It’s a pity that no good results were achieved.

Sully saw that Mavis had tried every possible means to confront the Pope, but she could never gain the upper hand.

It is really difficult to defeat the Pope, especially when you know that there is such a possibility.

Suli never knew that he could remain extremely calm and think while people around him were fighting desperately.

Although I have never had the opportunity to face this kind of situation before.

What possibilities did you associate with the crow before?

At that time, everything was swallowed up in my stomach and I couldn't think deeply about it, but now I can recall it accurately.

What kind of person is the Pope?

Without discussing his personality, just looking at his actions, one can clearly feel that he is a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

If we think about why the king is still alive, which was once deliberately ignored, we will find an irrational situation.

That is why the king is still alive today.

Now is not referring to the current period of time, but from the moment the Pope told Ophelia's true identity, the king should no longer need to continue living.

To use the emperor to control the princes, this operation should not be difficult for a conspirator who can lie in ambush for decades.

At that time, the king died, and his children were all young or not even born yet. The Pope could choose to support anyone to sit on the throne and deeply brainwash that person.

Of course, this possibility also exists. The Pope may not have sat on the throne back then, and his power was not as strong as it is now. Due to the reality, he could not achieve his goals exactly as imagined.

If we can infer this, a second problem will arise.

That is, what is the reason for exchanging Ophelia and Xia Zuo's talents.

It's easy to tell that the siblings' talents have been swapped.

Ophelia has golden eyes, but she is a water element, while Xia Zuo has icy blue eyes, but she is a light element. Unless it is so far-fetched that Lyra and the Pope are related by blood, no matter how you look at it, they are both related to the experiment.

Custer, a researcher who had tried to collaborate with Sully, told Sully a lot of information privately.

For example, there was once a successful experiment in exchanging elemental affinities...

Assuming that the successful experiment that Custer was talking about was Ophelia and Chazo, the question arises again, why did the Pope allow such an experiment to take place?

One hundred percent elemental affinity, even for a child, can enhance strength in a breath. But for the Pope of that age at that time, it should not be difficult to brainwash a daughter with such talent.

Why did he even bother?

What is the value of the experiment?

Xia Zuo is not the Pope's child, so why did the Pope show in all his conspiracies that he wanted Xia Zuo to succeed him?

Before the act of stealing the country was completed, he was about to hand over his position to his son, who he regarded as his rival...

What kind of touching fatherly love is this?

The absence of such a possibility means that Xia Zuo, if he inherits the position of Pope, will have a clear advantage over the Pope.

Simply put, the Pope would never do anything that has no benefit.

So, Xia Zuo, who is only in his teens, sits on the throne of Pope and happens to have the blood of a king. The only one, or the only one left, may be him.

——Seize the house.

The fact that elemental affinity can be successfully tested proves that this talent is extremely important to humans, even though it is cognitively judged as extremely important. Just like many people would directly label Sully as waste when they see him, if he had this power, he would not suffer such one-sided discrimination.

But for humans, elemental affinity is not that important in nature.

It’s fine to have it, but you won’t die if you don’t have it.

This power is dispensable to the human body.

You can refer to Suli for this point.

As a person with absolutely zero element affinity, Suli still lives in this world, without any inexplicable weakness, illness, or rejection.

This proves that this world, which is essentially made up of elements...

In the beginning, perhaps there were no humans at all.

Ignore this uncontrollable extension that almost touches the essence of the world.

Sully returns to the last pope to seize the possibility of Chazo.

In addition to this possibility, Suli also thought of another point when he tried to stop the crow from taking action.

Pope, where did you learn about the seizure?

When one problem arises, countless problems follow.

In a world that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, where on earth did such news come from that the Pope could know it?

Unimaginable.

The intelligence seemed to be cut off, causing Suli to stagnate when he could no longer control his speculation.

Sully came out of his thoughts and felt Egbert and Roy's uncontrollable rapid breathing.

These two were different from Mavis who had previously wanted to mess with the Pope's mood. Their apparent act of delaying time was not really for the Pope's recovery, but for their own recovery.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for the human body to consume 100% of its elemental reserves, and more or less 1% will be retained.

This is a human instinct to avoid danger to oneself.

But after Suli said all these words, that 1% was squeezed out by these two men who didn't think about her at all.

