"Holymaka! Kill him, quickly kill him!" Berlick shrieked.
As a spy sent by Minister Ernest to control The Way of Peace, he knew better than anyone the power of a Teigu User.
Only a Teigu User could deal with another Teigu User; there was absolutely no way to defeat them unless an army suppressed them, and some Teigu Users weren't even afraid of armies, instead being able to annihilate them.
"A lightning-wielding Teigu, though I haven't heard of it, you will surely die today!"
Holymaka laughed wildly, "My Teigu, 'Strange Adauyus,' is ranked among the top twenty Teigus!"
After speaking, he charged towards Lord An with incredible speed; ordinary people could only see a fleeting shadow.
"Prepare to die obediently!"
Holymaka appeared before Lord An, his strange scythe slashing towards Lord An's neck.
"Guardian," An activated the second Divine Blessing.
Instantly, a translucent barrier, like an inverted bowl, protected him and the followers behind him. Clang!
A sound like metal colliding echoed as the tip of the scythe-shaped Teigu struck the barrier, which showed not the slightest change.
Boom! Before the Teigu User could react, an arm-thick bolt of lightning struck him from above, instantly incinerating him into charcoal, without even a single scream escaping him.
The humanoid charcoal fell, shattering into pieces, and the scythe-shaped Teigu dropped to the ground with a crisp sound.
"Wh-what?!" Berlick let out a high-pitched scream like a woman, his eyes bloodshot.
He tumbled off his seat.
"Berlick, it's your turn," Lord An said coldly.
"No, no! Lord! Don't kill me! I can tell you the names of the spies hidden in The Way of Peace, and I can tell you the Minister's secrets! Don't kill me!"
Berlick was so frightened he wet his pants, scrambling and crawling to Lord An's feet, tears and snot streaming down his ugly face.
"Filth, vanish."
Boom! Arm-thick bolts of lightning struck down one after another.
"Ahhh! Run!"
Ten armored guards, as if summoned by the King of Hell, turned into humanoid charcoal one after another.
Within two breaths, all ten armored guards had become charred lumps on the ground.
"Wuwuwu—help! Help!" Berlick was so scared his legs gave out, and he desperately clawed his way towards the hall entrance.
Finally, in a flash of blue lightning, he became another charred lump on the ground.
"Next, go clear out the wicked people throughout the headquarters, and then, under the cover of night, eliminate all guilty nobles, merchants, Imperial governors, executioners, and so on in Jerok City."
Lord An spoke gently to the God's Grace.
Among the 120 attendants he selected, 96 became God's Grace. Those who did not become God's Grace were not necessarily guilty; their good deeds simply weren't sufficient yet.
"Yes! Bishop Sir!"
Screams occasionally echoed from The Way of Peace headquarters.
The panic-stricken believers rushed out, and Lord An used the Holy Relic to soothe everyone's unease.
He already held high prestige and trust among the believers, and now he could truly perform miracles.
His original abilities of healing and foreseeing the future had also greatly enhanced under the Divine Blessing; now he could not only heal wounds but also regenerate severed limbs.
"A miracle! It's truly blessed to witness the Lord's miracle so closely."
"Indeed."
Lord An quickly said, "All my power is bestowed by God."
"Not just me, anyone whose good deeds reach the level of being noticed by God will be granted God's Grace and Divine Blessing by the great God."
"Currently, most of my followers have received God's Grace."
"I believe there are also others among the believers who have been watched by God and granted Divine Blessing."
As Lord An explained to the surrounding believers, screams came from behind him, but the believers paid no attention.
The Lord said that God had granted the God's Grace the ability to discern good from evil, and those were all wicked people mixed among them.
Meanwhile, in the mansions of various merchants, nobles, and governors in Jerok City.
The God's Grace silently infiltrated, first attacking the private soldiers and executioners protecting the nobles.
Those noble private soldiers and executioners were just trained ordinary people, merely equipped with guns, at most possessing specially trained martial arts.
Facing the God's Grace who possessed Divine Blessing, they were utterly crushed like ants, even if the God's Grace was only Lv. 1.
Upon receiving Divine Blessing, one would also gain experience in using the Divine Blessing, along with basic movement and combat skills.
"It's a Teigu User! It's a Teigu User! Baron Sir, quickly leave!"
A dozen armed private soldiers continuously shot at a God's Grace.
"Divine Blessing, Extreme Speed!" The God's Grace instantly vanished and reappeared behind the dozen private soldiers.
Plop!
A dozen basketball-sized objects fell to the ground with a dull thud.
"Wait! Teigu User! I'll give you money! I'm very rich! Whatever The Way of Peace offers you, I'll pay three times to hire you!" The Baron, as fat as a pig, shrieked in fright.
"You're very rich?"
The Baron was overjoyed: "Yes, very rich. You are a powerful Teigu User; you should be on our side, the nobles."
"How did you get your money?" the God's Grace asked.
The Baron said as a matter of course, "Of course, it's from the commoners. Commoners are born to be our nobles' slaves, born to create wealth for us."
"Alright, I understand," the God's Grace said in a low voice.
"You understand… good—"
Pfft!
A gush of red liquid erupted like a fountain, and the head that fell to the ground still wore an expression of smugness.
"Next, Viscount Jean—the three big merchants of the Tata Merchant Guild." The God's Grace took out a slip of paper and glanced at it.
That night, the commoners slept exceptionally soundly, while the nobles, merchants, and their executioners screamed repeatedly.
And as the moon moved, the frequency of the screams also became lower and lower.
The Way of Peace Headquarters.
"I feel it, order is being established, and more and more power is flowing from the populace."
The Holy Son said happily as she saw more and more light converging.
"This is quite normal, after all, order already exists; it was just slightly off course. After correction, it's back on track," Sima Wei Zhi said.
The entire The Way of Peace was originally a church order; after setting things right, the Holy Son's skill as a saintess activated.
It must be said that the Holy Son's Ideal Kingdom is truly exaggerated; it is a higher-tier skill than her 'Commercial Kingdom' skill.
She needed to engage in commerce to activate it, but the Holy Son only needed to become the leader of an organization to activate it.
And then this organization would be absolutely obedient to her.
After each commoner contributed a bit of power to her, her every move would embody the power of all commoners—strength, speed, life, wisdom, everything combined.
If she became the supreme leader of this empire, she could probably shatter a large mountain with a casual punch.
One person representing the power of an entire nation.
On the other side, in the forest outside the imperial capital of the Millennium Empire.
Xia Wei was utterly bewildered; even as a true god, he was somewhat at a loss.
"Strange, where is the World Will? Where did it go? Is there no World Will in this world? That shouldn't be."