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With her cat-like face, she crept in quietly and finished her report to Sion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jien, waiting for Sion’s next command with her round eyes, felt her heart pounding even though she had just woken up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He’s handsome even in the morning. Did he offer prayers? I should pray at this time from now on too.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion, who had just finished his morning meditation, straightened his back and stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s depart.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was time. As planned, they would track Loenhaughter’s traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To summarize, Loenhaughter headed west, correct?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion asked Jien, who was following him closely. She made no sound when walking. The posture of a young swordswoman who paid great attention to her footwork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. The last sighting was him leaving the port on a ship. After that, he should have reached an archipelago in three days, but there’s no word of his arrival.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jien answered crisply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had quickly gathered and repeatedly verified the information provided by Chairman Apur overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She fully performed her role as Sion’s aide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion didn’t forget to thank her. Jien blushed and silently followed behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Even though he’s someone whose disappearance wouldn’t be surprising…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter was someone who would normally maintain steady, close contact. Being a veteran with no gaps in this regard, it couldn’t be anything but strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, Chairman Apur was also worried. It was good for him too that Sion was stepping in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the one who needed Loenhaughter most right now was none other than Sion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The Guild Master also said it would be fine to take Sir Loenhaughter if we can persuade him.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are many capable aides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter is exceptionally capable, but it was a waste for such talent to rot under a merchant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something Apur also acknowledged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Even for the sake of the Church of War’s information power…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a talent they absolutely had to secure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they entered the port, a sailor found Sion as if he had been waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard from Chairman Apur. You are the Apostle of the Church of War?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pleased to meet you. I’m Rontel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m Sion. These are my attendants, Set and Jien.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rontel made eye contact and nodded. He was a sailor with a face full of scars. He exuded the scent of a tough male. Seafarers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over there. The ship with the red flag. We transport Chairman Apur’s goods to the Akimaderli archipelago to the west.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So Sir Loenhaughter disappeared there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not exactly. The plan was to meet Mr. Loenhaughter there and return to Foils port…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they never met him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They waited a few more days, but there was no news. There’s a record of him boarding, but no record of him disembarking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘As if he evaporated on the ship.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion boarded following Rontel’s guidance. The crew moved busily to set sail. Rontel was the captain of the ship with the red flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion looked towards the end of the sea and communicated with the Goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[This also seems unusual.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Do you sense something?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yes. And it doesn’t look very good.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Goddess Achille said so, then it was so. Sion also had to prepare himself firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I’m wondering if I should send the members back even now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You must rely on them too, Sion.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Understood, Goddess.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille gave Sion advice, which was rare for her. When necessary, she fully performed her role as a Goddess guiding her Apostle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A light shone in Achille’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The divine power of War was also increasing exponentially due to the growing number of believers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her authority and insight were gradually approaching their peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the heavenly gates were closed, she couldn’t become stronger than before, but if she became as strong as she was then, she would have no match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Then I shall return to Elim for a while.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Are you going to deliver an oracle to Kaili?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille drew an arc with the corner of her mouth as she answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That’s right. It will be effectively the first official oracle given to my priestess.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just thinking about it made her happy. The first oracle given to the resurrected Church of War is to build a church in another city!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I look forward to it. I never thought a Church of War would be built somewhere other than Elim…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achille covered her mouth and laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[That is all thanks to my Apostle.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That can’t be. It must be the Goddess’s grace.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Huhu. The discernment that chose you as my Apostle deserves praise.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Of course. Even thinking back, it was a miracle.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Goddess and Apostle exchanged compliments and laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason they could keep smiling even in a world without light was probably because they had someone to rely on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I’ll be back soon. My authority has strengthened, so my movement speed has increased too!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Yes. Give them my regards.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I will.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion finished the conversation, using the Goddess like a messenger pigeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before they knew it, the ship was leaving the port. Looking beside him, the two country bumpkin knights, seeing the ocean for the first time, were chattering excitedly again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bleeeeh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sa, save me… Please save me… Your Apostleship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two novice knights had met a powerful enemy called seasickness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Urp.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion was no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already missed the Goddess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter opened his dazed mind and crimson eyes, looking at the fanatic guarding him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appeared intoxicated by demonic energy. He was undoubtedly a demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had regained his senses, he could properly see his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an ordinary noble’s room. The bedding was neatly prepared, and there were separate clothes racks and a bathroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for the monstrous demon guarding the door, he could have thought he had gotten dead drunk and woken up after sleeping at some noble’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What kind of place is this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter quickly gathered information. He cautiously got out of bed, watching his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon moved its pupils, following Loenhaughter’s movements. It didn’t seem to particularly affect his movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I suppose leaving is out of the question?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon crossed its arms and responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just breathe quietly. I don’t want to get involved in troublesome matters.