Due to the failure of this battle, Kallen was scolded, but that was the end of it. After all, she was a Saintess! This wasn't a title bestowed by Destiny; it was because Kallen was very popular with the people that she was called this by the populace. However, some of Destiny's actions in recent years had caused Kallen to start being ostracized by people.
"'Indulgences', then who will punish your sins?"
"I… I'm sorry, please spare my life!"
"I have a lot of money, take it all if you want!"
The once benevolent and kind-faced highest authority of the Destiny organization was now kneeling on the ground in a pathetic state, tears and snot streaming down his face in a disgusting manner. His head was being held by Zeus by his hair, so he couldn't lower it. Otherwise, he would definitely be kowtowing to Zeus and begging for mercy right now.
When he first saw Zeus, his eyes were filled with lust. He didn't know how a man nearing seventy could be so lecherous. So Zeus directly castrated him. He screamed like a pig being slaughtered, but not a single person came, which filled him with terror. To save his life, all dignity was abandoned.
"Pah! What a scumbag of the Middle Ages."
"So disgusting."
Seeing that nauseating expression, Zeus kicked him. Forget about respecting elders; in Zeus's eyes, this guy was a bloodsucking insect in human skin, not even a human, just a bug, or rather, worse than a bug.
"Uh~! My… my teeth, you… you."
The Archbishop clutched his face and wailed. Feeling something in his mouth, he spat it out, and it turned out to be the few remaining teeth in his mouth, all in his hand, bloody. Enraged, he pointed at Zeus, unable to form a complete sentence.
"I'm tired of playing, so I'll send you on your way."
After giving this guy some treatment, Zeus, under his curious gaze, hung a rope from the ceiling beam and tied a noose at the other end.
"Please."
Zeus expressionlessly pointed at the noose on the rope, which could be placed around a person's head, and spoke to the trembling Archbishop. If he had merely been greedy for money, Zeus wouldn't have bothered with him. But when she saw his hidden basement, those dozens of young girls who had been cruelly abused, humiliated, and tortured to death—children in the prime of their lives who had not yet begun to truly enjoy life, cut short here, the youngest looking around ten years old—Zeus's heart burned with fury.
She, Zeus, was never a heartless goddess, nor had she ever claimed to be a deity. But seeing this scene, Zeus couldn't help but punish him on behalf of heaven, executing this extremely wicked individual with a human mindset.
Did you think that was the end of it? She would also ignite a divine flame on this guy's soul, making him repent for his sins directly in the flames. It was impossible for these things to be depicted in manga and anime, but Zeus knew that these dark things were hidden in people's hearts, and once they erupted, the Archbishop before her was an example.
"No, don't, don't kill me! If you want money, I'll give you money. If you want power, I'll give you power. I can give you anything you want, please spare my life!"
Watching the noose, controlled by Zeus, slowly fly towards him in the void, the Archbishop frantically knelt on the ground, begging for mercy. But finally, seeing Zeus's icy, bone-chilling gaze, he quickly stood up and ran towards the door, shouting for help as he ran. But when he reached the door, he found it wouldn't open. So he desperately pounded on the door, hoping to break it open, but the noose was already around his neck.
"Having caused the deaths of so many people, this is your deserved end. You shall simply vanish into thin air!"
Zeus said to the struggling Archbishop. His once rosy face was now ashen. He stared with wide, hateful eyes at Zeus, like a malevolent ghost.
"God… God will not let you go."
With that, she stopped struggling.
"Pfft~ Haha, this is truly interesting."
After a moment of silence, Zeus suddenly burst out laughing. This was the funniest joke she had ever heard. As the King of Gods, Zeus was currently in a spiritual state. An ordinary god would be eliminated by Zeus in less than three seconds, yet now, a person... Oh no! A mere insect was saying that gods would not let go of the King of Gods. Haha~! How amusing.
So Zeus happily extracted the Archbishop's soul. In his terrified eyes, a wisp of divine fire began to burn on him. In an instant, his soul was completely incinerated.
"You didn't have many years left to live anyway. My sending you to the first layer early can be considered letting you witness a 'god'. Be honored!"
"Next, the Schicksal will be in great chaos. I don't know if Kallen's tragedy can be averted, but I've already done enough."
"Give the items to Fu Hua, and make some arrangements. The matters of Kyushu will no longer concern me."
"Then I'll just go to my secluded cultivation place."
Zeus thought this, and with malicious amusement, she drew a large cross in the air behind the Archbishop with his blood, writing 'Punishment for the God-Betrayer'. This would throw all of Europe into chaos; it was truly too interesting. Now Zeus finally understood the feelings of those predecessors who courted death and caused trouble.
So, Zeus clapped her hands, took the weapon schematics, and left without taking a single corpse.
Upon arriving in Kyushu, in order to quickly go back to sleep... Uh! No, to cultivate, Zeus materialized on Fu Hua's bed. This almost made Fu Hua think Zeus was a'succubus' draining vital energy and she almost attacked. However, she felt in her heart that the other party wouldn't harm her, so she didn't strike first and began to listen to what Zeus had to say.
"I understand. The people of Kyushu will remember the contributions you have made for them."
Fu Hua looked at the design drawings in Zeus's hand with burning eagerness. If they had this batch of equipment, not so many people would have died on the battlefield last time. Understanding the importance of this matter, Fu Hua didn't even sleep. She immediately began to call for blacksmiths or weapon masters to see if they could manufacture the weapons. By the time Fu Hua finished her work and was ready to receive Zeus, Zeus had already left. This filled Fu Hua with another wave of admiration; such a master, so indifferent to fame and fortune, was truly rare.
But she didn't know that Zeus hadn't even spent two hours creating that weapon design.
"Time to go back and cultivate (sleep).".
Yawning, Zeus flew towards the mountain range she had chosen. When she reached her cave, she surprisingly found a village below. This made Zeus very curious, so she chose not to enter the cave to rest, but instead flew down towards the village.
"What a big cherry blossom tree."
When she reached the center of the village, Zeus saw a very large cherry blossom tree.
"But, such dense resentment."
Looking at the black gas rising from beneath the tree, Zeus was not mistaken this time; it was indeed the resentment of living beings after death. If it were ordinary beings, the resentment would disappear in three days. For humans after death, it would be gone in about seven days. But if it was on a battlefield, it might take thousands of years to dissipate, and if an accident occurred along the way, it might even create a zombie.
And now, Zeus saw that the resentment under this tree was equivalent to the concentrated resentment of hundreds of people, and it remained condensed and did not disperse, which made Zeus incredibly curious.
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