There's three people currently talking about their plan on taking down the saint and saintess of the church, I couldn't really grasp what they're talking but one of them, a woman that looks like in her early 30 pique my interest, in a rather uncomfortable way. Just what is this feeling, it's familiar but at the same time it felt distant. Plus, just why did I feel like she actually notices me

"That because I did" [?]

"!" [Ash]

"What are you talking about Mrs Agnes?" [Old follower A]

"Yeah, what are you...!" [Old follower B]

"What the..!" [Old follower A]

Since my cover already blown up, I decided to throw my scythe imbued with my thunder magic towards the three of them, and as expected, the two men couldn't even react fast enough to detect it, let alone dodging it. As for the woman that they called Agnes, she takes out her staff and dash not towards me, but toward Kanji and Qudus

~Stone wall cracked~

She simply swings her staff and the thick earth wall that I used to shield Kanji and Qudus was cracked in an instant before finally destroy by her. Well, did she really think I can only make one earth wall at a time

"Sigh... as expected from someone with the Goddess Achalasia blessings" [Agnes]

"And I suppose that makes you having the fallen god blessing?" [Ash]

"Sharp, aren't you" [Agnes]

So the uncomfortable feeling that I felt really is the blessings from the fallen god, but somehow, somehow, all my intuition is telling me there's more to this than what is actually presented.

"Well, I suppose I should take my leave" [Agnes]

"Oh no you don't!" [Ash]

I don't know why, she's strong and would give me a hard time should she fight with me, but she chose to run away. Is this a trap? Is she trying to lure me to a place where it is advantageous for her?

"Kanji, Qudus! Tie those two lying on the ground and get out of here! I'll chase that woman for now!" [Ash]

"But!" [Kanji]

"Just do it!" [Qudus]

I don't know whether Qudus understand what my thoughts process were or it simply him being concerned about his own safety, but I'm thankful for his quick response. I do want the two of them to bring back the two knocked out follower back to Haliza so that we could at least get some information from them (should this Agnes escape from my grasp)

As I keep on chasing after her, I came across an underground facilities that are used to keep the slaves in place. I can say that they're slaves with confidence as there are actually children and babies among them being taken care of by what I assume to be their parents. God, some of them are completely naked...

"!" [Ash]

Three small iron rod staffs come accelerated towards me, it's fast but still within my reaction time. The staffs then glows strangely...

"This is bad!" [Ash]

With my item box magic, I quickly kick the three staffs inside of it. I make sure that I created a new space as to left the importance thing inside of it left unscathed.

~Boom~

As I am about to close the item box magic, I can hear a loud explosive sound coming from inside. But, that's not all

(Seriously, more of it!) [Ash]

And to make it worst, it not only targeted me, but also the others as well. This will be hard but there's no other way. I will create new item box and let it open at the place where the staffs are going, that way I can cover all of them. The thing is, I never open up more than one item box at a time, so this is...

(What, this time, it didn't explode!) [Ash]

"Gotcha!" [Agnes]

"Thunder spikes!" [Ash]

"Tchh!" [Agnes]

Tchh, she makes a fool out of me. Once again, thank goodness for my fast reaction time, otherwise she would have got me. Plus...

"What is with that ugly syringe!" [Ash]

"Oh, afraid of blood?" [Agnes]

"Hmph, doesn't feel like you're targeting by blood" [Ash]

"Who knows" [Agnes]

And the second cat and mouse game started, or about to start

~Slam~

As she's about to run, I simply create an earth wall reinforced with wood magic in her direction, and she fell for it, and in a comedic way

"Mommy, will we be safe?"

"Stay strong sweety, mommy is here"

"Sorry about that little boy, I'll make sure to finish this quickly" [Ash]

"Kyaaa!"

"!" [Ash]

"What did you do to my brother!"

"Shut it!" [Agnes]

This is, I can feel that she's channeling her mana, along with some sort of blessings into that man, and

"What in the hell!" [Ash]

"Tchh, weak, but, there's more people, so maybe..." [Agnes]

That guy turn into a giant zombie, and just straight out burst it way from the cage, charging directly to my direction

"Sorry about your brother!" [Ash]

It pain my heart to see the tear of that man, having to witness his brother being turn into a zombie and get all of it four limbs severed by me shortly afterwards. But, it has to be done, I can't compromise the safety of other over one person. It pain me, but

"Sorry" [Ash]

I'm sure there's better words to be use here, but that's all I can mutter up right now

"Tchh, first that Thanatos, then the male witch, and now you, someone with a blessing, though I suppose you having a blessing wouldn't be that bad for me" [Agnes]

"Interesting" [Ash]

I don't know why me having a blessing would be a good thing for her, but I do know it meant nothing but bad news for me. As for the other two that she mentioned, she didn't say corrupted Thanatos, but instead, just Thanatos. Judging from what I have seen, I can assume that she's the one that put the corrupted part into the corrupted Thanatos, and as for the male witch, judging by her tone, one can assume that the male witch isn't her ally.

"You leave me with no choice. Corrupted Thanatos, comes forth and destroy him!" [Agnes]

"Huh?" [Ash]

Did she just summon a corrupted Thanatos.

~Clang~

The sound of two scythes clashing with each other echoes the underground pathway. Another S rank monster, and this time, I'm all alone.

~Gulp~

This is bad.

"Boss!" [Kanji]

"What are the two of you doing here, and that is!" [Ash]

"You!" [Agnes]

"So you're the behemoth slayer. I'm Kana. Nice to meet you" [Kana]

"Just how did you... oh forget it. What important now is to stop the corrupted Thanatos. Kana, you will help me to stop this monster, and as for Kanji and Qudus, just go back and calls for help! Get your sister and Mira first and foremost and they should know what to do next!" [Ash]

""Yes!!"" [Kanji, Qudus]

~Clang~

It sure is strong. My guess is that Agnes try to make the Corrupted Thanatos stop Kanji and Qudus, but

"You have to pass me first, Agnes" [Ash]

"That, I shall do" [Agnes]

Another strike from the Corrupted Thanatos, but this time, it's weaker, so much so that I can actually damage it with my dark magic.

"I'm here as well!" [Kana]

"Tchh..." [Agnes]

"Such a reliable male witch" [Ash]