Somebody Stop the Pope – 265



Episode 265

3.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

After completing all preparations the first place I went to was the scene of the riot in Paju City.

“Pope Kim.”

When I arrived at the scene the first person to greet me was Monk Beopun who I was quite close with.

Monk Beopun always welcomed me with a smile but today his expression was not like that.

A look of distress.

The look on his face as he writhe in regret while wearing his monk’s robe was painful to look at.

“Monk Beopun.”

“…It’s painful. At that time I should have risked my life to persuade my superiors. All of this… All of this tragedy is my fault…”

“You can blame yourself later. Let me hear the situation first.”

“…Oh I’m sorry.”

Monk Beopun continued speaking with difficulty.

“Fifteen who awakened as divine players with the help of Baekmyeonggyo. And thirty who are believed to have taken ‘repentance.’ Thus forty-five people are taking hostages and protesting with force.”

I thought it was a temple because Buddhist people were causing a disturbance but it was just an ordinary building.

But I also knew from early on that this was a place for the Buddhists to train divine players.

Because that was also the place where they had been putting in the most effort recently.

I nodded sighing.

“When did those who were baptized by Baekmyeonggyo turn away?”

“According to reports it was three hours ago. They say things have been strange since then.”

“Baekmyeonggyo will no longer be controlled.”

The rampage of those who have nothing to lose.

I knew that the benefits I gave to the established religions were not goodwill…

The vision that had been blurred by greed is now returning.

No to be exact the evil intentions that Baekmyeonggyo had been hiding are now stirring.

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“Your Holiness.”

Monk Beopun took my hand and spoke in a soft voice.

“Can you save them?”

“I will try my best.”

I couldn’t promise anything for sure because I hadn’t personally seen the condition of those who had been baptized by Baek Myeong-gyo.

They should be placed on a completely different level from the ‘repentance’ addicts.

This is because the divine power obtained through medicine and the divine power received through direct baptism are fundamentally different.

“Then let’s go in.”

“Please take good care of me.”

I nodded slightly at the request of Monk Beopun. Then I waved lightly at the troops of our religious order standing behind me.

“Come in.”

“Yes Your Majesty.”

“yes.”

Only the best of the best have been selected from among the trainees led by Luna and Leo.

Jaemin one of the aces of the first batch of trainees was also there.

After inspecting the troops I immediately rushed into the building.

Inside a building where the lights are completely turned off.

The pungent smell of blood was lingering in the air as if ventilation was not working properly.

“Luna Leo each move separately. When you spot an enemy capture them first. If they resist strongly you may kill them.”

“I have confirmed it. Your Majesty….”

“I can be alone. Just move.”

Following my instructions Leo and Luna quickly moved their bodies.

So in an instant I was left alone.

It’s definitely more comfortable to move alone.

“Hmm.”

I took a deep breath and looked around the building.

The divine power that has been subtly resonating since a while ago.

This unpleasant and sticky divine power which must have been the divine power of Baekmyeonggyo was clearly felt from below.

It’s the basement of the building….

Are the Purifiers and these guys equally gloomy?

To get down to the basement you have to go through the stairs but the stairs you see up front will already have all kinds of traps set up.

At times like these you need to move simply.

“Gauntlet.”

Rrrrrrrrr.

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If I want to equip the gauntlet the gauntlet will be automatically summoned and equipped on my hand.

I told you it’s such a convenient feature right?

Ah I have to go down to the basement so why do I suddenly need a gauntlet?

“There’s no need to go back.”

Kwaaaaaaaaaaahh …

Using stairs is for cowards.

Why use the stairs when you can just go down through the floor?

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

I hit it about four times so it must be around the 4th basement floor.

There was a lot of dust but I waved my hand gently to blow the dust away.

Then the interior of the 4th basement floor was soon revealed.

A scenery that seems like slow motion.

The fanatics standing guard froze as they looked at me in disbelief and the hostages being dragged away by their hands shed tears.

“It’s Kim Si-woo!”

“I’m alive! Thank you thank you Buddha….”

Who is the fanatic and who is the hostage?

It catches the eye at a glance.

Those who feel the divine power of Baekmyeonggyo in their body are enemies and those who do not are allies.

Finished organizing.

I said nodding.

“This is not all…..”

That was when.

Boom-!

There was a loud explosion next to me and soon someone’s fist came flying through the wall.

A tough attack filled with divine power.

I was thinking of dodging that punch but then I changed my mind.

“How rude.”

He immediately swung his fist and returned the blow. 

Wood crunch.

Six men and women appear from beyond the wall accompanied by the eerie sound of bones crunching.

People who turned over with their eyes wide open emitting the divine power of Baekmyeonggyo.

“It’s you guys.”

It was not difficult to realize that they were Buddhists who had been baptized by Baekmyeonggyo.

“For a great cause!”

“A new order has come O you who are on high please take my body!”

