Throne of Magical Arcana

"Thunder Hell", Fernando's secret room.

The life talisman suddenly became transparent, emitting a clean brilliance, and a section of blood-stained intestine twisted, squirmed, split and grew.

It took a full hour for the Lord of Storms to return to his original form, and two hours later, his strength slowly returned to the level of the legendary third-order.

Putting on his usual bright red magic robe, and inserting a strange false eye like a vortex in the center of a storm into his left eye socket, Fernando opened the connection node between "Thunder Hell" and the outside world. It's not that he doesn't trust Douglas, Hathaway, Lucien and others are the most basic vigilance of a legendary magician who has lived for thousands of years.

The node was turned on, and within half a minute, the teleportation array lit up, and Lucien's figure appeared in the "Thunder Hell".

"Come back so early?" Fernando smiled wretchedly, "I thought you and Natasha would have a good 'celebration'."

Even though Lucien was very used to the teacher's indecency, he was a little blushed at this time: "Prince Patrick was killed by the old king. Natasha was not in a good mood. I comforted her for a while. His Excellency Wang sent Grand Duke Violet over, the father and daughter haven't seen each other for a long time, and I was also worried about how you are recovering, teacher, so I hurried back."

"What is there to worry about? I can go out and fight the saints of the church again." Fernando once again showed his stormy aura, then shook his head, "It's not too strange for this kind of thing to happen in the royal family , the little girl still knows too little.”

Seeing that Lucien was so leisurely and still able to enter the Nexus Palace to comfort Natasha, he naturally understood that the short war was over and the result was good, so he didn't rush to ask.

Lucien still looked at Fernando worriedly: "Teacher, why do I feel that you are hurt more than the Holy Avenger? It seems to be a step backward?"

It was fine if Fernando didn't show his aura, but as soon as he showed it, Lucien sensed something was wrong.

"The trauma on the soul has spread here, but it is only temporary, and it will recover in a year or two." Fernando said well at first, then suddenly blew his beard and stared, "Although Melmoth is stronger than me, but When I am in a complete state, I will not be injured more seriously than him! This time, I only did not bring two legendary items, and the one-time items such as puppets and clone mirrors prepared in advance were also used to entangle the five saints. Defense The legendary magic was completely broken by them, so they were injured."

This is also the reason why he felt that he might be injured and escape when facing the pope at the third level. After all, there are many legendary items and life-saving defense legendary magic.

According to the fall of many legendary magicians, the ancient magic empire concluded some things that cannot be explained by existing arcane theories. For example, the sword of truth can directly kill souls, and follow the mysterious connection to kill all separated souls. For example, when the purely violent energy attack exceeds a certain limit, the destruction of the soul of the body will also be fed back to the soul fragments in the resurrection device in some mysterious way. If the energy goes up one or two steps, And if the magician fails to make an effective defense, it will even cause a complete fall.

The ancient magicians named it "causal line damage", which is equivalent to part of the curse principle. As for the truth, no one has been able to study it thoroughly.

Regarding the situation at the center of the "Eternal Blazing Sun" explosion, the Supreme Jury's current view is that too much energy will affect time and space, causing confusion in the causal line, so the weight is reduced, fearing that Fernando will be killed together.

Lucien doesn't quite believe this explanation, but he can't think of any other reasons for the time being. He is still far behind in the research of the soul field.

"Yes, yes." Lucien knew that the teacher had always been a magician with strong self-esteem and never praised others, so of course he hurriedly nodded in agreement and changed the subject, "Speaking of which, in order to trap the five saints this time, the council really After years of accumulation have been used, it may not be possible to use this suicide method to achieve miraculous results in the future."

One-time items such as puppets and clone mirrors are equivalent to scrolls in the legendary field. They are much rarer than alchemy items of the same level. The materials required are more rare, and the failure rate of refining is higher. There are only three pieces in total, and they all belong to the legendary magician-the puppet was contributed by Douglas, and the mirror of clone is the collection of Fernando.

"If you want to reduce the loss of your own people, in addition to careful planning, all kinds of emergency preparations, and taking the initiative to defeat the passive, you must be willing to use items and scrolls at critical moments. If you don't want to spend money, you will die!" Fernando said. He looks rich and powerful, but the restless storm in his eyes betrayed his heart, "If there is no clone mirror and puppet, I will take the Robe of the Ruler and sacrifice it to entangle the five saints, but In this way, the council will have to compensate me with a legendary item."

Basically, except for Lucien, legendary items are only owned by legendary powerhouses, but the Magic Council has also organized many operations to explore the demiplane of ancient magicians, bringing those who were lost due to various unexpected encounters The relics of the dead legendary mage were found.

Among them, the legendary items obtained and the legendary items entrusted to be refined from the obtained precious materials are all owned by the council, and are in the hands of the grand arcanist who is on duty in Allinger. Those who have made special contributions to the council or have accumulated huge wealth can exchange them. Members of the Supreme Council can borrow one for a price when they go out or venture out.

