The eastern side facing the sea is almost perpendicular to the sea level, as if it had been cut in half from top to bottom by a great god with a knife, and the west side facing the inland side was still quite steep, although it had a certain slope. This unique geographical structure has formed a natural advantage that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. This is one of the reasons why the first popes built the Papal Palace, the ruling center of the Holy Illuminati, on the Mount of Light.

The magic energy in the west, south, and north has been destroyed, and the city at the foot of the Bright Mountain, known as the "Holy City", has been lifted from several magical enchantments that originally protected it, and the entire city is as if it is undefended, exposed under the arms of the dark force.

However, even if the Holy City falls, for the Central Church, the loss is only a drop in the bucket. In the final analysis, the "city of myths" is nothing more than an appendage that accompanies the papal palace, and from another point of view, the holy city is only one of the barriers to protect the papal palace, and it does not matter at all whether the city falls or not, as long as the papal palace is still defended.

The vampire lord who led the army to attack the Holy City, the vampire prince Dekra, certainly understood the mystery. He wasted no time and went straight to the foot of the Bright Mountain, for the prince, the Papal Palace was not only the location of the last magical energy, as he said before the expedition: "It is time to settle the account with the hypocrites of the Central Church!"

At the entrance to the foot of the Pope's Mountain, outside the first gate, the Papal Guard has been waiting here for a long time.

Compared with the other armed forces of the Central Church, the number of the Pope's personal guards is small, only about 100 people, but each of them is the elite of the elite, not only experienced in a hundred battles and superior in strength, but also all of them have undergone multiple scrutiny and are absolutely loyal to His Majesty the Pope. More than half of the 24 Prayer Knights and 36 Blessed Knights of the Central Church are in the Papal Guard. Most of these members of the Papal Guard are enthusiastic young people who are proud to serve the Pope and regard becoming a member of the Papal Guard as a "sacred ideal." Their ruler was a cardinal named Felizak.

Compared to other cardinals, Felizak's tall, muscular frame and straight-standing posture often led people to mistake him for a knight in a priest's robe. Actually, this is not a misunderstanding, because Felizak was originally a knight. Raised by the church, he received a qiē knight training in the training camp on Key Island since he was a child, but unfortunately the providence made people, and Filizak, who had already been promoted to a church knight, no matter how good his swordsmanship was, he was never able to break through the bottleneck of the knight, and he couldn't practice the battle spirit. However, Philip Zak was not a rigid person, and if one path did not work, he went another way and turned to specialize in magic. Surprisingly, Felizak is a genius of light magic, and after a series of special training, he has quickly climbed to the pinnacle of the priest of light, the cardinal. The current Filizak is similar to the battle mage of the Snowy Federation, with armor under the priest's robe, a long sword in one hand, and a cross in the other.

Seeing 300 vampires murderously towards Guangming Mountain from a distance, Filizak was not only not the slightest nervous, but still suspected that the other party was coming too slowly. Felizak believes that he is absolutely capable of killing all the invading vampires, including the Vampire Prince. This kind of self-confidence is not without merit, but as the commander of the Pope's personal guard, he knows better than anyone else about the defensive power of this papal palace.

The destruction of the three magical energy sources in the Holy City has no effect on the magic enchantment that protects the Pope's Palace, because the magical energy in the Pope's Palace is the largest and most important. To put it bluntly, the three magical energies in the Holy City are just stained with the light of the Pope's Palace, and some of the enchantments of the Pope's Palace are induced to protect the Holy City. The combined strength of those enchantments in the Holy City was not even one-tenth of the enchantments of the Pope's Palace. If the enchantment of the Holy City can greatly weaken and continuously burn vampires, then the enchantment of the Pope's Palace can crush it in an instant. Even if it is not a dark creature that invades the Pope's Palace, as long as it is recognized by the barrier as an invading enemy, it will be bombarded by thunder.

The prince's troops stopped in front of the mountain gate. It was impossible to invade from the air, so the mountain gate was the only place where the Papal Palace could be attacked. Felizak and the Vampire Prince confronted each other in the air, both with a mocking sneer on their faces. After more than a thousand years of investigation, the prince knew the power of the magic enchantment of the Pope's Palace, and he did not order his subordinates to make senseless sacrifices. The prince took something out of his clothes - it was a necklace, and at the pendant was a cross with a halo of light.

