Chapter 529 "The King of Angels" (First Update)
Octave opened his mouth, and just as he was about to speak, a soft holy light in his body suddenly lit up, devouring his whole body along with his soul.
When the light mass turned into a dot of light and disappeared, all traces of Octaf's previous existence here were erased, just like the previous Night's Watch Captain Lund.
"What the hell is this?" Richard frowned, watching Octaf's death but powerless to stop it.
Lucian put his hands in the pockets of his long black trench coat and said solemnly: "The 'angel coming' on them is not only a 'gift' to enhance their strength in a short period of time, but also an irreversible 'poison' at critical moments.
After stunning Octave with a punch with his left hand, Lucian didn't feel anything, but on the other side, Averes' battle teasing Lund changed, Lund suddenly received the power blessing of "Angel Coming", and instantly gained the upper hand.
Therefore, Lucian did not try to move and wake Octave and bring him back to Alinge for slow interrogation, but directly took advantage of the opportunity of the "angelic power" being briefly suppressed by the aura of the mysterious existence of the Silver Moon and the Necromancer to obtain information through dream casting.
Richard shook his head unacceptably, "How could the Lord's favored one use such a method against the Lord's servants?"
This was exactly the same as what the devil and the devil did to their worshippers, and it could make himself, an eighth-level cardinal, unable to lift, obviously not something an ordinary angel could do - the pure holy light just now made him have no doubt about the source of power.
"Angels are only God's favorites, messengers, but they do not necessarily represent God, just like Octave's fallen pope can use divine descendants, which may be a test of the God of truth." Lucian took advantage of Richard's somewhat confusing opportunity to deliberately confuse the logic and continue to guide him to think in the direction he wanted.
Richard's blue eyes, which are the most common in the Kingdom of Holm, looked at Octave's disappearing ground and muttered, "Is that 'prophet' really the 'king of angels' coming? Can the Reformation really be completed through the Pope and the College of Cardinals?"
"At least from Octave's subconscious, he believed through something that it was indeed the 'King of Angels' coming." Lucian was a little puzzled about this, when he first heard Octave say the title "Great Prophet" in his dream, he thought it was the "Lord of Hell" The old friend appeared again, and he was even more sure of his relationship with Thalder, but Octave's undoubted attitude towards the prophet made Lucian question, at least the Lord of Hell himself could not directly steal the power of the God of Truth, and had to go through high-level devout believers.
So the "King of Angels", the legendary Heaven Mountain second only to the God of Truth and has a record of advent, although he may only have the strength of the legendary peak, one level worse than the Lord of Hell, but he will not be directly blinded by him.
Perhaps, the Great Prophet is just a puppet pushed out by the Lord of Hell, or is there another planner, such as Sald?
Lucian thought about these things and continued: "And, Bishop Richard, your Reformation program advocates returning the interpretation of the Scriptures to the devout faithful, so why rely on top-down reforms from the pope and the College of Cardinals? You should mobilize the believers, rely on the believers, and use their ocean-like power to break down all the obstacles that block the passage of faith, which may be the purpose of the God of Truth's test, and perhaps this is why He does not prevent the division between the north and south of the church."
Richard turned his head and looked at Lucian in a daze, he had never thought about the reason why the church was divided between the north and south but could obtain divine magic from this perspective, and after thinking about it, he shook his head and said: "The pope and the cardinal conference have mastered the extraordinary power given by the Lord, and the believers without power, only the middle and lower clergy, the reform will have no effect, unless the Lord can take back the magic from them and give power to every believer."
"Bishop Richard, your definition of believers is too narrow, are the nobles believers? Are the Sky Knights, Golden Knights, and Epic Knights believers? As long as your reforms are in line with their desire to communicate directly with the Lord's Spirit, and if you can mobilize them, coupled with a small number of sober members of the College of Cardinals, you may not be able to experiment with your reform program on a small scale." Lucian didn't say it too clearly, but just clicked slightly, "At that time, you will be a unique saint and radiant in the history of the church, and you may be favored by the God of truth and become His true earthly spokesperson."
Lucian himself had no belief in the divine aspect, so naturally he could not understand a devout bishop like Richard, so he habitually tempted him with power, fame and fortune, and his position on Heaven Mountain after death.
Richard listened to Lucian's words, and his slightly cloudy blue eyes lit up suddenly: "Yes, rely on the believers and mobilize the believers, they are the foundation of the existence of the Heaven Mountain, and they are the true favor of the Lord!"
