Before the fireball even touched the hem of the Pope's clothes, it was blocked by a barrier shining with holy light.
However, easily blocking the opponent's attack did not make the pope's expression relaxed. On the contrary, he couldn't help but step back for several steps, as shocked as a young man who had never seen the world, and the hand holding the scepter began to tremble slightly.
He just stared at the old lady, unable to say anything.
"That's right. Compared with back then, you are finally not so busy receiving a small gift now." The old lady nodded and responded to the Pope's stunned look with seemingly pleased praise.
However, the Pope did not answer.
He still had his eyes wide open, his face full of astonishment, as if he hadn't come back to his senses yet.
For a while, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was a little stiff.
boom!
Suddenly, the top of the scepter in the Pope's hand exploded extremely suddenly. The largest diamond on the scepter shattered and turned into a burst of white light, covering the Pope's entire body.
Then, in less than a second, the Pope disappeared into the white light and fled the place.
At the same time, in an open space probably several kilometers away, a ball of white light appeared out of thin air, and the figure of the Pope suddenly walked out of it. As soon as he appeared, he immediately turned back and looked at the original place, with a bit of fear in his eyes.
"How, how could it be her... Isn't she already dead?" He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. In shock, he even started talking to himself.
Fortunately he ran fast, otherwise...
However, just as he was secretly rejoicing, the old lady's voice came from behind him again.
"I did almost die."
At this moment, the pope was almost so frightened that he threw away his scepter. He turned around in a panic, only to see the old lady standing not far behind him, still looking at him kindly with that seemingly ignorant and innocent smile.
She followed.
—After he instantly escaped from where he was with the help of his scepter, the old lady followed him in less than ten seconds.
This fact made the Pope, who had been sitting firmly on Diaoyutai for many years, feel dizzy at this moment.
"You... No, even if you didn't die, you wouldn't have the same strength as you did back then. I know very well what happened back then. Even if the teacher didn't die with you, you wouldn't be able to maintain that kind of magic level." Taking a deep breath, the Pope's long years still allowed him to calm down. He faced the old lady and said coldly.
He is the pope of this generation and he must calm down.
Besides, if he calms down and thinks about it carefully, he doesn't need to cast the huge shadow of the past onto his current self.
After listening to the Pope's words, the old lady nodded.
"You're right." She suddenly showed a sentimental look and said slowly, "The fifth pope is indeed a powerful figure. You know, I was only in my twenties at that time. When he led When five bishops, ten teams of purifiers, and more than twenty priests came to surround me, I thought I was in danger."
As she spoke, she paused deliberately before continuing: "Therefore, even in the end, I risked my life and burned all my mental power and elemental affinity to kill them all."
Listening to the old lady's words, the Pope leaned on the ground with his scepter like a crutch, and gradually stabilized his emotions. His body no longer trembled, and his palms no longer sweated.
yes…
How much of a mage's former strength can he retain even after years of recovery when his mental power and elemental affinity have been severely damaged
There was no need for him to panic like a young priest who had just entered the church.
He... is no longer the young priest who just entered the church.
"In this case, you shouldn't have appeared in front of me." Thinking like this, the Pope became less panicked, and a cold murderous intention began to appear in his tone, "I really didn't expect the legendary 'Soul Flame' You will be hidden among the nobles of the royal capital. However, God’s will has brought you here, and those past events should come to an end.”
After speaking, he raised his scepter.
The old lady gave him a very uneasy feeling, which made Xiang feel even more irritable. Therefore, in order to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and regain his majesty as the pope, he did not plan to continue to grind here.
Whether the mage who caused the unexpected death of the fifth pope was bluffing or not, he could only try to find out in person.
He was ready to take action.
Invisible fluctuations spread out from his body, like a breeze blowing through the desert, with a kind of power that makes people feel slightly shocked. Under the call of this wave of waves, the surrounding holy light rushed towards the Pope at high speed, so dense that it even formed many arcs of light visible to the naked eye above the Pope's head.
The Pope raised his hands with an indifferent expression, as if he were a god about to pronounce judgment, looking at the old lady without sadness or joy.
He opened his mouth and prepared to sing.
Snapped!
The old lady tilted her head and snapped her fingers again.
The Pope, who was guiding the gathering of Holy Light, suddenly felt like he was being pricked by a needle in his head. Then, there was a burst of severe pain, and the surrounding holy lights immediately broke away from his control, flying around like frightened birds.
His spellcasting was interrupted.
Realizing this, the Pope once again showed a stunned expression and looked at the old lady in extreme shock.
… how so
"You also know that things like elemental affinity and mental power are very annoying." The old lady rubbed her temples helplessly and said, "When I completely overdrawn them, I became a fool and couldn't do anything. I don’t remember, so I can only wander aimlessly in the kingdom**. However, they are like weeds, they will still grow back after being cut. One year later, I returned to normal; three years later, I recovered All the memories; five years later, I became a mage again; thirty years later, I returned to my previous level. Can you imagine? After recovering my memory, I discovered that I was inexplicably married to the then Duke of Lise , and gave birth to a son, which gave me a headache."
As she spoke, the old lady pretended to sigh, as if her magical talent, as tenacious as a weed, had really caused her a lot of trouble.
As for the Pope...
After hearing what the old lady said, he was completely stunned and could only shake his head with an expression of disbelief.
This is impossible.
The church’s research on spiritual power has always been ongoing. He knew very well that once his mental power was damaged, it would be very difficult to recover. The more damaged it is, the harder it is to recover.
Therefore, even if the church knows that mages have many secret techniques to burn their own spiritual power and even burn their souls, they only treat them as drinking poison to quench thirst and never conduct research in this area.
He had never heard that spiritual power could grow back after it was burned out.
…Is it God’s will? Is God testing his will? Otherwise, why would such an incredible thing appear before his eyes
Seeing the constipated expression on the Pope's face, the old lady shrugged innocently and said: "I didn't mean it, my talent is like this. No matter what I am doing, my spiritual power and elemental affinity are my president. Burned out They are still growing, and they are growing very fast. I have not practiced magic once in these years, and they just grow back by themselves, and there is nothing I can do about it."
“…”
I don't know if it was due to the backlash of the failed spell casting, but the Pope suddenly had the urge to vomit blood.