I hear the whole story of why Athena's faith in the Church of Light was broken and how she met this supposed Heretic God.
I must say that even though I was surprised by what I heard, the Church of Light let an entire city become a sacrifice just to have the opportunity to defeat an Heretic God.
I understand the logic behind it, it's always the good of the many for the sacrifice of the few, in theory, it can be understood, but there's no way to be shocked in practice, they accepted to break their own teachings and ideals in exchange for victory, they are willing anything for victory.
This worries me since this is from an enemy willing to do anything for the victory I'm talking about.
The mentality of the Church of Light is the same as that of any large organization that has been in power for a long time, they think they are above morals, and the law and that everything they do is right.
These bastards made excuses to themselves about doing something bad for a good reason, maybe even they believe they are doing something right, but what surprised me the most was hearing that they sacrifice even a Hero as if it were some kind of disposable tool.
"I never imagined seeing such cruel people try to appear righteous people and examples of purity in such a blatant way." (I)
"Even their Hero was a mere tool to them." (I)
"Actually he wasn't the real Hero." (Athena)
"But you just said..." (I)
"I said what I saw at that moment, but I once heard my Sister talking to other people and calling the Hero a fake." (Athena)
"Later, when I was already with this strange Heretic God, he told me that person was not a Hero." (Athena)
"How are you sure you weren't a Hero?" (I)
"Because your Soul was incompatible with your body, moreover the Soul doesn't have the heroic will, all it had was pain and despair." (Evil God of Fun)
"You're implying..." (I)
"The Church of Light was using a false Hero, they probably increased his power in unknown ways, but I can say it was artificial as the Soul is severely injured." (Evil God of Fun)
"You speak as if you've seen the Soul." (I)
"Actually the Soul is here, I'm using it to keep me in this world while I'm slowly healing whatever happened to this Soul." (Evil God of Fun)
I look again at this crystal necklace where this Heretic God resides, I focus my Aura and try to feel better, but I don't notice another presence.
"Soul is dormant, I did this to not reject me, it could cause more damage to both of us in this situation." (Evil God of Fun)
"Do you want me to believe what you say?" (I)
"I came to you to help me, for me to help this Soul is impossible in my current situation, the most I can do is superficially heal this Soul, but the goddess Selene could do much more." (Evil God of Fun)
"I'm not like most Heretic Gods, I don't care about being in control or complicated things, my divinity is in the fun." (Evil God of Fun)
"The meaning of fun is very big." (I)
"You're right, for me everything is fun, a competition, a duel, a romance, a game, sex, killing, hunting, war, eating, music, working, adventuring, and much more." (Evil God of Fun)
"There are infinite ways to have fun, but two things are necessary, the first is to be alive, the second is to feel like it, without these two things there is no fun." (Evil God of Fun)
"You've said some disturbing things just now." (I)
"I only tell the truth, you should also know that there are people who like to kill and do horrible things, anything that can be considered fun for someone will be my fun, that's why this is my Divinity for better or worse." (Evil God of Fun)
While he speaks the tone of amusement and mockery never leaves his voice, this makes it difficult to know when he is being serious or joking while saying such bizarre things.
"You know your explanation could make anyone your enemy, right?" (I)
"Don't get me wrong, I'm fully aware that some things I find fun can be wrong, but I can't deny my nature." (Evil God of Fun)
"But I say I still have my own preferences for fun like anyone else, which are competitions, all kinds of arts and sexual acts, the last one I acquired a little while ago because of someone who was reincarnated, he was a big pervert but Your memories opened my eyes to a whole new avenue of fun." (Evil God of Fun)
I give up on trying to have a decent conversation with this Heretic God, I feel like I'm talking to Lilith or Layla.
"According to your story, you encountered this Heretic God during this combat where the other Heretic God and the false hero died, correct?" (I)
"Yes, I was sent there to be part of the support team, so I was out of town the whole time until the end, but we had our ways of seeing what went on inside, plus the Heretic God wasn't killed, a mortal wouldn't be able to kill a God, he was defeated and sealed." (Athena)
"This Mad God with me appeared because he was away from others, he was just a bright light that suddenly appeared in front of me." (Athena)
"Why did you trust him?" (I)
"Because I felt he wasn't evil, he might be crazy, but he's not evil." (Athena)
"Besides, I needed to do something in that situation, I needed to save someone no matter who it was, that's because everything I believed in had been destroyed in those days, the emptiness in my heart was eating me inside, it may have been my selfishness that did help at that time, but I don't regret it." (Athena)
"In the days that followed I was very bad, my mind was in a mess and my emotions were out of control, I wasn't able to sleep and the scenes of what I saw that day never leave my mind, talking to him helped me keep my focus and investigate more about the Church of Light in the archives." (Athena)
"This time I was seeing it all from a different perspective, I was able to see beyond the written lies and see the truth, that's how I found the diary of Saint Vanessa, a woman loved for healing people and fighting evil." (Athena)
"It felt like a sign to me when your file was handed to me, your information was Santa Vanessa's name, that's when I realized how to fill that void inside me." (Athena)