Apollo''s Pov.

    ~Among the scorching corpse, a group of children could be seen struggling to survive the dire situation.

    Their home was destroyed while the people they loved all died horribly. So with great desperation, they run as far as they can, however dark shadowy hands begin pulling them, trying to devour the little life they have left.

    Before the children knew it their life began to revolve around the four corners of the prison. Their breakfast are curses from the guards while their lunch is beatings by the passing priest. Finally, at night they became dinner for a hungry group of hyenas. Their eyes flare with greed while their mouths salivate in desire.

    The fragile bodies of the pure ones soon became tainted and broken, no longer shining the same way they used to be~.

    ~However, the dark days didn''t last long, on the day that new visitors came to the lonely prison, the once pure and innocent disappeared along with their entire existence.

    The prison was turned upside down due to their disappearance, the dark gloomy room never saw the pure ones again~

    This was a story on one of the books Alya once wrote for us. I never thought I''d see the day that a similar place written in the book would be found here.

    Wait could it be?

    My foot suddenly halted and a horrifying realization suddenly dawned on me.

    "The place where the story happened is here?"

    Then the characters in the story were...

    I stopped my thoughts and decided to wander the depths of the underground tunnels and maze underneath the temple and found all surprising things. There was a treasury, gemstones and some maps of mana stones and crystal mines. Of course, I took them all, it''s a waste to ignore such treasure.

    I felt really entertained even though the surface didn''t look that good. (Since I am currently destroying it)

    Aside from treasures I was able to find an underground prison which contains dozens of experimental studies and equipment.

    I suddenly felt nervous while I walked inside the empty room.

    It was an office which contained all sorts of stuff.

    "What''s this?"

    A thick folder which is labelled as Gemini project attracted my attention so I picked it up and immediately regretted my action.

    "...."

    A wave of disgust and anguish fills my heart.

    To think such a study was inflicted on others.

    I solemnly closed the folder before burning all the other files with it.

    What am I even pondering with, I am no better than them since I also execute human experimentation punishment of the empire.

    With the flames devouring all the materials and results of the study a wave of sadness washes me over.

    "I don''t need this"

    I wanted to get some useful spells though what I saw just horrified me.

    The Gemini projects were meant to make a copy of the abilities of Gods and spread the blessings towards other people. Aaron was locked up and experimented with the desire to exploit his blessings. That is also the reason why Alya and the others who escape have unique abilities which are rare to find. They were the failed experiments from the Gemini project.

    Flames spread while Apollo continues to walk deeper into the prison.

    I needed to see more, so I decided to walk deeper towards the dark gloomy place.

    My emotions escalated once I saw all the mangled corpses which were chained and mutilated on the tables and the corners of the room.

    Their bodies were too small indicating their tender age. I clench my teeth while I slowly approach them.

    "I''ll take you all with me"

    This place is not where all of you belong.

    I lifted them one by one until all the abandoned bodies disappeared from the dark gloomy prison.

    As I walk a new spark of motivation blazes in me to destroy this accursed place.

    "I will make sure none of the people in this damn monastery lives"

    Mana fluctuated while bloodlust erupted.

    ...

    [Notification Alert!

    The twelfth, eleventh and tenth temples have been destroyed!

    "A level 1 Celestial mage"

    [Most of the archbishops we met are all level 1 Celestial mage rank]

    "Yes and all of them have a skill called equalizer"

    [A skill that balances the stats of all attributes]

    "I don''t know if having that skill is beneficial or not"

    [Perhaps it is]

    This priest wears a black cassock, a full-length garment with button closure, has long sleeves and fits the body closely.

    [That clothing is made from mythril and I also scan several protective enchantments]

    "So this is his armor, Jeremiah put the spell Devorator on my spear"

    [You plan to use that black spell to eat away the enchantment]

    "Yes this way I can cut through his armor"

    I walked in front of my army waiting for my opponent to speak.

    "I supposed you are the leader"

    "Yes I am"

    A unison of voices was heard resulting in a creepier atmosphere.

    "What was that!"

    "Look up!"

    The paladins and priests bore witness to one hundred demon-like beings, one standing among an army of armoured soldiers while the ninety-nine floated above.

    "You are a hive mind" the archbishop realized.

    "You could say that"

    An answer from one hundred beings was heard, their united voices created an eerie moment that the enemies felt uncomfortable.

    They felt scared and more afraid to fight back.

    "I have a proposal for you"

    A proposal?

    Is it a trap?

    A smirk unintentionally came out of my mouth then I answered.

    "Go ahead and say it"

    "I would like to propose a fight between us and the defeated shall obey whatever the victor decides"

    [Perhaps he really plans to trap you]

    "I don''t know if he cares for his people or he just plans to fight me"

    [If you fight him you might find out]

    "Indeed"

    My feet move closer to the archbishop causing the army behind him to be alerted.

    "At ease my men"

    "But your excellency"

    "I said calm down"

    "I''ll agree with you, we shall fight and if I win..."

    A black-tainted substance spreads out causing everyone to feel suffocated.

    "What an intense bloodlust"

    Then as the suffocating feeling envelops everyone a bone-chilling voice whispers to their ears.

    "...I shall kill every living being in this place"