Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 597 - 561: Undertaking Important Tasks while Cherishing One’s Life

"But she was indeed seen still in the Northern Territory, with records of public appearances, and no news of her secretly leaving the territory," a shivering Evil God believer said, their eyes filled with hope.

For these Evil God believers, the presence of Perfikot posed a great threat to them, not only because it represented the Empire's official crackdown on the Evil God Sect.

More so, because Perfikot's presence significantly alleviated the public's fear of doomsday and greatly improved the social situation, providing a massive impediment to the spread of the Evil God Sect.

If it were anyone else, the Evil God Sect would not have let her live.

Whether by luring her into corruption, adopting assassination methods, or defaming her to ruin her reputation, these believers of the Evil God had no shortage of varied and unscrupulous tactics.

Yet Perfikot not only resisted the temptations of the Evil God Sect but also thwarted their assassination attempts.

In fact, there were always people around Perfikot trying to assassinate her, with the Assassin Brotherhood making considerable efforts, even at the cost of several assassins' lives.

But to the Assassin Brotherhood, this only proved Perfikot's significant presence, and they indeed saw the impact she brought to the world.

Hence, the assassins of the Brotherhood would risk their lives to protect her, becoming an essential intelligence agency in her hands.

In this process, the Assassin Brotherhood also thwarted multiple attempts by the Evil God Sect to smear and damage Perfikot's reputation, although this may be the least of her concerns.

If she truly cared about her reputation, the nickname "Bloodthirsty Count" wouldn't have spread.

And this is precisely what the Evil God Sect fears, that someone with such ironclad methods, unyielding determination, and disregard for personal reputation, yet possessing tremendous strength, is against them — and they can neither kill her nor deal with her. How could they not fear her? 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

From initial attention to subsequent dread, and now genuine fear, the Evil God Sect truly fears Perfikot now.

It has even developed to the point where just hearing her name would cause them to shiver, despite the fact that Perfikot hasn't caused any genuine losses to the Evil God Sect.

Oh, except for the Death Sect; they've been utterly destroyed, with even a god's statue toppled.

Even if there are survivors, it would take decades to recover.

Other sects clearly hope they don't meet the same fate, though they believe themselves stronger than the Death Sect, or perhaps not as exposed as the Death Sect's base was. However, the Empire's introduction of a giant construct capable of slaying a 'Divine Envoy' startled them.

These Evil God believers weighed in their hearts, wondering how their sect would handle such an attack.

The conclusion is not optimistic. Even if they believe they have more 'Divine Envoys' than the Death Sect, who can ensure the Empire only has one such giant construct? Won't there be a second, even larger one, introduced mid-battle?

And those giants, they know full well are Perfikot's so-called Godslaying Armor.

Regarding the name Godslayer, they scoff, even considering it the utmost offense and blasphemy against the Ancient Gods, branding Perfikot as a thorough blasphemer.

But when these massive battle armors appear on the battlefield and effortlessly bring down a 'Divine Envoy', they truly become fearful.

If killing a 'Divine Envoy' was so easy, killing them would be even easier. Perhaps there even stands a chance to slay the descended Ancient Gods.

Merely the constructs manufactured by Perfikot hold such terrifying power; if she were to personally return to Langton, it would undoubtedly be a massive blow to these Evil God Sects.

Especially since the intelligence they gathered from the Northern Territory clearly stated Perfikot commands a vast number of Autonomous Knights, numbering in the hundreds.

These Autonomous Knights are complete killing machines, each with combat power on par with a Steam Knight, and as machines, they lack human weaknesses. Every sect admits they lack the strength to face hundreds of Steam Knights.

Even their trump card, the 'Divine Envoy', would be overwhelmed by the Steam Knights' numbers; it's just a matter of whether the Empire is willing to spend them.

In the past, they could argue the Empire wouldn't want to incur a large number of knight casualties to kill a 'Divine Envoy,' but now? Autonomous Knights are merely machines; they have no morale and require no consideration of casualties, becoming the perfect killing machines.

So long as industrial production kept up, casualties wouldn't matter. The Empire, or more accurately, Perfikot, could drown them with Autonomous Knights.

Not to mention they now possess constructs that can easily kill 'Divine Envoys', allowing them to deploy an army without life to eliminate everyone in their way.

For these reasons, when the first generation of Godslaying Armor arrived in Langton, they fervently hoped Perfikot wouldn't return. Her return would signify a death struggle between the sides.

Either Perfikot would annihilate them, or they would completely break the Empire's dominance on this land.

Thus, even if they saw someone resembling Perfikot, they were too frightened to acknowledge it as her return.

"Whether it's her or not, we must solve this problem! If it's not her, we'll kill it! If it is her, even better! We can solve this problem once and for all!" Someone, clearly disdainful of the cowards' fear, declared with a determined stance.

Upon hearing this, some supported, while others opposed, and some even considered backing down.

Though all were believers of the Evil God Sect, and followers of the Ancient Gods, true zealots among them were few.

After all, aside from those with 'Divine Grace' flowing in their bloodlines from ancestors, others worshipped the Ancient Gods mostly with ulterior motives.

Even those wanting to resolve the Perfikot issue weren't doing it out of faith in the Ancient Gods but for their own interests.

Perfikot, rather than being their gods' enemy, was more of a stumbling block in their quest for world domination.

Now they wish to remove this stone yet fear being crushed by it, so how could they possibly unite to accomplish this?

Not to mention, what stands before them isn't a mere stone but an entire lofty mountain.

"Hmph! If you won't do it, the War God Sect will do it ourselves!" The Evil God believer who attempted to resolve the issue once and for all showed a hint of anger and embarrassment but ultimately issued a harsh remark.

And so, the congregation ended on a sour note.