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Bishop Serisa.
What kind of person is she?
‘She’s great.’
She was a person who fit that description.
Serisa, with her simple but impeccable nun’s attire.
<She was born under the tutelage of a couple of traveling musicians, and lost her parents at a young age. However, she ran errands for a musical instrument merchant she knew, and did good deeds for children who had nowhere to go.>
<Her reason was that she wanted to share the light she could offer to those who couldn’t touch the sunlight and who remained in the shadows.>
<Hearing this, the Sun God’s Bishop at the time was amazed and offered her a hand. Serisa ascended from assistant nun to the position of Bishop.>
Serisa was between middle age and old age. Her face was full of wrinkles and blemishes for her age. However, the atmosphere emanating from her somehow made you feel her holiness. Her gentle atmosphere, as if she were smiling even though she wasn’t, made you think of sunlight.
<She didn’t show any political behavior in her ascension to the position of bishop. Although she lacked innate divine power, she had her own power that surpassed that. Vast knowledge about theology, including the Sun God and other Gods. She always did at least three hours of volunteer work a week, no matter what position she held. Whether a believer or not, she extended her hand without hesitation to those in need. With all that, she received the absolute support of the Briz Empire and the believers of the Sun God’s Church, and ascended to the position of Bishop.>
Perhaps it was her life path that made her seem so venerable.
‘But, they say she’s a believer of the God of Chaos?’
Despite her affiliation with the Sun God, many students seemed to admire her not only for her life, but also for her vast knowledge.
“What’s going on?”
Serisa opened her mouth towards Cale, who had called her and wasn’t saying anything.
Even her voice was gentle.
“It’s an honor to meet you.”
Cale felt the gazes of the students watching him.
Even the Academy’s professors hadn’t realized who Cale was.
‘I wonder what will happen.’
What will happen if I shake her hand in this situation?
[Shake hands with the believer of the God of Chaos (Serisa)!]
Cale was curious.
It was then…
-Human, that’s the Holy Knight!
He could feel Choi Han, who was right behind him, moving nervously.
“Bishop.”
“Oh. Holy Knight Boltien.”
Holy Knight Boltien, the highest-ranking Holy Knight who was in front of Choi Han, On, and Hong.
He suddenly appeared in the lecture hall.
Originally, there were already some Holy Knights in the hall.
“My God! It’s Holy Knight Boltien!”
“Why has he come?”
“Incredible!”
The students didn’t leave even though the lecture was over, and their whispers grew louder.
A voice reached Cale’s ear.
“Did he come because of the attack a few days ago?”
The unknown organization that had attacked the Sun God’s Temple. The story still lacked an official response from the Sun God’s cult, and only rumors circulated.
“I came to pick her up.”
The moment Holy Knight Boltien said that indifferently, Serisa smiled.
“Oh, don’t worry about this old woman.”
Although she wasn’t that old to be a bishop, Serisa called herself an old woman.
“Holy Knight Boltien. Could you wait a moment?”
“Hmm.”
Serisa’s gaze turned towards the students surrounding her.
Boltien nodded, seeing that gaze so full of kindness.
“Alright.”
And he stood behind Serisa, one step away from her.
-Human, can you shake her hand?!
Of course. Cale wasn’t afraid of Sir Boltien, as he had Raon and Choi Han by his side.
‘And-’
Serisa’s gaze turned back towards Cale. An attitude that didn’t lose sight of any student, looking them in the eye one by one to speak with them.
It was something to admire.
“Bishop.”
Cale’s blonde hair shone with a silky sheen. And his blue eyes narrowed.
“Can I shake your hand?”
Holy Knight Boltien stopped.
‘Chaos.’
He was nervous about the guys who had mentioned chaos and had attacked the Sun God’s Temple a few days ago.
After that incident, Holy Knight Boltien had come to protect her, dedicating his time to her first public event since the incident.
A student asking to shake her hand in that situation…
‘I have to stop him.’
Although he thought that, he couldn’t block Serisa’s path hastily.
“I wanted to meet someone I admire very much, and I wanted to have a small memento.”
The student spoke softly. Somehow, he didn’t seem like a bad person.
Boltien.
The reason he could reach a position as high as Holy Knight, the reason he could grow stronger, was his unique instinct.
He had an unusually clear instinct about good and evil.
‘Hmm.’
That’s why the incident a few days ago had seemed strange to him.
‘…I didn’t feel any evil.’
Unlike the temple’s special response that reacted when evil approached, his instinct hadn’t reacted at all.
Holy Knight Boltien thought the situation was even more dangerous.
“Knight.”
His eyes met Bishop Serisa’s.
“It’s alright.”
