[There are still two more chapters. We won't take a break during New Year's Day. It's best to make up for one more chapter before the end of the month. Remember, there are four chapters on New Year's Day. I'm too tired to move.]
What God conveyed to the Pope was an oracle. The Pope wanted to start a Holy War in the name of God. Because the power of the Oracles was separated, the Pope and the Inquisition formed a tripartite situation. The oracle of the Pope was questioned by the Oracles.
Therefore, in this Holy War, the power of the Oracles did not cooperate with the arrangement of the Pope. Instead, the Inquisition sent a large number of troops, including the Blood Knights and prison guards. However, the Inquisition did not send many Black Deacons and Adjudicators. The black-robed priests in the vanguard did not have a high status in the Inquisition.
The cardinals were not surprised by the death of the black-robed priests. What surprised them was the appearance of the Evil Demon Army. It would not be strange if there were dozens or hundreds of Evil Demons, because there would still be bold mages who dared to summon Evil Demons. It was not strange for Evil Demons to appear on the Myers Continent.
The problem was the Evil Demon Army. It was an organized army with officers commanding them in complex formations and cooperating with each other. This was a serious problem.
In the Evil Demon Army, there was an extremely powerful Evil Demon waving a huge spear and slaughtering the Blood Knights. The two cardinals looked at each other and nodded. They let the Holy Knights guarding them move forward and slowly approach the tall Evil Demon.
This Evil Demon was created by Nelis using the Ultimate Transformation Spell. Its strength was not even as strong as a Great Evil Demon. The cardinals, however, couldn't tell. They had decided to kill the leader of the demons. Otherwise, that demon would cause great damage to the Blood Knight. The fearless Blood Knight couldn't even charge forward. He could only circle around the two sides of the demon and fight the demon army behind him.
The Blood Knights did not have the slightest advantage against the Evil Demons. The Evil Demons were much stronger than the Blood Knights in terms of strength and defense. The armor that Salin equipped for the Evil Demon Army was at the same level as the Demon God Flying Armor. It only weakened the flying ability by 80%. After all, he did not need a flying army. The Evil Demons were already very fast.
The Abyss Devil in the form of a Demon God stood at the front, and behind him were more than a hundred powerful Abyss Devils. They were like his bodyguards, blocking the attacks from both sides for him. This allowed the gigantic Abyss Devil to press forward with an indomitable will, completely throwing the Blood Esquire's formation into chaos. Without speed, three to five blood esquires wouldn't be able to beat a single Abyss Devil.
The Cardinal slowly approached. The attack range of a divine spell was similar to that of a magic spell. However, the weakening effect of a divine spell was faster than that of a magic spell. Generally speaking, a mage's attack range was similar to that of a divine spell, but its attack power was greater. Only within a hundred meters would the weakening effect of a divine spell not be too obvious. This referred to intermediate magic. Eighth-level mages could already use advanced magic. Their attack range was more than two hundred meters. Only alchemy crossbows could threaten their safety. Ordinary bows and arrows were useless.
The leading Demon sensed danger. These Demons weren't very intelligent. Their brains had been ravaged by the summoning magic array, but their instincts had only grown stronger. The actions of the two red-robed bishops did not escape the notice of the devils.
More than four hundred Undead Knights weaved through the demons and approached the two Cardinals. Neris gripped her magic staff tightly. She was less and less affected by Salin. Now, she could cast level-eight necromancy spells. This was an advantage she had over the demons. She could use her mental power to complete the stored spells. No matter how strong the demons' mental power was, they couldn't do this.
A Cardinal unfolded a divine scroll in his hand. A dazzling light lit up the sky. In the sky, even the thick clouds were diluted. A huge divine rune rotated in the air, illuminating the earth. Blood, corpses, broken weapons, and trampled grass were everywhere.
As soon as the two hundred meters were crossed, the Cardinal's arrangement was completed. A holy area greatly increased the strength of the believers of the gods. The effect of divine spells was also strengthened by more than twenty percent.
The tall Abyss Devil roared and suddenly turned sideways, running to the side. The Abyss Devils around him also followed, refusing to enter the holy area no matter what. The demon army behind him did the same. The demons split into two sides, bypassing the holy area and attacking south.
The Cardinal was stunned. The holy area didn't have much offensive power. It was just a preparation. Demons weren't evil creatures. Their strength wouldn't decrease in the holy area. But these demons bypassed the divine spell range of more than four hundred meters. This was simply …
At this moment, something that made the Cardinal even more stunned happened. Hundreds of undead knights charged over.
These undead would be attacked by the holy area! Generally speaking, when undead entered this area, their attributes would be reduced by at least half. Powerful undead would be reduced by more than twenty percent.
