That night, at around midnight, Archbishop Andrew left the room with Archbishop Mark and more than ten guardian knights. They followed the hotel's safety passageway and arrived at the roof of the hotel.
"Today's sky palace is Aries. Its attribute is fire, and its color is purple."
"We are now in the far east. Its attribute is earth, and its color is green."
"The wind is blowing to the northwest."
"…"
Archbishop Mark, who had arrived at the roof, looked up at the sky and used his astrology to confirm some information. He then reported it one by one for the guardian knights to record.
"Alright, let's do it," Archbishop Mark said to the guardian knights after he had finished explaining a bunch of things to take note of.
The guardian knights did not hesitate after receiving the order. One of them immediately squatted down and placed the aluminum alloy lockbox in his hand on the ground. He then used the holy power in his body to activate the spell on the password lock. With a click, the lockbox was opened.
In an instant, more than ten scattered tools appeared in front of the guardian knight's eyes. Among them were gemstone fragments that sparkled under the night light, bottles of mercury liquid, clear water, obsidian, and some unrecognizable items.
The guardian knight who opened the box took out the items one by one and passed them to Archbishop Mark and the guardian knight beside him.
After receiving the items, Archbishop Mark walked to the empty space left by the others and squatted down. He muttered to himself in a voice that no one could hear clearly as he walked with his back bent. He sprinkled the gemstone powder in his hands, which was the largest amount, into the ground. This allowed them to form a clear line. Behind him, another guardian knight would pour mercury along the line that Archbishop Mark had piled up with the gemstone powder and infuse it with pure holy power so that the gemstone powder would not scatter in the night wind.
Just like that, under the clear division of labor between the two of them, it took them almost an hour to create a concentric circle with a diameter of about two meters. Between the two circles, ancient Hebrew verses were written in the same way using gemstone powder mixed with mercury and holy power. There was a vertex in the center of the inner circle that was connected to the boundary of the inner circle. A hexagram was formed by two intersecting triangles, and the painting was completed.
"Oril," Archbishop Mark said as he straightened his back. Archbishop Mark raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead and turned to a female Paladin in the group.
"Yes." The female knight lowered her head and saluted.
"Take off all your clothes," Archbishop Mark ordered.
"Yes." The female knight by the name of Oril complied and took off her clothes without hesitation.
During this process, no matter if it was Oril, the person involved, or the other male guardian knights around her. There was not the slightest change in their expressions. He maintained a calm expression. It was as if what was about to be displayed in front of them was not a seductive female body, but something insignificant.
Because it was summer, Auriel, who did not wear much, quickly took off all the clothes on her body. It revealed a compact and exquisite body with beautiful lines and fair skin.
Seeing that Auriel had finished taking off her clothes, Archbishop Mark took a bottle of water from a guardian knight. He covered the bottle with holy power, causing the water in the bottle to flicker with silver-white starlight. He opened the bottle cork and sprinkled the water in the bottle onto Auriel's body while chanting strange words.
The moment the water was sprinkled on Auriel's body, a faint white light began to appear on the surface of her body. If one did not pay attention, one would not notice it. Under the night sky, Auriel looked like a holy maiden.
"Oril, go and lie in the middle of the array," Archbishop Mark ordered.
Hearing that, Auriel did not waste any time and walked barefoot to the center of the array drawn on the ground. She lay flat in the middle of the hexagram array in the center of the array.
"The few of you, stand at the end of the hexagram array." Mark called out to the other Guardian Knights as he walked to the top of the hexagram outside the circle formation.
Without any hesitation, five of them immediately walked to the side of the array and stood at the end of the hexagram array like Mark did.
"Recite the gospel of Matthew," Archbishop Mark ordered.
As soon as he finished speaking, the guardian knights put their palms together and closed their eyes. With a pious expression, they began to recite the gospel of Matthew. At the same time, Archbishop Mark also seemed to be hugging the sun. He raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, and recited an unknown language with an inhuman voice. The feeling was just like the high-pitched song sung by the blue-skinned octopus woman in the Fifth Element.
However, as Archbishop Mark chanted, a huge amount of milky white holy power began to spread from his body. It connected with the power emitted by the five guardian knights who were reciting the gospel of Matthew. Like flowing water, it flowed into the hexagram array in front of their feet and activated it. Finally, it turned into a pillar of light that shot up into the sky …
Sensing the powerful energy wave, Sei Itō and Don Ito both rushed out of the house and flew into the air. They both looked at the pillar of light that shot up into the sky.
