I Got Reincarnated Into a Game I Was a Top-Ranker in and I Became the Leader of a Villain Group That Will Destroy This Shitty Country - 53

Chapter 53: The Truth About the Church

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Her heart started beating faster. Cold sweat ran down her spine.

Alwyn was gripping her hands tightly. Her fingertips felt icy cold. She walked while looking at Kai and Nia, who were walking ahead of her. Chloe, who was walking beside her, was staring at her worriedly, but Alwyn couldn’t even be bothered about that. 

Violated. Would’ve been violated. 

The words that Alwyn only knew from a dictionary suddenly started taking shape. The word became more and more vivid and pierced her mind. 

Her breathing became labored. 

No, that’s not true. There’s no way…

However, the scene in the hidden laboratory she had seen in the slum made her denial grow weaker. Deformed bodies that had been experimented on were lying on the floor and Gebels was dead in his hideous form that looked just like a monster. 

The empire and the church that she had believed to be just… The place that she believed was like heaven in this mundane world… To think that the ones she thought to be righteous would have a dark side…

The anxiety consumed her whole mind.

But… Now that I think about it… It’s true the sisters come and go so quickly… There are only men in the church…

The scenes that didn’t seem out of ordinary since she was young… The reason why there were so few women in the church… Could it be… Could it be…

“Kai, do you know where the basement is?”

“Well… I don’t know where exactly it is, but I have a few guesses. I’ve done some side quests around here before.”

Side quest..? What is a side quest..?

Alwyn wanted to ask, but before she could say anything, Kai spoke out first. 

“There’s a small warehouse next to the church’s training grounds. The path leading underground is probably in that warehouse. There’s an area that I couldn’t access for some reason in the game. 

“A place that you couldn’t access?”

Hearing Chloe’s question, Kai turned around and nodded.

“Yeah. There was a warp portal, but I couldn’t enter it for some reason.”

Alywn’s eyes widened. She didn’t understand what he was talking about, but the fact that he knew so much about what kind of facilities the church had was shocking enough. Since Alwyn didn’t know that Kai was a reincarnator, it was only natural for her to be perplexed.

But then, the confusion gradually turned into fear. She started thinking that Kai might be able to destroy the empire if he wanted to. 

Alwyn wondered what about this person that Chloe liked so much, so much so that Chloe was willing to leave the party to join him…

But then, Kai came to a halt.

“Let’s use the backstreet from here on.”

After glancing at the Crusaders ahead, all three of them nodded at each other. Except for Alwyn. It seemed that Kai also knew the pathway that people rarely used. Alwyn followed Kai as they walked down the backstreets that had less foot traffic than the main street.

“Me and Chloe have Dark Sight skill, so we’ll be fine. Nia, you have to stick close to me. Don’t go astray.”

“Yes. I will stick close to Kai forever.”

“Fufu~ Thanks. As for Alwyn… Well, you should be okay.”

Now that they had finished talking, the four of them resumed walking. As they neared the Crusaders’ inn, the area became more crowded, but Chloe and Kai maneuvered through the street effortlessly and passed any dangerous place with their astute judgment and agility.

As an assassin, Chloe was naturally perceptive to people’s presence. Thanks to this, the four of them reached the warehouse without a hitch and entered inside.

“…Are you sure this is the right place? There’s nothing in here though?”

Chloe asked Kai after glancing at the arrays of supplies and combat gear stacked in the warehouse. Kai looked down, lost in the memories of the past before he suddenly pointed at one particular side of the wall.

“There.”

It was a plain stone wall with no decorations whatsoever. However, Kai hurried to the wall and placed his hand on it. He traced the wall, searching for something until he finally stopped moving his hand in the middle. 

“Kai..? What’s that?”

Ignoring Chloe’s question, Kai turned to Alwyn.

“Alwyn.”

“Ye-Yes!”

“Can you try channeling your magic power into this wall?”

