Somebody Stop the Pope – 33



Episode 33

11. Monster Wave

1.

What is divine power?

It is literally the sacred power of God and the power to work miracles.

At first glance it sounds like a blessing from God (in my case I actually received it directly from Limen) but according to Limen’s explanation the divine power comes from the believers not the gods.

-To be exact you can think of it as the power that gives life its origin. Life is such a wonderful and precious thing that it has countless possibilities. If magic power is connected to the possibility of life’s <will> then divine power is the power that is connected to the possibility of life’s <faith>.

When I first heard the story from Limen I didn’t quite understand it but as time went by I was eventually able to realize what it meant.

I once saw a young man who arrived at the Vatican under the guidance of his priests.

A 24-year-old youth from a northern savage tribe.

He was a young man who had never been baptized by a priest nor had he received any religious education since childhood.

The young man had no idea what kind of god Limen was what values ​​Limen pursued or what the church’s doctrines were.

But in the young man there was a pure divine power that even I could exclaim in admiration.

It is said that when the young man was a boy he was able to survive thanks to the sacrifice of a priest from the Limen sect.

And it is said that from the moment the young man saw a stranger with no ties to the tribe praying to Limen and willingly making sacrifices he embraced a god whose name he knew nothing about except Limen in his heart.

Even while wandering the north with the surviving tribesmen the young man simply prayed to the god named Limen for the tribe’s safety and happiness.

Not even knowing what prayer is.

In this way the young man wandered north with his tribesmen until he was discovered by another priest of the Limen sect and arrived at the Vatican.

It was also the story of ‘Leo Lumen’ who was called the saint of the North.

Of course even Leo who used to be like that is now busy translating the Bible in his room.

“Leo that kid was a very special case. He was born with a very strong potential for divine powers.”

“I’ll say it again calling Leo ‘kid’ is too much for me.”

“Siwoo. Are you jealous right now?”

“No way.”

I sighed as I looked at Limen who was sitting lightly on the desk in front of me.

This was also the temple of Limen and thanks to the rapid increase in her followers over the past night she was able to appear once again.

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The reason I urgently asked to speak to her was of course because of the huge incident that happened last night.

An event where divine powers were unlocked for players on Earth.

The whole world was in an uproar because of it. From traditional religions like Christianity and Islam to strange new religious groups that I had never heard of before.

There were players coming out here and there who claimed to have developed divine powers. Of course I don’t know if they actually developed divine powers.

Limen said gently placing his hand on my head.

“You knew that the shamans of the northern peoples used divine powers didn’t you?”

“That’s why it was hard to understand.”

“It’s not the object of faith that’s important but the faith that believes in the object that’s important. I don’t know about Siwoo but there were quite a few deities that were destroyed because they couldn’t gain faith?”

“What on earth is this divinity?”

“Siwoo is already seeing it with his own two eyes!”

“That’s not it…..”

“I can’t tell you about the origin of divinity.”

When Limen says something like that it means he really can’t answer.

I guess I have no choice but to move on.

I sighed nodded then looked back at Limen and asked.

“Then why has there been no divine power on Earth until now?”

“It’s the same reason why humans on Earth weren’t allowed to use magic for so long. Because the dimension was limiting some of the possibilities life had.”

“If that was the case shouldn’t it have appeared five years ago when the magic power appeared?”

To my question Limen answered with a sullen expression and a furrowed brow.

“If I had known I would have told Siwoo a long time ago. I’m sorry I’m an incompetent god on Earth.”

“…No if you say it like that what will that make me?”

“Still I can kind of predict it. It was originally planned to be like this or….”

“or not?”

“It’s because of me and Siwoo.”

I sighed deeply again at Limen’s words.

“Causality again?”

“I want to give everything to Siwoo without holding back… but the causality that governs the dimensions can’t help but hate that kind of thing right?”

I had expected that word to come up again but I couldn’t help but feel annoyed when I heard about the possibility directly.

But Limen hugged me lightly and said.

“But I can do this much now.”

[Your goddess blesses you.]

[All attribute levels held by the sect increase by 1 level for 90 days.]

“Do I have to hug and bless you like this?”

“I like this. You don’t like Siwoo?”

Instead of answering Limen’s question he just remained silent.

After embracing me like that for quite some time Limen soon came down from the desk and smiled.

And then he looked at me and asked playfully.

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“What does our Pope plan to do now?”

“What should I do? I have to preach hard to the players. If I just sit still I’ll lose all the talent. We’re already short on manpower.”

Originally I was planning to attract talents from various fields through things like divine power and baptism but if I do that now it will be too late.

According to the news coming from the Ability Management Department and Mr. Minsu the large guilds are already looking for ways to preempt players with potential for divine power.

They may not have any information about divine powers but if you let your guard down it could all be taken away from you.

“right.”

There was something I wanted to ask Limen so I figured I’d take this opportunity to resolve it.

“Is it possible to recruit additional personnel from Eden?”

“Well not yet?”

“Then there’s nothing we can do. We just have to grind Leo a little more.”

“…Siwoo?”

“It’s okay. People don’t die from sleeping less.”

2.

The opportunity for effective sales or rather missionary work was not so far away.

The emergence of the divine power was only part of an event that occurred overnight.

