329 What the future beholds

<General POV> 

Returning to the capital city of Elysium, the Pope was on his way to a full recovery, finally able to execute his plan. After the fight with Elaina and Freja, he sustained a lot of injuries, especially after allowing his body to be taken over by Katarina, his mistress.

 It had left him bedridden several months, but he was now back in shape and eager to make some preparations. Unfortunately, he had still lost about half of his commanders as a result of attacking the demon lands. 

He had hoped that more would come back, but it seemed several were unwilling to follow Klaus anymore, leaving only the ones who were blindly loyal to him. 

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<Klaus POV> 

"Are the summoning circles finished?" I was deep underground, where I held all of the cult activities. I stood on a platform, looking down at the magic circle that I've been making over the last few years.