Ancient God in the Modern World

Meanwhile, Thomas and Drew began to suffocate by a type of energy that seemed to be akin to the demonic energy, only, it was weaker than the latter.

Thomas looked towards the source of the evil energy that he was feeling and saw a man standing near the door towards the cockpit of the hovercraft. The man was looking at them while grinning mockingly.

"Hehe, so brave of you to come here," he said after he discovered that Thomas and Drew were too 'weak' for him.

"Tell me, how did you enter?" He assumed that either of them must have a teleportation ability. Such ability was precious at this time. It would allow them to go to places that they want.

"Hehe, I would like to have you as my ally, but it seemed to be impossible," the man was regretful. He wanted the two of them for their ability but the seed of faithfulness is a hindrance.

The seed of faithfulness was a symbol they have already given their lives towards a Divine Spirit.

"And, well serve another master? No, NEVER," Drew replied as he does not like to serve another master, or rather, his faith did not allow him.

"What's so bad about that? Aren't you serving a master already?" The man showed his determination as he tried to persuade them. But, Thomas' words made him shut his mouth and glared at them piercingly.

"We won't be joining scum like you," Thomas said in a cold voice.

The man kept quiet and did not reply. But it was evident that he was angry as thick evil energy was seeping from him.

The evil energy was so thick that it even induced evil thoughts in Drew and Thomas. But, fortunately, they bear Allen's divine mark which cleared the unwanted thought from them.

"Interesting, it seemed that you are more precious than I initially thought," the man said. Initially, he was confused about how the two of them have traces of divine energy little did he know that they bore the divine mark of the Divine Spirit that they served.

"Young Demonic Lord, please grant me the power to eradicate the bearers of a Divine Spirit." The man prayed zealously.

Then, demonic energy descended on the man, which made them reek of the aura of chaos and destruction.

"HAHAHA!"

The man laughed out loud as he pointed his fingers towards Thomas and Drew. Then, the demonic energy gushed out from his fingers towards the two of them.

Thomas and Drew made a tacit understanding and hurriedly did a series of hand seals. Then, after a while, they both yelled, "Faith Illumination!"

The Faith Illumination covered them with a spherical shield that shines in a golden hue and contains profound holiness.

But the sphere only shone for a while before starting to dim. But of course, the divine mark would not let anything happen to the two of them and would, instead, do everything within its capability to save them.

The divine mark, too, released the remaining divine energy that Allen is yet to use and enhanced the Faith Illumination. But still, the divine mark did not seem to be able to contend with the demonic energy.

The man smiled as he saw that the two of them did not seem to be able to contend.

Adding fuel to the flame, the man also did a series of hand seals and said in a calm voice, "Purgatory Binder."

Then, black chains extended from his back and sped up towards the two as they intended to bind them.

Thomas and Drew's eyes widened as they felt threatened by the chains. The chains had the strength of a colonel while their strength did not even reach the ranks of a captain.

Thomas and Drew grit their teeth but they did not think of giving up. Instead, they persisted and prayed inwardly.

"Lord, please help us."

Simple prayer but contained a lot of emotions. The prayer contained the hope amidst the storm, faith that everything will be fine as their Lord would be there for them, and most of all, it contained their perseverance and dedication that no matter what happens they will lift their foot and take a step forward into the blurry future.

In all of a sudden, the seed of faithfulness within them sprouted as it grew a root as well as a leaf. Just like Elioenai and the Plague Priest, the lone root of the seed of faithfulness dug its way towards Allen's inner body.

With that two additional seeds of faithfulness were connected to Allen.

Meanwhile, Allen, who was busy battling with the demonic cloud, felt two roots of seeds of faithfulness were connected to his inner body.

Despite struggling, Allen wore a faint smile and spared some of his consciousness to help the two.

He sent a command to the divine marks that Thomas and Drew bore to stop them from sending divine energy towards him.

Then, he commanded the other marks to increase the rate of transfer of divine energy. He no longer cared about the consumption of divine energy for he knew that he would recover them. Moreover, the speed of his recovery would be faster with the growth of the seed of faithfulness of his followers.

Meanwhile, Thomas and Drew, all of a sudden, felt that the divine mark, for some reason, supported them with more divine energy.

With that, their Faith Illumination shone brighter and provided them with more protection. Thomas and Drew also wore a smile as that happened. But, on second thought, upon realizing that their Lord was still battling with the demonic clouds, they become worried.

Thomas and Drew knew that their Lord crucially needed divine energy at this moment. Thus, with that in mind, they looked at each other and had another tacit understanding. They had decided to finish the fight and no longer waste more divine energy.

They did another set of hand seals. But this time it was not for protection. It was for an attack.

"Life Pulse!"

The Life Pulse creates a pulse wave that scatters all forms of life energy into the surroundings.. The Life Pulse was an attack on the life part of Allen's authority.