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Chapter 551: Surviving a catastrophe will definitely lead to a stronger
The demon monk did not die, on the contrary, he got what he wanted. Although the Mother Goddess was still blind and not fully awake, the power that permeated from her also sensed Rorschach's intentions.

Finally, it accepted Gregory who jumped into the mutant black ball. This brave child deserved to be loved by his mother. All the power contaminated by the Mother Goddess was injected into the acolyte as much as possible, and the remaining energy was compressed to try to protect him and Hench who was forced to be thrown in.

Gregory, who came out of the "alchemy furnace", had grown bigger, his body had been reshaped, and his insides were in a violent balance. If Rorschach's medical assessment from his previous life was used, it would be discovered that he was in a serious state of cancer, but these genetic and cellular distortions did not affect him.

This was the aftereffect of the Big Bang, but it was also a wonderful state of being able to get close to the Mother Earth, gaining power and attention. In short, for Gregory, it was clearly a positive buff. Now this demon monk has become the most powerful divine favoree in the world.

Gregory survived and immediately left with Hench.

Due to the explosion of Rorschach's clone, the return of his soul to the border area, and the handling of Richard's affairs, by the time Rorschach's real body and the outer wizard entered the explosion area, Gregory had already escaped. However, on the other hand, the evil monk did not realize that such a shocking explosion was not the real body's self-detonation, and he also thought that Rorschach was dead.

When he saw the evil monk again, the emperor still had a bad face and looked at the visitor coldly.

"Stop."

"Stop!"

The first shout came from William, and the second came from the guard who delivered the message. Just like that, Gregory was stopped and stood outside the main hall.

The monk didn't take it seriously. He bowed to the young man on the throne very seriously and said, "Your Majesty, you are truly a monarch with a heart as broad as the sea. You can forgive my last disrespect."

The emperor snorted coldly: "How dare you show up again?" As soon as the emperor said this, the guards surrounding Gregory immediately moved their bayonets closer to the monk.

"I am only here as promised to answer the questions you want to ask. As for the truth or falsehood, I believe that a wise king like you can make your own judgment."

This sentence touched William's heart, and his expression softened a little: "Is the final destruction related to the wizard?"

Gregory grinned, "No. It's all the power of the Mother Goddess."

".Did you destroy the entire city?"

"No, it's General Iltsov. He is from the north, and he has barbarian guards. In recent years, the Mother Goddess is about to return, and they have just discovered the true god of the ancient faith passed down by their ancestors.

"In order to defend the city, the general chose to pray to the Great Mother, but he did not know how to exercise moderation and asked for too much.

"If it was just to save Ovod from the Valois, perhaps none of your people would have sacrificed. But unfortunately he wanted too much: power, status, and eternal life."

He performed his duties as a monk and talked big outside the hall, and the whole palace could hear him. Fortunately, William II had already driven away all the people he did not trust.

Finally, he talked about making up for the physical regret of William II. At this point, the arrogant emperor rebuked Gregory's behavior for the second time: "Enough, I hate these perverse theories."

The emperor waved his hand: "I just want to know whether such a wrong ritual can be used again on the enemies of the empire?"

Gregory had not expected the other party to think this way: "It's hard to say. The power of the Great Mother is all-encompassing, and the results of a wrong ritual will be unpredictable. But it is indeed possible, Your Majesty." The emperor's eunuch was shocked: "Your Majesty, we have learned the truth of the incident from many sources, and it is time to stop here." He said in front of Gregory: "The Mother Goddess and her believers are enemies of the empire and civilization. Look at the disaster they have brought! I implore Your Majesty not to contact such people again."

"Let me make a bold statement about your courtiers." Gregory bowed to the emperor again: "The gods of the past have disappeared, the Lord of Order has fallen silent, and the old empire has fallen apart.

“Your Majesty’s new empire was able to break superstition, recognize the changes of the times and expel the church. This was extremely correct and great, but the premise was that the gods had indeed left the world.

"Now that the Mother Goddess has returned, why can't the Empire adapt to the times and change again? Blindly being hostile is not a wise choice. On the contrary, saying that the Mother Goddess is evil is just propaganda by enemy countries and magic guilds. They are afraid that another country will be protected by God. They are afraid that your country will be like the old empire, with the support of powerful gods and sweep across the entire continent."

The emperor's close ministers immediately scolded him: "You are talking nonsense! Killing tens of thousands of people, isn't that evil enough?"

"Your Majesty, how come there are still such fools around you who use mortal morality to measure God?" Gregory showed a questioning and surprised look, and then shouted to the people in the main hall:
“When God sends his wrath to destroy a city, it is only a tiny bit of His power.

“The God who claims to be the Lord of Light and Order has sent down fire from heaven to destroy cities and turned innocent and guilty people into pillars of salt in the past. This is well known to everyone, but the people under his protection have won victory after victory. His believers regard these things as miracles to be proud of, record them, sing praises to him, and worship him.

"The god of sky and thunder in ancient times was licentious and fickle. His followers and those who sang myths defended him by saying that this was what a god who came out of nature was like! God was like the sky, with rain and storms, sunny days and thunder. These singers, poets and playwrights who yearned for ancient times could forgive him and glorify him.

"Now, a real god who is about to descend into the world has begun to demonstrate his power, but you, a fool, believed the enemies, spellcasters, and people who hate God and dared to slander and belittle Him!"

Gregory was furious when he accused William II, his greasy black curly hair stood up in disarray. He spoke righteously and displayed extraordinary momentum, which weakened the courtiers who had been admonishing William II and forced them to leave.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. Please forgive my failure." Gregory also stopped his disheveled state and apologized to the emperor hypocritically.

The emperor stared at the monk for a while, then suddenly said, "Come in first."

The empire was now going through its most difficult winter in recent years.

The mages of the Forest Tower received reports from Rorschach and others, including themselves, that they had discovered traces of cult activity throughout the empire, particularly using methods akin to pollution to increase farmland production.

As the Imperial Army was collecting grain, these contaminated grains were concentrated on a large scale. The mages quickly took screening and purification measures, trying to reduce the risk through various methods.

During this period, some grain was inevitably "treated harmlessly", and the empire's method was to collect another round of taxes from production areas where no pollution was detected.

Suddenly, there was resentment in the countryside, and life was not easy for city residents either. O'Ward's disappearance made them panic, and the stock market and other markets suffered heavy losses in panic.

Some media dug up bits of truth about the Oward disaster, and the Earth Mother Goddess and her faith group received unprecedented attention in the empire for the first time, and they were linked to the attacks on the Imperial Parliament and Imperial Palace a few years ago. The news from Byrne revealed to the people of the empire that this evil god and her followers had been active in Valois and Istani, and all of them had been harmed.

There were many calls among the Empire to stop the war with the Republic and to focus on post-war reconstruction and resolving the threat of evil god worship as soon as possible.

However, the relevant motion submitted by the parliament was rejected by the palace.

(End of this chapter)