"The Holy Sect Pirates?" Vladimir paused.
Enemies, he had just killed their captain, "God" Meredith, a while ago.
However, on second thought, he was an Archangel now. Anyway, they didn't know, so he didn't rush to take action.
"That's right, I sensed the presence of believers, and that's why I descended to the mortal world."
As he spoke, Vladimir released the power of the holy light. Immediately, his entire person became incomparably sacred.
This made the group of pirates even more excited.
At this time, a more composed pirate suddenly spoke, "Lord Angel, you are all-knowing. I would like to ask, where is our captain now? We haven't heard from him for half a month."
"Your captain... Meredith."
"That's right, you really are all-knowing!"
"He went to heaven."
Vladimir said calmly.
Dying was the same as going to heaven, right? Anyway, that guy dared to call himself "God," so Vladimir felt that he wasn't lying at all.
After a pause, he added, "If you also want to ascend to heaven, I am willing to help you, seeing as how devout you are!"
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"If you also want to ascend to heaven, I am willing to help you, seeing as how devout you are!"
Vladimir said softly, the power of the holy light flowing within his body, emitting a hazy white light all over, making it impossible to see his appearance clearly, appearing incomparably sacred.
Hearing these words, the group of pirates couldn't help but be a little dazed. After a while, someone came back to their senses.
"Lord Angel, does heaven really exist?"
"If you believe, it exists. If you don't believe, it doesn't." Vladimir said with a straight face, talking nonsense. He didn't know if there was a heaven, and even if there was, it wasn't his business.
However, these very theistic words were very well received by the group of pirates.
"The kingdom of God certainly exists!" Algela said with a fanatical expression, believing it without a doubt, "The captain has already gone to heaven, how enviable."
"Heaven? Legend has it that there is everything good in the world, Lord Angel, I am willing to ascend to heaven!"
Another pirate said with a respectful face, reveling in his fantasy.
Those who could join the Holy Sect Pirates were all believers, but the depth of their belief varied. People like the executive Algela were naturally absolute fanatics.
As the Archangel, Vladimir could clearly see the power of faith emanating from these people, and the power emanating from these few who spoke was the strongest.
"Alright, since you are willing to go to heaven, I will send you on your way!"
Immediately, Vladimir's tone became solemn, and the holy light around his body surged greatly, his entire person emitting a brilliant light.
"May the holy light guide you!"
In an instant, the holy light shone down, dispelling all evil in the world.
Bathed in the holy light, all the pirates felt that their spirits were sublimating, their thoughts were clear, their bodies were light, their steps were light, floating as if they were winged birds, ready to ascend to the legendary and desirable kingdom of God at any time.
"Hehehe... May the holy light trick you..."
Vladimir laughed inwardly, but his expression didn't change at all. The power of the holy light changed slightly, containing a hint of killing intent within the gentleness.
These unsuspecting pirates were unknowingly wiped out. The more those who yearned for heaven, the faster they died at this moment.
The holy light was just an introduction, causing those people to die naturally, their hearts to stop. This seemingly grand scene actually consumed very little power.
After a long time, when the holy light dissipated, the white world returned to peace.
At this moment, on the deck of the pirate ship, more than five hundred pirates had fallen down. Until their death, they all had joyful expressions on their faces, as if they had seen the gates of heaven before they died.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Vladimir raised an eyebrow. He was surprised to find that some holy light power had actually appeared on the bodies of these dead pirates.
These powers were unowned, pure, and completely different from the messy power of faith. They all surged towards Vladimir, and were absorbed and assimilated by his holy light power.
"Killing people... no, killing these believers, purifying their souls, actually has holy light power feedback!"
Killing people originally consumed holy power. Although the consumption wasn't large, there was now feedback, which instead made Vladimir a little stronger.
"I see, the souls of these pirates were purified by the holy light, and what's left is pure soul power, which is then easily absorbed by me."
This discovery immediately made Vladimir quite happy.
However, he put this aside for the time being, and continued to look at the remaining living pirates on the deck. There were only fifty or sixty of these people, one-tenth of the original number.
At this time, these people all opened their eyes, and after discovering that the people around them had fallen down, their expressions were all greatly shocked.
"Lord Angel!?"
"They have already ascended to heaven." Vladimir said calmly, "Your faith is not devout enough, you cannot enter the kingdom of God yet."
This wasn't a deception. If he wanted to kill believers silently and with low consumption, he could only target those who were more devout. The rest were all hypocrites.
Of course, there were a few exceptions, such as the executive Algela. This person's strength and will far surpassed the other pirates. Even if he was a fanatic, Vladimir couldn't kill him silently like the others.
For this kind of person, he could only use brute force.
"Algela." Thinking of this, he immediately had a good idea, "You are burdened with sins, and the holy light cannot purify your souls. If you want to enter heaven, you can only wash away your sins."
Hearing this, Algela quickly said, "It must be because I killed too many people. A few days ago, a merchant ship was swallowed by a storm that I summoned. If I had known that Lord Angel would appear, I should have let them go at that time, even though they called me ugly..."
Summoning a storm?
Vladimir was slightly stunned, "You're a Devil Fruit ability user?"
"I have the Bad Luck Fruit ability. Any target touched by my right hand will suffer bad luck." Algela said with a sad and helpless expression, "Lord Angel, how should I wash away the sins on my body?"
The person Unico was talking about was him.
Vladimir realized that some time ago on Three-Finger Island, after he killed God Meredith, Unico had reminded him to pay attention to an executive of the Holy Sect Pirates.
"Since that's the case, I might as well make use of this waste anyway, this guy's fighting power is still not bad..."
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