Those who shout things that are so far removed from Buddhism.

Even the guy who just got his hand crushed confesses his faith so loudly that it’s almost heartbreaking as if he’s forgotten the pain.

Fanaticism.

How many scenes are more aptly described as fanatic than that one?

“The other nine will be somewhere else.”

Given the small number of hostages it was likely that they were spread out.

I said tapping my neck gently with my gauntlet.

“Let’s finish quickly since we have to run more hot springs today.”

The good news is that there is still hope for these people.

Makes everyone faint.

It’s okay to blow off your arms and legs.

Because all we have to do is free the guys from the Baekmyeong Church and help them recover at the same time.

From now on it’s a battle against time.

“It stings.”

I dove into them in one breath.

4.

It only took 3 minutes to subdue the enemy located on the 4th basement floor.

I finished everything in the time it took to finish one cup of ramen when I got a radio call from Luna.

-I found a person dispatched directly from His Holiness Baekmyeonggyo. But this kid is performing some kind of ritual and the defense barrier is not breaking through.

“What floor is it?”

-3rd floor above ground.

“check.”

Are you having a ceremony?

If it’s a defense barrier that Luna can’t penetrate it means it’s a defense barrier related to the level.

As soon as I finished the radio transmission I spoke straight to the hostages.

“Everyone go to the first floor. Government personnel have arrived and are waiting.”

“I….”

“Is there a problem?”

“There is a trap set up on the stairs.”

As expected it is as expected.

It looks like it’ll take some time to dismantle the trap so let’s just use another method.

“forming.”

Woof woof woof.

Summoned a pillar of light through the attack.

“It’s a kind of elevator. If you go inside this pillar you’ll be taken to the first floor.”

“Thank you very much!”

“No problem.”

As the level of difficulty increases this level of reality manipulation becomes not so difficult.

…Come to think of it if I had used this ability there would have been no need to go through the floor.

This is why people have to use their heads.

I saw the hostages escaping quickly then I climbed up the pillar and headed to the fourth floor.

Paaaaat-!

The view changed in an instant.

And soon the fourth floor came into view with corpses strewn all over the place.

They were not the corpses of our sect’s fighters.

It wasn’t an enemy corpse either.

“Human sacrifice?”

The corpses looked like they were ordinary people. One peculiar thing was that they didn’t smell like blood.

It was as if all the blood in his body had been sucked out.

“His Holiness.”

Luna who was frowning approached me.

“When we got to the 4th floor it was already like this.”

“Is that the opaque shield you were talking about?”

“yes.”

As Luna said an opaque film had formed in one corner of the fourth floor.

A curtain that prevents the inside from being seen from the outside.

But I saw something beyond that curtain.

“You crazy kids.”

Beyond the curtain something no different from what the Purifiers were doing was happening.

From those who stab themselves in the chest with a knife to those who sprinkle the blood of their victims on incense burners.

“Your Majesty. What do you see?”

Luna asked me with the hammer slung over her shoulder. I nodded slightly at Luna.

“I see demons.”

“I don’t really feel any magic.”

“They are demons imitating God.”

“ah.”

“I’ll break through in one breath. Everyone step back.”

Following my instructions the knights and priests who had been forming a defensive line in front of the curtain quickly retreated to the back.

I clenched my teeth and put all my strength into my fist. Then I ran forward with all my might.

Aaaa …

The fist I raised collides with the barrier.

The sound of breaking glass erupts and soon the opaque curtain crumbles.

“I give my body to you.”

“Please make history.”

As soon as the opaque curtain breaks the tragedy unfolding inside is clearly revealed.

“These fucking kids!”

A curse came out of Luna’s mouth.

It wasn’t just Luna.

The knights and priests standing behind Luna are also engulfed in anger.

Beyond the curtain corpses were strewn about.

These are the corpses of the victims who were held hostage here.

The gruesome corpses of children old people men and women regardless of age.

Those who are caught up in false beliefs can somehow be brought back to their senses but those who have already lost their lives cannot be brought back to life.

“Your Majesty! Cut off the necks of those bastards right now…”

“It’s the work of Baekmyeonggyo. Baekmyeonggyo is manipulating their minds. They don’t even know what they’re doing.”

“…under!”

That is why it is an even more terrible tragedy.

What will their faces look like when they come to their senses and realize what they have done?

But I decided to put that worry aside for a moment.

because.

【Haven’t you realized yet? You must stand on our side. You are the same as us.】

All these tragedies were committed by those ancient gods who treat humans like insects.

I let out a breath as I heard a voice ringing in my ear.

“How many times do I have to tell you to stop bitching about X?”

Our hatred should not be directed at those poor people.

Because our hatred was directed only at those demons in the image of God.

“We’ll deal with this here and deal with the Baekmyeonggyo branches that we identified in advance.”

There was too much to pay.

So I tried hard to suppress my anger and moved forward.

Our Pope please stop this