The holy city of Reims.
The entire Great Light Hall fell into an indescribable 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 the members of the Cardinal Conference lowered their noble heads, ready to meet the wrath of the Pope.
This operation was so unsuccessful that it was doomed from the beginning, making the adventure of the Pope's crown meaningless, 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 less detached, their own status and authority will limit the extent of their strength growth, the higher their status, the greater the power they hold, the closer they are to the Lord, the faster their strength increases, which is essential dependence, so the punishment they receive is not an insignificant symbol.
Moreover, before they mastered the mystery of faith, successive popes also had a "divine-given method" called "excommunication", and the used Holy Spirit pastor would sever ties with Heaven Mountain, and could only use his own "heart of faith" and could not replenish it, and soon became a legend with no level and no power.
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 they must be much more transcendent, and being punished will not hurt their bones.
This is one of the reasons why there are many factions within the council and internal contradictions cannot be eliminated.
Benedict III gave him the greatest freedom, and even himself became a part of his plan, but he messed things up!
The violent sound of the artificial planet self-destructing was like the mocking and malicious laughter of the Magic Council, which always echoed in Philip's mind, making him unable to let go for a long time.
Even if he is a new Holy Spirit pastor, a "young man" with the potential and hope of becoming a saint, a hardcore papal faction, has to consider how to take on the wrath of the Pope and think about how to avoid "losses" to the greatest extent.
Although Pope Wicken used how to use believers' emotions to transform their physical states and how to use the power of faith to unite and stabilize the "people's hearts" within the church, they all initially gained that they could steal the power of faith on their own, and their strength increased greatly, and they were no longer afraid of "excommunication", but this also meant that their dependence on the church as an organization increased!
Compared with those strong people who need to secretly and painstakingly collect emotional power and spread faith, they are many times happier with the organization of the Church of Truth, and they can openly steal the power of faith from the diocese they control every day in proportion to it, without having to do more.
Pope Benedict III, with a sacred crown on his pale head and a platinum scepter in his hand, stared indifferently at the members of the cardinal conference 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 stagnant, making every member of the cardinal order dare not speak.
Suddenly, he sighed softly: "This matter 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 away and restrained.
His calm tone and characterization of the event melted the frozen atmosphere, and Philip breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, overflowing with sincere gratitude.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now? Plan a similar operation again?" Philip deliberately asked questions he knew the answer to, so as to divert the focus of the discussion and stop dwelling on past failures.
Benedict III seemed to be unaware of his careful thoughts, and said in a low voice: "Until we understand the strangeness of that self-destruct device, all similar plans are unlikely to succeed."
"His Majesty the Pope is right, the magic effect will explode when it is eliminated, or such a powerful explosion, it really cannot be taken lightly, if we don't figure out the reason, maybe someone will fall next time." "Angel of the Wind" Estella was a little afraid of the tunnel, if the power of the self-detonation at that time was close to the level of "Eternal Blazing", I was afraid that he and others would be over - since an artificial planet that is not a legendary item can emit an "atomic fission" level explosion, "Eternal Blazing" is not without that small possibility.
Melmos also nodded: "Unless the 'Eye of God' descends and uses divine techniques such as 'God's Hourglass' to control it, I can't think of any other way than forcibly capture, and forcibly capturing takes too long, which will turn things into an all-out melee."
One of the six seraphim, "Eye of God" Alvin, is the only two strong people in the Truth Cult who can use the Time Stop Divine Technique - the other one 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 bloodline and Estella, who has the power fusion of the "Angel of the Wind", cannot create a true time stop effect, at most it can slow down and speed up "time".
"We can use more roundabout and hidden methods." Philip looked at Benedict III, "Your Majesty, the god-like methods you secretly announced should have shaken the minds of some high-ranking magicians, right? We can ...... through them."
Before he finished speaking, every member of the cardinal conference present understood what it meant, and it was no different from the previous espionage to steal secrets and carry out assassinations.
At the original emergency meeting, Benedict III "told them" about the Truth Religion, describing the "Sun King" Thanos as the God of Truth, the Son of the Supreme Being who descended to the earth, and the God of Truth and the Holy Son of the Holy Trinity of the Pope, trying to destroy the evil magic empire and redeem the world. to open the immortal chamber, awaken the human heart, and thus sacrifice himself and return to the "God of Truth".
Such a "story" can only make the members of the cardinal conference skeptical, but Viken's focus is not to make up stories, but to let them understand that the "God of Truth" is indeed the true God who holds the highest power, but has fallen into a deep sleep.
Anyway, they have a huge area of faith control, so they don't need to compete with others, they can watch them compete with each other, and make this struggle more tragic and beneficial to themselves through the help of different forces - if they unite, there is a pope here who can perform god-descending techniques!
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 contrary to their interests, in fact, I would be more willing to do so, when they are close to success, when fragrant flowers bloom and bloom, things will become very interesting, and we will have greater gains, so I don't want their 'efforts' to be detected for the sake of artificial planets."
"Are you going to give up?" Philip was a little disappointed.
Benedict III smiled and said: "If they take the initiative to reveal and seek an exchange, that's another matter, I know that the 'Dead Bird' desperately wants to get a certain amount of faith, and he hides himself very well, even if he is exposed, there is a substitute for the dead, in addition, I want to meet someone, maybe I can get the secret of the artificial planet directly from him......"
At this point, he stopped speaking and announced the end of the meeting of the College of Cardinals.
Although Melmos, Maria, Kati, Estilla and others were full of doubts and curious about who the last person they wanted to see with the "Dead Bird" and His Majesty the Pope, they had to suppress all their thoughts and left the Great Light Hall quietly.
The word count of this chapter is a bit small, so I will make up for it tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)