My Substitute CEO Bride (Nash Calcraft)

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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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

most favored tool. He was left with

leader of the rebellion seized the chaos as an opportunity to escape the Divine Territory. He fled to the East and lived a life of obscurity among ordinary

the curse of

to affect him.

the passing of his descendants. Realizing he could never fully integrate into human

He transferred all his essence, including his soul and memories, into another person and then remained dormant within that person's body. This way, he could achieve the death that he longed for. The old man waited

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staff answers to me! Against the injustices of this world, I shall bring down punishment!" Sven declared in a

ants!" His body began to compress and expand violently. "I will make you regret challenging

body shattered, releasing a deep red orb of light. The orb flew into the sky with wind and clouds swirling around it.

a massive hand formed from storm clouds appeared before

joined forces and exerted all their strength to halt the

entire palace turned

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