The Corrupted Goddess

Not to mention Candice, even Qin Chu was speechless.

They're asking us how to kill them?

Ramon really asked the right person.

"Tell Ramon to remain still and do nothing." Qin Chu let out a long breath and said, "Tell him that the Hero is not so easy to deal with. With his brothers and sisters, the Heavenly King and Demon General all dead, he will be the strongest among the Magic Creature, and the throne of the Demon King will ultimately be his. If he acts rashly and dies, he will never have another chance to claim that position."

"So, let him gather as much information as possible about these Magic Creatures."

Both the Little Saya behind them had strange expressions. It seemed that Qin Chu had Luo Ramon completely under his thumb. With Qin Chu's methods, he was probably going to squeeze every last drop of marrow out of this seventh prince.

"Understood, Lord Horus. Please be careful."

Although Candice didn't think these Magic Creature posed much of a threat to Lord Horus, she still gave him a word of caution before suspending the Message Magic.

Stretching his arms forcefully, Qin Chu looked at the girls beside him. "Let's go, to the Holy Church."

"By the way, Athena, is there any news from Rosweisse?"

On the way, Qin Chu asked casually.

The relationship between Athena and Rosweisse has completely reversed. Because Rosweisse accidentally said something that Wrath Athena, Rosweisse now has to win back Athena's trust, so she frequently reports her progress to Athena.

"She has entered the deepest part of the Demonic Beast Territory, searching for the whereabouts of the Soul-Returning Grass."

The deepest part of the Demonic Beast Territory is a very broad concept, insufficient to know the exact location of Rosweisse.

"Very good, proceed step by step according to plan."

Give her hope first.

The greater her hopes, the more exhilarating it will be to crush those hopes, and the greater the pleasure she will gain.

I really can't wait to see how interesting Rosweisse's expression will be at that moment.

We chatted along the way, and before long we arrived at the headquarters of the Holy Church.

The scene was bustling with activity; Ampton himself was overseeing a large-scale reconstruction of the Sanctum and various other buildings.

Although it is only in its initial stages, one can already imagine that in the not-too-distant future, a luxurious and magnificent building complex will reappear on this land.

Noticing Qin Chu's figure, Ampton quickly came over and reported the progress to Qin Chu. According to the estimate, the landmark Sanctum would be completed in three months, and the other buildings would be completed within six months.

"Veronica and I personally visited and searched for a large number of the best craftsmen. The stone materials are ready and the preparations are nearing completion. We should be able to begin carving the statue of the Goddess of Holy Light next week."

This clause was demanded by Qin Chu.

For any religion that wants to develop luxurious palaces for its followers, tall, magnificent, and beautiful statues are indispensable.

If you yourself are in such a sorry state, who would believe you? It's obvious that following you will lead to nothing. Even Buddha needs a golden statue.

Therefore, absolutely majestic and luxurious Sanctum and churches, as well as beautiful and tall goddess sculptures, are indispensable.

Then, Ampton suddenly pulled out a list of expenses from his pocket, and with a fawning smile, he approached Big Saya: "Big Sister, um, would you mind approving this expense list?"

It is said that when Ampton faced Big Saya, he was even more respectful and obsequious than when he faced Pope Qin Chu. There was no way he could get money out of Saya.

And what's with the title "boss"? Where did you come from, you delinquent girl?

"Although the construction workers said they would waive all wages as long as they could provide three meals a day for their families, I feel that our Holy Church is currently in a development phase, and it is simply unreasonable not to pay them. Therefore, I have decided to provide them with one-third of the normal amount of Mana as their wages in addition to their three meals a day."

"I think if we do this, these workers will be extremely grateful, and after the project is completed, they will surely become a group of devout believers."

"Huh? Are you crazy?" Saya's eyes widened instantly, forgetting all about her Witch's elegance and dignity. "They already said it's free, and you still insist..."

Before she could finish speaking, she noticed Qin Chu's ambiguous smile and felt a wave of discouragement wash over her, "Fine, fine, fine, I'll approve it, okay?"

She really likes money.

But I prefer Qin Chu.

She knew that no matter how much she felt sorry for Mana, she would eventually be unable to go against Qin Chu, so she might as well just agree readily.

I have this awful guy completely under my thumb.

"No." Just then, Qin Chu shook his head slightly.

Saya's face immediately lit up with joy.

"Settle them according to their normal wages; whatever the rate is, that's what they'll get."

