-13- Divine power

It's [Divine Countermeasure]!

Seeing the familiar words appearing in her field of vision, Charlotte was pleasantly surprised.

But when she finished reading the magic described by [Divine Countermeasures], she felt a pang in her heart.

"Eternal Divine Realm......

Charlotte is no stranger to this magic technique.

She had read the books of the Church of Boulder, and she knew a little about some of the magic of the Holy Court.

And the "Eternal Divine Realm" is one of the most famous.

This is a rather powerful divine illusion that requires the use of the Eternal Day, an artifact of the Divine Court, and it is said that even a god can be hit.

After being pulled into the illusion, the recipient will completely lose control of themselves in the real world.

If the recipient cannot break free from the illusion, the soul will sink into it forever, and when the "body" of the recipient dies in the real world, the soul will be purified by the "eternal day......

According to the Church's account, the city-state of the Luna Coast suffered a resurgence of the Old Gods twenty years ago.

At that time, the Grand Inquisitor of the Crescent Diocesan Inquisition used the "Eternal Day" to cast the "Eternal Divine Realm" to trap the resurrected Old Gods and eventually kill them.

Gods are hard to kill.

As long as the source is immortal, and there are still people who remember them, it is possible for them to return from history.

However, the "Eternal Sacred Realm" illusion can break the connection between the gods and mortals, trapping the origin of the gods' souls.

As long as the gods are trapped in the illusion and then the body of their souls is destroyed, the goal of slaughtering the gods can be achieved.

These more hidden knowledge are not just what Charlotte has seen in books.

It was the black cat Nice who gave her a science popularization when he introduced the experience of the Grand Inquisitor of the Crescent Diocese to slaughter the gods.

Thinking of this, Charlotte's heart sank.

Bernard de Champagne......

The caster described in [Divine Countermeasures] is none other than the Grand Inquisitor of the Crescent Diocese.

Charlotte didn't know if she had fallen for the Inquisitor's magic left behind in the Cathedral of Ruttingia, or if the other party hadn't gone to Castel at all.

But no matter what the case is, the presiding judge + the Eternal Divine Realm shows that the Divine Court may have suspected that she has something to do with the evil god.

"It's just suspicion, or else...... After pulling me into the illusion, the church will be able to do something to me."

"Now it's just creating an illusion that tempts me to act, which means that the church is not sure of my identity and wants to see my power......

Charlotte soon had such a judgment.

Soon, she made a new discovery.

She's been in the illusion for a long time.

Even if the speed of time in the "Eternal Divine Realm" is different from the real world, she must have been exposed to divine magic for some time in reality.

But now, even if she hadn't revised the judgment of the [Divine Countermeasure], under the illumination of the Holy Light, she could only feel the stinging pain and dizziness of the burning......

The illusion didn't end, and Charlotte wasn't attacked.

This shows that the Church's illusion test is still ongoing, which means that her real body may not have reacted to the corresponding mutation under the illumination of the Holy Light, which means that the Church is probably not aware of what she experienced in the illusion.

This illustrates...... Her resistance to divine power increases.

Thinking of this, Charlotte's mood was a little strange.

She thought of the red fire that ignited in her heart after she fused with the ancient gods.

"Could it be...... After I fused the idol, my body and soul were also sublimated in a certain way, and not only could I ignore the rays of the sun, but I could also resist the divine power to a certain extent?"

It's really possible!

However, now is not the time to test these speculations.

Charlotte needs to respond to the [Divine Countermeasures] and prepare to leave this illusion.

Thinking of this, Charlotte fell into it again

pondered.

How to modify the judgment of [Divine Countermeasure] is also a problem.

Before she can leave the illusion, she must be prepared to deal with the church.

The "Eternal Sacred Realm" can even trap the gods, and before the church takes the initiative to end the illusion, she is a transcendent person of the silver moon who can take the initiative to break free, which is simply writing "I have a problem" on the door of her head.

This is different from the past when she intercepted and modified the divine arts, the previous divine techniques were not so targeted, but this time they really came at her.

But Charlotte didn't plan to do nothing, and passively waited for the church to end the illusion.

This handing over the right to choose the other party is too passive and full of variables.

It would be bad if the church saw that she hadn't exerted her power in the illusion for half a day and decided to strengthen the illusion.

She can now resist the illumination of divine magic, which means that the current strength of divine magic is not high enough, and if the church strengthens the divine power, she really can't hold what will happen.

After all, what trapped her was an artifact, something similar to the Blood Sacred Codex, and Charlotte still planned to leave on her own initiative.

