Roar.

He raised his head and the angels saw the rolling clouds in the sky, lightning intertwined and roared, stubbornly as if they were about to illuminate the whole world.

The earth was trembling.

Countless birds were frightened and chirped.

"This power is..."

Soon, all eyes were gathered on Gray.

Vivian shivered, slowly let go of the hand holding Gray, and opened her eyes wide.

Grey lay down, reached out and groped, holding the hilt of the broken sword that fell on the side.

The soul fire in the eye socket was burning, and the broken bones on the body were healing again at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Gray stood up slowly on the ground.

"What happened? Why did the source of the Demon Lord's power we perceived be in him!" An angel exclaimed.

Aboldton, who had been away for a while, kept his body in shape and turned around and looked into the distance in horror.

Clouds gather in the sky.

The power on the ground was also gathering towards Gray. The power of light and darkness existed at the same time in his body, fighting, fighting and roaring.

Countless voices roared in his ears and wailed in pain.

Gray was trembling slightly.

The pain was coming from all directions. The lich had no pain, but this time, Gray really felt it. It was the torn pain from the depths of the soul.

Gray gritted his teeth tightly and endured it.

Everyone was staring blankly.

Gradually, all the power surged towards the bone ring, and whether it was the power of light or the power of darkness, it eventually turned into a dark gray color.

The power on Gray's body finally gradually stabilized, and the severe pain gradually became paralyzed.

It was a powerful aura visible to the naked eye, not the power of the lich at the beginning, not the whiteness after being transformed into a saint, nor the pure black given by the demon lord. It was a dark gray, brand new power that surrounded him tightly.

An angel couldn't help swallowing and stepped back a little.

Gray held the sword in her hand, stroked it, and suddenly, the originally broken part grew again. It gathered like the wind, gushed like water, and grew like plants. It struggled and twisted in Gray's hand, ignited a sharp gray flame, and a new totem grew, generating new dark patterns.

"What happened!" Black Cat exclaimed.

At the same time, the broken armor on his body also began to grow naturally as if he had gained his own will, and repaired himself like a body. Then, it grew into a different appearance, condensed from its original white color to dark gray.

"He, has he accepted the power of the Demon Lord?" an angel asked in a low voice.

A flash of lightning struck down from the sky, hitting Grey. The grass around them was ignited and quickly extinguished, leaving only a piece of charred black. Grey's armor seemed to have been given a new life, with a little bit of flowing crystal on the smooth surface. It was shining.

Everyone retreated unconsciously, including Belinda and Vivian.

It was a breathtakingly powerful, weird power.

A sudden wind stormed around with Gray as the center, like a giant beast slowly breathing. The earth seemed to be leaping. The mountains let out a "whimper" roar.

After a brief upheaval, everything seemed to calm down again, leaving only the gray flames on the long sword in Grey's hand burning.

The voice of the Demon Lord rang in everyone's mind: "Hello, angels, I am your greatest enemy. Let me introduce you to you formally. This is the new chief demon Grey in our hell. From today on, he is not only your paladin, but also our demon envoy. Before he is deprived of his identity, I will support all his decisions. All attacks on him, without justification, will be possible to rise to the height of the contract between the Holy Spirit and me, and thus trigger a new war. So please be careful."

Every angel present opened his eyes wide and stared blankly.

Slowly tilted his head, Grey opened his jaw, and a turbid, gray breath spit out from his mouth, overflowing along the gaps of his armor. He opened a long arc in the breeze and swung into the distance.

Looking at Belinda, in everyone's shocked gaze, Gray whispered: "Since you think strength can determine everything, then, now, let's talk about what justice is."

Vivian sat down and stared blankly at Gray in front of him.

At this moment, the body seemed to support the heaven and earth.

...

"Look at what you all did?" A voice roared in the Holy Light: "You have personally pushed your saints to the opposite side! I am the only one who voted in favor! I am the only one! Abstaining the abstention! Do you think abstention can be unrelated to yourself? There are a bunch of pig teammates like you, no wonder we keep losing!"

"You guys who shirking responsibility are shameful!"

"Shut up too! You are even more disgusting, and voted against it!"

"I voted against it just to express my support for the law. We cannot forgive it. What is the meaning of our law? Impurity is not what we pursue, and justice determined by a person's judgment is not what we pursue."

"You must have faith in the divine faith. He is a saint and will not fall even if he uses the power of the demon lord. We have not lost him."

"Is it useful to say this kind of self-comfort now? I feel ashamed for you! Just two more votes! Just two votes, we can stop this from happening! But you all chose to stand by and watch!"

The white holy light was quiet, and all the voices were silent.

