881 Hades Right Hand (1/2)

Inside the Radiance Church…

The Liege of Death, having turned into a shadow, did not attack immediately. After finding out Francois' location, he backed off to a dark corner outside of the room while waiting for the shift of night to day and the moment when the gate of the cathedral was opened. That would be the moment when Francois was most relaxed and careless.

If he were to cast a spell right now, Francois could possibly sense danger and defense in time.

Since they were going to fight in a cathedral, he was not confident that he could defeat Francois when he hadn't recovered to his peak status yet.

Even though the cathedral was protected by the God of Truth, and lights were on all night, there was still darkness where the lights could not reach. The Liege of Death stood in it as if it had been melted into the darkness.

In the hall where the transmission circle was deployed, Francois stood up and waited for the message impatiently. Other people might be unaware of it, but he knew very clearly that a result concerning his future, if not the situation of the world, would take place tonight!

Holy light suddenly surged and glowed in the circle, illuminating the whole room and making it as bright as day. The air of divine power covered everything.

”Is there a result?” Francois immediately stared at the circle.

At this moment, two red spots suddenly emerged in the darkness. The Liege of Death had sensed the best opportunity to attack. The waves created by the transmission circle could cover all the traces before a spell was cast, particularly when Francois' attention was fixed on the message.

He raised his right hand, and the black long sleeve of his magic robe moved backward naturally, revealing a pale hand that was completely dry. Every inch of skin and every streak on the hand was different and brimming with death. As they gathered into the runes of immortality, vague black air popped up, and intense desolation was manifested. It seemed that the realm of the dead had been recreated by the palm.

Tannanois curled four fingers and left only the index finger. The withered fingernail glittered in the mysterious black and gray.

As he let out the rough sounds that other people could not hear, spiritual faces appeared around him, writhing and raging, but they were all thrown into the desolate darkness at the tip of the index finger, dying it pale.

The Liege of Death's body gradually turned transparent and was no different from the spiritual faces. Then, he was absorbed by his own index finger, leaving nothing but a pale and gray finger on the spot.

”Ahh!!!”

A miserable cry suddenly burst out, and a fuzzy face flew out of the tip of the finger with its mouth wide open. It covered the distance instantly and lunged at Francois' back!

”Assassination?” Francois looked at the transmission circle in confusion. He did not understand why he would suffer an assassination in the heavily-guarded Radiance Church.

Brilliant light burst out of his body. Extraordinary items were triggered and tried to stop the face from leaking in.

However, the finger, which had already turned black, white, and gray, suddenly emerged before Francois. Passing through the defense that was almost broken, it tapped his forehead softly.

The initial attack was the Liege of Death's most powerful and unique spell that he had named ”Death Resonance”. The other sorcerers had given it a nickname—God of Death's Call. His ”finger” in the second wave of attack was the only legendary item the Liege of Death had—”Hades' Right Hand”—which could only be used once!

Francois' confused and shocked face was frozen, and his body quickly turned black and gray.

...

Fernando quietly flew to midair, only to discover that the cathedral in the city trembled violently as if it had an earthquake. After only one moment, the earth cracked, and a gap where red magma was flowing consumed the cathedral like the mouth of a monster.

The air of a legendary divine power burst out in the cathedral, and a holy light rose to the sky. However, it was enshrouded in a black ball and pulled downward. Flying more and more slowly, it began to descend instead of rising after only three seconds, falling right into the boiling magma.

Then, the crack of the earth closed, and there was no sign of an earthquake except for the missing cathedral as well as the clerics inside.

”The earth control of such an extent…” Fernando felt that it was the most unbelievable superpower of the earth class he had seen. Of course, the best he had seen was only the similar spells of the ninth-circle sorcerers. ”Also, the attack is directed at the Church…”

From that, he concluded that it was done by a friend instead of an enemy. So, he slowly landed and waited for dawn so that he could sneak into the city and find out what happened.

...

In the Bright Hall in Lance, the Holy City…

The old pope's beard and hair were entirely white, and his wrinkles seemed to be falling from his face. He was too old to be a living human being. Wearing a sacred crown and holding the platinum staff, he looked at the grand cardinals and the divine knights down below with eyes that were as clear as before. ”Except for the members who are obliged to watch over the fortresses, all the grand cardinals are here.”

His voice was solemn but benevolent. After a pause, he raised the platinum staff and announced seriously, ”The Lord has appointed a new pope in an oracle. As for me, I will return to the Lord's arms in Mountain Paradise tonight.”