It's just that how to leave, how to modify the judgment, there has to be a charter......

What is certain is that Charlotte could not have judged herself as a devout saint as she had in the past.

Because no matter how devout a believer is, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to jump out of such divine magic.

Not to mention that the church has even used such magic techniques, which shows that the suspicion of her is quite deep, and it is impossible for ordinary believers to hide it from the church.

She had to think of ways to dispel the church's suspicions.

So...... How do I change my decision?

Looking at the "sun" in front of her, Charlotte's heart moved and she had a bold idea......

……

Cathedral of Lutethia, prayer room.

The golden brilliance was dazzling, and a delicate and simple round crystal mirror floated in mid-air.

The crystal mirror emitted a divine light, and the mirror was facing downward, like a blazing sun, projecting a golden pillar of light, enveloping the beautiful maiden.

The girl's eyes were closed, her brow furrowed slightly, and she still maintained the same movement as she had just entered the prayer room.

On the side of the prayer room, Charles de Loren, the archpriest of the Crescent diocese, dressed in white gold and studded robes, looked thoughtfully at Charlotte shrouded in a pillar of light.

Beside him, on the left and on the right, stood two high-ranking priests of the Holy Court.

To his right is a judge who appears to be about fifty years old.

He was dressed in a bright red presiding judge's attire, and his face was condensed.

It was none other than Bernard de Champagne, Grand Inquisitor of the Crescent Parish Inquisition.

This legendary inquisitor, who was supposed to go to Castel to investigate the incident of the town god bell, really did not leave Ruttia at all, but waited in the cathedral for Charlotte to come to the door!

And at this moment, he was holding a golden sun pedestal in his hand, connected to the floating crystal light, maintaining the magic light shield that enveloped Charlotte.

The side of the sun pedestal is depicted with mysterious and intricate patterns and a ring cross symbol representing the god, which is obviously integrated with the crystal mirror.

To the left of the diocesan priest is a relatively young priest who looks to be about forty years old.

He also wears a white celebratory robe, but the edges of the priest's robe are purple.

This is a purple-clad cardinal, also a legend.

Joseph de Mazarin.

He is one of the five cardinals of the Diocese of the Crescent and the highest priesthood in charge of the diocese's demon hunt, also known as the cardinal.

Archpriest Charles de Loren, Grand Inquisitor Bernard de Champagne, Cardinal Joseph de Mazarin, Hunting Cardinal......

These three priests are the three giants at the pinnacle of power in the Diocese of the Holy Court Crescent.

And at this moment, the eyes of the three legends are all focused on Charlotte shrouded in light.

They either frown

Slightly frowned, or looked puzzled.

"Can't you see her spirit yet?"

The Archpriest of the diocese, Charles, glanced at the Grand Inquisitor Bernard on the side and asked.

Grand Inquisitor Bernard closed his eyes, the pedestal of the sun in his hand flickering slightly.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and shook his head slightly:

"Can't ......"

"Her spiritual power seems to be protected by some mysterious power, and although we have successfully pulled her into the Divine Eternity Realm with the use of the Eternal Day, her spiritual world is still closed to the outside world......

"Mystical powers? Isn't it the power of another god?"

On the other side, Cardinal Joseph frowned slightly.

Grand Inquisitor Bernard hesitated for a moment and shook his head:

"I don't know ......"

"The absence of warning from the Eternal Day shows that the power that protects her has not been rejected by the divine power, which is deeply hidden, and I cannot tell what this power is for the time being......

"Of course, there is another possibility, and that is that this power is very high, high enough to be able to compete with divine power......

"How much can you compete with the divine powers......

The Archpriest of the diocese, Charles, muttered to himself, thoughtfully.

Although he has only been the High Priest of the Crescent Diocese for a year, he is quite concerned about the Boulder Evil God Incident that caused a lot of uproar last year.

A god who can directly reseal the broken fire demon Valaroka after his current life is by no means comparable to those gods who have just recovered.

Such an existence, whether the other party is an evil god recognized by the church or those unknown foreign gods, is a great threat to the Holy Court.

The former High Priest of Boulder, who had already been put on trial, referred to the strange god as "Night", and the Holy Court secretly tracked down the "Night God" for a year.

It's just that after the Boulder turmoil subsided, the "God of the Night" seemed to disappear and never appeared again.

Until the bell of the town god of Lutesia rang......

Thinking of this, the diocesan priest Charles looked at the girl shrouded in holy light again, and his gaze gradually deepened.

