The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone

＜ 30 : Apostle of Heaven (2) ＞

The interior of the church is still crude.

There, a supper for the new apostle was being held under the leadership of Roan.

It looked like the whole large table was filled with delicious bread and vegetables.

Of course, the dishes here were prepared by the members of the church under Roan’s instructions.

There were no other dishes that Roan could cook, except for drugs, who had only trained in black magic all her life.

“Congratulations on becoming a new apostle!”

Roan congratulated Evan who was sitting at the table in a loud voice.

Receiving Roan’s congratulations, Evan looked at him with a subtle face.

It was the opponent Evan had tried to kill by swinging his sword himself.

However, being congratulated for becoming an apostle of the evil spirit in this way, it was inevitable that he would feel awkward.

To Roan’s friendly attitude as if nothing had happened, Evan responded by pretending to be okay.

“…Yes. Thank you for the congratulations.”

“I heard that the 2nd Apostle has acquired great powers this time.”

“It’s a great ability.”

“Didn’t you acquire the power to wield lightning? I know how powerful the lightning of the Great One is, as I’ve only dealt with it for a while.”

Hearing Roan’s words, Evan looked at the Astrape he was wearing on his hand.

The performance of the Astrafe had not yet been properly tested.

However, he was well aware that this divine spirit possessed tremendous power.

As they have a variety of abilities, if their proficiency increases, they will be able to obtain overwhelming strength than before.

In addition, the current Evan was in the process of receiving immense magical power in place of the divine power.

Evan nodded in agreement with the power he had become more full than before.

“He has bestowed on me a powerful force. For me, it’s too much power.”

In a way, it is the power that you acquired by selling your devout faith.

It was natural to feel some reluctance to wield it.

Nevertheless, Evan had no intention of abandoning the task assigned to him.

It is a direction chosen by one’s own will.

Even if it was a broken belief, Evan had to bear the price.

If you are going to fall into the abyss, you must fall to the bottom of the abyss.

Because that was the only way left for Evan who had chosen to have an affair.

“As the apostle is with us, there will be nothing to be afraid of in our denomination for the time being.”

With a light laugh, Roan tilted the wine glass she was holding.

Seeing Roan drinking wine, Evan also grabbed a glass and choked.

It is a principle not to drink while in the Holy Land, but when he returns to his family, he occasionally enjoys wine.

Evan smiled bitterly at the smell of wine he drank after a long time.

I don’t know where I got it, but it wasn’t a bad wine for Evan to feel.

It was something that seemed to be quite expensive.

Evan ate bread and drank wine, then suddenly turned his gaze to the corner of the table.

“Hey, what’s that guy doing?”

In the corner where Evan’s gaze reached, there was Peter, who was eating bread with a puzzled expression on his face.

Even from the perspective of Evan, who joined for the first time today, Peter’s appearance stood out in particular.

Judging from the incongruent appearance or the heterogeneous attire, it does not appear that he is a member of the denomination.

However, he did not do too much to think that he was not a worker.

Peter ate the bread with his fingers little by little, then opened his mouth in bewilderment at Evan’s finger pointing at him.

“Uh… you mean that?”

“Yeah. You don’t look like an ordinary devotee.”

“I…….”

Peter, who was asked a question by Evan, blurted his words with a bewildered look.

With the bread he was breaking in his hand, Peter’s eyes continued to hover in the air.

tock. tock.

Evan’s fingers in the gauntlet tapped the table slowly.

It looked as if anyone could see it clearly and promptly for an answer.

Seeing Peter unable to come up with a clear answer, it was Roan who went out to save him.

“Oh, you mean Peter? He’s the First Apostle’s servant and driver.”

“……servant?”

“Servant and driver? Are you not a member of the Church?”

“He has not yet officially joined the Church, but he must be in awe of the Great in his heart.”

Hearing Roan’s answer, Evan became a curious face.

Not a member of the church, but a simple servant.

Evan shook his head again with the wine glass he was holding.

Then, looking at Roan, I asked him about the church.

“It’s surprising that you’re not a believer. Wasn’t the church sacrificing everyone in sight?”

“No. There is no such thing.”

It was Euthenia that returned the answer to Evan’s question.

Utenia was eating bread in a graceful state, without touching the wine.

In response to Yutenia’s denial of his own words, Evan asked the question again.

“…what are you talking about?”

“The humans we offer as sacrifices are only unbelievers.”

“Are you an unbeliever?”

A few villages have completely disappeared.

It was a fact that Evan himself confirmed while riding around on horseback.

Even so, Utenia seemed to deny that the entire village had not been sacrificed.

