Apollo''s Pov

    It was creepy seeing those pulsating muscles spread out and eat the man away.

    "How disgusting"

    I raise my axe and slash the man in pieces turning him into a pile of blood.

    [Watch out]

    As soon as the man in front of me died a spear replaced his position diving right in front of my face.

    "WHOOSH!"

    Two arrows flew past me, one from a bow and one from a crossbow. I smirked once I saw it I knew that two archers were ready to save me.

    The spear halted and using that chance I raised my shield to redirect the position of the weapon, once I do so my axe went on to chop him to bits.

    "CLANG!"

    A crisp sound of metal clashing came to my ears while my eyes saw how my axe was blocked by two blades. A saber and a rapier.

    It seems they are recovering fast from Esther''s arrow bomb though that didn''t really matter.

    The ground turns into ice freezing the three enemies in front of me.

    "Let me some of your power!"

    {Yes master!}

    Ice went through my veins empowering my shield and with all my might I used my axe to bang its surface. The accumulated cold energy inside spread out turning into a piercing aura that penetrated their body. As it enters, their organs begin freezing until their bodies become brittle due to the cold.

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    Their iced bodies crumble revealing a huge meat shield that absorbs my icy attack.

    "It seems he is still conscious enough to use his weapon properly" I concluded before urging Winter to assist me through his ice power.

    "To much use of ice may lead to them absorbing it, I should stick to close combat"

    Six arrows then fly past me targeting the remaining enemies. As they try to hit their targets the meat shield suddenly splits in half and reveals a mouth, it opens up and a tongue comes out. This red and slimy object moves fast and catches the speeding arrows.

    "It''s eating the arrows"

    [It sure is]

    "Duchess that one seems complicated to kill"

    Alicia said while reloading her crossbow.

    "I know and I can''t use all of my strength since I was informed this battle is gonna last until next week"

    "Next week?"

    "Yes I was just informed that more people are joining the new church, and now they are eliminating the other churches believing they are a threat"

    "The new church?"

    Alicia was a bit confused since the name new church wasn''t included in the ones they learned.

    But then my attention went to the remaining enemies which are currently being occupied by Esther.

    "When did she come there"

    [When you were busy hacking your enemies]

    "Oh I see"

    I was so occupied with cutting those moving flesh that I didn''t notice my remaining enemies. It''s good she had taken care of them though her energy needs to be conserved since this fight doesn''t give any signs of stopping.

    "I should help out"

    I rush forward taking my axe towards the man with a meat shield. My movements were swift however my opponent was still able to perceive my attack.

    [It''s coming!]

    Jeremiah warned and I immediately smelled the rotten flesh along with its disgusting appearance. A tongue came from it blocking the axe that was about to land over the shield.

    "This is truly a horrifying sight"

    My ki turns into a blue like flames aura that envelops my body and axe.

    "Cut through it"

    I said putting more strength over however the skin of the tongue was too strong for me to pierce through. While I struggled to move I heard someone snickering and as I looked for its source I saw the owner of the shield, smiling at me.

    Seeing his grotesque appearance made me feel irritated, his dishevelled hair and yellow teeth that seemed to haven''t been brushed for weeks, deranged eyes that filled with contempt everything about him made me feel irritated.

    As my anger escalated a black deadly aura began to emerge from my body. Soon it became a fog-like veil that spread across the area. It was a thick amount of blood lust that made my enemy scared.

    "What!?"

    Soon the murderous intent choked him and made him unable to breathe for a minute. That was my chance and my axe cut through the tongue until it dived through the shield.

    [You won''t be able to cut through it]

    "I know"

    It doesn''t really matter, after all, I am only a mere distraction.

    Esther''s figure came in while the shield guy was occupied with me, her bow became a blade and immediately decapitated the man.

    After his head flew into the air my axe hacked the shield guy to pieces. After confirming he was dead I looked back to see the archer but I only saw him being killed by a poison arrow. I smiled knowing where that arrow came from.

    "Where do these things come from"

    I asked Esther as soon as I was able to catch my breath.

    "They are the followers of the new church"

    "A new what?"

    I saw her make a complicated expression as if she didn''t understand the situation as well.

    "I really don''t know either they just appear claiming to be the new revolutionary church where anyone can join and worship anything they want. Since the empire allowed a diversity of religion the emperor let this church be however as time went on they began being violent towards the other churches, especially those churches who worship the Gods from the early ages"

    "And that violence had resulted in this war?"

    "Yes, I know you are confused but I am the same since I just received information about this"