The holy city of Reims.

The entire Great Hall of Light fell into an indescribable silence, and the atmosphere of silence seemed to freeze, regardless of whether they participated in the capture of the artificial planet or not, all the members of the Cardinal Conference bowed their noble heads, ready to meet the wrath of the Pope's crown.

This operation was so a failure, doomed from the start, making the adventure of His Holiness 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 not so detached, their own status and authority will limit the growth of their strength, the higher their status, the greater the power they have, the closer they are to the Lord, the faster their strength increases, it is an essential dependence, so the punishment they receive is not a symbol of insignificance.

Moreover, before they grasped the mystery of faith, the successive popes still had the "god-given means" of "excommunication", and the priests of the Holy Spirit who were used would sever their ties with the Heavenly Mountain, and could only use their own "heart of faith" and could not replenish it, and would soon become a legend with no power 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 it must be much more transcendent, and it will not hurt the muscles and bones to be punished.

This is also one of the reasons why there are many factions within the council, and internal contradictions cannot be eliminated, and the detachment of the legends has advantages and disadvantages.

The most apprehensive of the members of the College of Cardinals was Philip, who had done the work this time. Benedict III gave him the greatest freedom, and even made himself a part of his plan, but he messed things up!

The loud sound of the artificial planet exploding was like the mockery and malicious laughter of the Magic Council, which always echoed in Philip's heart, and he couldn't let go of it for a long time.

Even he, as a new pastor of the Holy Spirit, a "young man" with the potential and hope to become a saint, a hardcore pope, had to think about how to bear the wrath of the pope and how to avoid "loss" to the greatest extent.

Although Pope Viken used how to use the emotions of believers to transform their physical state and how to use the power of faith to unite and stabilize the "hearts of people" within the church, they all had initial gains. You can steal the power of faith on your own. They have grown in strength and are no longer afraid of "excommunication", but it also means that their dependence on the church as an organization has increased!

Compared to those strong people who need to secretly and work hard to collect emotional power and spread faith, they are many times happier with the organization of the God of Truth. Every day, you can openly steal the power of faith from the diocese you control in proportion. There's no need to do more. If you are punished and transferred to a small parish in the middle of nowhere, it will be an extremely serious loss!

Pope Benedict III wears a holy crown on his gray head. With a platinum scepter in his hand, he stared indifferently at the members of the Cardinal Order, and did not say a word for five minutes.

His god-like coercion did not emanate, but the invisible pressure made the entire hall seem to be still, so that every member of the Cardinal did not dare to speak.

Suddenly, he sighed softly: "This incident has nothing to do with you, it's not your fault, the plan is actually close to perfection, and it has successfully transferred and restrained the Great Arcanist, and the evil magicians are too cunning to blame for arranging this weird self-detonation device on the artificial planet." ”

His calm tone and characterization of the events melted away the frozen atmosphere, and Philip breathed a long sigh of relief and sincere gratitude, and His Majesty the Pope was indeed broad-minded, far-sighted, and understood.

"Your Majesty, what do we do now? plan a similar action again?" Philip deliberately asked himself the question of knowing the answer, in order to divert the focus of the discussion and stop dwelling on the failures of the past.

Benedict III seemed to be unaware of his thoughts, and said in a low voice: "Until we understand the strangeness of that self-detonating device, all similar plans have no chance of success." ”

"His Holiness the Pope is right, the magic effect will explode when it is eliminated, or such a powerful explosion, it really can't be taken lightly, if you don't figure out the reason, maybe someone will fall next time. "Angel of the Wind" Estella was slightly afraid, if the power of the self-explosion at that time was close to the level of the "Eternal Blazing Sun", he and the others would probably be finished - since an artificial planet that is not a legendary item can emit an "atomic fission" level explosion, the "Eternal Blazing Sun" is not without that slight possibility.

Melmos also nodded: "Unless the 'Vision of God' comes down and is controlled by the 'Hourglass of God' and other divine techniques, I can't think of any other way than forcible capture, and forcible capture takes too long, and it will turn things into a full-scale melee." ”

Alvin, one of the six Seraphs, is one of the only two powerhouses in the Cult of Truth who can use time-stopping magic - the other is naturally Pope Viken.

His ability to control "time and space" seems to have been given by the "God of Truth", so even the knight who inherited his bloodline and Estella, who has the power of the "Angel of the Wind", cannot create a real time stop effect, at most it can slow down and speed up "time".

"We can do it in a more roundabout and subtle way. Philip looked at Benedict III, "Your Majesty, the god-like method you secretly announced must have shaken the hearts of some high-level magicians......, right?"

He didn't finish his sentence, but every member of the Cardinal in the room understood what it meant, no different from stealing secrets and carrying out assassinations through spies before.

At the original emergency meeting, Benedict III "informed" them about the Cult of God-of-Truth, describing the "Sun King" Tanos as the Son of the God of Truth, the supreme being descended to the earth, and the Son of the Holy Son of the Holy Trinity of the God of Truth and the Pope, trying to destroy the evil magic empire and redeem the world, describing his research process of exploring the mysteries of the gods as being influenced by the "God of Truth" Inspiration, the experience of awakening his memory, the failure of his most difficult experiment, the fusion with the Heavenly Mountain, and the loss of all autonomous consciousness are described as saving the world, opening the immortal secret room, awakening the human heart, and thus self-sacrificing and returning to the "God of Truth".

Such a "story" can only make the members of the Cardinal Conference half-convinced, but Viken's point is not to make up stories, but to make them understand that the "God of Truth" is indeed the true God who has mastered the highest power, but has fallen into a deep sleep, which can be confirmed by the majestic power of the Heavenly Mountain, coupled with the fact that Viken took the initiative to announce the mysteries of god-like and faith, they are naturally "convinced".

And the fact that Viken secretly spread the god-like method did not hide it from them, they did not resist it, anyway, they and the others had a huge area of faith control, and there was no need to compete with others, they could watch them fight with each other, and through the help of different forces, this struggle would be more fierce and more beneficial to themselves - if they united, there would be a pope here who could perform divine descent!

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 prefer it, when they are close to success, that is, when the fragrant flowers bloom, things will become very interesting, and we will have greater gains, so I don't want to let their 'efforts' be noticed for the sake of artificial planets." ”

"Do you want to give up?" Philip was a little disappointed.

Benedict III smiled: "If they take the initiative to reveal and seek exchange, then it is another matter, I know that the 'Death Bird' is desperate to get a certain amount of faith power, and he hides himself very well, even if it is exposed, there is a substitute for the ghost, in addition, I also want to meet a person, maybe I can get the secret of the artificial planet directly from him......"

At this point, he said no more and declared the meeting of the Cardinals closed.

Although Melmos, Maria, Katy, Estella and the others were full of doubts and wondered who the "Death Bird" and the Pope's crown wanted to see was, they also had to suppress all their thoughts and quietly leave the Great Hall of Light. (To be continued......)

PS: The number of words in this chapter is a bit small, and I'll make it up tomorrow~