140: The Bizarre Flames
When Evelia returned to the Christian Orphanage, the sky had already completely darkened.
Along the way, she walked while replaying the scene that had just occurred in her mind.
The more she thought about it, the colder her back felt.
Undoubtedly, Victor had been silenced. Most likely by "that Lord" he had spoken of.
Those bizarre golden flames... They weren't Hellfire, yet they possessed the same soul-burning properties as Hellfire.
Most critically, Uncle Beelzebub's avatar had also been burned away by those flames...
The Seven Demon Kings of Hell weren't invincible. Evelia knew this clearly. And that avatar was just one of Uncle Beelzebub's hundreds of millions of randomly created individuals. Theoretically speaking, it should have been quite fragile.
But theory was just theory. Each of Beelzebub's avatars carried the characteristic of [Gluttony]. This characteristic would cause it to indiscriminately devour and consume anything it came into contact with.
Therefore, although Beelzebub's avatars were very weak in terms of strength, they were something no one among the Seven Kings' avatars wanted to encounter.
There was no helping it. The characteristic of ignoring attacks and directly devouring was just too disgusting.
Even Evelia herself found the thing quite repulsive and wouldn't summon it unless necessary.
However... this was also precisely why Evelia felt her hair stand on end.
The [Gluttony] characteristic hadn't had any effect before the avatar was burned away.
Just what... were those flames?
Even the Seraph's holy fire shouldn't be able to achieve something like this, right?
Evelia didn't know. This terrifying threat from the unknown made her feel extremely uncomfortable. She had even begun considering whether to call one or two of her uncles or aunts over to serve as bodyguards.
After all, avatars were ultimately just avatars. But the main body was different.
Only then could Evelia feel somewhat at ease.
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"Eve-Eve! You're finally back! I was so worried!"
Evelia pushed open the orphanage gate, and Amya, who had been waiting behind the door, instantly pounced on her.
She anxiously circled Evelia twice. After confirming there were no obvious wounds on Evelia's body, she changed her attitude from worried to fierce.
"Who told you to go chase Victor alone!? Do you know how dangerous that was? With your tiny arms and legs, wouldn't you be dead if someone got close!? You make me so mad! Tonight I'm definitely going to teach you a lesson!"
Just then, the two Watchers, Mo Wuyou and Mo Ze, also walked over. Seeing that Evelia was safe and sound, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, after a brief moment of relief, Mo Wuyou still couldn't help but lecture Evelia. Later Evelia learned that he used to be a police officer, so this was really just his occupational disease acting up.
"...In short, it's good that you're fine, Miss Evelia. You don't need to worry about Victor. We've already discussed it with Bishop Sauron. For the next period, we Watchers will join forces with the Church to hunt down Victor."
"At that time, let alone a retired former Bishop like him, even a current Bishop in his prime wouldn't be able to escape!"
"..."
Hearing this, Evelia fell silent for a moment before speaking quietly.
"No need."
"Hm? What do you mean?"
"Victor... is already dead."
"Huh!?"
Afterward, Evelia told everyone present what had happened after she caught up with Victor.
Of course, she hid the fact that she had summoned Beelzebub's avatar. She only said that Victor was already heavily injured right after teleporting, and after being caught by her, he was preparing to reveal the true culprit's identity in order to save his life.
"...So in other words, Victor was silenced because he was about to say the mastermind's name, right?"
"And... the actual situation isn't what we've always thought, that 'the Descent Faction sent someone to infiltrate.' Rather, someone who originally belonged to the Church betrayed the Church for some reason?"
Mo Wuyou rubbed his brow in distress, his face filled with gloom and worry.
"What kind of mess is this!"
Originally, their purpose in coming here, apart from discussing cooperation matters with the Church in advance, was really just to raise donations for the orphanage.
But who would have thought that not coming would have been fine, but the moment they came, such a huge incident occurred!
He, Mo Wuyou, had just finished resolving the chaos caused by the Descent Faction two days ago. He had wanted to rest properly. But who knew, it was like this damn heaven had targeted him specifically. Just after resolving one trouble, another even bigger trouble came right to his face.
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"By the way, where's Jasmine?"
At the same time, our slow-witted Demon Miss finally noticed the disappearance of a certain white-haired Saint and asked with some confusion.
"Miss Jasmine has been coughing continuously since she was affected by that unknown magic substance Victor released earlier. She's already gone back to the church to rest."
"We originally thought about taking that Saint Lady to get a checkup, but she firmly refused and insisted she was just too tired... Sigh, kids these days. Why do they all like to act tough so much?"
This Mr. Mo Ze, you don't look much older than us either, right? Why do you talk like such an old man?
Evelia glanced at the young man beside her who looked about twenty or so, silently complaining in her heart.
"By the way, since Victor is dead, what happens to the orphanage now?"
Suddenly, as if remembering something, Evelia's face immediately showed worry.
Victor was the Director of the orphanage after all. Whether they announced the truth to the public or played dumb and said nothing, Victor's disappearance would definitely cause a chain of problems.
At that point, the children at the orphanage would definitely be affected to some degree.
"No need to worry. Bishop Sauron is quite capable. As early as when you first chased after him, that Bishop had already thought of this. Now he's serving as the orphanage's temporary Director. Victor's situation is currently being announced as a temporary transfer due to urgent matters. From the looks of it, Mr. Sauron's influence is quite significant. The others in the Church basically accepted it without much questioning."
"Sauron, huh..."
Hearing that Sauron was serving as temporary Director, the worry on Evelia's face didn't decrease. Instead, it became even thicker.
Just then, Harrison's voice came from the distance.
"Miss Evelia, you're back! The Bishop says he has something he wants to discuss with you!"
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