The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone

＜ 31 : Apostle of Heaven (3) ＞

“It’s just… simply branded.”

stigma.

Evan’s eyes narrowed as he heard Peter’s story.

Evan reached out and grabbed Peter’s arm.

Then he rolled up the sleeves of Peter’s clothes and listened to check the stigma that had been engraved on his arm.

Embarrassed, Peter tried to shake off Evan’s hand, but his strength was not enough compared to Evan, who had been practicing martial arts all his life.

Evan rolled up Peter’s sleeve and opened his mouth, looking at the black pattern engraved on his forearm.

“This…….”

“Are you aware of this sign?”

“It’s the mark of a hero.”

Peter’s face hardened upon hearing the story.

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Mark of a hero.

Although Peter had lived his life away from the temple, he was not ignorant of the word hero.

Heroes were the beings from the old tales that came from the family.

Each of them had special weapons and excellent fighting abilities, and they were strong warriors who defeated evil spirits.

Hearing the story of the hero, Peter’s heart began to tighten.

thud. thud. thud. thud.

It felt like I was losing my mind with a pounding pulse.

What was thought to be a stigma of an evil spirit was actually a mark representing a hero.

Peter asked Evan, wondering if he had heard something wrong.

“Wow, Hero…? Really?”

“It is undoubtedly the mark of a hero. It is also the hero chosen by the goddess of honor.”

Peter’s hand began to tremble at the sound of Evan’s confident voice.

The opponent is a person who used to be a paladin belonging to the Holy Land.

There was no lie that such a person guarantees.

If the story is true, the current situation was very dangerous for Peter.

The person in front of you is an apostle who serves the evil spirit.

For such a person, the existence of a hero must have been a thorn in his eyes.

“there…….”

Peter’s head turned violently as he spoke.

he is a hero

Evan was not the only one who could be a threat.

Apostle Euthenia. and Archbishop Roan.

Peter’s life was in jeopardy no matter which side of the marker was found.

In order to survive, everyone in the church had to be unaware of Peter’s identity.

“Is there anything you want to say?”

“Can’t you keep the fact that I have a mark a secret from everyone…?”

What Peter, in a corner, chose to ask the apostle in front of him for help.

I don’t know why he made that choice.

The only way Peter could think of now was to pretend that Evan didn’t know.

When Evan heard Peter’s story, he smiled in despair.

He let go of the hand that was holding Peter’s arm and looked at Peter who was looking at him.

“Do you want me to do that?”

“Yeah, yeah… I don’t want to cause everyone to worry just because of a single sign.”

“You have chosen a difficult path. It will be a tough fight in the future.”

“Yes.”

The mark must be hidden among the many followers of the evil gods here.

Peter knew the danger, too.

The thought of tying it up with a bandage was even coming to mind.

However, Evan’s subsequent words were more shocking than Peter had imagined.

“If you’re going to hide it, hide it thoroughly. To the members of the denomination, and to the people of the Holy Land, everything.”

“……”

“The Church and the Holy Land. Either way, if you check the mark you have, I won’t leave you alone.”

It was said that not only the church but also the six temples of Crossbridge might try to kill Peter.

Hearing his warning, Peter couldn’t help but wonder.

Originally, a hero was a being to fight against evil spirits along with a temple.

At least the heroes of the old tales Peter knew were in charge of that.

But the words that came out of Evan’s mouth were warning Peter of an unexpected danger.

Peter asked Evan the reason because it was contrary to common sense he knew.

“What the heck… what are you talking about? Why are you trying to kill me in the Holy Land?”

“It’s not difficult to change the hero if the mark starts to appear in the early stages. If you are the only survivor of the village that was sacrificed, it would be a risk from the point of view of the Holy Land.”

“Is it possible to change a hero?”

“If the new spirit has not yet been transferred, the hero will reappear even if it takes a little while.”

It will take some time, but the hero will appear again.

What this meant was simple.

It meant that if the people of the temple found out about the link with the denomination, they might be killed.

Peter was already deeply entangled with the church.

If we found out about Peter’s past at the Holy Land, it was natural to try to get rid of him.

Peter’s hand clasped the hero’s glyph in a situation where his head hurt.

Because of the damn pattern, it has become difficult to even think of escaping now.

“Of course, even if enough time has passed, it would be better not to reveal his identity.”

“……Yes.”

“If after some time your identity is discovered in the temple, then I will deal with you with my own hands.”

Evan’s sharp eyes looked at Peter.

Although he had a cold smile on his lips, Evan’s eyes were filled with complex emotions.

It’s good not to kill Peter right now.

However, could the apostle in front of him be a being that could be called his ally?

gulp.

Peter, who faced Evan, swallowed his saliva involuntarily.

Evan patted Peter on the shoulder nervously, passing him and approaching the slope.

“It seems that it is difficult to understand why I am making this choice.”

