Chapter 382: Test
The Emerald Dream Cathedral is filled with vines, branches, and flower patterns, carved to look lifelike.
Coupled with the nourishment of the laws of life for countless years, wandering in the cathedral gives people the feeling of walking in a sea of flowers.
The meeting hall of the cathedral is also decorated with flowers, with stamens made of gold threads, petals made of silver, and branches and leaves carved from turquoise, making it seem like a dream world.
Compared with the quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the hall, the voices of the popes discussing seemed tense.
Andre said angrily:
"I have explained the situation in Sintlan in detail. The reason why Sinthalor was lost was because Dagon, the king of the Deep Ones, a member of the evil god Cthulhu's tribe, appeared. You should be able to guess how powerful a sixth-order creature is."
Pope Anthony of the Church of the God of Knowledge said indifferently: "Based on the current time point, the possibility of the existence of sixth-order creatures is not high.
Even if there really are sixth-order creatures, you didn't pass on information when Jinsalo fell, so where did you get the news now?"
He had doubts about the source of the news, and his words also expressed the doubts of others.
Arthur lowered his head, expressionless, and sighed inwardly: "I completely believe in the existence of sixth-order creatures, because I know someone who has reached this level of transcendence."
"The night before I arrived, the city of Bilvia was attacked. If I hadn't activated the shelter array to the highest defense mode in time, the Storm Spire might no longer exist.
Dagon is already in the late sixth stage, an existence that can cause strange phenomena in heaven and earth."
When Andre thinks back to that scene, he still feels a lingering fear. The gap between them was too big.
His words immediately quieted the scene, and everyone began to think about countermeasures. If such evil god's followers appeared in their controlled area, how should they deal with it?
Pope Flandre O'Hara of the Church of God of Life raised the question:
"That's not right. Cthulhu is an evil god that we are relatively familiar with. There are many records about it. Dagon is one of the strongest beings in its clan, but there is no news that it can leave the sea."
Andre sneered: "In the previous records, murlocs cannot go far from the coast, but now, murlocs have appeared in the Kingdom of Farouk, right?"
He suffered a loss in this regard and almost failed to guard against Dagon's sudden attack.
Arthur's expression became more serious. "Yes, the river valley province in Farouk is overrun with murlocs."
Flando coughed and said solemnly, "The Kingdoms of Ribia, Namiia, and Talon have also been invaded by the fishmen. This is one of the purposes of our meeting, to discuss a suitable plan to repel the attack of the evil god Cthulhu.
Your Excellency, our church has already produced a potion that replenishes the essence of life. With the help of this potion, with your accumulation, I believe you will soon advance to the fifth level of extraordinary level. This is our sincerity, and I hope everyone can work together. "
After talking for a long time, we finally stated our purpose.
Nivea whispered, "But what is the price?"
She is the Pope of the Church of the Moon. She has a crescent moon mark on her forehead and has a cool and elegant temperament.
The medicine that can replenish the essence of life must be very valuable. If the other party is willing to give it to you, he must have something to ask for, and that thing must be quite big.
For the popes who cannot advance due to problems with the origin of life, being able to go one step further means having a broader sky, and giving out this potion is a great favor.
Flando sat up straight and said with a smile, "My request is simple. I want to form a team of fifth-order extraordinary people to deal with the problems faced by various countries. This will benefit everyone."
Nivea said calmly, "Budamia poses no direct threat. Doesn't joining this alliance mean that I will suffer a loss?"
Anthony said, "I think it's feasible. Everyone knows what happened at the end of the last era. If we form a joint force now and get to know each other, we won't need to spend time getting used to each other in the future."
"I also agree to the alliance," said Angelina Elizabeth, Pope of the Church of the God of Harvest.
Ayoro Hatun, the Pope of the Church of the Sun, whose hair was as bright as golden silk, uttered an ambiguous laugh.
"Gather a team of high-level extraordinary people to serve as a fire brigade. Who will control this team? Also, when two kingdoms discover the traces of the high-level evil god's followers at the same time, who will be rescued? Let's change the conditions. The time is not yet ripe to form a coalition. If someone wants to keep each other warm, they can form an alliance privately."
