"Did you rescue Abraham?"
The Goddess of the Night, who had not appeared at the Tingen City Café for a long time, paid another long-awaited visit.
Because of Adam's arrival, after confirming Adam's origins and strength, the goddess had happily decided to slack off. Having cast aside the psychological pressure she had carried for years, she simply slept soundly.
For the Goddess of the Night, who wielded powers such as darkness, concealment, and Nightmare, to sleep for several months, one could imagine that if she still possessed a mortal body in the past, she would surely have been utterly worn out from constant worry and tireless work.
As for now, the Goddess of the Night had not woken up on her own. The Church of the Night's barrage of calls had woken her.
Under normal circumstances, the Goddess of the Night had said before going to sleep that anyone with business should seek Adam. Even if Shopkeeper Reed had already left, the Church of the Night could still find someone else at the Café to contact him.
But this time, outsiders truly could not make the decision. The pope could only grit his teeth and pray repeatedly to contact the Goddess of the Night, then brace himself against her waking irritation and explain the entire situation.
After Bethel returned, he had demanded that the Seven Gods' churches recognize the establishment of the Doorway Church. This was both for anchors and to gather his scattered descendants.
Normally, there was no need to go through such trouble to establish a church. The new Church of the God of War and Artificer Church had both done it that way: build the church, announce it far and wide, and that was enough. There was no need to obtain anyone's recognition. At most, they could