At this point, Logan glared at The Pope David. "Long before the Human Federation was founded, The Black Church had already led a group of humans to survive in the lost world."

"At that time, the first Pope used his strong power and a group of followers to build The First Holy City in the lost world."

"But in the early days of the monster invasion, human power was still weak. The first Pope could only protect a limited number of people."

"To let more people survive, The Black Church kept expanding. Eventually, it caused hostility from other monster forces."

"At that time, the first Pope suffered his first defeat. The entire First Holy City was destroyed in a beast tide. That was a huge blow to the first Pope."

Logan coldly looked at The Pope David. "So, the first Pope of The Black Church started researching forbidden knowledge, trying to find stronger power. And he chose the path of living in harmony with the monsters, gaining power that allowed him to coexist with them."

"So, the first Pope began studying slimes. He found that slimes were the best hosts for symbiosis. He started using slimes to mix with different kinds of monster genes to strengthen himself. And he really did develop a bunch of battle styles."

"After gaining power, the first Pope got arrogant. He started fighting everywhere. He even got into trouble with a S-level monster deep in the Lost World. That time, he had to fuse with the slime to protect The Black Church. He even sacrificed his wife and daughter to get enough power to kill the monster."

"But the cost of that victory was that from then on, the first Pope and his wife and daughter could only exist as parts of the slime, sharing the same body. And they discovered that this body had a terrifying and uncontrollable appetite."

"The body of that S-level monster and its soul were also fused into the slime. From then on, the first Pope's slime form would sometimes show violent and cruel behavior."

"To control the cruel thoughts of the S-level monster, the first Pope had to step down and focus on researching how to control that monster's mind."

At this, The Pope David's eyes became even colder. He looked at Logan with shock beyond words. "Who are you? How did you know all of this?"

Logan smiled and patted Kerparos, but didn't explain.

It was all thanks to the corpses Maya Archbishop had given him, as well as the many monsters and familiar tamers from [Land of Sins] that Nami had suppressed.

Some of these monsters had even taken part in the first Pope's experiments. After losing their value, they were locked up here by the first Pope.

Seeing that Logan wasn't going to explain, The Pope David asked again. "Since you know the origin of this terrifying being, you should also know that it's far more powerful now than it was hundreds of years ago. It's not even in the same category."

At this, The Pope David added."Although the first Pope fused with the slime and became a symbiotic weapon, he managed to solve the crisis at that time. But in that era, when monsters could attack at any moment, the crises happened too often."

"Within half a year of the second Pope taking office, The Black Church faced another life-or-death crisis. This time, a S-level monster came with a beast tide, and it was a S-level monster at the peak of the Legend stage."

"Even though the first Pope controlled the symbiotic weapon and fought, he could only barely fight the monster, but couldn't kill it. As long as that S-level monster was alive, the beast tide wouldn't stop. To save The Black Church, the second Pope also fused himself into the symbiotic weapon. That's how he killed the S-level monster."

At this point, The Pope David's face twisted. "But! That damn symbiotic body ate the S-level monster again. The first Pope had barely controlled the first S-level monster's madness. Now another one came. The first Pope's consciousness almost disappeared."

"Finally, the second Pope sacrificed his soul to strengthen the first Pope's mental power. That's how he won back control of the symbiotic body."

"From then on, the third Pope took office. He understood the pros and cons of the symbiotic weapon and didn't dare to use it easily. So he started to shrink the power of The Black Church and formed an alliance with the Human Federation to resist the monsters together."

"In this way, he spent thirty years to recover and research a way to use the Imperial Princess's sacrifice to activate the symbiotic weapon without side effects."

"This method had no side effects and could last for only one hour. But even so, since that time, The Black Church began expanding again. With the development of several Popes, it expanded, built thirteen Holy Cities in total."

"Unfortunately, previous Popes underestimated human ambition. Later Popes always wanted to achieve greater achievements than their predecessors. So the symbiotic weapon was used more and more often."

