The unexpected did happen.

Driven by the general trend, the pope resolved to apologize by surrendering himself as a sign of humility.

But also under the influence of the general trend, his behavior can't be done at all.

Moments before departure, the old pope was sitting in the brightly lit church, praying his last prayer before leaving the Holy See.

As a result, when he opened his eyes after praying, he saw a figure that looked exactly like himself, and was also wearing a white papal robe, standing quietly in front of him.

His eyes widened in shock.

Just as he was about to speak, a "familiar" voice quietly emerged from the bottom of his heart.

"As a pope, after the light of judgment comes, you should think about why the Celestial Council, which has been closed for thousands of years, suddenly appeared, instead of being afraid of being held accountable."

The voice was cold, with a bit of reprimand, as if the elders were looking at the juniors.

"You are ......"

The old Pope's eyes widened, and his expression was very stunned.

"You're His Majesty Villad?!"

The name of the contemporary pope is Dorian Nolan, also known as Dorian III.

And the previous generation of popes before him was called Villard.

The pope is for life, and when elected, he is basically not replaced unless he dies.

So the last generation of popes, of course, was not a living person.

But the former pope who died, and now he has reappeared, and what this means, no one knows better than Dorian!

The Kingdom of Heaven draws the souls of the faithful into it.

The Pope's existence may not be religious, but he must have a credit for it.

There is no problem in ascending to heaven after death and immortalizing the soul.

But the rising soul wants to regain the lower realm, which ordinary people can't do.

It could even be said that under normal circumstances, this would not have happened!

But now ......

"This time the trial is carried out by the archangel Adanielle."

When Pope Dorian was astonished, the previous pope standing in front of him spoke again.

A long time ago, this was actually the teacher and elder of the current Pope, so when he spoke now, he didn't hide it.

"Do you still think that this great being cares about the little things you do?"

Normally, no.

Pope Dorian, who quickly came to his senses, thought to himself.

But what if?

In case the archangel saw what he was doing.

You don't even have to show dissatisfaction, just leave a bad impression.

Perhaps his ascension to heaven after his death will become uncertain.

It's not that this powerful being would deliberately target him.

Rather, this existence itself is the pillar of the Kingdom of Heaven and is closely connected to it.

A single thought may put a filter on the rules of ascension in the kingdom of heaven, filtering him out as the pope.

This means that you will not be able to live forever, but will die completely.

They will even go to hell, suffer a lot, and then be twisted into a dirty life like a devil or even a demon......

Therefore, no matter how small the risk is, we should do our best to avoid it.

But this concern is obviously unreasonable to others, especially to the successful person who has already stepped through the gate of heaven.

Pope Dorian didn't bother to explain, got up and saluted the other party slightly, and replied in a humble tone: "Please also ask the teacher to teach me." ”

The other party was obviously very satisfied with his appearance.

So after hearing this, he said very directly: "This is a game." ”

"Gaming?"

"The Arrogant Demon King is dead, and its two great powers are ownerless."

The former Pope said: "All the beings of hell, even the other six demon kings, covet these two powers. ”

"But how to defeat the competition and successfully use the power for one's own purposes is a big problem."

Big question......

Pope Dorian was stunned when he heard this, and then reacted violently.

If you want to become a demon king, or rather, if you want to absorb power, you can't snatch it by force alone.

Even if you can crush other competitors by force and grab the power.

Later, if a challenger appears who meets the requirements of authority, then even if the challenger's force value is very low, he can immediately defeat the authority holder with the higher force value and seize the authority!

These are the rules of the Hell King.

After the death of the once one and only king, this became the case.

Therefore, it is not advisable to fight for it by force.

It is best to compete with rules that meet the requirements of authority and sovereignty.

And now, what are the rules of competition?

Arrogance, lies!

Those who aspire to compete for authority must make decisions in these two areas.

But how can you prove that you are more arrogant and good at arranging lies than others?

Past achievements are one thing.

What we are doing now, but with more weight!

So the current situation is easy to understand.

"Lying in the nest" in hell does not reflect how strong its strength is in the two major fields.

It would be more convincing to unfold some kind of conspiracy in the human world.

And if the archangel who has not appeared in a thousand years, but suddenly appears under the nose of the archangel, blaspheming the sacred, acting arrogantly, and spreading lies......

