CHAPTER 567: CHAPTER 385: GUARDIAN OF DEVOURING GOD (PART 3)

What will our Light Eagle Group ultimately become?

Just as the atmosphere fell into silence, he counted the number of people and suddenly found that several were missing, including the mercenary who had committed suicide at the start.

Forget it, let them go...

The mercenary who committed suicide was called Cele, and he had been with the Light Eagle Group for quite some time, but unfortunately, he never managed to get promoted to the management level.

At this moment, he was at the Yurshika Church, standing silently in front of the Dark Moon Altar.

He tremblingly took out a Proof of Contract that resembled an ear from his pocket and placed it on the altar, his eyes filled with hope.

However, the altar remained motionless, completely rejecting his offering, causing his hope to turn into despair, followed by overwhelming anger.

"Bastard, can’t you give me another chance! I just accidentally entered the Fog Gate!"

When the Dark Moon Sword Oath appeared, Cele joined out of curiosity, but quickly became enamored with the duty of fulfilling the oath, responding to calls for help everywhere.

His enthusiasm for fulfilling the Dark Moon Sword duties wasn’t because he liked Gwendolin or wanted to help those invaded; he just enjoyed the feeling of being revered for random killings.

Because the Dark Moon Sword invades the invaders, its prestige among people is almost comparable to that of the helpful Sun Warrior, and Cele relished the feeling of being praised after killing invaders and unleashing slaughter under the banner of justice, which fueled his passion for Dark Moon Sword activities.

If you only looked at his actions, he could be considered righteous.

Unfortunately, in Yanor Londo, he couldn’t suppress his curiosity and entered Gwendolin’s Fog Gate, causing his oath to be annulled, suddenly preventing him from invading, leaving him frustrated and... angry.

Just because I was curious to see behind the Fog Gate, does it warrant annulling my oath?

Not even giving me a chance to rejoin?

From now on, he would become a staunch black fan of Gwendolin!

Angrily walking out of the Yurshika Church, Cele headed towards the Yilushier Bridge.

However, at this moment, monsters suddenly appeared by the roadside, blocking his path.

"Didn’t we clear out the monsters," Cele muttered, drawing his weapon, suddenly realizing he had never seen these monsters before.

They were blobs of black ooze, like a combination of Mud Monsters and Slime, looking particularly disgusting.

This thing... seemed to have appeared in the Deep Church, but they weren’t this large in size; they were called [Elderly’s Flesh].

By the time Cele came to his senses, he was already surrounded by black ooze with nowhere to escape.

"Why do all the bad things happen to me!"

With an angry roar, he was devoured by Elderly’s Flesh.

His consciousness seemed to plunge into a black void, engulfed in nothingness, when suddenly he heard a voice calling to him.

[You who have betrayed the Dark Moon Sword, awaken]

He suddenly awoke to find an altar shrouded in black ooze in the pitch-black space, looking extremely evil.

Yet his subconscious urged him to approach.

[Having betrayed the Dark Moon, wouldn’t those dissatisfied with the Dark Moon follow their predecessors and raise the sword of vengeance against the Dark Moon?]

Follow predecessors?

When such a question arose in his mind, a scene suddenly appeared before Cele’s eyes.

It was several people clad in silver armor, the Silver Knights of Yanor Londo, but now, they stood alongside the Pope Knights.

What’s going on, how have they joined the Yilushier side? Where’s Gwendolin?

A stream of information gradually emerged in his mind, leaving Cele initially confused, but then he revealed a wild smile.

"Heh heh, so that’s how it is, even Silver Knights can betray..."

He suddenly pressed his hand into the altar filled with black ooze as magic script emerged.

[Will you establish the oath of the "Guardian of Devouring God"?]

"Of course I will!"

The Guardian of Devouring God, this oath stands opposed to the Dark Moon Sword and can be considered part of the Shalivan faction.

When the dungeon discovered adventurers whose Dark Moon oath had been dissolved, or who showed resentment toward the Dark Moon oath, Elderly’s Flesh would emerge and present this oath to the adventurers.

The story of the Dark Moon Swords punishing enemies and saving gods seemed quite mainstream, but lacked twists and turns.

If this added some opposing enemies to the Dark Moon Sword’s journey, the intrigue would surely increase.

And what Gong Qiying liked now was dividing the adventurers.

After all, having more factions to choose from is also good for adventurers, right?

There are always adventurers who aren’t interested in the Dark Moon Sword, and there will always be those who like to oppose, and they should also have a chance to choose their faction.

...

A few days later, an adventurer who successfully defeated Pope Shalivan’s phantom had yet to emerge, and under the blow, the excitement gradually waned.

However, the tactical analysis regarding the Shalivan phantom was nearing completion, and strategies in various aspects were taking shape.

Thus, the Crusade Team organized by the adventurers guild officially set out.