-14- The temptation of the High Priest

The soft light spread around Charlotte.

Holy, warm, gracious......

Although it was only a projection of the Maiden's power in the "Eternal Divine Realm", the three legendary priests were very sure that the radiance projected by the artifact "Eternal Day" was the divine power of the Creation God.

God is above!

The power to protect her is the divine power of the Divine Lord?!

This...... How is this possible?

The three legendary priests looked at each other with wonderful expressions.

Looking at the divine light surrounding the girl's body, they didn't know for a moment whether they were dazzled or if they had also been hit by the "Eternal Divine Realm......

"The Lord is above! This...... It can't be an eternal sunrise problem, right?"

Cardinal Joseph's eyes widened in disbelief.

The Grand Inquisitor, Bernard, was also a change of face.

He stared at the moving artifact Eternal Day, and after a moment, shook his head slightly:

"No, everything is normal on the day of eternity."

After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, looked at the high priest Charles on the side, and asked with some uncertainty:

"Your Excellency, High Priest, we ...... Do you want to continue to strengthen your divine arts?"

The "Eternal Sacred Realm" can project the hidden power of the sorcerer.

Although they are not yet able to penetrate the mysterious power that protects the girl and enter the girl's spiritual world, the girl's hidden power has been successfully projected.

In other words, if you just want to use the "Eternal Day" to explore the secret hidden by the girl, you can barely achieve your goal.

High Priest Charles was silent.

He frowned and looked at Charlotte shrouded in light, and shook his head slightly:

"No need to strengthen it."

Listening to the words of the High Priest, the Grand Judge Bernard breathed a sigh of relief.

The hidden protective power of the girl's body has been revealed, and it is the divine power they are familiar with, which shows that the power that protects the girl really comes from the divine crown.

As the Chief Inquisitor of the Crescent Moon in charge of the "Eternal Day", he was able to recall the source of the power of the sorcerer through the "Eternal Divine Realm", and he had also used the "Eternal Day" to kill the old gods who had just been revived, but he did not dare to use this artifact to recall the divine power......

Because that means snooping on the creator God.

No god likes to be spied on by mortals.

If it is other gods who are snooped and located with the help of the "Eternal Sacred Realm", he is not afraid of anything with the power of the god to protect him.

But if it's a prying eye on the Lord......

Grand Inquisitor Bernard has not done it, and he does not want to do it.

As a devout believer of the Holy Spirit, he feared that such reckless actions would attract the wrath of the gods.

He hesitated for a moment and said:

"Now that she's out of the realm of otherworlds, I'm not going to continue to maintain my magic."

The High Priest Charles was silent for a moment, and then sighed:

"Dismiss it."

With permission, Grand Inquisitor Bernard once again manipulated the Sun Pedestal, preparing to awaken the girl shrouded in light.

However, before he could make a move, the aura of the "Eternal Divine Realm" flickered slightly, and gradually dimmed.

Grand Inquisitor Bernard was stunned.

This is the automatic dissolution of the "Eternal Divine Realm".

However, he was not surprised.

The "Eternal Day" was originally an artifact created by the Divine Lord, and was given by the Divine Lord to the Holy Court to be used against the heathen.

Now that the girl's identity has been verified, it is normal for the artifact to disarm the magic independently.

The brilliant divine power gradually dissipated, and the crystal mirror floating in mid-air gradually extinguished its light, returning to the solar pedestal in the hands of Grand Inquisitor Bernard.

At the same time, Charlotte, who was standing at the door of the prayer room, shook slightly.

Her eyelashes twitched, and she slowly opened her eyes.

……

The white world is broken

Shattered, a strong feeling of dizziness came again.

And along with the dizziness, there is also the "realism" that returns quickly.

"Whew...... It's finally time to get back to reality."

Feeling the realism coming from her limbs, Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief.

However, she did not let up, but quickly raised her vigilance.

The "Eternal Divine Realm" has been destroyed by her through [Divine Countermeasures].

But dismantling the illusion is just the beginning.

She will next face the legendary clergy of the Church.

She wasn't sure if her trick had succeeded, so she couldn't be careless.

Perception was fully restored, and Charlotte opened her eyes.

She was still greeted by the prayer room of the Cathedral of Lutesia, and she still kept the same movement as she entered the prayer room.

