Kaijin Fighter: So I Have to Make Monsters, So What? Chapter 1604 1604: Tour de Church (2)

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^Okay gang! The next church we're visiting is one belonging to the Brimstone Brotherhood. These folks were originally a much smaller group known as the Blissful Brotherhood, but they changed their na once the war with the Erupting Dawn Empire began in earnest. They were one of the few groups that managed to survive the initial attacks, but had paid a rather heavy price for that survival.^

'Oh joy, another warti sect...absolutely love these guys...'

In sharp contrast to hoy, warm church belonging to the Candle Monastery, the building belonging to the Brimstone Brotherhood was...rather brutal-lookong.

There were a lot of sharp edges, thick black stones, a whole fuckton of stone statues decorating the place that were just buried in the floor of the Uncanny Valley. For a brief mont, Zhen Liu rember the Marquis De Howlite and he thought that this place was like an even creepier version of the late Noble's estate.

'And from the looks of it the people aren't much better.'

^Ah! It looks like we have arrived right in the middle of the morning service. You guys are in for a special treat,^ Cleric Oswin inford the group with a whispered voice.

The inside of the brutalist church looked as ominous and repelling as its outside in every practically way.

As for the monks themselves, they didn't exactly look happy to be there either.

Dressed in grey-black robes that looked to be made of the roughest of cloths, the monks kneeled on stone platforms while a man at the front began his sermon.

^And so we rember our fallen brothers and sisters. How they returned to ash, while we, simply keep lingering. Carrying their scent like volcanic rock.^

'Huh...'

It was surprisingly somber for a group that seed to present themselves in such a brutal manner.

"Wait...I rember these guys," Olstenna said to his companions. "They were one of the first sects to go all in on a counterattack against the Erupting Dawn Empire in the early days of the war. Hell, I think I actually fought alongside so of them."

"Really?" Antonio asked with genuine intrigue. "What happened during that offensive?"

"Nothing good," Olstenna answered. "These guys got lucky, but I rember that out of thirteen sects who contributed to that war effort, only three survived to this day. These guys being one of them."

"Ouch..."

With this new knowledge in mind, Zhen Liu and his friends continued to watch the ongoing sermon, realizing that this was less of a holy lesson and more like a funeral rite.

^And so, we rember the burning...we rember their screams...^

'Huh…'

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After that surprisingly somber service, the tour group had left the church and began to make their way to their next and final destination.

However, that was when they ran into...let's say so less than pleasant individuals.

^Repent, foul sinners! Repent! Cast aside your sins and earthly bonds, and be purified into ash by the holy fires!^

'Oh…fuck .'

Only a few steps away from the group and the church that they had just exited from was an unruly mob of sorts that Zhen Liu actually recognized in a general sense.

Lightly floating in the air was a bearded man holding a rather pristine looking book that had an unstressed spine.

The aforentioned man appeared to be in the middle of a fiery preaching session to a mix of congregates that were dressed in clothes similar to his own and several onlookers who looked either enraptured by the words, deeply offended, or both.

Zhen Liu recognized this type of preacher to be one of those "fire and brimstone" types, which was wholly ironic given that he and his friends just exited a church ran by a group called the Brimstone Brotherhood.

Regardless, Zhen Liu was...rather familiar with this type of person and he wasn't happy being around them in the slightest and wanted to simply go.

Unfortunately, the preacher had noticed him and his group.

^Now do you see what I an by our church being tainted by outsiders?!^ the preacher shouted. ^How the central church parade around the heretical sects like show animals at the circus? Disgusting, I say! A sin, I cry!^

^Apologies for so our more...extre mbers of our collective congregation,^ Cleric Oswin apologized to the tourists. ^But our holy creed allows the accomodations of interpretations. Even if it's sothing we disagree with. It's best to just ignore them—^

^See how they bring in impure filth from foreign lands! See how they appeal to those born with ill ons, the halfbred mongrels, and the savage brutes from the deserts!^ the preacher shouted while pointing a finger directly at Zhen Liu and his friends. ^Their re existence here is a sin upon itself.^

Out of everyone present, they were the most diverse looking group of tourists.

^If we do not take action, the central church will taint us all with—^

^Hey!^

^Huh?^

Before the preacher could continue rambling on whatever stupid religious tirade he was on about, Zhen Liu had decided to interject and impose himself.

Needless to say, he wasn't happy about his friends and family being pointed out as target for religious hate.

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[Milord! Are you o—]

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Logos and Pathos observed with unified interest.