The charm of lies lay precisely in this.
There was nothing wrong with what Flesh Mountain had said. Who could even tell whether it was a lie or the truth?
Perhaps... this was another side of God?
At that moment, Benedict seemed to glimpse the great God.
There was no distinction between right and wrong, good and evil. God merely acted according to principles unknown to mortals.
That was why the Evolutionary Tide was inevitable. God would not care about the Scale Clan.
But Benedict cared. This was his homeland.
A powerful sense of gratitude rose within him. Before this, his feelings toward the Fallen Angel had been more about mutual exploitation than faith. Perhaps even faith was the wrong word—it had been reverence.
But now, he truly had faith.
"Brother Rosen, we were ignorant. The great Fallen Angel has sheltered the Scale Clan; otherwise, order would have collapsed long ago. Now, before the tide of evolution arrives, it has granted us fallen evolution. We should use the power bestowed by the divine to rebuild order." Benedict was suddenly filled with fighting spirit.
Bax, who had always been more devout, immediately echoed him. "That's right. The new order will no longer be led by ignorant mortals. We will become the masters of the new era and spread faith in the Fallen Angel throughout the world."
Under the banner of saving civilization, they could also satisfy their personal interests.
A group that should have been lowly ants at the bottom of society had suddenly been given the chance to rule civilization. How could they refuse?
This was not just for the Fallen Angel Church. It was also for themselves.
As for having one more church above their heads... there were already countless lords above them anyway!
Whether civilization was ruled by