What conversation with the High Priest, what invitation to the church, what banquet at the house of the Duke of Gaston...... It's all fake.

From the moment she stepped into the prayer room, she had been struck by illusion-like magic.

Her vision returned, and Charlotte quickly made eye contact with the three eyes.

One person she knew was Charles de Loren, the archbishop of the Crescent Parish she had seen when she had just stepped into the prayer room.

However, the other two are strangers.

It's just that, although strange, Charlotte still guessed the identity from their clothes.

The priest on the right was clearly dressed as a judge of the Inquisition, and he was holding a mysterious crystal mirror that was about to overflow with holy light.

Charlotte didn't have to think about it to realize that the other party was probably Bernard de Champagne, the Grand Inquisitor who cast the "Sacred Eternal Realm" on her, and the sun-shaped crystal mirror was probably the artifact "Eternal Day".

As for the one on the left...... The purple-trimmed priest's robe, apparently a cardinal, and also wore the emblem of a demon hunter on his chest, probably the cardinal Joseph de Mazarin, who was in charge of the demon hunt in the crescent diocese.

Hiss......

The triumvirate of the Crescent Diocese, the Holy Court really looks up to her, and this is directly waiting for her in the cathedral.

Charlotte chuckled in her heart.

However, she soon noticed that the three legends looked at her with strange eyes and inexplicable expressions.

Surprised, confused, confused, curious......

And the cardinal even looked a little excited.

However, there was no vigilance or hostility in their eyes.

At most, it was only the New Moon High Priest Charr's surprised and slightly thoughtful and scrutinizing gaze.

Seemingly...... It should have been a success.

Charlotte was sure.

She could probably guess why these legendary clerics were looking at them like that.

If her judgment was correct, just before she woke up, she should have displayed the divine light of the god Lord Harald.

In the "Sacred Eternal Realm", the illusionary world that appears wants to lure her into using the power of True Ancestor liberation.

Combined with her knowledge of the church from the books, she guessed that the Holy Court was probably trying to use the illusion to draw out the power in her body, and then judge her identity.

So...... When she was revising the [Divine Countermeasure] judgment, she took a little thought to modify it to [Determine that the power she liberated in the illusion world was the creation divine power].

Then, she did the opposite and directly carried out the [True Ancestor Liberation] in the fantasy world.

Of course, that is not the real [True Ancestor Liberation].

After realizing that it was her own spiritual world, Charlotte had found a way to awaken and partially mobilize the power of the spiritual world.

Therefore, she was just "imagining" herself in the spiritual world that she had exerted the power of True Ancestor's liberation.

And then...... Under the judgment of the "Divine Eternal Realm", the power she exerts becomes the "Creation Divine Power".

It's a bit of a twist, but who made Charlotte not understand the nature of the creation power at all.

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To understand the essence, it cannot be imagined in the spiritual world, so she can only adopt this kind of trick.

And now looking at the expressions of several legendary priests, she should have succeeded.

Of course, this is not the end.

Next, it's time to look at the acting.

Thinking of this, Charlotte's blank gaze gradually returned to clarity, and then quickly showed a vigilant expression and took a step back.

She looked at the three clerics with vigilance, and quickly took out a crossbow from under her skirt, like a frightened kitten, and made a vigilant gesture of counterattack.

"Your Excellency, what have you done to me?"

She looked at the High Priest of the Crescent Moon, Charles, and asked in an angry voice.

High Priest Charles didn't seem to expect Charlotte to react in this way.

His scrutinizing gaze froze for a moment, then frowned slightly.

Grand Inquisitor Bernard and Cardinal Joseph looked at each other.

At Charlotte's angry gaze, the Grand Inquisitor hesitated for a moment, and then quietly took the Eternal Day behind him.

The cardinal tugged at his goatee, looking a little troubled and tangled.

In the end, it was the High Priest Charles who spoke.

I saw him sigh and say apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Lord Count Castel."

"The Church has received an anonymous report that you are related to the mysterious evil god "God of the Night" that was revived in Boulder for a year, and that you are a descendant of the God of the Night."

"We had no choice but to make such a temptation after you entered the Church, to bring you into a magical illusion to determine your identity......

