?A meeting was held a week ago. A person called Saintess Helen called all the officials in the headquarters of the church and briefed them about the calamities.

Saintess Helen drew an outright conclusion that it's the work of devils. They were running too rampant lately and a holy war was inevitable. She provided proof regarding them as well, baffling Lith.

Then, all the officials were dismissed after being asked to prepare for the holy war, and defend the holy cities in the meantime.

Lith cancelled the Psych Puppetry ability and rubbed his chin.

'This Saintess Helen sure is good at brainwashing. It is clear that she knows the devils aren't into play, but she's shifting the whole blame on them to move these officials. What is she trying to achieve?'

'She also talked about bringing out all the holy artifacts, weapons, seals, and whatnot. The church is going all out. They are not caring for their ancient treasures either and handing it out like candies. Interesting'

Lith did not see any information of the artifacts or weapons in the priest's memories. It was probably classified.

Through the memories, Lith also learnt of the layout of this area, where the churches were, where the archbishops, bishops, and rest of the priests were stationed, and so on.

It was a pity that Ralph's location was still not stated anywhere.

However, Lith got an important lead from this priest's memories.

The white beard man who had made Ralph's broadcast was in the meeting too. His name was Langrid and he was an archbishop, currently stationed at Gospels Conclavea square located on the outskirts of Holy City Thames.

This person seemed to be a high ranking official and Lith didn't delay trying to find him.

He used the Light element and turning into a golden streak, shot up in the sky then landed right at the periphery of Holy City Thames.

All the church officials who were outside could see this scene, however none felt anything weird about it.

The devils were unable to use Light Magic, so the person who moved like lightning was probably some high ranking official of the church.

The holy knights roaming the streets showed some admiration and then went back to doing their jobs, as if there was nothing abnormal happening.

Lith landed right at the Gospels Conclave square, there he saw a small church.

Going inside, Lith saw

"Nothing?"

The church was devoid of any people or furniture. It just had an empty space and a cross statue.

Confused, Lith was about to spread out his spiritual sense when the talisman in his space ring heated up.

Dennis was trying to contact him.

Lith took out the talisman and Dennis's hurried voice rang from it.

"Your Highness, there's a group of church officials in front of me, consisting of eight people. In it, there's the white beard man who was on the broadcast that day."

"What"

Right as Lith said that, a bad premonition swelled up in his heart.

"Bang!"

A gunshot resounded in Lith's ears and out of pure instincts, he rolled in air and dodged the thing shot at him.

"Attack!"

A crisp voice resounded in Lith's ears.

Another round of shots were fired at him, but using [Nine Steps Beat Lightning], Lith dodged them and quickly used Long Jump to escape.

Standing in midair and overlooking the church below, Lith's heart thumped intensely.

His brows furrowed and he said, "An ambush?"

"Your Highness? Your Highness? Are you there?" Dennis's voice rang out from the talisman.

At this moment, Lith saw a group of church officials run out of the church, then stare around, and finally up in the sky.

They gazed at Lith's figure and in a few seconds, their own figures twinkled with a bright light, then shot straight at him.

Lith extended his wings out and flapped them, distancing himself from these guys shooting towards him.

"Yeah, I'm there. What's up?" Lith asked, his heartbeat calming down and the adrenaline washing away.

He wasn't as startled anymore and flowing along the wind with a speed much greater than the guys shooting towards him.

Looking at the figures desperately trying to make haste and catch him, Lith realized they did not have the means of proper flight movements.

"No, they have the means, it's just that I am too quick?" Lith suddenly blurted out.

"Your Highness? What are you saying?" Dennis asked.

"Nothing. Tell me, why did you contact suddenly?" Lith asked nonchalantly, unfazed by the church officials coming at him.

"Right. Me, Miwa, and Hyunsuk are in the Enchanted Mood Gardens. However, in front of us, there's a group of church members. One of them looks like the guy who did Ralph's broadcast."

"" Lith was silent. "Are you serious?"

"Yes. I am a hundred percent sure of it." Dennis said resolutely.

"" Lith was silent again. 'It really was an ambush!'

"Are they targeting you?" Lith asked.

"No. They're sniffing around like dogs, probably searching for the mythical ingredient. Your Highness I believe"

"Lith, listen." A sudden interruption was caused by Miwa. "I have a feeling that those church guys here know of the mythical ingredient. They're probably here to destroy it."

"Hey, I was going to say that!" Dennis cried out.

"How are you so sure?" Lith asked.

"Because they're literally destroying whatever's coming in their path. Me, Hyunsuk and Dennis are quite far away, but can see them using Light Magic and destroying things. I don't know if it's just an illusion or a reality though."

"Master, it's reality. I can sense it." Hyunsuk's voice rang out.

"Did you find the mythical ingredient, Hyunsuk?" Lith asked.

"Not yet. I suppose if we don't hurry, those church members will destroy the ingredient." Hyunsuk was quite talkative in this situation.

"Then hurry and get it. Also, kill anyone you see fit, but make sure to keep the white beard alive. Also Dennis, if you have any soul searching or mind reading ability, use it and extract Ralph's location from that white beard man." Lith instructed.

"Understood, Your Highness. We shall leave at once then."

The talisman turned quiet after he said that.

Lith put it back in the space ring and turned to look at the golden twinkles speeding close to him.

He stopped flying and stared at them. With a sigh, Lith said,

"Humans, humans, humans. Oh humans Why are you guys like this? Why must you court death everywhere you go?"

Lith's eyes flashed with a hint of pity.

"I retained some special care for you guys because"

Lith didn't say it out loud, but his words were: I was a former human, so I had some care for you guys.

"why must you consistently remind me you are not worth the care. What happened to being the most intelligent species?"

Lith questioned, but there were no answers. Instead, what was heard was

"Devil, you shall perish today!"

"Death is your judgement!"

"In the name of Saintess Selena"

After the words came four lightning fast spears, equipped with dense Light spells.

Lith sighed and shook his head. "Not a single bit of survival instinct. Fine then, I'll show you what the consequences of seeking death are."