Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The unexpected changed stunned the legendary experts in midair. The battle that had been temporarily split because of 'Eternal Blaze' was still on hold. Everybody focused their eyes on the two demiG.o.ds who were attacking Benedict II, waiting for a final result.
However, the two parties had opposite feelings. The legendary sorcerers were both delighted and worried. The Will of Abyss was known for his fervency and insanity. After the pope was killed by him, he would definitely launch an indiscriminate slaughter and destruction. Then, the area that the Congress was headquartered would suffer heavy losses. Chances were that only Douglas, Brook, Hathaway and the few other grand arcanists could survive.
After all, the pope would consider whether his battle with Douglas would affect the people of his own side. Therefore, it was easy to stall him. The Will of Abyss, on the other hand, did not have such concerns. Even if the devil lords were here, he would still kill them without any hesitation.
"This is something too chaotic to have a real name and cannot be described…" Douglas thought to himself, frowning.
'Will of Abyss' was a nickname that the ancient dragons game to him so that they could refer to him.
If he was not defeated by the pope, the sorcerers would have to count on the Silver Moon's help.
Silver Moon Alterna, however, was best known for his lack of interest in unimportant affairs. He observed the world like a real world and barely intervened.
"I would have to go up…" Douglas would rather face the pope. At least, the pope would consider his own life cost when he performed G.o.d's Arrival, but the Will of Abyss might detonate himself and spent tremendous time recovering in the abyss. He never counted whether it was cost-effective.
The only thing that rea.s.sured Douglas was that Melmax and the Angel King had been heavily wounded. By the time Brook came back, everything would be settled.
The Grand Cardinals had nothing but fear and worries. Should His Holiness perish here, he would be the first pope who died in a battlefield, which would be a major blow to the Church's confidence. Also, if the enemy won, it remained to be seen how many of them could make it back.
Seeing the new situation, Mecantron dropped the idea of wasting several more legendary experts of the Church. After all, if another few saint cardinals and divine knights were killed, the Church would be attacked by all the enemies, like what the Magic Empire suffered in the past. His plan could only be carried out based on the Church.
"Gather in the transmission magic circles and return to Lance. I will resist them for now with G.o.d's Guard."
Mecantron's voice echoed in every Grand Cardinal's heart, making them less worried. They began to approach the ma.s.sive transmission magic circles.
Whatever happened to His Holiness, the Church would survive it as long as the Lord's grace was still there! The Angel King had shown his att.i.tude!
In the sky on the east of the city, 'Night Walker' Winston and 'Heart of Time' Kritonia were also split, watching the falling silver moon and the destructive ball hitting the pope unavoidably.
"Mr. Kritonia, do you see this? The result is already destined…" Winston would rather not fight if he could persuade the enemy to give up.
Kritonia seemed to have grown old by many years all of a sudden. He fell into sorrow and silence looking at the high sky.
The full-strength attacks of the two demiG.o.ds were about to hit the pope, when new changes happened in the high sky. Overwhelming, sacred ivory light suddenly glowed inside the pope, freezing the time and s.p.a.ce around. The silver moon and the chaos could only move forward slowly.
With a peaceful and pious smile on his face, and devoting his body and his soul, Benedict II raised his staff and chanted:
"You are one, and everyone."
"you are the moment, and forever."
"You are the creator, and master."
"After every prayer, his body would become much dimmer. In Rentato, in the cities of Holm and Brentis, in Lance… all the clerics and believers were touched again. They kneeled and followed him to pray in peace and delight:
"You are one, and everyone."
"you are the moment, and forever."
"His Holiness has used 'G.o.d's Arrival' again…" Melmax, Anasta, Maria and other supporters of the pope had obvious grief and pain. They knew the price of G.o.d's Arrival.
With His Holiness' capability as a demiG.o.d, he was not necessarily going to be killed by 'Silver Moon' and 'Abyss' even if he were heavily wounded, but to banish the two demiG.o.ds, he still chose 'G.o.d's Arrival'…
A clear projection of Mountain Paradise appeared behind Benedict II. The holy spirits and angels from the first to the fifth floor chanted, while light flowed out of their body and gathered towards the sixth and seventh floors.
The six seraphs on the sixth floor all crossed their hands and kneeled on the ground, as if they were praying.
In the next, the holy light surged into the top floor, paying tributes to the boundless, indescribable brilliance.
Looking at 'Silver Moon' and 'Abyss', Benedict II said solemnly:
"This is the fairest judgment from the Supreme Lord. The undead and the evils shall be purged."
The holy light in the projection of Mountain Paradise burst out. Silver Moon glittered, and Abyss revealed the deepest and most chaotic darkness.
All colors and voices were seized. The legendary experts could only sense the things within one meter with their spiritual power.
Suddenly, a most miserable scream echoed, and everybody's lost senses were back. Hathaway saw that the uncanny meatball had many deep cracks. Countless limbs, eyes and heads were bursting out. It flew back into the crimson gate as if it were blown by airwaves. Then, the gate quickly rotted and disappeared.