They needed time to recover, so Mavis, who had not originally planned to show up, showed up.

The information about the Raven is well hidden, and very few people know of its existence. Even if they do know, they just regard it as a relatively low-level monster domesticated by humans.

Not to mention changing size, a level 3 monster can do it.

Mavis, who was not aware of this trump card, came out knowing that the Pope would provoke a conflict between the two elements in her body.

This means she knows...

If you come out by yourself, you will die.

Sully had a feeling that before he traveled through time, he was in a room with a 100% blackout curtain, typing away at the keyboard indifferently, and constantly perfecting in his mind the player's performance after seeing the things on the screen.

Just like now, he knew that the Pope would not die, and he also knew that Mavis would most likely die.

But it is very likely, but not certain.

Sully saw with her own eyes that Mavis was hit head-on by a white and gold magic circle with complex patterns, and flew backwards with blood spitting out of her mouth.

However, Sully remained extremely calm while the Pope laughed wildly.

Especially when the Pope blurted out: "Do you think you can hurt me just by you?"

"Even if all the people in this city were combined, you would not be able to resist me at all."

His chin was raised high, but after he finished speaking, it dropped back down and he looked across the air at where Sully was.

Is the distance ten meters or twenty meters?

Suli felt that he could not accurately estimate this distance.

but……

When the Pope wanted to take the initiative to attack, he tilted his head and said as a matter of course: "I don't think resistance can be compared with siege."

The Pope's face suddenly became extremely gloomy: "Who do you think you are talking to, you bastard?"

Suli was very sincere, his eyes were sincere, his tone was equally sincere: "Of course I am talking to an old man in his seventies who can't see the world clearly and doesn't understand that he has been in the conspiracy from the beginning to the end, and he still stubbornly believes that..."

"It can free you from death."

Sully's face was filled with an apologetic expression again. He stretched out one hand, not moving his arm much, only shaking his palm up and down, and said, "Sorry, I didn't finish what I said above. To be more precise, you are just an idiot who stubbornly thinks you can escape the cycle of death."

Sully even looked at the Pope in a puzzled manner, with his head slightly tilted, full of infinite mockery.

"By the way, do you know what an idiot means? If you don't, I can tell you now."

Suli's mouth was drawn into a brilliant smile. His hair, which had been blown back by the strong wind, was soaked by the moisture in the air. His emerald green eyes seemed to be washed clean after the raindrops fell from the sky.

Even from a distance, the gorilla, who had been strengthened by the elements, could see how clear those green eyes were.

But this young man, whose face was synonymous with purity and clarity, raised his middle finger to the Pope without hesitation.

"Please, you don't really think that our choice of siege was a difficult choice made after hasty preparations."

The Pope could see from a distance that pair of lips trembling slightly in the cold air as he spoke word by word: "We will choose to surround and kill you in the palace. Of course, we have already made preparations. You are definitely going to die."

“Ahh…”

Sully deliberately prolonged his tone again. He looked like a rich young man wandering in a garden, lazily stroking the black crow that stood steadily on his forearm.

The chin hair of birds is very soft. When you rub it gently, you can feel the crow's uncontrollable avoidance behavior due to its sensitivity.

Too leisurely.

Abnormally leisurely.

The Pope couldn't help thinking this.

It was like he was listening to every word Sully said even though he clearly shouldn't have.

"The legend of the prophet of Sadina City should have spread far and wide, but if you don't pay attention to this, it will be the biggest failure of your life."

Sully raised his arms, and the crow, who was unable to cooperate, breathed a sigh of relief at Sully who was no longer rubbing his chin, and walked over the boy's head.

Suli stretched out his arms, raised his head and looked at the sky as if he was embracing the world.

There were still lightning and thunder in the sky, and the roar of bombs continued, but the high-altitude fighter, who could no longer fly, still lacked the last statement that could completely ignite his mentality.

for example……

"Do you think I know your back-up plan?"

"Do you think I know the strength you have been hiding?"

"Of course, I also allow you to guess what I 'saw'."

These words were like seductive words. Even though I didn't want to listen to them, I couldn't help but engrave them in my heart.

It's like...

"I thought it was obvious that Xia Zuo didn't come back with Ophelia."

Sully quickly lowered his head from its high position to a normal perspective. His eyes seemed to be lit up by thunder from the sky, and combined with his pale lips, he looked almost inhuman.

