Chapter 987: Chapter 545: Combat Across Space, A Glimpse of the Truth (Part 2)

Raised his ax and spear, he swung down fiercely.

Screech——!

The ax blade, crafted personally by Violet the Grand Artificer from the tooth of a Sea Monster, cut through the upper body of the [Gluttonous Worm] cleanly, as if a hot knife slicing through butter.

Even the chitinous face armor on its head was not spared.

The worm’s body fell heavily to the ground, twitched a couple of times, and then lay silent. Only the stomach acids seeping from its body corroded the marble floor with a sizzling sound, creating a large hole.

[Moth People] were the first Ancient God’s Chosen Races that Byron detected, and having heard the [Oak Sage] expose their secrets, how could he ignore their existence during the planning of the operation?

Not only had he warned his operatives early on, but he had also specifically positioned a squad of Half-Night Demons and Storm Cloak team led by [Phantom Blade] Gus.

When the heavily injured Church Faction members were transforming, ready to take advantage of the complex building environment to launch a close attack on the soldiers...

"Excellent, under the Sleeve Sword, all beings are equal! Dragon Breath Bullet!"

Bang bang bang...

The prepared operatives immediately drew their "Sleeve Sword Model 1473," and swiftly executed them a second time.

A group of worms was reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye by Dragon Breath Bullets.

Byron, through the Raven perched on a treetop outside the window, witnessed all of this, and the [Sailing Logbook] naturally recorded the information from the large worm.

"[Gluttonous Worm] under the [Gluttonous Prince Beelzebub]’s knowledge system can accumulate nutrients by consuming various ’food’ and eventually evolve into different Mythical Creatures.

The three main branches are Fly People, Cockroach People, and Moth People. Others belong to the niche branches, and this time, only Moth People have shown up.

Adage: Indulging oneself in a feast, paradoxically suffering from the delicacies.

All the promotion ceremonies under this Old God essentially require certain individuals to fall victim to disasters related to food."

The [Gluttonous Prince] who governs Gluttony, [Greedy Worm Mamon] who governs Greed, and [Rift Whale Leviathan] who governs Jealousy, are all part of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Byron’s subordinate, Pirate Warlord [Candy Witch] Ivanka, is also a Mythical Creature under the [Gluttonous Prince Beelzebub]’s knowledge system.

According to the Mysticism rule of "Unity of All Things," encountering them at the home base is only natural.

After the action team finished killing, Gus took off the Shadow Stone that he had been wearing on his head, weighed it in his hand, and laughed sinisterly:

"The Church Faction’s senior members claim to be God’s servants, yet they have long become pawns of the Old Gods, heavily persecuting the Bayfolk patriots. Let’s see how you can justify this!

If the clergy leadership of the Kalmar Union has already turned into a bunch of worms, then what about St. Peter’s Cathedral? You might silence people’s voices, but can you stop them from imagining? Ha ha ha..."

The Shadow Stone has clearly recorded the ugly appearance of these clergy members transforming into worms.

If at first, the Young Faction’s "Heaven Punishing Traitors" held some motive for personal vendetta...

However, when these clearly Ancient God’s Chosen Races like [Gluttonous Worm] and the Worm Cathedral showed up, the nature of the situation drastically changed.

Since the Evernight Queen is good, the creator is good, and the Young Faction with their patriotic hearts are also good, then who is bad?

It has to be the Orthodox Church’s clergy bureaucratic group!

Immediately add a stain of yellow mud to the already infamous Orthodox Church’s reputation.

Once this event and the mutiny action hit the news tomorrow, spreading throughout the Old Continent, it becomes an undeniable truth; St. Peter’s Cathedral must acknowledge it.

They might even have to forcibly praise their actions to maintain appearances: "Well done!"

Thanking them secretly for removing the black sheep hidden within the Church.

Even the [Evernight Queen] cannot avoid an edict of self-blame, severing ties with these Church Faction members to align with the reformist’s narrative of the "Old and Misled Queen."

Otherwise, she, too, must bear part of the infamy of colluding with Ancient God’s Chosen Races.

The final conclusion: the scheming Church Faction and the loyal Young Faction!

However...

Standing outside the scene, Byron noticed something unusual.

"Although forcing these [Gluttonous Worms] to reveal themselves was part of our plan,

the worms occupying these Church Faction high-ranking members should have had better opportunities to act.

After all, even if the host dies, they won’t die; they can silently escape and later possess a new power-holder, like a victorious reformist faction leader after the coup.

The effect would be exactly the same.

Yet they chose to risk everything now, clearly intending to support the Church Faction in maintaining rule and preventing the Bayfolk from rising to power.

Taking such actions that expose and endanger themselves for the Worm Cathedral holds no benefit; their interests are completely not aligned.

So, there’s only one explanation: an interested party with a broader strategic vision has stepped in.

A mysterious person whose name cannot even be mentioned!"

Under the other party’s control, an inexplicable twist of fate, unnoticed by anyone, descended upon this place.

Byron immediately heightened his alertness to the maximum, issuing a warning signal to an unremarkable figure within the action team.

In the next moment, the situation changed once again.

Rumble!

The chair where Cardinal Roschild Archbishop Pond Elliot had been sitting during the earlier high-level meeting suddenly turned, revealing a dark underground entrance.

The individual with the highest rank and the fastest reaction, who had avoided the attack just in time, Cardinal Roschild Archbishop Pond Elliot, clad in dazzling chain mail and armed with a Second Level Holy Relic [The First Crossbow of the World], leaped out from the underground chamber.