Charlotte de Castel.

From the very beginning, the whereabouts of this "saint who walks in the world" coincide with those of the "god of the night......

If it was just a coincidence that she was in Boulder, the second time the bell was alerting, and the location of the warning happened to be in the northland where she was, it was hard not to associate her with it.

Although the church in the Northland had reported the second alarm of the Bell as a sacrifice for the Blood Demon Order, High Priest Charles felt that it was not that simple.

Especially after the church received an anonymous report......

Thinking of this, High Priest Charles once again took out the report letter that the church received some time ago.

The letter was written against Charlotte de Castel.

He denounces to the church that there is an awakened blood god behind the young count of Castel!

And...... The evil god behind her is the "God of the Night"!

The report letter was not signed.

However, with the help of his superb divine skills, the High Priest Charr was able to track down the report letter, which was likely to come from within the Blood Demon Order......

It's interesting.

The Order of the Blood Demon went so far as to report the traces of the Night God to the Church.

However, after knowing what the Night God had done to Boulder, the High Priest Charles was able to understand it.

The infighting of the Bloodline myth is just that.

These guys have been fighting for I don't know how many years.

However, after all, the other party is the Blood Demon Order, the enemy of the Holy Court, even if the report letter is very eloquent, the High Priest Charles did not believe it.

The Night God needs to suppress the seal, but the Blood Demon Order also needs to kill it.

Although the church has long been suspicious of Charlotte of Castell, it is also necessary to prevent the Blood Demon Order from digging a hole for the church.

At the same time, Charlotte of Castel is, after all, an important lord of the Crescent Kingdom, and the church is not easy to act rashly......

It is also because of this that there is a relatively "mild" "illusion test".

The Eternal Divine Realm is one of the most powerful divine arts of the Divine Court, and if Charlotte's identity is in question, there will be nothing to hide.

It's just that no one thought that even such a magic technique would have a problem!

Inability to see the spiritual world of the target......

Although this has proved that Charlotte de Castel really has a problem with her, it is followed by doubts that make the High Priest Charles more and more uneasy......

If the mystical power that protects the other party is really a power that can fight against the divine power, then it is troublesome.

The gods are asleep, and the gods of the royal court have not yet returned to their places.

A foreign god who can confront the power of the god lord is definitely a great disaster for the Holy Court.

But on the other hand, if this were the case, they would have already received the "gaze" of the other gods.

Or rather...... The girl in front of her is the descending deity of a different god?

Of course, it's not out of the question.

That is, the girl is really a saint protected by the god, and the power that protects her is the power of the god, so the magic will fail.

But then again, if it was the power of the Divine Lord, it was impossible for them, the priests, not to perceive it.

"Your Excellency, High Priest, you still can't see her spiritual world, do you need me to strengthen the input of divine power to enhance the effect of the 'Eternal Divine Realm'?"

Grand Inquisitor Bernard said in a deep voice.

High Priest Charles thought about it and nodded slightly:

"Yes, let's strengthen the effect of the magic."

After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"If you can't see her spirit world yet, just do it."

Hearing the words of the High Priest, the Grand Inquisitor Bernard and the Demon Hunter Cardinal Joseph were stunned.

Facing the eyes of the two colleagues, the High Priest Charles said in a deep voice:

"Prophecy leaves us less and less time, and for the sake of the church, we cannot take risks, and even possible risks must be strangled in the cradle......

Grand Inquisitor Bernard looked solemn and nodded.

He looked at the maiden in the light, ready to pray again to strengthen the artifact's effect.

However, before he could pray, the holy light that enveloped the girl suddenly burst into a dazzling light.

"She's wielding her power in the spirit world!"

Grand Inquisitor Bernard said with a stir in his heart.

The High Priest Charles's expression froze, and he looked at the girl in the holy light.

The Eternal Sacred Realm is capable of projecting the power of the Illusion.

If the girl exerts her full strength in the spiritual world, she can also see it in the real world!

Not only that, but if there is a myth behind the other party, it will definitely be drawn to it, and the church can locate the other party's location by virtue of the "eternal day"!

For a while, the eyes of the three legendary priests were all focused on the girl, and they were ready to strike at any time.

Bright brilliance erupted on the girl's body, like a bright sun.

Feeling the familiar atmosphere, the three legends were stunned at the same time.

"God...... Divine power?!"

Divine power......

Under the shroud of the "Eternal Divine Realm", what is projected from Charlotte's body is the purest divine power......