These civilians, who were originally weak and incompetent, seemed to have awakened something; they suddenly transformed from sheep into a pack of fierce wolves.
They bared their sharp claws and swung the weapons in their hands, hacking at the soldiers prostrate on the ground, and for a time, blood flowed everywhere.
Countless corpses lay scattered across the streets. Crimson liquid slowly seeped from the wounds, dyeing the entire road dark red, and the pungent smell of blood filled the air.
"This..."
Standing in the square and witnessing the scene before her, Kurumi was somewhat dazed.
"Ramiris, did I cause trouble?"
She asked Ramiris beside her in a low voice.
"Not exactly. This is the complexity and diversity of human nature; it's also the thing that gives Guy the biggest headache."
"Even a Demon Lord can't handle it, so what can a three-year-old little girl like you do?"
Ramiris patted her fluffy head to comfort her. "Even if we hadn't come, many people would have died anyway; it's just a different group dying instead."
"I am the guide of the 'Holy' and the one who maintains the balance of the world, possessing absolute impartiality."
"Trust me, you didn't do anything wrong. You only gave them the courage to act, nothing more."
"As for who they choose to deal with or whether they will stop, it has nothing to do with you. That is their own choice."
"Really?"
Kurumi blinked her big eyes and looked at Ramiris, feeling somewhat skeptical.
After all, she was still just a child.
"Of course, I guarantee it!"
Ramiris patted her chest.
"Let's go, let's go. Don't worry about them. Human matters can just be left to Guy to handle. Let's continue our journey."
Ramiris pulled Kurumi along, and they vanished directly from the square.
In the square, the chaos continued.
No one noticed that their so-called backing had already disappeared.
Some people had already seen red, their ferocious expressions inspiring awe and fear.
After a long time, the crowd snapped out of it only to find that their lord fox god was gone.
At this moment, they calmed down and began to search for their pillar of support, the lord fox god.
However, Kurumi and Ramiris had long since left the city and were heading... er... west.
Despite these people searching every corner of the city, they could not find them.
The group gathered once more in the square. Looking at the corpses lying all over the ground, they began to feel a sense of lingering fear.
"Thanks to the lord fox god's intervention, otherwise we would be the ones lying on the ground right now."
One person said fortunately, and the others immediately nodded in agreement.
Yes, they weren't afraid because they had killed people, but were relieved that it wasn't themselves who died.
But following that, another person spoke up, "But, why has the lord fox god disappeared?"
Hearing this, the crowd fell silent.
"The lord fox god might have gone to rescue others."
"No, how can the Fox God leave us? We have now completely become rebels; the Kingdom will not let us off."
At this point, someone finally raised an objection, and it became increasingly heated.
"We must tell the lord fox god about this."
Someone suggested, and people immediately echoed it, quickly organizing themselves.
"Right!"
With this person taking the lead, everyone else responded immediately.
In the end, these people actually convinced themselves that the Fox God was right by their side, and when they encountered danger, the God would descend once again to save them.
To this end, they began to set up altars and statues, worshipping day and night... A month later... an organization called the Fox God Holy Church began to rise in the Falmuth Kingdom, and it showed a trend of growing more intense.
In order to get more people to join, the believers began to spread the church's influence to surrounding towns, gradually forming a massive force of faith.
In their time of crisis, the Holy Knights of the Western Holy Church did not come forward to save the people; it was the Fox God who saved them.
The Luminas religion that these people originally believed in was replaced by the Fox God Holy Church.
Rebel armies from all over responded one after another, as if they had found their backbone.
The situation, which was originally a mess of loose sand, changed in an instant.
People with faith are terrifying, because faith can dissolve the shackles deep within a person's heart.
Even if this faith was somewhat ethereal, as the people around them continuously promoted and even began to sing its praises, gradually, everyone came to believe in this narrative.
The deep-seated fear of the Kingdom vanished into thin air, which led even more commoners to join the Fox God Holy Church and begin resisting the Kingdom's tyranny.
The City of Hope.
As the town representing the hope given to the members of the church, the square that was once a river of blood had been cleaned until it was spotless.
In the center was a giant sculpture, modeled exactly after Kurumi with her seven tails, with a cute spirit perched on her shoulder.
In front of the sculpture, a group of people knelt together in prayer.
Standing around were dozens of priests wearing silver robes and fox masks. They were responsible for supervising the crowd to prevent them from violating the doctrines or doing things they shouldn't do.
"This is our faith, the lord fox god."
"Please... bestow your blessings upon us..."
The crowd prayed, continuously bowing to the sculpture, their faces filled with piety.
Kurumi, the object of their worship, was completely unaware of this.
Even Clayman, who had incited the unrest, was unaware of this matter; Laplace had already returned with a large number of human souls.
Mjurran had not reported this matter to him either; Clayman seemed to have forgotten her and had not contacted her at all.
Thus, Mjurran began to travel to various places, looking for a way to break free from Clayman.
As for Draco, he was even less aware; he had many things to do and was very busy.
A month ago, he had sent Demiurge to various countries to discuss the alliance. The signing ceremony for the Six Nation Alliance was in two days, and the location chosen was the Jura Tempest Federation.
Mainly, Draco wanted to provide some free publicity for Rimuru's country, and the other nations had no objections to this.
In this way, the Fox God Holy Church began to grow strong in silence.
The only ones with a headache were the royals of the Falmuth Kingdom.
Since Clayman had collected enough souls, and the Falmuth Kingdom lacked its instigator, the situation had finally begun to stabilize with great difficulty.
But then, the Fox God Holy Church suddenly popped up, muddying the already stabilized situation once again.
"Tell me, where on earth did this Fox God Holy Church come from?"
In the royal palace, His Majesty the King frowned and asked in an unfriendly tone.
"This subordinate is also not quite sure. It is said that a fox monster intruded into the town and then saved the rebel army, which led to the creation of this church."
An old official said with his head bowed respectfully.
"A monster?"
His Majesty the King narrowed his eyes, seemingly thinking about something.
"Your Majesty, I noticed long ago that there was something wrong with this unrest. Perhaps there is a monster pulling the strings behind the scenes."
Suddenly, a sinister voice interjected into their conversation; it was a bald man.
It was Lecim, the Archbishop of the Western Holy Church stationed in the kingdom.
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