"Your badge would also be placed in that inner hall, right?" The village chief laughed heartily. "Come to think of it, given your strength, your badge really could be placed in there, couldn't it?"
"That's right." Li nodded slowly, not looking at all like he was making things up. "After they kill me, my badge will be placed in the inner hall. As for the curse, every Pope personally casts it! Under this curse, the dead can never find peace. No matter what, they will suffer torment for all eternity! Before every knight of the Church becomes a knight, they sign an eternal oath with their blood and soul imprint, and that imprint remains on the knight's badge! Even after death, the imprint on the badge remains forever. As long as the Church obtains that badge, it can punish your soul... Otherwise, why do you think I ran? I simply refused to accept such a fate. If they wanted me dead, perhaps I could accept it, but having my soul tortured forever—that is what is truly terrifying, isn't it?"
Hearing Li's cold voice, the village chief shuddered as well. Thinking about it, if he encountered such a thing, he would probably flee desperately too.
Just think about it—death would not even bring complete release, and the soul would be tortured for eternity...
"Originally, guardians of the Church like me were not allowed to enter the inner hall either. Being able to guard the outer hall was already an immense honor. The door leading to the inner hall could only be opened by each Pope. Naturally, there is only one person who can open it now: Pope Zeref." Li could not help sighing at this point. "But that night, while I was resting in the outer hall, I suddenly heard a