Pass through here, and you will be the new god king, you will create all of this!
You will lead us out of here, you are the divine being of the new world, you are the new master of Saint Veronica!
You...
Sara did not pay attention to them, but quietly walked her own path, paying no attention to their flattery.
The bright stained glass shimmered with a holy light, and for Sara, who had grown accustomed to darkness, it seemed like a paradise that people longed for.
But she felt that this was not the path to Saint Veronica, but rather the entrance to hell. Because the woman she was looking for was standing nearby, performing a bizarre ritual in front of the altar, and her back was exactly the person Sara was looking for.
"How did you find your way here?"
Noticing Sara approaching, Lilith quickly turned around, her expression one of surprise.
But she quickly replaced her surprise with a smile.
"It's Chunjui, he guided you again. That guy always loves to cause trouble for me...but it's good, because the original plan was to bring you here no matter what."
"Now that I have the power of the god king, I will kill you once and for all." Sara raised her gun and aimed it at Lilith.
The flames of revenge still burned in her heart, even after gaining the power of the god king!
"It's too early, the new world has not yet arrived...and the time when human sins are forgiven." Ignoring Sara's intentions, she continued intoxicatedly, "Saint Veronica is about to descend...the eternal covenant made after judgment and redemption...Jeana, the world you've been longing for is just a little bit away!"
"I never longed for such a thing!" Sara shouted.
Lilith stared at her in astonishment and said, "Not you, Jeana, the real you who is still asleep!"
"I am Jeana. Lilith, my beloved mother..." Sara said softly.
There was no trace of hatred in her eyes, only the figure of the girl with a sad smile from long ago...the figure of a girl who needed her companionship.
Lilith widened her eyes, a gleam of joy mixed with her surprised expression.
"Jeana? Is it really you? You finally awakened!"
"Stop being deluded, everything you have done is wrong!"
"What? Don't you understand your mother's hardships?!"
The light faded from Claudia's face, and she said in a mournful voice, "...Didn't you tell me these things? You said it would be better if this world could be destroyed!"
"That was a long time ago! I don't think that way anymore."
"Don't you want to be happy? Don't you want to destroy this painful world? All of this requires the help of the god king!"
"It is humanity itself that causes pain...because we humans are foolish. We must repay the debts we owe and swallow the bitter fruits we have sown."
After speaking, Sara once again regarded Lilith as an enemy.
"Although longing for Saint Veronica is your freedom, please don't deceive the people around you! Moreover...I will never forgive the person who killed my father!!!"
"I want to save those unfortunate people, so I must fundamentally change this world. That's what I think, and that's what I have done."
"You are too arrogant!"
"Now you hate me too, right?"
"Of course!"
Lilith hesitated for a moment, then sneered, "That's good...the god king is being successfully conceived, you are not suitable to be her!"
"What are you talking about...ahhh!!!"
Sara suddenly felt a pain, just like the pain she felt in her abdomen at the entrance of the amusement park.
Something was moving inside her, as if it wanted to escape from this unusually narrow space.
No good—!
Sara collapsed to her knees, desperately enduring the pain, as if she was about to die.
Don't come out!
You are an existence that should not appear in this world.
Sweat appeared on Sara's forehead, and the intense pain made it impossible for her to stand up, let alone catch up to Lilith, who was many times stronger than her.The mysterious pattern that Sara had seen several times before suddenly appeared in her mind again...each one depicted in red.
And...
Sara pulled out the badge from her coat pocket, it was green!
"Just a different color...the patterns are similar but not quite the same, is this one about life?"
After leaving the small room, Sara continued down the corridor.
A plump evil thought entity sat in front of a door, blocking the corridor completely - it was the pale-skinned creature that had appeared in the building before!
The evil thought entity struggled to stand up, although Sara had narrowly escaped from the building before, it seemed like this time there had to be a winner and a loser.
"What's the matter? I didn't have enough ammunition back then, but I have plenty now. Do you want to taste it?"
Sara pulled the trigger towards the body emitting the aura of revenge, tearing open the rotten flesh on the evil thought entity and causing its green bodily fluids to splatter everywhere.
