Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 432 Heresy
Perfect had never appeared in such a terrifying form.

Although she was called the Bloody Countess in the past, what she showed to the world was only her coldness and cruelty, not how terrifying she was.

After all, no matter what cold and cruel things a teenage girl does, she still looks weak and cute.

However, at this moment, endless anger filled Perfect's heart.

Perfect, who was already very angry and stressed because of the endless overtime and paperwork during this period, felt that the string of reason in her mind had broken. She was even beyond rage and just wanted to completely erase the person who angered her from this world in the cruelest way.

She worked overtime without sleep and effort, just to save more people, to maintain social stability, and to prevent more innocent people from dying in the chaos of the doomsday.

But now, someone actually took the initiative to stir up trouble and even came up with such a cruel and heinous atrocity as cannibalism. She really couldn't find a reason to convince herself not to be angry.

The already suppressed emotions were completely vented, and even under the influence of the Philosopher's Stone and alchemy, the appearance and form of the Steam Knight armor she was wearing was completely distorted.

Originally, this set of steam knight armor that Perfectcot had temporarily found was a set of knight armor for women. It had relatively soft lines in appearance and was smaller in size. It did not have the thick armor plates like those of male knights.

The decoration is mainly rose patterns and golden brass edging, which looks gorgeous and beautiful.

However, now, under the influence of the rage released by Perfect, the surface of the steam armor was as if it had been burned by flames. It turned completely charred black and was filled with red and yellow flame patterns, as if someone had printed flames on the armor.

If it were just that, it would certainly not be considered scary. The truly terrifying thing is that on the shoulders, knees, chest, back of the hands and other parts of this steam armor, there are patterns and reliefs of skulls or human faces.

Moreover, they were all entangled in thorns and screamed in pain.

These patterns and reliefs are so lifelike that when others just see this set of steam armor, they can feel like countless people wailing in their ears.

Not only that, even the originally round and soft appearance of the steam armor has become ferocious and sharp. Many spikes emerge from the surface of the steam armor, making the shape of this set of armor even more ferocious.

Especially when Perfect spread a pair of bat-like wings on the back of the armor and flew up, the armor became even more terrifying.

It was like the devil from hell had descended.

When Perfect flew over the city in this form, countless people were terrified. They really thought that the end of the world had come and the demons from hell had appeared on earth.

Although their judgment was not wrong in a sense, it has to be said that Perfectocte's look did scare many people.

Especially when she found the mastermind behind the scenes based on the letters she found, some people were even scared to death.

This was a noble manor, belonging to a certain earl whose name had never been heard of. However, at this moment, the earl was lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, and it was obvious that he had fainted from fright.

As for the mastermind behind the scenes, he is still standing in front of Perfectot. He looks like a missionary, but his attire clearly makes him a heretic.

Around this heretic was a group of believers who looked like marginal nobles and small businessmen. Although they were equally afraid at the moment, they showed a fanaticism and determination that surprised Perfect.

"Allfather! Is the end of the world really coming? Why do you allow the devil to run rampant under the sun?" Facing such a horrible appearance of Perfecto, the mastermind behind the scenes unexpectedly shouted to the Allfather towards the sky, which almost confused Perfecto.

Why are you, a heretic, calling yourself the All-Father? Shouldn't you believe in some evil gods? You're making me look like a villain!

But anger did not stop Perfecto from stopping. She opened the helmet of the Steam Knight Armor and looked at the mastermind behind the scenes with an angry and serious look. She asked him, "Traitor, why did you incite unrest in the empire at such a critical moment and betray the empire!"

The mastermind behind the scenes saw the demon in front of him suddenly reveal a girl's head, and thought he was seeing an illusion, but then he shouted loudly: "Devil, you can't seduce me! I am a firm believer in the All-Father, I will never be deceived by you!

The world is not facing the end of the world at all, this is all just a lie!

It was fabricated by the Lord of the North, intending to deceive the Empire and seduce the people of the Empire. Then, when they arrive in the North, she will use evil magic to enslave them and sacrifice them to the evil god!"

While the mastermind behind the scenes was shouting loudly, he also shouted to the people around him: "Brothers and sisters, strengthen your faith! Let us fight against the evil together!"

As he spoke, the mastermind behind the scenes swung a stick made of some unknown wood in his hand and hit Perfect.

Inspired by this mastermind, other believers also rushed towards Perfect, trying to attack her with their flesh and blood, challenging the power of the Steam Knight Armor.

Faced with this scene, Perfect felt only sadness and anger, but no fear.

She just closed her eyes with a slightly sad look, and then countless spikes shot out from the ground around her body, impaling everyone who rushed towards her.

After returning to Langton, Perfecto has been carrying her two Philosopher's Stones with her. At this moment, when she exerts all her strength, after being strengthened and amplified by the Philosopher's Stones, she only needs a thought to completely eliminate all living things in the manor.

But Perfect didn't kill them all, or rather, she didn't kill anyone.

All of them were pierced with spikes and hung up, but they were all still alive and not dead.

On the one hand, the piercing of the spikes is not so likely to cause immediate death, and on the other hand, Perfecto deliberately avoided fatal areas such as vital points.

When she opened her eyes, there was only one heretic standing in front of her, who was holding a staff and intending to hit her. As for the others, they were all impaled on the spikes shot out from the ground in various postures.

"You evil demon! What kind of monster are you? This is all an illusion, you can't scare me!" Fear also appeared on the heretic's face, but he still shouted loudly, as if he was the one on the side of justice.

