Rain, with a dark expression, looked at Follower Lucusia. Verity Eye, over on his head, still shown the same word when he saw him at the gate. ‘Priest of Holy tower.’ Damn Holy tower still protects him even he cause problem this far.

“Do not look at me like that, Father Rain. We stand under the same light as the Holy Tower,” Lucusia said.

Rain swiftly looked left and right. I can’t be reckless in this situation. too Many innocents. Ivara doesn’t resist my force. It isn’t brainwashed type magic, or curse hasn’t been fully cast yet. I should retreat and find what really type of this spell.

He put on a fake smile and replied, “Ah, I apologize. It’s just that tonight is so dark without a moon. I could see you more clearly when you’re close, Father Lucusia. May the light shine upon you.” Rain nodded slightly and fixed his gaze on Lucusia.

He then looked up at the sky and turned his head back. “Actually, you’re right. It’s a moonless night, and the weather is cold. If you don’t mind, can we continue our conversation inside?” Lucusia politely asked.

You want to lure me into your trap cave, right? “Ah, please don’t be so formal. I just passed by. It’s also quite late. We should send the children back and get some rest. We can talk tomorrow,” Rain suggested.

BooooOOOong! The bell rang again.

Lucusia looked at his book and said, “Oh, it is already midnight late... I shouldn’t disturb your resting time.” He smiled at Rain.

“Thank Y—” Rain said.

“But another child and your little assistant have to stay, because today we have an important task to discuss,” he smiled.

“Oh, what is that important task? Summoning a holy child?” Rain said.

Lucusia’s eyes widened slightly, intrigued by Rain’s words. “Ah, Father Rain, you’re like a squirrel hiding many nuts and jewels, everywhere you go always have something... Yes with that topic,” he replied.

“You’re really lucky. I have something you want.” Rain took out something from his bag. It was a rock that shone rainbow glow, even in the darkest time still have lingering shone bright. “It’s the purest sun stone, from the peak of Sun Mountain,” he said.

Lucusia smiled from ear to ear with his eyes half closed. “You really have it, Father Rain,”

Rain holding up two fingers. “I can give it to you, but I have two conditions, let us go, and send the innocent child back.”

“That’s a little difficult. I need all of them for the procedural process. The pure power of the children is truly important,” Lucusia replied, stroking his chin as his robe swayed slightly.

“I understand that. If you have a mana stone, you won’t need another mana type anymore. And just use a little holy blood as a sacrifice,” Rain said.

Lucasia’s mouth opened slightly as he tilted his head, then he gave a dangerous smile, his eyes forming crescent shapes. “Father... Rain... are you truly a fake priest?” but quickly changed his expression back. “Alright, I accept your request. I will also ensure your safe exit from the city. May the holy shine upon you.” He touched his heart.

Both of them locked eyes. They waited for a moment, then Rain slowly nodded.

Rain threw a stone towards Lucasia, but just before it reached his hand, he shouted loudly, “Rave! Sun are blind!”

Swoosh! Another stone flew straight.

Crush! Stone collided with the first one, causing a bright burst, like a sun it shorn brightly. Turned the surroundings into a blinding white picture. Everyone closed their eyes.

Lier-fanatic priest, go find your own Sun stone, he hugged Ivara tightly. dashed back, turned, and ran towards Rave’s position. Rave’s eyes were still closed, following Rain’s signal. They tied his hands with a robe, connecting him to another victim. Also gagged his mouth with fabric.

Rain took out a secret knife from his boot and began cutting the robe, but it was taking time. “Rave, we don’t have much time. We need to run fast. I have already gathered evidence. We will connect to the central church—”

“AHHHHH! Father Lucasia has blood out.” Someone screamed. Lucasia sat with his knees, his hands covered in blood, dripping onto the floor.

“Holy!” “Lord Lucasia!” “Father Lucasia!” “There’s blood everywhere!” People shouted his name, becoming anxious about the condition of their holy priest.

Sly fox! That stone had no attack power. Even if you were directly hit by it, you will only have a minor scratch.

“Noooo! This is blasphemy! Father Rain, no! He is Devil, that Disguised as holy, using dark magic to attack Father Lucasia.”

“We must protect our holy lord.” townsmen rose their voice.

Everyone regained their vision and looked towards Rain simultaneously. Even children wielded their knives and started running towards Rain’s position. Even the elderly threw away their staffs and moved in irregular shapes or crawled on the floor.

