"Damn! Damn boy, what did you do! What exactly did you do!"
Erodion's enraged inquiry echoed in the chaotic underground space, filled with disbelief and panic at the shake of his foundation of faith.
Facing his irrational roar, Lynch merely shrugged casually, his tone calm to the point of cruelty, as if stating a fact as simple as could be: "Nothing much. Just... stole your faith."
From the inception of the plan to assault the Holy City, Lynch foresaw a potential deadlock with Erodion, or even facing the risk of a drawn-out war or ultimate ritual relying on his massive power of faith. Hence, he left the most crucial move—
Messiah.
Messiah and Erodion, though differing in sources of power, both relied essentially on the powerful and idealistic force called "faith."