Lucian couldn't help but wipe his "cold sweat", his half-hanging was mixed with too many other things, and he couldn't imagine what Richard's final Reformation program and roadmap would look like.
Without further delay, fearing that the fall of Octave and Lund would arouse the alarm of the "Great Prophet", Lucian and Africe let Richard fully open the magic circle and left the "Church of Salvation".
Avery walked beside Lucian in grief and inexplicability, her translucent amber eyes filled with deep sadness, and she kept muttering: "My booty, my spoils of war......"
Lund was swallowed by the Holy Light, leaving nothing behind, and most of the valuable things on Octaf's body were destroyed under Lucian's "Elemental Order", so Africe did not get any treasure.
Lucian smiled and patted it: "I will leave the scroll of the 'Ultimate Orb of Destruction', and the remaining items of Octaf belong to you."
Avery moved his ears, immediately turned around, threw himself to Lucian's side, stuck out his tongue, and licked his hand affectionately: "Boss, sign me for another hundred years!"
Where can I find such a generous good partner?
Averes wanted to lock Lucian in his own home, urging him to write papers every day!
Lucian was so embarrassed by this shameless crystal dragon that he threw those items to it and quickly withdrew his hand.
Averis opened the storage bag that Lucian had temporarily used to hold these items, poured the treasure into his palm with his eyes shining, and licked it one by one with his tongue, as if this would leave his own imprint.
After licking, Avery asked flatteringly while confidently counting the treasures: "Lucian, I didn't expect you to have such a deep understanding of dreams?"
"In the study, but a lot of it just now was a random far-fetched idea." Lucian said without caring.
Avery glanced at Lucian strangely: "Aren't you afraid of drawing wrong conclusions?"
"There is no problem with a few key points, Octave is so impressed by this that it takes almost no skill to analyze the reaction in the dream, as for the rest, if he says it wrong, he says it wrong, what does his psychological condition have to do with me? Am I still responsible for his mental health?" Lucian laughed.
Africe ignored this question anymore, continued to count the cute treasures, and said angrily: "Lucian, they actually said that I am your familiar, it's too much, we are obviously partners!"
"Yes, buddy." Lucian replied casually.
Africe thought for a while and asked curiously: "For magicians, are familiars more important, I think except for a few mages, there are familiars."
It only learns the theories it is "interested in" and has no idea about "familiars" that may share its treasures.
"I guess so, familiars are an extension of the magician's body, the magician's eyes and ears......" Lucian probably talked about the role of familiars.
As he spoke, Avery stopped speaking, and Lucian looked at it strangely, seeing that it was looking at himself with bright and bright eyes.
Avery slammed to Lucian's side and licked his left hand affectionately:
"Boss, take me as a familiar!"
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After finally getting rid of Afrith, Lucian returned to his magic tower and initiated communication with Natasha.
「…… When Richard sorts out his thoughts, I will summon him and talk to him, and if it is really in our interests and the nobles, I will propose to Sald to make him the royal archbishop." Hearing Lucian's voice, Natasha was in a good mood, but she did not make a rash decision.
After testing Sald's reaction, almost everyone who should know knew that she and Lucian still maintained a "friendship", and Natasha was not afraid to communicate with Alinge, but just wanted to control the frequency.
Lucian was also amused by this, he had to go to the Royal Magic Tower of Holm carefully some time ago, and he didn't expect the changes to be so much faster than planned.
"Royal archbishop?" Lucian didn't really understand this position.
Natasha explained with a smile: "The archbishop who is responsible for guiding the religious issues within the royal family, the royal castle and the private church inside the manor are under his jurisdiction, but all along, my grandfather was in poor health and relied on the treatment of the Holy Spirit priest, so the royal archbishop was concurrently served by the diocesan cardinal, but in fact, they can be separated, and I have a certain say in the candidate for this position."
Lucian immediately understood that this should be the position set up by the church to control the royal family before the Magic Council could compete with the church, but now it was used by Natasha.
"Natasha, do you have any ideas now about what direction you want the situation in the Kingdom of Holm to develop, so that the council and I can cooperate." Lucian asked in a soft voice.
Natasha chuckled: "It's better to talk about this question in person, Lucian, I will think of you when I see the moonlight these days."
She expresses her feelings boldly and directly.
Lucian was happy and sweet and a little indulgent speechless, isn't this what a man should say?
(End of this chapter)