The Kingdom of Arathi faces no direct threat from the evil god's followers and is not interested in forming a joint force unless they have control.
"That's what I meant. The potion is useful to us. This favor is owed to me personally. I can't use church personnel to repay the debt," Nivea agreed.
Arthur didn't say anything. He didn't need any potions to replenish his life force, so he remained calm.
Andre smiled and said, "I don't need the potion, but I want to join the alliance. What are the conditions?"
The situation in Hinterlands will become increasingly difficult, and he must seek help from the outside world, otherwise, Stormspire will always be in danger.
Dagon has already appeared, and his mate Hydra will probably appear soon, and then he will face the threat of two high-level evil gods' followers.
"I have drafted a charter. I believe that the forces joining the alliance must send out two fifth-level extraordinary people to form a team to deal with the difficult incidents within each alliance country.
Since Your Majesty does not need to use potions, the condition for joining the alliance is changed to only sending one fifth-level extraordinary person."
Andre secretly curled his lips. There were no extraordinary people who had reached the fifth level in the Church of the Lord of Storms. Doesn't this mean that they were rejected from the alliance?
The sky was filled with red clouds and before we knew it, it was already evening.
In the guest room, Crown asked, "What was discussed in today's meeting?"
He and Plimpton were in the process of visualization when Arthur came back to find him.
"Don't mention it. We've been discussing it for a long time but still can't come to any conclusion. The actual conditions of each church are different. It's difficult to reach a consensus."
Purinton bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, you guys chat. I have something to do so I will leave first."
After he left, Arthur asked, "Who is this? You actually have friends in the Kingdom of Namiia."
He had never known that Clown had connections with other kingdoms.
Crown smiled and said, "His name is Princeton McLean, my wife's cousin."
"The McLean family acted really quickly. Yes, Flanders is also from this family."
Arthur sighed and said, “Through today’s meeting, I judge that the three churches, the Church of the God of Life, the Church of the God of Knowledge, and the Church of Harvest, have already formed a private alliance.
If I'm not mistaken, Anthony and Angelina have also advanced to level five.
The Storm Lord Church, which is the weakest now, is with us, but I don’t want to form an alliance with Andre, at least not now. "
The Kingdom of Sintland is facing internal and external troubles, and it would be too disadvantageous to form an alliance now.
Clown was puzzled: "Since they have already formed an alliance privately, why do they need to hold a meeting? What's the purpose?"
His political IQ has never been high enough.
"They want to show the outside world that the reason for the alliance is because they face the threat of both Murlocs and Deep Ones. Their purpose is to appease the hearts of the Church of the Sun and the Church of the Moon."
Crown nodded and asked again:
"What is the current situation in the Kingdom of Hinterland? If their hidden dangers are not resolved, the situation in the Kingdom of Farouk will not be stable."
The entire continent's defense line began to collapse from Sintland. They were closest to R'lyeh, the city where the evil god was located, so of course they had to face the first wave of attacks. There was nothing they could do about it.
"We are still discussing it. We have reached a consensus on jointly sending more troops. The specific details will depend on Andre's performance. To put it bluntly, it depends on how much the other party is willing to pay in exchange for help."
Klauen frowned and sighed, "The Holy War Covenant has become a joke."
“When the gods made the covenant, the evil god had already descended, so the purpose of the covenant was to fight against the evil god.
The evil god has not yet descended upon the material world, so strictly speaking, the conditions for the covenant to take effect have not yet been met.
Arthur paused and asked meaningfully:
"If we need to send out fifth-order extraordinary people to assist our allies, are you willing to fight on behalf of the church?"
"It is my duty to protect the Kingdom of Farouk, but I must also assist my allies."
Clown shook his head and said, "Do we need fifth-tier extraordinary people to fight? As far as I know, only Flandre is at the fifth tier."
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“Of course, we don’t have to go into battle. Ayoro and Nivea have already paid a sufficient price in exchange for the potions from the Church of the God of Life. It won’t be long before they advance.
The current fifth-order transcendents are all at the Pope level, so it is not yet their turn to take action personally.
I mean we might form a coalition in the future, and the stronger the person who joins, the more control they will have. I think with your strength, you have a good chance of gaining control."
"We'll talk about the future later."