Although Alwyn tilted her head to the side out of confusion, but she still placed her hand on the wall as instructed and infused her magic power into it. Then, to everyone’s surprise, as soon as she channeled her magic power, the stone wall suddenly began to move until eventually a large enough crevice was formed, enough for people to pass through. Peeking inside, there was a staircase leading underground. 

Alwyn covered her lips with one hand, flabbergasted. Her eyes were trembling as she looked at Kai. Kai licked his lips before he nodded. 

“Let’s go.”

The staircase was narrow and long. Candles were placed along the walls, providing a dim light. However, the air here felt stifling. It was as if some malevolent ritual was being conducted here, a stark contrast to the sparkling sunlight filtering through the stained glass windows of the church. 

Alwyn felt like she was being choked for some reason. She didn’t know there was a place like this within the church’s ground. 

What if… What if this place was really created for doing all kinds of filthy and vile things to the sisters….I… What will become of me after I confront this place? I don’t want to imagine. I don’t want to see. 

However, Alwyn could sense it. She could instinctively sense it. Beyond this point, there was something abominable, a hell in church.

“….”

The four of them descended all the stairs and stopped in front of a wooden gate. They all knew, darkness awaited them beyond this gate. 

They nodded at each other and opened the gate stealthily. What appeared before them were countless doors. The hallway was desolate, devoid of any human presence and yet, the rows of doors lined up brought an inexplicable unease for Alwyn. 

Just what is this place? 

However, before anyone could voice that question out loud…

“KYA-KYAAAAAAAA!!!”

The scream of a woman pierced through their ears. 

“…?!”

“Cough! Cough! No… NOOO!!!”

“HELP!! SOMEONE, SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!! ARGHHH!!!”

“Ugh… AAArggghhh!!! Uwaghhhh!!”

Her heart stopped.

The screams of women’s terror came flowing in from beyond the door, causing Alwyn to freeze. She instinctively knew something was not right. After all, each voice sounded so desperate, so miserable and so… Out of hope.

“…Ah….”

“Alwyn!”

Chloe immediately held Alwyn up, who looked like she was going to collapse at any moment. Even Chloe’s face looked distorted due to the unsettling creepiness lingering in the air. 

“Arghh!! Help me!! God! Please, God!! ARGHHH!! KYAAAAA!!”

“Guhehehe!! You want God, young lady? I’m here, you know? I’m here!! Accept God’s seeds! Take it! Come now, you better be grateful!”

“Aaaah….”

Among countless voices flowing, one voice caught Kai’s attention. To be precise, the voice of a certain man. The voice that was tainted with the anguish of its victim’s cry summoned Kai’s memories. The voice that he had heard before in the game. A voice he couldn’t forget. The target of Rielle’s… Revenge. 

“Ju-Just now… Just now…”

Alwyn seemed to have noticed who the owner of that voice was. She was shaking violently. Her face was pale. 

Biting his lips, Kai turned to Alwyn. His voice was also laced with pain. 

“This is the truth.”

Kai walked toward the source of that voice. This door was bigger than the other and was more lavishly decorated too. Beyond this door, the sound of women’s despair flowed through. There was also the sound of a man making disturbing and aggressive noises. Kai glanced back at Alwyn before he slowly opened the gate and then…

“Ahahaha…. What a nice body…Huh?”

“….”

There was a naked, fat, old man grabbing a naked woman by the waist. Beside that fat man, there were two other men and another woman who was lying limp like a doll with its string cut. 

There was no shine in the woman’s eyes. Empty, with tears streaming down her cheeks. She didn’t even stir, showing no sign of looking at the new invader. Her eyes were as dead as it could be. 

Witnessing this, Alwyn widened her eyes. She slowly opened her mouth, her voice was barely audible, almost like a whisper that threatened to vanish at any given moment. 

“Himmler-sama…?”

It was the name of the Pope, the leader of the church.

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