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if I told you, you wouldn’t know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I doubt that. I’ve been to every place in the Empire’s continent and archipelagos in my lifetime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon snorted. As expected, it even dismissed Loenhaughter, a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then it’s definitely a place you haven’t been to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon smirked viciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter, as if he hadn’t expected anything, quickly turned and headed to the window. He thought he might be able to deduce where he was from the scenery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the window stretched extremely rugged mountain ranges. Below them, a fertile basin was widely formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter was utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I definitely boarded a ship.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His last memory was clearly on a ship. He must have been kidnapped while enjoying cheap alcohol, watching the wavy sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the scenery before him now was a mountainous region. And a deeply remote one at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Based on Loenhaughter’s knowledge, no such place existed anywhere in the western continent or archipelagos, no matter how hard he searched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter, blinking his dazed eyes, turned around and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the date today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Curious about how long it’s been since you were kidnapped before waking up?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter nodded nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Three days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breath quickened involuntarily. His heart raced along. Blood that had cooled turned hot and boiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did the demon chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See. I told you you wouldn’t have been here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter’s mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Where is this? There’s a place I don’t know?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he stood bewildered, muttering to himself, moving his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have arrived.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone with a faint, indistinct form opened the door and entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Guh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Loenhaughter perceived that existence, he fell face down on the floor. He vomited uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘That thing’ slid forward silently and looked down at Loenhaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ugh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter continued to vomit the contents of his stomach. Having eaten nothing, he only spat up bile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>::It is you.::\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A psychic wave shook his mind. Loenhaughter’s expression stiffened rigidly. His face looked almost like that of someone about to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His soul felt like it would corrupt from the horrifying voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>::The remnant of Light.::\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter reacted immediately. He clenched his teeth, trying to bite his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kkhuk!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, ‘that thing’ did not permit his desperate struggle. A wavering shadow bound Loenhaughter’s limbs and seized his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ek! Kkaak! Let go! Let gooo!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ssu-suseut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow grew in size. The voice transmitted to his brain also became enormous. The spiritual pressure was palpable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>::The living Akasha left by Eru.::\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>::The everything and the ancient text of the Round Table.::\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowy existence laughed as if scratching Loenhaughter’s brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kkeuheu, heuheuheuheu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>::Your head must contain where the Light fragment is.::\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter began foaming at the mouth. No matter how hard he tried to endure, the terrifying, curse-like demonic energy twisted around his very soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no escape now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>::Give it up! The flesh and soul of that damned thing!::\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuuuoong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room shook heavily. Cracks even began to appear on the walls. The demon guarding the door also couldn’t withstand it and had to kneel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y, you wish…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter resisted, black blood flowing from his eyes and ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My information… is for the future to come… I bequeath it. That… is the reason for my existence…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swik!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kwaaaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow threw Loenhaughter against the wall. Loenhaughter fell unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow-cloaked existence slid towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it began extending the world’s most ominous demonic energy into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kkuk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loenhaughter trembled, still unconscious. His eyes rolled back, showing only the whites, and his back arched like a shrimp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow, having injected something ominous, turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It spoke before the prostrate demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>::Watch him well. Report every moment of his corruption process without taking your eyes off him.::\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon bowed flat to the ground and answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will guard him with my life! Goddess of Darkness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadow disappeared through the door. The spiritual pressure weighing down the room vanished simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hheuk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon finally exhaled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon, holding onto its trembling legs, approached Loenhaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just woken up, only to fall unconscious again. The thought of carrying him back to bed and laying him down was immensely bothersome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the demon quickly shook its head and dismissed the blasphemous thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It should only feel gratitude for receiving this sublime duty. It engraved it in its eyes and pledged it in its heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hurry and confess. Ugly byproduct of Light.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon mocked him as it dragged the unconscious Loenhaughter by his ankles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion sat at the bow and meditated. He continuously circulated the divine circuit, purifying his divine power, again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his left and right, his attendants sat side by side, engrossed in meditation training, just like Sion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emulating Sion’s busy, almost excessively diligent schedule, they participated in not wasting a single moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rest time was meditation, and loosening up the body was swordsmanship training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The  Apostle of War’s desire to become stronger, even just a little faster, was being passed down through the generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sion opened his eyes, which he had closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had sensed something ominous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if the wind was being pushed away. More precisely, the remnants of divine power scattered in the atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘South. East.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sensed an incongruity simultaneously in multiple places. Sion moved his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Set.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“……Huh? Bro? No. Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell the Captain. Ask him to stop the ship for a moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Schedule: Every mon, wed, fri and sun\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Review at\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>NovelUpdate\u003C\u002Fp>",1978,"2026-05-30T06:48:22.319Z","2026-06-01T04:30:34.110Z",1,"novelbin.me","61e8f673b4e0d448fbe109e5c5df88cfeb1e0535ca335267eba4f2c01509aa21","apostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-chapter-137","apostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-chapter-135",174,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapostle-of-the-goddess-of-war-cover.jpg"]