"Um, actually, I have a personal matter that I'd like to ask of you."
A few days ago at the Cloud Tower, after Sandro and Roland reached a private agreement, Roland asked Sandro for a favor.
"Actually, I have an undead magic sword that needs to absorb living and undead souls in order to evolve. The main battlefield in the Chaos Dimension will likely become the best meat grinder for me, as well as the final opportunity for me to complete my magic sword. But, as you know, my identity is rather special … "
Sometimes, it was enough to say half of something.
Sandro now completely understood. Right now, I had many identities. I was the prince of the Northlands and the representative of Hell. But if I looked at it from the perspective of the entire mortal plane, the most important and most accepted identity was still …
"Estrada's successor, the strongest Holy Knight in the world."
Perhaps the representative of the Hades was important enough in the world of high-level existences. Perhaps the royalty and nobles of the various countries felt that the newly risen Mist Alliance in the Northlands was suppressing them, but it was likely that most ordinary people in this world didn't even know what this represented.
The ordinary people of the major countries in the mortal plane wouldn't care about the Hades (What were those? I'd never even heard of them), the prince of the Northlands (a countryside royalty?). But for the commoners, none of these titles were as important and stable as the strongest Holy Knight in the world.
Roland's other identity was also becoming more and more important.
"The creator of the Southern Sect, the discoverer of the teachings of pure Holy Light."
From a certain standpoint, Roland's relationship with the Southern Sect was similar to Jesus' relationship with the Cross Church, or Buddha's relationship with Buddhism. Of course, for the current church members, the revival of the Southern Sect would definitely be a calamity, which was why both Roland and the Southern Sect chose to forget about this relationship.
Some things couldn't be erased. Just like how Roland had brought Holy Light to the world, Roland was the discoverer of the teachings of pure Holy Light. He would definitely be recorded in history as well.
Originally, Roland did not pay much attention to this point. He did not pursue fame, but some things could not be decided by individual will.
For the time being, let's not consider who the final victor of the Holy War would be. If everything went smoothly, after the threat of the Chaos Faction and Cavendish was eliminated, the Holy Light Faction and the Hades Faction would definitely have an "in-depth exchange".
The Holy Church's greatest reliance was naturally the belief in the Holy Light among the entire human world. In order to shake the Holy Church's authority, one would naturally have to shake its belief.
At that time, the conflict between the Southern Sect and the Holy Church would be the most important breakthrough point.
The Hades would definitely support the Southern Sect and fight the Holy Church to the bitter end.
In that case, I, as the forgotten founder of the "Pure Holy Light" religion, would naturally become the center of attention and become the focus of public opinion.
Since ancient times, the simplest and most practical way to discredit a religion or a force was to prove that its founder was a liar, a bastard, or a scumbag with a bad character. Then, the doctrine that he advocated would naturally become a joke.
This method was widely used even in the modern era.
And the Holy Church was definitely an expert at slandering people in religious wars.
Now that I thought about it, it was quite ironic. Even before victory was achieved, the two factions that were at odds with each other on the surface were already plotting how to stab their "companions" in the back.
However, working together for a common goal while having internal strife seemed to have become an unchanging rule in human society for thousands of years.
As the bridge between the Hades and the Southern Sect, Roland had a special and important status. If his reputation was damaged, not only would it be his reputation that would be damaged, it would also affect the legitimacy and legitimacy of the entire Southern Sect.
There were some things that everyone knew in private, but they could pretend not to know. There were also some things that, once exposed, might not only hurt the parties involved.
For example, the Holy Church clearly knew that Roland was Emperor Yongye, but they definitely wouldn't use this information to attack Roland. That was because they would have to explain why the Holy Church didn't kill Roland even though he was in public.
Perhaps, after thousands of years, the Southern Sect's founder would become a true Saint due to the Gods and undying's willful forgetfulness. Things like Emperor Yongye would naturally disappear in the annals of history.
Since Roland was currently trying his best to wash his reputation clean, it didn't matter what he did in private. However, it would definitely be a major taboo to openly summon souls.
Some residents of the mortal plane were already able to accept that undead magic wasn't evil. The evil ones were the ones using it. However, most people believed that forcefully absorbing the soul power of the dead was the most evil of all evils.
They didn't care that undead magic was also part of the Cycle of Reincarnation. Everything would eventually return to the Gui Ming River and the Cycle of Reincarnation. In their eyes, undead mages' actions of causing the souls of the dead to scatter was no different from digging up the graves of their ancestors. It might even be worse.
In order to complete the strongest original sin sword, Roland would need a large number of souls. It could be predicted that a large number of demons, angels, and even Gods would die here in the chaotic battlefield. Such an advantageous "material" would be something that could only be discovered by luck. An ancient battlefield where Gods had died would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an undead mage.
However, it was likely that all the Gods and powerful individuals would appear on this battlefield. If he absorbed souls to complete the magic sword, not only would his reputation be damaged, he would also be in a disadvantageous position politically.
That was why Roland racked his brains and came up with an alternative method, which was to have someone else help him complete the soul absorption process.
But when he came up with this method, there was actually a very limited number of people to choose from.
First of all, the undead mage needed to be skilled in undead magic in order to be able to absorb souls. Secondly, the undead mage needed to be incredibly powerful, at least SemiGod level. Otherwise, the undead mage would be instantly devoured by the magic sword. Also, the undead mage needed to be brave enough to absorb souls in front of the Gods. Not only would the undead mage be shameless, but the undead mage needed to be skilled in undead magic as well.
Roland found Sandro and used him as a bargaining chip to "revive the Tark Republic", forcing Sandro to take the blame for Roland. As for the Undead Emperors … since the blame was already irreparable, it didn't matter if they took the blame a little more.
Currently, the Undead Marshal wielded his pitch-black shortsword and went on a killing spree on the battlefield. Countless souls and divine soul shards were being absorbed by the sword, filling the entire area with countless vengeful souls and divine souls.
Meanwhile, the altar that was currently opening was also furiously absorbing the life force and souls of the sacrifices.
Life force and flesh were being sacrificed to the altar, while soul shards were being absorbed by the magic sword. Both sides had a clear division of labor.
The entire battlefield, which was a super dangerous battlefield where Gods and demons perished, had now become nothing more than sacrifices for a pair of brothers to achieve their goals.
And finally, as the Gods perished, the shortsword that represented the Seven Deadly Sins finally matured.
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