Break the seal?
Li Dan feared Valak would sacrifice him the very second her seal was broken. Demons were notorious for going back on their word.
He could only give it a try. Just as Li Dan was considering whether to turn hostile, something changed.
Valak's cruel gaze suddenly shifted.
"You have another choice. Become my believer."
With Valak's power and standing, she naturally had no interest in the petty cults and their followers in the human world.
But Li Dan was different. The presences gathered within him were no longer things she could crush on a whim. A select few would be powerful demons even in Hell.
Moreover, this human carried not a trace of Heaven's aura.
If Li Dan became her believer, many problems would resolve themselves.
"A believer? But I don't even have a faith." This condition was no different from the previous one.
Didn't people believe in God so they could go to Heaven?
Didn't people believe in demons to fulfill their darkest desires?
Even if Li Dan believed in Valak, what would he gain? Humans were creatures driven by desire, after all.
Valak understood that, of course.
"You can become my sole believer. Help me break the seal, and everything in the human world will be yours for the taking."
"Look..."
In the blink of an eye, Li Dan seemed to have returned to some earlier period in the abbey.
Twelve nuns were praying devoutly in the church.
In a shadowy corner, a holy-looking blonde nun stood before Li Dan. Pinching the hem of her skirt, she slowly revealed the snow-white legs hidden beneath her habit.
She seemed to be the saint's descendant who had already died in the abbey.
If Li Dan wished, he could give this pure nun some hands-on instruction at any