Night had fallen, and the starry sky glittered with mystery. Countless stars burned like flames, illuminating the horizon.
In this silent, heart-pounding moment, the mountain city lay immersed in the embrace of darkness, steeped in an aura of mystery and strangeness.
Alice held the Evil God's Eye high and recited the words written in Sok Fatis's Contract.
Dark power spread from the Evil God's Eye, carrying a bitter, eerie scent like the breath of a demon.
Suddenly, lightning crisscrossed the sky and wild winds howled. A bolt of black lightning tore through the night, instantly illuminating the entire city of Anlud.
Amid the flickering lightning, a massive shadow appeared above Anlud.
It was Sok Fatis, the most powerful Evil God on the Dawn Continent.
It had once fought Thunder.
It had once battled Daylight.
It had once contended against Nature.
Accompanied by Alice's chant, Sok Fatis's power enveloped all of Anlud. It greedily inhaled the scent of life—its beloved sacrifice.
The instant Sok Fatis's power touched the first resident of Anlud, a faint glimmer flashed. The power of sacrifice was stripped away by Twilight Saintess's Protection, then guided by the Sacrificial Doll and descended upon it.
Ada began splitting apart frantically. Every one of its clones became a sacrifice for the Evil God the moment it was born.
Ada's adorable art style diluted the darkness and gloom of the Evil God's descent.
As Ada's clones perished, Sok Fatis's figure grew increasingly solid.
All the nobles fell to their knees helplessly. Such was the might of a god.
Tim watched it all with wild joy. He knelt on the ground and devoutly offered his loyalty to Sok Fatis.
Amid this collective revelry and worship, the Evil God that had vanished for over a thousand years descended once more.
Why the hell is it you again?!
Huh? Shen Sui stared at the sentence in confusion. Who had said that?
Sok Fatis sensed the nature of its sacrifices: a vast number of Sacrificial Dolls.
It immediately thought of that wicked Twilight Bishop.
Only he could be so stingy and vicious.
%&**%%#@%&&$*&^%%!!!
Sok Fatis hurled the most vicious insults at you.
How the hell was he supposed to tolerate that?
Shen Sui could not tolerate it.
You little material baby think you can fight back? Fine!
You appeared before Sok Fatis.
Sorry! I was wrong! Within Sok Fatis's sea of consciousness, the powerful Evil God knelt on both knees, laid both hands flat on the ground, pressed its forehead against the floor, and offered you its most sincere apology.
You looked at the Evil God kneeling before you. Its petite body trembled slightly, like an adorable little girl who had run away from home only to encounter a creepy old man.
You looked at Sok Fatis's beautiful, adorable face and fell into thought.
The corner of Shen Sui's mouth twitched slightly as he quickly entered a command.
You stepped forward and kicked Sok Fatis away.
Damn it, after a thousand years, you're pretending to be a little girl in front of me?
A burly old man pretending to be a little girl—are you deliberately trying to disgust me?
Powerful force tore through Sok Fatis's disguise. It raged, it roared, and it would make you understand the cruelest pain in this world. The dignity of an Evil God could not be violated!
It died.
You used Twilight Symphony on Sok Fatis. The effect was outstanding.
You did not store Sok Fatis's Godhead.
You stripped divine power from it.
You guided the divine power into the three Sealing Dolls.
As Sok Fatis's divine power flowed in, the three Sealing Dolls placed within the special Magic Array began displaying strange phenomena.
The mysterious magic patterns on their bodies pulsed with purple light.
The streaks of light entered the summoning array you had set up through the dolls' bodies.
The influx of divine power activated the array.
Under the purple radiance, strands of pure white energy appeared before your eyes.
The threads wound around the three Sealing Dolls and every doll nearby.
Anda, Jamie, Soya. Threads emerged from one doll after another.
Following those threads, you looked toward their end.
All the threads converged in one place.
Beneath the purple light, amid the surging tide of divine power, stood a holy and beautiful doll.
Her features were exquisite and otherworldly. Even the most beautiful girl in the world would pale before her.
Her eyes were tightly shut, and her arms were spread open as though she were embracing everything in the world.
Her name was Nafitaya.
One of the Seven Great Sacred Artifacts, the Saint Artifact Doll Sealing Divine Power.
You controlled the Evil God's power and sent it toward Nafitaya through the strings of the Saintess doll.
Nafitaya began containing the Evil God's power, and the strings representing her authority gradually became her restraints.
Following her instincts, Nafitaya absorbed all of the Evil God's power.
Nafitaya sealed Sok Fatis's power.
Sok Fatis's power bound Nafitaya.
Ding! You obtained Follower Card: Bound Holy Tool Puppet · Nafitaya
It was complete!
Shen Sui let out a breath of relief.
All his previous actions had been for the sake of capturing this doll terminal.
Looking at the fourteen-star card, Shen Sui knew that he finally possessed his first powerful follower.
Holy Tool Puppet Nafitaya, the most mysterious existence among the Seven Great Sacred Artifacts—no one knew where she truly was.
And in Dawn Link, there was a side quest specifically for collecting the Seven Great Sacred Artifacts.
Shen Sui had also learned Nafitaya's summoning method through that side quest.
As the most beautiful "woman" in the game's settings, Nafitaya's appearance had even made Vivian jealous.
At the same time, the three dolls used to summon Nafitaya had completed their duties and were imbued with power by Nafitaya and the Evil God.
Ding! You obtained Follower Card: Cursed Doll · Abigail Ding! You obtained Follower Card: Malice Doll Natasha Ding! You obtained Follower Card: Purification Doll Ariel
Hmm, Alice had named those three dolls too. Who knew what the names meant?
After finishing his own work, Shen Sui turned his gaze back to Alice, wanting to see whether she had escaped danger successfully.
Sok Fatis's descent sent the nobles into a frenzy.
They completely believed Alice's words.
Under Alice and Tim's leadership, a new church was established.
The Church of Sork needed a great deal of funding in its early development, and Alice needed investments from the nobles.
The nobles readily agreed.
Alice activated In God's Name. Alice activated Recruitment. Alice activated Bewitching Speech. She stepped onto the high platform, raised her arm, and shouted, "Anlud can no longer contain our grand ambitions. We need a larger city as the foundation for our development."
The nobles fervently supported Alice without the slightest doubt. They asked her which city they should choose.
This city needed to be powerful enough, but also chaotic enough to serve as food for the god we would nourish.
And now, a city that fulfilled all our requirements lay before us.
It was currently mired in chaos.
The Rowling Empire and the Church of the Lord of Thunder were preparing to conquer this city.
Its name was Pa Yin Jia.
Alice declared war:
"Gentlemen! Gather your most loyal knights and soldiers!"
"March on Pa Yin Jia City!"
"There! The great Church of Sork will become famous throughout the world!"
I made a few minor revisions to the earlier chapters, but there is no need to go back and reread them. I just moved some explanations about Forbidden Cards and the Time Regulator into the main text, so the plot was not affected.
If later readers explain the questions you raised in earlier comments, please do not mind it.
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