Clement was floating in the darkness outside the cave, looking at the situation inside with no expression on his face. Whether it was strange patterns, or strong hatred, hatred and despair, they had all dissipated. Existing there, no one can guess that a small magic ceremony was held here, even so, no one can deduce the specific content of the small magic ceremony and whether it is part of a large ceremony from the residual extraordinary aura .
After an hour, this extraordinary aura also dissipated in nature, and everything that happened was completely wiped out in the long river of history.
Clement performed "Praying to the Gods" and other prophecy-like divine spells, trying to get "revelation from the gods", but there was nothing except what he knew a long time ago.
"The opponent's strength is at least no worse than mine, and I have made sufficient preparations in advance, so I can't predict the real situation, even the 'Lord of Hell' can't do it..." Clement frowned slightly. The "Lord" was here at the first time, so He must be able to "prophet" the truth, but He is in the far away endless ocean, in the even more "distant" ninth floor of hell, only because he sensed the power of abnormal strong emotions. I have noticed that the time has been missed.
Clement interrupted the divine prophecy and analyzed possible targets by himself: "The strength is no worse than mine... From this point alone, there are not many suspects in Fort Saint-Ivan, unless there are other outsiders , but that would make it impossible to make such full preparations in our most tightly controlled Fort Saint-Ivan... By the way, the power of negative emotions needs a 'container' at most one level lower, I have to see who's 'missing'... "
Now that the other party has completed the state transformation, Clement was not too impatient, and went to the cathedrals overnight to determine the life and death of the priest of the Holy Spirit and the holy knight. Called on members of the College of Cardinals.
"Your opinion is very important, I will consider it..." Outside St. Felix Cathedral, Clement politely bid farewell to another saint who had inherited power, full of doubts in his heart.
Including myself, none of the seven saints is missing, either in the cathedrals of St. Ivan Castle, or in the key area guarded by him - after contacting through the sound transmission magic circle, he confirmed it with divine prophecy , and most of the other priests of the holy spirit, holy knights, and epic knights of the empire were like this. Only two or three of them were out on secret missions and could not be contacted for a while, but there was no sign that they had fallen.
In this way, there is no "container". Could it be that the one who completed the state transformation is a legend of other forces hunted or killed alone or a strong man who lives in seclusion? Clement felt more and more that this matter was a bit weird, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he had walked outside St. Ivan's Cathedral without knowing it.
Wouldn't the Pope be the "container"? Clement suddenly thought, normal people should not be so bold, but maybe it is some lunatic
With this in mind, Clement walked into St. Ivan's Cathedral and asked to see Pope Berkovsky.
A few minutes later, in his study, he saw Berkovsky, who was as burly as a bear, still with a loud voice, pale yellow eyes and a "tall" nose.
"Clement, you seem to have some ideas?" Belkovsky hinted that he already knew about Clement's frequent visits and contacts with members of the Cardinals, Epic Knights of the Empire and affiliated countries today.
Clement was taken aback. He was still a little too impatient. He should have finished it in a few days. If it wasn't for what happened last night thanks to the "Lord of Hell"'s deep sense of the ancient devil and the power of emotions, even the state transformation The author himself didn't know that the matter had been leaked, and his actions today might have revealed something.
So, he said with trepidation: "The monsters of the Dark Council have engulfed several small countries at the northern foot of the Dark Mountains and threatened the Church of the Mother Earth. I am worried that the Mother Earth will turn to them and want to obstruct this from happening secretly. The bishop and the epic knights exchanged opinions, hoping to reach an agreement as much as possible before making suggestions."
"Communicate with me first if you have anything to do in the future." Belkovsky didn't say much, because this is the northern church, unlike the southern church, where the Pope has absolute authority and decision-making power. The mass exchange was seen as an act of blasphemy against the "earthly voice of the Lord" and a sign of intent to divide the Church.
In the Northern Church, power belongs to the entire College of Cardinals. The Pope only has more convening power than the saints. Coupled with the deterrence of strength, the right to speak and make decisions is stronger than others.
Of course, under normal circumstances, no saint would challenge the Pope's authority in this way.
Clement breathed a sigh of relief, and respectfully said, "I'm here to ask you for advice."
After exchanging information on the current situation, Clement returned to the Cathedral of St. Geno, looking for the places he had missed. Unfortunately, due to the influence of his thinking, he couldn't understand what the mysterious state changer was doing. As a "container", after all, there are only so many legendary powerhouses!
Thinking about it, he thought of himself again: "I still lack a few special materials for refining the container, should I borrow some from the 'Lord of Hell'... No, he still doesn't know that I didn't use the method of negative emotions , but rely on the "Book of Virtue"... Hey, it would be great if Saint Geno's corpse could be used. The divine body and the power accumulated over hundreds of years are enough to bring me close to the legendary peak and I can break through in a short time. The corpse , the corpses of the saints!"
