Chapter 32 – You can never have too many backstops.

Chapter 32 – You Can Never Have Too Many Rear Guards

Before the altar, Wright looked at Aphra, the goddess of holy light.

“Interesting, let me hear it then, what kind of payment do you want?”

“The Deed of God.”

Wright said pointing to Joanna lying on the bed behind him, “Give it to her.”

Aphra narrowed her eyes, her divine might swirling away, “Do you know what you’re talking about? You really dare to ask for it! The Deed of God is a divine hidden secret treasure that can allow one to ascend to godhood in one step!

The Pope has already prayed to me about Joanna. She was originally my most beloved believer, and I also long ago reserved a place for her in the Hall of Valor.

However, since you opened your mouth …… like this, demigod!
I can let her directly ascend to the demigod realm, and in the future, as long as she continues to work hard, she will also be able to forge her own godhood just the same.

Besides, you’re just trying to find a way to preserve her soul, aren’t you? Demigods are enough.”

“Just now it was, now it isn’t. The Contract of the Gods, no two prices.”

“Don’t be so arrogant! Now you’re the one begging me!”

“I could have begged other gods as well, but you probably wouldn’t have wanted that.

So, you’re the one begging me to beg you.”

Aphra clenched her silver teeth, but in her heart she had to admit that it was true.

Although this guy, Leite, was nominally a cleric of the Holy Light Divine Church, he was not at all within his controllable range.

Moreover, he had the ability, at any time, to toss the Holy Light Church into a half-assed state, or even destroy it in one fell swoop.

If one let him go and make deals with some other deity of unknown origin, then one would probably go from being an interested party to a victimized third party.

Aphra weighed the situation again and again, and finally sighed helplessly, ”Well …… the payment can be the Deed of God.

However, it has to be increased!

In addition to the Elves’ Divine Crown of the Blazing Sun King, you have to bring the Sea Goddess Brossti’s Eye of Gaze to me!”

Wright frowned slightly, “As I recall, three years ago, you only needed an extra copy of the Divinity of Light to be promoted.

How come now, the more you live, the more you go back?”

This question seemed to have poked the Holy Light Goddess’s sore spot, and Aphra waved her fist in indignation.

“Because I was backstabbed! There was an Evil God who didn’t know through what channel and dropped his own distraction into this world.

It devoured part of my divinity and took away part of my authority, causing my divinity to fall instead of rising.

But its distraction didn’t manage to escape either, and was trapped in this world by me. It’s only a matter of time before the stolen divinity is recaptured.

I didn’t expect the other party to be so shameless as to call itself the God of Light and try to devour me further by dividing my followers!

Humph! I’ll be the first to pinch him to death when I succeed in my promotion!”

Wright raised an eyebrow, “What channel exactly?”

“I don’t know, this Evil God Subdivision also often secretly consumes a large amount of my holy light! It’s really outrageous!”

“Cough …… Let’s get back to the matter of the deal! I need to get the Deity Deed first. And, the matter of collecting divinity will have to wait until I’m done with this side of the Holy Capital.”

“Permission granted, after all, you and I have the same interests when it comes to the matter of the Holy Capital.”

As she spoke, the Holy Light Goddess took out a Divine Marrow Crystal, and using her own golden blood, she drew arcane symbols on it, making the Deed of God that the world could only dream of.

Anyone who had it was equivalent to being guaranteed a place in the God Realm. It was only the lowest class, but that was at least a god!
The Goddess of Holy Light threw it forward, and the Deed of God fell into Leite’s hands.

“Don’t forget your promise.”

“Wait.”

Seeing that the Goddess of Holy Light was about to leave, Wright hastily opened her mouth to call her back.

“Your holy altar is quite useful, I’ll borrow it for a while.”

“Borrow it? What do you want?”

“I’m looking for some Demon Gods in the Demon Realm to talk about something.”

“Don’t even think about it! Can’t! Use my sacrificial altar to bridge the Demon Realm? No way! This is blasphemy! It’s hubris. ……”

“I really need it in a hurry, thanks haha!”

Wright didn’t wait for the Goddess of Light to finish and cut off the Holy Prayer ceremony with a click as Pope Paul III clutched his hair in fear.

“You! You stinking brat! Do you know what the consequences of this are? It’s over, I’ll have to listen to the Goddess-sama scold you again, this time, I estimate three prayer hours or more.”

“Lilith, go bring Emily back to the room.”

