019, treacherous schemes
Outside, all the Elders and Knights of the Sea God Domain sealed off the Creator Temple to provide the safest environment for the Pope's Succession Ceremony.
Traditionally, this process usually takes eight days - the first day is the inheritance ceremony, and the next seven days are the second pair of arms for the strength promotion to become the four-armed Naga - after which the Ocean God Domain and the Naga will usher in the first male pope in history, Minos I.
Standing in the guard position with the pentadent in hand, Deborah asked her friend, another knight of the Divine Domain, Antonella, to pinch her arm hard, and did not care about the pain caused by it, because it was exactly what she needed, to help clear her mind quickly and come out of the shock of Talos becoming pope.
However, today was destined to be a day of ups and downs, and not long after the papal succession ceremony began, Deborah noticed that something was disappearing from her body, and then she was horrified to find that it was a magic technique necessary for a knight of the Divine Domain.
The magic is gone!
Creator, what did she do wrong to deserve such severe punishment, because she had a bad heart for the new Pope a few days ago?
Systematic theories such as the female knight's subconscious repentance, deep belief in the Creator, and the attribution of divine magic to the gods made Deborah instinctively blame herself for the mistake.
What she didn't know was that all the divine skills of the Knights of the Divine Domain came from the Pope's gift, not the Creator, and with the death of the Pope, the entire system of belief and divine magic in the Sea Divine Domain collapsed.
Just as Deborah panicked at the loss of her magical powers, a mist suddenly appeared from her side and swept her in.
The next second, Deborah met Talos, the new pope in scaly armor with four arms, and a school of three-eyed octopuses that she had seen before roaming around.
Minoan ...... I!" Deborah didn't bother to pay attention to where this was, she just wanted to tell Talos the terrible fact that she had lost her magic skills, but before her brain could organize her language, Talos's new four-armed image made her be the first to exclaim, "You've grown a second pair of arms!"
Doesn't it take seven days to go from two arms to four arms?
Under the shock of unconventional facts, Deborah's brain became even more confused.
Talos chuckled lightly and said triumphantly, "Yes, but only for ordinary Naga, and not only that, but I was once again inspired by the Apocalypse in the course of the papal inheritance ceremony that I just completed, and received an oracle. β
Thanks to the Pope's prowess in the field of theology, Talos easily imitated him, presenting the image of a prophet who could speak to the gods: "A great change is sweeping the world, beginning with the domain of the sea, then the realm of the earth and the realm of the sky. β
"Butβ"
Deborah wanted to tell Talos about the changes that happened to her as soon as possible, but when she thought that the other party was no longer a member of the Divine Domain, but the supreme pope, she had to endure it and wait patiently for the other party to finish speaking first.
"I know what you're trying to say?" Talos pointed out Deborah's problem without hesitation, "It's not just you, all the Elders and Knights of the Ocean Realm have lost the ability to unleash their magic from today. β
"O Creatorβ" Deborah felt the world spin around and felt that all the weight that should have been surprising for the next year had been used up early today, "that was horrible, and my consciousness was that we had done something wrong?"
"No, it has nothing to do with you, as I said, a great change is about to sweep the whole world. Talos didn't need to explain much, not only because no one dared to question the papal status, but also because the "half-talked" way of speaking helped to maintain religious mystery, "Now I have a very important task for you. β
"I'm going to do it beautifully, Your Majesty!" said Deborah.
"During my absence, the Ocean God Domain may welcome two strangers to visit, and with your strength, you probably won't be able to detect it. But it doesn't matter, I don't think they will hurt you either. If something happens that is beyond your control, remember to talk to me about this. β
Talos said as he took out a magic prop from the spatial ring, a two-way mirror, and with the experience of descending on the Afalon plane, he was not fully prepared for this plane descent.
The purpose of the two popes of the earth and sky is the Holy Grail and the divinity of the sea, and more than anyone else, they have to maintain the belief system they have built up in the Terra plane over the years, and they will never openly take the lead in violating the Supreme Code, such as injuring a knight of the sea god's domain.
