Chapter 269 Time Clockwork

Crown looked at the furnishings in the airship and found that this should be an airship purely for transporting passengers, with extremely low space utilization and luxurious decoration.

Every area within the airship that could be seen by the naked eye was covered with a layer of soft leather, and gray carpet was laid underfoot.

Compared with the airships he had taken before, this one was N levels higher.

At this time, Harry, who was leading the way, stopped and pointed ahead:

"Your Excellency, the Archbishop and his men are just ahead. I will go and notify the pilot to take off."

There were three silver-level warriors sitting there. For some reason, he always felt that there was a silver light flashing in their eyes, full of oppression, but he did not have this feeling when facing a silver-level warrior.

Standing near them, Harry felt like a chicken being stared at by an eagle, and a sense of fear arose as if engraved in his blood.

Now that there is another strong silver-level warrior joining, he doesn't want to get close even more.

If possible, he wanted to stay as far away as possible.

Crown stepped forward, walked to the side of the bishop who was talking, sat down next to Lannister naturally, and said: "Archbishop, Lord Cavendish, Lord Warlock, I am sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

Flanders smiled kindly: "I just said that there is no need to send anyone to notify you, you will come by yourself."

He looked down and saw the black cat in Crown's arms. He exclaimed, "This black cat is very special."

Most cats have white whiskers, a few may have black, brown or gray, but I have never seen a cat with golden whiskers.

This was not the most surprising thing for him. The black cat's whiskers were actually flashing with light. He did not think that he was dazzled or seeing things.

After advancing to the silver level, he felt that his body was like a dried-up pond that was filled with water again. He felt full of strength, and his eyes could capture faster objects.

He tried to sense it with his spiritual sense and found that the black cat's spirituality was pure without a trace of impurities, just like "seeing" the moonlight shining into the room at night.

The archbishop's words also attracted the attention of the other two people, and they soon noticed the peculiarity of the black cat.

Lannister asked curiously, "I didn't expect that you would raise such a strange pet. Could it be that a positive mutation has occurred?"

Ever since the gray fog spread, the concentration of spirituality in the world has increased rapidly, and all creatures that have been in direct contact with the gray fog for a long time have mutated.

In most cases, a group of deformed and extremely aggressive monsters were created, but there was also a very small chance that beneficial changes would occur to the organism.

He once saw a sparrow grow a second pair of wings, and its flying speed increased significantly, and the sparrow did not lose its rationality.

"That should be the case. When I first saw this kitten in the wild, I found that it did not mutate into a disgusting and deformed appearance like other animals."

Clown gave a perfunctory reason. How could he not understand that all this was due to the Golden Light Curse and the talisman water?

In total, he probably spent several thousand gold spirit coins on his two pets.

After talking for a while, Lannister stood up and said goodbye. These bishops probably had other things to discuss, and it would not be appropriate for him to stay here.

In addition, facing three powerful church figures, he felt a lot of pressure.

After the Silver Warlock left, Clown asked, "Archbishop, is there anything I should be aware of in the Vatican? Is there any place selling jade in the city of Bray?"

It was his first time to visit the headquarters of the Church of the Lord of Fire, and he was somewhat curious.

The Holy See is located in the south of the Kingdom of Farouk, which is much warmer than the north. Maybe you can buy warm jade there.

If he couldn't buy the warm jade in the royal capital, he could only find a way through multinational caravans.

Thinking that the production of the Sun Thunder Seal was still a long way off, he felt secretly anxious.

This talisman is a real killer. The sooner you get the right warm jade, the sooner you can warm it up.

That’s right, the Sun Thunder Seal is the same as the Moon Thunder Seal. If the carrier is good enough, the power will be further enhanced with nurturing.

A flash of reminiscence flashed in Flanders' eyes. It had been more than twenty years since he left the Vatican, and he had not been back in the past four or five years.

After a while, he smiled and said:

“There’s nothing noteworthy. It’s just that there is a set of complicated etiquette for the first audience with the Pope. Just follow his instructions.

Now we have all achieved the Silver Rank, so as long as we don’t act disrespectfully, it won’t have much of an impact.”