Slice! Slice! Slice! Rain finally finished cutting the robe and helped Rave stand up. “I will go and distract them,” Rain said and Pushed Ivara towards Rave. “Protect her and meet at position B2.”

Rave hurriedly untied the gag in his mouth and looked at Rain with a serious expression. “What are you doing, Rockman! There are too many of them.”

“I have the way. You just need to take her to a safe place,” Rain said as he looked at Ivara. Her face remained emotionless, but her hand began to shake. “Stay strong, Ivara. I will definitely find a way to cure you,” he reassured her, taking out his knife.

“No, I should be the distraction! Sister and the others need you more than me,” Rave said with determination in his eyes. Grabbed Rain's shirt.

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Corner of Rain’s mouth lifted, “Rave, trusted me—”

Rave’s eyes widened and shouted, “Rockman, behind you!”

Woosh!

Rain swiftly flipped his body, crossing his arms to protect himself from the incoming attack.

Pu!

His eyes widened as he saw the object that had struck him. All of his body hair stood on end, and cool beads of sweat formed on his face. It was just a normal rock. As he looked into the distance, the people had split into two sides. At the center has a dark priest that is still in his throwing pose. his mouth stretched into a wide smile. His crescent-shaped eyes glowed red. The priest’s mouth moved up and down, forming the words “Holy Bless You.” But the true terror was lurking behind him. The surrounding temperature dropped tremendously, and he could feel an icy chill running down his spine, as if he were under a mountain of ice.

“Thank you for every—thing Rockman...” coldest voice, like as death people speak.

Instinctively, he lowered his body and flipped body on the floor, Puchi! Rain Caught the knife with his raw hand. With his other hand, he strikes back, but Rave swiftly grabbed Rain’s wrist, preventing the blade hit him. Red blood seeped out of Rain’s hand, flowed down, along his arm.

“Wow, Rockman, your reflexes are impressive. Even when attacked from behind—” Rave said.

“What the damn rotten world are you doing, Rave!” Rain said angrily. His face darkened, veins bulging on his hand as he exerted force to hold on to the slippery knife covered in his own blood. The knife slowly slid.

Rave Put more force, knife slowly descended closer to his head. “There are many reasons, why I have to do this, but you will love this answer the most.” He smiled and said with softly voice, “The midnight ray of warning will be your eternal end.”

Rain’s eyes widened as he gripped the knife tighter, blood flowing down like a stream. “Y-You’re with them. You’re one of those fanatical foxes!” he shouted.

Clap! Clap!

The holy priest clapped his hands, and a golden light radiated from his back. “What a beautiful moment this is, water and blood, trust and betrayal. It is truly sanctuary to our souls,”

“This is sanctuary!” “Sanctuary!” “Sanctuary!” People echoed, followed Lucusia’s words.

Lucusia paused for a moment and then spoke. “We are all bathed in the same holy light, Father Rain. Let us not be rude by using words that create division. We all come from the same origin, share the same sun, and will ultimately face the same death.” He took a step forward.

“Same origin!” “Same sun!” “Same death!”

“Yes! Because we inhabit the same world, why must we label things as black or white? Why we have to create the codex to command, rule and law people? We have to return to the purity of our beginnings. The first warning has already given us an answer. Let us destroy the Tower and reset back to the Origin.”

“The Origin!” “The Origin!” “The Origin!”

“Father Rain, do not ignore the purpose of the warning. I know you have a desire for darkness. Just come with us and reset back to the origin together.” A golden ray shone brighter!

Rave halted his attack, looking at Rain with a smile. “Join us, Rockman. I know you can do it. I believe that Little Bird is also following you, even if you choose the path of the holy side.”

Darkness covered Rain’s face. After a moment, he spoke. “Okay, I accept, but I have one condition.”

The holy priest smiled, then said. “What the condition—”

Only short of seconds. Rain swiftly pulled the knife close to his head, tilting his head at the last moment. Blade cut his cheek a little. Rave lost his balance. Rain strike a knee at the side of Rave’s body, sent him away. While Rain used the momentum to flip himself, bent his body and dashed back.

“I will kill you first!” Rain shouted loudly, throwing the knife.

Woosh! The blade flew fast, heading straight for Lucusia’s head.

The people were shocked and tried to protect their holy priest, but the blade was faster than their reactions. They screamed their lord’s name, but just before it struck the priest’s head, it stopped in mid-air. then fallen down.

Thud!

