"How bad has it gotten? Very bad."
Tracy sighed and said, "The Angel Church has been expanding like mad. Following your orders, I not only refrained from stopping them, but handed power over to them.
"That made them even more arrogant, to the point where they act without any restraint. For example, they've set up their own courts to judge heretics. I suspect they'll begin the Holy Descent Ceremony before long."
"The Holy Descent Ceremony? Are they celebrating Christmas?"
Ashley asked curiously. Tracy smiled and answered, "No, it's not Christmas. Christmas celebrates a holy birth, while the Holy Descent Ceremony welcomes God's descent.
"The Angel Church plans to hold a massive Great Prayer gathering with a million participants at the Vatican. They'll use the believers' wish power to open a Space Gate and let God lead the Demon Legion into the Human World.
"If they succeed, this world will belong entirely to Heaven, because no one will be able to stop them."
"We can't let that happen."
Ashley and Blair shook their heads in unison. Even Blair, who possessed angel power, didn't welcome the Demon Legion's arrival.
Setting aside the fact that this world's Demon Legion was controlled by the Lord of Order, they wouldn't have welcomed it even without that control. Its arrival would rob the people of Earth of their freedom of thought, turning them into nothing but believers.
God, angels, and other deities were best left in the heavens. If they descended to the Human World, they would only become a scourge.
That was why, despite her immense power, The Ancient One in the Marvel Universe had never interfered with the world's development.
Andrew continued, "How are our preparations coming along?"
"The Church's people became extremely full of themselves after suddenly gaining so much power, and they