As the golden statue cooled down, William directly cut off the magic array in the statue. Although Benat had become one with the gold, he could not move freely like the Stonewing Monster.
He could only be a living thing, but he could not move, speak, or even sense with his mental strength.
Mephisto thought that William would help the Stonewing Monster and drive his son back to hell, but was William that similar?
Now, with the characteristics of the gold, as long as the statue was well hidden, Mephisto would never be able to devour Benat.
With a wave of his hand, he teleported the golden statue to Mars and let Sunday seal it in the Mariner Canyon.
According to the known data, other than the volcanic eruption caused by William at Mount Olympus, there had not been any geological activity on Mars for millions or even hundreds of millions of years.
If he hid Benat on Mars, unless William remembered him one day, it was foreseeable that time would make anyone and even demons forget him.
Until the sun was destroyed billions of years later, if Benat did not die, then he might be able to escape.
But there was a greater possibility that perhaps in less than ten thousand years, Benat, who did not receive any nourishment, would turn into ashes.
Thinking of this, William smiled and looked at the ascetics who had been kneeling on the ground and praying.
Feeling the faint power of the holy light on them, William flew towards them curiously.
As soon as he flew down, four Stonewing Monster flew over first, transforming into plate-armored knights wearing red cloaks. They stared at the ascetics on the ground from four corners.
Towards the Stonewing Monster's actions, the five ascetics did not look angry at all. Instead, when William landed in front of them, they stood up in unison and bowed with their hands on their chests.
Then the old man in the lead said, "Thank you for ridding the Holy City of evil, Your Holiness Devonshire. I am Strauss, the Cardinal of the Light Curia."
"Your Majesty?"
William asked in surprise, "Are you scared out of your wits? Since when did I have the right to be called Your Majesty?"
"It can't be wrong," Strauss said without the slightest bit of anger. "Any Legendary Great Wizard of the Holy Light Element is qualified to be mentioned in the same breath as an Angel, so you naturally became a Holy Disciple of the Church."
"Haha." William didn't believe these words at all, but he was very sure of one thing. The old man in front of him said so much just to rope him in.
Since the angels did not appear, the appearance of a human Legendary Mage could also be said to be the reincarnation of an angel.
As long as he released a large-scale Holy Light Spell in front of everyone, the Church's prestige would be established once again.
This was because to ordinary believers, as long as they could see the power of the holy light, it would mean that angels and gods were real.
It was a good idea, but if William did what they wanted, he wouldn't be William Devonshire.
"About seven years ago, not only did I have a conflict with some of you, I even killed them," William said with a smile. "Knowing this, you still intend to acknowledge me as a Holy Disciple?"
"Of course, it's not about whether we acknowledge you or not, but ever since you became a Holy Light Wizard," Strauss said with incomparable respect, "the Church needs you, more than ever."
William was stunned. He didn't expect this old man to be so straightforward, as if he was afraid that he would misunderstand.
After thinking silently for a while, William sighed and said, "Other than endless trouble, I can't think of any benefits to joining you."
However, although he said that, an appropriate show of goodwill was better than letting these people who were at the end of their rope see the light at the end of the tunnel and be disappointed again and go to the extreme.
He raised his hand and released five rays of holy light energy towards the five ascetics in front of him.
However, the five of them immediately felt a wave of holy light energy that far surpassed their cultivation of dozens of years. It was simply poured into their bodies.
Not only were the hidden illnesses and injuries of many years alleviated and healed in an instant, even their cultivation increased at an extremely fast speed.
Strauss, who was the oldest, had his wrinkles disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This time, the resentment of being rejected by William was instantly thrown out of the window.
After receiving the holy light energy, the five of them bowed and said, "Praise you, Your Holiness Devonshire. From this moment onwards, the ascetics will listen to your orders."
"Haha, well said."
It seemed that these ascetics weren't as rigid as he had imagined. Once they received benefits, they understood what they should do.
Seeing this, William couldn't help but ponder again.
He would definitely not teach the people of the Holy See how to cultivate. Otherwise, if the angels of the Tenth Realm were to descend one day, wouldn't they be cultivating martial power for others? Wouldn't they be doing all the work for him?
He definitely wouldn't do such a stupid thing. However, if he just directly imbued them, it would be different.
If he did this, not only would he be able to control the number of ascetics, but he would also be able to control the heights that these ascetics could reach. William would also become the only thing that the ascetics could rely on, and he might even become a man-made god.
Since he was already at odds with Mephisto, it would be good to cultivate some cannon fodder, vanguard, and fanatics.
These ascetics who had been born in the Church had all heard and learned about how to fight against demons.
When it came to fighting in Hell, they would definitely be more fanatical and determined than Kamat Taj and the other sorcerers.
To Kamar-Taj, William was just icing on the cake. But to these ascetics, he was more precious than sending charcoal in snowy weather. Maybe they wouldn't even blink if they were asked to attack hell.
William immediately shook his head. There were definitely such people in Europe in this era, but they were definitely rarer than pandas. It was better to get in touch and interact with them first.
Not everyone was qualified to be William's cannon fodder.
Since he wanted to cultivate the ascetics into a force that could directly face the demons, of course, he had to pin their sights on the demons.
If he wanted to become enemies with the demons, there was nothing simpler and easier than directly fighting a few battles to the death.
"What's the biggest problem you face when facing the demons?"
Strauss immediately replied. "After losing contact with Heaven, most of our holy items were abandoned one by one because they couldn't be replenished by Divine Power and Holy Light.
Under this vicious cycle, not only are very few of the ascetics able to cultivate Holy Light energy, but they also can't see through the demons' disguise.
That's why the surroundings of Rome became the demons' favorite place to stay, constantly tempting the originally pure and determined ascetics to fall. "
"Break through the demons' disguise?" William laughed softly. "That's easy."
After saying that, he waved his hand and took out a few gold coins from the storage space. A flame rose from his hand, and the gold coins melted into liquid at an extremely fast speed. Then, under the control of his will, they turned into gold rings with the heads of Devonshire deer.
The last step was to engrave the magic array he learned from Angela's archangel necklace into the rings.
This kind of magic equipment that could only see through the demons' disguise was not painful for William, and there was no need for him to keep it in his hands.
It was perfect for these ascetics who were in desperate need of magic equipment.
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