Yani well knew how cruel angels were a lot of the time, not that they were evil, but they are very fair and impartial which can lead to decisions that are considered terribly cruel.

Was Azarphy right to kill them all, as Yani and Naill would explain that they exorcized these holy knights when they were just students who didn't go through the direct blessing of the God of Light?

Furthermore, the lives of those holy knights would be sacrificed after the interrogation, as their souls had been tainted by demonic power which was a heresy, they would lose everything.

They knew this if they were loyal men the church would willingly sacrifice their lives, but if they weren't faithful, they could try to kill Yani and Naill who were their saviors and witnesses in the case of demonic possession.

Angels are cruel to be righteous (fair), but the church was even crueler for being ignorant and proud.

"What if they ask about Father Ricardo?" Naill questioned after a long time in silence and they reached the ground floor where everything was busier, but it looked like no one could see him and Yani thanks to Azarphy's powers.

As long as they didn't touch anyone, people who were alert and afraid of the demons wouldn't notice their presence.

"You don't know anything," Yani replied coldly and directly. Nothing good would come if novices got involved in this kind of situation.

"In what situation would they ask a novice about a priest who disappeared into his own room?" Azarphy quipped, but what he said was real.

It was true that no one would ask Naill anything specifically, the holy knight who was going to rape him has already died, the other knights who were with Father Ricardo have died too.

"A lot of strange things are going on, priests disappearing and holy knights missing... They're going to have to find scapegoats," Yani said with some concern.

They couldn't get involved as it would take their execution.

Things in the past for him were very different from what is happening now.

On the other hand, Ailill used his powers to clean up and regain his composure to face the unwanted guest.

"God Animalia" Ailill greeted the man who appeared among the vines and branches, passing through like a shimmering, fragile mist.

The white rabbit ears fall lightly on the man's broad forehead, the short, curly black hair created an even greater contrast between the fur color of the ears and the irises color of the pink eyes.

"Ailill, what brings you here?" the man's voice was soft and with a tone of infinite kindness. Despite the bunny ears, he didn't look frail at all, being tall and broad-shouldered.

"That's my question, Cian"

"I just felt a powerful soul around here. It's not every day that a soul ends up here in this limbo," Cian responded amiably as he sat down by the stone fountain.

Emery who thought he was in his own mental field would have been scared if he knew he had reached the limbo of souls, which means he almost died.

If he could tell Emery's luck was terrible, after all his body had taken damage from saving Arabeth and a parallel memory arrived at the same time, clearly his body couldn't take it and he nearly died.

Although Ailill didn't prove to be a very trustworthy god, he had saved Emery's life, but the motive behind such an act of "kindness" is still unknown.

"But where is the Lord of Death?" Cian asked looking around.

"I've arrived" an icy voice sounded in the room, rising in the air a black mist formed the body of a tall black man, with large eyes and golden irises, light brown hair shining like honey in the sun and falling on soft shoulders and full red lips were in a serious line.

"Daren, the lord of spirits," Ailill said, greeting the limbo manager.

"I was talking about the lord of death and not the master Daren," Cian said, stretching.

"Yama was nowhere to be found" Daren spoke indifferently to the two gods, he was looking around and inhaled like a dog looking for something.

"It's been a while since I've seen that guy, he also didn't show up at the meeting last decade... But, there's something I'm more curious about, Ailill, where is the spirit that created this little place?" Daren asked after a while.

"He gave the human the kiss of life and sent him back." Cian quickly handed his friend over before Ailill himself could respond.

"Human? He wasn't a human," Daren told the two gods who seemed to clash.

"Was not?" Cian looked surprised, while Ailill had a good-natured smile.

"Ailill..."

"It's much better he's in the mortal world, the damage he'll do there is less than he would do if he were in the spirit world"

Ailill didn't wait for Daren to complain to him, but what he said was right. A power that not even they could understand at the moment, if it could come close to the gods and they became greedy, what would happen to them?

"But if even Cian felt his presence here, other more greedy gods will also feel and will look for him" Daren spoke showing some concern about the situation.

He had come here to take Emery's soul to a safe place until the soul could recover and then they would see what role he would play in the spirit world. He arrived a little too late and Ailill interfered with that person's fate.

"Daren, you couldn't protect him from the other gods even in your territory," Ailill said very harshly, he knew what Daren wanted to do so he arrived first.

The two men stared at each other for a moment but kept silent on the subject.

"What are you two hiding from me?" Cian asked seeing the two men facing each other in silence as if fighting a battle of wills.

"We are hiding a soul that is so strong it can create conflict between us"

"Generate conflict?" Cian still didn't understand. There have always been strong and bright souls who arrived in the spirit world after death which is the first stopping point. However, this never generated big waves in the gods' world.

"Well, it would be more of a hunt to devour her soul and take her power." Ailill made it clearer for Cian to understand.

Daren left Ailill and Cian talking, he was more worried about Emery getting stronger, the stronger he became the more dangerous to himself and more attractive to the gods.

"So, Ailill ate part of that soul?" Cian asked suddenly, causing Daren to be surprised.

"What?"

"Daren didn't notice he's stronger?" Cian said pointing to a jewel on Ailill's forehead. Daren thought this was just another way for the nature god to adorn himself.

"This gem is clearly exuding a strange and unknown power" Cian spoke very firmly, he was very sensitive to powers, he knew of almost all gods just by feeling their powers a little bit, but the power that exuded this gem on his forehead Ailill was different.

"That..." Ailill tried to speak as the men's eyes turned on him.

Ailill had a lot more to explain now.

Returning to Yani and Naill, they were navigating the dark corridors of the abbey dimly lit with magical items, they decided to skirt around a more deserted area for fear of being discovered by some bad luck.

Lately, the two aren't very lucky, so Yani chose not to risk it and took paths that led to the warehouse rooms, the place that, because it has little value and not many people allocated to be there, so in a moment of crisis the environment was desert.

Everything should have been quiet, but a strong golden light shone at the end of the long, dark hallway.

"Another angel?" Yani thought as he felt the familiar sacred energy, but the presence of that being was much weaker than the angel who was accompanying them.

"Hide," Azarphy said to them and opened a door to one of the storerooms.

They hid and closed the door behind them, then they heard a loud knock on the door as if something was trying to break in where they were.

"What is happening?" Naill asked scared. Today it really looked like hell had descended on the abbey.

Author: Guess whose fault it is?

Emery: Hey... I didn't imagine this would happen!

Bao: Neither do I!

Arabeth: (...)

"Spirits of Light," Azarphy said mockingly.

"Spirits of Light?" Naill spoke weakly, he couldn't believe it, after all, the spirits of light and angels didn't serve the God of Light?

Azarphy wanted to mock the human a little more, angels and spirits are two different beings and ruled by different gods, but the humans put him under the same segment as they couldn't explain their existence.

However, he was very curious as to why the spirit of light was so agitated.

"What do you want with these humans?" Azarphy asked the spirit of light and made himself present.

The Spirit of Light looked like it had encountered a mighty enemy, but there was no escaping Azarphy's power was no joke.

"I didn't know they were protected by your grace" the spirit of light speaks trying to be humble to survive.

"That's not what I asked"

"Me..."

"My patience is not too high for liars"

"I just feel a strong power in the body of one of the humans... If I got that power I could..."

"Become a Spirit Lord?" Azarphy asked curiously completing the sentence of the captured spirit. Lord of Spirits is not something small for a Spirit, it was a title respected even by the gods.

What would this strong power be with one of the humans?

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