After a terrifying scream, the monster ceased to breathe, but Sara had used up a considerable amount of her spare ammunition. If she couldn't find Lilith soon, no one would be able to stop her!
Although the monster had died, its body still served as a significant obstacle. Impatiently, Sara stepped over it.
On the other side of this door was a corridor with white-tiled floors, and she thought she heard crying coming from somewhere.
Soft sobbing...it was a child... and a girl, it seemed.
Surely, it wasn't mourning for the death of the evil thought entity? That would be ridiculous!
Sara walked towards the direction of the crying, noticing a large painting on the corridor wall.
It depicted an angel soaring in the sky, with no crying child to be seen.
When Sara stood in front of the painting, the sobbing suddenly stopped. She carefully looked around, confirming that this place wasn't anything out of the ordinary.
"What's going on?"
She continued walking with her head tilted, and the sobbing sound came from ahead once again.
At the end of the corridor, there was a door on the side. Sara thought it led to a room, but when she opened it, she discovered it was a bell tower - where the church bells rang. The walls of the room formed an octagon, with three sides adorned with paintings, and the floor depicted a giant rune, "Saint Veronica."
The artwork on the right, featuring a man, was titled "The Apostle of Asuras," with the words "The Hand of God" written next to it.
The painting on the left, featuring a woman, was titled "Queen of the Night," with the description next to it...ruined.
Then, the painting in the middle made Sara widen her eyes.
"This isn't a portrait of Jeana..."
"It's Lilith!!!"
Above was a female holding a baby in her arms.
"...the one depicted in this painting is me..." Sara whispered.
"The one being held, that's me...that was the year when humanity went extinct! It's me, who disappeared along with the king of gods, and the present me who hopes to survive!"
Tears unknowingly slid down Sara's cheeks as she was overwhelmed by nostalgia, sadness, and anguish.
Jeana was crying! In my heart, anger was overshadowed...
Sara wore a troubled expression and turned around.
Anger, sorrow, and chaotic emotions seemed to be erupting.
She didn't want to look anymore. She told herself - I possess the special "authority" of the king of gods.
Don't get excited, don't let your heart become dark!
Stay calm, Jeana! Everything is already over, don't be bound by memories of the past, look towards the future and let me quickly end these mindless things. Sara muttered in her heart.
There were no hidden doors or tunnels found here, so Sara had to return to the corridor. At the end of the corridor, there was a barrier... it seemed she had to find a way to smash through it to proceed.
The sobbing still echoed in the corridor, and Sara forced herself not to look at those annoying murals, instead, she kept her gaze fixed on the ground. It was then that she noticed footprints appearing on the floor.
Something unseen was moving...could it be a new evil thought entity?
The footprints intermittently moved towards the wall with the angel pattern.
Could this also be...a memory left behind by Jeana?Sara approached the angel mural and carefully inspected it once again.
"What's this?! The wings of the angel - fallen angel?!"
Suddenly, she vaguely remembered something...
Jeana, she was wandering around her room and accidentally discovered a hidden passage.
Wait... Isn't this it?!
Sara grabbed the frame of the painting and forcefully pushed it, revealing a secret door behind it. Ahead was a peculiar red corridor that extended into the distance.
Moans echoed throughout the corridor and blood-soaked picture frames adorned the walls, indicating that it had been abandoned for a long time.
This was clearly a church, but for some reason, it was filled with strange things like coffins.
After walking for a while, an elevator appeared not far ahead of Sara, but the corridor continued to stretch deeper...
Seeing that the elevator had power, Sara decided to ignore it for now and explore further down the corridor.
Although the end of the corridor was not far from the elevator, there was a room there, hopefully with some clues.
With this thought in mind, Sara opened the door and walked in, finding several bookshelves arranged side by side. It turned out to be a library. It housed many old books, and a faint musty smell permeated the air.
On an empty bookshelf, there was an open book, the only one that appeared new!
Curious about the words "God King" written on it, Sara focused on reading.
About the origin of the God King...
The God King is the leader who governs the world, in short, it's all nonsense!
After reading a few lines, Sara shrugged and said, "This is all useless information."
She looked around and noticed a study desk in the corner with another open book on it. Sara was about to walk over...
Click! Click! Click!