The Pope put the gnome card away and drew another card from the void of space.
A 5-colored spider was drawn on the card, crawling on top of a skeleton, using its web to wrap around the skeleton.
A small line of text was written on the card.
[Web weaving Dead Soul Arachnid, following the dealer's order to control the corpse, duration: 3 days]
The Pope stared at the card and muttered: "Looks like I'll have to use a one-time use card now"
She sighed and threw the card out.
The card disappeared in the air.
A large 5-colored spider appeared on the ground.
"Go, that will be your new home" the Pope said.
Hearing that, the spider quickly crawled towards the king's body.
It crawled into the king's stomach, spat out its web and closed the wound from the inside.
The king's lowered head suddenly looked up, his eyes regaining their focus.
"Master" the king spoke.
"Hm, you will act as the king for 3 days" the Pope said.
"Yes, I'll be going first"
After the King finished speaking, he strode out of the room.
The Pope took out a black card box and put the sharp-fingered gnome card inside.
The gnome was screaming and jumping in a frenzy, his face was full of fear.
This box seemed to have driven him mad.
The Pope stared at the gnome card and said: "Reflect on yourself"
Saying so, the box was closed. The inside was filled with silence and darkness.
The Pope put the box away.
A few moments later, a handsome man wearing a black robe came in and knelt on one knee: "When I came in, the nun serving you was saying that tonight's banquet is about to begin"
"Yes, I understand" the Pope replied.
In the Holy Church, the color of one's robe represents their responsibilities.
A white robe is a monk, a red robe is a preacher of the Holy Church to the world, while a black robe is a devotee of the Pope and God.
The man bowed and silently retreated to one side.
He was the strongest warrior by the Pope's side, the leader of the Seven Holy Apostles.
The Pope thought for a bit, then scowled.
"This feeling, why doesn't it feel right, where exactly did it go wrong?"
For a powerful existence like her, as soon as she sensed something, something must've happened.
The Pope immediately paid attention.
"Hurt, has anything unusual happened recently?"
"Everything is under the control of the Holy Church, there are no abnormalities" the black-robed Holy Apostle called Hurt answered.
"What about overseas? Did the Fuxi and Federation do anything? "
"No."
"That's strange. It shouldn't be an illusion …"
The Pope sat on the throne, his left hand propping up his cheek, the five fingers of his right hand lightly tapping on the armrest.
"Looks like I have to make a prophecy," she said.
Hearing that, Hurt looked up in surprise: "You want to make a prophecy? If that's the case, won't you be too tired? "
"There's nothing tiring about it. Let's just take a look and feel more at ease."
As the Pope spoke, he stretched out his right hand and lightly pulled at the void in front of him.
A card appeared in front of him.
On the card, there was a chest full of gems, and a hand was reaching into the chest.
"Treasure hunting?"
The Pope was slightly surprised.
This card could represent too many meanings, but it was not enough to solve the doubts in her heart.
As soon as she drew the card, a black chain appeared out of thin air and coiled around her left hand.
The black chain manifested for a few seconds before slowly disappearing.
The Pope didn't seem to notice it at all. She reached her hand out and made the gesture of drawing another card.
The second card fell into her hand.
Seeing this card, the Pope suddenly sat up straight.
"So it's this card …" she was surprised.
On the card, there was a skeleton wearing armor, holding a black flag, and sitting on a white horse.
This is the Death card.
"Ahaha, the Death God has come to visit? If that's the case, then the power to change the path of fate has appeared "
The Pope suddenly let out a horrifying laugh.
She spread the two cards out, letting them silently float on one side.
From the void of space, a heavy clattering sound came. Another black chain appeared and coiled around her left leg.
The black chain quickly disappeared.
「 Looks like I still need one more card to see the truth 」 the Pope muttered to himself.
"Quite a bit of your power has been sealed away, please don't make any more prophecies, with me here, no threat will be able to harm you" Holy Apostle Hurt hurriedly said.
"It's fine, it's just a few chains, they'll only be able to trap me for a bit" the Pope didn't mind, "not to mention, if anything happens, I can pay a small price to undo it"
"Now, let me take a look at the final card of fate"
Saying so, she reached her hand out and lightly drew another card from the void of space.
The final card was held in her hand.
At the same time, another black chain appeared and coiled around her body.
The Pope didn't even look at the chain and only stared at the card in her hand.
There was a scale drawn on this card.
On each end of the scale was an old and gloomy crown, as well as a slowly beating heart.
As the Pope stared at this card, she couldn't help but grip the armrest of her chair tightly.
"Why would the prophecy draw such a useless card, didn't the king die a long time ago?" she asked in disbelief.