“Okay ……”

Lilith hurriedly flew out, and when the two came back together, Wright gathered holy light in one hand and stroked it in the air, and then fiercely opened a huge spell formation boundary, enveloping the entire room.

Next he was going to summon the Demon Gods from the various prisons of the Demon World, and he couldn’t let their auras emanate out from here. Otherwise, the entire Sacred Capital was afraid that it would make waves again.

After arranging the boundary, Leite once again went to the side of the holy altar and slashed his palm.

Fresh blood dripped down onto the altar and soon dyed the holy water blood red. Immediately afterward, the water that filled the holy altar seemed to boil as if it was boiling, and began to surge madly.

Leite didn’t care about this, he returned to Joanna’s side and placed the Deed of God on top of her forehead.

Accompanied by a burst of milky white light, the Deed of God didn’t enter her body, leaving only a golden holy pattern the size of a fingernail cap in the center of her eyebrow.

“This, is the first safeguard.”

And at this moment, boiling blood continued to splash out from within the holy altar, and converged into sheets close by.

Under the watchful eyes of the two popes and Lilith, one after another horrifyingly bizarre demonic god emerged from it, reverently bowing down to Wright on one knee.

Wright turned his back to them, not speaking or turning around. Those demonic god silhouettes all maintained the posture of kneeling on one knee, not daring to move.

No one would have thought that in the Holy Capital of the Holy Light Church, the Holy Tower of the Pope’s Palace, before the Holy Altar, which was known as the closest place to God, there were thirteen Demon Gods from the Demon Realm on their knees.

The Pope was calm and collected, but Emily, who was only a fifth-ranked mage, was obviously unable to carry the demonic might of so many demonic god shadows. Fortunately, Lilith held her hand, which calmed her down.

“These Demon Gods, are they all servants of His Highness Wright?”

Lilith shook her head, “No, they are Wright’s fanatical followers.”

“Oh! Is that some kind of mutual aid society you guys mentioned?”

“No, they’re from another organization by the name of the Compliments. They believe in their hearts that Wright is the future co-owner of the Demon World.

And the meaning of their existence is to one day welcome the return of the Demon Lord and reign over the Demon Realm.

Look at the thirteen of them, don’t they all have the same pattern on their shoulders? That’s Wright’s symbol in the Demon Realm.”

Emily endured the stinging pain in her eyes and looked, “There really is, but it feels like that pattern is weird.”

“Weird is right, because they only tattooed half of it. They didn’t dare to tattoo the whole thing for fear they couldn’t afford to carry it.”

“I see. ……”

Lilith licked her lips, “Don’t look at how humble they are now and how strange their behavior is. They can all be Demon Kings who control a party in the Demon Realm!”

“Then, Your Highness Wright called them ……”

Leite, who hadn’t said anything, suddenly opened his mouth, his voice low and hoarse, yet incomparably clear.

“Take thirteen sacrifices!
Cast thirteen steps of the high tower!

Carve thirteen forbidden formations!

Conjure thirteen secret words!

Pad the path with bloodper!

Take the Mordant Medicine and apply it!
Play the sinking devil’s song!
Ode to the Supreme Hymn!”

The thirteen Demon Gods shivered with ecstasy as they listened, and Lilith clutched Emily’s hand violently.

“Hiss ……”

“Sorry, sorry, I was too excited.”

“What was the meaning of that passage just now?”

Lilith licked her lips, “Thirteen represents misfortune in your world, but in the Demon World it’s misery at its finest!
Wright has recruited the Demon Gods of the thirteen realm prisons, including Hell, Purgatory, Sin Prison, and Demon Prison, and asked them to work together to prepare a Demon Ascension Ceremony of the highest caliber!”

The head of the thirteen Demon Gods burst into tears of excitement, “Oh! My great Lord of Ten Thousand Demons, have you finally decided to ride to your loyal Demon Realm?”

“See ……”

Wright looked at Joanna’s sleeping face, his voice soft but firm, “If necessary, I will go to the Demon Realm with her.”

“Your most loyal followers assure you that we will never let you down.”

Wright nodded slightly and waved his hand in disinterest.

“Aye! We will retire.”

The thirteen Demon God’s shadows dispersed one after another, and the holy water in the holy altar returned to clarity.

“This, is the second safeguard.”

The Pope sighed, “That’ll do, Wright …… Hey! What are you doing again! Put that magic scroll down for me!”

Wright violently shredded the scroll, and the smell of death instantly filled the room.

“It’s only fair to have a backup plan for an emergency plan.”

(End of chapter)