And the student looked at Boltien and bowed slightly.
‘He’s not carrying any weapons.’
He doesn’t seem to have learned magic either.
‘Hmm.’
The air around him is stable.
‘…?’
Then, he suddenly felt a strange sensation.
Boltien made eye contact with a student.
A red-haired boy.
He averted Boltien’s gaze, but Boltien didn’t lose sight of the gaze that had been watching him a moment ago.
‘There’s no evil.’
But there’s no evil in him either. He only felt caution towards him.
‘What’s going on?’
Boltien wondered, but.
“Thank you for the excellent lecture.”
“Thank you for listening. I hope it was a meaningful time.”
The blonde-haired student and Bishop Serisa shook hands. Bishop Serisa took the hand of the student, who was the first to extend it.
Cale stared intently at that hand.
-Wow.
He ignored Cheapskate’s words. Instead, Cale thought about his skill.
[Skill: Terror of Chaos (Inactive)]
If you follow the path to use this power, you’ll be able to meet the saint.
At least, you’ll obtain a way to save Choi Jung-gun.
That was his main goal.
“Bishop, it’s an honor.”
Cale and Serisa’s hands touched. If someone had seen it, it would have been a touching scene.
“!”
But Cale opened his eyes wide.
[Sub-mission completed!]
With those words, a translucent window appeared.
But that window-
‘Is it red?’
It’s blood red.
Biiiip-!
A short but loud warning sound reached only Cale’s ears. The next mission appeared immediately.
[Confirm the image of the holy place in the memory of the believer of the God of Chaos!]
What?
[*The skill will be temporarily activated to complete the mission!]
Huh?
…Will the Terror of Chaos be temporarily activated?
[*Skill test!]
No.
Is it a preview of the skill? No, how can you do that now?
‘Damn it!’
Cale felt a chill down his spine.
In a flash.
In that brief moment when he shook her hand, in just a few seconds, Cale felt the system windows appearing simultaneously.
‘This is serious.’
But he couldn’t give up the mission here. Because he told me to see the image of the holy place.
‘But the image of the holy place in the memory of the believer of the God of Chaos?’
How do I see it?
Cale didn’t have to wonder.
[“Skill: Terror of Chaos (Legendary)” in use.]
[*Wide-range skill, but this time, it applies only to the target “Serisa” to complete the mission.]
With those words…
“Crak!”
Bishop Serisa let out a strange groan and trembled.
Wooong—
A gray aura emanated from her.
-Human! Why are you creating a disaster suddenly?
Yes. This is creating a disaster.
“Bishop!”
The moment Holy Knight Boltien lunged in surprise.
Clang!
Choi Han stood in his way.
“This is bad!”
Boltien saw the small dagger that blocked the large sword he had hastily drawn.
Choi Han blocked Holy Knight Boltien’s large sword with just a small dagger.
“Ugh!”
“O-Bishop!”
“Crazy!”
And Boltien forgot to attack, seeing what happened next.
The students screamed.
At that moment…
Thump.
Bishop Serisa knelt.
“Ah-”
And she let out a sigh.
The gray smoke covering her…
“Oh, Chaos-!”
Her face was clearly full of ecstasy. Despite being clearly terrified and trembling from head to toe, her face reflected the greatest joy she could express.
“O-Bishop?”
Boltien was surprised. And Cale was surprised too.
“Ah, this feeling of terror, of dominance, of helplessness…!”
Serisa, kneeling, grabbed Cale’s hand with both hands. And she didn’t stop crying.
Moreover, full of ecstasy.
“Oh, Chaos…!”
She was looking at the gray aura surrounding Cale. And Cale looked dumbfounded at the description of the skill that had just appeared.
[If the target you use the Terror of Chaos on is a believer of the God of Chaos, there’s a certain probability (30%) of hypnotizing and controlling them.]
[The probability varies depending on the skill’s mastery.]
[Current skill mastery: F (but temporarily applied as A to complete the mission)]
Wow.
[If the target is affected by terror, you can read part of their memories by looking into their eyes.]
Cale looked into Serisa’s eyes without realizing it. The two looked at each other.
[Reading memories.]
[*Only memories related to the mission will be shown.]
…They emphasize the test a lot.
Cale thought that at that moment.
It was an instant.
Really, it didn’t even take a few seconds.
“Crak!”
Cale’s whole body trembled as if he had been struck by lightning. His face, which was already pale, suddenly turned white.
-Human!
“Cal-no, Cal-friend!”
Choi Han approached Cale in surprise.
The situation became even more chaotic.
It was inevitable.
The moment Cale fell backwards, as if collapsing…
“Chaos will create a new world…!”