When Evan turned his question-filled gaze on Yutenia, she continued to explain.

“Peter is the only survivor of the village.”

“Survivor? Are you saying that those who serve him will be left alone?”

“Yes. If everyone serves the Great One, from then on, they will look for other sacrifices.”

A small possibility popped into Evan’s mind upon hearing Yutenia’s words.

Only those who do not serve God are sacrificed to the cause.

The method of the denomination was, in some ways, not much different from the work of the heresy inquisitor.

Except that the behavior is radical and the subject of interrogation is overly broad.

What would happen if you could convert all who came within the reach of the denomination?

If that happened, there might be a situation where no one would be sacrificed.

Putting aside whether it was realistically possible, the first thing that mattered was the fact that it was a possibility.

“Let’s change the way in the future.”

“What method do you want?”

“It’s about taking a few days to convert. It’ll be enough to make a sacrifice after that.”

“Are you talking about spending a little more time spreading his teachings?”

“Yes. If the number of those who serve him increases, the Great One will be very pleased.”

What is your destiny as an apostle?

Regarding him, the god of another world told him to straighten his beliefs.

The owner they serve wants one thing.

After driving out the six temples and their gods, the owner’s name was engraved in their place.

If you can only accomplish that cause, it doesn’t matter if it affects the existing method a little.

So Evan was able to make a decision about what he had to do.

“Are you satisfied with that?”

“That’s enough.”

“Then, shall we decide to do so in the future? No problem, Roan?”

“Of course. Who would oppose the expansion of the Church’s power?”

Hearing the confirmation from the members of the church, Evan looked at the gauntlet he was holding in his hand.

Your destiny is to save people.

And for him, the entire Holy Land must be destroyed.

There is only one reason for repeated wars.

This was because the six temples defined their master as an evil god and continued to move their troops to subdue him.

As long as the six temples and the gods of the other world face each other, this infinite bondage will continue forever.

But what if Evan’s new owner takes the place of the six temples?

Then there will be no more wars.

In a world ruled by a god from another world, everyone is living a peaceful life, forgetting their heroes and apostles.

“If everyone will serve him, there will be no more chaos or strife.”

Evan, who had set a new goal, began pouring wine into an empty glass.

To suppress the denomination and drive out the six temples of the Holy Land.

That was Evan’s new goal.

There is no salvation in this world just because there is an imaginary God.

But by destroying the crossbridge, more lives can be saved that will die in the future.

It was enough for me to get my hands dirty.

If Evan fell into the abyss, covered in all his blood and sin, then peaceful days would follow.

* * * * * *

“Huh…”

In the middle of a noisy dinner.

Peter walked out of the church building and sighed.

He intervened in the church’s schedule and somehow entered the dinner, but the church’s atmosphere was difficult to adapt to Peter.

In the beginning, Peter wasn’t even a member of the church.

It was only natural for Peter to feel uncomfortable, since he was treated as a servant, as an outsider.

“Ugh. How did I become like this?”

Peter, who had brought bread from dinner, muttered as he put it in his mouth.

The denomination distributes bread at mealtimes.

If he could not get bread by intervening with the faithful at mealtime, he had no choice but to starve at that time.

It was the same reason why I followed Euthenia into the banquet hall for this banquet.

It was because I had to starve for dinner if I didn’t fill my stomach while watching.

But now that we come back to the village, the village to return to has long since disappeared.

The more he thought about it, the worse he was.

“Besides, a strange stigma is stamped on his arm.”

Peter rolled up his sleeve and looked at his arm.

On Peter’s arm, a black pattern engraved from the past remained.

The shape of a sword that pierces its wings.

Even in the dark, the visible turbidity looked like the stigma of an evil god no matter how you looked at it.

As Peter reached out and rubbed his fingers to erase the pattern, the sound of a door opening echoed behind him.

“……”

profit.

It was Evan who opened the door and came out.

Evan came out and looked around, then found Peter standing in the corner.

Peter was afraid to see Evan, so he lowered his sleeve and covered his arm.

Seeing Peter hiding his arms haphazardly with a bewildered look, Evan asked as he approached him.

“He was said to be a servant of Yutenia.”

“Ah, yes, yes…!”

It’s Evan, who was staring at Peter from inside the banquet hall.

Peter nodded his head reflexively, feeling that he couldn’t deny it.

Tub. Tub.

Evan’s steps moved closer to Peter.

Evan, who came all the way to his nose, asked while looking at Peter’s arm hidden behind him.

“Are you hiding something?”

“Oh, no! It’s nothing.”

“It’s nothing special…”

“It’s just… simply branded.”