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The young man standing before them was covered in a holy brilliant with his gentle blue eyes, long blonde hairs reaching his chest with broad shoulders and balanced body covered in golden bright armour.

Looking down, his gentle vision fell on the body of a hundred men's kneeling before him and smiled.

"Are you guys descendents of Zigatola?"

Hearing that the hundred men nodded in union with complete silence. While, Nicholas slowly stood up and came forward.

"It's a great pleasure, to meet you in person. I congratulate the ancient one, on your awakening after million of years"

The man looked at Nicholas and nodded"Thank you for taking care of me for so many years. I am truly indebted to your ancestors and your family. By the way are you this generation's family head of the Benedict  family"as he bowed to the hundred men.

"Please don't bow my lord, it was just a duty handed over to us from our ancestors and we are very glad to serve you for many generations. We are well aware that lord has not been there; our family nor we have existed today without your grace upon our ancestors"said Nicholas as he walked towards him and bowed down.

Man raised his head and looked at Nicholas.

"May I know? Who might you be?"

"Lord, this humble one is this generation head of Benedict family and my name is Nicholas Benedict"

"Nice to meet you. I am Zehel"as he patted the shoulders of Nicholas.

Nicholas was shocked as he felt the hands of Zehel on his shoulder and felt a warm current passing through his body.

Looking at the gentle face of the man standing before him, Nicholas bowed with heartly respect as tears came out of his eyes.

He just can't believe with just a gentle touch, he had healed the injury in his mystic veins which had been troubling him for two centuries now, stopping him from cultivating as well as casting magic spells.

He never thought that one day he would be cured.

Meanwhile, Zehel was looking at the other men's kneeling before him and suddenly his eyes fell on the body of Archbishop causing him to frown.

'Are not these guys the one, whom I saw last night possessed by worldly desires? But again I can't be sure my senses were too dizzy last night after waking after such a long time and only able to send a short thought transmission to the members of the Benedict family with the help of two special items I had given them. Right, the items' Thought Zehel as he used his magic sense to sense the location of items but was only able to find the location of a single item which is currently in possession of Nicholas.

Out of curiosity, he asked

"Nicholas, where the Radiant Sun staff and who are those guys?Also who are those guys lying on the ground"

Hearing that Nicholas look towards the direction where Zehel was pointing at and saw the group of Archbishops standing there silently.

"My lord, they are Archbishops of the religion which thinks that you are a God and those lying on the floor are your believers"

"What religion? What God?"asked Zehel and looked at Nicholas with astonishment.

So in response, Nicholas slowly explained to him about the radiant sun god religion and how he became a god and idol of millions of people in the last hundred thousand years as well as the ideology and about the recent changes.

Upon hearing about the entire history behind the creation of Radiant Sun God Church and the current situation. Zehel felt displeased at the beginning but hearing about all the good deeds they have done for the society. He calmed down and looked at Nicholas for the last time.

Become he focused his graze at the ordinary citizens lying unconscious on the ground and Archbishops.

'I was in deep slumber for some years and you guys created a so called religion with me as a God without my permission. Just what you guys think and one of the things which I hate the most is the belief system. Remembers me of the dark ages of magic users. At Least they kept it within limitations and didn't turn it into an illusion full of lies' thinking so Zehel looked at deep breath.

"Nicholas, get rid of the radiant sun god religion and tell the people about the truth behind my existence and let them know about the world outside the World barrier. I don't know who this Dai Yusa is, but he is not lying. I believe you guys also know about the world outside the continent from the texts and books left behind by your ancestors"

"For now, I am curing all the people throughout the city. But start executing my order with any delay. I don't have much power left of my divine stage expert time. This is the last ray of my divine stage magic"

Saying that Zehel moved his hand together

'Heaven's bliss'

Just as he said that a golden magic circle appeared on top of the church and a pillar of holy white light full of vitality, deceased from the sky.