The sound of thunder that exploded like a cannon, along with the words that could not be heard accurately but were understood, reached my ears together.

"——Xia Zuo, he died a long time ago!"

…

This was a lie, but Sully smiled as he watched the Pope rushing towards him madly.

Egbert and Roy, who had recovered a lot, blocked the attack together.

"I'm telling you." Roy looked at the Pope sarcastically from afar, under the heavy rain. "To what extent have you underestimated the prophet?"

Roy, who had not dared to interrupt in order to quickly recover his strength, was actually feeling very unhappy in his heart.

Roy, who had recovered his strength but at least had five points, started trash-talking and refused to admit defeat.

Although he had no idea what Sully meant by that, he knew that Sully's words were intended to confirm the Pope's prophet's words.

Why? I don’t know.

Reason? Not important.

The important thing is that Egbert cooperated.

"How can a selfish and evil person like you understand Lord Sully's abilities?" After Egbert finished speaking, he took the initiative to greet him.

It is already clear what will happen next.

Sully has done what he needed to do.

For example, the Pope once again triggered the conflict between the dark and light elements in Mavis' body.

For example, from beginning to end, the Pope never noticed the arrival of Lan Zhe.

"I feel that I am not at all suitable to play the role of a savior who appears in a crisis and saves the world."

Lan Zhe said this sarcastically while stuffing a pill into Mavis' mouth.

Sully looked at Mavis, who was lying on the ground with a faint consciousness, with an apologetic look on his face. He said, "I'm sorry, I don't think you can just die so freely now."

After Lan Zhe paused for a moment, he pulled Mavis from the state of lying on the ground to a state where she could sit up steadily without saying a word.

"Is there something wrong with what you said?"

"For someone who is ready to die, I think it's not too much to use any harsh words to attack her, although I'm not so rubbish as to say those rubbish to a seriously injured lady."

Suli was still somewhat dissatisfied.

Even though he knew Mavis would do this, knowing it didn't mean he wouldn't be unhappy when he saw it.

How should I put it……

After going over all of the Pope's reasons and actions in his mind, Sully truly felt as if he were standing in a God's perspective, watching everyone perform according to plan.

Yes, that's the plan.

However, compared to the original plan, what actually happened was forced to be accompanied by some improvisations by Sully.

For example, he didn't understand at first why the Pope did this.

Therefore, according to the original plan, Mavis fell down, but before she died completely, what she needed to do was to explain what she had done in the past and delay time for the recovery of the former Son of Light and the third-rate mercenary.

This was an action that was planned without Mavis's knowledge.

Lan Zhe, the only person who knew about the situation, was also asked to time his appearance carefully.

Game planners rarely get involved in the games they make because it would violate some contract rules, but that doesn't mean Sully doesn't know the basic game operations of players.

[What kind of suicidal behavior is it to fight in a group without a healer? 】

Therefore, Lan Zhe had already squatted inside the small white building.

Lan Zhe saw clearly when the Pope came and how he later offended Lyra.

The superior environment of darkness under the lights made him look like a passerby watching the passionate CG. It was not until the passionate camera turned to him that Lan Zhe began to withstand the wind and rain and heal Mavis.

Moreover, this action completely eradicated the light elements in Mavis that did not belong to her.

Under normal circumstances, this is of course impossible. Even the Dark Pope cannot dispel the light element that was injected into Mavis' body by the Light Pope when she was a child.

But there is a good saying.

——Only when you are in danger can you survive.

During the time Lan Zhe stayed in the Mercenary City, he was naturally in an excellent pharmacology experimental environment.

Test subject No. 1 Egbert possessed the element of light and was extremely resistant to attacks. When he was severely injured by the crows many times, Lan Zhe, while giving him auxiliary drugs for treatment, also studied why the element of light had a healing effect.

Later I found out that this thing is not a cure, but a deception.

Simply put, the optical effect of the light element can only create some illusions... For example, when Egbert played Godfrey in the tavern, his image was obviously different from his real image.

In addition to making these small changes, the light element can also blind people's consciousness in a targeted manner.

The brain tells the patient that he is injured and needs treatment, and the light element can deceive the brain during the battle. Then the brain will tell the body that he is fine and can still hold on.

