Chapter 015: Such Great Ambition

Gannon stared at Du Fan for a moment before suddenly sighing softly and saying, “Is it really that important who I am?”
Du Fan nodded. “Of course it is.”
Gannon frowned slightly, seemingly pondering how to answer. After a while, he let out a low sigh and said, “I was originally a seraph under the Demon God. When the Demon God was defeated and sealed here, I was also captured by the gods… We so-called angels were never meant to gaze upon the glory of the gods…”
“But those despicable deities, though they cast the most vile curse on the Demon God, still fear that one day he will awaken again… So they seized me… imprisoned my consciousness, turning me into the guardian of this Abyssal Gate… Hmph, using an angel of the Demon God as a prison for him… The gods of the heavens… Hmphhmph…”
Du Fan took a sharp breath and glanced at Reine, whose expression had also changed drastically. He couldn’t help but ask, “Is this true?”
Gannon snorted. “Why would I lie to you?”
Du Fan felt bitter. If he could even believe in the existence of gods, how could he doubt an angel? But talking to such an angel—after all, a legendary figure in every sense—made him feel utterly insignificant in front of him! Insignificant!
He forced a wry smile and sighed softly. “Very well, Lord Angel… So what’s going on now? Didn’t you say you were already imprisoned?”
Gannon smiled coldly. “Actually, it’s nothing much. Though I’m just a seraph under the Demon God, I’m not some useless fool who only knows how to sing hymns. Although I lost my sanity over the years and became something like a beast without self-awareness, thirty years ago, I accidentally broke the seal. That’s when I realized I shouldn’t be the guardian of this Abyssal Gate… I’m a seraph of the Demon God, so my task is to free him from his seal.”
Du Fan smiled bitterly again. “So after waking up, you transformed into the high priest of those barbarians?”

“It wasn’t becoming him… it was replacing him…” Gannon sneered. “After waking up, I unexpectedly found a Kala person who had strayed into this place. At that time, I didn’t know much about the layout of Roland Continent. I just wanted to save him and get answers from him… But that Kala person was too badly injured, and my strength hadn’t recovered yet, so I couldn’t save him. However, before he died, I read the memories in his soul and then took on his appearance… My current look is all thanks to him.”
“And then you returned to the barbarian tribe? Killed the high priest at that time, and obtained your current status?”
Gannon replied indifferently, “Of course. Since I knew the only way to release the Demon God from his seal was to find someone who didn’t belong to this world, I had to do it myself… Although humans are insignificant, their numbers are enormous. If I wanted to accomplish this, the only way was to have great power in the human world. Only then could I find such a person…”
Du Fan nodded. “Your idea isn’t bad. Judging from the current situation, you’ve done the right thing.”
After glancing at Du Fan, Gannon said, “After becoming the high priest, under the pretext of bringing prosperity to the barbarians, I arranged for many of them to hide across the continent, gathering various information. Because I knew that if someone truly not from this world appeared, then that person… absolutely could not lead an ordinary life. I could tell just by a glance whether such a fate was destined or not.”
Suddenly, an idea struck Du Fan. “Wait… then when did you start noticing me? If I’m not mistaken… it wasn’t recently, right?”

“Of course…” Gannon nodded. “I’ve noticed many people, and of course you’re not the only one… A ten-year-old noble going to the Holy See to become a priest is already abnormal. Moreover, people from your Green family can be considered great enemies of the barbarians, so I naturally pay more attention to those from the Green family… But what really piqued my interest was when someone who knew nothing became a level three warrior in just three months—a month ago. Such things are rare in your human world… I’ve also paid close attention to everything you’ve done since then, and in the end, I realized you’re definitely not ordinary. In fact, from all the signs, you seem to be the person I’m looking for… That’s why I sent Ringtone and Stuart to bring you back… Of course, from the moment I saw you, I knew you were the only one who could break the seal. So I naturally made plans step by step… to bring you here.”
Du Fan gave a bitter smile and said, “Why not just capture me directly? Why go through the trouble of guiding me?”
Gannon smiled faintly. “I couldn’t see through your fate before, nor can I see through it now. Only in this way can you be the right candidate. The Demon God can’t afford any accidents, so… I naturally won’t do anything risky. This plan to bring you here wasn’t something that could be completed in an instant. I waited thirty years just to wait for your arrival. Hmph… Thirty years…”
Du Fan thought for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, “Good. If that’s the case, everything makes sense… Then, Lord Angel… Since these matters have been clarified… I think I should also put forward some conditions.”
Gannon frowned slightly and glanced at Du Fan, saying, “What do you mean?”

Du Fan smiled faintly and said, “See, you’ve planned everything this way just to lure me here, with the goal of having me break the seal on that Demon God… To be honest, though I’m nominally a follower of the God of Light, I know in my heart that if gods were truly all-knowing and all-powerful, I would definitely be sent to the Heresy Tribunal as a blasphemer… So even if it means freeing the Demon God, your so-called archenemy of the God of Light, it doesn’t really matter to me… But you must understand that if the God of Light didn’t know about my existence before, once I act and the seal on the Demon God is broken, even if the God of Light’s head gets kicked by a donkey… he’ll surely become aware of my existence, right? I’m just an ordinary man who likes money, power, and women… I don’t want to die just like that. So since you want me to do such a high-risk task, you should at least give me some guarantees, along with a little benefit, right?”

“The God of Light with a kicked head?” Gannon smiled rarely. “I like that phrase… Very well… Young Master Du Fan, then tell me what you want. Money? I remember there are treasures left by past barbarian high priests in the grand temple’s treasury. Though not many, if you take them all, you should be able to become the richest man on the continent… As for power… I don’t have much, as the barbarians are unruly, but if you want it, I can kill all the troublemakers in my tribe and let you become their king. As for women? If there’s any you fancy, I’ll personally go catch her for you. How about that?”

Du Fan shook his head. “No… no… no… Honorable Angel Lord… If I wanted these things, why go to such lengths? Money, power, women… For someone in my position, even if they’re not endless, they’re more than enough for me… So I’m not interested in any of these… However, once the Honorable Demon God wakes up, with his status, won’t he need a group of followers in the human world? And I—Du Fan Green—as the first pope of the Demon God Cult, should be able to spread the glory of the Demon God to every corner of the world.”

“Of course…” Du Fan smiled again. “As the pope of the Demon God Cult, even the Demon God would need to send a few angels to protect me… Honorable Archangel, what do you think of my suggestion?”

Gannon looked at Du Fan calmly. After a moment, the archangel sighed softly in his heart. This… was truly blasphemy… This young master Du Fan really had great ambitions…

Yet he still nodded slightly and said, “I promise you… Even if the Demon God disagrees with this, I will do my best to help you secure it… But I think if you can break the Demon God’s seal, even he wouldn’t refuse such a request. Who knows? If he’s pleased, it’s not impossible that he might bestow upon you the glory of immortality.”

Du Fan smiled slightly and said, “Then it’s settled… I will break the Demon God’s seal. Of course, this is my own choice, respected archangel… Let’s go.”

As he spoke, Du Fan glanced at Reine, whose expression had changed drastically. After all, she was just an ordinary mortal. If anyone on this continent had heard the conversation between Du Fan and Gannon, it would surely have been shocking. What more so for a shaman priest who firmly believed in the existence of gods?