Chapter 164: Ancient Returns (2/2)

Archbishop Fardin and Martin were also feeling bitter; they never expected the situation to take such a turn.

”If only Emperor Josif completed dealing with Archbishop Garfield and his group and helped us, then we might find a way to calm this angry crowd.”

Just then, the crowd of people was finally able to break the blockage of the holy knights by taking advantage of the confusion created by the appearance of the Archbishops and pushed the doors of the prayer room open.

Upon entering the room, they were stunned by the scene before their eyes. A group of hundred men wearing white long sleeve attire gowns was kneeling in front of the statue, their faces covered with hoods.

The sudden arrival of an angry crowd, caused a hundred men to turn around and look at them with displeasure.

The crowd felt a suffocating pressure crushing down on their bodies, one by one they started to lose consciousness.

Even Archbishops standing outside the prayer room were stunned by the appearance of an unknown group inside the room. Causing them to look at each other in confusion.

After the entire crowd of people fainted. The attention of a hundred men was drawn towards the Archbishops.

One of the white-clothed men stood up, turned around, and walked towards the Archbishops, pulling down his hood.

Under the hood was an old man with sharp eyebrows and a Roman nose, with a slightly wrinkled face and a mole under his right eye, he looked at the seven archbishops with a broad smile.

”How have you been children?”

Seeing the familiar face and hearing the familiar voice, the Archbishops were dumbfounded and didn't believe their eyes. Because the person standing before them should have died two centuries ago. The former pope of Radiant Sun God Church, Nicholas Benedict.

”Fardin, Martin, Julian, Lucius, Adrian, Matthew, Achillas. You are not going to welcome this old man, or are you guys shocked that I am still alive?”

Hearing that, everyone nodded in unison.

Everyone knew that Pope Nicholas was already 856years old when he was declared dead two centuries ago. At that time, seven of them were just new appointment bishops and had met him for the first time. But, ten years later after their appointment, he died due to his declining health. Following that, at an early age of 16, Saintess Maya Vermilion took the oath as the next pope of Radiant Sun God religion.

One can say that both Josif and Nicholas were of the same generation and he was also the former second strongest light magic user in the continent. But seeing the dead person before their own eyes alive and talking with them, how could they not be surprised?

”Your Holiness, is that really you? How come you are still alive? Did you not die two hundred years ago? If you were alive, why did you pretend to be dead?” asked Fardin with some hesitation.

He was a hundred percent sure that the person standing before him is the former pope. For Fardin, Nicholas was his idol and the person he admires as much as Saintess Maya. Being an orphan, he was raised by the church, and his greatest inspiration was to become an Archbishop to help others.

It was the teaching of Pope Nicholas to serve others with kindness in heart and devotion in every action, which had shaped the person he is today.

Listening to Fardin's questions, Nicholas gently smiled.

”Too many questions, but don't worry you will get answers to all of them. You just have to wait for some moments. Today a very important event is going to happen. Our lord and savior, is finally going to awake from his deep slumber of millions of years” said Nicholas as he patted Fardin's head and turned around to enter the prayer room.

The rest of the men in the room didn't react much, turned around, and knelt in front of the statue. Nicholas also joined them.

Fardin and his fellow Archbishops also entered the room with a confused expression and stood at a corner without disturbing the men's kneeling before the statue.

With a dumbfounded look on their faces, Fardin and his group noticed that the atmosphere in the room began to change; as they started to feel indescribable comfort and care.

The statue of the Radiant Sun God glowed with a dull white light, cracks began to appear on the statue's forehead, which continued to spread across the surface of the statue.

The entire room was flooded with bright sacred light emanating from it. In front of Fardin and his group; Plants began to grow out of nowhere on the walls of the entire room, and gradually the whole room turned into a garden full of beautiful flowers that spread their sweet smell in the air.

The eyes of Archbishops widened.

The statue of Radiant Sun God was no longer there and instead, a man with twelve golden wings growing out of his back with a bright smile was standing before their eyes.