When Duanmu Huai and the others hurriedly left the temple, everything before them had completely changed. Not long after they left the temple, the entire building was suddenly surrounded by a powerful, dark, deep-red force. Its form was no longer anything like it had been before. On both sides of the twin towers, under the light of the blazing red flames, were enormous, agonized, twisted human faces. Above the church, countless pitch-black crows let out ear-piercing shrieks as they flew about incessantly.
Not only that, but looking around, the lake that had originally surrounded the church had now frozen into jagged spikes of ice. The lush trees and grass had likewise turned into withered branches.
"How could this..."
Lorena's expression changed drastically when she saw this scene.
"Long story short, what's the situation now?"
Duanmu Huai swept a glance at the temple behind him and asked in a lowered voice. Lorena answered with a trembling voice.
"They... they opened a gate to Hell! They want to connect this place to Hell and summon the King of the Frozen Hell!"
"So did they succeed or fail?"
"I don't know, but they definitely haven't failed. I can feel the aura of Hell spreading... We have to report this to the archbishop immediately!"
"But we didn't see anything like that in the underground temple just now, did we?"
Duanmu Huai was certain that if he had seen anything like that in the underground temple, he would have smashed it to pieces with his hammer long ago.
"I don't know, but perhaps that underground temple itself was only a trap. The core should be in an even more hidden location..."
"What a nuisance..."
Duanmu Huai scratched his head, then looked toward the system before him again. The quest had changed.
``` Special Quest "Pursuit