Save us?
The two believers who were prostrated on the ground in devout prayer thought they were hallucinating.
Then, they cast aside that hallucination using the method their lord had taught them.
As core believers of the Mist God, they differed from the other believers not only in status, but also because they possessed abilities bestowed upon them by their lord.
A wisp of gray mist instantly filled the room.
Their figures vanished into the mist.
Yet the sense of security they usually felt did not appear.
There were only unceasing screams, along with sounds of biting and swallowing.
"Let go!"
"Let go, you monster!"
"G-good!"
Amid their lord's wails was a muffled, indistinct voice.
The two people within the dense fog looked at each other.
The mist did not obstruct their vision. Instead, it allowed them to see even more clearly, and each saw terror and disbelief on the other's face.
It was real!
Their lord truly was suffering an inexplicable attack!
What should they do?
Panic began to rise in their hearts.
Then...
Bang!
Their heads exploded directly, brains splattering everywhere and dyeing the entire secret chamber red.
The two who had once sacrificed their hands, arms, and legs to their lord now sacrificed their lives and souls.
Willingly?
Unwillingly?
None of that mattered.
Just as this was never something they could participate in, they were not even qualified to watch.
Two gray, hazy souls entered a hidden place without needing any guidance.
They merged into the body of a huge gray cylindrical creature, with no eyes and only a tiny mouth, resembling a maggot.
No!
It was not a monster!
It was the Mist God!
A god that had appeared in Sika City after the Black Calamity.
Of course, it was by no means a righteous god.