Chapter 1784: Snake
The voice was clear, without the slightest ambiguity.
Hearing it, Eileen, who had long since fallen into despair, did not hesitate at all.
"I'm willing!"
She almost shouted it. Her cheeks, pale from despair, were once again flushed with excitement.
The instant her words fell, streams of information surfaced in the girl's mind.
From the initial Flame, to the gold coins flashing out of the flames, and then the gleaming number "7" upon those coins.
When the figure with wings covering the sky, eyes veiled by black cloth, and a white flower held in its hands appeared in her mind, the girl had already dropped to both knees.
"O Supreme Lord!"
"We heed Your teachings, carry out Your will, bow before Your greatness, and bear Your name. We shall bring glory to this world; everything we have is bestowed by You..."
A prayer began to rise from the girl's lips.
The giant hand reaching down had already frozen in midair.
The instant the prayer began, that giant hand vanished.
No!
It had not vanished!
It had been chopped to pieces!
Shattered flesh rained across the ground.
The chaotic shantytown fell silent.
Then—
"O Supreme Lord!"
"We heed Your teachings, carry out Your will, bow before Your greatness, and bear Your name. We shall bring glory to this world; everything we have is bestowed by You..."
An even more impassioned prayer rose.
This time, it was no longer Eileen.
It was the other people in the shantytown.
Those who had not immediately died under the Aberrations' attack were like drowning people clutching at their last lifeline. With the slightest guidance from the Upper Evil Spirit, they willingly joined the Church of Mist.
Then, under the Upper Evil Spirit's guidance, the civilians began to gather.
Using the center of