This can be said to be the difference between victory and defeat!

The greatest arrogance in the world is to fool God.

The archangel, on the other hand, is God's henchman.

If you can really fool her......

"Archangel Adanielle's appearance is seen by the Hell Party as an opportunity to perform."

Pope Dorian, who had some understanding, told his guess.

"And if I do leave the Holy See, it will be the best opportunity to turn opportunity into harvest......"

Fool the archangels, but it is impossible to make up their minds on the archangels themselves, that will only be deflated.

So apart from him, the pope at the pinnacle of human theocracy, is there anything else that is more suitable?

If you say, you, the pope, were tortured, killed, and even replaced in the sight of an archangel......

What a grave act of blasphemy?

"But, Lord Adanielle, why did you give the Hell side this chance?"

He was a little strange, but once he thought about it, he quickly understood.

"The arrogant demon king has somehow infiltrated our world in his own form."

The old Pope suddenly said, "Lord Adanielle suspects that this method of infiltration is not limited to the arrogant Demon King. ”

"That's why I used this opportunity to lure them into the bait!"

The higher the level of hellish life, the more difficult it is to enter the human world.

And at the level of the Demon King, it can be basically said that it is impossible to enter.

But the impossible happened not so long ago.

This is tantamount to saying that it is a great hidden danger.

And now, the archangel who has not appeared for a thousand years has arrived.

With this power struggle, it has become an extremely rare opportunity, enough to make some beings in hell tempted—

If you want to fool the archangel, you can't do it by possessing the human apostles alone, and only by manifesting yourself can you have a chance of success!

"There's no way Hell can't guess that."

The former pope nodded in agreement with Dorian's speculation, "That's why I said it was a game." ”

Pope Dorian didn't respond to this, but stood there, pondering.

He understood it all now.

Why did the Heavenly Kingdom, which had been sealed for thousands of years, no longer choose to hide and appear so suddenly?

Why does the existence of the level of the archangel pay attention to it?

It all came to the root of what happened in York.

It's the death of the arrogant demon king!

In the face of such a big thing, he, the pope, targeted Andy, which is not worth mentioning at all!

Even......

Looking at the former pope in front of him, who looked exactly like him, Dorian had more guesses.

The previous pope, and he, the current pope, certainly can't look the same.

Therefore, the appearance of the former pope is not the same appearance at all.

The reason for such a disguise is, of course, to go to St. Mary's College to apologize for him, the current pope!

This is tantamount to transferring the risk and preventing him, the pope, from becoming a medium to fool the archangel to the greatest extent.

But is the meaning of this behavior really so simple?

The Archangel Adanielle's life will be seen as an opportunity by hell.

Isn't this an opportunity for the former pope in front of him?

Risks and opportunities often go hand in hand.

If you can cooperate with the archangel to win this "game" and win the favor of the archangel, how much honor and merit will it have?

Dorian could even be sure that the person in front of him was also just a pawn.

For this alone is not qualified to leave Heaven and come to Himself.

The Pope is at the pinnacle of theocracy in the human world.

But after ascending to the kingdom of heaven, the "official position" that was sealed would not be very high.

What exactly is the position, Pope Dorian has never been able to determine.

He only had a general understanding that every pope, when he ascended to heaven after his death, would enter an organization called the Council of the Stars.

But what the organization does, what power it has, he doesn't know.

What he could know was that in front of the archangel, who was the core of the kingdom of heaven, the Council of Stars was just a small role.

Therefore, it will not be the former pope himself who wants to pursue this merit and the favor of the archangel at all.

It's the organization behind him.

But although he has seen the truth clearly, the old pope named Dorian does not plan to "snatch back" this opportunity that belongs to him.

Instead, he listened respectfully to the plans of the former pope.

This level of opportunity is not something that everyone is qualified to strive for.

The Council of Stars, where the former pope belongs, has this qualification, but he, the current pope, must be self-aware.

There is a saying in the Far East that it is better for county officials to be in charge.

Go past the boss and go to the boss of the boss......

Isn't this a search for sin?

Unless he can take advantage of this opportunity to make the legendary archangel always pay attention to him, promote himself, and even consider himself a confidant.

But how is this possible?

He's too old to daydream like that!

(End of chapter)