“Well, that’s…”

“I was a paladin who worshiped the goddess of honor.”

“ah…….”

Evan looked up at the night sky where there were no eyes.

The brightly rising moon was reflected in Evan’s eyes.

He stared at the dark night sky for a moment, then moved his gauntlet and clenched his fists.

Evan’s clenched fists resounded with a metallic fricative sound.

“I was trapped in a small cave to escape the threat of life, and I constantly cried out the name of the goddess.”

“Yes.”

“God never answers human calls. The only ones who care about the weak are the gods of another world who want to take over this world.”

Evil gods looking down on their world.

A huge presence that looked down on the ground during each ceremony flashed through Peter’s mind.

There was always only one god that Peter faced.

A being who covets earthly sacrifices with huge eyes.

And the monster that sent Euthenia to devour Peter’s village whole.

It was something of a different dimension that mere humans could not resist.

Nevertheless, the great gods revered by everyone on the continent did not directly step forward.

All that was left was to put a crude mark on Peter’s arm.

“Even if it was a paladin, there was no reply from the goddess.”

close.

The sound of grinding teeth echoed around.

Contrary to the dull voice that came out of his mouth, Evan reflected in Peter’s eyes looked like he was supported by evil.

Facing the sky, Evan raised his hand wearing the gauntlet into the air.

It looked like it was grabbing something.

Evan, who stretched out his hand toward the sky, called out Shingi’s name with a solemn voice.

“——Astrafe.”

The moment Evan calls Shin Ki’s name.

A blue flash of light began to spread from Evan’s grasp.

breakage. phlegmatic.

Sparks flew out of the flash of light he held in his hand, gradually increasing in size.

The flash of light in Evan’s hand created a giant spear as time passed.

A brilliance strong enough to brighten the surroundings.

Evan, carrying the heavy thunderbolt spear on his back, pointed at the sky at an angle.

“Those who do not look down have no right to rule above.”

As if in response to Evan’s heart, the lightning bolt held in Evan’s hand trembled.

Evan threw the lightning bolt in his hand towards the sky.

Aww!

The lightning spear that flew out of Evan’s hand pierced the clouds hanging in the sky.

At the same time as the blue trail pierced the cloud, the cloud that had been pierced by the lightning began to emit lightning.

Kwareung! Quarreung!

Thunderclouds that formed in the sky poured lightning bolts toward the ground.

Peter’s mouth, watching him, opened wide at the sight of lightning pouring down toward the ground.

As the rain of lightning continued, thunder echoed in Peter’s ears one after another.

“……”

pulsing atmosphere.

And thunderstorms pouring down from below.

The scene unfolding before his eyes helped Peter understand the story Evan was trying to tell.

This was a warning.

This is a warning from Evan, who has become an apostle of the evil spirit, to Peter and the goddess who have the mark of a hero.

The lightning that filled the field of vision was not an attack that a human body could withstand.

The moment Peter was completely out of sight of the church, Evan’s attack he had just seen would come flying towards Peter.

“Can you understand what I’m thinking now?”

“I feel like I know a little bit.”

“Yeah. I’m going to pull it down with my own hands.”

A declaration of war to the sky.

Evan, who uttered a declaration of the highest order, stretched out his hand wearing the gauntlet toward the air.

breakage.

Blue lightning bolts erupted from the gauntlets.

Peter looked at the gauntlet wrapped in light and asked Evan.

“Is that really… possible?”

“Do you think it won’t?”

“that…….”

“I rolled around in the mud and crawled on the floor. I drank muddy water and fed myself, and yet I kept calling out the name of the gods.”

Evan’s shabby gossip revived in Peter’s mind.

Evan’s appearance, led by Yutenia’s hand, was too different from the first one.

The proud paladin of the first day disappeared, and the only thing that took its place was a sloppy man who was tired of hunger and thirst.

If there were such hardships during that time, it was understandable why Evan was so broken.

“I prayed while holding my sword. I constantly doubted my faith, but I continued to try to make up my mind.”

“……”

“If not today, tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then. I believed that someday salvation would come.”

Nevertheless, the hopes of the paladin were crushed horribly.

Because what he was looking at was not the goddess he worshiped, but the evil god of another dimension observing humans.

broken Broken.

Rolling over the abyss, he was crushed by darkness.

As the strong faith collapsed, what appeared beyond it was the unfathomable end of human malice.

“Nevertheless! If the result that came back was just a joke——!”

Evan’s red, bloodshot eyes looked at Peter.

fuck.

He had a smile that didn’t match the solemn figure he had before.

A twisted smile that feels foreign.

Evan, with such a smile on his face, declared toward the existence that had engraved a token on Peter.

“Now it’s your turn to pay the price of your long faith.”

Kwareung!

A lightning bolt of blue light fell over Evan’s shoulder as he looked at Peter.