Chapter 2407: The Love of the Evil God

Outside the garden arch not far away.

Bishop Cyril was leading several priests who had come from afar, dressed in foreign ecclesiastical robes, hurrying inside.

They had heard of the renown of Samuel, the Divine Favored One of the Holy City, and had come specially to visit, hoping to receive the blessing and guidance of this priest beloved by the Father God.

"A miracle! It is the glory of the Father God!"

A foreign priest keenly saw the pure golden light shooting up to the sky in the direction of the fountain, and excitedly pointed toward it.

Bishop Cyril's heart also jolted, and he immediately quickened his pace.

However, as they were about to approach the area bathed in golden light, Bishop Cyril felt a burning pain in his eyes, as if staring at an overly intense sun, and he instinctively closed them.

He instantly understood, his heart filling with awe and complexity, and he immediately raised his hand to stop the people behind him who wanted to move forward.

"Stop!"

"It is the Father God; the Father God is bestowing grace. He……does not allow us to approach and disturb. Let us withdraw."

Bulanwen, as one of the attendants, naturally also witnessed the brilliant golden light.

He clenched his lower lip so hard he almost tasted blood.

Samuel again!

Why is the Father God's favor always so biased?

Even Bishop Cyril now looks at Samuel with eyes full of regard and expectation.

A huge sense of crisis and resentment, like a venomous snake, fiercely gnawed at his heart.

——

The intimacy by the fountain pool finally settled into calm, the ripples lingering with a gentle echo.

Jin Chen embraced the utterly limp Samuel in his arms, letting him lean against his chest, his long fingers patiently combing through Samuel's disheveled hair and tying it up.

"Samuel," Jin Chen kissed his cheek, his voice somewhat lazy and hoarse.

"I perhaps need to be away for a while."

The warm, soft body in his arms instantly stiffened.

Samuel startled, lifted his head, "Will you not come to see me?"

Jin Chen's heart softened, he placed another kiss on his lips, and soothed: "No, just going to verify some matters concerning this continent……."

"In the short term, perhaps I cannot appear as frequently as before."

Samuel's panic had not yet faded, and he grabbed Jin Chen's front lapel.

"As long as you wish," Jin Chen cupped his face, gazing into his uneasy eyes, "just pray in your heart and call me."

"Just as you have prayed countless times before. No matter where I am, I will hear." He gently rubbed Samuel's slightly swollen lips with his thumb, "I promise."

Samuel stared at the Father God for a long time, then slowly and reluctantly nodded.

He again lifted his head, reluctant yet dependent, and lightly kissed Jin Chen's prominent Adam's apple, his voice soft and lingering.

"I will miss you greatly."

——

After talking with Samuel this time, Jin Chen indeed had many things to do.

After soothing Samuel and seeing him off, Jin Chen once again came to the Temple of Light above the clouds.

It was no different from last time.

Zephyrus was still surrounded by several stunningly beautiful divine attendant youths, lazily leaning on the throne.

When the cold, powerful dark aura descended, the beautiful youths still screamed and fled, huddling trembling behind the throne.

Jin Chen didn't even know what these youths with the same face were screaming about.

And they don't eat people.

Zephyrus was also still filled with deep apprehension.

"What are you here for again?"

Jin Chen glanced over this extravagant yet useless scene, speaking concisely: "Do fewer wicked deeds."

Zephyrus: "……"

He looked bewildered, "What's the matter?"

Jin Chen, too lazy to waste words, casually traced a line in the void with his fingertip.

A water mirror instantly condensed, clearly reflecting the scenery at the edge of the continent.

The abandoned town ruins, refugees struggling amid hunger and disease, driven out by Church Knights, and the desperate gazes of half‑beast children deemed unclean merely for having beast ears……

"They," Jin Chen's fingertip pointed at those suffering figures in the mirror, "are also your followers. Or rather, they ought to be your followers."

"Could you just take care of things a bit?"

So my wife won't complain all day.

Jin Chen's aura grew colder.

Zephyrus's golden eyes flickered, and he muttered vaguely, "This……gods are very busy……the countless beings of the continent, the flow of divine power follows its own rules……uh!"

Seeing Jin Chen making a move to strike, his words cut off abruptly.

"Alright, alright, alright!" Zephyrus hastily raised his hand to cover his heart, as if something extremely important were hidden there, fearing Jin Chen's power would affect it.

"Manage! I……I will issue a divine edict! Let the Church……let the royal family handle it!"

Jin Chen's icy gaze lingered for a moment on his hand covering his heart.

"You'd better behave; three strikes and you're out—next time you waste my time, I'll beat you to death."

Zephyrus: "……"

Jin Chen's next destination is the Northern Region.

Here, it is covered in ice and snow all year round.

At the end of the desolate, dead ice plain stood a pitch-black ancient castle.

The castle's spires pierced the leaden-gray sky, its walls overgrown with thorn roses that stubbornly bloomed even in the extreme cold, exuding an eerie, icy fragrance.

This is truly a land of death, rarely trodden by humans.

Jin Chen's figure appeared on the castle's highest terrace.

The bitter wind swept up his dark robe, causing it to flutter loudly.

He gazed down upon the endless ice plain beneath his feet, as if inspecting this forgotten land that belonged to him.

Ling Gun Gun broke the atmosphere, 【Host, what are you looking at?】

Bald and barren, nothing but a gray sky and snow.

Jin Chen furrowed his brow, …… very, strange.

Free from the original body's control, why does this place feel so familiar?