<Gasp!>
[<System> Map upgrade complete.]
[<System> Warning. You have entered “The Holy Scripture Tomb of Strict Order and Goodness.”]
A message you’d expect only inside a dungeon—ominous.
Though this was clearly part of the living world, the system was treating it as a dungeon.
Just then,
Kuu‑ung!
The entrance behind us slammed shut, and from the stone walls semi‑transparent black shapes began to ooze out.
<Please, spare me …>
<Let us out of here …>
<Urrggh … Curse you, Church of Order …>
<Evil god … “Strict Order and Goodness” is an evil god …>
<Maiden of the evil god, be accursed …!>
Black wraiths seeped from walls, ceiling, and floor until the passage was about to be completely blocked.
Agnes shrieked in alarm.
<What are these things this time?>
“They’re the bound souls of those entombed alive with Mu Elinas when she died.”
<Oh, good grief. What on earth did they do …>
“Same thought here. Exorcism!”
I performed an exorcism,…