"It's the commotion caused by those Westerners who came in the day, right?" Don Ito said with a gloomy expression. However, it made sense. No one would be happy to see strangers causing trouble in their own territory.
"It should be." Sei Itō nodded slightly, and said, "But what a powerful Power of Light. There's also such a strange wave …"
"I'll go take a look." Sei Itō turned around and called out to Don Ito. He then teleported away and appeared at the spot where the pillar of light rose. In an instant, Archbishop Andrew and the rest, as well as the array drawn on the ground of the hotel's roof, appeared in Sei Itō's sight.
"Holy Summon Array? Hmm? No, it's a modified Holy Summon Array. The purpose is not to summon angels, but to transfer the existing angels into the selected virgins' bodies to seal and control them! " Almost instantly, Sei Itō, who had a lot of knowledge in his mind, figured out the function of the array drawn on the ground. It couldn't be helped. Sei Itō was too familiar with things like summoning arrays. After all, he had the "Dark Scripture" that was almost the complete set of evil summoning arrays.
"They're really smart. They actually want to seal the angels into that woman's body and bring them back to the church. Not only will they destroy my power, but they'll also increase their own." At the same time, Sei Itō, who had roughly guessed the other party's thoughts, sneered in his heart. "But it's a pity that you don't know that my angels are not angels created by your God, but artificial angels created by humans and the power of science. They won't be affected by your Holy Summon Array at all!"
"Besides, given the artificial angels' current state of being close to Alaya, they won't be tempted by a mere Holy Summon Array."
Sei Itō then gave up on the idea of destroying the array, and instead hid in midair with a mocking expression, waiting for them to make a fool of themselves.
Of course, in order to prevent the artificial angels that were considered part of the defense system of Akikuruno City from disrupting the situation, Sei Itō also used his thoughts to inform the artificial angels and the other Legendary-level expert hiding in Akikuruno City, Paparova, not to appear, and to continue doing what he was supposed to do.
Just like that, Sei Itō watched as the light pillar continued to soar into the sky, depleting the sacred power in Archbishop Mark and the rest's bodies.
Five minutes …
Ten minutes …
Fifteen minutes …
Pow! Eighteen minutes later, the pillar of light that shot up into the sky from the array suddenly exploded, turning into photon particles that slowly dissipated in the air. Archbishop Mark and the others who were originally under the light of the pillar of light were once again exposed.
However, at this moment, the five Guardian Knights who were supporting the array turned pale, and seemed to be on the verge of collapsing. The female Guardian Knight who was lying in the array had her eyes rolled back, and her body trembled as if she was suffering from epilepsy.
The reason she was in such a state was entirely due to the damage caused to her body by the powerful power in the Holy Summon Array.
If the Holy Summon Array was successful enough to summon the living angels, the power would form a seal and healing power when the angels entered their bodies. Although they would also feel weak, they would only feel as tired as humans who had done heavy labor, and would recover quickly with a little rest. However, the sacred power that was rushing through her body was like a sharp knife that was scraping off her bones, stimulating her muscles, blood vessels, and nerves. She was in excruciating pain, and wished she could just die.
On the other hand, Archbishop Mark, who was in charge of the array, did not have any other changes apart from some sweat on his forehead and panting a little. This showed that he was a powerful archbishop.
"Did it fail?" Archbishop Andrew asked with a frown. Although he was not very proficient in the setting up of arrays, he was knowledgeable, and could definitely tell if the array was successfully cast or not. The reason he still asked was because he wanted to hear the confirmation of a professional.
"It failed, I didn't get any feedback from the angel's spirituality at all. If it weren't for the fact that the intelligence confirmed that there were angels here, I would have thought that there was something wrong with me," Archbishop Mark said in a deep voice after taking a deep breath.
"How could that be?" Andrew asked in disbelief.
"There are two possibilities. One, it's not an angel at all. Two, there's something wrong with that angel. " Archbishop Mark looked at Archbishop Andrew with a solemn expression, and said, "Otherwise, no matter what sect the angel is from, they should have been summoned by the Holy Summon Array."
"Which possibility do you think it is?" Archbishop Andrew asked with a frown.
"I don't know, either," Archbishop Mark said with a bitter smile.
"Why don't you try that thing?" Archbishop Andrew suggested hesitantly after remaining silent for a while.
"Alright, we can only do that in order to confirm that there's something wrong with the angel here," Archbishop Mark said after a moment of silence.
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