Since Duanmu Huai had already guessed it, the Old Pope dropped the act and laid everything out. In truth, the so-called God of Creation summoning them here was complete nonsense.
Just as Duanmu Huai had said before, once the Demon King's Seal Release began, the Demon Race, led by the Majin, launched a massive invasion, while the Angels never came to help. The Old Pope had more or less guessed their intentions.
But what could he do?
Was he, as the religious leader of this world, supposed to run around telling everyone, "The gods have abandoned us. They even plan to kill us all to wipe out the Demon Race. Everyone should go home and wait for death"?
Of course not.
Fortunately, during the previous Eternal War, when the Seven Demon Kings had been sealed, the gods had summoned heroes from another world. So he had decided to try a desperate cure on a dying horse, repeating the ritual from back then—naturally, he claimed to the outside world that it was a Divine Revelation from the gods.
At this point, the Old Pope no longer cared whether he was falsely passing off an imperial edict. Real or fake, having someone come was good enough.
If nobody came, it would be the same as telling everyone else that humanity had been abandoned by the gods. Then, before the Demon Race even invaded, humanity itself would probably collapse.
The Old Pope had originally not intended to tell everyone these things.
Unfortunately, Duanmu Huai truly refused both hard and soft tactics, looking ready to smash this lousy temple if they tried to fool him. Thus, the Old Pope had no choice but to confess the truth.
"So, our being transported here has absolutely nothing to do with any god. We were simply unlucky,