Clement suddenly thought of a possibility. He was surprised and shocked in his heart. His facial muscles were slightly distorted. Could it be that he was really one of them
He knelt down on the spot, drew a horizontal cross that was short up and down, left and right long on his chest, closed his eyes, and the divine radiance emerged from behind, condensed into a ball of light and gradually transformed into an angel of light with golden eyes, and then fell silent Cold, drab black, white and gray permeated the surroundings.
The Necromancer World, the Necromancer Temple, and the Holy Spirit Room.
Five black iron coffins were quietly placed there, and above or in front of each was a group of changing, hard-to-touch divine light spheres. Suddenly, the divine light sphere above one of the coffins seemed to be flew into it by something. , quickly grew and grew bigger, and turned into an angel of light with golden eyes and six wings on its back.
Clement's consciousness was attached to the divine radiance, and he looked at the Holy Spirit Chamber, which was as quiet as a tomb, and felt a long and vicissitudes of life.
"Who could it be?" Clement looked at the other four coffins, hesitating in his heart. If he opened it wrongly, the corresponding saint would definitely sense it. At that time, it was difficult for him to explain why he did so. The reason is that, although he will not be besieged, he will definitely be excluded from the inner circle by the pope and the saints as careerists in the future.
He cast a prophecy divine spell, hoping to give himself a hint, but the prediction results were various, including any coffin.
Shaking his head, Clement thought that there was a "Lord of Hell" standing behind him, so he made up his mind and prepared to check the person he suspected the most!
He walked to the front and stood in front of the vertically standing coffin of St. Ivan. The wings of the six angels behind him flapped gently, stretched out their right hands, and slowly pushed open the lid of the coffin.
Squeak, the hoarse and heavy rubbing sound broke the silence of the Holy Spirit Chamber, and the coffin behind the lid was empty, only iron black with a cold luster.
Clement's golden eyes froze suddenly, with a mixture of joy and anger, but they were indeed empty!
The Saint Ivan who betrayed the holy city of Reims and established his own northern church is gone! His divine body and the power accumulated from generation to generation are gone!
"Sure enough, it was Belkovsky, he completed the state transformation!" Clement could not restrain his anger, angry that Belkovsky had betrayed his "ideal", and angry that he did not complete it so easily .
Only at this time did he clearly understand why Pope Viken did not consider the saints of the northern church in order to provoke relations when he secretly announced the god-like law, because he must understand that there are several saints with divine bodies and generations With the power, the state transformation only needs to collect the power of emotions, which is relatively simple, coupled with the power of faith controlled and stolen by the Northern Church, and the accumulated divine brilliance, the preparations for the god-like path have long been completed, enough to support a The "resources" that a god-like needs.
"If it weren't for this path involving the understanding of divinity and belief, the failure may be great and it must take a long time to grasp. Belkovsky may have already tried to make an impact..." Clement thought angrily and enviously He said that he was still far from transforming his state, but he didn't know that Belkovsky still lacked the secret of combining the two to impact the god-like.
Suddenly, he frowned: "Belkovsky collected emotional power in St. Ivan Castle. No matter how concealed it is, it can't be hidden from everyone. I don't know it's normal, but it seems that no saint notices it. Strange, does he have a special method?"
After thinking about it, he suddenly came to a terrible conclusion, and without any scruples, he turned around and opened another coffin.
Amidst the creaking sound of rubbing, the lid of the coffin was knocked, revealing the hollow interior, and Felix's divine body was gone!
One after another coffins were opened, and the divine bodies of Uriel and Alexei also disappeared!
Belkovsky is by no means the only one who completed the state transformation!
"It turns out that I'm the only one who doesn't know..." Clement laughed angrily. It turned out that he had been excluded from the inner circle long ago.
After tidying up the Holy Spirit Chamber, his consciousness returned to the Saint Geno Cathedral and contacted Martimus, the "Lord of Hell".
"Belkovsky and the other three saints have completed the state transformation using the divine body as a 'container'... Where did they get the negative emotions and the ancient devil's mystery? Viken will never reveal it to them, other The legendary powerhouse who has mastered this secret must also hope to control the number of people..." Maltimos pondered.
He once had such a plan to reveal this secret to Belkovsky and others at a critical moment to confuse the situation, but after He successfully descended, he no longer had this plan.
Before Clement guessed, "Lord of Hell" Martimus suddenly smiled sarcastically: "I'm afraid it's those members of the Magic Council. They only have negative emotions and the mysteries of ancient devils, which need to be stolen and used by you." The power of faith method is just mutually beneficial, hum, Douglas, Lucien Evans, what are you talking about sticking to the path of arcane magic... "
"What to do now?" Clement mused.
Martimus laughed: "Spread the news, especially let Viken know."
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A few days later, the holy city of Lance.
Pope Benedict III looked at the information in front of him, with a rare look of hesitation, he gritted his teeth and said: "Lucien Evans..."