"Ahh Mr. Zero showed a funny expression, "Interesting, that's funny." ”

Sure enough, in the game of gods, the most important thing I should support is still you, a mortal god.

For only mortals are concerned with mortals.

God doesn't care about mortals.

If you want to protect people, there is no hope for a true God......

Counterfeits. Still mortals, still fragile mortals who die in nothingness in the breath of God, but consider themselves to be hypocrisies of God.

But it is much more powerful than ordinary mortals, like a real god and a fake thing separated by mortals.

A false god shaped by mortal beliefs.

But it is the most "not bad" choice......

"Ha, anyway, you have to fight against these two divine powers, and it's also because of dealing with the mess I left behind. So, let's take it as a thank you for protecting people. ”

"So, what do you want to do?" said God, "is that all your intention is?"

"Of course not. Your power is supposed to cover and suppress the world, and when it dissipates, the chaos and harm caused by the anomalous things that awaken from slumber can be far more severe than the catastrophe of the Templars. Of course, the plague counts separately. I need you to regain some strength to help with this...... Forget it, help slow down the plague. ”

"Why do you do it when you know it's going to happen? You don't seem to like to see the innocent suffer. ”

"For you do not have the power to suppress the real calamity, dear God. Mr. Zero sneered slightly, "When the real end comes, the peace you have been maintaining will only collapse in an instant, so of course it is better to free the others in advance to let them try to make some contribution to the fight against the endgame." ”

"......" God was noncommittal, still calm.

"So, what do you want to do?"

"Of course it'......"

......

By the time Sophia's screams woke Amber up, it was almost noon.

"What's wrong...... Amber barely opened his eyes, feeling the pain all over his body be overwhelming.

"Blood...... Your face...... Lots of blood......"

"...... a lot of blood?" Amber casually wiped a handful of his face, and then saw that his hands were covered in dark brown blood.

"It seems...... Very...... A lot of ......," said Sophia, who seemed to be frightened.

Amber propped up her arms to get up, but Sophia was stunned for a moment and then stepped forward slightly to help him up.

But Amber had already relied on his own strength to get up.

In fact, he was covered in dried blood almost all over his body – and the same was true on his bed.

It hurts, but it doesn't seem like the damage to your body feels so bad?

Unbeknownst to Amber, of course, his body damage had been filled with something heterogeneous.

Although he is still in pain, he can barely move normally.

"You...... What the hell did you do last night?!" Sophia couldn't help but ask, but then remembered something more important: "I'll call the doctor for you right away......"

"No, no. Amber didn't feel that there was much wrong with him, so he hurriedly spoke up.

Because this "injury" of my own is completely inexplicable.

Moreover, the temporary residence of the Holy See can be next door...... Although Amber said that this kind of thing was not true, in fact, he was still somewhat afraid to let others know.

"Uh-h But then he didn't forget to open his mouth to appease Sophia: "I'm okay, it should be that this blood looks scary." You see, I'm fine with acting on my own. ”

As he spoke, he was about to get out of bed and walk around to say that he was "fine", but the grinning expression that showed his teeth made Sophia press him back into bed.

"Okay, I'm not going to make a noise...... But what did you do last night? to get hurt like this? Obviously we were normal when we came back, right?" the girl stood on the edge of the bed, crossed her waist, and looked down at Amber who was lying back with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Hmm...... Well......" Amber felt unable to make eye contact with her, and looked away.

Why do you always feel as if you are a little familiar with this kind of picture...... Ah, right.

Amber smiled wryly.

I vaguely remember the few times when I secretly went out to play when I was a child and was brought home after accidentally falling and bruising, my mother had the same look and tone.

...... So the feeling when I saw Sophia was even stranger.

"Hey, people are obviously caring about you! You don't answer it...... Also, what does it mean to look at people's kind of places?"

Sophia was visibly angry. I don't know if it's an illusion, and my face turned red.

"Well, why don't you just be in a daze for a while...... Oh, uh......" Amber simply closed his eyes and began to play dead.

His lowered gaze seemed to shift from the girl's face to her chest.

Ah, I haven't seen you all these years, and it seems to be very well developed?

Such thoughts flashed through my mind.

"If you want to ask why, I went to make a deal yesterday, maybe I don't know the rules here, and I ended up like this. Amber quickly diverted the topic, "But it's all skin trauma, it doesn't matter, and I'm not unaffected." ”

"What? Is there anything like this around the Great Calamity......" the other looked a little confused, "then...... Should I go and tell my father, or tell the Holy See?"

"After all, it's the plague period, and the deal is really shady, so don't report it. While saying this, Amber moved his limbs again to adjust to the painful sensation, and by the way, whether the deal with the "source of evil" had been successful or not, which made Amber curious, but now it seemed that there was no way to contact him again...... So you have to wait until the evening?