Clown had little interest in this. His top priority now was to push the progress of the Golden Light Spell to halfway in order to obtain more Tao seeds.
"There is something I want to tell you," Arthur said in a low voice:
"The Kingdom of Sintland discovered the most powerful clan of the evil god Cthulhu - Dagon, claiming that it has reached the sixth level."
"Really?"
Clown became interested. He purified the Starlight and gained a lot of proficiency in the Golden Light Spell.
Osman, who had been purified and alienated, also gained a lot of proficiency in the Golden Light Spell.
He secretly wondered if all evil creatures with strong purification and pollution laws would gain proficiency. If his guess was correct, he would have to carefully consider Arthur's suggestion.
Three days later, the meeting ended and Crown and his companions came to the parking lot, ready to leave by airship.
Ayoro walked over, followed by a middle-aged man in bishop's robes: "Arthur, why are you in such a hurry to leave? The person next to you is Crown, right? The first fifth-level extraordinary person on the continent, he is really promising at a young age.
Johnny, come here, you are also a fifth-order extraordinary person, meet your new friends. "
Johnny, who was wearing bishop's robes, took two steps forward, bowed slightly, and then stretched out his right hand:
"Your Majesty Arthur, Bishop Crown, I am Johnny Hatton, the Archbishop of the Church of the Sun God. Please take care of me. May the glory of the Sun God shine upon the earth."
What he said was very polite, but his tone was somewhat condescending.
Klauen stretched out his hand to shake hands, but suddenly felt a fiery force of law invading his body.
The solar law in his body immediately fought back, and also invaded the opponent's body with the power of the law.
Interesting, what is he trying to test? Clown took his hand back calmly and squinted his eyes to look at Johnny carefully.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, they went their separate ways.
When they were far away, Ayoro asked, "Did you feel anything?"
Josephine nodded slightly: "I used the power of the law to invade the opponent's body, and the opponent's body responded by counterattacking.
Our intelligence is correct. His power of law is indeed similar to the sacred power of the sun, but there are also obvious differences.
It would be too imprecise to judge that the other party is related to the Hutton family based on this."
When the news of Clown's achievement of the fifth level spread, Ayoro sent people to collect intelligence on the target.
Intelligence from the Church of the Sun God showed that Clown was able to use several secret arts, and the outward manifestations of these secret arts were similar to the holy power of the Church of the Sun God. They began to suspect that the other party's bloodline was related to the Hatton family, so they made this test.
"What's the difference? Explain clearly."
“It’s very important that our bloodline power is fiery and unrestrained, full of explosiveness, and this is true for all the direct descendants of the Hatton family.
But I can't figure out Clown's situation. His law power is fiery and carries a purifying force. My judgment is that his bloodline has nothing to do with his family."
Ayoro nodded regretfully. If it was proven that Crown's bloodline was related to the Hatton family, they would "trick" him into the Church of the Sun God at all costs.
As for whether the Church of the Lord of Fire agrees to release the people, that is not his concern.
As the most powerful church of gods in the entire continent, it is extremely domineering and refuses to give in.
On the airship, Arthur said suspiciously, "Strange, what are Ayoro and the others doing? You know what, the Hatton family is really well hidden, they actually already have a fifth-level extraordinary person."
Clown thought for a moment, but couldn't figure out the other party's purpose. He put his doubts aside and said:
"No matter what their purpose is, we will stop them if they come.
By the way, did the meeting reach an agreement? "
"Don't mention it," Arthur waved his hand and continued, "I found that our church didn't gain any benefits, and it was a big loss.
The Church of the God of Life, the Church of the God of Knowledge, and the Church of the God of Harvest have formed an offensive and defensive alliance. Nivea and Ayoro will quickly advance to level five after getting the potion.
The new weapons produced by the Church of the God of Knowledge have also been highly praised.
The Church of the Lord of Storms reached an agreement with them and obtained a batch of supplies, which greatly enhanced the strength of the Sintland side.
We were the only ones who got nothing and were just runners-up.”
Even though the expressions of the others were very obscure, Arthur could sense the arrogance and contempt in their bones.
Because before long, except for him and Andrew, the popes of other churches will be promoted to the fifth level.
(End of this chapter)