Unfortunately, Qin Chu's words made Saya almost faint, her vision blurred. "You have so much money you can't spend it all, huh? Fine, I'll take all 30% of your '30%' from you, so you can be generous."

"However, in return, these workers must bring their entire families here every day when they go to work, to pray and listen to sermons. For example, if sincere prayer can bring the protection of the goddess and ensure the safety of their husbands, I don't think these workers would refuse, would they?"

"Absolutely not," Ampton answered with absolute certainty.

After all, no worker would refuse to receive their full wages simply by praying.

"Of course, the Holy Church must also do its best to protect itself and prevent accidents from happening. If an accident does occur, rescue efforts must be organized immediately, and any casualties must be properly handled and compensated."

Qin Chu didn't care about all that; as the Pope, he had his own plans.

The wages of ordinary people are very low. Even if 10,000 workers work hard for a month, it won't cost much. 100,000 Mana is the maximum. But these 100,000 Mana can bring hundreds of thousands of devout believers to the Holy Church. This is a very worthwhile deal.

If prayer could guarantee the safety of the family's breadwinner, Qin Chu believed that the families of these workers must be extremely devout.

After walking around for a while and asking around again, Qin Chu left for the Commoners' District to check on Veronica's situation.

On the other side, in the Void.

The Little Goddess of Holy Light sat upright in the cage, digesting the energy she had just absorbed from Qin Chu. Her body convulsed intermittently, as if she had been electrocuted.

On that fair and delicate face, streaks of Crimson were spreading rapidly. One by one, like forked branches, they spread upwards along her fair neck, to her ears, and then to her cheeks.

The Goddess of Holy Light's face was already beautiful, and even shrunk to her current state, it remains incredibly exquisite.

At this moment, coupled with these eerie markings, even though it is only a small body, it cannot help but exude a sinister charm.

A dark red energy enveloped the small body, which slowly wriggled and rolled.

Chapter Four is here. I'm going to rest now. I can't guarantee five chapters, but I can still maintain four updates a day, each with 3,000 words.

Chapter 477 The Corrupted Goddess (Unfortunate news, I've been infected)

A dark red mist enveloped the body of the Little Goddess of Holy Light.

She was digesting the energy she had absorbed from Qin Chu, which was no easy task.

For Qin Chu, this might be the purest form of energy, but for the Little Goddess of Holy Light, it was filled with Pride, Wrath, lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, death, hatred, cruelty, and so on—a chaotic and mixed array of negative emotions.

It's like a composite of countless evil thoughts.

Among these, Gluttony and lust are the most intense.

Qin Chu had just experienced a war and a confrontation with the will of the gods, which directly led to the depletion of his own energy.

After that, his energy was quickly restored, and the Evil God's Heart played a crucial role in this recovery.

It was the Evil God's Heart that transformed the energy within the Evil God's Remnant Body into Qin Chu's energy. This energy was perfectly normal for Qin Chu and posed no problem whatsoever.

But for the Little Goddess of Holy Light, it was tantamount to adding a large amount of poison to abundant energy.

The Goddess of Holy Light had already sensed this when she absorbed Qin Chu's energy several times before, but the negative emotions contained in those energies were not as exaggerated then. Moreover, she was still in the state of the Great Goddess of Holy Light at that time, so even if there were negative emotions, they could be easily suppressed and purified by the Great Goddess of Holy Light.

At this moment, the Little Goddess of Holy Light is experiencing a strange torment. She can choose to expel this energy from her body so that she will not be affected.

But she needs this energy to recover.

In the end, the Little Goddess of Holy Light chose to endure it. In this Void, what she lacked was energy, and what she had no shortage of was time.

Although her body has shrunk, she is still the most powerful native god of the Skyvault Continent. She believes that she can resist, suppress, and expel these negative wills, and that her consciousness will not be truly eroded.

Murderous intent, death, indifference, hatred...

The faint traces of negative emotions were gradually cleansed away by the Little Goddess of Holy Light.

Countless frenzied murmurs seemed to echo in her ears, as if the Little Goddess of Holy Light felt as if she had returned to that war filled with bloodshed and death a thousand years ago.

Sloth was banished.

The Little Goddess of Holy Light was instantly invigorated.

The original dark red color has become lighter and lighter.

Envy was banished.

Pride led to his expulsion.

Greed and Wrath were also banished.

At this moment, amidst all this negative emotion, only two things remain: Gluttony and Sin of Desire.

