beat the thief.

Now, purple hair is almost a symbol of the Church of Hope for the Future.

After receiving a blessing from a foreigner, the hair that had turned purple was proof that it could not be removed or changed.

But Tish’s nature was such that he could not tolerate anyone being miserable.

It was his misfortune.

If he didn’t have that kind of nature in the first place, he would have lived there and used it even though he knew that the Future Hope Church was heterogeneous, so it would be meaningless to say that it was unfortunate.

Because the reason he thought it was strange was because the person next to him died for the sake of God.

So Tish moved to save the person in front of his eyes.

A simple thief was no match for Tisha, who had such powerful regenerative powers that when she was hit with a sword, flesh would grow back on the spot, making it impossible to stab properly.

Even if you only compare his abilities, Tisha has been learning how to fight in earnest since he was young. And above all, he is someone who has experienced many real battles.

So he simply chased the thief away.

There was no need to kill him, so he did so out of his innate goodness.

While we were at it, we got all their stuff along with the looted luggage.

And then he headed to the girl’s village with the girl.

If I had simply saved the girl, I would have been grateful, but I brought back all the looted luggage.

Tishar became the hero of the town.

Just one week.

For a week, he was able to experience a normal daily life that he had never experienced before.

A grown man and a grown woman in a wooden house. And the girl he saved.

I experienced such an ideal reality that I thought, “Is this how Tisha and I become one family?”

But as I said, unfortunately, the ending was not good.

The daily life I had barely achieved and the first feeling of being human was shattered in an instant.

There is no particular reason.

Because his hair was purple.

So, since there are people here who have been blessed, the Future Hope Church came to help.

As I said before, despite having a specific symbol, the symbol of the Future Hope Church had long since changed to a person with purple hair.

Because, unlike ordinary believers who originally wore masks and covered their bodies with hoods, superhumans who used special powers called blessings revealed themselves without wearing such clothes.

They wore very flashy clothes without hiding anything.

And the influence of one boy fueled it all.

People with outstanding abilities have special titles.

It was the result of the desire for recognition from others, which everyone has, coming into contact with power.

Of course, as the number of members of the sect increased exponentially, Jerome encouraged them to settle down easily in order to make management easier. Rather than giving them instructions one by one, he only had to give them general directions, and the rest would take care of itself.

So the current Future Hope Church is centered around a person with purple hair.

In other words, purple hair became the power of the Church of Hope for the Future.

Looks and power combined.

Then, the believers began to follow those with such appearances even more passionately.

Because if you follow the person with purple hair, you can gain a lot.

I explained this once before, but do you remember that the Future Hope Church liberated a village that was under tyranny?

It has now become a fact that must be taken for granted.

Even the cause and effect were reversed, so that every pagan village became a place that the Church of Hope for the Future had to liberate.

For reference, liberation means converting everyone in that village to the Future Hope Church and destroying everything else.

Just as the Yellow Turban Bandits fell in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, they became plunderers who plundered everything around them without discrimination.

The result is obvious.

A raider armed with religious beliefs came to the village. How did he know to come?

The first thief he chased away.

I followed their story.

The people of the Future Hope Church who came in pursuit thoroughly plundered the village.

If Tisha’s hair hadn’t been purple, she wouldn’t have become so unhappy so quickly.

However, because his body had changed like that, he was able to escape from the Future Hope Church.

Fortune was in his hands, and misfortune followed him like a price.

Despite Tisha’s best efforts, it was impossible to save the village from the large number of believers.

When he came to his senses after killing the believer, he realized that he had failed.

In other words, they were all dead.

He held the hand of the girl who had become a corpse and fanned the flames of revenge.

He swore to take revenge on the Future Hope Church.

Tisha, who had only thought of running away from the Future Hope Church, now had another goal.

The boy buried all the corpses and began walking east again.

But there was no joy of freedom like when I first escaped from the Church of Hope for the Future. Instead, a desire for revenge against the Church of Hope for the Future took its place.

So he started heading towards the center of the kingdom of Ansellus.

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lol.

It’s fun!

It’s like watching a story of a hero being created!

Sure, there are a lot of stories about people gaining special powers in dangerous places and then becoming heroes there, but I never thought I’d actually see it.

The original story was far from true, so when I saw it for myself, it was incredibly entertaining.

I experienced him through Tisha’s eyes.

Of course, we only know physical information such as changes in facial expression, how his heart beats, and where and how it hurts, but it’s not impossible to guess what he’s thinking.

Yes. So I know he’s on a quest for revenge.

We are currently heading to the Kingdom of Ansellus.

The Church of Hope for the Future led by Jerome.

The Kingdom of Ancellus, the target of Jerome’s revenge

But then an enemy of the Future Hope Church walks in.

Until our hearts collide and reality changes, I will leisurely wait in a corner of this Future Hope Church.

But if it’s too late, Andrew might be able to deal with Hieronymus and change the Church of Hope for the Future.

No matter what happens, I will live like a carefree pet, working hard to acquire the skills that brought me into this world.

Hehehe.