"Take this idiot with you"

    The cardinal then pointed the bleeding man to the ground.

    "Argh!"

    The camerlengo winced in pain but fortunately, Arabela and Matilda gently held onto his bleeding body. Becoming the support that prevents him from hitting the ground.

    "Hurry we don''t have much time"

    The imperial soldier just nodded his head while dragging Jacob.

    "Cardinal"

    Arabela felt like crying while Matilda wanted to scream but couldn''t, all they could do was look at the old man in front of them.

    "Don''t worry everything will be fine"

    He smiles gently before placing Casper and Samael in the soldier''s vehicle.

    "Aren''t you coming?"

    "No soldier a priest like me should remain where his faith began, and besides... "

    His voice trailed off signifying the arrival of some mysterious people.

    "I need to take care of some pest no need to worry about me"

    The soldier didn''t speak any longer and proceeded to leave.

    Seeing the armored power car the cardinal can''t help but sigh.

    "Why aren''t you not dead yet.."

    He turned back and saw the man he slammed on the wall back on his feet again.

    "Marvin"

    The deranged man smiled hysterically while a few more figures behind him appeared.

    "Shall we play more cardinal?"

    He smiled while tilting his head to the side.

    "What a hassle" the old priest just said before pulling an amber rosary from his sleeve.

    BEEP! BEEP!

    A sound consists of short, sharp pulses or tones repeated at regular intervals. It was concise and in pitch and intensity prompting someone to look at it, like a notification or alarm urging someone''s attention.

    The sound itself draws attention without being overly intrusive, not too painful to hear but attracts your ears.

    "That sound"

    Four heads followed the sound and saw the screen on the mechanical soldier''s chest. Their minds which were clouded with memories woke up because of the sound.

    "It found him"

    Samael realized as he saw a glowing red dot on the flat surface of the screen.

    "He is in the middle of the enemy line, what should we do Mael?"

    Casper asked since they couldn''t reveal themselves.

    "Should we ask Apollo''s help?"

    "Apollo currently confronts the archbishop so we can''t ask him right now, besides this is our business"

    "It''s dangerous Mael, and Apollo has more than one body so it''s fine"

    However Samael look conflicted,

    "Mael, what truly stops you from consulting him?"

    Matilda''s words made the boy halt.

    "What if he kills that man before we can get a definite answer?"

    The three then looked at him stupidly.

    "I never anticipated you look at Apollo in such a shallow way"

    "That person has a functional brain so he won''t do that"

    "I know Apollo does unusual things but he is a reasonable person"

    Calmly the boy puts his arm around the priest''s shoulder making him tremble.

    "Don''t be nervous we won''t kill you...yet"

    It will be much better for the four to cause more pain to their enemy. By doing so his mind would grow weaker causing the questioning to be easy. However, they are already satisfied with this.

    Just him being terrified of his well-being is enough to put a smile on the kid''s faces.

    "Now tell me what happened that night, why did you betray us? Where are the cardinal and the pope....the others what happened to them?"

    Samael asks bullets of question but Marvin doesn''t want to speak. It is not because he doesn''t know the answer or he is reluctant to, it''s just he is afraid that the answer might cost his life.

    "Speak he is asking you!"

    Casper tightened his grip on Marvin''s shoulder but his lips were tight shut.

    "This won''t do we should have used a memory search spell on him"

    "Matilda I heard from Vesta that memory search spells are dangerous so we should stick to the right way of interrogating"

    "I said speak!"

    Samael pulled his collar and despite the height difference, his dominance didn''t waver.

    "It seems like your tongue is caught with something, did worshipping that blue guy turn you into mute?"

    Casper began to mock Nirvana causing the terrified priest to finally speak. It seems insulting his lord is his weak spot.

    "My faith.... "

    Marvin started to say while his body was undoubtedly shaking.

    "My loyalty and faith are always with my lord, you have no right to insult him!"

    The kid smiles seeing him react that way so he continues.

    "I bet he is weak if not he wouldn''t be sealed and none of you will ever experience this situation. My friend will kill him just like the archbishop of this temple"

    Marvin gritted his teeth looking beastly.

    "Our lord Nirvana is powerful and the monastery has been strong enough to survive two hundred years against the empire! Every single one of our enemies had fallen no one survived!"

    "Really? No one?"

    Casper retained his mocking tone wanting to hear the answer they have been dreading to hear.

    "Yes, no one....not even your father!.."

    Then he looked at Samael and Arabella his face looked crazy, and he continued to speak "...not even the church... " Finally he looked at Matilda "And your brother"

    A heavy atmosphere enveloped the four until a voice came to wake them up.

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    Apollo''s voice pulled them out of their current dark thoughts, and then Samael spoke.

    "We are done here"

    {You guys are too close with the enemies I''ll pull you guys out of there}

    "Okay," they all said before leaving Marvin alone.

    "Goodbye"

    Samael''s voice echoes as the darkness expands swallowing the lone figure inside it.

    ...

    Apollo''s Pov.

    "It seems like the answer they wanted is more painful than they thought"

    [What should we do then?]

    "Inflict the most painful thing we can"

    A magic circle appeared above the sky while the demon lifted his spear.

    "Jeremiah use the joint essence gathered from the other temples, I want to give them a punishment they won''t forget"

    [Affirmative Creator]

    Since Apollo no longer needs to use his mana to attack, all he needs is to let Jeremiah use the essence of the deceased as fuel, and so lightning and flame gather causing the clouds to darken. A spell is about to be cast while the light meets the darkness.

    The gathered prayers from the remaining priests and paladins created a symphony of magic, Apollo felt his heart pounding hard as more prayers came to aid the archbishop.