Looking at Dezerby's back as he left, a hint of disgust appeared in Humail's deep eyes. Before he came to Flosinone, he had a conversation with Pope Ilsank. In the conversation, Pope Ilsank told him very clearly that although there were still a few God's Punishers in the Church of the Storm, the relationship between the Church and the hereditary nobles was very tense right now. If both sides were careless, a fight would break out.
These God's Punishers of the Church, without exception, were all very important. It was impossible for them to transfer over to support him. This meant that even if Humail was in Flosinone, there would still be support, but it wouldn't be very strong. In Flosinone, Humail could only rely on himself!
The Church of the Storm had just suffered a crushing defeat in Flosinone. They had lost a lot of manpower, so there were very few people that Humail could rely on. If he wasn't in such a predicament, as a Red Cloaked Archbishop, Humail wouldn't have bothered with someone like Dezerby. He even forced Dezerby to choose between him and Elena.
In the past, there were many people like Dezerby who took the initiative to curry favor with him, but Humail didn't want to have anything to do with him.
Dezerby was an old fox in the Church. Humail knew very well what he was thinking. When this old guy saw that Elena had become a Level 2 Magus and secured her position as a Red Cloaked Archbishop, and Pope Ilsank gave Elena the rank 3 magic item, Blizzard Staff, it was obvious that Pope Ilsank supported Elena to become the next Pope. Humail's chances of becoming the next Pope were greatly reduced. Therefore, he wanted to sit on the fence and watch. He didn't want to bet so easily.
Dezerby wasn't the only one with this idea. Humail could imagine that there were countless people in the Church of the Storm who had the same idea as Dezerby!
From this point of view, Humail should be grateful to Reyes. After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. After this battle, Elena, who was severely injured by Reyes, needed a long time to recover. With the help of Pope Ilsank, the Church of the Storm's momentum was completely suppressed. This was a great thing for Humail, who was challenged by Elena.
Even so, Humail wasn't happy at all. If he had a choice, he would rather not have such a good thing …
A few decades ago, when Humail wasn't the Cardinal of the Church of the Storm and was just an ordinary level-1 Magus in the Church of the Storm, the ambitious Humail wanted to use the head of the Secret Society's "Professor" Reyes, who was also a level-1 Magus, as a stepping stone for his promotion in the Church of the Storm.
Unfortunately, although Humail's plan was good, things didn't go as he wished. Not only did Humail fail, but he also got snubbed by Reyes and almost died at the hands of Reyes.
Since then, although Humail was still not convinced by Reyes, he was also afraid of Reyes. In the following decades, the two who became level-2 Magi, one represented the Church of the Storm, while the other represented the Secret Society. They had never stopped fighting for decades.
Although Humail had the support of the Church of the Storm, which was a big tree, and he had far more power and resources than Reyes, he was evenly matched with Reyes and never gained any advantage over Reyes. This was also one of the reasons why Humail had always been depressed.
Therefore, with the experience of ending in failure so many times, without the support of the Church of the Lord of Storms, Humail really didn't have much confidence that she could obtain the final victory in the battle with Reyes in Flosinone!
Because of this, Humail's heart was in a mess. He couldn't figure out what he should do next.
First of all, Humail was sure that Elena was definitely not dead. She must be hiding in Flosinone's corner and licking her wounds silently. The reason why Elena didn't show up was because she was worried about Reyes and the Secret Society's attack. She was mainly worried that Humail, who was also a Red-cloaked Archbishop of the Church of the Storm, would harm her. After all, Elena was now the most likely candidate to become the next Pope of the Church of the Storm. Therefore, if Elena died, no one would be able to pose a real challenge to him to become the next Pope of the Church of the Storm!
As for whether to kill Elena or not, that was the point that Humail was most conflicted and hesitant about. From the standpoint of the Church of the Lord of Storms, how could he, as a Cardinal of the Church of the Lord of Storms, kill his colleague for the sake of his own strength at such a critical juncture when the Church of the Lord of Storms was in a precarious situation?
If Humail really did something that would harm the interests of the Church of the Storm, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had betrayed the Church of the Storm. The right thing to do was to put down his personal conflicts and help Elena recover from her injuries. Then, the two of them would work together to deal with the Secret Society and Reyes together!
If the person in Flosinone was another Magus of the Church of the Storm, even if they had conflicts with him, Humail would definitely do the same. Humail was still aware of the bigger picture and was aware of the bigger picture. However, it was a pity that the person in Flosinone was called Elena. She was Humail's biggest competitor to become the next Pope of the Church of the Storm!
To be honest, even if Elena successfully broke through and became a Level-2 Magus like him, Humail wouldn't be worried at all. This was because he had been in the Church of the Storm for so many years. He had painstakingly worked on the issue of the succession of the next Pope. It wasn't something that could be changed just because Elena suddenly broke through and became a Level-2 Magus and her strength increased greatly!
However, what really worried Humail was that Pope Ilsanc actually handed the tier-3 magic item, the Blizzard Staff, to Elena in such a serious manner …
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