Skendus was getting sick of all the formal praises here, so he decided to be even more direct. This was a universe where mana gods shouldn't be worshiped, after all, and from what he could uand, these priests were clearly praising those that they were not supposed to!

  The symbolism, their ret stroke of bad luck, etc, he could ect all of those dots immediately, and decided to ask these priests the questions that many other people would hesitate to ask. He didn't hold back.

  “Who is Fakame? Is she a Mana Goddess?” He asked.

  “Indeed she is,” The priest in the middle, answered fearlessly. “And although her power knows no bounds, our church finds the greatest of honor worshiping her son, Fakus instead! May he be praised forever.”

  Before this bad-forth versation of pointing fingers could go on any further, the same priest gestured for Skendus to stop talking. It would appear that he'd like to lead the versation now.

  “Let’s skip the stupid questions, we know why you're here. You're marked for death, I see it, I smell it, the four of you reek of unholiness!” The priest stated.

  “Marked for death? Even me?” Arvena asked, she was nervous, and when the pope nodded, she was aghast. “No one in my town has ever died while asding through levels, so I'd say you don’t know what you're talking about.”

  That was a heavy accusation, but unsurprisingly, the priest had an answer. “This universe protects us from such deaths, Rempegan Lus’ will is unshakable on that matter, yes, but you're still marked, and all of you will die as soon as you leave Valporovus. Tell me, how many times did you almost die ever since you entered our universe, outsiders? Do not py the fool, we sehat most of you are not really goblins. How many times did you evade death?”

  “Retly, a lot…” Skendus admitted, though he was not proud about it.

  “Ah, sods have taken matters into their own hands.” The priest said, and then stared at Timothy. “From the looks of it, our beloved god Fakus is actively hunting you down, hah! Your fear is reassuring, I saw the same fear in the eyes of many people who got attacked by Fakus.”

  “The ape? He was the god? But he wao drill my ass!” Timothy intervened.

  “Fakus works in mysterious ways,” The priest admitted.

  Anyway, with the truth so openly oable, the opic was only predictable, they wanted a solution. The team realized that they could not punish these people, regardless of how they worshiped an enemy of their universe so openly, they couldn't punish them, so they had to bite their tongue! Finding a way to dispel the Mark of Death, sounded far more reasonable in parison for the moment, because they didn't want to spend their entire lives running around in this universe waiting for death to e. The problem was that even if they escaped the God's Punishment Realm of mana soon, they'd still be hunted down by a literal god, whi hindsight wasn't easy to deal with regardless of the future circumstances.

  For that matter, as much as he despised it, Skendus asked. “ we remove this mark? I'd like to believe that we don't deserve to die, so, will you help us, that is, if there is a way to ge a god's stubborn decision?”

  “You may appeal against the goddesses' mark, by being blessed by her three sons.” The priest expined, and then his few wot louder by the sed. “The only way for you to do that, is to be accepted, and blessed by all three of our churches! Now, as a token of oodwill, I bless you on behalf of the Church of Ariuism, on behalf of the very grand church you're standing on, and I bless you proudly! May you be guided towards the light, and achieve the grand dy's fiveness.”

  After the priest announced everything, the huge cross that was in the room with them, shoh this golden, blinding light, and this truly seemed holy in every way they could think of! Then, the crosses on the group's forehead disappeared as well, which seemed reted to the prior, blinding glow.

  Timothy panicked when he saw the crosses disappear off of his friend’s foreheads, because he feared that everyone's brains would get fried now as some sort of a sick joke, but that was not the case, it did not happen. The marked crosses disappeared from their skin, because they didn't hem anymore, the church had truly accepted them, and blessed them!

  “You weren’t joking,” Tim sighed, “Does this mean that Fafel is gonna stop chasing us?”

  After he said that, he realized that he absolutely misspelled the name, but to his surprise, the priest maintained his patience, and he didn't take his blessings back. This was good, because he didn’t want to harm the rest of the group due to a reason as stupid as that. He heaved out a sigh of relief.

  The priest then answered, “Fakus will st to exact his mother's decree, but Firunal and Farazal will tirying, so I suggest you make haste. Head for the two other churches, my associates here will tell you where to find their houses of worship.”

  “Thank you for yuidance, your Holiness.” Arvena then bowed down, of all people.

  It wasn’t that she cared about Ariuism all that much, but she did appreciate the graure of not being hunted down by one of the gods anymore. She almost died of hypothermia due to such reted reasons, so she did not want to see what Fakame's other sons were capable of, she wao py it safe, and unsurprisingly so because she cared more about her survival and assion, rather than any weird practice ion. She simply bowed down to py along, and the priest seemed to appreciate her gesture as well.

  The priest gave them a good deal overall, it was a good start for the group, but Skendus wasn't too happy about this. He never cared to be fiven to begin with, and or accepted, but rather, he just came here to figure out what was going on, and scious figures along the way if he had the time. He did not care about these ‘blessings’, but since his friends were overall less threatened now, he pyed along as well because their safety was more important to him than any old ideal. Skendus could not have the blood of his dear friends on his hands, so he just did a light bow to show cooperation.

  Anyway, after they versed with the other two priests for a little bit, the group were ready to be on their way. The priests were very helpful, so the group knew where they were goi, and they knew how to get there with ease, assuming that they wouldn't get hit by lighting, or something like that on the way there.

  They were going to the church which featured the letter H as their symbol, it was just fifty kilometers away from here, and that sounded like a great distance, but it really wasn't if one had a flying dragon at their disposal. They wao get there as soon as possible, to vihe priest there to bless them as well, and they figured that it wouldn’t be too difficult to do so, sidering hoting the priest here in the church had been.

  A few guards came into the churents ter, to escort the team out of the city. Skendus reized them immediately, they were the same guards that had been following them ever since Skendus and his friends had ehe city, they were the guards from the main gate! He wasn’t too happy to see them, but at this point it wouldn't make seo hold any grudges, as they had to be on their way now.

  “Thank you, priest.” He said, as they were about to leave. “And gratutions on esg the God's Punishment Realm.”