Lucusia smiled widely and slowly raised his hand, as a golden light enveloped his body.

Woosh! Crink! Another knife that Rain stole from Rave hit the barrier and ricocheting away. Rain secretly threw it during the spin body up.

“Ah~ I really admire you, Father Rain. Even in that brief moment, you surprised me greatly. However, your tricks remain the same. So I can see your motives clearly.” Lucusia said.

“But this time I have Three.” Rain said.

Woosh! a rock flew towards Lucusia’s head at high speed.

Everyone covered their eyes, not wanting to be blinded by the brightness again. Lucusia extended his hand in front of him, creating a barrier to protect himself.

Puff! Rock hit the barrier and scattered into dust. it just a normal rock.

Silence fell for a moment... then Lucusia burst into loud laughter. “Hahahaha, marvelous! This child is special. Don’t kill him. I will use his soul as a sacrifice to the holy tower, creating our sanctuary!” He waded his hand off, light particle shone, flew and hovering over Rain’s head.

“Life!” “That it a holy Life!” “Catch the life!”

The children and people rushed towards Rain, some even climbing on their friends’ bodies. All eyes were fixed on Rain.

He quickly ran back, grabbed Ivara’s hand, want to started ran. But He felt like as pulling a mountain. Ivara did not move at all. When he headed back. All victim already become ghostly face. They locked Ivara’s arms and legs. Moreover, one of them have familiar face. Short brother Throy was also inside the group, but his faced still have blood, life still shine in his eyes, smiled like insane people and looked at Rain.

“Damn! You are also one of them, Throy—” he said.

“Yes! Rockman! We are also one of them!” Foomp! Tall brother Twain hugged him from behind, his grip as strong as iron.

“Let me go!” Rain shouted

Thump! Thumb! Rain smacked hand furiously. But with only one hand free, his punches lacked strength. Twain’s arm not move at all. Twain tightened his grip with one hand and used the other to lock Rain’s head, now like as a snake entangled their prey.

Rain tried to kick and swing his legs, but the children and insane townspeople rushed towards him like a swarm of bees, binding his limbs and immobilizing him.

Rave stood in front of him, his hair messy, scratches bump on his face, blood seeped from his mouth.

Puh! Blood splattered on Rain’s face.

“Your knee is hard. My ribs might be broken, two or three of them,” Rave said, combed his own hair, adjusted his hair back to slick style. “I really want to kill you, Rockman, but Lord Lucusia wants to use you as a medium for the sake of our sanctuary. You’ll have to live a little longer before we send you off.”

Rain’s face turned grim, eyes shone blue. “You’re all insane. Everything he said is lies. There is no origin or sanctuary bastard, nor the holy child you want to summon.”

Silence hung in the air for a moment, and then Rave burst into laughter again. “Hahaha, you truly blaspheme. Do you think I’m stupid? Do you think I’m a fool in your eyes? But you see, we are all enlightened. We know the truth.” He grabbed Rain’s face with his left hand.

Rave expression darken as his eyebrows furrowed closer to his eyes. “If someone is lying, it’s you!... Did you think that we didn’t know?... You are the Prisoner of Endland!” Rave shouted loudly.

BooooOOOong! The bell rang throughout the area.

No one was shocked by these words, only the insane smiled as they looked at Rain. Then they spoke simultaneously,

“Prisoner!” “of” “Endland!” The word resonated, covered by the sound of the bell.

Rain’s face turned white. His mouth tried to move, but no words or sounds came out. His head bowed down, and finally, a fragile sound escaped his lips. “This again... Are you really betraying me because of this?...”

Rave flicked his hand away from Rain’s face, touched his own hair, and leaned back slightly. He looked at Rain with lowered eyes, as if he were watching a pest. “Ah~ Like as our star, has knows his own role and position. Please send him back to his lovely house, The Jail!”

The twin brother smiled from ear to ear and then said, “But we don’t have a jail.”

Rave touched his own heart. “The light has already shone upon us. Lord Lucusia has made a special theater just for this fantastic moment. Send him to the Grand Confessional.”

“God bless!” “Send sinful man,” “to Grand Confessional”

Kids climbed onto Rain’s body, but Rain no longer cared or listened to the fanatical words. Rain used all his strength to turn his head and look at Ivara. He could see her in the corner of his eye. Ivara’s face remained emotionless, but tears fell from her eyes. Rain gnashed his teeth. I’m sorry...

Little by little, his vision faded out. The evil kid closed his eyes.