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478 - - the divine world, the Holy City, and the Church

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　The tip of the holy sword held in both hands is pointed at the opponent.

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　The tip of the sword blurs for a moment.

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　He stops his movement, as if a slight force is applied from left to right.

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　Then, as if reacting with a jerk, the former pope and immortal, who was also called the messenger of God, took evasive action, leaping backward to the left.

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　He followed it by stepping quickly and approaching it without a moment's delay.

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　Once again, he swings his sword.

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　But it was a feint.

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　The Immortal sees the strength in my upper arm and tries to evade me again.

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　But it's a bad move to take a big backstep and then leap again to escape.

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　It is easy to read his movement, and it is obvious where he is going.

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　Therefore, I anticipated his movement and swung the holy sword vertically, placing the slash at the point of movement by the evasive maneuver.

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　With that blow, the immortal's body is sliced in half.

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　As one would expect, the immortal's body would not be able to move.

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　The former messenger of God lies down on the ground, his body convulsing, and falls into a peaceful sleep.

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　How many more immortals had he defeated?

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　At first, we were wary of the immortals with their high physical abilities, but they never hunted us down as such a strong enemy.

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　After all, they are originally from the church and have no experience in combat.

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　They are able to see my movements and react to them, but that's all.

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　He falls for feints in a funny way.

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　Therefore, I can guide my opponent's movement, and no matter how he is called a former apostle of God, he was not a serious opponent.

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　Thanatos and Ian, two Atmos warriors who were used to fighting like me, were also dealing with immortals.

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　This one was a giant, swinging his club and blasting them away.

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　Instead of using small tricks like I did, they seemed to be driving away all the immortals who were swarming around their conspicuous bodies as giants.

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　Moreover, they seem to be using their magical weapons as both decoys and shields.

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　Since they were coming at us from the other side, we were able to avoid them and were being hit by their attacks in an interesting way.

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　The immortals were flying in the air like a bonus stage.

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"There are more of them than I thought. But I think we can manage, Archbishop Paul.

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"That's good to hear. It's good to hear that, but it's not a good feeling to see a familiar face being defeated as an immortal in this way.

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"Huh?　Do you know any of the Apostles of God, Archbishop Paul?"

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"Of course. We churchmen are the children of God's apostles."

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"...... Oh, really?　Does that mean that Archbishop Paul was born in this divine world? So, do his parents live here or something?"

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"Probably. But the child is immediately sent down to the Holy City to be raised. Therefore, I do not know my parents.

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"Don't you want to find ......?　My own parents and siblings."

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"Yes, that's right. There was a time when I thought so. Maybe that's why I decided to go to the center instead of staying in Fontana for the rest of my life. But now we can't say such things.

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　I guess there are a lot of different churches in the world.

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　I never really paid attention to it before, but it seems that not just anyone can be a priest in the church.

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　Children born in this divine world, where former popes called "apostles of God" live, are raised in the Holy City and educated to be priests.

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　And those who had completed their education were sent to various places as priests or sisters.

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　They manage and name churches in each area, and when their power rises to the level of an archbishop who can use [purification], they are returned to the center.

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　And then, after going up to the Cardinal and reaching the Pope, they can finally return to their original birthplace, the world of the Gods.

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　I felt like a fish.

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　A young fish born in a river once goes out to the sea from the mouth of the river and grows up in the ocean.

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　Then, when they are mature enough to bear children, they return to the river where they were born to spawn, and their children are scattered to the wide world again.

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　I thought that the mouth of the river where I was born is the Holy City and the upper reaches of the river are the world of God for church people.

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"But may I ask you something that has been bothering me for a while now?"

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"You have a surprising amount of time to spare while defeating immortals, Ars. What is it?

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"The apostles of God here and the priests in the Holy City are dying like this, but do the ordinary people who were connected to them by their names lose their magic?　Well, the people in the Holy City, Naja will be [collecting] that power."

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"Oh, I see. I see. Then there is no problem. We make a vow to God before we are sent out as priests. And when we die, we give back to God our connection to the magic.

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　While cutting down the immortals that still appear with the holy sword, I listen to Archbishop Paul's story on the side.

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　Little by little, I began to understand how the Church works.

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　The church is located in each noble territory, and all the inhabitants are baptized and named at a certain age.

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　The naming ceremony gives the inhabitants life magic and at the same time siphons magic power from them.

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　However, when you think about it, this system is useless by itself.

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　What would happen if the priest suddenly dies?

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　If the priest dies suddenly, the connection of magic power would be interrupted, and all the inhabitants of the area would not be able to use the magic of life.

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　The church would not want to baptize all the inhabitants again every time a successor comes.

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　And in fact, such a hassle would not occur.

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　The death of a priest does not cause the inhabitants to lose their magic.

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　How this works is that those who are raised as priests in the Holy City come to the Divine Realm only once before they are dispatched to other places.

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　And they swear an oath to God.

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　They vow to serve the Church for the rest of their lives.

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　Then, with the vow, the priest can use the magic circle of naming.

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　And when the person dies, the magic pass is returned to God.

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　In other words, if Archbishop Paul dies, I will still be able to use life magic and recovery magic as before, and my magical power will be sent to God.

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　So, even if the apostles of God die here, it won't have much effect on ordinary people.

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"Hmmm. Does that mean that there really is a God in this place?　I mean, it's not good, is it? Wouldn't it be a terrible thing if the god were to be defiled by immortals or [collected] by Naja?"

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"That's why we came here. We must stop at all costs to protect God. ...... Okay, it looks like most of the Immortals have been defeated. Ars, do you see that building over there?　I'll go over there."

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"Oh, is there a god there, by any chance?"

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That's right. We have to rescue God first.

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　Thanatos and Ian are still fighting with the remaining immortals, but there are fewer of them approaching.

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　Then, Archbishop Paul pointed to a building at the top of a mountainous area in the center of the Divine Realm.

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　Apparently, there was some kind of god there.

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　First of all, he said, we must save that god.

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　Thus, I went to the building to worship the face of the god.

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