Free Web NovelChapter 1598: Chapter 1598: The Weighty Counterbalance
The news of the Main War Faction’s big victory reached the ears of the Goddess Sect.
The leader of the Goddess Sect had once heard the battle plans of the Main War Faction from spies, yet paid little attention.
He thought that the Main War Faction, when faced with powerful Angels, would be helpless as before. Soon the current world system would collapse, and by then, he could stand at the pinnacle of the Sect, becoming the Pope and the new King.
Unexpectedly, the Main War Faction quickly found a method to deal with Angels and captured them.
In the eyes of the Goddess Sect leader, what the Luka Sect accomplished posed a threat to his future plans.
A person should live for themselves, always the creed of the Goddess Sect leader.
It was the selflessness of the Luka Church that initially provided him with vast knowledge and the strength to control the entire Sect.
To reduce one’s own interests for others, without reason, is utterly foolish.
Technology? Development? Resolving the conflicts within human society?
Everything eventually turns to dust; you rarely come to this world, so why not live a carefree life?
Life is inherently unequal, so why demand equality?
The strong naturally lead the world forward!
The weak only need to crawl and follow!
History has always been like this!
With Angels defeated, the current situation is damage control.
The leader of the Goddess Sect simultaneously sent people to widely disseminate the atrocities of the Main War Faction to incite anti-war sentiment and contacted and roped in those at odds with the Main War Faction to stand on the Goddess Sect’s side.
With inherited knowledge and the eloquence acquired through diligent practice, the leader of the Goddess Sect raised the banner of "righteousness" successfully persuading many to join the plan to rescue Angels.
With a precise plan, the rescue team successfully freed the imprisoned Winged Angels without exception.
From the diary of Fengte, Yang Yu could feel Fengte’s anger upon learning the truth, eager to tear the leader of the Goddess Sect to pieces.
Fengte ordered the search for the whereabouts of the Winged Angels, but unfortunately, Angels who lost their wings looked much like humans, even if they were amidst the crowd without evading checks, they might not be found.
In the end, not a single Winged Angel was recovered.
Fengte angrily knocked on the table, while ordering the capture of illegal gatherings of the Goddess Sect, and asked the research department to develop technology to find Angels amid the crowd.
With spies in the Main War Faction, the Goddess Sect swayed with the wind, and Fengte’s dispatched personnel returned multiple times empty-handed.
On the research and development side, progress was smooth.
They continuously improved Potions, ultimately successfully crafting a Special Magic Bullet to deal with Angels.
After the Magic Bullet hits an Angel, the Magic Power spreads within their body, entangles with the Holy Light, forming detectable wavelengths, which can be found by special instruments.
Moreover, the Magic Power in these Magic Bullets will cause cells near the elves’ ears to grow wildly, forming pointed ears.
These Angels with obvious long ears are easy to identify if they run outside.
The change in physiological features can prevent those with bad intentions, like last time’s release of Angels, from removing Angels’ tracking bracelets, causing the Main War Faction to lose their target entirely.
With this technology, Fengte was greatly pleased, hence secretly plotted with others the plan to find the Goddess Sect using Angels with long ears.
During the course, their plan was sabotaged by dissidents; Fengte’s men were even turned on the spot, but it was thrillingly completed without danger.
Fengte also received unexpected delight from a merchant and captured the leader of the Goddess Sect.
To the leader of the Goddess Sect, it was astonishing to be caught in such a way.
A king should have a king’s exit pose; the leader believed that now was not the time for his curtain call; being captured was only temporary, his believers would surely pressure the existing government en masse to rescue him.
Caught, he jokingly quipped to Fengte:
"Everyone has places to trip.
I just happened to stumble over a small rock on the road.
Perhaps this is some kind of fate.
Even if you kill me, it won’t help, the seeds are already planted, only those who planted them know where they are.
I know what you want to ask, but everything should now be judged by law.
I believe in the law of this world.
Since you are the Law Enforcer, you should understand the law of this world...
For someone like me who fights for righteousness, what kind of punishment should be...
Should be decided by the judge and all people in this world together."
The fortune the leader of the Goddess Sect always believed in did not stand by his side.
Fengte didn’t hesitate to take out a gun, shot him in the head, "Death penalty.
Your strength should be used to benefit the whole world, not for selfish desires.
You have very good talent.
But if the path is wrong, no talent matters."
Fengte’s private execution of criminals was not allowed; he was immediately dismissed and confined for several days.
Yet, just like the leader of the Goddess Sect said, he had planted some seeds.
Some people like him, or simply those bewitched, grew strong dissatisfaction in their hearts.
The Goddess Sect did not disintegrate due to the leader’s death; instead, it became more cohesive.
There is something weighing heavily on this loyalty.
The rescued Angels described their living environment to the rescuers and...
"You all seem so young, the goddess couldn’t possibly send such young people to the battlefield..."
"We only appear young, actually we are hundreds or thousands of years old. In our world, only ourselves and the goddess can end our lives."
Unintentional words from the speaker, intent listeners.
In that era, although research on overcoming aging was present, the topic of escaping death was shelved for a long time.
Conservative Lukaism followers think that death is also a part of life; it is precisely because life keeps alternating generations that humans have evolved from ancient single-celled organisms to present-day.
One shouldn’t hate death; instead, meeting a natural death unexpectedly in one’s life is something to be thankful for.
But when immortality truly lies before a person, how many can refuse?
Many in the Goddess Sect believe that if they can become the goddess’s Favored Clan, they can live as freely and have endless life like Angels.
This claim has neither been affirmed by Angels nor by the goddess.
But the Goddess Sect successfully attracted many believers using this claim.
The Goddess Sect also used the saying "dying, the soul will be recognized by the goddess" to make believers willingly sacrifice for the Sect.