<Breaking News) Some of the Orc tribes occupying the area around Pyongyang City have begun to move south. Monster Wave Alert Level 2 has been issued in the area around the former Military Demarcation Line.>

<A very large gate detected in Saha-gu Busan. The expected gate grade is A.>

<Abnormal magical activity in Seo-gu Gwangju Metropolitan City…>

While the entire world was bewildered by the new energy called divine power strange phenomena began to occur simultaneously all over the world.

And Korea was not free from these abnormal phenomena either.

There are nine unusual phenomena reported nationwide.

Among them there were three abnormal phenomena that could have caused serious damage to the country if left unchecked.

Naturally when the situation got to that point an emergency was declared throughout South Korea.

The mere fact that an order to summon the Awakened which is only given once a year was enough to indicate the severity of the current situation.

Of course I was also included in the list of people summoned by the government.

“Isn’t it funny that those piglets suddenly came down because they had foot-and-mouth disease? Pope Kim. No matter how much I think about it I can’t understand it. It’s really a coincidence that those guys who had been stuck there all this time came down at this time.”

“CEO Choi you’re also the head of a large guild so wouldn’t it look prettier if you were on their side instead of ours?”

“Haha. It hurts my pride to stick with those punks. Didn’t I tell you back then? Our guild is not affiliated with the Jeon Kak-ryun.”

“okay.”

I sighed as I looked at Choi Seo-jin the representative of the Goblin Guild who was chatting excitedly next to me.

This is the top floor conference room of the Ability Management Department which I visited once before.

There were a total of 11 people including me sitting in the conference room.

The representative of the Goblin Guild Choi is also one of those 11 people.

CEO Choi was wearing a Hawaiian short-sleeved T-shirt despite the cold weather and he spoke to me while flexing his dynamic muscles.

“Would you like to have a cup of coffee with me after the meeting? I have some questions to ask you and I’d like to do something else as well.”

“Are you going to ask separately?”

“I personally have a lot of questions about divine powers.”

After a while CEO Choi brought his mouth to my ear and whispered quietly.

“Wasn’t the power that subdued me last time divine power? The power you showed at the Guro-gu Gate also seemed to be divine power. However it seems that Pope Kim is the first instructor of divine power…”

“CEO Choi.”

“yes.”

“Please refrain from whispering in my ear from now on. If you do it one more time I may let you take another look under the ground.”

“Oh. Were you embarrassed? Your taste is unexpectedly… Haha relax your face Pope Kim.”

This is the first time I’ve met CEO Choi since then and he’s really a strange person.

Anyone who sees them would think they are comrades who have fought together in countless battles.

“CEO Choi. Are there two of you in the conference room? Could you please lower your voice?”

A middle-aged man with a mustache seemed quite dissatisfied with our communication as he spoke to us.

In response to the man’s remark CEO Choi answered by picking his ear with his little finger.

“I’m going to have a nice chat with my new friend. Do you have any complaints? If you don’t like the temple then just leave.”

“That’s the problem with you. You don’t have even a shred of consideration for others. That’s why you clash with other guilds over every little thing.”

“Mr. Representative have you been getting any moustache treatment lately? Your moustache looks strangely better.”

“Sigh.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at CEO Choi’s comment.

He is definitely crazy.

In my case I was summoned as an irregular by the Ability Management Department but the other ten people are all representatives of large guilds based in Seoul.

In a situation where the balance of power has shifted significantly towards the guild those people are said to be the core power structure but how many people would be willing to openly challenge them?

It seems to be true that I am not on good terms with the guilds that I belong to.

Otherwise.

“By the way did this CEO get a circumcision on his mouth? Why does everything he says sound like a fucking X?”

There’s no way you could say that.

“You you little punk!”

“Last time at the site the part that your guild members were in charge of was breached and my kids had a hard time so shouldn’t you apologize for that first? Instead of talking nonsense take care of your kids better.”

“oh.”

What do you mean Choi Ka-kola? Is it something like that?

Correct it.

He doesn’t seem to be crazy he seems properly crazy.

Representative Lee looked ready to storm out at Representative Choi’s verbal abuse but he couldn’t do anything.

Because just as he was about to get angry the conference room door opened and someone came in.

“I guess our busy representatives were having a pleasant conversation. Did this old man interrupt them?”

Minister Yoo Seon-ho head of the Department of Ability Management.

At the appearance of the old man with the kind smile the representative simply frowned and sat down quietly.

CEO Choi smiled at CEO Lee and then spoke to Minister Yoo Seon-ho.

“It seems like you’ve gotten more energetic since we last met Minister.”

“I think the health supplement I recently took is having some effect. If you want I’ll tell you where I got the supplement after the meeting. Hehe.”

“Okay.”

Representative Choi also had a favorable stance towards Minister Yoo Seon-ho.

Minister Yoo who quickly sorted out the atmosphere in the conference room that was heading towards catastrophe sat down while still smiling kindly.

And then he made a slight gesture to his secretary and said:

“Since time is of the essence let’s get to the point quickly.”

After a while a map of South Korea appeared on a screen on one side of the conference room.

The familiar Korean Peninsula.

But there was a huge red dot near the waist of the Korean peninsula and Minister Yoo Seon-ho spoke in a low voice.

“According to the reconnaissance team’s report the number of orcs moving south is at least 100000. Accordingly the monster wave alert level has been raised from level 2 to level 1.”

…what?

100 thousand?

Our Pope please stop this