Perfect looked at him and thought that the man in front of her was probably out of his mind, or she believed his acting. Otherwise, why would he say such a thing in front of her? "Who are you? Why did you start a riot in the imperial capital? Who is your accomplice?" Perfect asked repeatedly, trying to find out what happened from this heretic.

However, the other party just shouted out meaningless words such as "evil" and "all-father", and then swung his cane to hit Perfect's Steam Knight armor, making a hollow sound.

"Are you crazy?" Perfect looked at the heretic in front of him uncertainly and shook his head helplessly.

Obviously this heretic has gone crazy. Not only is he not afraid of the power armor, he even dares to hit it with his cane.

This made Perfecto feel reluctant to kill him. After all, even if no information could be obtained from a heretic of this level, he could use human transmutation to invade his brain and directly take out the most important memories from his mind.

So Perfect didn't just kick him to death, but prepared a special treatment for him.

She snapped her fingers, and a huge T-shaped rack rose from the base of the manor, and then directly hung the heretic on it.

His hands were nailed to both ends of the T-shaped frame, and his body was entangled with thorns on the pillar. He looked like a suffering saint in a religious mural.

The only difference between this heretic and the saints was that the thorns that entangled him grew out of his flesh and blood, and spread throughout his body along his blood vessels.

This caused the heretic to suffer great pain instantly. The branches and thorns that pierced his body were torturing him all the time. What was even more terrifying was that these branches were also grown together with the frame behind him.

One of the thickest branches grew out from the rack, then drilled into a hole in the heretic's body, entered his body, and then turned into a vine net that wrapped around him.

"I ask again, who are you? Why did you start a riot in the imperial capital? Who is your accomplice?" Perfect flew up, put his hand on the heretic's head, and continued to interrogate.

But this time, she did not expect an answer from the heretic, because she had already activated the human transmutation technique and was obtaining the information she needed from his brain.

Soon, as Perfectok continued to ask questions, the heretic was in extreme pain and could no longer remain firm in his beliefs. Although he did not speak, he had already gone over all the information Perfectok needed in his mind.

"I thought it was something else, but it turns out to be just a heretic!" Perfect felt like he was being fooled.

She originally thought that there might be some big conspiracy behind this, but after a "soul search", she came to the conclusion that this was just a heretic with a bad brain, a group of religious elements who broke away from the church.

They come from a time of upheaval in the church about two hundred years ago.

At that time, due to the efforts of monarchs of various countries, the church's secular influence was declining. Coupled with the mixed quality of priests and the corruption of pastors, the entire church was in turmoil and was on the verge of collapse.

As a result, some knowledgeable people began to reflect and look for new answers in religious texts, hoping to reform the church and thus save the faith of the All-Father.

Among them, there are successful ones, as well as failed ones, conservative ones, and of course radical ones.

The current church in the Victoria Empire is actually based largely on the current doctrines and ideas that were formed at that time, and with the efforts of some priests and clergy, it has become the official belief of the empire.

The influence of this branch sect has continued to spread to the world with the rise of the empire. It has now become the mainstream sect of the church, and even its leader has become the patriarch of this generation of the church.

In addition, other sects were also not idle. They each expounded new doctrines and looked for opportunities for development.

Some cooperate with other countries and gradually become the mainstream beliefs in the local area.

But because everyone split from the same sect, although there are differences in doctrines and behaviors, they still believe in the All-Father.

Moreover, as various denominations reformed the church and took root in their respective countries, different denominations also shared their resources with each other, trying to prove to other denominations that they were the best and trying to make other denominations submit to them.

In the end, only the empire's sects gradually became stronger due to the expansion of the empire's own influence, and began to suppress other sects, forming the current structure of the church.

In addition to these mainstream sects, there are also some small-scale sects. Most of their doctrines are different from the mainstream and are not widely spread, but most of their believers are very firm.

For example, the heretic that Perfecto is facing now, he comes from a sect that advocates pleasure, and has integrated some elements of the ancient Dionysus beliefs, becoming a sect that is only circulated in a small circle among the aristocratic class.

This sect would hold joyous banquets regularly, summoning nobles who had joined the sect. Then everyone would wear only a mask covering their face, naked to show that they were naked and pure when they came into this world, and it also symbolized that they had let go of the differences in worldly identities.

As for what happened afterwards, there was three days and three nights of indulgence.

Just like an ancient dynasty that has collapsed, they will keep eating, drinking and indulging in sexual activities. When their stomachs are full, they will use emetics to induce vomiting, and then continue eating after emptying their stomachs.

In short, any way of enjoyment you can think of can be found at this joyful banquet, and the negative distance contact between men and women is actually the most common way of enjoyment at this banquet.

Because of this, the teachings of this sect also pursue extreme enjoyment, believing that heaven should be a place to release desires and indulge in pleasure.

The joyful banquets they held allowed believers to enjoy the happiness of heaven in advance.

It is conceivable how such a sect would react when Perfecto announced that the end of the world was approaching and all supplies were becoming scarce.

There is no such thing as the Last Judgment in their doctrines. Only those who believe in them will go to heaven after death and continue to indulge in pleasure. This is obviously contrary to what Perfectocte preaches.

So, under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, this sect tried to start a riot in Langton to overthrow the empire, establish a country led by this sect, and then enjoy ultimate happiness.

(End of this chapter)