Chapter 16: Saint.

Wearing a pure white habit and veil, a girl appeared in the mountains, accompanied by zombies stripped of their aggression.

This bizarre combination was a sight that no one, not just the church members on guard duty, could dare to speak of, even if they witnessed it.

“Ah… Ah, no way…”

“That’s…”

“Oh… Lord…”

Some knelt in prayer at the sight, others stared blankly, and still others hurriedly ran to the church to report the situation.

Reactions varied, but

‘Bow’

The girl approached the dazed guard at the edge of the church, who was armed with a shotgun, revealed her veiled face, and greeted him.

“A… A savior… Saint! The Saint has descended!”

“Long live the Saint!”

“The savior has come!”

Everyone, united in welcoming the Saint, stretched out their arms in greeting.

“His words were right! We will be saved!”

“Ah… Why did you only appear now?”

However, there were bound to be those who did not welcome these followers,

‘Squeak…’

“What is all this commotion? A savior sent by Him, who are you daring to speak of…”

The girl, who had removed the white veil that covered her entire head, slowly began to walk towards the pastor.

Before her, people parted like the miracle of Moses, and behind her, the dead followed.

“Who are you, truly? Are you really the savior sent by God?”

The girl only responded with a silent, upward-curving smile.

Ha, I almost died of embarrassment.

I didn’t think this method would actually work, even if they are severely devout cultists.

If they had been suspicious and started shooting, I might have had to resort to the worst-case scenario, but for now, I should say I’ve managed to catch my breath.

“Guide the Saint to the confessional! As for those dead… For now, put them in an empty room!”

Somehow, that pastor and a couple of high-ranking, ardent believers seemed a little uncomfortable with me,

But in an atmosphere where all the other believers were welcoming me, they couldn’t bring themselves to spoil the mood, so they treated me as a prospective believer?

“This is the confessional, Saint. Please call me anytime if you have any inconveniences.”

Well, honestly, I understand.

He’s playing the role of a sacred Pope in his own kingdom, so if some unheard-of upstart tries to threaten his position, anyone would be annoyed.

Perhaps at this moment, he’s panicking at the completely unexpected situation and holding an emergency meeting with a few of his closest confidants.

‘Knock knock!’

“Ah, Saint, are you looking for something?”

I vaguely pointed to my throat in an ‘X’ shape and gestured for paper and a pen, and he rushed out of the room as if he understood immediately.

Finally alone in the confessional inside the church, with no more troublemakers outside the room, it’s the perfect timing to start the operation.

‘Clatter’

I took out the wire and incendiary grenade hidden inside the white veil I had been wearing.

Honestly, I didn’t bring any other weapons with me on purpose because I thought they might do a body search even if they didn’t suspect me of being a Saint, but it seems like I was worrying too much.

They are too busy worshiping me to even touch my body.

Thanks to that, things have become easier, but still, caution is essential.

‘Creak’

I connected the wire to the pin of the incendiary grenade and secretly installed it in a corner, and skillfully installed the wire so that it would not be visible on the chair I was sitting on.

Well, I think that’s enough for now, next is…

“I have brought the paper and pencil, Saint. I’m sorry that these are the only writing utensils that can be used inside the church.”

‘Shake shake’

I shook my head at the believer who brought the writing utensils and gave a bright smile as if this was enough, and the believer’s face turned red.

“Oh… Th. Then I’ll be waiting outside!”

Ah sht, this is really fcking awful. Of course, I planned it, but when I actually put it into practice,

Having to flatter in this fluttering woman’s habit with the mind of a 20-year-old man…

It’s okay, no witnesses will be left after this is over.

Therefore, this dark history will be buried in the mystery forever…

“Are you inside, prospective Saint?”

Ah, the so-called cult leader has finally come.

“I am truly grateful that you have come all the way here to spread the word of the Lord even in this immoral situation, but may I dare to ask what you have come here for?”

I wrote down the most plausible words from the Bible that I had read before coming here on a piece of paper.

“‘When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.’ (Colossians 3:4)”

“Hmm… I see… Indeed, those are the words befitting a prospective Saint.”

In my opinion, that’s an answer that a crazy psycho obsessed with playing cult games would give.

“Then how did you lead the dead here? This is a miracle that we cannot understand at all, so please teach us greatly.”

To summarize, he wants to know how I lead the zombies, he wants to do it like me too.

But what can I do? It’s just that I cut off the arms and jaws of a few zombies that were following me led by my ‘Lure’ skill so that they couldn’t attack,

“All is the will of God, and the dead are also pitiful people of the Lord.”

“Ah… I. Is that so?… But then why did you bother to cut off their arms and jaws?..”

Ah, he’s really persistently asking.

Well, I guess he wants to do something like a ‘miracle’ like me and raise his falling reputation again.

“It is the will of Him that no more innocent people should be harmed.”

Um…

“Hmm… I see…”

I put on a completely shameless face as if I didn’t know anything and smiled brightly,

The cult leader’s face was turning red and trying to make a calm expression because he couldn’t spit on a smiling face, which made me laugh.

“Hmm, you must be tired from leading a hard body after training and a long journey, so I’ve talked too much. Then I’ll visit you again at the time of the dawn judgment.”

The cult leader, realizing that he couldn’t communicate with me, took a step back, which made me even more relieved.

More than that, the time of judgment… Is he planning to use the same method as last time?

“That… Saint? I have received orders from the pastor to always be by your side to assist you so as not to disturb your rest.”

Wow, now they’ve even attached a supervisor so I can’t do anything else?

It’s okay~ I don’t have anything to do right now anyway.

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

But what do I do, pastor? This believer seems to have already fallen for me regardless of your orders.

“Believers, today is a special day when the Saint has come!”

“Waaaa!!!”

“Hallelujah!!”

“The Saint has already shown us the miracle of leading the dead, so her skills are more than enough!”

“Long live the Saint!!”

“It’s a miracle!!”

“Therefore, in order to ascend to the path of the true savior, she wants to undergo the final trial through the Swamp of Repentance, praise her!”

That cult leader bastard, is he just going to go all out now?

Well, I expected this kind of repertoire.

But there’s one thing you’re missing, and that’s that I’m already a zombie,

And another thing is that only 20% of the zombies are attracted by the ‘Lure’ skill,

In other words, this area is already…