883 A Date (1/2)

”Him? No wonder…” Fernando said in a low voice.

Although ”Real Dream” was a naturally-endowed spell of vampires, Prince Dracula, who was a top legendary vampire, was the only one who could connect the dreams of so many people without depriving them of their thinking abilities. Abel, who had perished, was stronger than Dracula in overall, but he was not as good as Dracula in terms of Real Dream.

It was said that other than connecting everyone's dream, Dracula could also substantiate his dream with his talents. The creatures in it looked real and could think and communicate, but they did not know that they were fake and part of a dream.

Antec continued to explain for Fernando, ”Dream Aalto covers the real Aalto in case of the Church's sudden attacks. Also, there are a lot of contradictions among vampires, elves, dragons, dwarfs, and human beings. Greater conflicts may burst out if they are suppressed all the time. It's better this way. Since it's only a dream, they are free to unleash their hate however they want, and they'll be resurrected after they are dead.”

Then, he smiled proudly. ”Most of the power of Dream Aalto came from Prince Dracula, but my teacher, Stanis, my other classmates, and I are making our contributions. That's why I sensed your entrance and came to pick you up so quickly.”

Fernando stared at his timid friend and discovered that he finally emanated his confidence. He sniffed and said, ”I don't think your contributions are greater than a fingernail.”

”That's right. I haven't advanced into the senior rank for long.” Antec was actually quite proud of that. To become a senior-rank sorcerer was his childhood dream. As for the higher ranks, he did not even dare to dream about it back then.

Fernando clicked his tongue and focused his attention on the battle. The more he watched, the more shocked he was. He could not tell that the talents, abilities, and weapons of the vampire and the elf were fake at all. Even the aftermath of their battle was so real.

”This 'Real Dream' is not half as bad as I imagine,” he admitted unwillingly.

Antec knew his friend's personality very well. He simply opened his mouth and chuckled.

Fernando was not angry about that. He suddenly remembered something else. ”Dracula is in Aalto? Shouldn't he be in Tria or somewhere near Lance right now?”

Had the coalition army's counterattack been completely suppressed?

”A couple of days ago, Griffith became the new pope and was renamed Gregory. The same day, the five top legends, namely Prince Dracula, the primordial dragon of time, the elven queen, the Mother God of Earth, and the Master of the Boundless Ocean, as well as the Sun King, the Stellar Mentor, the Lord of Elements, the Tower scholars, the Master of Summoning, the Master of Transformation, the King of Devils, the Demigod-lich, the primordial red dragon, and Prince Sate and more than ten level-three experts, attacked Lance again. They were the greatest forces in the main plane except for the 'Mastermind' in the Dark Mountain Range.” Antec was gloomy all of a sudden as he introduced the situation of the coalition army to his friend.

Same as the Sun King, the ”Stellar Mentor” was no longer the legend who created the school of astrology.

”Was the Master of the Boundless Ocean involved too? And it still failed?” Fernando asked solemnly.

Antec nodded. ”The master of the Boundless Ocean had to take part in the battle. If the Church won, the ocean would never be in peace. So, the nine sea generals as well as other sea forces attacked the Church's coast cities at the same time, stalling the saints, grand cardinals, and legendary knights. As for himself, he came to Lance in secret for the battle.”

After a pause, he said rather sadly, ”The Church was prepared for that. Also, Gregory showed the capabilities of a real demigod. Together with the help of the Angel King, Ivan, Rudolf, Felix, Hoffenberg, and Orvarit, they defeated us without any loss. If we had not retreated in time, many of us would've perished.”

”As strong as a demigod immediately after the succession… It seems that the new pope is a demigod whether or not the old pope died in advance because of God's Arrival,” Fernando mumbled. It was certainly a harrowing fact. Then, he asked earnestly, ”Did any top legend perish? Was 'God's Arrival' used?”

Antec was in a better mood. ”Well, the new pope did not perform God's Arrival.”

”It seems that he has to get used to it before he can grasp God's Arrival. Otherwise, he could've crushed the confidence of the coalition army by killing a top legend with God's Arrival.” Fernando had always despised all the clerics, including the pope, believing that they could lose their strength as easily as they got it.

”Not necessarily,” Antec argued subconsciously. ”If the pope kills another top legend with God's Arrival, the rest of them will definitely be scared and work even harder to wipe out the threat. How many more times of God's Arrival could the pope perform?”

”If they were all sorcerers of the empire, that's a possibility, but Dracula, Danisos, the elven queen, the Mother God of the Earth, and the Master of the Boundless Ocean had their own conflicts. Some of them were even mortal enemies. Who would've sacrificed themselves to take the pope's second 'God's Arrival' so that other people could kill the pope when he was weakened?” Fernando pointed out Antec's illusion quickly.

Antec stuck to his opinion. ”It's not up to them who was to be sacrificed, but the pope. If they were to back off, they would only be killed by the pope one after another in the future. They could only take their chances.”

”Hehe. How naive. The pope is still a demigod without God's Arrival,” Fernando mocked before he looked at the sky. ”Unless the Silver Moon recovers before the pope can use God's Arrival again.”

”Yes. That's the best scenario,” Antec said hopefully. ”If there's no choice, we'll just…”

Then, he suddenly paused and looked ahead, as if he were attracted to the battle that was about to end.

”You'll just what?” Fernando pursued in confusion. He realized that the sorcerers must've had their own plans too.

Antec chuckled. ”We will retreat into the Dark Mountain Range. The environment is complicated there, and we won't fear the Church anymore.”

”Hehe. A lying coward,” Fernando remarked briefly.