Chapter 715 Paradise and Corpses

Behind Wisteria, the body of Alina could be seen stiffening, as the latter showed her interest on the Pope’s words. This same interest was also shown by Astria, with her soul body emitting wavelengths of excitement inside Wisteria’s body.

These excited feelings lightened the tense atmosphere inside the room, a change that the Pope seemed to have detected.

(((Good. Good. Good. You three showed signs of wanting to learn from me, even though you already had a path that you strive to reach.))) The Pope appeared to have become a doting grandfather as he said these words, with his loving gaze concentrated on the slightly eager faces of Alina and Wisteria.

This appearance made him look less evil, but the lopsided grin on his mouth showed that he might not even be sincere on what he was saying.

(((I thought that with your brute powers, your mind will be closed off from my lessons. Thank goodness you’re all perceptive to learning! Hah! This surely is a blessing from Elwon!)))

The Pope suddenly swirled his right index finger in a clockwise motion this time, a gesture that he performed on the surface of his forehead.

He accompanied this movement by a solemn look, which made the whole action look extremely important.

(((All Hail the Great Elwon. May his wisdom enforce us all.)))

((Yes, may the great Elwon bless all of us with his great knowledge...)) The way that Alina and Wisteria perfectly performed the gesture made the Pope look impressed again, and for a moment, it appeared as if he wanted to smother the two with hugs.

Fortunately, it did not happen.

The Pope stopped himself from rushing in, and he resorted to only giving the two women another weird smile.

(((So you two can already perform the proper prayer gesture towards the great Elwon. This is impressive, considering your stay here. Especially you Wisteria, as you just arrived three days ago... Hm, does this mean that you are an extremely intelligent person?)))

((Hehehe, you do seem like one. Hey, why don’t you join this church too? You may be from another planet, but that does not restrict you from changing your faith. So how about it?))

Needless to say, these two women were creeped out by this smile, and not even the Pope’s overwhelming strength can make them forget about this feeling.

In fact, Wisteria even felt more disgusted by him, as she realized that the Pope’s great power can let him do whatever he wanted to do on them.

The only thing that might be stopping him from making a move was ALina’s Divine Maiden Status, which is obviously a great relief for Wisteria.

Wisteria’s face turned green as she remembered a lesson during her training, which pertained to the fate of female Cosmic Guards that were kidnapped by weird people.

The things that happened to these kidnapped females were mostly nausea-inducing, and even for the current Wisteria, her mind still could not cope from some of the things that she saw.

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Flustered about the memories that suddenly surfaced in her mind, Wisteria’s breathing hastened more, as if she was a rat trapped in a cage.

This suffocating feeling made her want to run, and the additional presence of the creepy Pope made her even want to move away more

As much as Wisteria wanted to just hide and let things go on without her, she realized that there is no way out for her now.

The pressure of the Pope and his eagerness to talk had already removed all the proper escape paths for Wisteria. No matter what she does, the Pope seemed to have a countermeasure for it, which leaves all of her escape options useless.

So as much as she itched to use some of her other technological devices to run away, Wisteria had no choice but to suppress her urge in.

Left with no choice but to stay, the sullen Wisteria could only stay silent as she waited for the Pope to stop his creepy actions, which to her dismay, still continued.

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In this tense and irritating timespan, the Pope’s invasive eyes and unsettling gaze ran themselves all over Wisteria and Alina’s body, leaving the two women shivering as they felt his dirty attention placed on them.

They felt like they were being X-rayed right at this moment, and that their clothes and powers meant nothing against his eyes.

It took 69 more seconds before the Pope finally stopped looking, which might seem short, but that time was enough to make Wisteria lose all of her goodwill towards him.

Heck, if goodwill can be measured with negative numbers, Wisteria was sure that her goodwill will have a value of around -100 already.

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Fortunately for Wisteria and co., the Pope has finally begun to talk about his intended topic.

And unlike his mysterious actions earlier, he went straight to the point, leaving Wisteria in a rush as she did her best to follow his line of words.

(((The Ancestral Tomb is both an imaginative and physical place, which is located at the junction between the Material Plane and the Soul Realm. In this place, both spirits and physical bodies can exist.)))

The Pope’s overall demeanor mysteriously changed at this time too, with his creepy vibe suddenly replaced by an otherworldly and scholarly aura.

This change caught those listening to him off-guard, and it made them look at him in confusion.

The Pope ignored these looks however, and he continued rambling on, as if his change was just natural.

(((In the past, the Ancestral Tomb was a place that was important for the True Gods. Why is it important to them? It is because this place was the junction between life and death, and spirit and body, which is a good spot for them.)))

(((You see, the True Gods of the past has so much spiritual power, that if they were to descend in this material plane, countless destructive events will take place. Only a few places can resist their might, and that includes the Ancestral Tomb.)))

((Mind you, the Ancestral Tomb was not called ’Ancestral Tomb’ in the past. It was instead called as ’Paradise’....))

((Hehehe, for the past people, ’Paradise is indeed an apt name, for it is the place where a mere follower can meet his worshipped True God....)))

(((Now, you may be wondering, why did this place, which was called as ’Paradise’, was now called as the ’Ancestral Tomb’? No matter how you look at it, it is undeniably puzzling.)))

The Ancestral Tomb was not called this way for all this time? And it was even called Paradise before?

Wisteria might not be the best person to be asked about Linguistics, but even she knew the contrast between the two names.

Paradise is a word associated with heavenly and peaceful objects, while Ancestral Tomb is a pair of words that denotes things related to either death or old age!

Just by their meanings alone, it is obvious that these two different names had no link between them or whatsoever!

(((If all of you came from the time of the True Gods, then you will not understand this name change.)))

(((But for us who lived in an Era after the True Gods, changing this place’s name from Paradise to Ancestral Tomb is just proper.)))

(((Why, do you ask? Well, it is only because of one simple reason....)))

(((You see, once all the True Gods were killed after the great war, their corpses proved to be a disposal problem. Even when they’re already dead, the bodies of the True Gods did not decay, and even after a long time, they still remained unaffected by the flow of time.)))

(((The connection between the True Gods and the Laws that they represent was just so tight, that even after their deaths, the Laws did not allow the bodies of the True Gods to rot away.)))

((As long as the Laws of the Multiverse remain here, none of the bodies from the True Gods will truly wither. They will stay the way that they are, even if they have no signs of life remaining from them...)))

(((Ehem, so how does this ’unrotting corpse’ dilemma related to the Ancestral Tomb? )))

(((Well, since the corpses of the True Gods are eternal, it implies that they still retain a large amount of power inside them, which is still too much to be contained by just a normal area.)))

(((This means that the corpses must be disposed in a place that can withstand the dreadful power emanating from them. Aside from that, this disposal place must also be hidden enough so that the bodies can be safe from any poachers...)))

((Places that fit these criteria are almost impossible to find, but fortunately for those damned Monarchs, they found a perfect place.)))

(((That place was no other than the ’Paradise’, which had miraculously stayed in intact even after the war...))

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(((I don’t need to say much after this, but you already could imagine what happened. Those damned Monarchs took the Paradise as their own property, and there they dumped the corpses of all the True Gods.)))

(((They then changed the place’s name into the Ancestral Tomb, since it has literally become a tomb already.)))