The holy city of Reims.
The entire Great Hall of Light fell into an indescribable silence, and the atmosphere of silence seemed to freeze, regardless of whether they participated in the capture of the artificial planet or not, all the members of the Cardinal Conference bowed their noble heads, ready to meet the wrath of the Pope's crown.
This operation was a failure, doomed from the start, making the adventure of His Holiness pointless, and someone must be held accountable for it Compared with the legendary magicians of the Magic Council, the Holy Spirit Priests and Holy Knights of the Church are not so detached, their own status and authority will limit the growth of their strength, the higher their status, the greater the power they have, the closer they are to the Lord, the faster their strength increases, and they belong to the dependence of the essential caste, so the punishment they receive is not a symbol of insignificance.
Moreover, before they grasped the mystery of faith, the successive popes still had the "god-given means" of "excommunication", and the priests of the Holy Spirit who were used would sever their ties with the heavenly mountain, and could only use their own "heart of faith" and could not replenish it, and would soon become a legend with no power at the empty level.
And the status of legendary magicians comes entirely from their own strength, even if they lose their status as members of the Supreme Council, it will not affect anything, their dependence on the magic council lies in the integration of resources, the environment of arcane and magic research, so it must be much more transcendent, and it will not hurt the muscles and bones to be punished.
This is also one of the reasons why there are many factions within the parliament, and internal contradictions cannot be eliminated, and the detachment of the legends has advantages and disadvantages.
The most apprehensive of the members of the Cardinal Conference was Philip, who had done the plan this time, and Benedict III had given him the greatest, even making himself a part of his plan, but he had messed things up The loud sound of the artificial planet exploding was like the mockery and malicious laughter of the Magic Council, which always echoed in Philip's heart, and he couldn't let go of it for a long time.
Even he, as a new pastor of the Holy Spirit, a "young man" with the potential and hope to become a saint, a hardcore pope, had to think about how to bear the wrath of the pope and how to avoid "loss" to the greatest extent.
Although Pope Viken used how to use the emotional and physical state of believers and how to use the power of faith to unite and stabilize the "hearts and minds" within the church, they have initially gained that they can steal the power of faith on their own, and their strength has increased significantly, and they are no longer afraid of "excommunication", but this also means that their dependence on the church as an organization has increased Compared to those strong people who need to secretly and painstakingly collect the power of emotions and spread the faith, they are many times happier with the organization of the Cult of Truth, and they can openly steal the power of faith from the diocese under their control every day, and there is no need to do more, if they are punished and transferred to a small parish in the middle of nowhere, it will be an extremely serious loss Pope Benedict III, with his pale head and a platinum scepter in his hand, stared indifferently at the members of the College of Cardinals for five minutes without saying a word.
His god-like coercion did not emanate, but the invisible pressure made the entire hall seem to be still, so that every member of the Cardinal did not dare to speak.
Suddenly, he sighed softly: "This incident has nothing to do with you, it's not your fault, the plan is actually close to perfection, and it has successfully transferred the Great Arcanist away and contained it, the strange magicians are too cunning to actually arrange this weird self-detonation device on the artificial planet." ” His calm tone and the determination of the incident made the frozen atmosphere melt away, and Philip breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, filled with sincere gratitude, and His Majesty the Pope was indeed broad-minded, far-sighted, and understood.
"Your Majesty, what do we do now to plan another similar action" Philip deliberately asked the question to which he knew the answer, in order to divert the focus of the discussion and stop dwelling on the failures of the past.
Benedict III didn't seem to know his thoughts, and said in a low voice: "Until we understand the weirdness of that self-detonating device, all similar plans have no chance of success." ” "His Majesty the Pope is right, if the magic effect is eliminated, it will explode, or such a powerful explosion, it really can't be taken lightly, if you don't figure out the reason, maybe someone will fall next time."
"Angel of the Wind" Estella was slightly afraid, if the power of the self-explosion at that time was close to the level of the "Eternal Blazing Sun", he and the others would probably have already finished Since an artificial planet that is not a legendary item can emit an "atomic fission" level explosion, the "Eternal Blazing Sun" is not without that slight possibility.
Melmos also nodded: "Unless you let the Vision of God come down and use the Hourglass and other magic to control it, I can't think of any other way than forcible capture, and forcible capture takes too long, and it will turn things into a full-scale melee." ” Alvin, one of the six Seraphs, is the only two powerhouses in the Cult of Truth who can use the time-stopping magic technique, the other being Pope Viken.
His ability to control "time and space" seems to have been given by the "God of Truth", so even the knight who inherited his bloodline and Estella, who has the power of the "Angel of the Wind", cannot create a real time stop effect, at most it can slow down and speed up "time".
"We can use a more roundabout and subtle approach."
Philip looked at Benedict III, "Your Majesty, the god-like law you secretly announced should have shaken the hearts of some high-level magicians, we can pass through them" He didn't finish his sentence, but every member of the Cardinal in the room understood what it meant, no different from stealing secrets and carrying out assassinations through spies before.
At the original emergency meeting, Benedict III "told" them about the Cult of God-of-Truth, describing the "Sun King" Tanos as the God of Truth, the supreme being descended to the earth, the Holy Son of the Holy Son of the Holy Being, the God of Truth and the Holy Son of the Pope, trying to destroy the Magic Empire and redeeming the world, describing his research process of exploring the mysteries of the gods as being inspired by the "God of Truth", awakening the experience of memory, and describing his final failed experiment, merging with the Heavenly Mountain, and losing all autonomous consciousness as saving the world, Go and open the Immortal Vault and awaken the human heart, so as to sacrifice yourself and return to the "God of Truth".
Such a "story" can only make the members of the College of Cardinals half-convinced, but Viken's point is not to make up stories, but to make them understand that the "God of Truth" is indeed a true god with the highest power, but he has fallen into a deep sleep, which can be confirmed by the majestic power of the Heavenly Mountain that he felt, and coupled with Viken's initiative to reveal the mysteries of god-like and faith, they are naturally "convinced".
And the fact that Viken secretly spread the god-like method did not hide it from them, they did not resist it, anyway, they and the others have a huge area of faith control, there is no need to compete with others, they can watch them fight with each other, and through the help of different forces, this struggle is more fierce, and it is more beneficial to themselves If they unite, there is a pope here who can perform divine descent Pope Benedict III shook his head: "I didn't ask for anything when I gave them the god-like method, and they wouldn't do anything for us that was contrary to their interests, in fact, I would be more than happy to do so, when they are close to success, that is, when the fragrant flowers bloom, things will be very interesting, and we will have greater gains, so I don't want to let their efforts be noticed for the sake of artificial planets." ” "Do you want to give up" Philip was a little disappointed.
Benedict III smiled: "If they take the initiative to reveal and seek exchange, it will be another matter, I know that the Death Bird is desperate to get a certain amount of faith power, and he hides himself very well, even if it is exposed, there is a substitute for the dead, in addition, I also want to meet someone, maybe I can get the secrets of the artificial planet directly from him" At this point, he said no more and declared the meeting of the Cardinals closed.
Although Melmos, Maria, Katy, Estella and the others were full of doubts and wondered who the "Death Bird" and the last person His Majesty wanted to see was, they had to suppress all their thoughts and leave the Hall of Light quietly
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