Brighton County, northern border of the Gray Fort Empire. Regional Archbishop Beta walked into a Temple of War. Instantly, a thick bloody smell hit him in the face, flooding directly into his nostrils and making him frown involuntarily. People in the Church of the God of War had mostly been to battlefields. At the very least, all mid to high-ranking clergy had been through the baptism of war. Precisely because of this, War Church people were tougher than other churches, and their tolerance was the same. But thinking about what everyone had mentioned in the recent regional archbishop group chat, Beta couldn’t help but shudder. As a top War Church cleric, this was something he had to face. But the involuntary chill in his heart meant he had to spend a long time at the door building up his courage... The people following behind him obviously didn’t know what they were about to face. Instead, they were all curiously watching their archbishop. They didn’t understand—even if someone had attacked the temple and slaughtered all the clergy inside, it shouldn’t warrant this kind of reaction from the archbishop, right? Finally, he still walked in. His subordinates followed him inside. Everything in the room was familiar—just the typical scene you’d find in most Temples of War. Nothing stood out. But everyone seemed to be frozen in place like they’d been hit with a paralysis spell. Their bodies trembled involuntarily. Their hair stood on end without them knowing when. Goosebumps erupted all over their bodies. Cold sweat poured out like it was free. Fear instantly took over their hearts! In that area facing the statue, facing the shrine for prayer—a place where normally only the temple’s head priest could sit—there was now a pool of flesh, just like the completely deboned meat chunks at an outdoor meat stall... And on this meat chunk, there was actually a bishop’s vestment, letting them figure out what this used to be. What... what kind of power could make a Church of the God of War bishop die right in front of the God of War’s statue?! Could it be legendary-level heretics at work?! Truly unbelievable, impossible to comprehend! "Archbishop Beta, this... we... the bishop..." A cleric from the temple seemed to want to say something but for a moment didn’t know how to say it. "How many people know about what happened here?" Archbishop Beta’s brow furrowed tightly, his face serious. Ignoring whatever the cleric wanted to say, he asked directly. "Besides the temple personnel, currently only you and your entourage know... We only notified you." Hearing it was a different topic, the cleric immediately stopped stuttering and gave an answer. "Your temple was attacked by evil heretics. This is the method of dark churches. We will definitely make these heretics, these dark church members, pay the price!" Without any hesitation, Beta directly stated the handling method from his fellow regional archbishops in the group chat. But his brow wouldn’t relax. The situation was developing in an out-of-control direction. He actually knew what was causing this current situation, because... His Holiness the Pope often did things . It’s just that His Holiness’s soul could still come back, and then it seemed he could use some special method to restore his body to normal. But ordinary clergy from various places couldn’t possibly master this ability. Even they, these high-ranking clerical archbishops, didn’t have it. He was one hundred percent dead, just like what the other regional archbishops had discovered elsewhere. His soul had most likely already flown to the divine realm. But these words couldn’t be spoken. Flying to the divine realm with one’s soul—this was what countless clergy members yearned for, what countless believers yearned for. But if the body turned out when the soul flew to the divine realm... If word got out, within a few days they’d probably fall into being a dark church. "Archbishop, I’m afraid... I’m afraid if we keep giving answers , people won’t believe us anymore." A regular bishop beside him pulled out his Magic Net with an extremely unpleasant expression. "Archbishop, the Magic Net updated with a new feature called ’News,’ supposedly for sharing all fresh happenings..." "Get to the point!" The archbishop glared at his subordinate. Important matter at hand, and he starts talking about new Magic Net features—in this kind of atmosphere, no less. "Just look for yourself!" The bishop handed over his Magic Net. "Churches in other regions have encountered similar situations, and someone discovered it and posted it on the Magic Net. The new feature just launched, tons of Magic Net users are gathering to it, and they... they all already know that our church... seems to have problems!" Before the bishop finished speaking, Beta had already noticed the seriousness of the situation. Most of the content in this report was actually true, matched reality very well. He could even tell which region this "news" happened in. Quickly scanning down to the bottom of the news article, sure enough, a comment section appeared before him, just as he understood the Magic Net and the God of Technology... "What happened to the Church of the God of War?" "Never thought the world’s largest church would have something happen!" "Doesn’t this look kind of like dark church behavior? Constant muttering, plus that guy who turned into flesh." "I once eliminated a dark church. Their ritual site was indeed ." "So is it War Church people conducting rituals, or were they attacked by cultists? This is too terrifying!" "No matter which situation it is, that bishop or archbishop figure wanted to hide the matter. That definitely means it’s a War Church problem!" "My Church of the God of War has the most clergy and most believers in this world. Why would we do such things? You’re slandering us! Defaming us! I will definitely report to the Temple of War and sanction you all!" "Hahaha, with something this big, do you even need to report it? Maybe right now the War Pope is holding his Magic Net watching us chat!" Looking at comment after comment, Beta couldn’t help but clench his fists tighter. Was everything really going out of control? Seemed like it really was. The information had already been leaked. Ordinary people might not know what happened, but people from other churches definitely knew. Recently, their War Church people had been way too arrogant. Even though the War Church in the Gray Fort Empire hadn’t made any unusual moves, even though he as regional archbishop had been stable as a rock, he still knew that the War Church outside was expanding like crazy. Many legitimate heretics were being executed by them! Having their faith forcibly converted by them. Who knew how many churches were currently gnashing their teeth at them. It wouldn’t take long before all this information would definitely be made public. Spreading among ordinary people might be slow, but in the world of these supernatural beings and nobles, maybe an hour from now they’d all know. When that time came... Beta couldn’t help but shudder. Whether ordinary people knew didn’t matter at all—they could guide them however they wanted. But these supernatural beings, these nobles—once they confirmed it, how could the War Church... Compared to him, those "top brass" at the Temple of War were even more panicked. The foundational rituals prepared for the big celebration day event had actually been exposed!!! Googlᴇ search 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