The severance of sensory nerves would make it impossible for people to accurately judge their own physical condition, and the bodies of the gorillas in the elemental world do have natural potential that can be explored infinitely.

At least Egbert never really killed himself.

As long as Mavis thinks she is dead, the light element in her body that does not belong to her will disappear.

But just because Mavis thought she was dead didn't mean she was completely brain dead.

At this time, Lan Zhe only needs to take out a pill and put it in. Even if Mavis doesn't come back to life, at least she can open her eyes safely.

Then Mavis kicked Lan Zhe away, cursing, "Stay away from me."

Then, she hugged Sully with her backhand, and he came over to look at her with his eyes shining.

Suli: ???

Lan Zhe: ???

Dark Saint, what are you doing? Dark Saint!

The crow above Sully's head immediately began to gnaw at Mavis's head.

"Let go, let go of me..."

It was Sully who was about to roll his eyes.

"Although I know you are very surprised that you are still alive, if you continue to hold me, I can't guarantee that I can let you see the sun tomorrow." Lan Zhe threatened with narrowed eyes.

But what was more stressful was that Egbert simply handed over all the Pope's responsibilities to Roy.

Roy: ???

"You're so fucking awesome!"

Roy swore.

But the appearance of Egbert prevented Sully from being suffocated.

Mavis is forced to let go of Sully after Egbert shows up.

But at this moment, the Dark Saint, who had probably perfectly inherited the peculiar qualities of the Dark Elementalist, didn't care at all about Egbert's glare at her. She lowered her head, staring at the tips of Sully's feet as he took several steps back, feeling the warmth of his breath at the tip of her nose, and no longer suppressed herself, she chuckled.

Until later I couldn't control my laughter.

Several grown men couldn't understand why she could be so happy. Although Sully knew that Mavis had reasons to be happy, he didn't quite understand why she could... laugh so ridiculously.

——Until Roy, who was struggling to resist the Pope, saw his opponent being blown away on the spot by a gray elemental ball.

…

…………………………

Sully & Egbert & Lan Zhe & Roy: ???

Mavis slowly got up from the ground like a robot without lubrication.

The weirdness of its movements is enough to make people feel creepy.

After she stood up completely, everyone realized that Mavis's eyes, one black and one silver, were of different colors. The silver color was getting darker while the black color was getting lighter.

Not only did the pupils change color, but even the hair, which looked extremely strange, half white and half black, turned gray.

Then Sully felt his eyes blurred and Mavis disappeared from his sight.

Until the sound of a building collapsing suddenly rang out in the rain.

It was not the scene of buildings that continued to burn in the rain and finally collapsed after they could no longer hold on, but the scene of them being directly smashed through by the Pope's body.

"What...what is this?" The Suli people were dumbfounded.

"I want to know, too." Roy's lips were trembling.

Lan Zhe looked at Egbert, pinched his nose, and began to explain: "No matter what kind of element it is, there is the possibility of fusion."

Roy blurted out what Sully wanted to say: "Bullshit!"

"There is no possibility of fusion of opposing elements."

"You're right if you say so." Lan Zhe glanced from a distance and saw Mavis grabbing the Pope's legs and smashing them to the ground. He swallowed and took a step back uncontrollably.

It's just outrageous!

"But the two elements existing in one human body inherently have the potential to merge."

"When an element is inside the body, it is just a ball of power. Before it is used, even if it has properties, it is just power."

“Only after the elements are used can people more intuitively feel the differences in their properties.”

"For example, you can turn your ice element into ice cubes, glaciers, ice cones, ice chips..."

At this moment, the place where Egbert and Roy had fought with the Pope before, and the iceberg that Roy had created that had not completely melted.

"But before all that ice stuff came along, the elemental nature within you was just a cooler force."

"For example, Euphia's element makes her body temperature higher than that of an ordinary person, but this does not mean that she actually has fire in her body."

"The same is true for dark and light elements." Lan Zhe said reluctantly with a twitch of his mouth, "But I didn't expect that the killing power of Mavis after the fusion of light and dark elements would be so high."

In the end, Sully unhesitatingly added a mysterious touch to this relatively reasonable explanation.

"Rather than saying that the two forces have undergone a qualitative change after mixing, it is better to say that Mavis simply wants to hit someone, and there just happens to be a target to be hit."

Without thinking, Egbert agreed: "Lord Sully is right!"

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