This was incomprehensible madness. The undead knights themselves had low intelligence and would avoid such areas that were not conducive to the survival of the undead.
The Cardinal's gaze fell on a necromancer among the undead knights.
The Cardinal felt a little suffocated. It was a beautiful female necromancer. She held a green magic staff in her hand. She was sandwiched between the undead knights and approaching him.
What a beautiful woman! If he could reform, purify, subdue, and make her a believer, then …
The two level-eight cardinals were instantly charmed by Nelis at the same time. In the blink of an eye, Neris had already raised her magic staff and aimed it at one of the cardinals.
Even Neris didn't know what the incantation meant. Her mental power didn't need the coordination of the incantation at all. Anyway, it was just for show.
Gray magic light lit up. On the ground, within the holy area, thousands of tentacles broke through the ground and attacked upward. Hundreds of prison guards were entangled at the same time. More purple tentacles wrapped around the two Cardinals.
The black armor of the prison guards entangled by the purple tentacles creaked. The undead knights rushed up and accurately inserted the gray bone spears in their hands into the gaps in the armor of the prison guards.
Charm was not a rare ability, and some demons could even use magic with charm attributes. However, Neris charmed two level-eight Cardinals. Even though it was only for a moment, it was enough to be proud.
In such a short pause, the level-eight Necromancy spell, Death Dance. Those purple tentacles had a strong paralyzing attribute and could also absorb the target's life. The prison guards' armor wasn't torn, but the powerful impact of the undead knights allowed the bone spears to pierce through their eyes without any obstruction.
"Damn it!"
A strong sense of shame arose in the hearts of the Cardinals. They were actually charmed by a Necromancer, allowing the opponent to calmly attack their subordinates.
Holy Word!
One of the Cardinals briefly chanted a prayer. Then he put his hands together and released a wave of holy light. A powerful divine power swept towards the undead knights. The other Mage silently released a Mental Paralysis.
Mental Paralysis was targeted at Neris. Unexpectedly, Neris threw out a piece of obsidian ahead of time, which exploded in the air and released a huge Undead Substitute. This Undead Substitute had no attack power, and its only function was to take an attack in place of Neris.
If it was a physical attack, this Undead Substitute would be very fragile. But a spiritual attack couldn't penetrate it. Mental Paralysis completely worked on this Undead Substitute. The Undead Substitute immediately went crazy, and Neris lost control of this substitute. The Undead Substitute screamed and ran in front, still attacking the prison guards who were entangled by the tentacles.
Its attack power was too pitiful. The prison guards, who were defenseless, were slapped by the Undead Substitute's huge palm. The palm shattered, and the Undead Substitute's sharp howl became even more intense, even affecting the Mage's chant of prayers.
Mental Paralysis was a high-level divine spell. It was very effective on Mages and was even more useful than Silence. After all, Mages didn't need to chant to activate the magic in items such as scrolls and wands. Silence was mainly used to interrupt a Mage's powerful magic. Many high-level magic, even the most proficient, couldn't be cast instantly, let alone silently.
Mental Paralysis, on the other hand, could make a Mage lose control of their spiritual power for a short period of time. No high-level magic could be successfully completed. The problem was that Neris threw out an Undead Substitute in advance, not an Undead Guard.
Mental Paralysis could penetrate most magic shields, including extremely hard defenses like the Ice Pattern Armor. However, this divine spell was a single-target attack and couldn't be controlled continuously. After being attracted by the Undead Substitute, Neris rushed up unscathed.
Using low-level magic to destroy high-level divine spells, her combat skills were very similar to Salin's. This wasn't a gamble. Anyway, her own defense was extremely high, and the enemy's divine spell couldn't kill her instantly.
Neris's wand could store two spells, which was the function of high-level equipment. Ordinary wands could only store one spell, and couldn't store it again for a short period of time after use. Neris raised her wand but didn't release Necromancy. With her other hand, she took out a scroll from her pouch and smashed it hard on the skeleton warhorse's head.
The scroll shattered, and the skeleton warhorse's whole body burst into blue flames. The soul fire burned fiercely and spewed out from its eye sockets. Black flames also appeared under the skeleton warhorse's feet, and its speed suddenly increased several times. The bones on its body couldn't withstand such great power, and cracks appeared.
With the power of a low-level undead instantly raised to the power of a mid-level undead, the skeleton warhorse definitely wouldn't survive more than ten minutes. The corners of Neris's mouth curled up, and her smile was like Salin's. What she wanted was the enemy's illusion that she wasn't a Necromancer, but a pure little demon — Lologalo.
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