Resurrected Immortal 702

Chapter 702 – 702. Welcome (1)

Although the sentence of the trial was decided, the issue of whether the parties to the trial accepted the sentence is a completely different story.

“Oh my… Unbelievable… !”

The priests despaired that all the divine power they possessed had completely disappeared.
Exactly, it was not extinction, but it was retrieved by Eleanor, but from their point of view, since they can no longer use the divine power that they have used well, it is the same as extinction.

“Divine power… Stealing… !”

Manipulating the divine power of others and reverting it to oneself, it realized a realm that was impossible for any priest until now, and the judge quickly fell into a state of panic.

“Is that possible?”

Numerous priests present at the trial looked at Eleanor in horror.
As much as that, the ripple power of her reaping the divine power from the priests who became sinners was enormous.
The priests’ eyes were filled with surprise and fear at the same time.
This is because she instinctively realized how menacing her ability to take away any power she possessed was.
It was like the relationship between predator and prey.

“Quiet!”

Darian, who was in charge of the trial, calmed the crowd by shouting at the atmosphere that quickly became chaotic as the priests who were watching were buzzing.
The tumultuous inside of the courtroom is instantly filled with silence.

“…”

In fact, Darian was also surprised to see this situation in person.

‘It’s a terrifying ability.’

The ‘recovery of the divine’ caused by Eleanor is similar to the miracle of ‘request’ created by Agnes.
However, this is different in nature from the ‘request’ used by Agnes.
Agnes’ petition was a punishment that completely annihilated the concept of divine power from the object of judgment by the goddess of the divine realm by praying to the goddess.
However, Eleanor’s ‘retrieval’ is more of an extortion, retrieving the divine power of her subjects and making them her own.
There is a very big difference between these two miracles.
Was the ‘goddess doctor’ intervening or not?
Here, Eleanor’s ‘retrieval’ is not asking her goddess to do the judgment, but she is more like judging her subject herself.
It’s an outrageous privilege.
That means that if you want to exploit it, you can steal her holy power even from an innocent opponent and make it your own.
Realizing the other side of it, Darian shuddered involuntarily for a moment.
I was dubious when I heard the explanation alone, but after seeing the phenomenon with my own two eyes, I am even more astonished.

‘This… The miracle of the next saintess.’

Eleanor’s divinity recovery is the starting point that Eunhyeon prepared to revise the system and discipline inside the temple from the time Eunhyeon heard about the birth of a necromancer named Marius from Anies and the goddess Vesta.
Of course, the permission of the goddess Vesta was also obtained.
In the midst of the heavy silence, a high-ranking priest who could not stand the pressure made a desperate expression as he poured out tears despite Darian’s scolding.

“Miss Eleanor… ! Please… ! Please forgive me just once… ! Please do not take the divine power from me!”

“…”

Eleanor frowned at the higher priest’s words.

“How can you speak?”

“Yes… ?”

Looking at her high priest, Eleanor’s eyes were filled with contempt that she could not understand and did not want to understand.

“How can you casually exploit, betray, and risk people’s lives when you are in a priesthood where you have to save, cherish, and care for so many people?”

“That, it is…”

“If you return the divine power back, what are you planning to do in the future?”

After hearing Eleanor’s words, the high-ranking priest was delighted and responded quickly.
Maybe because she saw hope that she could be pardoned.
However, the high-ranking priest was so desperate that he did not notice that the question was a vain hope.

“Atonement… ! I will live with atonement! I will never commit evil again, and I will live by helping people!”

And the high priest’s answer did not deviate from Eleanor’s expectations.
A common phrase that many people say when begging because they can’t give up in front of their own ruin.
Of course, anyone who hears it knows that it was a lie that was spread in the mouth to avoid this situation.

“If you atone, will those who have been harmed by your selfishness be compensated?”

It can’t be.
Someone’s life was ruined, and someone would even end their own life.
How can innocent lives that have been shattered like that be held accountable?
The word “Responsibility” Itself is meaningless.
Just as water that has already been spilled cannot be picked up, the evil deeds he and his factions committed and concealed caused a butterfly effect and caused countless damages.
It is not a problem that can be passed over just because less than 20 people take responsibility and atone for their sins.

“…”

Eleanor felt something twist in her heart.
They commit evil deeds that ruin the lives of many people, and even then they abominably beg for their position, hoping for forgiveness.
Eleanor was hesitant about using this ‘Divine Retrieval’, which was created after receiving a suggestion from her Eunhyun.
The role of judging someone with her own choices and abilities is a very honorable and wonderful job, but it also comes with a great responsibility.
Because her burden of him weighed on her heart.
But now I feel grateful.
He was no longer a mediocre being who could helplessly do nothing even after seeing evil deeds.
She felt grateful to Eun-hyeon for paving the way for her to be given such a role.

“I despise people like you.”

Eleanor returned to her place, turning her back on her priests who begged her for mercy.

“Ahhh… ! Miss Eleanor! Miss Eleanor… !”

The high-ranking priest, who saw vain hopes, called Eleanor and tried to get up, but the paladins next to him grabbed him by the shoulders and forced him to lie down on the floor.
In the end, the high-ranking priest who lost his temper exclaimed with his face distorted.