He secretly thought in his heart that this time he was going back to the Vatican to set up the College of Cardinals, and the Pope who had held power for many years would not like them.

Crown then asked, "Are we going to see the Pope immediately after we get off the airship?"

The archbishop waved his hand, his eyes gleaming. "No, we'll meet up with some friends and then head to St. Peter's."

Cavendish yawned in boredom and said:

"It takes three days for the airship to reach Rhine City. Just thinking about it makes me feel bored. There is nothing to do."

After achieving the silver rank, he felt more energetic than ever before, but this journey did not seem very pleasant.

He wanted to practice his fighting skills, and the airship was obviously not an ideal place.

As a warrior eager for battle, he wanted to fight with Klauen to see if there was a big gap between the two after their advancement.

When both of them were at level three, he vaguely realized that he would not be the opponent's opponent.

Flanders understood his old friend's thoughts and said with a smile:

"Go back and rest. Besides fighting, you should develop a hobby. Clown is a good example. He knows how to keep a pet to kill time when you are bored."

Clown grinned. He had endless things to do. The reason he brought a pet was because he didn't want to waste the effect of the Golden Light Spell.

Pets will also be subtly strengthened during visualization. If Fujin wasn't so cool, he would definitely bring both pets with him.

"Then I'll go back and see if I can fall asleep."

Cavendish nodded listlessly, then stood up and left.

"Go ahead."

The archbishop waved his hand, then leaned forward and lowered his voice:

"Your residence is next to the Lannisters. Let Harry lead the way for you later."

Crown raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice as well: "What do you think he will do in private? Okay, I'll pay attention."

“I believe Lannister is a smart man and would not do anything small in this situation, but safety comes first, just in case.

You don't need to look at him deliberately, Cavendish is next door to him on the other side, I live opposite him, and now he is completely surrounded by us."

The two chatted for a while, then Crown said goodbye and left, finding Harry who was standing by and asking him to lead the way back to his room.

. . . .

St. Peter's Basilica.

The sunlight shone through the bright windows, slanting onto Osman De Luke's profile.

He had short gray hair, which stood up like stubborn steel needles, full of energy.

Under the alternating light and dark, his profile is angular and has a unique sense of majesty.

He looked at the two archbishops in front of him, his eyes softened a little: "What have you gained from reading the secret scrolls these days?"

Within a month after receiving the news that the Cardinal of Cologne Cathedral had achieved the silver rank, two archbishops from his direct lineage were promoted to silver rank in succession, which made him overjoyed.

What made him even happier was that one of his secret troops had advanced to silver, and no one else knew this news.

Including himself, his own forces apparently have three silver-ranked senior officials, which is equal to the group composed of Flanders and others.

Flanders and his men did not hide the fact that they were leaving for the Vatican. They submitted their application a week ago and said that they had important military intelligence to report.

Osman scoffed, saying that the Kingdom of Farouk did not border the ocean, had only two short coastlines, and was surrounded by mountains on three sides, so how could it have any important military intelligence?

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

He believed that the other party came here for two reasons: one was to obtain the silver-level practice scroll and the other was to establish a College of Cardinals to limit the power in his hands.

Even if the College of Cardinals is established now, he still has the upper hand. The Pope's resolutions account for two votes in the College of Cardinals, while other silver-rank bishops only have one vote each.

Ahmed bowed slightly and said with a cheerful face:

"Your Majesty, I have gained a lot these days. I feel that my holy power is beginning to grow rapidly. I haven't felt this kind of pleasure of rapid increase in strength for more than 20 years."

Drag Mio's face was filled with an irrepressible sense of joy: "Your Majesty, I feel the same way. The rapid increase in strength is intoxicating."

"Very good, this will surprise those opponents. You guys go down first. There are still a few days before Flanders and others come to the Holy See. Maybe you can improve a little more."

"Your Majesty, we take our leave."

The two archbishops bowed and walked away.

The Pope was the only one left in the room. The joy on his face quickly faded, and he spoke slowly: "Everyone is making progress, but I am the only one standing still? Is it unfortunate to be the Pope before this era comes?"

His voice was low, but it echoed in the room.

