Chapter 70 - 70 : Confrontation 2 (1/2)
In the Holy Church headquarters, precisely in that tall white tower which Arthur and Lucy are heading to, the Pope was sitting on the golden throne while 3 people are kneeling in front of him.
There was also an old woman standing next to him, she emitted a gentle and ancient aura around her, she looked extremely old and her face was full of wrinkles.
The 3 people kneeling were the 3 current bishops, 2 are new since the 2 former ones were killed and the last one is still alive, as for that old woman, she is the Archbishop.
”Are you sure about that?”
The Pope's domineering voice rang out in the big and empty hall, it was full of coldness, for the bishops, the Pope was like a god to them, he is the messenger of their holy goddess and he would sometimes communicate with her which gave him a position much higher than the others, his strength is not to be reckoned with too, so since a long time, no one dares to mess with him or even disobey with him.
One of the kneeling bishops, who wasa handsome young man, replied to the Pope
”Yes, my Lord! Several soldiers came a few minutes ago and informed me about the situation outside, it seems the undead army is winning and breaking through our defense, 3 Cardinals are already dead! What's more is that there were sneak attacks from the undead skeletons inside the city”
The Pope's wrinkled face turned ugly, he kept stroking his long white beard while gazing outside through the huge glass windows which had a picture of their goddess, Delia.
”Mhm.. Alex, you go to the frontline and stop them, it shouldn't be a problem for you, right? Cara, you go too”
Two of the kneeling bishops nodded and left without a word, only the handsome young man stayed behind, still kneeling in front of the Pope, he appeared calm although he was in front of the Pope which was surprising, but none of them were impressed, neither the Archbishop nor the Pope.
Arthur and Lucy flew to the tall tower, and just when they were in front of the front gate, it opened and several soldiers came out of it, holding their arms and shields.
There were hundreds of them, priests and mages are at the back and the close-combat fighters at the front.
Arthur knew that Lucy didn't want to deal with them and only wanted to deal with the big shots, such as the Pope, so mercilessly and easily slaughtered them with the Natural Lightning, it only took him a simple wave of his hand to end their lives, After all, their LVL was just too low, even lower than the disciples of the Ma Clan.
It really left him confused, why such a force is still existing even with the clans around? Even the weakest Clan would probably have a Spirit Realm, and he was sure that the Pope is at best LVL500, so it would be very easy to finish him.
As they were entering the gate after collecting the corpses, two figures came at them with fast speed, if you look closely, it was a middle-aged man and a woman, each of them was heading for a target, the woman wielded a blue lance and the man had a white saber.
Just from their attire, Arthur knew they were bishops, and he also knew they were probably new, as he killed two and generally there are only 3, of course, he could be mistaken but who cares right?
Lucy didn't have a grudge with them, so there was no reason to thoroughly torture them, since they were higher rank in the Holy Church and not like the soldiers, maybe they would have some common sense, so he used his threads to totally freeze their movements then he calmly said
”I'm only going to say it once. If you surrender now, I'll probably let you live, if not then you'll die in despair and be slaughtered like a pig!”
In fact, he wasn't going to live them alive, he just wanted to get some answers from them.
”Ignorant! Wh..”
Before the man could finish, he was beheaded by Arthur, the threads were more than enough to do the job, then Arthur's cold gaze turned toward the terrified woman.
It took her some time to realize what just happened, a second she was attacking the intruders and the next one she was frozen mid-air and her companion was already beheaded before he could resist, with fearful eyes she looked at Arthur and Lucy and hesitantly said
”Wh-what do you w-w..want?”
Arthur smirked and spoke again
”Simple, I'm going to ask you few questions and you have to honestly reply”
The reason he wanted some answers is because he found out that he can't use his [Sixth Sense] to determine the position of the Pope, maybe there was some kind of array making him unable to do that, and he wanted to thoroughly finish the big shots before proceeding with the soldiers and such.
The woman slowly nodded, she was still scared shitless of those two, she saw how her comrade was easily killed and truthfully, she didn't want to end up dead like him because of her stupid pride, if there was a way out then she would take it.
From the very moment she was frozen in mid-air, she discovered that albeit her strong armor or the great enchantments on her gear, that was useless against what was restricting her movements, no matter how she struggled, it was utterly meaningless.
”Alright, where is the Pope”
”O-our lord is in the main hall, i-it's at the top of the t-t..tower..”
Arthur pondered for a bit then looked at Lucy, after all, she was the one who was going to take revenge, so maybe there are more people who she is looking for, for example, Sebastien, the man who she previously thought she loved but ended up horribly betrayed by him
”Then what about Sebastien, do you know who he is?”
The terrified woman didn't dare delay and immediately replied hastily
”S-sebastien, y-yes yes! I know, you must be talking about the Bishop Sebastien, that's the only person with the name 'Sebastian' that I know of!”
As he heard that, Arthur turned to look at Lucy and saw that her eyes were cold and full of killing intent as she heard about that name, he, obviously, knew about that man since she told him and he saw her memories, she didn't hide anything from him just as he didn't from her.
He had many other questions, but for now, that was enough, just as he was about to behead her too, Lucy's soft voice rang out
”Don't kill her”
He was a bit confused but since she said that, then he let the scared bishop go, after all, Lucy had her reasons and if she didn't want that woman killed then she won't be killed.
”Consider yourself lucky, you are probably the only person who would come out of here alive, if we ever meet path again, then that would truly be your end..”
As he said that, Arthur and Lucy disappeared from there and flew to the top of the tower.
The woman shivered there for a couple of seconds before she ran out of the building without even looking back, she knew it was the end of the Church, not even the Pope made her feel that afraid, it was really terrifying and since she was somehow spared, she decided to flee.
..
With their speed, Arthur and Lucy appeared in the big hall in a matter of seconds, it was empty, not even one soldier was there, only 3 people.
The appearance of two individuals naturally surprised the Pope and the rest, yet before they could react, they heard a loud scream.
The scream was coming out of the handsome young man who was kneeling a second ago in front of the Pope, he was now held by the back of his neck by a silver-haired woman.
The Pope and the old woman couldn't move as they felt something binding them, and in the next moment, a black-robed man appeared in front of the Pope, his back was facing the old man as he was silently looking at what was happening in front of him.
..
When Lucy saw that handsome man, who was obviously Sebastien, she just couldn't control her emotions, she appeared behind him and instantly broke his knee then held him by the back of his neck while exerting enough force to cause him immense pain yet not kill him.