Chapter 111 The Archangel’s True Purpose?
Accidents do happen.
Driven by the general trend, the Pope decided to lower himself and apologize to show his humility.
But also under the influence of the general trend, he could not do this at all.
Just before leaving, the old Pope was sitting in the bright church, praying his last prayer before leaving the Vatican.
When he opened his eyes after praying, he saw a figure who looked exactly like him and was also wearing a white papal robe, standing quietly in front of him.
He opened his eyes wide in shock.
Just as I was about to speak, a "familiar" voice quietly emerged from the bottom of my heart.
"As the Pope, after the light of judgment comes, you should be thinking about why the Kingdom of Heaven, which has been closed for a thousand years, suddenly appeared, instead of being afraid of being held accountable."
The voice was cold and had a hint of reprimand, as if an elder was looking at a younger person.
"You are..."
The old Pope's eyes opened even wider, his expression very surprised.
"Are you His Majesty Willard?!"
The current pope is Dorian Nolan, also known as Dorian III.
The previous Pope before him was called Villard.
The Pope serves for life, and once elected, he will basically not be replaced unless he dies.
So the previous generation of Pope was certainly not a living person.
But the dead previous Pope has now reappeared before his eyes. No one knows better than Dorian what this means!
The Kingdom of Heaven will lead the souls of devout believers into it.
The Pope may not be pious, but he must have made some contributions.
There is no problem with ascending to heaven after death and the soul's eternal life.
But if an ascending soul wants to descend back to the world, ordinary people cannot do it.
It can even be said that under normal circumstances, this would not happen! But right now...
"The one who will carry out the judgment this time is Archangel Adanelle."
While Pope Dorian was amazed by this, the former Pope standing in front of him spoke again.
A long time ago, this person was actually the teacher and elder of the current Pope, so he does not hide anything when speaking now.
"Do you still think that such a great being would care about the little things you do?"
Normally no.
Pope Dorian thought as he quickly came to his senses.
But what if? What if the archangel saw what he did?
You don't even have to show dissatisfaction, just leave a bad impression.
Perhaps his ascension to heaven after his death would become uncertain.
Not that such a powerful being would deliberately target him.
Rather, this existence itself is the pillar of heaven and is closely connected with heaven.
One thought might fill the rules of ascension to heaven with a filter and filter out him as the Pope.
This also means that one will not be able to live forever and will die completely.
They may even fall into hell, suffer endless hardships, and then be twisted into a devil or even a demon, a dirty life...
Therefore, no matter how small the risk is, we should do our best to avoid it.
But this kind of worry is obviously unreasonable to others, especially to the successful person in front of him who has already stepped into the gate of heaven.
Pope Dorian was too lazy to explain further. He stood up and bowed slightly to the other party, and replied humbly: "Please teach me, teacher."
The other party was obviously very satisfied with his appearance.
So after hearing this, he said directly: "This is a game."
"Gambling?"
"The King of Pride is dead, and his two great powers are now ownerless."
The former pope said: "All the lives in hell, even the other six demon kings, are coveting these two powers."
“But how to defeat competitors and successfully seize power for oneself is a big problem.”
The big question…
Pope Dorian was stunned when he heard this, and then he suddenly reacted.
If you want to become a demon king, or in other words, if you want to gain power, you can't just rely on force to seize it.
Even if you can use force to crush other competitors and seize power.
If a challenger who is more qualified for the authority appears later, even if the challenger's force value is very low, he can immediately defeat the authority holder with a higher force value and seize the authority! This is the rule of Hell's Ascension to the King.
After the death of the only king, it became like this.
Therefore, fighting by force is not advisable at all.
The best strategy is to compete using rules that conform to the requirements of authority and recognition of the Lord.
And what are the rules of competition right now? Arrogance and lies!
Anyone who aspires to seize power must make plans in these two areas.
But how can I prove that I am more arrogant and better at telling lies than others?
Past achievements are one thing.
What we are doing now has a higher weight! So the current situation is easy to understand.
Being a bully in hell does not reflect how powerful one is in the two major areas.
It would be more convincing to unfold some kind of conspiracy in the human world.
And if, under the nose of the Archangel who had not appeared for a thousand years but suddenly appeared at this moment, he blasphemed the sacred, acted arrogantly, and spread lies...