"Eventually, the ninth Pope wasn't satisfied with the one-hour limit of the symbiotic weapon. He tried to surpass the first Pope, hoping to control the symbiotic body, which had already reached the power of a Saint."

At this point, The Pope David looked down, his expression cold. "Unfortunately, he overestimated himself. The ninth Pope's ambition led to a complete disaster."

"He fused himself into the symbiotic body, fighting the first Pope for control. But they were both swallowed by the subconscious of the symbiotic body. That's how the symbiotic body first gained its own consciousness."

At this point, The Pope David looked at Logan. "This accident even appears in The Black Church's history. There's a legend about a demon god descending. The Pope received a divine revelation and joined forces with human order and light power to drive the demon god away."

Logan couldn't stand it anymore and spat. "Pfft! What nonsense about a demon god descending? It was just that slime symbiotic body going crazy!"

"After the ninth Pope's consciousness was swallowed, the slime symbiotic body started eating everything indiscriminately. Without a Pope to lead, the Archbishops had to rely on personal connections to beg for help."

"At that time, the Human Federation chairman, the judge of the Tribunal, the high priest of the Temple, the commander of the Temple knights, and the head of the Adventurer Guild—all five top strongmen came to help."

"They didn't even bother to explain the situation before rushing to The First Holy City. You! You survived that crisis because of the Human Federation, the civil associations, and the Temple's power!"

At this point, Logan's eyes showed coldness and killing intent. "Originally, with the five strongmen working together, you could have destroyed that symbiotic monster for good. But! You did something even worse. While the five human strongmen were injured, the new tenth Pope actually killed them and offered them to the slime!"

Hearing this, Vincent looked shocked.

He pulled out cigarette after cigarette, his trembling hands trying to light them.

But each time, he couldn't hold the cigarette, and it fell to the ground.

He looked at Logan nervously, full of guilt, then turned to look at The Pope David, asking with a questioning look: "David, is what Logan said true?"

Vincent had been hidden in the Human Federation for a long time. He knew how high the previous chairman was respected.

If this got out, The Black Church would be immediately attacked by the Human Federation's army.

The Pope David's face was dark, his whole body shaking. He suddenly burst into wild laughter. "So what? That mess was already like that when I got it!"

After saying that, he looked at Vincent, his voice cold. "So, you think why did the previous Pope start the big purge inside The Black Church? He didn't want these dirty secrets to be exposed!"

Vincent, hearing that, pointed at The Pope David and shouted."Then what about Adela?"

"What about her?" The Pope David sneered. "What do you think? Because of that chaos, the balance inside the symbiotic weapon broke again. Every ten years, it would wake up and eat everything."

"To put it back to sleep, you needed a Legend-level Imperial Princess to help the Pope. The Imperial Princess would sacrifice her soul, and the Pope would sacrifice his life."

At this point, The Pope David pulled off his hair. He had been wearing a wig all along.

On his head, his real hair had withered and turned white, like that of an old man.

Vincent saw this and was completely shocked.

The Pope David was about the same age as Vincent.

"Why did you get so old?" Vincent's lips trembled as he asked.

The Pope David heard that and gave a bitter smile.

"Do you think only you suffered when Adela was sacrificed?" The Pope David said as he pulled off his skin. "I also lost my youth!"

In an instant, a face of a middle-aged man in his fifties appeared before Logan and Vincent.

Seeing this, Logan opened his mouth. "So, you want Fischl to break through Saint level, because you want only her to bear the cost of the sacrifice? Right?"

The Pope David, caught by Logan, laughed. "What else? He's just a machine without feelings. The moment he became the Imperial Princess, he was already prepared for sacrifice."

"Since it's all about sacrifice, why not let her take my share too? I'm only thirty. Why should I live like an old man? I'm still a virgin! Because of one sacrifice, I've been impotent for almost twenty years!"

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