How the Cult Saves the World

Elzes and Hayen felt as if time had stopped for a moment. Which was only natural — the man before their eyes looked too unreal to be of this world.

For the first few seconds, both of them thought the man looking out at them from the carriage was an angel descended from the heavens.

But the very next moment, when they heard him say he would help them and to get in the carriage, their senses returned to them.

And the two had to make up their minds quickly. Because even as they stood there, Diego Church's pursuit team was continuing to close in.

Elzes gave Hayen a nod. Grasping her meaning, Hayen nodded back, and she supported him by the arm.

"Come in, quickly."

As the two approached the carriage as fast as they could, Revelof, the man, welcomed them with a smile.

Creak— thud.

Before long, the door of the carriage carrying the three of them closed. Revelof had the two sit down, then smiled faintly.

'No need to go searching after all.'

Revelof had, of course, recognized who Elzes and Hayen were the moment he saw them.

'A rebel forces officer and their youngest — what a combination.'

Revelof barely managed to suppress the corners of his mouth that kept wanting to rise. Then he spoke to the rebel forces who had come to him of their own accord, doing his best to appear casual.

"Where were you injur—"

Bang bang!

It was just as Revelof was about to speak to the younger of the two, Hayen. Someone was hammering hard on the carriage.

"Get out right now!"

"If you don't come out, we'll smash the carriage to pieces! We'll kill the coachman too!"

At the threatening words coming from outside the carriage, Revelof's brow furrowed. At the same time, Elzes and Hayen began trembling.

"W, we're so sorry. This is all because of us..."

Among them, Hayen glanced nervously at Revelof and apologized. Revelof didn't lose his smile and shook his head.

"No. It's fine."

Then he rose from his seat.

"Wh, what are you going to do?"

Hayen asked in alarm as Revelof moved.

Revelof spoke to the two of them with an unhurried smile.

"Don't worry."

Creak—

Revelof opened the carriage door and stepped out. As the door shut, the eyes of Elzes and Hayen went wide.

"Wh, what do we do? It seems like we've dragged a civilian into this."

Hayen looked up at Elzes with fear-filled eyes. At that, Elzes bit her lip.

But in this situation, there was nothing the two of them could do.

All they could do was hope that this angel-faced man of unrealistic appearance would please come back safely.

At the same time, outside the carriage.

Revelof, who had been smiling until just a moment before, stepped down from the carriage with a cold expression. And he could see those who stood around the carriage as if occupying it.

Simply by looking over the clothes they wore, Revelof had identified what kind of people they were.

'So Diego Church's people have moved after all.'

One bishop, four priests, and five knights.

Ten Diego Church followers in total, chasing two rebel forces members.

Revelof swept a cold gaze over them once, then quickly turned his head.

Where his gaze landed was the coachman.

Surrounded by Diego Church members.

Seeing that, Revelof's eyes, already cold, grew even icier.

"What are you?! Just who do you think you are, daring to take those people into your carriage?!"

One of Diego Church's knights shouted at Revelof. At that, the bishop — their leader — had his expression twist.

"Wait, stop! This man is—!"

The bishop knew who had stepped down from the carriage. This face was unmistakably that of someone who had been mentioned within the Church more than a few times.

But before the bishop could add anything further, Revelof's lips parted.

"It seems Diego Church has well and truly gone to the limit."

The corner of Revelof's mouth curved upward on one side. It was open contempt directed at Diego Church.

"What do you mean by that..."

The bishop asked back. Revelof then pointed to the coachman who was trembling among Diego Church's holy knights and said:

"A church that recruits believers with the phrase that it treasures people above all else — and yet it is threatening one person like that."

"This is, er..."

"Am I wrong?"

At Revelof's words, neither the Diego Church bishop, nor the priests, nor the holy knights could find anything to say.

At that, the bishop spoke to the holy knights.

"Release the coachman!"

"What? B, but...!"

The holy knight seemed to want to say something. But the bishop fixed him with a cold stare.

"The person now before us is the Kyros Church leader."

At those words, those who were only now learning Revelof's identity went wide-eyed.

Though unlike the bishop they hadn't seen his portrait, the holy knights had received instruction regarding Kyros Church.

Before long, the coachman was released from their grasp.

"Please come this way."

The coachman hurried over to Revelof.

And hid behind his back.

"Church Leader — may we search your carriage?"

At that, the bishop asked Revelof.

Naturally, Revelof shook his head.

"No."

"But right now, the ones we are pursuing are inside your carriage. They are criminals, so please allow us to take them."

The bishop spoke to Revelof once more.

But Revelof was firm.

"I believe I said no."

"......This is an Imperial order."

The bishop said quietly, but with force behind his words. However, Revelof still replied with a neutral expression.

