022, the three popes (2)

Seeds of jealousy!

Each of the three popes has a divinity, and although Talos absorbs one of them and uses it to advance to the third rank, he still does not dare to underestimate Claude and Aurora.

Therefore, after some contemplation, he got two plans to deal with Claude, one was to arrange the seeds of jealousy on the holy sword to affect the opponent's spiritual will, and the other was to introduce the opponent into the surface world and strangle him together with the earthly python that had also been promoted to the third order.

Talos had always had good luck, and this time, fate was once again on his side, and the arrival of Sky Domain Pope Aurora gave Claude an extra three points to the possibility of snatching the Holy Sword at all costs.

Although it is unclear why Talos discarded the Holy Sword, as the founder of the Earth God Domain, Claude knows better than anyone how important the Holy Sword plays in the system of belief and magic, and once it falls into the hands of Aurora, it will be difficult for him to have a chance to turn around unless he tears his face and reveals all the truth.

Under the pressure of various needs such as prolonging life, improving strength, and rebuilding the system of belief and magic, as well as the threat of external competition from Aurora to snatch the Holy Sword, Claude did not have time to think about whether there was a trap in it—even if there was one he could not care about now—and almost instinctively struck and grabbed the Holy Sword.

And the faint halo of colorful light reflected by the holy sword itself in the sun's rays made the jealousy seeds attached to it very inconspicuous.

Therefore, without any surprise, the entire twenty-four jealousy seeds were all integrated into Claude's body in an instant.

Twenty-four is the upper limit of Talos's current ability to manipulate the Seed of Envy at one time.

He wasn't sure if Claude, who possessed earthly divinity, would be affected by the seeds of jealousy, so he didn't dare to hold back, so he sowed all the seeds of jealousy that he could control in one go.

"You are the new Pope Minos I of the Ocean God Domain, why did you snatch the treasure of the Earth God Domain, the Holy Sword?"

Seeing that her careful thoughts were in vain, Aurora retracted her wings and landed on the holy mountain with some regret, pointing her finger at Talos, creating the illusion that the action of snatching the holy sword just now was just to protect the treasure, and by the way, reminding Claude that the strange four-armed Naga in front of him was their worst enemy.

He was definitely not Titis, Aurora was sure of that, but more doubts followed.

How did Minos survive the hundreds of papal succession ceremonies they had carried out without any error?

And the other godly knights left quietly while staying in the temple of the Creator, and successfully got promoted and grew a second pair of arms?

The most important thing is that Titis was one of the most powerful people in the world before, how could Minos kill Titis, who had mastered a divine nature?

For a moment, the doubts that kept surging up made Aurora feel a little uneasy, but after all, she was the first life after the ice age of the Terra plane, and she had played with the world for thousands of years as a pope, and soon had an idea, and was ready to join forces with Claude.

It may be presumptuous to say this, but it was true that Aurora hadn't come across something that interested her in a long time, and she might be able to get valuable information from Minos.

However, Claude ignored her.

"Claude VII?" Aurora accentuated her tone as she received no response.

At the same time, Claude, who had been invaded by twenty-four jealousy seeds, had no extra time to pay attention to the outside world.

Claude felt that he was in a bad situation, very bad, to be exact.

Darkness puts a hand into his brain, churning in his brain that carries thousands of years of memories, knowledge, and emotions, and the dark side and desires that have been precipitated in the depths of his mind for years erupt like a volcano that will consume what little bit of sanity may have.

A smooth, hard, and restless egg grows in his mind, and envy, longing, possessiveness, and a sense of disparity all together peck through the eggshell with their long pointed beaks, stuffing his will, mixing self-blame, hatred, and destruction, and finally metamorphosing into something called jealousy.

"Claude, Claude VII......"

"The belief and divine art systems of the Ocean God Domain and the Earth God Domain have all collapsed, and now the Sky God Domain is the only place in the world that has divine magic......"

"Why did the Sky God Domain become the most special one of the three god domains?"

Countless voices flowed into his ears like sewage in a sewer, and Claude tried to block out the sounds, but it was endless, whispering in his ear and whimpering deep in his soul.

After only ten seconds, Claude's sanity was overwhelmed by the wave of jealousy, and he could only spin helplessly in the bubble with the splash of spray everywhere.

Talos smelled jealousy, fermented from twenty-four seeds that dominated Claude's soul and sanity.

Now, no matter how strange and dark things he did, Talos wouldn't find it strange.

The plan worked, and it went far better than expected.

