Chapter 523: Suicide Note! (16k Words Large Chapter!) (5/5)

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Dolph raised his head and beheld a colossal, crimson orb of light manifesting at the center of the array, its surface branded with ripples of golden streaks.

Yes, it was identical to the response he had received when competing for the position of bishop back then—the exact same aura, the exact same nobility, the exact same inviolable sanctity!

The temple elder, that sublime existence, had finally answered his summons!

Dolph wept with joy, real tears streaming down his face as he spoke from the bottom of his sincere heart:

"Thank you for answering my summons, thank you for not abandoning the Norton family, thank you for your benevolence and magnanimity, thank you for your grace. The Norton family is saved. I beg you, save the Norton family! I beg you, save the Norton family!"

Just then, Dolph heard a frigid voice emanate from within that gold-gilded crimson orb of light:

"You have disappointed me greatly."

"Yes, it is we who have failed to live up to expectations, we who are disgraceful, we who are too useless and too foolish. I beg you, give us one more chance, give the Norton family one more chance. They mean to tear the Norton family apart completely, to ensure our Norton family can never rise again.

I beg of you, grant the Norton family one more chance, I beg of you."

Dolph knew very well in his heart that since the sublime existence had answered his summons, it meant he would intervene in this matter.

The voice within the gilded orb of light rang out once more:

"The final time."

"Yes, yes, yes, the final time, the final time! Please believe that after this lesson, the Norton family will reorganize themselves; we will no longer worry you, no longer shame you, and absolutely never disappoint you again, I swear it!"

"I shall manipulate this matter from above..."

"And what of me? What do you need me to do in cooperation? As long as it preserves the family, I am willing to do anything—no, your decree is the mission I will accomplish at any cost!"

"You need to continue escalating the situation so that I may manipulate it from above, transforming it from a conflict between the Whip of Order and the Regional Management Office into a conflict between the High Priest and other factions.

This is the sole method left to preserve the Norton family."

"What exactly do I need to do? Please command me, I will certainly fulfill it even if it costs my life!"

As long as the family could be preserved, Dolph would not hesitate even if it meant plunging into the vortex of political struggle at the level of the High Priest.

For the Norton family at this moment had nothing left to lose; he knew very well that his second son was right—the Whip of Order would surely strike at him next, and the Regional Management Office had clearly already intended to abandon him.

After waiting a moment without hearing any specific instructions, Bishop Dolph cautiously stole a glance upward; upon finding that the massive gilded orb of light was still there, his heart instantly settled, and he lowered his head once more, his expression matchlessly devout and thrilled.

"To the entire church, publish your suicide note."