The emotion of Gluttony was clearly stronger, while the emotion of Sin of Desire was slightly weaker in comparison. The Little Goddess of Holy Light originally wanted to cleanse the Sin of Desire first.

But this emotion, though weak, is far more cunning than the will to Gluttony.

Even the Little Goddess of Holy Light could hardly detect any trace of Sin of Desire. Helpless, she could only choose to cleanse Gluttony first, and then deal with these traces of Sin of Desire later.

It's unclear how much time has passed, but the Sin of Desire will that had been hiding from XZ was finally captured by the Little Goddess of Holy Light. Relying on her own powerful will, she suppressed the Sin of Desire and then gradually peeled it away from her body.

On the surface of the Little Goddess of Holy Light's body, the dark red color had completely disappeared, leaving only pure energy as clear as water and as clear as glass.

The reddish-brown spots on her face are also fading rapidly.

The Little Goddess of Holy Light finally parted her cherry lips gently, and in the next instant, the pure energy was completely swallowed up.

However, the Little Goddess of Holy Light did not notice that at the very moment these pure energies were completely swallowed up, a faint pink, almost invisible trace flashed and disappeared, then entered the Little Goddess of Holy Light's body along with the other energies.

Meanwhile, Qin Chu left the Holy Church headquarters, which was under reconstruction, and headed to the Commoners' District.

Veronica purchased several plots of land in the Commoners' District in the name of the Holy Church. There were not many buildings on the land, just very simple walls made of stones or planks.

Inside the walls is a fairly spacious area, much like a plaza.

The square was divided into different sections, and elderly people sat on the ground everywhere. In each section, at least one clergyman was giving a lecture to these elderly people... no, I mean, indoctrinating them.

Perhaps the preaching methods used by these clergy were not so easy to understand, and the greatness of the Goddess of Holy Light was too abstract, but these old people at least understood one thing: that with devout faith in the Goddess of Holy Light, they could have enough to eat every day.

Veronica, the person in charge here, noticed Qin Chu's appearance. Her eyes lit up with almost frenzied joy. She quickly walked over and accompanied Qin Chu to inspect the situation.

As they passed through one area, Qin Chu frowned slightly. "Veronica, pick out that one, and that one... and those over there, all of them."

Although Veronica didn't understand what His Holiness the Pope wanted to do, as a fanatical believer, Veronica would never question His Holiness the Pope's orders in the slightest.

Immediately, a group of clergy were arranged to select all the elderly men and women that Qin Chu had specifically mentioned.

The elderly people still looked puzzled.

Qin Chu didn't explain anything to them, but simply walked straight to the next area and selected more than a dozen people from the believers there.

In the vast square, some elderly people could be selected from each area, ranging from a few to dozens, and in the end, more than a thousand elderly people gathered.

A large group of people huddled together, whispering and making noise. Some didn't seem to care at all, chatting and laughing in small groups.

Clearing his throat, Qin Chu's gaze finally swept over the figures in front of him. "Everyone, you can go back now."

These words caused an immediate stir in the crowd, even Veronica looked on in surprise.

The group of elderly people were stunned. They looked at each other, completely bewildered, not understanding what Qin Chu meant by this. Why could they go back now?

It's not even lunchtime yet, let alone dinner.

If you send me back now, what about food?

Not everyone recognized Qin Chu's identity, but these elderly people could vaguely sense that Qin Chu's status was probably very high. One old man, his body trembling slightly, mustered his courage and spoke up, "This, sir, what do you mean by this?"

"It means exactly what it says. You can go home now, and you don't need to come back again."

Although they were a group of elderly people, Qin Chu's voice and eyes showed little pity. Qin Chu never considered himself a savior; in his view, this was just a transaction.

I provide them with food, and they provide me with faith; it's simply a matter of each side getting what they need.

Since it's a fair transaction, there's naturally no need for partners who are unwilling to contribute anything in return.

He deliberately concealed his Magic Power within his voice, making it echo in the ears of everyone throughout the square, "You have been stripped of your status as followers of the Holy Goddess of Holy Light and will no longer receive her blessings. Do you understand?"

I understand now. Even the most foolish person would understand completely at this moment.

These words immediately caused an uproar among the crowd.

The voices of thousands of people mingled together, creating an exceptionally noisy scene. The elderly people stared wide-eyed, seemingly never expecting such an outcome. They were Wrath and resentful.