Chapter 42: The Papal Angel
"The Most Powerful Mage in Downtown......"
Muttering in a low voice, the barber couldn't help but take a serious look at the "ale" sitting across from him.
As the most senior native mage in the lower city, Ale has no fear even when facing elves.
She looked to be in her twenties, and maybe even "Russell" was younger, let alone "the barber".
In fact, these mages are not very old. Basically, it's just the level of graduating from college, and there are a few people who should only be in their teens.
Even the most old-looking full-fledged person is in his thirties...... That is, if you strangle this kind of severe psychic disease, you will not be able to see the specific age due to the influence of psychic disorder.
The rimless glasses that the malt wears on its face are flat glasses.
Of course, the world no longer needs such a thing as myopia glasses. Replacing the eye prosthesis is easy and effective, such as the prosthetic eye of Xiaoliuli, you can even turn on the LED, or customize the color and pattern of the pupil. Those who have more money will choose to implant auxiliary lenses to reduce the degree of prostheticization.
These glasses are either simple accessories or some kind of special device.
For example, the one that the inferior likes to use, which is linked to the monitoring center of the entire Happiness Island, and can use AI face capture to instantly confirm whether the person has killed someone under the camera.
But the ale doesn't look so complicated as it looks, it's more like a ritual...... Or autosuggestion.
The barber thought of the father of the inferior - he also wore glasses. And he took off his glasses when he used that powerful spell that seemed to turn back time.
He remembered that the moment the other person took off his glasses, there was some brilliant iridescent glow flowing in his pupils.
It is a nebula with light blue, dark blue, and purple as the main colors.
β¦β¦ So, the glasses are actually a kind of self-sealing?
Excluding this part, the glasses gave her a sense of intellectuality.
She had fair skin and lake-green eyes. The end of a long ponytail with a black and white checkered bow tied on one side.
Her long hair was wavy and a brownish reddish colorβit was natural, not dyed. Because behind her, you can still see a real "ponytail" of the same color.
The clothing on the malt wine is also quite formal, which is an ordinary workplace suit.
If this outfit is placed in Uptown, it is a normal office worker...... Judging from that kind of calm and unhurried bearing, he may still be a middle-level leader.
Being able to maintain the position of leader so firmly without implanting a combat prosthesis is by no means something that can be accomplished by wisdom and grace alone.
At the same time, the barber did not forget.
The most dangerous criminal organizations...... Longing for the "eternal reincarnation" that hastened the destruction and reset the world, this is exactly what this seemingly sensible woman founded.
"You probably don't know, barber."
Ale looked at the barber and said in a friendly tone, "The name of our organization comes from my mentor.
"His code name is 'Eternal Reincarnation'. Back in the Age of the Earth, he was the master of the Floating Tower, one of the eight most powerful mages in the world. This is also the name of our school...... It's just a pity that I still haven't been able to grasp his old man's inheritance. β
"Then may I ask," said the barber, who leaned over the table to the ale on the opposite side, without looking at the charred face, "if you fight the angel head-on...... What is the approximate win? β
"One-on-one, I can win easily in most cases."
Ale replied without hesitation, apparently having already considered the question: "I'm not talking about the 'Guardian', 'Healer', 'Charger' and other subordinate angels...... It is the superior angels of the 'Brilliant One' and the 'Sublime One'. The spells I've learned, especially in skirmishes...... Not even the angels of the fifth level could defeat me. If you don't understand the power of angels, then I tell you...... The fifth-level to sixth-level high-ranking angels are roughly equivalent to psionics with the strength of the eighth-level redshift. β
That is, you have already crossed the "wall of the zodiac" and have not yet reached the realm of the "wall of Leviathan".
The barber nodded, indicating understanding.
It can mass-produce up to a level 8 psionic...... It's no wonder that the church's influence is so powerful.
In front of the Seven Giants who have almost carved up the world, they can directly take a piece of floating island for their own use. No one has said anything about the piece that was taken away by the church.
"What about the seventh level?"
The person who asked the question was not a barber, but a "labyrinth" sitting on the sidelines.
It was a man with black strips of cloth over his eyes and a pair of black crow wings on the back of his shoulders.
He is not a man of the Veil of Ignorance and eternal reincarnation, but the leader of another small organization.
The relationship with the malt wine is quite familiar, so the malt wine named him before.
Everyone is also a little curious about this...... After all, you can't get this information anyway.
Unless you are familiar enough with your own mentor, you may be able to hear these secrets that you will never hear on the floating island.
"The seventh level is the Pope."
And the answer is not the ale, but the lively Tovatus.
The elven boy sneered, "How could the Pope come out in person? Therefore, the highest level of angels is also the sixth level. β
"The Pope himself is an angel?"
Someone wondered.
The barber nodded suddenly: "It should be that every time the Pope is changed, he will bring an angelic halo." β
Yes, the Pope is also the only angel who is constantly active. The Church is a powerful political entity with the power to easily destroy the entire world. It is very dangerous for the highest authority to fall into the hands of people with ill intentions...... Therefore, if you want to become the pope, you must wear a solidified angelic halo at the succession ceremony and in the presence of everyone, and accept the 'divine descent' of the angels of the seventh level. It is not until the time of leaving office that the halo can be removed.
It is precisely because of this that the church is able to control the angels...... Otherwise, if the church is completely corrupted and the angels thaw, the first thing to purge is the church itself. As a fellow cardinal, the Pope has the power to direct and appoint other cardinals because he is himself the highest level of angels, the 'savior'. β
Tovatus patiently explained: "With the personality of a 'savior', the Pope's thinking must be in the general direction of 'savior'. This ensures that the church's core line will not be skewed...... In an age when even the Church no longer believes in God, the angelic pope is the faith of the clergy. β
For ordinary elves, it is absolutely impossible to tell outsiders about the "secret knowledge", which was sold by Tovatus without care.
It's like he doesn't care about "history" being known.
It's like it's deliberately revealing it to someone.