Claude gasped and finally set his eyes on Aurora, there was no doubt that Minos, who had destroyed the belief system of the Earth Domain, was his enemy, but before taking revenge on him, Claude wanted to destroy the belief system of the Sky Domain first, so as to satisfy the jealousy that was constantly clamouring in the depths of his soul and body.

Not only did he know how to destroy it, but the ready-made method was in front of him, Aurora.

"Claude?"

Aurora is not a healer, but she only needs to look at Claude to know that he is in a very bad condition.

His eyes were colorless, and the rest of his body was full of weirdness, wax-colored skin, and no blood-colored lips.

If it weren't for the impossibility, Aurora would have thought that Claude's body had reached the end of her life in just a few seconds.

Either way, Claude's strangeness made Aurora wary, but it was too late.

Dozens of thick emerald green vines burst through the ground and wrapped around the legs, and by the time the first vine wound around Aurora's calves, hideous barbs had grown on them and secreted a slime that exuded an eerie scent.

"Do you know what you're doing right now?"

Frightened and furious, Aurora immediately waved her wings and flew into the sky, but the vines cut by her claws and daggers continued to flow juice, dripping to the ground and becoming new vines, and new thick vines grew from the fractures, which took root and became entwined again.

In the blink of an eye, there were more than three hundred vines wrapped around Aurora's body, each of which was as tough as a rope of cow's tendons, barbs pierced into the skin, secreting venom, and soon the Pope of the Sky Divine Domain was wrapped in hundreds of vines, twisted into a large emerald green cocoon.

The changes on the field saw that several knights of the Divine Domain in the distance were dumbfounded, first Claude VII fought with Minos I, and then with Aurora XXI, what happened in the middle?

Could it really be like what Talos said before, the popes of the two god domains of the earth and the sky were bewitched by the demon god of desire, so they were punished by the creator and deprived all the knights of the god domain of the right to use divine magic.

Otherwise, how should the two things mentioned by Talos be explained one by one.

Taking a step back, if Claude VII was really innocent, why didn't he ask them to join him in the battle with the two popes?

"Confess to the Creator with deeds, and hope that you are not too late. ”

In the midst of everyone's confusion, a mist blew around the Pope of the Sea God Domain, who revealed mystery everywhere, enveloping all the places within ten feet of the surrounding area.

They had been swept into the surface world by this fog before, but this time the fog took on a different effect.

The place shrouded in the fog became wet, and there were condensed droplets everywhere, and the originally sharp ground thorns looked like they had been beaten by wind and rain for more than ten years, losing all their lethality, like soft sand.

Sure enough, with the words, Talos quickly rushed towards the battlefield with the mist beside him, and his tail was never hurt again.

After the last wisps of mist left the place, the dense thorns on the ground became sharp again, and as dry as ever.

Bang!

The sky above the sacred mountain was cloudy, and a lightning bolt thicker than an arm fell from the sky and fell straight on the cocoon of the surging vines.

There was a pop, and the emerald green cocoon was shattered, and from it came the angry howl of the harpy and a large arc of dazzling electric wires that writhed in the air.

The Harpy was greeted by a large area of snow-bright sword light, attacking from four different directions at the same time, each sword light faintly exuding a terrifying chill.

"You-"

Aurora's own strength is on par with Claude's, but she was only caught off guard and was dragged back, as long as she can return to the sky, whether she escapes from the joint siege of two enemies of the same level or relies on the geographical advantage, it is not a problem to summon a lightning storm against the enemy.

The problem is, she doesn't have a chance to return to the sky.

The vines regrow, and under the control of the original desire and jealousy, Claude only has one goal in his mind to kill Aurora and pull the Sky God Domain into the water, ignoring the continuous crackling arc in the air, and urging the earth divinity to make the vines grow wildly.

At the same time, the arc collided with the knife light.

Boom! Boom!

Purple lightning pierced the sky, and three bolts of lightning struck down with a deafening explosion.

The flying vines, dust, and feathers obscured the sight of the other Divine Domain Knights, making it impossible for them to see the fierce battle clearly, but the terrible screams that came from it conveyed a very clear message that the Sky Divine Domain Pope was injured, and it was not light.

The results were soon apparent, and Minos I was seen standing with his sword in his hand—he was the only one of the three popes still standing—and Claude was half-kneeling on the ground, his clothes somewhat tattered from the thunderbolt, and he was in an unprecedented mess.

As for Aurora, she was the most miserable one, her left wing had been cut off by two-thirds, the remnants fluttered like a chicken, and her golden feathers were scattered all over the ground, never to fly again.