"If it is an Imperial order, then show me the proof. A document bearing Her Majesty's seal, or a signet — anything at all."

At those words, the bishop bit his lip.

There was no such thing.

In truth, this matter hadn't been the Emperor's order at all — within Diego Church itself, it was a directive issued not by an apostle but by a mere Archbishop.

And Revelof knew that fact very well, which was why he had raised the point. The bishop let out a low sigh, then made a motion with his head to his subordinates.

"Then we have no choice. We'll have to drag them out ourselves!"

The moment the bishop finished speaking, his subordinates stepped forward. The knights drew their swords, and the priests pressed their palms together and began condensing the "holy power" Diego had granted them.

"If that's how you want to do this."

Revelof opened his inventory as he watched those who were bringing force to bear. And he took his mace in hand.

"For unruly thugs who won't listen — there's nothing like a good thrashing."

He muttered quietly, then grinned at those rushing toward him.

Thwack—!

Revelof swung his mace once. The knights who had been charging at him went flying.

At the same time, the priests released their black holy power at Revelof, but he blocked it with one hand.

Flash—

Then white holy power burst from Revelof's hand, and the priests it enveloped collapsed.

'These people, in a single instant...'

In an instant, the only one on Diego Church's side still capable of fighting was the bishop. He had actually known this from the start. That there was absolutely no winning against the Kyros Church leader.

'But if only he had killed even one of them, that could have been used as a pretext to call in the apostles...!'

The one hope had been for Revelof to kill even one of Diego Church's members and create a justification — but.

Regrettably, Revelof had perfectly controlled his power and had not let a single person die. Not one.

"Diego Church will not overlook this matter."

The bishop spoke through gritted teeth.

Revelof simply smiled in response.

"Do as you please."

Revelof then immediately turned away from them. And together with the coachman, he headed back to the carriage.

"Would you be all right to drive again, if you don't mind?"

Revelof said to the coachman.

At that, the coachman nodded.

"O, of course! I'll get you to your destination quickly."

"Thank you."

After the coachman returned to his original seat, Revelof opened the carriage door again. Elzes and Hayen, who had been watching the events unfold, looked up at Revelof with stunned eyes.

Revelof smiled at them and took his seat across from them. The carriage then slowly began to move.

The two sitting across from him spoke at exactly that moment.

"Th, thank you. Truly."

"Thank you...!"

"Not at all."

As Revelof said that with a faint smile, the cheeks of both of them flushed slightly. Then Elzes asked Revelof:

"You're the Kyros Church leader, aren't you? I heard you speaking with those who were chasing us earlier."

"Ah, yes. That's right. I had some business to attend to and was passing by when... I ended up meeting you like this. I am the Kyros Church leader, Leviathan."

As Revelof introduced himself formally to the two of them, Elzes and Hayen gave their own names in return.

"I am Elzes. And this is Hayen."

"It's nice to meet you......"

"Yes. Pleased to meet you both. By the way, Hayen — Brother, it seemed earlier that you had injured your leg. Would you let me take a look?"

Revelof spoke while thinking back to what he had seen before stepping out of the carriage.

"Ah, yes?"

Hayen replied with surprised eyes.

"If it's uncomfortable for you, you don't need to show me."

Revelof said again with a gentle smile.

Then he simply extended his hand lightly and activated his area healing skill.

Flash—

A warm, pure white light poured from Revelof's hand. And that light enveloped not just Hayen but Elzes as well.

In an instant, all the wounds both of them had were gone. Even the deep wound on Hayen's leg — completely.

"G, goodness......"

"What in the world is this......"

As the halo of light vanished entirely, both of them — pain gone from their bodies — stared at Revelof with astonished eyes.

"No more pain anywhere, right?"

"Yes, yes! Thank you so much...!"

"Thank you, Church Leader!"

Elzes and Hayen looked at Revelof with shining eyes.

"I had heard that the Kyros Church leader had tremendous healing abilities, but I never imagined it would be this incredible...!"

"My leg felt like it might have been broken, but it doesn't hurt at all now!"

The two smiled as though genuinely happy.

Elzes in particular had felt her heart ache whenever she thought back to the moment Hayen had considered himself useless because of his injured leg. But now, with Hayen's leg healed cleanly, the heaviness that had been weighing on her heart was considerably lighter.

"I am truly, truly grateful. Not only did you help us, but you even treated us. I don't know how to begin repaying you."

Tears even formed at the corners of Elzes's eyes as she expressed her gratitude to Revelof. Revelof replied with his eyes softly crinkling.

"If you're truly grateful to me, then..."

He added with a fresh smile.

"Please take me to your base."

And in that moment, at the word "base" — the hearts of Elzes and Hayen dropped with a thud.

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