Take a look; this man is named Schwenk, and right now, he has been captured by two passing Demons.
Bound up like a caterpillar, Schwenk was hoisted into the air by Nanoda.
"Mmph! Mmph! Mmph!"
He struggled hard a couple of times, but finding it futile, the corners of Schwenk's eyes turned slightly red.
"He really is a monk of the Goddess's teachings; he even has a Holy Scripture."
Aura picked up the Holy Scripture that had been left on the ground, but before she could even grasp it firmly, it was as if she had been electrocuted; Aura threw the Holy Scripture back onto the ground immediately.
"Eek! Why was there suddenly a disgusting feeling?"
It was strange; Aura felt an instinctive loathing for this book.
"A monk, huh... he should count as a good person, I guess."
Nanoda placed Schwenk by a tree and issued a warning at the same time.
"Move around and I'll chop your head off."
Schwenk nodded hurriedly in fright, not daring to move. He realized he was now fish on the chopping block. He originally thought he was saved after someone defeated the bandits, but he hadn't expected to fall into the hands of Demons.
"Aura, what's the Holy Scripture like? I want to see it too."
Nanoda was actually quite curious about this Holy Scripture that recorded the Goddess's magic. It just so happened that one was delivered to her today.
"Go look yourself, I don't want to touch it."
Aura shook her hand, speaking with full disdain.
Nanoda bent down and picked up the Holy Scripture that Aura had thrown away.
"How is it? Is there a nasty feeling? Like... touching feces." Aura watched Nanoda's reaction from the side with curiosity.
"No, it feels very ordinary, just like an ordinary book."
"Mmph! Mmph! Mmph!"
Just as Nanoda was about to open the Holy Scripture, Schwenk, who was beside them, suddenly wiggled excitedly. With the apple stuffing his mouth, he wanted to say something incoherently.
"He seems to want to say something."
Hearing Aura say this, Nanoda pointed at the apple in Schwenk's mouth.
Small-scale Severance Magic chopped the apple blocking his mouth to pieces.
This was the new Severance Magic developed by Nanoda after her battle with the Hero. Although the slashes were much smaller than the original, the advantage was that there was almost no preparatory delay, many could be released at the same time, and the casting distance had been extended.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Schwenk spat out the fruit pieces, his expression utterly embarrassed.
"Don't touch it! That is a holy object bestowed upon humanity by Lady Goddess! You will suffer divine retribution!"
"The Goddess's running dog. Truly, a dog's mouth spits out no ivory. Let's kill this noisy fool."
Aura's expression turned gloomy.
"Don't rush, let me see what's inside this Holy Scripture first."
Nanoda opened the Holy Scripture anyway. As expected, the inside was completely blank.
"Ahhhhh! Bastard Demon! Give it back! Give it back!"
Schwenk screamed loudly and miserably. He currently felt the humiliation of watching his most beloved woman being wantonly played with by someone else right in front of him, while he was powerless to do anything.
Aura covered her ears. It was really noisy; if it were the old days, she would have killed him a thousand times over.
"Just as I thought, there's nothing."
Seeing Nanoda frown, Schwenk finally recovered a bit of his confidence.
"Hahaha, the Holy Scripture can only be used by humans chosen by the Goddess who have received divine protection. It is impossible for Demons to ever see the content inside! If you can read it, I'll eat rice doing a handstand!"
Just as Nanoda was about to give up, her head suddenly felt a stinging pain, and something seemed to fluctuate in the depths of her soul.
Text gradually emerged upon the Holy Scripture in her eyes.
| In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light... |
Nanoda rubbed her eyes; it seemed her vision wasn't playing tricks on her. She closed the Holy Scripture and opened it again; still no change. She yanked Aura's cheek, and hearing the scream, Nanoda finally confirmed she wasn't dreaming.
Nanoda continued to flip down. The content was exactly the same as the Bible she had read in church during her childhood in her past life.
"Is this a Holy Scripture or a Bible?!"
Hearing Nanoda's retort, Aura leaned her head in, but unfortunately, all she saw was a blank page.
"Impossible! How could you see anything!"
Schwenk couldn't believe it. The Demon's behavior made it seem like she really saw something.
"Why are you flipping so fast? Even those with immense divine protection from the Goddess would have paragraphs they can't understand... Oh, I know! You're just putting on an act to humiliate me, right! I've already seen through your trick, you cunning Demon!"
After quickly flipping through the entire Holy Scripture, Nanoda had a question: Where was the Goddess's magic? Or was the Holy Scripture she saw different from others?
Sighing, Nanoda tried to read the opening aloud. However, while her mouth could open and close, it could not emit any sound.
"What are you doing? Tongue cramp?"
Aura looked at Nanoda's mouth opening and closing, very confused.
Finally, after trying to read a few more passages, Nanoda gave up and threw the Holy Scripture onto the ground.
"Got my hopes up for nothing."
Splat, the Bible lay back on the ground.
"Ahhhhh! Bastard! You'll die a horrible death!"
Schwenk was going crazy. It was like his most beloved woman had been ravaged in front of him and then rudely discarded at random.
"Did you research anything?"
Aura took one hand off her ear, pointed at the Holy Scripture on the ground, and then immediately covered her ear again.
"No, on the contrary, it reminded me of some bad memories."
Nanoda shook her head. It seemed she really had no destiny with the Goddess's magic. In the end, with the identity of a Demon, the Goddess favored humans.
"Ahhhhh! Filthy Demon! You will never understand the greatness of the Goddess! One day, you will be sanctioned!"
Beside them, Schwenk was still cursing Nanoda like a madman.
"Hey! Quiet! For the sake of letting me research the Holy Scripture, I'll let you off this time."
With a wave of Nanoda's hand, the hemp rope on Schwenk's body was severed and fell to the ground.
Regaining his freedom, Schwenk picked up the Holy Scripture from the ground immediately, patting away the dust with heartache.
His Holy Scripture was no longer clean.
"Why aren't you scrambling yet!"
Schwenk wanted to continue cursing, but seeing that look in Nanoda's eyes that suggested she wanted to kill someone...
A wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him. Schwenk hugged the Holy Scripture and ran away in a flash.
Arriving at a relatively safe place, Schwenk, having escaped a calamity, gasped for breath.
"Huff, huff, truly rotten luck. I was almost eaten by Demons."
Schwenk was a Priest sent by the Northern Empire's Goddess Religion to communicate with the Southern Kingdom's Goddess Religion.
First, he was knocked out by bandits, then he fell into the hands of Demons; it was truly a series of disasters.
"Luckily, I have the Goddess's protection..."
Schwenk praised the Goddess in his heart, then gently opened the Holy Scripture to inspect it.
"Eh? Genesis Chapter? When was this part added?"
What Schwenk couldn't figure out was that this newly discovered chapter had only a chapter title, but absolutely no content.
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