“Shit… ! Who wanted to do this from the beginning!?”

He was a man full of ambition and desire to rise to the top.
Unlike him, however, when he first completed his apprenticeship training, he had nothing.
He has no connections with nobles or high-ranking priests to pull him up, no family honor or wealth, and he is just a lowly lowest-ranking priest who only knows how to handle divine power.
In order for him to rise to the top, he had to persevere tenaciously even while being despised by those with high status, and he had to do dirty and nasty things.
The result was who he is today.

“You wouldn’t know! She was born into a duke’s family, and she was a woman of wealth and status! She’s just a lucky woman who was born into a good family… !”

“…”

Eleanor halted her steps as she returned to her place.

“Your eyes will only see it that way.”

It’s a natural story.
He doesn’t know what terrible experiences Eleanor has been through so far.
Eleanor didn’t feel worthy of responding to her ugly feelings, that she was just jealous of what she had.
The trial is over, and her sentence is carried out quickly.
The former priests who became prisoners were scattered and imprisoned in prisons placed in forced labor camps.

“Shit… Shit…”

Imprisoned in prison, the former High Priest could not resist.
This is because his position, wealth, and power evaporated overnight along with the divine power Eleanor took away.
And from the moment he was imprisoned, a new hell began.
He was assigned to a room shared with many prisoners, not just the former high-ranking priest, and as soon as he entered the room, the prisoners who had settled in first greeted him.

“Uh! The long-awaited newcomer has finally arrived!”

“…”

The atmosphere was strange, and the former high-ranking priest hesitated.
The attitude of the prisoners, as if they were waiting for him, really bothered him.

“I was waiting for you! ‘High Priest’ is better!”

“… !”

The former High Priest flinched in surprise.
Prisoners here will not be able to hear news from the outside.
Therefore, there is no reason for his status or history to be imprisoned in this prison to enter the ears of the prisoners.
But they knew his identity.

“You, who are you… !”

The former high priest asked the prisoners in a trembling voice.
Although he tried to pretend to be Taeyeon and took a hostile attitude, it was obvious that he was not a little shaken because his body didn’t stop shaking.
A man from the group of prisoners stepped forward and spoke to the former high priest.

“Do you remember me?”

“… What?”

In response to the man’s question, the former high-ranking priest asked back as if he didn’t know what he was talking about.
However, the man’s face, which evoked a sense of déjà vu that seemed to emerge somewhere in his memory, was somehow uneasy.

Haha…”

At the attitude of the former high-ranking priest, whom he could not remember at all, the prisoner smiled dejectedly.
The prisoner man was an innocent victim whom he framed for his crimes when the former High Priest embezzled the temple’s donations.
However, the fact that he doesn’t remember himself means that in his memory, he was just a bug that was only that much.

“Are you okay. Because now you are here in front of me.”

The prisoner man gave his signal by winking at his fellow prisoners.
The prisoners confined in this prison were all innocent people who were imprisoned after being victimized by the irrational malice that was prevalent in the temple.
This was an opportunity.
How can they stay still when the priest who ruined their lives is right in front of them.
The prisoners seized the former High Priest’s arms and overpowered him.

“Hey, let go of this! Know who I am… !”

“You know. High Priest is better. But everyone is the same here. You wouldn’t know that.”

Fuck!

The prisoners who seized both arms kicked the legs of the former high-ranking priest and forcibly knocked him down.
Unable to resist the weight of the two stout men, he floundered on the floor.

“Keugh… !”

As the prisoners said, all the personal connections, wealth, and power that the former high-ranking priests had are useless here.
No, in the first place, those things themselves disappeared and he became an ordinary human being, so he was the most helpless weakling in this prison.

“It makes me really happy to see you like this.”

“Kuk-kuk.”

The other prisoners also laughed at him and nodded as if they agreed.
Eventually, the prisoner who had pressed the body of the former senior priest grabbed his arm and fixed it firmly.

“Wh, what are you going to do… !”

“A simple welcome note. But it’s so nice to meet you all… I think it’s going to be a bit intense.”

A large sledgehammer was clutched in both hands of the prisoner, who was smiling maliciously.
Realizing what he was trying to do with that sledgehammer, the complexion of the former high-ranking priest turned blue.

“That, stop… !”

Kwajik!

The prisoner, without hesitation, hammered down his sledgehammer with all his might.

“Quaaaaa!”

Flesh is ripped and crushed, bones are pulverized and blood begins to splatter everywhere inside the prison.
However, the welcome did not end with just one.
As the sledgehammer lifted up again with power, it was stamped downward, crushing the hand of the former high-ranking priest who had become a wreck.

Kwajik!

“Ah, ahh! Stop! Stop! Please don’t!”

Not once, but two or three times, in the process of repeating, desperate screams resonated outside the prison, but the guards who managed the prison did not take any action even after hearing the screams.

“Turn off, ugh…”

After about five strikes, the prisoner threw the blood-stained sledgehammer on the floor, grabbed the former high-ranking priest, half-conscious from pain, by the hair and forcibly lifted him up.

“I wish you well in the future. ‘4885’.”

4885.
It was the number on the chest badge of a former high priest.