There are currently four such public legendary items, and the exchange price is so high that even a legendary magician can’t bear it. There are only two situations in which special contributions are recognized. One is the one that Fernando said, and the other is the confirmed one that can change the times. The arcane theoretical system——this is how Fernando obtained the Dominant Robe.

And a hundred years ago, when a few great arcanists emerged at once, the legendary items of the council were almost not enough. With the development of alien spaces in recent decades, the rare materials obtained increased. After several failures, Only one piece was made by the creator and the master alchemist to fill it up.

At this time, Lucien deeply felt the feeling of beating people to death with money. Although the church was far richer than the parliament, it was still far behind in the field of alchemy.

Fernando didn't say anything else, and asked about the result of the battle: "How many of the five saints died? What was the final result?"

Lucien described the general process, and Fernando sneered coldly as he listened, "If it wasn't for Melmoth, the four saints would have died."

After listening to Lucien's speech, Fernando frowned slightly and said, "It's good that none of our legends has fallen, but it's a bit weird that the new pope has climbed to the level of gods in one fell swoop. If the pope does get the God of Truth Care, why didn't He just kill all the magicians present? Since they have all lowered the divine favor, it is very simple to inflict another divine punishment."

In the past, the pope died at the end of his life, and he had enough time to select and train his successor, but even so, it would take at least a year for the new pope to become a god-like.

"Well, if the Pope is really the spokesperson of the God of Truth on earth and can receive divine grace, then what are the split northern churches and Holm State Church? Why are they still able to perform divine spells? Art'?" Lucien also expressed his doubts.

Fernando pondered: "I thought of something wrong. Since the new pope is the peak of legend within a year, why have the three gods never tried to seize such an opportunity for hundreds of years? The defense of the holy city of Lance You can stop one god-like god, but you can't stop two."

Lucien shook his head. If you ask Yinyue about this kind of thing, you will definitely not get an answer.

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The holy city of Lance, the Great Hall of Light.

Anastas, who has not yet formally taken office, stood in front of the remaining members of the Cardinals with a platinum scepter, and said sadly: "The Magic Council colluded with the demons of the abyss and tried to destroy the world. Fortunately, His Majesty the Pope sacrificed himself and practiced the Lord's order. The way of the abyss has repelled the will of the abyss and saved countless pure spirits. I will inherit his will and completely destroy the evil!"

This is for the characterization and publicity of this incident. The four countries of the Strait and the coastal corridor of the Northland have been lost, and the foundation must be stabilized. A pope who sacrificed himself to save the world must be popular among believers.

Melmoth looked around, feeling sad in his heart. Two of the eight saints fell, one died of betrayal, one became the pope, and only half of them remained. One of the ordinary priests of the Holy Spirit fell, and three were missing. There are only sixteen members left in the entire College of Cardinals. Fortunately, there is still the "King of Angels" who is going to stay in the world for a short time to help the church tide over the difficulties.

"We will inherit the will of His Majesty the Pope and completely eradicate evil!" The members of the College of Cardinals drew a cross on their chests and replied in unison with grief, "Only the truth lasts forever."

Anasta's voice became gentle and solemn: "We have suffered a huge loss, but we must not lose confidence because of it. This is the Lord's test. With the Lord's favor, we will surely win the final victory." Melmos , you go to find Terence and other priests of the Holy Spirit, and tell them that as long as they are willing to repent, the Lord will forgive their sins. gift of the Lord."

Using the gift of the Lord to say this in front of the members of the College of Cardinals is equivalent to truly pardoning Terence and other priests of the Holy Spirit. The hole card is "Abyss Will", and the three priests of the Holy Spirit probably don't know how many secrets he has.

Melmoth showed an admiring expression, and whispered: "Follow the will of the Lord and your orders."

Only by uniting the majority can the church be relieved.

"I'm not yet His Majesty the Pope." Anastas smiled, turned and walked up the steps.

There are not many steps, there are seven steps in total. When Anasta stepped on the first step, the ethereal chant sounded immediately.

Stepping up to the second step, a faint holy light sprinkled down, making the Great Light Hall even brighter.

In the third step, countless dot-like angels emerged, surrounding Anasta.

In the fourth step, the entire holy city of Lance was shrouded in holy light, and all the clergy and believers prostrated and prayed: "...Your way will be walked on the earth, just like walking in your kingdom."

In the fifth step, the projection of Heaven Mountain seems to appear in the sky.

In the sixth step, a beam of holy light shone directly on Anastas.

After taking the seventh step, Anastas, who turned his back to the crowd, became extremely pale, and his left hand trembled uncontrollably like an old man, but everything recovered quickly. He turned around and faced the cardinals Members of the regiment raised their scepters high.

At this time, a majestic and sacred voice descended from an inexplicable height:

"Give you the holy name 'Benedict'!"

Anasta respectfully drew a cross, and the voice resounded in the holy city of Lance:

"From today, I am Benedict III!"

It's the last day, ask for a monthly ticket.