This can be said to be the key to victory or defeat!
The greatest arrogance in the world is to fool God.
The archangel is God's confidant.
If I could really fool her...
"Archangel Adanelle's appearance in the world was seen by Hell as an opportunity to show off."
Pope Dorian, who had come to some realization, expressed his guess.
"And if I really leave the Vatican, it will be the best opportunity to turn the opportunity into a gain..."
It is impossible to fool the archangel, but it is impossible to target the archangel himself, otherwise you will only end up in failure.
So apart from him, the Pope who is at the pinnacle of theocracy on earth, are there any other candidates who meet the requirements better?
If I, the Pope, was tortured, killed, or even replaced by an archangel...
What a serious blasphemy this is. "But, Master Adanelle, why give Hell this chance?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
He was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, he quickly understood.
"The Lord of Pride has somehow managed to sneak into our world in his true form."
The old pope suddenly realized and said, "Lord Adanelle suspects that this infiltration method is not limited to the Demon King Arrogance."
"That's why I'm using this opportunity to lure them into the trap!"
The higher the level of hell life, the more difficult it is for it to enter the human world.
At the level of Demon King, it is basically impossible to enter.
But the impossible happened not long ago.
This is tantamount to a huge hidden danger.
And now, the archangel who has not appeared for a thousand years has arrived.
In conjunction with this power struggle, it has become an extremely rare opportunity, enough to tempt certain beings in Hell—
If you want to fool the archangel, it is impossible to do it by simply possessing a human apostle. Only by showing up in your true form will you have a chance of success!
"There's no way the Hell Party couldn't guess this."
The former Pope nodded in agreement with Dorian's guess, "That's why I said this is a game."
Pope Dorian did not respond to what he heard, but stood there, thinking intently.
He understood it all now.
Why would the heaven that had been sealed for thousands of years no longer choose to hide and appear in the world so suddenly?
Why would a being of the archangel's level pay attention here?
The root of everything lies in what happened in York.
The death of the arrogant devil!
In the face of such a major event, his targeting of Andy as the Pope is simply a trivial matter not worth mentioning!
even……
Looking at the former Pope in front of him who looked exactly like him, Dorian had more guesses in his heart.
Of course, the previous Pope and the current Pope could not look the same.
So the former Pope’s appearance was not his true self at all.
The reason for such disguise, of course, was to go to St. Marian College to apologize on behalf of him, the current Pope!
This is equivalent to transferring risks and minimizing the risk that he, the Pope, will become a medium for fooling the archangel.
But is the meaning of this behavior really that simple?
The appearance of Archangel Adanelle will be seen as an opportunity by Hell.
Isn’t this an opportunity for the former Pope in front of us?
Risks and opportunities often coexist.
If he could cooperate with the Archangel to win this "game" and gain the Archangel's favor, how much glory and merit would it be? Dorian could even be sure that the person in front of him was also just a chess piece.
Because this person alone is not qualified to leave heaven and come before him.
The Pope is the pinnacle of divine authority in the human world.
But after ascending to heaven, the "official position" conferred will not be very high.
Pope Dorian was never sure of its exact location.
He only had a rough understanding that every Pope, when he ascended to heaven after his death, would enter an organization called the Star Council.
But he didn't know what this organization did or what power it had.
What he knew was that in front of the Archangel, who was the core of Heaven, the Star Council was just a small role.
Therefore, the one who wants to pursue this merit and seek the favor of the archangel is definitely not the former Pope himself.
It's the organization behind him.
But even though he has seen the truth, the old Pope named Dorian has no intention of "taking back" this opportunity that belongs to him.
Instead, he listened respectfully to the former Pope's plans.
Not everyone is qualified to strive for this level of opportunity.
The Star Council, to which the former Pope belonged, has the qualification, but as the current Pope, I must have self-knowledge.
There is a saying in the Far East that a county magistrate is not as good as the current manager.
Going beyond your immediate boss and currying favor with your boss’s boss’s boss…
Isn't this asking for trouble? Unless he can use this opportunity to get the legendary archangel to pay attention to him, support him, and even regard him as his confidant.
But how is this possible?
He is too old to daydream like this! (End of this chapter)