God said: "In every place where I cause my name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you."
However, the cross-shaped pillars of light rising into the sky all over the world were not a blessing from God, but a Sword of Damocles hanging over everyone's heads, responding to God's power.
Rosen had used a similar move before when dealing with the Soul-Snatchers.
The heavenly fire he summoned could discern good and evil in people's hearts and burn their Souls without harming their physical bodies.
The current manifestation was similar, only broader in scope, more precise, and more powerful than before.
Of course, if Rosen wanted to, he could also instantly convert the radiance emitted by the pillars of light into a true blessing that would affect the entire world.
However, for most humans in this world, there was absolutely no need to do so.
"037" As the heat intensified and flames began to approach from the sky, those people finally panicked.
"…To the inhabitants of this planet, I shall now bestow a trial. Those who pass may praise My name."
A trial?
What trial?
Isn't this a blessing?!
Hearing the voice from the golden sky, the people on the ground, who had been oblivious to the impending doom, finally began to panic.
Some people reacted.
"A trial! This is no trial, it's punishment! It's God's divine punishment upon us!"
"Damned God! I haven't done anything wrong! Why are you punishing me!"
"You are not God, you are an evil god!"
"That's right! Those Cursed Children! It must be those hateful Cursed Children who summoned the evil god! I shouldn't have given them away for a few tens of thousands of dollars!"
"Hateful God, hateful Cursed Children, may you all die horrible deaths!"
"Quick! Even if I die, I'll drag a few down with me!"
Some people with malicious intentions had their malice amplified to the extreme before the divine punishment descended.
And they connected the divine punishment with the Cursed Children, believing these pillars of light were created by an evil god.
However, before they could take a few steps, they discovered in horror that their bodies had stiffened in place. A few more seconds passed, and they were even more terrified, unable to even utter a sound.
At the same time, an oppressive feeling, as if falling into the deepest abyss and suffocating, engulfed the entire world.
People's bodies stiffened from fear and oppression.
At this moment.
The malice in those people's hearts instantly vanished without a trace, leaving only endless fear and repentance.
At the same time, they shouted repentance in their hearts.
"Spare me! I will definitely turn over a new leaf and stop abusing those Cursed Children!"
"No… it's not my fault, they made me do it… I'm innocent…"
"I was forced, they… it's all their fault…"
The people who had previously cursed God and the Cursed Children began to repent inwardly after realizing they couldn't even move a finger.
Rosen observed all their reactions through the pillars of light, a faint smile playing on his lips.
These people didn't truly realize their mistakes; they realized they were about to die.
Rosen did not hesitate.
He raised his hand and removed the final Seal.
Sulfur and heavenly fire continuously descended, plummeting at an extremely fast speed like howling meteors.
Upon seeing this scene.
Those who had read the Bible trembled incessantly, shaking uncontrollably.
Because at this moment, they recalled some passages from the Bible.
Genesis Chapter 19, Verse 24:
"Then the Jehovah rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Jehovah out of the heavens."
"Thus he overthrew those cities and all the plain, together with all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the land."
"But Lot's wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."
"Early the next morning Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the Jehovah."
"He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, toward all the land of the plain, and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace."
These followers of the Bible continuously repented and prayed in their hearts.
They only hoped that God would forgive them for their past sins.
The golden sky was stained crimson by the descent of the heavenly fire.
Even though the people on the ground closed their eyes, tears still uncontrollably streamed out.
Their bodies resisted instinctively.
But it was all in vain.
Just the scorching heat alone burned their eyeballs…
Those believers who prayed to God for forgiveness remained the same.
Rosen would not unconditionally forgive those who believed in him, unlike the God described in the Bible.
As long as one committed an unforgivable evil deed, they would all, without exception, be burned by heavenly fire.
In contrast, those who had not committed evil deeds were different from those who could not move.
Their movements were unrestricted, their eyes could look directly into the heavenly fire, and they could only feel a faint trace of heat.
At most, it was like the beginning of summer.
But then, they witnessed a horrifying scene.
Those who were restricted were swallowed by the heavenly fire the moment it descended.
Literally swallowed.
Hair, skin, heads, torsos, and limbs all melted and vanished in an instant.
The expressions of those people before their deaths still lingered in the minds of others.
Unable to bear it, they closed their eyes.
The heavenly fire lasted for a considerable period.
It gradually disappeared after about five minutes.
The sky also changed from crimson back to golden.
The cross-shaped pillars of light still stood above the firmament.
The survivors opened their eyes, only to be shocked to find that the once bustling streets were now completely empty.
It was as if everyone had vanished in an instant.
If the pillars of light hadn't still been there, they would have thought it was their imagination, or that they were still dreaming.
After all, after the heavenly fire descended, the city's buildings were not affected in the slightest; only a large amount of dust was stirred up.
The perspective shifts to Tokyo.
After casting the heavenly fire and sulfur, Rosen came to the gathering center of the Cursed Children.
The little lolis also looked up at the sky in shock.
However, with their current understanding, they couldn't yet comprehend what had happened.
Of course, what happened outside no longer mattered.
After Rosen arrived, some lolis quickly noticed his presence.
Although they didn't know who he was, they instinctively knew that what had just happened was done by this man.