Serisa stood up and looked at the sky. The gray aura enveloping her intensified.
On the contrary…
“Ugh!”
Cale trembled and his face turned even worse.
Flap, flap.
Serisa’s wide nun’s robe billowed violently. The aura surrounding her intensified.
“!”
A power so strong that made Boltien feel cold. He could see the student’s hand she was still holding.
‘Ah, no, this-’
At first, he thought something had happened to the bishop because of the student.
But-
‘Is she going to die?’
The student seemed to be being drained of life by Serisa.
He had a white face, closed eyes, and his body trembled slightly.
He already seemed a little weak, but now it seemed like something terrible was going to happen.
Clang!
It was then…
“This is bad!”
Choi Han, the student who had been blocking him, brandished his dagger. And he leaned back.
Boltien brandished his sword, thinking he was going towards his friend.
Thang!
Choi Han threw the dagger at Boltien. And meanwhile, he went towards Cale, towards Serisa, who was holding him-
‘He doesn’t have a sword!’
Choi Han had to brandish a sword, but he was wearing a uniform, so he had left his sword behind.
But it’s not like he didn’t have a sword.
He extended his hand towards the dimensional pocket he was carrying.
He had a sword there, which wasn’t the one Cale had given him, and which he always carried with him.
Because that sword didn’t belong to him.
Choi Han brandished the sword hastily.
Swoosh!
Choi Han, the student who had been blocking Boltien, brandished the sword towards Bishop Serisa.
Slash!
Instead of his hand being cut, the hem of her clothes was cut.
Thanks to that, her hands and Cale’s separated.
“Friend!”
Choi Han helped Cale in surprise.
-Human, human! Do I stop being invisible? Do I do a teleport?
Raon was very nervous.
“I’m-I’m okay-”
Cale could only say that.
A memory came to his mind.
Moreover, a message window appeared.
[A believer completely dominated by the Terror of Chaos moves according to their final goal or their mission.]
What?
Damn it.
What’s going on?
Cale stumbled from the memories coming over him, with no strength to protest.
“Bishop!”
And Boltien approached Bishop Serisa. He was also worried about the student, but the bishop was a priority. At that moment, the bishop staggered.
“This is bad!”
Boltien extended his hand to help her in surprise. And he stopped.
“!”
The moment he touched that gray…
‘Evil.’
That was the first thought he had. But the bishop, who had staggered, stood up and looked at Boltien.
“Khuh-huh!”
And his eyes met the bishop’s, who was laughing strangely.
Her eyes were gray.
They were originally green.
Her eyes, which made you think of green leaves, her gentle eyes, had changed. And Bishop Serisa brandished her hand.
“!”
Rather, she took a sword made of gray aura and brandished it. Towards Boltien’s heart.
Kwang!
A loud noise resonated.
Boltien managed to block the attack.
He felt a chill down his spine.
Bishop Serisa.
She had never learned any martial arts or any kind of fighting, not even how to use a sword. But now, Serisa, who was in front of him, was attacking Boltien with great skill.
‘Who is she?’
Who is this woman in front of me?
He wondered.
At that moment…
“I’ll kill you!”
Serisa’s body changed.
Gray veins swelled on her skin and her whole body began to turn gray.
Thud, thud.
Moreover, her body grew larger.
Her mission was to prevent the Sun God’s cult from being an obstacle to the God of Chaos’ cult.
Holy Knight Boltien.
The best Holy Knight was now a suitable person to be eliminated according to that mission.
“Hmm.”
Boltien groaned without realizing it.
“The evil is clear.”
Bishop Serisa at that moment…
His whole body, his instinct as a Holy Knight, told him that his opponent was evil.
And beyond his shoulder…
“…”
Boltien made eye contact with the student who was watching him cautiously while hugging his friend.
“Ugh.”
Boltien sighed and turned his back on the student. There were many students there, and they were fleeing the lecture hall through the back door.
“!”
Choi Han’s eyes widened.
It seemed like Boltien had positioned himself to face Serisa to give the students time to flee. But somehow, he was turning his back on them, as if he were trying to protect Cale and Choi Han.
‘What’s going on?’
Choi Han wondered, but for Boltien, it was a natural action.
“I don’t know who you are. Your friend is also suspicious.”
Choi Han looked at Boltien’s broad back, which was blocking Serisa. Clearly, he didn’t recognize Choi Han, who had invaded the temple last time.
Boltien’s voice reached Choi Han.
“You have the will of the sun in you, I must protect you.”
Ah.
At that moment, Choi Han saw the sword he had drawn.
The Sun Sword.
Before giving it to Alberu, Choi Han had been keeping it. That was why Boltien had decided to protect Choi Han and Cale.
