A Demon's Journey
Frascoia Continent… Various races like Celestials, Demons, Humans, Monsters, Elves, Dwarves, and so on occupied this continent. Humans and the other races lived on the mainland of the continent while the Celestials and Demons lived in Heaven and Purgatory, respectively. Within the Demons, a prodigy named Azaroth rose quickly, even by demons' standards, to the point of being dubbed a "Demon God. There was only one person above him within the demons: The Great Demon Venerable, the Demons' Supreme Godfather. Azaroth's extraordinary talent never had the chance to blossom to its full potential; a terrible calamity struck him down and he died soon after. But was this calamity just misfortune or was it hiding an opportunity for him? Near his deathbed, he prepared for his future ascent to achieve his lofty goal. Millions of years had passed after Demon God Azaroth's demise and now a young aristocrat called Edwin Rhodes came across a mysterious cave. ~~~~ Tags: Male Protagonist, Anti-Hero, Previous Life Talent, Reincarnation, Transmigration, Beautiful Female Lead, R18+, Schemes and Conspiracies, Sword Wielder, Friendship, Subordinates, Elves, Beasts, Beast Companions, etc.
Blood Contract with the Pope
After dealing with Aurelio, Yrellea felt it was time to deal with an influential faction of the Pinhian Republic. The Church of Mubesni.
The Church of Mubesni still hadn't realized that their High Pontiff had died. She felt it was rather strange as the Church of Mubesni should have realized the truth by now if they could truly contact their God.
To unravel this mystery, Yrellea ordered her subordinates to capture a couple of priests and interrogate them.
One of them managed to clear her doubts. It seemed that there were only selected methods to contact the Celestials of a particular religion.
The primary means of invoking divine intervention involves the establishment of a sacrificial ritual on a holy altar. However, this approach demands a significant expenditure of both precious Holy Ardor and valuable resources belonging to the church, thus rendering it a sparingly employed method.