"Anonymous report? The god of the night?"

Charlotte frowned, dazed.

However, her heart jumped.

Good guy, you were actually reported?

Who did this?

Her mind quickly conjured up the existence and power that knew her identity.

Eventually, the name of an organization came to mind......

It is known that she is related to the "evil god" of Boulder.

And also hostile to her.

Hiss......

It can't be those bastards of the Blood Demon Order, right?

Charlotte guessed in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, but made a puzzled look, frowned, and said coldly:

"It's slander! My faith has always been strong, how can it be a descendant of an evil god?"

High Priest Charles bowed slightly, and sighed:

"Judging by the results, we should have misunderstood......

As he spoke, he saw that he drew a ring cross symbol on his chest, and then, under the somewhat surprised gaze of the Grand Inquisitor Bernard and Cardinal Joseph, he bowed slightly to Charlotte and apologized:

"Your Excellency Count Castel, we are deeply sorry for the shock this test has given you, and in order to express the Church's apologies, we will compensate accordingly......

"However, please also understand that every appearance of the evil god will bring disaster to the world of order, and in order to strangle the danger in the cradle, even if there is even the slightest possibility, we must be cautious......

Looking at the high priest who apologized to her, Charlotte was also a little surprised.

As the highest priest of the Crescent Diocese, a transcendent whose strength has reached the legend, this posture can be said to be very low.

[In view of the general environment,

You know, she's just an earl on the surface!

Of course, Charlotte has reason to think that the reason why the high priest lowered her posture was also because she saw "her power".

Considering her identity and the influence of the Holy Court in the secular world, Charlotte no longer took it big, but frowned slightly:

"I understand the church's concerns, but it's hard to believe in doubting a believer's faithfulness just by relying on an anonymous whistleblower letter......

Listened

Charlotte's words, High Priest Charles sighed:

"Your Excellency, if you have read the contents of the report letter, you may be able to understand the distress of the Church."

With that, he took out a piece of parchment from his bosom.

Charlotte frowned and took the letter from the High Priest's hand.

After some browsing, her heart suddenly became empty.

Without him, the report on her on this letter paper is too detailed.

From Boulder to the end of the county of Castell, much of the story is speculation, but the description of her relationship with the Night God is eloquent and convincing.

This seems to be written by an existence who has dealt with her, and she is regarded as a subordinate of the "God of the Night", to be honest, Charlotte feels that if she is a priest of the church, she will also think that there is something wrong with her after reading this report letter.

No way, who made her really the so-called "God of the Night", her whereabouts are the same as the "God of the Night", and this letter is all pointed out.

And after reading the letter, Charlotte's mind was full of speculation about the identity of the whistleblower.

Don't think about it.

It must have been the Blood Demon Order!

The only force that knows that there is a god behind her is the Falling Star Bloodline, but the Falling Star Blood wants to win her over.

The Ness clan also needs to take control of the Returning Star Kingdom, and needs her as an ally against the interference of the Church, and will certainly not cut off her arm.

However, the Ness bloodline of the falling star had been infiltrated by the blood clan of the Blood Demon Order before, and the Blood Demon Order must have also received information about Charlotte's identity as a "Strange God Scroll".

The Ness Clan may not be sure about Charlotte's relationship with the Night God, but the Blood Demon Order must be able to figure it out, and it must have been reported to the Church after they received information from the Ness Clan.

Thinking of this, Charlotte secretly made another note to the Blood Demon Order.

She sighed, handed the letter back to the High Priest, and then smiled bitterly:

"Your Excellency, I understand, this letter is indeed very deceptive, and if I think about it from another perspective, maybe I will make the same choice as the Church."

The High Priest Charles bowed slightly, and said gently:

"If you can understand, now that you can pass the test, it can be considered that one of our worries has been resolved......

After speaking, I saw that he looked solemn again, and said:

"Your Excellency, please forgive me for my offense, can you tell me what you have just 'seen' in the Divine Illusion?"

Listening to the words of the High Priest, Charlotte was ready to lie.

It's just that when she saw the slight flickering brilliance in the other party's eyes, her heart jumped and she raised her vigilance again.

It was the solidified magic [True Eye] used by the Demon Hunter's lie detection.

The High Priest's temptation of her...... It's not over yet.