Somebody Stop the Pope – 228



Episode 228

74. From now on this land is mine.

1.

It’s already been two weeks since I arrived in Shanghai.

“Good. Please continue on as is.”

“Team 3 which side are you cleaning up right now? I heard reports of demons appearing there.”

“The raid is currently proceeding smoothly. The scene will be cleared within an hour at the latest!”

“When is the distribution today?”

“There were some people who received duplicate distributions last time. To prevent that from happening again distribute them more generously. Since it’s not our money anyway please be generous. Got it?”

Our church’s Shanghai holy site was still going crazy.

I thought I knew why the Purifiers let us come in here.

The city of Shanghai was too much to digest all at once.

There were really a lot of people and the land was really dirty and vast.

Should we say that it is at a level that is difficult to manage?

Still stabilization was progressing faster than expected.

The Awakened believers dispatched from South Korea and Japan were actively cleaning up various parts of the city under the instructions of our religious order and the Chinese government also began restoration work by investing large amounts of funds.

Actually strictly speaking it’s not really the Chinese government.

“ray.”

“Yes Your Holiness!”

“I wish I had spent my spare cash like this earlier. Do I really have to teach you this myself?”

“I have received valuable teachings!”

Most of the money was taken from rich Chinese people.

Specifically from wealthy Chinese people based in Shanghai.

I don’t think having a lot of money is a sin.

In fact even as this city was turning into such a mess there were some rich people who tried to help the weak.

When our church entered Shanghai there were quite a few people who voluntarily donated.

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“Gaori.”

“yes!”

“Take good care of your friends.”

However all those who held real power in Shanghai including Gaoli left the city without exception.

You can use your capital to hire Awakened people and then live comfortably under their protection.

Thinking about it makes me angry again.

Are you saying that while others are suffering under the purifiers you are just filling your own pockets?

Paaaaaaaah-.

I hit the back of the head of the wide-mouthed gargoyle.

Still Gaori kept lowering his head without making a sound.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

“Do well in the future.”

“I will always live my life with a sense of atonement.”

These are the guys who hid in a safe place and then came back as soon as they saw signs of injury.

I think it’s only natural that we should charge those guys to help rebuild the city.

Isn’t this the correct ‘redistribution of wealth’?

No it’s not that.

I nodded in satisfaction and looked at the five towers glittering all over the holy land.

Five towers completed at an incredible speed using Raphael’s technology.

At the center of the tower there were top-grade sacred stones and divine punishment missiles placed and it was called the Sacred Air Defense Tower.

Its role is very simple.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaahh …

It perfectly protects the Holy Land from attacks by flying demons used by the Purifiers.

You can think of it as an automatic air defense system.

Advanced defense facilities that Eden could not have even dreamed of.

furthermore.

[The facility <Sacred Air Defense Tower> is included in the <Facility> category of the sect.]

[You can now install this facility by paying Divine Points!]

I don’t know what the principle is but it was included in the official facilities of our church.

This means that you can build as many buildings as you want inside the Holy Land by investing Divine Points.

It seems that new facilities developed through research can also be registered in the system.

As time goes by it feels like it’s getting closer and closer to a strategy simulation.

This proves once again that we need to continue investing in research.

The consumables placed on the air defense tower have the disadvantage of having to be supplied directly… but where is this?

“Do you know that the wages of citizens mobilized for restoration work will not be paid?”

“I will keep that in mind.”

“Then go.”

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“yes!”

Gaori quickly left my side as if he had been waiting.

I smiled faintly as I watched the back of Gaori moving away.

Shanghai was recovering much faster than I had planned.

It seemed like it could serve as a key stronghold in the upcoming war against the Purifiers.

[The number of followers of the Limen sect is increasing explosively in the current area.]

[The Holy Land begins to expand as new believers flock in.]

[The divine score continues to increase.]

“Manpower is indeed scary.”

The speed at which divine points accumulate is truly incredible.

If the system has detected it it means that the Limen sect’s beliefs are spreading rapidly among the Chinese.

Right on the front lines.

“Limen will take care of you all.”

“You must always live with gratitude.”

The activities of Chinese believers including Lin Tao stood out.

In fact public opinion among Shanghai citizens was also very good.

If things continued this way Shanghai would become not only a strategic base but also a missionary base for the Limen Church.

It was while I was moving busily around and taking care of various places in the Holy Land.

“Pope Kim Si-woo.”

Lee Se-min approached me.

Lee Se-min has shown tremendous performance over the past two weeks.

Not only did he eliminate countless rebels he also single-handedly destroyed more than half of the altars located throughout Shanghai.

This shows without reserve just how scary an Irregular with a vengeance can be.

I nodded slightly towards Isemin.

“Are you here?”

“I looked into what you asked for. Information about the Abyss Dungeon that appeared in Shanghai.”

The Abyss Dungeon where the Chinese government forces and rebels fought over ownership before we landed here.

By now the Abyss Dungeon would have run wild.