In the meantime, a silver moon rose again, but it was much more lackl.u.s.ter and gradually eclipsed by the sun.
The aftermath rushed towards Rentato unstoppably. Her silver eyes constricting, Hathaway said in a low voice: "Elemental Protection."
Gold, silver, white and black spots of light gathered into a sphere and covered the city.
"Magnetic Collapse."
As the voices echoed, another dark, twisting s.p.a.ce was added outside of the s.h.i.+eld of elements, which absorbed more than half of the aftermath. The rest of it was blocked by 'Elemental Protection'.
The previous G.o.d's Arrival had exiled the two demiG.o.ds?
Although they had seen it coming, such a terrifying combat ability still made Douglas and Melmax look around gravely.
High in the sky, Benedict II was still holding his staff.
"Is His Holiness alright?"
All the Grand Cardinals felt delighted.
The delight of the legendary sorcerers who saw that Brook was back, on the other hand, was replaced by heavy pressure. How many 'G.o.d's Arrivals' could Benedict II still perform?
Suddenly, as wind pa.s.sed by, Benedict II's clothes turned into broken light. Then, his hands, feet, torso and head were all shattered into spots of light and disappeared into the air, reflecting dreamy and shocking colors under the illumination of the sun.
Unpredictable hymns and music echoed, as if the G.o.d of Truth was guiding his spokesperson on earth to return to Mountain Paradise.
"His Holiness has been summoned by the Lord…"
Melmax murmured. It was the first pope who had died in a battle.
"The pope has perished…"
Douglas immediately realized what was going on. Performing a ma.s.sive telepathic bond, he commanded other legendary sorcerers, "Surround and kill them!"
The Congress of Magic did not have such a huge appet.i.te at the beginning, because Douglas was well aware of their gap with the South Church. They had never thought to fight a life-and-death battle with the Church.
Their target had always been to eliminate two to three Grand Cardinals with 'Eternal Blaze' that the Church did not know about. Through such a deterrence and the Dark Congress' attack in the back, they could coerce the n.o.bles to take their side and force the Church to end the war and evacuate from this side of the Storm Strait.
In short, they attempted to bolster peace through war!
But now that the pope had died on the battlefield, Douglas naturally changed his target accordingly. His new goal was to kill as many Grand Cardinals of the Church as possible.
On the northeast of the city, Kritonia's face changed greatly after he saw the pope's demise. When Winston was about to persuade him to surrender again, he suddenly unleashed the most intense attacks that almost suffocated Winston.
Then, all the pressure on Winston was gone, as Kritonia flew far away.
"It seems that he doesn't believe he will end well if he surrenders."
"If he wanders out there, the queen will have concerns when she deals with his family members. After all, it's hard to resist the a.s.sa.s.sinations and sabotage of a legendary expert… This is also sort of a balance…"
"However, Mr. Kritonia, you're almost eight hundred years old. Even though you master the power of time, how much longer can you live? As time goes by…"
Regular legendary knights had a longevity of five hundred years. If they advanced into the third level of legendary, they could live another hundred years.
The gravity around changed and made it impossible for them to move. Melmax immediately understood what Douglas thought. At this moment, only a couple of the Grand Cardinals had entered 'G.o.d's Guard' and were about to step into the transmission magic circles. The other people were still far away, including himself and Anasta and Maria behind him.
Suddenly, Benedict II's remaining staff went into a free fall. In a fabulous trace, it pa.s.sed Douglas' gravitational field and Brook's magnetic field and fell to the ground.
Anasta's eyes became so deep and profound that they were like a bottomless ocean. He somehow extended his right hand and picked the staff precisely.
The seven-floored Mountain Paradise appeared again, and Anasta was enshrouded in the holy light.
Hymns and praise also surrounded him, modifying the environment to be sacred and indestructible.
"A bliss?"
"The Lord has chosen a new pope?"
Since every pope had died of natural causes, there was always enough time for a new pope to be elected and approved by the Grand Cardinals. Therefore, the case where the G.o.d of Truth directly chose a pope through bliss, as recorded on the Cannon, had never happened again after the first pope.
Anasta's blackened skin faded away. He was rejuvenated, his vibe soaring unstoppably. Very soon, it was so overwhelming that even Douglas and other experts at the peak of legendary could not compare to him.
"Blessed Realm."
The holy light spread out, drowning all the Grand Cardinals and blocking the attacks of the legendary sorcerers including Douglas, Brook and Hathaway.
The Blessed Realm was shaking and bordering on being destroyed, but it still survived until all the Grand Cardinals stepped into the ma.s.sive transmission magic circles. Douglas, Brook and other legendary sorcerers, seeing that a new pope had been born, dared not push too far, either.
Although it might take the new pope ten years before he grasped 'G.o.d's Arrival', he was an unquestionable demiG.o.d!
Witnessing everything, Mecantron became more gloomier than ever