"What? how can you have ......" Filizak wondered if he had read it wrong, and involuntarily reached under his neck. He recognized the necklace as not an ordinary ornament, but a "sacred pendant"—a treasure that only successive Papal Guards commanders were entitled to wear, exactly the same one he now wore around his neck. As long as there is the protection of the sacred pendant, no one will be harmed and restricted by the enchantment of the Papal Palace, even if the wearer is a demon!

Could it be that there are two sacred pendants, or is what he has in his hand just an outward-looking replica?

After confirming that his sacred pendant was not lost, Felizak couldn't help but have such a question in his mind. However, no doubt could compare to the panic in his heart at this time. If the opponent really has a sacred pendant in his hand, it will mean that the Pope's Palace enchantment is useless.

"Thank you, Mika. The prince kissed the sacred pendant and put it on his chest.

Although he had the sacred pendant, his subordinates did not, so the prince did not give the order to attack, but looked up at the sky. There, in addition to the torrential rain and thunder and lightning clouds, there was also what he was looking forward to.

"The timing was just right. The prince smiled.

"Stop! I don't want to fight you!" Listen to me......" Sophia tried her best to persuade the paladin William Mano's onslaught.

"You go to the detention room and be cunning!" William didn't give Sophia a chance to defend at all, and a set of continuous sword and shield combat skills forced Sophia to retreat.

Sophia took a few steps back, and the blow she had just resisted made her left arm ache faintly, and the tiger's mouth on her right wrist almost cracked. Facing the menacing paladin, Sophia's situation is very bad.

Although Sophia's sword skills have made great progress after many battles, she is still unable to fight against the paladin at the top of the knights, and if she uses the power of the Stigmata, it will be easy to defeat William, but she can't control the power of the stigmata freely, and if she doesn't control it properly, she will take William's life at any time. William didn't come across as a sinister and cunning person, and Sophia had no intention of intervening in the war between the vampires and the Central See, using the power of stigmata to harm a paladin of the gods of light, something she couldn't do. Sophia could handle it with the Valkyrie powers in between, but the Valkyrie's soul could only awaken when she was faced with a life-or-death situation.

So that's where Sophia's headache comes in. If she hesitates like this for a long time, sooner or later Sophia will be captured and become a prisoner of the ranks.

William, however, had no scruples. This delicate-looking girl was able to resist him for so long, William appreciated her strength very much, but the appreciation was wrong, but unfortunately she was on the wrong side and chose to become the enemy of the God of Light. He could only feel deep pity for her.

"Huhuhuhuhu......"

William's sword and shield danced continuously, and he used a combination of sword skills to attack Sophia, and he would not give Sophia a chance to breathe.

Suddenly!

A strange sensation invaded the minds of the two. It was an awe-inspiring pressure from the bottom of my heart, a powerful pressure that fell from the sky and almost brought people to their knees.

The two of them stopped under this coercion.

"What strange force?" William looked at the sky in surprise.

"Is this pressure a ......" Compared with William's shock, Sophia felt that this kind of pressure was both strange and familiar.

Are Sophia and William Mano the only ones who feel the oppression?

The citizens hiding in the shelter, although they are protected by Sophia's protective barrier, the coercion still penetrates through the barrier, hitting everyone's heart hard. The children were howling with fear, many were shivering, and the faint-hearted were already peeing their pants, barely holding on, and kept rowing crosses, begging for forgiveness from the God of Light.

......

The area south of the city where there is fierce fighting. The bats flying all over the sky ignored Melissa and fled under this coercion.

Although they have human souls sealed in their bodies, their bodies are nothing more than ordinary bats, and the instinct of wild beasts largely governs the movement of bats, and it is also instinctive to flee when they find danger.

As for Melissa's opponent, Cardinal Gerabino, the crisis is even more felt.

"What is this pressure?" said Hrabino, casting his gaze to the sky.

......

At the gates of the city, the inquisition cavalry, which was attacking, was forced to interrupt the battle because of the frenzy of their horses.

The cavalrymen tried to calm the frightened horses and prevent them from escaping, but several horsemen were still left behind by their mounts.

"What's going on?" Judge General Sixtus looked at the sky, feeling that events had unfolded beyond expectations.

"You...... What did you do?"

At the heart of coercion, Filizak, the commander of the Papal Guard, actually had the illusion that "the Pope's Palace may be lost". He raised his sword and pointed it at the Vampire Prince, shouting angrily.

The prince ignored it. He put his finger to his lips and whistled calmly.

"Purr...... Zara ......"

A huge figure, through thick dark clouds, fell from the sky in the night sky of thunder and lightning. Only a "boom" was heard, and it landed next to the bloodsucking prince.

This monster is none other than a dragon!

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