So after entering Shanghai I immediately asked Lee Se-min to investigate and now it seems like he has finally caught up with me.

Lee Se-min sighed as he sat down on the chair next to me.

“To get to the point it is true that the Abyss Dungeon went berserk. This is information I got directly from the rebels.”

I wasn’t asked specifically how the information was extracted.

I could tell just by looking at the blood on his training suit.

I asked him casually as I sat down in front of him.

“The city seems to be in perfect condition considering that the Abyss Dungeon is running wild.”

I haven’t personally seen the Abyss Dungeon rampage but I’ve heard quite a few stories about it.

They said that a great disaster would strike shaking not only the city but the country as well but considering that the Abyss Dungeon was running wild things were relatively unscathed.

“I was curious about that too so I looked into it further and found out one thing.”

Lee Se-min looked at me with a tired expression.

And after a while he said in a low voice.

“It seems like the Purifier has passed a bomb on to us.”

One reason why the Purifiers gave us Shanghai has surfaced.

I couldn’t help but frown.

2.

After confirming the urgency of the situation I immediately gathered my men and headed to the Abyss Dungeon that Isemin had discovered.

The Abyss Dungeon was created not far from Pudong Airport but it was so well hidden that you could easily pass it by at first glance.

An abyss dungeon created beneath the collapsed ruins.

That’s why our troops couldn’t find it.

“This is it. According to the rebels’ testimony the Abyss Dungeon concealed itself. It was difficult to determine its location except for some executives.”

“Does that make sense?”

“It is said that the entrance to the dungeon changes every three days.”

“He’s a fucking punk.”

It’s a dungeon that you run away from on your own….

It was clear that he was a truly ridiculous guy.

“It’s strange that I’m in this state even after going on a rampage.”

I nodded and looked around.

The number of people I brought now is five including me.

I am Luna Leo CEO Lee Se-min.

Raphael is currently out to deal with the large monsters that have appeared near the coast of Shanghai so I’ve assembled a team of the best members I can bring.

CEO Choi said stretching his body slightly.

“Come to think of it the Pope and I seem to have a deep connection with the Abyss Dungeon.”

“I saved you once before didn’t I?”

“Haha! I was indebted to you then. If the Pope hadn’t been there I probably would have died there.”

It seems like only yesterday that CEO Choi was almost murdered by a distorted deity.

Although it wasn’t a long time CEO Choi has achieved remarkable growth during that time.

It would have been more surprising if he had not become stronger since he fought across the firing line in every battle.

“CEO Choi.”

“Yes Your Holiness.”

“Have you ever been inside a runaway Abyss Dungeon?”

Then CEO Choi burst into laughter and answered.

“No way. That would be suicidal.”

“Someone who knows that volunteered for this operation?”

“There is no safer place than next to the Pope. He is not the kind of person who would go and die is he?”

Should I call that comforting or calculated?

I shrugged my shoulders and slammed my fist into the floor.

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

The remains of the building crumbled to dust and soon a deep pit was dug.

The basement of the building is exposed.

There was a door there glowing crimson.

“I see that’s it.”

You can tell at a glance that he’s not a normal guy.

I have a bad feeling that something terrible is waiting for me beyond that door.

That’s a disaster that the Purifier has passed on to us.

There was no way he was an easy guy.

Woof woof woof-.

Did he read my thoughts? An ominous light flickered from the crimson door.

And soon from among those lights hideous-looking monsters walked out.

Faceless monsters with dozens of tentacles.

An unpleasant divine power was gushing out from their bodies indiscriminately.

As soon as I saw that monster I knew what this dungeon was all about.

“…Ancient God? These Purifiers are the ones who left this shit up to us?”

Was that the right answer?

The system responded as if it had been waiting.

[You have discovered the Abyss Dungeon <Sanctuary of Hungry Longing>.]

[The Abyss Dungeon is running wild. You must stop the rampage and destroy the dungeon.]

I can’t guarantee what’s going on in there.

But one thing is certain.

“If you leave it alone it will explode someday.”

That’s just an unexploded bomb.

If something like that explodes there’s no way to recover.

“Anyway wherever His Holiness goes he causes trouble. How can I send him off alone like this?”

Luna sighed as she summoned a mace out of thin air.

I answered that in a resentful voice.

“Would I want to do that?”

“Your Majesty your fate is like this.”

“It’s been like this since the moment Limen dragged me to Eden. If you’re going to blame me blame Limen.”

“You’re using a credit card. How cowardly.”

Who would want to get involved in such a bothersome matter?

It’s really unfair.

I want to live a life where I eat raw food but the world won’t leave me alone.

“It’s annoying.”

The final gateway to complete recovery from injury.

My body has been tingling since a while ago and I have a feeling that this Abyss Dungeon won’t end easily.

I nodded slightly as I watched the tentacle monsters being constantly summoned.

“Let’s finish this quickly.”

Those fucking purifiers.

Are you throwing this at me?

Let’s wait and see.

Our Pope please stop this