Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 3491

Flesh Core

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The final Lord of the Blighted Plague had a rather tongue-twisting name. This deity was not particularly famous, because its believers had been almost entirely wiped out in the early Sixth Epoch. Shade had only been able to identify this god's holy emblem thanks to the books from Strange Tree Academy.

This god's believers pleased their deity by spreading a fungal plague that caused people to grow cysts and tumors, and they increased their own strength by consuming those diseased bodies.

In short, compared to the followers of those three evil gods, The All-Number-One Society and the Misfortune Order could actually be considered benevolent.

But even evil gods had no fondness for Humanoid Relics, much less readily accepted the faith of Humanoid Relics. Truly devout cultists would never share their faith with Relics—if cultists were to witness this scene, Shade could probably win them over as temporary allies with ease.

Still, all three holy emblems were genuine Divine Art Items, though their power was extremely weak. Shade had no idea where the Doppelgangers had acquired them.

"They're all related to flesh and reproduction."

After thinking that, Shade hesitated before removing the three holy emblems from the altar and slipping them into his pocket. He intended to hand them over to the Orthodox Church once he got out.

With a bang, the chapel door was pushed open from outside. Then a "man" dressed in a black priest's robe entered and shouted:

"Blasphemer, what are you doing?"

It looked like an ordinary middle-aged Father, except it bore none of humanity's marks on its head, and its back bulged strangely, concealing who knew what kind of growth.

"Really gotten addicted to acting, haven't you?"

Shade slashed out another beam of moonlight, but the Father holding a book in its left hand raised its

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