The Dark Rebirth of Pandora: Revenge of the Abyss-Chapter 241: Isabel’s plans

"Isabel-sama, everyone is ready!" Mikaela says to me in an excited tone as I put on my mage outfit. I adjust the belt and blouse to avoid looking disheveled in front of everyone.

I look in the mirror, seeing the black outfit with a short but not overly revealing skirt, while my large black witch’s hat sits on the table next to me.

This outfit boosts my mana and its use, meaning it’s a garment for me to use magic more efficiently, as well as providing excellent magical defense. It was truly a stroke of luck to have obtained something so good.

I just wish it was a bit less revealing around the waist and chest area, but I understand there’s not much I can do since I already have the outfit that helps me.

"Perfect!" I say with the best smile I can muster as I put on my hat and head to the door. It’s a shame I’ll have to abandon this room.

I’ve had great memories in here, the study days with Mikaela, my magic practices, Morvath accidentally breaking the room when he came in and it obviously didn’t fit.

’Today is a special day...I must not fail.’ Finally, I will go to the demonic realm with all the faithful I have united. I’m very excited to reunite with my goddess, and I still have the object she gave me that will allow me to enter without being attacked.

I want to tell my goddess about all the effort I’ve made to create this large group of faithful for her religion.

"Isabel-sama, you seem happy," Mikaela says with her bright smile as I get a bit nervous about leaving and finally taking a step forward. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

"Yes, I’m very happy with everything I’ve managed to achieve. It was very difficult, but with your help and the help of my goddess, I’ve been able to accomplish incredible things."

"I’m so grateful to have you in my life," Mikaela has been a true blessing, and she’s a special friend to me. She quickly comes up to me and hugs me.

"Don’t be nervous, Isabel-sama! I’m sure you’ll be able to achieve what you desire! I’m also very grateful for everything you’ve done for me!" She says with a smile in our warm embrace.

Who would have thought I would go from a weak and lonely girl who was beaten and had no purpose in life to a powerful girl leading a religion and now having a true friend.

"Morvath, come here," I call my dragon, and he comes quickly. I climb onto his back as he rushes through the underground base, carrying Mikaela right behind me. I review my speech, feeling a bit nervous to inform all the faithful we have.

I hope I don’t mess up. I want to convey a sense of total control over everything to not agitate the faithful in any way.

Arriving at the outside of the enormous underground base we built, I see thousands of people waiting in the sun for my speech, while my closest advisors are closer to the stage.

And the execution group to kill the infidels who don’t want to learn from our doctrines and rules.

My dragon rises onto the stage and lowers his head, and I stand on top of him, taking a magical artifact I created to amplify the sound.

I’ve learned various spells and even how to create basic artifacts for everyday use, which helps a lot with tasks like this.

Mikaela gets off the dragon and goes to the other side to be with the others, while I take a deep breath to calm myself before beginning to speak.

"Hello, brothers and sisters who are with me in this, as you all know, I am Isabel, and to many, I am a savior who is guiding you on this path," I start my speech with confidence and a smile on my face.

"In the beginning, we were few! We didn’t have our place in the world, and we couldn’t even be considered a religion!" Those were difficult times when I worked hard for my goddess.

They were stressful, painful times that required a release capacity that I didn’t have. I made many bad decisions, and our religion almost fell apart a few times.

But with determination, confidence, and forced coercion, I was able to hold the reins and keep the religion united. Many died for us to become what we are today.

"But today! Today we are great! We may not be as big as other religions, but we have reached the milestone of 100,000 people," I say with pride. The religion that started with just me now has 100,000 people of different races.

There’s no way I could be more proud of my efforts that, after so long, have yielded wonderful fruits.

After our goddess proclaimed herself as a goddess and informed everyone of her status, we gained more credibility and status in the world. Now we are an official religion in the world and have claimed our space.

It doesn’t matter if other religions don’t like us or think we’re just insects. It’s a fact that a new religion has officially emerged, and no one can deny it anymore.

"And now that we have secured our place in the world...it’s time to join our goddess! We will march to the demonic territory. It will be a difficult, lengthy journey, and many will die along the way."

It’s an undoubtedly dangerous path, and I’m sure everyone here knows how the demonic realm has a hostile, treacherous, and challenging environment infested with monsters.

But I have confidence in my current strength and the strength of my closest allies, who have already demonstrated how powerful they are.

"However, I will protect you with tooth and nail! I will make sure that as many of you as possible survive until we reach the demonic realm. All of you here know our doctrines well!"

We have very strict and clear rules to prevent them from messing up.

"I will not accept any questioning or hesitation!" I won’t tolerate any hesitation. They need to be strong as they always have been. If we falter now, only more deaths will occur, and I’m sure no one here wants to die.

They have lived a very good and peaceful life in this place, and as such, they must pay with loyalty and effort when it is required.

"I’ve saved most of you! And from the beginning, I made it clear the path we would follow! The time has come to march to meet the divine! Our goddess awaits us in her realm."

I speak with a louder tone of voice.

"And we, as her faithful followers, cannot disappoint her. So I ask you, faithful followers of our goddess, WHO IS WITH ME?" The entire crowd cheers enthusiastically.

It was a harsh and arduous selection to unite them all. It took months of hard work and complications. I also trained extensively in magic and was able to reach the power level of an A-class adventurer.

This makes me considerably powerful! Although the execution squad has two members close to the S-rank, so I’m not the strongest. I’d say I’m among the 10 strongest of all those I’ve managed to gather.

And of course, what helps me have the A-rank classification is my dragon, who is very powerful and already compares to powerful A-rank monsters.

I’d say that if I’m alone without any support, I should have the power of a B-rank adventurer. It’s not bad, but there’s a big difference, showing that I’m still quite dependent on my dragon.

"Now, everyone get ready! Tonight, we will begin our march to the demonic territory! Take everything you can from the underground base, and those who give up can stay, but I will blow up the base after everyone has left."

I don’t want to leave any traces of us, so with previously prepared magic and magical explosives already positioned, I’ll blow up anything that says anything about us and our way of life.

"So those who desert will have to wander the desert alone and without any supplies!" I won’t have any mercy for deserters. They can wander the corners and die of hunger and thirst.

Or perhaps be devoured by some dangerous monster that is around. I only care about those who are faithful, the rest can die.

"I hope that by tonight, everyone has finished packing their things! We will leave as soon as possible, as we have already started to attract attention for being such a large group."

It’s a fact that our group has already attracted the attention of neighboring kingdoms, which constantly send scouts. Of course, these scouts are always killed by the execution squad.

But the number and strength of the scouts are increasing, and even adventurers are coming. It won’t be long before an S-rank decides to come explore this place, which would result in our demise.

In the end, this base would be abandoned anyway, even if it wasn’t to go to the demonic realm. We should leave this place, besides, the environment doesn’t help to take care of so many people.

’And the base, even after being greatly expanded, can no longer support all these people,’ I think, but don’t say this part out loud. It’s a fact that caring for 100,000 people has become an impossible challenge.

The hunger is the worst. The supplies are already running out, and we literally robbed them a week ago in a massive quantity.

"For now, everyone is free to prepare for the long journey." I had already warned them a week ago to be ready to leave if necessary, so most should be ready.

I get off my dragon and go to my closest allies to discuss the path we will take, while they get maps to reaffirm the route we will follow to avoid any problems.