Translated by: La0o9

Edited by: Dr.Lock

Proofreader: Arya

The Strife Zones.

The Holy Church of Death.

The main church.

Good morning, sir

Sir

Honorable deity, is there anything you need?

The believers bowed one after another.

Black Hound floated in mid-air as he nodded to the believers.

Is Anna still not back? he asked.

Yes sir, she is still training her skills at the Withering Realm

I will go take a look

After saying so, Black Hound disappeared from the church.

A second later, he appeared inside a gloomy dark world.

The smell of death over there, I see

Black Hound quickly determined the direction he was supposed to go to and flew over at unimaginable speed, arriving in just a few minutes.

He landed on the top of a sky-scraper and gazed far away into the ruins of the world.

A gigantic figure was approaching from afar, reflecting the dim light of this place.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Every step the giant figure took caused the ground to tremble intensely.

Black Hound simply stared at the figure until they reached and stopped in front of the sky-scraper.

the figure was of similar heights to the sky-scraper itself, their body covered by an ashen-colored armor with a protective helmet so secure that it didnt even leave a slit for the eyes to see through.

As the figure stood still, the dirt beneath their feet were slowly turning into gravel and sand, even the sky-scraper where Black Hound stood was also gradually becoming ancient and unstable.

Black Hound glared at this giant monster and asked in a stern voice: Envoy of Wither, are you willing to pledge your allegiance to the Holy Church of Death?

Behind the armor, a heavy breathing voice came out, as if this monster was going through some sort of intense hesitation and struggle.

At this point, a person suddenly appeared on the top of the monsters helmet.

It was Anna

The same Anna who had been busy training herself.

She didnt appear to be much different, still, the same alluring and beautiful girl as she always was, a female was at the peak of her youth.

However, her crimson red hair had changed.

Her long hair was now jet black, but not the normal shade of black, but rather the black of darkness that couldnt be grasped.

Anna raised her black scythe in irritation and tapped it on the monsters hard helmet.

Stop giving me more trouble, or did you already forget what I just told you? she said.

The monster stopped breathing heavily and slowly knelt down in front of Black Hound.

I swear my allegiance to the Holy Church of Death

The monster spoke with a thunderous, booming voice.

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After receiving that answer, an intense black flame began to rise from Black Hounds body.

This black flame manifested as a series of runes that went into the monsters body.

The monster trembled in pain for a while before calming down again.

Black Hound spoke: The Divine contract is formed, come, before the end of all things, you will return to the embrace of the God of Death, this itself is unimaginable honor

Boom-

Two large black gates suddenly opened on either side of the Envoy of Wither.

Before the Envoy could do anything, its body had already disappeared inside the gates.

Anna was unharmed.

She lightly landed on the sky-scraper, propped the scythe on her shoulder, and yawned.

So tired, I want to go back to sleep ah right, what are you here for?

After a bit of silence Black Hound told her: To be able to tame even the Envoy of Wither, I really must say, your growth has been surprisingly fast

Skip the chatter, get to the point

Im afraid you wont have time to sleep

Why not? Ive already spent so much effort on that damn troublemaker, dont even think of getting me to do anything else I want my beauty sleep now!

Ill invite you to a drink

So generous? Dont tell me Im paying again?

No, of course Ill be paying, if you dont believe me, you can pick the liquor first, Ill pay for it before we drink

Eh heh, so sincere- alright then, Ill oblige and join you for a drink, then return to sleep

Before that, you need to represent the Holy Church of Death and greet a few guests

So youre still making me work, humph! I dont need your liquor, I can buy it for myself!

Anna, listen to me, this is a very simple job, just exchange a few pleasantries with those people, then you can return and Ill treat you to a drink Black Hound persuaded her.

Really? Anna was unconvinced.

Of course! Ive left the other hardest jobs for everyone else, but youre different, since were so close, Im here specifically to give this easiest simple job to you Black Hound sincerely spoke.

If it really is just exchanging a few pleasantries and wont take a lot of time, then maybe Anna mumbled.

Of course it is! I will wait for you at the Holy Church; when you return well go to the bar! Black Hound replied.

Fine, fine, seeing how sincere you are, Ill take the job but at least tell me who they are first and what I need to say to them

Theyre from various allies of the Church, also core members of their own organizations. In fact, it would be correct to assume that they have the same status as you do

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What am I meeting them for?

To get acquainted and get to know each other, mainly to prevent any possible friendly fire in the future

That should be simple. Well then, lets go! Ill finish the job quickly and get back to drinking

The girl and the dog quickly made their deal and disappeared from this gloomy world.

A few moments later.

Anna hurriedly came into a secret guest room of the Holy Church.

There were already about 7 or 8 people, both male, and female, waiting there.

They were all powerful members of various forces, specifically, the other Holy Churches.

My apologies, I was a bit late

Anna was wearing a long black dress as she gracefully greeted them.

Cheh, so you can be late even for such a crucial matter huh a girl fully equipped in armor with a tense expression grunted.

Hm? Im sure I came when I needed to, or perhaps you wish that Death would arrive earlier? Anna smiled as she spoke.

The girl saw her relaxed expression, recalled her status in the Church of Death, and stopped herself from saying anything else.

Anna glanced at everyone standing around and asked in confusion: Take a seat, why is everyone standing around when there are so many empty places to sit?

A man took a look at his pocket watch and answered: Im afraid we dont have time to sit down and slowly chat

Thats right, now that the Church of Deaths representative has also arrived, we can begin another person spoke.

Everyone looked at a girl whose figure was illusive and faint as a fog.

As she noticed everyone looking at her, she spoke: Then let us go, but to travel across World Layers inside the Strife Zones, we will need some protection

Ill handle that another person spoke up.

He was holding a frost orb that gave off a chilling air.

My Ice technique can trap all of our presence to the greatest possible degree, allowing perfect concealment from any clairvoyance of course, during this process, everyone will enter a completely frozen state for about 30 breaths, temporarily unable to act

Someone praised: Its only being frozen, not having to endure any pain is already good enough

Indeed, we shouldnt dawdle around any longer, lets move one of them urged.

Hearing everyones conversations, Anna was stunned.

This seems to be a lot different from what Black Hound told me.

Excuse me, I want to ask

She wanted to ask something.

But it was too late.

The frost orb had already been crushed.

In the blink of an eye, everyone and everything in the room was covered in a layer of frost.

Anna couldnt move!

No one could move at all!

At the same time, the illusion-like girl had activated her magic.

A large mouth appeared beneath everyones feet.

The mouth rose up and swallowed everyone whole.

Following that, a transparent monster crawled out from the ground.

This monster looked very similar to a type of giant fish from the Age of Old.

It lightly shook and dipped into the void of space at an unimaginable speed, dashing towards a certain predetermined World Layer.

On another side.

The top of the Holy Church.

A private conversation was being held.

Are you going to be ok deceiving her like that? Black Crow asked.

There is no way she would agree to do such a troublesome thing willingly, I have no other choice Black Hound answered.

But after she returns, the Holy Church will be wrecked by her once again Black Crow sighed.

Let her be. That reminds me, I need to leave for some arduous missionary work for the Church, so I wont be able to return for a while Black Hound said.

Then it suddenly disappeared.

The only one left on top of the Church building was Black Crow.

He was speechless for a while.

To be so scared of a mortals rage that you even prepared an escape route beforehand, this is so disgraceful

Black Crow shook his head.