Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation (Volume 6)

Vol 6/ Chapter 4: Captured

The Ancient God Religion was an organization that didn't exist in our world at all.

From what Galadra told Nicola, this organization was incredibly powerful, with a history stretching back thousands of years.

Their teachings claimed that the ancient civilization was actually a kingdom of gods, which suddenly disappeared for some reason. They believed that some gods might still be alive in another far-away world. As for the humans living on the Eldoria Continent today, they were supposedly all servants and descendants of these ancient gods. Therefore, they should show ultimate respect to these ancient gods to receive their protection.

At first, the Ancient God Religion was quite normal. They had many followers and were among the top three largest religious groups. They even established their own territory called "Lumina Sanctum."

However, about a hundred years ago, the Ancient God Religion suddenly announced they had finally contacted their ancient gods. This marked their entry into the radical era of "True Gods' Return."

They started demanding that all humans must have absolute faith in their gods. They began suppressing other religious groups and even launched "holy wars" to try to control the entire continent. Anyone who refused to convert was killed without mercy.

"Those demons finally found this place! Luckily, they can only influence their followers through spiritual power for now. Their actual arrival will take some time, but the future is uncertain," said Galadra from the Cyrae world, summarizing the gods behind the Ancient God Religion. She also mentioned that as these gods got closer to this world, the Ancient God Religion would become stronger.

As for what these so-called demons looked like, Nicola had never actually seen them. They were clearly different from the known monsters living in the Dark Continent.

To fight against the demons behind the ancient gods, Galadra believed the four Elemental Angels must reunite and work together.

Unfortunately, Michelle was difficult to control due to her stubborn personality. However, her power was essential for using the Angel Descent Formation to revive Feliciara, so rescuing Michelle became the top priority.

In the weeks after sending Cyrae away, the two Wind Angels and Galadra made a counterattack plan. They believed Michelle might be imprisoned in the underground buildings of the Ancient God Religion's branch in Ilandra Dominion Empire's capital.

But even with three Elemental Angels fighting together, the battle was incredibly difficult!

The regular followers weren't too tough, but the higher-ranking priests and bishops could use powers far beyond normal humans!

These included psychic attacks, space cutting, time stopping, and more. These powers were said to be forbidden divine powers given by their supreme gods, but using them had consequences and side effects, so they rarely showed them.

Nicola had never faced enemies of this level before. If not for Galadra's avatar helping her escape danger many times, she would have died by now! And this was just the power of one branch of the Ancient God Religion...

In the end, they couldn't find any trace of Michelle in the building - the mission was a failure. They didn't even see Fernando. However, Galadra's earthly avatar was damaged and couldn't affect the lower realm anymore, only able to communicate through soul connection.

This setback made all three realize that the enemy boss's threat was getting closer. Their power alone wasn't enough to rescue Michelle - they needed to find more allies in this world.

Nicola first thought of returning to Edenmere, where some of her classmates remained. She especially remembered Reed asking her to collect elements from the air to make nuclear weapons, which gave her an idea.