"Yes...... Amber felt the girl's gaze gradually full of suspicion, but finally nodded, hesitated for a moment and said, "...... These bloodstains ...... Do you need my help cleaning it up?"

"Ah...... It would be great if I could help. If someone else saw it, they might think they were going to die or something......" Amber said, and was knocked on the head again, "What do you mean by 'someone else', so badly wounded and bleeding so much, I thought you were going to ...... Something is going to happen. No, something has already happened. ”

Faced with the girl who was obviously in a bad mood, Amber wisely didn't say anything more, but sincerely thanked her.

After a brief tidying up, she stubbornly asked Amber to lie on the bed obediently and let her wipe your body clean with a moist towel.

Amber didn't make a move to resist, obediently took off his shirt and lay on the bed, of course, the lower body still forget it.

He turned to look at Sophia and said, "If Sophia wants to know what the deal is about, I can tell you." Want to hear it?"

"......," she didn't stop, "what?"

"Aren't you curious about this?" said Amber, a little surprised.

“...... All right. Brother Amber, will you please tell me?" Sophia seemed to be struggling with something that Amber didn't know.

"Ahh......h

"I've tried to trade with someone else for a solution to the plague, and maybe it will help a lot of people. He looked slightly happy.

"Is that so...... I hope so......" Sophia carefully wiped his body clean, but quickly left without thinking.

Amber was a little confused, but when he got up again, he quickly saw the surface of his skin that had been wiped clean, and faint black marks appeared on his shoulders and flanks, which seemed to extend all the way from behind.

Upon closer inspection, the black mark appeared to be a pattern made up of countless tiny runes.

Amber apparently didn't know anything about these runes. He touched it in confusion, but didn't feel anything.

But he knew that since it was an extension of his back, it meant that there must be a complete and complete weird black pattern composed of more runes on the surface of his back.

He also understood why Sophia was suddenly so delirious: these strange things, Sophia, who wiped her back, must have seen it clearly after wiping the blood stains dry.

"Oh no......" Amber hurriedly put on a change of clothes, and didn't care about tidying up her appearance or anything like that, and rushed out desperately.

"It hurts...... Running, can't run......" As soon as he moved, great pain hit him again from all parts of his internal organs.

It's like a broken porcelain doll, all of which have been turned into pieces from the inside out, but it's just temporarily glued together with some strong glue.

Such a realization suddenly flashed from Amber's heart.

"But...... But don't stop her......"

Sophia seems to be a more traditional believer. If she saw these blasphemers, heretics, and the like who thought she believed in the devil, and then she denounced them......

Not only will I go to the Inquisition immediately, but my mother will also be implicated.

What's more...... More importantly, the honor of the father...... As the only relic, the heroism of the father is crowned with the glory of this surname......

They will be defiled by themselves, by this inexplicable calamity.

Absolutely, absolutely intolerable......

Amber barely supported his body against the wall and walked out step by step.

However, Sophia has long been out of sight.

What to do, what to do......

Just as he was thinking this, he saw an unexpected figure......

"That's ...... Is that Mr. Zero?"

He saw Mr. Zero standing in the doorway of the ruins of the Great Temple, sometimes silent, sometimes as if whispering a prayer for something.

He was also followed by a girl with beautiful pale blonde hair, looking around as if she was a little troubled and a little bored.

And all around, full of vigilant papal soldiers—of course, the Great Basilica is just across from the temporary residence of the Holy See.

"Ah, if you go and find Mr. Zero's help......" Amber thought subconsciously, and then threw the stupid idea out of his mind. "How is that possible!Is Mr. Zero crazy? Apparently being hunted down by the Holy See like that and doing nothing, and now suddenly ...... Deliver it yourself?"

The petite girl standing behind Mr. Zero seemed to see that she had been staring at Mr. Zero, so she touched Mr. Zero and whispered something.

Then Mr. Zero looked over and smiled as kindly as usual, and nodded slightly, as if to greet himself.

However, probably because the people of the Holy See were watching him, in order not to let them notice this side, he quickly turned to the other side.

"......" Amber's mind gradually became chaotic and even chaotic.

But what happened next shocked Amber.

The Pope, who was in a hurry, almost running off his shoes, appeared in front of Mr. Zero breathlessly, and soon the two seemed to be in agreement.

Then the high-ranking members of the Holy See appeared here in unison, and followed Mr. Zero into the ruins of the Great Chapel that had been initially cleaned up like a large group of followers.

"Exactly...... What is it......" Amber, whose thinking was in chaos, unconsciously spat out these words.