Joshua rushes across the ruined Temple Mount, still gripping the Philistine king’s bound arms. Smoke drifts over broken stones, while the king is forced to kneel before a scarred chopping block.
The armed believers of Christ remain absent on their disciplined withdrawal. Only the Israelite priest watches from the wreckage, and a radiant heavenly warrior stands nearby without raising his weapon.
the Philistine king
You may bind this body, Israelite, but you cannot bind the power that wears it. The darkness will not answer to your judgment.
Blackness gathers around the king’s face and shoulders, yet it clings unevenly, like a shadow refusing the shape of flesh. The heavenly warrior’s presence makes it recoil without destroying it.
the Israelite priest
The king’s body stands before the block, but that darkness is no earthly king. His death, if ordered, will judge the man alone, not the evil hiding within him.
The priest points toward the king’s seized banners, sealed bindings, and witnesses among the wreckage. The evidence establishes earthly guilt, while the devil’s deeper sentence remains beyond any human chopping block.
the heavenly warrior
Joshua, the captive awaits earthly judgment. The possessing devil awaits the judgment appointed by Jesus Christ. What will you do before both sentences are sealed?
✓ Quest Accepted
Submit the possessing devil to Jesus Christ’s judgment
Director's note
When I finish the speech I invoke judgment on the king by slicing off his head with my holy sword
“I command the remaining isrealites to bow before their fallen king because they have worshiped him over the one true king Jesus. When I invoke judgment on this king the earth will split open and every nonbeliever of Christ before the judgment will be swallowed up into hell while the true believers remain. The devil will jump out trying to escape but by the power of god I will command him to kneel before me and Christ will come down from the heavens to invoke judgment on the devil. So it has been spoken to me by Jesus and so it shall be.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +0)
Joshua rushes across the ruined Temple Mount, holy sword in hand, and faces the surviving Israelites around the kneeling Philistine king. Smoke veils the broken sanctuary.
Joshua
Israelites, bow before your fallen king. You worshiped him over Jesus Christ, the one true king. Bow, and face the judgment you have chosen.
The Israelites bow beneath Joshua’s command. He invokes judgment upon the king and brings the holy sword down; the execution is hidden by smoke and sacred thunder.
The earth splits across the court. Nonbelievers before the judgment vanish into the opening, while the true believers remain standing on unbroken stone.
the Israelite priest
The ground has opened beneath us. I do not call Jesus Lord, yet I cannot deny that judgment has answered your command.
The darkness tears free from the fallen king and twists toward escape. Joshua commands it to kneel, and the devil is forced down before him.
Heaven opens above the ruins. Jesus Christ descends in radiant authority and stands before the kneeling devil, while the surviving believers witness the judgment of the one true king.
Quest Complete
Defeat the devil-possessed Philistine king
Skill Upgrade: Melee Weapons Poor→Mediocre
Quest Complete
Submit the possessing devil to Jesus Christ’s judgment