"Your Majesty, you are the most intelligent and adventurous person I have ever met. You will definitely be able to find other ways to make up for the shortcomings of forced sublimation."

The light and shadow in the shadow behind him changed, and a man of medium height wearing black clothes appeared.

There were several crisscrossing scars on the man's face, and the scars twisted as he spoke, making him look more ferocious.

"I hope so."

Osman spoke calmly, he sighed in his heart, and then said:

"After Ah and Draguer became archbishops, they may have never fought again and have lost the vigilance that an exorcist priest should have.

I was really disappointed that I didn't notice your presence after several meetings with them.

The resurrection of the evil god is inevitable, and this is not a good sign."

"There has been peace for a long time, and there are very few battles in the diocese that require the deployment of the cardinal.

I hid behind His Majesty, lost in His Majesty's silver radiance. Plus, my abilities were very concealed, so it was normal that I was not discovered by the two bishops.

If I were alone in this room, the two bishops would surely sense that something was wrong."

"Not necessarily! Have you made any happy discoveries recently?"

The man responded calmly: "Your Majesty, I sent secret guards to the Kingdom of Ribia to investigate a bizarre case.

The files say that there is a skinny weirdo hiding under a torn yellow robe. He can give yellow symbols to those knowledgeable people. Most of the people who receive this gift go crazy, but there are exceptions. Those who do not go crazy gain endless secret knowledge.

If the secret guards are fully investigated, they will return immediately. If this is true, I wonder if those who have not gone mad will be able to master the knowledge of replenishing the damaged life essence."

"Haha," the Pope suddenly laughed. He felt that this kind of thing sounded nonsense.

A symbol can enable people to obtain endless knowledge, but it drives more people crazy. It sounds like mortals hearing the evil god's bewitching mutterings.

Since the leader of his secret guards has already sent people out, he might as well find out the real situation.

. . . .

Compared to Cavendish's idleness, Crown felt that he did not have enough time.

He summoned a ball of metallic essence the size of a ping-pong ball, released bullet time, and then continuously released golden light seals.

When half of the sands of time were consumed, he ended the bullet time.

Staying in fighting shape has become his instinct.

At any time when not in a state of war, he would retain at least one-third of the stock of 'spellcasting materials'.

As the proficiency in the Golden Light Spell continued to improve, the speed at which the Golden Light Spell could spread the metal essence became faster and faster. After two hours of uninterrupted casting, this ball of metal essence could be completely transformed into magic-breaking metal.

The Golden Light Seal consumed the Life Energy and Sunfire Fluid. When Clown realized that only half of the Life Energy was left, he stopped his movements and visualized the Golden Light Mantra.

When you meditate, the recovery rate of your life energy is greatly accelerated.

Two hours later, he ended his visualization, took out two gold spirit coins and began to absorb the spiritual essence from them to speed up the recovery of the Sand of Time.

After the sands of time were full, he began to repeat his previous actions and activated bullet time. He spent a day and a night safely on the airship. On a morning with the rising sun, not long after Crown released bullet time again, he felt the violent vibration of the hourglass of time, and his spirit control had advanced.

His consciousness immediately sank into the sea of ​​​​knowledge. He observed that the size of the time hourglass had slightly increased, and the color of the brass base had also become much brighter, as if it had been touched frequently and had a special sense of brightness.

The most satisfying thing is that there is a silver star on the base of the hourglass.

Crown's consciousness entered the hourglass of time, feeling what this new ability was.

Time Clockwork, this is the name of his new ability. He can create an invisible force field around his body. The movement speed of enemies entering it will be reduced, but he himself will not be affected.

"Haha," Crown chuckled. Bullet time increased his own speed, time clockwork slowed down the enemy, and time standstill paused the enemy. Combined with his basic speed and strength that were faster than those of the extraordinary people of the same level, it was a perfect match.

If he fights against monsters, he will definitely become a true melee butcher, and a silver warrior with powerful long-range attack methods.

There was a warlock living next door. Clown suppressed his eagerness to experiment with his new skills and checked to what extent the other abilities of the time hourglass had been improved.

(End of this chapter)