Villain: Glory bows to me

In the dream world, Catherine had followed the figure into the alley.

There was a faint light of fire coming from the end of the alley. Catherine saw from afar a statue standing at the end, and under the statue a man in armor was kneeling devoutly.

The statue shows a saint with a holy cloth on his head and a scripture in his hand. The clothes he wears prove that he belongs to the Church of the Holy Cross.

Sensing someone coming, the kneeling man stood up from the ground and slowly turned around. His expression made Vito, who was watching this scene in the real world, nod slightly.

Yes, that's Greg.

It was exactly what Vito thought. This guy was still a fanatical guy in the dream world. No one else could do such a thing as risking his life to kneel down and worship the statue devoutly.

However, there was less madness on Greg's face, and instead there was kindness. I wonder if it was a disguise that Chaos gave him.

"Hello, ma'am. Are you here to pay respect to the Master's statue as well?"

Greg asked Catherine in a very kind tone.

"Grandmaster?"

Catherine was very confused by what Greg said.

Greg also immediately cleared up Catherine's doubts.

"That's right, the great martyr, the forerunner of the Bloody Judge, Master Smith!

Oh! Madam, you are a foreigner, right? It's normal that you don't know me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Greg, and I am the leader of the Bloody Judges under the Holy Cross Church!"

“Mr. Greg, it’s nice to meet you, but unfortunately I have amnesia and forgot my name.

I want to ask you something, do you have time or are you convenient to talk?"

When Catherine heard that Greg was related to the Holy Cross Church, she immediately thought of asking.

Greg was still very enthusiastic and nodded to show that he would tell you everything he knew.

Catherine asked all her questions at once, and when she finished, Greg answered them one by one.

"Ma'am, first of all, I'm sorry, I don't know much about sunrise.

However, I believe that the solution to the plague must be in the hands of the church. It’s just that due to the current situation, they may not be able to announce it. If you are suffering from the plague, you must go to the church and try your luck.

As for Qidi College, I have only heard some rumors, which are roughly like this.

It is said that scholars from the Enlightenment Academy discovered an underground tomb one day and found an extremely mysterious catalyst in it.

That catalyst is the origin of the Holy Cross Church and the key to the church's current treatment of patients.

Finally, I’m not too sure about the Eucharist, Holy Blood, and the Holy Communion, but I roughly know that the church’s method of treating the sick seems to be related to blood.

I'm really sorry, I'm just a name, I don't have much status in the church, I can't get in touch with advanced things, I hope these can help you."

Greg's words sounded sincere, but they sounded distorted to Vito's ears.

It sounded like Chaos was hinting at him, saying that he only treated Greg as a tool.

Vito just smiled helplessly and continued to watch how things developed.

Catherine was about to leave after thanking Greg, but Greg suddenly called her.

"Ma'am, I have an unwelcome request. Do you know the vampires? They are a group of evil and filthy heretics.

The vampires live in an ancient castle high in the mountains, but the mountain road there has been cut off, so we can't get through.

We, the Scarlet Inquisitors, are specifically responsible for dealing with these heretics. This is also the great ambition that Master Smith has been unable to achieve in his entire life.

So I want to help the master fulfill his wish. If you have any clues, please tell me. I will come here to worship the master from time to time. Please!"

After saying that, Greg bowed slightly to Catherine, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

Just as Greg turned around, a note fell. Catherine originally thought that Greg had dropped something and wanted to chase him and return it to him.

But Greg was running too fast and Catherine could no longer see him when she chased after him.

Catherine had no choice but to read the note herself, which read:

{The settlement was not destroyed, but forgotten. Want to find it? Then go through the "hell" that spirals downward. There lies the secret of the First Apostle.}

This was exactly the hint Vito gave Catherine, with a route map attached below the note.

Catherine had long been accustomed to the inexplicable guidance and believed in it without a doubt.

After all, she had lost her memory and didn't dare to trust others. Perhaps the cold note made her feel more at ease.

Catherine also found that her location was clearly marked on the route map, and it seemed that she was not far from her destination.

Therefore, Catherine planned to go to the destination on the note to find out. As for the so-called first apostle, Catherine guessed that it was Cosmos.

Cosmos's secret is also very attractive to Catherine.

Catherine immediately rushed towards her destination, and she did not encounter any danger along the way.

However, there are more and more coffins in this area, some of which have even been opened and looted. It can be seen that everything is crazy in this environment.

Following the instructions on the route map, Catherine soon arrived at the city wall on the edge of one side of the parish.

Here stands a lonely clock tower, and this is where the route map ends.

Although Catherine didn't understand what the connection was between this place and the so-called spiraling "hell", she still followed the instructions and walked into the bell tower.

The interior of the bell tower is in full view, with no unnecessary decorations at all. It is so empty that you can even hear the echo of the whistling wind.

There was only a large clock hanging overhead, which looked nothing special to Catherine.

Looking at the empty interior of the bell tower, Catherine couldn't help feeling a little confused.

"Is this where the gathering place is? It doesn't look like it at all..."

Before Catherine finished her words, there was a bang, the door of the bell tower suddenly closed, and the floor under her feet began to shake violently.

And all this is the work of Vito in the real world. Vito knows that there is a secret hidden here.

As soon as Catherine came in, he used magic to remotely activate the mechanism of the clock tower in the dream world.

This is also due to the fact that Chaos has no way to completely cut off Vito's connection with the dream world.

As the ground beneath her feet continued to sink, what appeared before Catherine's eyes was a space that extended vertically in a spiral shape.

This is the so-called spiral "hell".

The space here is roughly divided into nine floors from top to bottom. Because the ground sinks very slowly, Catherine can see the surrounding scenery very clearly.

There are countless mummies on each floor, some of which were tortured to death, some of which seem to be blaming each other, and some of which have their bodies pierced by branches growing from their bodies.

This place is truly a hell.

On the ninth and lowest level of "Hell", there are a large number of mummies hanging upside down, and a huge symbol that is exactly the same as the one on the blue gem.

The sinking ground also stopped here, and a hole roughly large enough for a person to pass through appeared in front of Catherine, with a faint light coming from inside.

Through the hole, Catherine could see a dilapidated tree house, a withered tree, and a large field of flowers that had long since withered.

Yes, it was exactly the same as the gathering place she had been to, except that it had been abandoned for a long time...

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The Italian poet Dante Alighieri created a long poem called "The Divine Comedy", which is about 10,000 words and records the story of Dante and Virgil's journey through hell, purgatory and heaven.

In the Hell chapter, Danting divides hell into nine levels and describes it as a tower extending downward in a spiral.

In Hell, Dante described the humans he saw as having their bodies pierced by tree branches and having many tree-related features all over their bodies.

In my setting, the original life on the continent of Ed is the towering giant trees.