Maybe they're thinking about how to divide up the Naga faith.
"Your mission is to help me observe the movements and reactions of the other Divine Realm elders and knights during this time, and for this reason, I now authorize you to become the Interim Inspector. I need your detailed debriefing when I return. β
"Yes!" Deborah was puzzled, but in the end she chose the most curious, "Your Majesty, you need to go out?"
It was a tradition for the Pope to sit in the realm of the gods, and as far as Deborah knew, Titis VIII never left Asgher a step after becoming Pope.
"You know, Deborah, there are things that only I, a knight of the apocalypse, can do, and that you fight evil in the name of the Creator to save the world today, and I am destined to save the world tomorrow, the kind that cannot be delayed for a second. β
Originating from the Pope's memory, Talos was deeply aware of the true strength of the two Popes of the Earth and the Sky, at least the peak of the Third Order, and after the joint blessing of divinity and treasures, the combat power was even more terrifying.
If it weren't for the fact that Talos had soul fire, and the Pope was too confident and underestimated the enemy, he rushed directly into his brain with divinity, and he would not have capsized in the gutter and planted in the hands of him, a bloodline knight with only second-order strength.
Therefore, if you want to deal with the two popes, or even seize the divinity and treasures on their bodies, facing the enemy head-on is definitely the worst idea.
It will take a while for Talos to learn or level up the existing combat specialty, and as for the bloodline specialty, it will only be considered after the end of the plane.
Hiding in the Watch World was Talos' first reaction, as long as there was enough food, the Watch World was definitely the safest place in the world, but he eventually rejected the idea.
Since the knights of the Sea God Domain have lost their divine skills, why not pull the Earth God Domain and the Sky God Domain to the same level, in fact, when this idea was born, Talos quickly thought of a "treacherous plan".
The belief and divine system established by the three popes requires the joint maintenance of divinity, treasures, faith and souls, all of which are indispensable, and the role of treasures is to cooperate with the magic circle to absorb souls, and cannot leave the scope of the Creator Temple.
Now sensing that the emperor has changed, the other two popes are on their way to the Ocean God Domain quickly, but due to various restrictions, the Holy Sword and the Holy Crown must remain in the Earth and Sky God Domain.
If Talos can take advantage of this, he can at least take advantage of the two popes' absences to snatch a treasure, or more precisely, the holy sword.
As a weapon, the Holy Sword can be used against enemies, and as food, the Holy Sword can be used to eat and increase strength, and Talos prefers the latter, eating, based on the Pope's memories and the initial understanding of the Holy Grail just now.
From the very beginning, Talos had great doubts about whether the three treasures really met the conditions of the main material plane treasures, and now, he can say with great certainty that although they are not treasures, they can be classified as treasure prototypes, at least master-level works, and the frost steel scimitar hanging from his waist is the same level of props.
In the case of the Holy Grail, as Deborah said, it has the ability to make holy water to help regenerate severed limbs, but that's about it.
The tsunami was in fact the result of the Pope's forcible urging with the help of the Ocean Divinity and the Water Elemental Plane, and judging from the Pope's residual memory, it was a very difficult and dangerous thing.
And what really prompted Talos to make the decision to eat the holy sword was because the use of the Holy Grail required the consumption of the power of faith, God knows that what Talos lacked the most was the power of faith, and the refining of soul fire and stripping away the original desire had already consumed the power of faith that he had worked so hard to collect.
It may still be possible to offer a holy grail, but as for the holy sword or holy crown, it is really powerless.
Moreover, Talos, who had just been promoted to the third order, was already standing on the opposite side of the two popes, and it was imperative to improve his strength with the help of the Holy Sword and the Holy Crown.
"Alright, you go back now, pretend that nothing happened, and remember the mission. β
Another fog lifted, and Deborah reappeared in place, and if it weren't for the extra small round mirror in her hand, she would have thought that what had just happened was just an illusion.