My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calicraft) novel Chapter 2018

In the palace ruins of Yerusia, the pope was staring incredulously at Sven, who was holding the staff. He gritted his teeth, not yet realizing the severity of the situation.

“How is this possible? Why can't I reclaim my staff? Who are you?!” the pope roared as he unleashed a bolt of lightning toward Sven.

Sven raised the staff, and the lightning obeyed his command, striking the pope instead.

“This is impossible!”

The pope tried desperately to dodge while also defending against Torah’s attacks. He was starting to feel overwhelmed.

Seeing this, Sven immediately rushed toward the pope and returned the favor, plunging the staff into his body. Then, Sven summoned otherworldly fire to attack the pope.

The pope was shocked.

“You! You're a Shura!”

Sven smirked triumphantly.

“Yes, thanks to you, I've regained my clan’s divine artifact—the Shura Divine Staff!”

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In ancient times, the West viewed Shuras as malevolent beings cursed with immortality. The gods of the West saw them as cost-free research material and repeatedly tormented them. Until one day, under the leadership of two particular figures, Shuras rose up in rebellion.

They managed to reclaim two divine artifacts, but at the same time, one of the leaders was suddenly overwhelmed by the artifact’s backlash and went berserk. His crazed actions quickly shattered the unity of their forces, and he was captured for experimentation.

That person was Ace. The gods were interested in the bodies of Shuras because their anatomy was vastly different from that of gods or demons. Just like humans and their experiments, the gods constantly carried out infusion and extraction tests on Ace's divine power to observe his transformations.