After a long time, a voice said, "Actually, we knew it would be the result. It's not a matter of two votes. One more vote for it will be one more vote for it. So we simply deliberately abstained."

"'We'? You mean, you are not the only one who knows this result but still abstains from the vote?"

"Yes."

...

"What should we do now?"

"He has a dual identity as a Paladin and a Demon Envoy. Has this happened before?"

“Never.”

"If we fight him, should it be considered a civil war or a foreign war? There seems to be no such clause in the contract."

"Oh my god...our own people who use the power of the Demon Lord? What should we do?"

The angels began to talk in a low voice.

"I don't know what to do in the future. There is definitely no way to deal with it now. We can't beat him, let alone take Vivian away."

"So we can only let it go? Why didn't the Holy Spirit just forgive Vivian? That wouldn't be as embarrassing as it is now."

"Maybe they just want to embarrass us?"

Gray still firmly protected Vivian behind him and looked at the angels.

Belinda wearing a mask was silent.

...

"It's not just me." The voice said, "But I won't tell you how many people there are. We all know that the Holy See has problems, and the problems are not small. In the past, we thought it was a problem at the grassroots level of the Holy See. No matter how much effort it took, it would be impossible for humans with a lifespan of less than a hundred years to come into contact with the true sacred faith. It is even more impossible for there to be enough people who come into contact with the sacred faith to disperse to every corner of the mainland to protect our front. But this time the incident made us see clearly that not only the grassroots level of the Holy See have problems, but also the senior leaders, and even the Pope, our Paladins, and the guardian angels of the Paladins, all have problems."

All the Holy Spirit is listening quietly.

The voice continued, "This is a difficult decision. We are too indulging in the Holy See, too doting, and even distorting the faith for them. To this point, we feel that the entire Holy See should be pushed back and started again, and every angel should examine itself, not just repair it. I know that it takes a lot of time, and the faith of the entire continent will be shaky in this storm, and we will feel pain for it. But time is the most meaningless to us, right? If we don't do this, we will always stay where we are and never go further."

"We don't know whether the Lich Paladin's experiment will be successful in the end. But at least until now, there are gains. It makes us lose our fantasy. This gain is more meaningful than a brief expansion of faith. He will be used to test ourselves."

"You are splitting!" someone rebuked.

"Yes. But the understanding of divine is never single, otherwise why should we have rules of procedure?" The voice replied: "If you push down the resolution of the Holy See, you will definitely not pass it, and you will encounter huge resistance. Facing countless quarrels is a process that cannot be completed no matter how you are. That's why we have been so hesitant. Since that's the case, why don't we let the demons do it for us? What's more, in this process, they are willing to support a saint with pure faith. It's simply perfect. The Demon Lord hopes that the Holy See on the mainland will be divided into two, but in fact we also hope that the Holy See will be divided, and we hope that we can finally pass a storm and merge into one again, and rejuvenate, rather than slowly rotting in the midst of the breath as we are now."

"So what?" another voice asked.

"We will use the tickets in our hands and all the means we can use to push the results to what we want, not just express an attitude." The voice replied.

"'You're going to intervene directly in affairs like the demon lord who gave the Lich Paladin's power, not just ruling?"

"Yes."

"This will lead to confusion of faith!"

“Isn’t it a mess now?”

...

Belinda slowly opened her eyes and said softly: "Grey, you won. Vivian's guilt has not been forgiven, but as long as she is by your side, based on the evasion clauses in the contract between heaven and hell, we will permanently delay her pursuit and retreat."

With her wings flapping, she retreated little by little, turned around and flew into the sky.

The other angels followed one by one with flapping their wings. Some were still hesitating, while others didn't want to stay here for a moment. Only Abold, who had rushed back, was still watching from afar.

Soon, the mountains and forests returned to their original dark appearance.

Looking at the angels gradually moving away, Vivian let out a long breath and sat down like exhaustion.

Turning her face, she looked at Gray, staring blankly.

"You... have you accepted the power of the Demon Lord?"

Grey stood quietly, lowering his head, staring blankly at his hands, watching the burning gray flames on the sword slowly extinguish, turning into a wisp of smoke and dust, floating into the distance.

The thunder subsided, the clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, and the blue moonlight splashed down again.

Grey looked at his sword quietly and at the armor on his body. Under the blue moonlight, the gray armor showed a strange luster.

The black cat and Tenidas watched from the side, stunned.

"Okay, although you haven't fully grasped the power I have given, now you are the most powerful person on this continent. Vivian is just giving you a gift. You can do whatever you want and do whatever you want. I'm looking forward to your performance in the abyss."
Chapter completed!