Versatile: Alternate World

Chapter 666 The Devil Within

The next day, after the incident regarding the battle that took place near the Rebel's base, the video of Tsuru and I fighting against multiple players sparked a lot of buzz and discussions about it. After all, the one who was expected to lose turned out to be the winners and ended up wiping everyone who was pretty confident in fighting against us.

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Papa's Girly: Wow, just based on that new video uploaded, it only made Kaisar the idiot. He thinks he is much better compared to Bladeheart huh? He seems delusional.

GoldenBoy126: Man, those two are just on a complete dimension. Especially Bladeheart since he easily killed Kaisar in a one-on-one fight.

Papa's Girly: So you mean the one during the Battle for Blood was not indeed a fluke? Bladeheart won fair and square against him despite the claims of Kaisar that he should be the rightful winner since the winner and the second placer ganged up on him.

Wooshwoosh: Hahaha! The big joke of the day award goes to Kaisar! Not only did he prove that he is weaker than Bladeheart but also he couldn't have possibly won the Battle for Blood if he even got defeated for a second time as well.

MyDOGisMySon: Isn't that a big debate already in one of the discussion threads on who truly won the battle for blood? There are three sides to that one that should have won but I didn't know it was a huge deal that Kaisar should have won since I heard Sigma and Bladeheart were the ones who went and fought all out instead and Kaisar was eliminated before the two even fought.

Papa's Girly: Nah, it was like, pretty ridiculous, you know what I am saying? Kaisar claimed that he should have won the BFB and should have been the rightful winner since he was ganged upon in the final round

Dragon Force 1: Clearly a big braggart without even the skill to show it. What shameful outcome it has been. If I was him, I wouldn't bother showing my face to the public until they completely forget about the issue!

Wooshwoosh: Nah, this is internet, gossip, rumors and information remain here unless it was deleted. I doubt it will be forgotten so easily. If he does what you just said, forget playing the game, retire early and just forget that this game exist instead!

Mr. Reaper: Still, I kind of wonder why the expedition on this continent take longer than expected! A lot of us who didn't managed to join the Pioneers have been patiently waiting to access this one since the announcement and its been almost 2 weeks and yet the expedition has yet to finish?

MyDOGisMySon: Based on what I heard from my friend, the reason why it got longer is due to the conflict of the Rebels and the Anti-Rebels. The Pioneers were divided into two factions and that made the remainder of the quest a battle of attrition. Currently, the Anti-Rebel Faction launched two siege attacks to the rebels but both failed.

GoldenBoy126: Did your friend knows who are the players who joined which factions?

MyDOGisMySon: My friend is in the Anti-Rebel faction though he kinds of regret it since he didn't know that there was the Rebel Faction as well and based on what he have learned, Sigma and Bladeheart are all on the side of the rebels.

Mr. Reaper: Damn, I wish there was some sort of broadcast like that for players to see but the only one we can see is the streaming of some players regarding the continent and its pretty limited to be honest.

Dragon Force 1: We just have to be patient and wait until the very end. No use whining about it.

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All of the forums and discussions are all like this. I am happy that this made the reputation of Kazuki plummet but that was not enough. Right now, he will focus on his attention on the next chance he can get. However, he will first wallow in the frustration for quite a while before he can get back up again. That's how he usually does as it hurts his pride a lot whenever he gets totally humiliated.

We can take advantage to this to launch the final attack soon enough. With the final preparations ready and almost complete, it will only take a few more hours before we will launch the final attack.

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Inside the church, a bishop arrived, carrying a few books and scrolls containing scriptures and teachings of their church. Many of the angels inside are currently praying silently and has yet to notice his presence. The bishop took this chance to instead go to the secret room that was built inside the church, without the knowledge of everyone aside from the trusted members of the church and their allied people.

He descended into the long stairs and once he arrived into the long and dark hallways, he grabbed the nearest lamp meant to be used for all the people who are gonna traverse the dark hallways. Using the flames of the wall lamp, he lights it up, allowing him to get an illumination to allow him to walk into the hallways without stumbling in the darkness.

The various wailings echoed throughout the whole hallways, seemingly and strangely similar to a choir singing a church hymn. No one would actually think it was some kind of bad thing. Only if the angels knew where these was coming from and perhaps, their views on the church might completely change.

The bishop continues to walk in silence, only with his loud footsteps echoing the entire floor accompanied by various wailings coming from the cells on each side of the hallways that no one knows what causes them.

Soon, he finally reached the end of the hallway. Extinguishing the flame on the lamp, he proceeds to climb up to the next set of stairs, slowly but surely. Because it was brighter compared to the corridor, he didn't need to bring the lamp with him and just focused himself on climbing while carrying all the stuff he is carrying since the beginning.

At the end of the stairs, a single door stands before him. He knocks on it three times before entering, revealing a place that no one would think was present at the top of the Church.

"Greetings to the Pope. I bear news regarding to the recent attack our soldiers and allies did to the rebels."

The pope didn't speak. However, the bishop knew the pope that he was speaking with is currently listening to what he was saying.

"Our expedition failed and we ended up losing a large fraction of siege equipment due to the attack. Not only we failed but the troops failed to even make a dent to the defense of the rebels sanctuary."

"Hoh? This is beyond my prediction outcome. I didn't expect the rebels to outright change the results and destroy what I had predicted."

"We apologize for that, your Excellency. The incompetence of the soldiers might be the main case of the failure and I apologize for that. In the next few days, we are hoping to change the outcome so please be patient for a bit."

"No."

"Huh?" the bishop was stunned when he heard the pope said no.

"I already predicted that the final battle will soon occur. Instead of preparing for the next attack, prepare for the defense of the church as their main destination is our church itself. Based on my predictions, if we don't prepare promptly, we will fail and we will lose to the heretics."

"How incredulous! The church is strong and our belief will not be shaken against the heretics!"

"Perhaps, but preemptive measures will do more wonders and besides, even if they did find their way to completely destroy the defenses, they would be too tired to continue on. Then my role will soon arrive as well."

"That's right, Your Excellency. With your might and strength, the Heretics would surely be destroyed and you will smite the sinners down before they can even react to what you are about to do."

The pope smiled, turned his back and returned to his seat.

"The final preparations are almost complete as well. Soon, everything will no longer be a pipe dream. It will be a reality, a place that will allow us to show to everyone that we are the superior and our gospel is the one that should be followed. I just needed a bit more time and everything will be perfect."

The bishop happily nodded as he saw the brilliance from the aura of the Pope himself. The vision of the Pope will soon be visualized and soon, the world will soon realize that everything the pope wanted to happen will soon happen. The rebels might be there, but with the overwhelming power of the Pope, perhaps, those pesky rebels will cower in fear instead. After all, the Pope that he is looking at, should be the next advent.