1105 Lightning Versus Divine Spells Part 1 (1/2)

I might have done a lot of things that are against the teachings of the Codex, but I remain the staunchest of believers.

The great head inquisitor took his golden book and approached the altar that Saleen built while being escorted by the golden-armored knights. His mind was calm as he blessed himself with prayers.

Even the most powerful of mages did not possess as many pure status type spells as buffing spells in the divine arts. The golden-armored knights did not ride quickly.

The status buffs on the great head inquisitor grew by a layer with every mile they rode. White holy light shimmered and leaked under the black robe, as if it was an angel made of pure energy was hidden beneath the robe.

The judgment had only begun. Don did not go about it per the ways of the Holy See. He did not inquire anything and simply said with his rusty voice before every holy master chained at the pillars, ”In the name of the Goddess of Nature, I judge you to be sinful!”

Don forcefully placed a green seed that he had acquired from Nailisi into each and every one of the holy master's bodies. The green seeds absorbed energy in a frenzy after they entered the bodies of the holy masters before sprouting within the bodies of the holy masters.

While fear was obviously seen in the eyes of the holy masters of the Holy See and they struggled hard, the chains that Saleen chained them up with were something he had crafted for the moment. They mimicked the Shackles of the Fallen left behind by Goddess of Nature.

Saleen did not know much about the rules on the Shackles of the Fallen, but the holy masters' levels were too low, far lower than that of the Divine Baby. The Shackles of the Fallen replicas that he had crafted shackled the souls of the holy masters tightly, making escape impossible.

The holy masters undergoing judgment were unable to speak. They had no choice but to see Don going about his business with restraint.

The seeds were something nurtured in the purgatory of the fallen and had a bit of divinity of the Goddess of Nature in them. Having such seeds growing inside the bodies of the holy masters was akin to dripping cold water in a boiling hot cauldron of oil.

One of the 12 holy masters 2qw finally unable to endure the suffering and opened his mouth. ”I'm wrong! I want to repent!”

”Let him down.” Saleen looked at the holy master, whose pain-filled expression was lightened considerably after hearing his words.

That holy master had chosen to fall and betray the Lord of Glory. As such, the Goddess of Nature's Seed of Punishment was no longer growing inside them. The resulting plant left in their body no longer continued to harm them.

The remaining 11 holy masters glared at the one begging for mercy with despise in their eyes. The holy master who begged for mercy was thrown into the purgatory of purification by Nailisi.

The troubled parts of their body would gradually be erased within that purgatory. They still had plans for that holy master. While they were but a level four fallen holy master, Don still needed extra pairs of hands.

The remaining 11 holy masters did not get to despise their fallen brethren for long. The Seeds of Punishment that Nailisi had created were simply growing too fast, so much so that it was hardly even meant for punishments.

She had no control over the divine powers of the Goddess of Nature. If it had not been for her double's help, Nailisi would have never been able to create something with divinity in it. She was a demon, not a god.

Saleen was very satisfied. If a god were to punish a person, the process would have taken a very long time. That was not the kind of judgment that he wanted. He was simply trying to get those who tailed them to show themselves.

The fact that they were able to follow Saleen's group for days without being shaken off meant that they were able to travel quickly. If Saleen were to turn around and chase them, there was no certainty his group would have been able to catch up.

What he wanted most at the moment was to execute the dozen of holy masters quickly to prevent further troubles of them being rescued.

He had seen how the great head inquisitor went about killing the villagers. Even though Nailisi had more than 100,000 demons under her command, the great head inquisitor would have been able to make short work of all of them given time.

Unless he was able to unleash ample numbers of ancient figures, there was simply no way pure numbers would have been able to do any harm to an enemy of such a level. The only things that he was able to rely on were the followers by his side and his own power.

”Defilers! Cast off the evil intentions in your minds and accept the cleansing of god...” The great head inquisitor's voice was heard from several miles away.

The entire altar shook. The green holy light above the altar was dispelled by the purifying voice. The four holy masters' souls cheered and began to leave.

Eleanor brandished her longbow and shot elvish life arrows at them, which hit all four of them almost instantly. She lacked the ability to target souls on her own, which was compensated by Saleen's instant Sensory Sharing. It enabled her to shoot down all four souls in mere moments, which meant less than one-fifth of a second.

A level eight royal elf's prowess at archery was hardly different from that of a level nine human archer. Furthermore, Eleanor was armed with Seven Nights, which was an equipment equal to a godly item and allowed her to use her own abilities to the fullest.

”Proud, unbridled ones, prepare to bask in the wrath of god.” A huge sun appeared in the air when the great head inquisitor finished casting.

The sun was not all that hot, but it encompassed the entire altar. The green holy light at the altar was completely dispelled. The sun, however, came a little too late. The bodies of the remaining 11 holy masters were rendered completely stiff, covered in something like the bark of a tree. Their internal organs were all turned into plant fibers.