It is to be noted that the council was forbidden from producing heirs and teaching them about the way of the cult, those who the council referred to as heirs, were the possible subst.i.tutes for the council in case of an accident, these heirs were to be adopted like the case of Leader Mary, they are chosen based on their age when the council member who adopted them dies, the heirs were to be sent to experience the world so as to never be imprinted by the biases of the council.The first council was wise enough to see that the meaning of ensuring the superiority of humans changed by each generation, and that is why even though the cult grew so extremist, they have never done anything that would be noticed in their history, one might a.s.sume that the cult was biding its time and waiting, but that is wrong, the council has never seen fit to use the power of the cult since its inception, even the creation of the legion after the council took over the church was to form an army that is loyal to the head of the council, someone the previous council selects as the most suitable for leadership.
The legion was not meant to be a force to keep the church safe but rather a force to keep the humanity and innocence and the good of mankind, and to limit the power of the wicked on the ma.s.ses.
Although the council always had that one extremist, it was meant to keep the council focused on the mission of the betterment of humans, and the façade known as the church was the perfect cover. However with the extremism spreading in the cult, the council also was infiltrated by these extremist who spared no effort on trying to prepare for a war the humans could never win.
Markus pope was not the first leader who was corrupted by the idea of innocence and preserving it, that is what drove most leaders to create things like the legion and expand the role of the church while keeping the cult dormant. However, as the seed of corruption never dies but only spreads further and further, gnawing at the good inside, the council had also its own share of corruption. Thus was born the idea of grooming heirs to be council members and immersing them in the biases of the cult and their predecessor.
Those heirs were accepted in the council to keep them under leash, and prevent them from going too far, causing a race war were humans would exterminate each other because of an oath sworn eons ago. Nonetheless, those heirs still raised their own heirs in the same way, turning the job of the council from focusing fully on their mission on the betterment of mankind, to focus on keeping these ent.i.tled heirs from destroying the human race, and the world with it for whatever they thought was the way to human supremacy.
The idea of splitting these two factions was mentioned too many times on the council, but it was never pa.s.sed because the end result was harmful to mankind, and the church of light who was working so hard would be then branded as liars, and most importantly it will negate the work that has been done to a.s.sure the survival of mankind.
But now that the council has split into two factions, those who worked with the church are now leading the hunt for those who worked with the cult. It really was like the cult was to be a weapon that you display to make your enemies think a few times before starting any aggression, however it was now, the same tool that was used to break those, who were supposed to be protected by it, from the inside.
The old hag and her two companions were trying to leave when they were handled by the a.s.sistants of Markus to keep them from contacting their heirs and starting something outrageous. However that was a very bad decision, as the council were to soon find out, take away the queen from a wasp nest and they all become queens.
Somewhere in Tartarus, three men were sitting behind a table with masks and badges that marked them as the heirs of the council of the supreme cult, they sat there looking at each other discussing a pieces of paper that was on the table, it read "mana bomb production complete". One could hear the glee of success in their voices, as well as the sinister edge to their hidden plans, and how close to their goals they were, as if they could touch it.
Back at the council room, pope Markus and his fellows were showing sadness at the current situation, they were not given a choice when they joined the council, some did not even know how big it was of a mission, not until they were in their first council meeting, although they never liked how the other three bragged about how they should hold the first seats on the council because they were raised for it, but still they never thought they would be the generation to break the council that has stood united for eons.
Markus was the first to break the silence, he gestured to his a.s.sistant "send word to Martin, the church is independent, the cult has been cut off, the council is broken, set up the scanners and kill them all, if Mary comes by send her here". The a.s.sistant made some kind of magic circle and mumbled to herself, afterwards she nodded indicating that the message has been sent.
The guild always had a connection to the council, just in case the council decided to do something that could not be regretted afterwards.
Unde the lonely mountain, Bai had received the information about the creation of the mana bomb, which prompted him and Debauchery to head for the science department and wait for who ever came to get the bomb, and they did not have to wait for very long, a messenger of the heirs has come to pick it up and the scientists who made it, unaware he was taking with him Bai as one of the involved in the project.