Chapter 266 - Episode Thirteen - The First Trial (1)

I enter into the Great Temple of the Kudor Church with Mea, Peter, and a woman who was one of Peters men.

Peters subordinate was hiding her face behind a mask, so I couldnt be sure, but from the sound of his voice, she was probably the same person who had been there when Peter came to Palgas Village.

Her name seemed to be Myunhi.

In addition to the four of us, Zolomonia, the demon of wisdom and destruction that is enclosed in Peters great staff, is also accompanying us.

Zolomonia was walking around beside Peter, and before you knew it, she was gone or floating around in the air.

Most of the time, shes gazing happily at Peters back, but sometimes she looks at me with a grudge.

However, if I return her gaze, she deliberately averts her face.

Other than that, she doesnt seem to be interfering with us in any particular way.

The Great Temple of the Kudor Church, with its blue walls, blue carpet, and blue lights,, has an uncomfortable interior.

Peter-sama are you sure? That man is clearly not a normal person. Besides, before too, he

If I had it to do over again, Id do it! I cant let any outsiders take that away. You know that, dont you?

Peter and his men walked a little behind me, hiding their mouths and whispering something to each other.

Mea looks at them with her eyes and says anxiously.

Isnt that Peter guy kind of suspicious? I feel uneasy when I look at him, though

Really? The last time we met, he seemed like a nice guy.

I remember the last time I met Peter in Palgas Village.

Even back then, Peter stopped his men who had taken the liberty of trying to make things difficult for me.

But didnt Abel also say that he was definitely using forbidden magic?

Mea narrowed her eyes at Peter.

There are no bad people who use forbidden magic. Theyre just a little more serious about their hobby and honest with themselves.

He is also a saint who forgave Altamir for letting her hundred years of research go to waste, but he has a record of secretly trying to turn a monster into a pet when he was asked to subjugate it.

His standards are just a little off.

Im sure that Peter-san is not such a bad person.

Mea doesnt understand difficult things, but I think there are a lot of things that can change if you go too far

After a while in the Great Temple, there was a large door in the passage.

If you go under it, you will see two large pedestals on either side of the entrance.

One of the pedestals was empty, but the other was adorned with a huge statue that boasted an overwhelming presence.

Its model was the national deity of the Dinrat Kingdom.

It was a stone statue of the god Kudor, who had destroyed all the four great creator gods in ancient times and put an end to the age of mythology.

At nearly five meters, it was quite a sight to behold.

The statue of Kudor is not only large, but also morbidly elaborate.

This can be seen by comparing the texture of the tentacles with the texture of a persons upper body.

You can see the obsession of the creator in the bent parts of the tentacles and the bones floating slightly in the joints of the fingers.

Peter stopped in front of the statue and looked up at it, as if he was also interested in the statue of Kudor.

Its a statue of the god Kudor. Ive never seen anything splendid like it, not even in the Dinrat Kingdom before.

This statue alone would fetch an immense price.

I didnt dare to talk about such a vulgar thing in front of Peter, who seemed to be a church official.

However, when I looked at it again, it was quite eerie.

The slender body that stretches out from the massive mass of flesh is so disproportionate that it incites anxiety in the viewer.

The countless tentacles stretching out seem to be about to start moving.

The thought that such a monster really existed sends a chill down my spine.

Mea shuddered and hid behind me.

Me-, Mea think our eyes just met.

I glance up to meet the eyes of the statue of Kudor.

It has an emotionless expression on its face.

Its true that the statue gives off an odd vibe that makes you feel like you have eyes on it no matter which way you look at it.

hmm?

My attention immediately shifted from the statue of Kudor to the magic formula carved on the wall.

Its quite an impressive technique.

It seemed to be an ancient technique, but since I had just recently been dying to decipher the Great Gods Treasure Book, I could understand it just by looking at it.

The encryption is a bit complicated, but unlike the magic circle used in battle, the formula engraved on a stationary wall can be seen and thought about slowly.

If you take away the noise, the structure is similar to the summoning crests used to summon spirit animals and demons.

Perhaps they are used to trigger similar phenomena.

Its quite an elaborate structure, and there are a few parts that give me pause when I look at it.

It is indeed a product of the heyday of sorcery, when gods existed and demons taught people the spirit language.

I see, in this way you can make a kind of conditional activation of pseudo-summon crests.

I turned my attention to the end of the passage and followed the magic formula engraved on the wall from end to end.

Based on the formula, structure, and scale, there are probably twenty-six of them on either side of this passage, for a total of fifty-two.

If something triggers it, there is no doubt that it is a mechanism to summon 52 demons in a chain reaction.

Its like a device to block intruders.

In the end, you will be able to see that the walls and the ground are gouged in many places and there are traces of blood.

Judging from the fact that its not yet dry, it seems that a demon had just been summoned and has engaged in a fierce battle with the intruder.

They were probably the ones who beat Peter to death.

Peter-san. It seems that something that looks like a chain of demon summoning magic formulas has been engraved. Please remain vigilant.

Peter, who was looking up at the statue of Kudor, looked back at me.

How can you possibly know that?

No, I read the formula. I just recently read a book on the magic formulas of this time period

As I was saying this, Peters mood changed.

A book on the magical formulae of the mythical era? Theres no way such a thing could possibly have survived

Oh no, I slipped up.

The Great Gods Treasure Book is a book that the people of the Kudor Church have been searching for with all their might.

According to the collector, it was hidden in the Garshard Kingdom, who believed in the earth god, but if Peter found out about it, it could be confiscated and imprisoned.

If he deciphered any part of the book, I could be killed to keep my mouth shut.

Thats how dangerous this book is.

W-, Well

While I was stammering, I heard footsteps coming from the end of the passage.

The owner of the footsteps was a man with brown skin.

He had a well-developed nose and clear, double-edged eyelids. The tip of his chin was narrow.

His face was neat, but his expressionless face gave him a cruel impression.

His attire is similar to that of the priest who summoned Kudor, which was depicted in the Great Gods Treasure Book.

However, what I saw in the Great Gods Treasure Book was a very simplified and rough version, so I cant be too sure.

I almost mistook it for an opponent of Peters but I soon realized that it was some kind of illusion created by magic.

When Peter saw the man, he backed away, holding his mouth.

N-, no way, Priest Yohanan

Yohanans name was the name of the priest who had summoned Kudor, whom I had seen in the Great Gods Treasure Book.

It seemed that Peter also believed that the person in the vision was the priest who had summoned Kudor.