Prayer (Third update, seeking subscriptions)

Rhode had brought a dossier of intelligence compiled by the Empire, detailing several cults that had been active throughout the Empire and its colonies during this period.

Among them, the Spirit Lord was the one that required the most attention.

But Sulu obviously would not be keeping an eye on himself.

His attention was drawn to a name hidden among the many Evil God organizations.

It was an organization called the Eye Worship Cult, which worshipped a deity known as the Ancient Evil Eye.

According to their descriptions, that deity was also called the Eye of Death. Wherever Its gaze fell, death would surely gather.

The deity's form was a mass of irregular darkness covered in countless densely packed eyes.

"Death? Lady Moon's disguise? No... it doesn't seem likely!"

With god-level thought processes, countless possibilities flashed through his mind in an instant.

Sulu pressed his lips together and swiftly settled on a suspect. "Soro Caesar! The Caesar Family ancestor who failed his ascension and became an Ancient Evil Thing?"

That being was also an evil entity possessing the domain of "death," and Ancient Evil Things could, in a sense, be considered equivalent to gods!

Or rather, gods consumed by utter madness and chaos!

"A god like that would never spread faith on its own... so someone must be deliberately guiding this?"

"Mm, the Caesar Family is highly suspicious... Are they planning to use faith to summon back the Ancient Evil Thing and restore some of its sanity? Honestly, the chances are minuscule—not even one in ten thousand... It seems they've truly been driven into a corner."

As the imperial family of the Chris Empire, the Caesar Family possessed deep foundations, but they had always been subjected to intense surveillance and oppression.

It was not until three hundred years ago, when