Throne of Magical Arcana

The holy city of Reims.

The entire Great Hall of Light fell into unspeakable solemnity and silence, and the quiet atmosphere seemed to be frozen. Regardless of whether they participated in the operation to capture the artificial planet or not, all members of the Cardinals lowered their noble heads, preparing to welcome the Pope. anger.

This operation was too much of a failure. It was doomed to fail from the very beginning, making the adventure of the Pope meaningless. Someone must take responsibility 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 the status, the greater the power they have. The closer you are to the Lord, the faster your strength will improve, which is an essential dependence, so the punishment you receive is not an insignificant symbol.

Moreover, before they mastered the mysteries of faith, previous popes still had the "divine means" of "excommunication". The priests of the holy spirit who were used would sever their connection with Mount Paradise and could only use their own "heart of faith" And it cannot be replenished, and it will soon become a legend with no layers and no strength.

The status of legendary magicians comes entirely from their own strength, even if they lose their status as members of the highest council, it will not affect anything. Their reliance on the magic council lies in the integration of resources, the environment of arcane and magic research, so It must be a lot more detached, and being punished will not hurt the bones.

This is also one of the reasons why there are many factions in the parliament and internal conflicts cannot be eliminated. The detachment of the legends has advantages and disadvantages.

Among the members of the College of Cardinals, Philip was the most anxious. This time the plan was completed by him alone. Benedict III gave him the greatest freedom, even becoming a part of his plan, but he messed up the matter!

The violent sound when the artificial planet exploded was like the ridicule and malicious laughter of the Magic Council, which always echoed in Philip's heart, making him unable to let go of it for a long time.

Even if he is a newly-promoted priest of the Holy Spirit, a "young man" who has the potential and hope to become a saint, a die-hard Pope, he has to consider how to bear the anger of the Pope and how to avoid "losses" to the greatest extent.

Although after Pope Viken condensed and stabilized the "people's hearts" inside the church by how to use the believers' emotions to transform their physical state and how to use the power of faith, they all had initial gains, and they could steal the power of faith by themselves, and their strength greatly increased. Growth, no longer afraid of "excommunication", but this also means that their dependence on the church organization has increased!

Compared with those strong people who need to sneak and work hard to collect emotional power and spread faith, they are many times happier with the organization of the God of Truth, and they can steal the power of faith proportionally from the parishes they control every day. , there is no need to do more things. If you are punished and transferred to a remote small parish, it will be an extremely serious loss!

Pope Benedict III wore a holy crown on his gray head, held a platinum scepter in his hand, and stared at the members of the College of Cardinals with indifferent eyes, without saying a word for five minutes.

His god-like coercion didn't radiate, but the invisible pressure made the whole hall stand still, preventing every member of the Cardinals from speaking.

Suddenly, he sighed softly: "What happened this time has nothing to do with you, it's not your fault, the plan is actually close to perfection, and the great arcanist was successfully transferred and restrained, it's all because the evil magicians are too big Cunning, actually arranged this kind of weird self-explosion device on the artificial planet."

His calm tone and characterization of the incident melted the frozen atmosphere, and Philip heaved a long sigh of relief, filled with sincere gratitude. His Majesty the Pope is indeed broad-minded, far-sighted, and understands the truth.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now? Plan another similar operation?" Philip deliberately asked questions he knew the answer to, so as to shift the focus of the discussion and no longer dwell on past failures.

Benedict III didn't seem to know his little thoughts, and said in a moderate voice: "Until we understand the weirdness of that self-destruct device, all similar plans will have no chance of success."

"Your Majesty the Pope is right. If the magic effect is eliminated, it will explode instead. It is still such a powerful explosion. It cannot be underestimated. If you don't figure out the reason, maybe someone will fall because of it next time." "Angel of the Wind" Estella was a little scared and said that if the power of self-destruction was close to the level of "Eternal Blazing Sun", I and the others would probably be finished—since the man-made planet that is not a legendary item can emit an explosion of "atomic fission" level, "Eternal Blazing Sun" "Yang" is not without that slight possibility.

Melmoth also nodded: "Unless the 'God's Eye' descends and is controlled by divine magic such as 'God's Hourglass', I can't think of any other way other than forceful capture, and forceful capture takes too long. It's going to turn things into an all-out melee."

One of the six seraphs, "God's Eye" Alvin, is the only two strongmen in the Church of Truth who can use time-stop magic - the other is naturally Pope Viken.

His ability to control "time and space" seems to come from the "God of Truth", so even the knight who inherited his blood and Estella who has the power of "Angel of the Wind" can't create a real time stop effect , at best it can slow down and speed up "time".

"We can use a more roundabout and more concealed method." 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 use them... ..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but every member of the cardinals present understood what it meant, and it was no different from stealing secrets and carrying out assassinations through spies before.

At the original emergency meeting, Benedict III "told" them the before and after of Truth, and described the "Sun King" Thanos as the God of Truth, the supreme son who descended to the ground, and the God of Truth, the Pope The Holy Son of the Trinity, who tried to destroy the evil magic empire and redeem the world, described his research process of exploring the mysteries of the gods as being inspired by the "God of Truth" and awakened his memory experience, and compared his last experiment failure with Heaven Mountain Merging, losing all self-consciousness is described as saving the world, opening the immortal secret room, awakening the human heart, and thus self-sacrificing and returning to the "God of Truth".

Such a "story" can only make the members of the Cardinals dubious, but Viken's point is not to fabricate the story, but to let them understand that the "God of Truth" is indeed the true God who has the highest power, but fell into a deep sleep. This can be confirmed from the majestic power of Mount Paradise, coupled with the fact that Viken took the initiative to announce the mysteries of gods and beliefs, so they naturally "believe it".

And Viken did not hide from them that they secretly spread god-like methods, and they did not resist it. Anyway, they and others have a huge area of ​​faith control, and they don't need to compete with others. Their help makes this struggle more tragic and beneficial to themselves - if they unite, there will be a pope here who can perform the divine descent technique!

Pope Benedict III shook his head: "I didn't ask for anything when I gave them the god-like method, and they won't do anything for us that is against their interests. In fact, I'm more willing to do so when they are close to success When the time comes, when the fragrant flowers are in full bloom, things will get really interesting and we'll have a bigger harvest, so I don't want their 'efforts' to be seen for the artificial planet thing."

"Don't you just give up?" Philip was a little disappointed.

Benedict III smiled and said: "If they take the initiative to disclose and seek an exchange, that would be another matter. I know that the 'Reporting Death Bird' is eager to obtain a certain amount of power of faith, and he hides himself very well, even Exposed, there are also scapegoats, and besides, I still need to meet someone, maybe I can directly get the secret of the artificial planet from him..."

Having said that, he stopped talking and announced the end of the meeting of the College of Cardinals.

Although Melmoth, Maria, Katie, Estella and the others were full of doubts and wondered who the "Reporting Death Bird" and the Pope wanted to see in the end, they had to suppress all their thoughts , quietly left the Great Hall of Light.

The number of words in this chapter is a bit short, I will add it tomorrow~