This was a unique card, specifically used to launch the most powerful Mystic-type attack against the enemy.
It was thanks to this card that she managed to assassinate the king.
But under the king's full retaliation, this card also ran out of power and became a useless card.
From then on, the Holy Church's God's Chosen Skill on this card could no longer be activated.
Who would've thought, it would mysteriously appear again in this prophecy.
The Pope abruptly stood up, clasped her hands behind her back and slowly paced around the cathedral.
The prophecy card's prophecy can't be wrong.
In other words, the king is still alive?
No, that can't be, his body is still in my hands.
"Take the treasure … Death … useless card …"
The Pope muttered.
The feeling that something was wrong was getting stronger and stronger.
She suddenly raised her voice: "Hurt!"
The black-robed Holy Apostle replied: "I'm here!"
"Gather the 7 Holy Apostles and have them guard the capital's main roads, if you find anything wrong, immediately notify me"
"Yes!"
Seeing Hurt's hesitant expression, the Pope asked: "What is it?"
"I just feel that you don't need to worry too much about the prophecy, in this world, there are no existences that can threaten you"
"No, no, you don't understand, I have to look into the direction of fate, because something like fate is very hard to change just because of what you've done"
"But you've already been sealed three times already"
"It's fine, if there's an emergency, I can release the seal at any time"
At this point, a nun came in and asked: "The madam's banquet is about to begin"
While the Pope was thinking, she casually said: "For such an unimportant matter, just have Holy Apostle Ivan show up in my place, and see if there are any suspicious people at the banquet"
"Yes"
The nun left.
…
The Mobile Mech flew through the night sky, quickly heading towards the Holy Empire's capital.
When the Mech was about to reach its destination, an alarm sounded.
[Sir, a Holy Apostle has brought 200 Paladins to the manor, his job is to investigate any suspicious people]
"Got it"
Gu Qing Shan changed direction and suddenly descended.
The Mech sank into a lake.
A few moments later.
Gu Qing Shan came out of the lake, circulating his spirit energy to evaporate the water on his body.
"Did they notice anything?" he asked.
"I really have to say, this was a perfect infiltration, we didn't touch the Holy Empire's surveillance network" Liao Xing's voice came from the Holo-Brain.
"Furthermore, the Pope has been staying at the Holy Church, she didn't come to the banquet" he added.
"The Pope didn't come to the banquet? Very good, that's the best news I've heard "Gu Qing Shan said.
A light screen was projected, showing his location.
Impartial Goddess' voice came: [Sir, you will need to head South-West for 2km, in 15 minutes, the Federation envoy's car will pass by]
"I'll go now" Gu Qing Shan turned off the Holo-Brain and flew towards the destination.
A few moments later.
A car with the Federation flag was flying through the mountains.
As the car turned a corner, the car door opened and a black figure got in.
Inside the car, two people were pointing their weapons at Gu Qing Shan, while the other took out a scanner from his chest and aimed it at him.
[Identity confirmed] an electronic voice came from the scanner.
The people inside the car all sighed in relief.
The way they looked at Gu Qing Shan was filled with an indescribable sense of respect.
The top-secret missions of the Federation were generally handed over to large-scale professional teams of special agencies to carry out.
But this time, they only sent a single person.
This person must be extraordinary.
They quickly took out a large box from under their seats and opened it in front of Gu Qing Shan.
"Military uniform"
"Military boots"
"Belt"
"Personal identification"
"Wallet"
"I didn't prepare a gun or sword, since I'm here for the banquet"
Gu Qing Shan looked at the thing in front of him and quickly put it on.
The ambassador carefully took out a silk handkerchief from his chest and opened it layer by layer.
A silver-white medal appeared in front of Gu Qing Shan.
"First Class Medal of Freedom?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"That's right, only such an outstanding military achievement can explain your age and official position" the ambassador replied.
"Try it on, learn how to wear it" he solemnly gave the medal to Gu Qing Shan.
"Thank you" Gu Qing Shan said.
He quickly changed into a new outfit and asked: "How is it?"
Everyone looked at him.
The ambassador mused: "Your temperament is a bit lacking, as a soldier of the Federation, you should be a bit prideful"
Gu Qing Shan straightened his back, his presence changed.
Having been through mountains of corpses and seas of blood in both of his lives, countless demons and living souls have fallen by his sword, it wasn't a problem for him to act like a soldier now.
"Very good, even our own military officers wouldn't be able to do a better job" an embassy official praised.
"Do you need us to do anything else?" the ambassador asked.
"No need, once we're inside, you don't need to worry about me" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The ambassador's group nodded and silently sighed in relief.
The car became silent.
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