While, inside the Church. The body of Zehel started radiating wave after wave of light ways, covering every corner of the city and thousands of kilometres around it.

The entire city and its surrounding turned into a world of white brilliance with no shadow or darkness. Not only the surrounding but even the darkness in the heart of the people. Cleansing the mind and body as well as healing all injuries.

[Inside the Church]

Archbishops, nuns, patients and holy knights who were witnessing this phenomenon while standing inside the Church were dumbfounded by the power of Zehel and next moment lost the ability to open their eyes due to the bright light emitted by Zehel.

Moreover, the believers and people who had fallen unconscious before due to the magic pressure, slowly started to wake up and look at the holy being standing before him as a ray of light cleanse their minds and body.

Some believers cannot help but kneel down before the holy being and start praying.

Meanwhile, Zehel's face was twitching as he looked at the rows of believers who were constantly and listening to their chanting.

'Its is so embarrassing. What would happen if my friends from the age of darkness, find out that I have become a symbol of the belief system myself instead of promoting the way of magic? Maybe I should just dig my own grave and lie down inside it before somebody finds out about it?'

Thinking so he cannot help but look at Nicholas with a helpless expression. He is well aware that after this act. The believers of Radiant Sun God will become even more determined. Maybe they will start to say that their god has descended from heaven to help them.

Slowly and steadily the power of magic spells started to fade away and everything returned to normal. But people throughout the city were looking at the direction of the Church especially the believers.

One after another, they rushed towards the direction of the prayer hall and witnessed the living image of their god talking with people.

Everyone was bewildered by the scene before their eyes.

Yet, on the other hand. Zehel was finding it hard to stand still anymore and fall down on the ground with exhausted expression.

The hundred men started carrying him away while Nicholas stood there silent before the crowd with serious expression.

Stopping them from stepping forward.

"I have a message for all the believers. Please, listen to me carefully. The Radiant Sun God you guys have worshipped till today is a light magic user of divine stage. Maybe you won't believe me or cannot understand that I am trying to say but please listen. Our lord has been sleeping for a period of millions of years and had just woken up from his slumber. So, currently he is very exhausted and tired both mentally as well as physical. He had used his last bit of power to cast a spell to heal all the people throughout the city. So please, leave the Radiant Sun God Church for today. Let our lord rest"said Nicholas with sincerity and bow to the crowd.

Hearing that their god is a powerful magic user. They can't help but think about the words announced by the person called Dai Yusa throughout the continent. That there are beings outside the continent with God-like powers.

Some hesitation and left but others remained.

These guys were blind believers and cannot believe that their god is some magic user.

"Who are you? What right do you have to call our god some magic users? Radiant sun god is a god not some stupid magic user"said a well dressed man.

"Said well my friend, these guys are just trying to deceive us. Who is trying to keep our god only them. Our god has descended from heaven after seeing the despair and suffering of the followers. You just can't keep him to yourself. He belongs to everyone"

Hearing that cries of these people more and more blind believers started shouting but Nicholas didn't get angry.

After all, he was once the pope of Radiant Sun God and is well aware that there are these blind believers who will just believe anything without questioning the authority. They may be easy to control at times but most of the time. Nicholas was always against such foolish actions. To follow something with questioning and trying to find the truth. Even someone telling you the truth but you are not willing to listen and are lost in your own fantasy world is a sign of ignorance.

Finally Nicholas was not able to see their foolishness.

"Cannot you guys understand what I am saying? Are you guys so dumb? Does it matter if he is a god or not. You should be happy that the person who you guys were treating as God is currently living with you guys. Go away and clean your mind. As for who I am, I am Nicohas Benedict, former pope of Radiant Sun God Church. If you guys have doubts go and research"shouted Nicholas in anger.

Out of nowhere, the believers standing close to him, started suffocating and started feeling dizzy.

As the believers remembered what had happened before. They quickly run away in fear.

Nicholas sighed and turned around to enter the secret passage which connects the underground rooms with the surface.