My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 444 You go first, leave the rest to us.

Kalia's speed is unimaginable.

As Kalia spread her shadow across the entire Papal City, Roland also simultaneously extended his spiritual power throughout the entire city.

Logically speaking, Roland's mental energy should spread faster than Kalia's shadow.

But that's not entirely true.

Although Roland was still a bit faster than Kalia, the speed at which the shadow, like a river, spread was not much slower than that of mental energy.

Roland only used his mental power to observe for one minute before Kalia's shadow covered the entire territory of the Papal City!

It's important to know that the area of ​​the Papal City is not much smaller than that of the Imperial City.

At this moment, Roland finally understood just how outrageous Kalia was in the world-ending storyline, and why she was able to "destroy the world."

As the shadow spread, the disordered dimensions that were touched collapsed instantly.

Then the ashes or survivors were released.

Then, the undead were swallowed by the shadows, while the few survivors were released by Kalia through micro-management.

Even the ashes piled on the ground disappeared completely, and even the sky above the shadows stopped falling ashes.

As the source of pollution subsided, the ash storm that was spreading outwards stopped and ceased generating ash.

Kalia accomplished all of this in just over a minute.

Roland felt that the balance of power between himself and Kalia had been brought back to the level it was when they first met.

She has many tricks up her sleeve and a dirty mind. Kalia is not only strong in direct combat, but also fast at running away.

Even now, this law cannot be said to be entirely wrong.

That old geezer God of Truth, he promised not to use riddles, but he still made me guess when I would regain the so-called power to be "equal" to the great enemy from beyond the heavens.

My current combat strength relies almost entirely on external aids; my inherent strength is probably only comparable to an eighth-ring level expert.

This is still considering that magic circuits, which are alchemical creations that are no different from internal organs after implantation, are not considered external objects.

He saw absolutely no sign of his supposed power returning.

Could it be that this requires some kind of opportunity or requirement?
Like the Sharingan, to upgrade it, you have to have a loved one die in front of you?
If this is truly a trigger for explosive growth, then I should slowly seal away this power.

But the changes brought about by Kalia are not yet over.

After the strange phenomenon that had enveloped the Papal City completely disappeared, the scene in which the three of them found themselves also changed.

They reappeared on the outskirts of the Celestial Temple, but this time the gates remained closed.

Moreover, a faint holy light still flickered above the Temple of the Azure Sky, which, although almost invisible to the naked eye, was still present.

This may be one of the reasons why the seal has not been completely broken.

It seems the high-ranking officials of the Holy See are indeed quite capable, still stubbornly resisting the Little Gray body that keeps trying to break through the seal.

"Time is running out, hurry up and go inside."

Without any hesitation, Roland manipulated the liquid holy sword to form a sharp blade, cutting a large hole in the towering and tightly closed gate, allowing the three of them to pass through.

Afterwards, Suren, who had entered the true Temple of the Celestials, immediately became a guide, running ahead and saying, "Roland, follow me. I know where the Pope and the others are now. God has given me a revelation!"

“You’re too slow.” Roland had barely finished speaking when he grabbed Kalia with one hand and lifted Suren with the other: “Give me directions, I’ll take you there!”

As Suren pointed out the defensive line, Roland immediately activated Flash.

Proceed in a straight line through the complex architectural structure of the Temple of the Azure Sky.

Soon, without Suren's reminder, Roland was able to sense the magical fluctuations coming from below.

There were a total of twenty-four.

Whether strong or weak, the strong are still like a blazing sun formed by magic, while the weak are like a candle flickering in the wind, as if they could be extinguished at any moment.

However, considering that the location sensed by the magic was located extremely deep underground, Roland decided to use a more direct method to prevent getting stuck in the ground.

"Leah! Drill a hole! Drill a vertical hole!"

"Hey! What do you take me for?!"

Despite her complaints and grumbling, Kalia's actions were anything but slow.

Kalia condensed a highly compressed ball of shadow power in her palm, then aimed it at the direction Roland indicated and fired it.

Without any explosion, a beam of light descended vertically until it completely penetrated the hundreds-of-meters-thick rock layer, revealing the scene beneath. Only then did the beam of light formed by the power of shadow dissipate.

Seeing that the passage had been cleared, the three of them jumped down into the vertical hole without hesitation.

During the descent, Roland also took a special look at the rock face.

These rock walls are very smooth, and do not look like a passage forcibly blasted out by brute force. Instead, they look like a tunnel that has been carefully polished and designed.

When Roland and his two companions landed in the empty hall, they discovered that of the twenty-four ninth-tier powerhouses from the Holy See who had participated in the ceremony, fewer than ten were still sitting on the ground.

Cardinals and regional archbishops alike have long since perished.

Even some of the saints fell.

Even though they had fallen unconscious and lost the ritual, the formation they were in was still drawing on their magic power and even their life force to reinforce the seal and prevent the sealed objects inside from breaking out.

Moreover, even though the three of them made such a commotion, even experiencing a freefall of hundreds of meters, no one present noticed their arrival.

Then Kalia was the first to speak.

Perhaps out of a sense of kinship, she realized the situation was dire even faster than Roland. "Roland, I can sense that the seal's restrictions on that guy are getting weaker and weaker."

"Even if it seems to be holding on for now, it might just be because the thing inside the seal hasn't taken any action."

"She's gathering strength... I can feel a tremendous power being mobilized..."

Roland's expression turned grim upon hearing this, but he did not rush to act. Instead, he began to analyze the rune magic using his knowledge of it.

He had witnessed the life of that king and knew that it was he who first sealed Little Gray's true form.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Vatican should not dare to tamper with the seal he set up.

Furthermore, since the Human King himself was a master of rune magic, the seal he set up must have also been created using rune magic.

Roland's gamble paid off. In just a few glances, with the help of the badge, he could see how the seal was functioning.

Then he was shocked.

Theoretically speaking, this seal should have expired long ago.

Even the power of the Human King eventually dissipates with the passage of time, not to mention that this seal has obvious signs of human destruction.

Without a doubt, this was definitely the work of the Ash Order.

But even with this seal effectively damaged, the sages of the Holy See forcibly repaired it using divine power!

Having fused with a fragment of divinity, Roland knew very well what the true power maintaining this seal was.

That is the faint divinity flowing between the seal's patterns.

This power must come from the saints.

After all, Suren possessed a faint divine response.

Even if it's extremely faint, it does exist.

One saint is not enough, but multiple saints are certainly enough to create this divine power.

Not to mention the Vatican's methods, contacting the gods shouldn't be difficult for them.

The continuous birth of saints proves that even though the gods were already overwhelmed, they at least left an emergency response mechanism, which is why the saints among mankind have not died out.

The current situation is that divine power alone is no longer sufficient to suppress the increasingly damaged seal.

Even the twelve living saints would not be enough.

Not to mention that four or five saints have already fallen.

Perhaps it is precisely to compensate for the fall of these four or five saints that it is necessary to use the magic power of a ninth-ring legendary level to make up for it.

As things stand, it's impossible to restore the seal at this point.

Even though rune magic is extremely convenient, Roland knew how to repair the seal.

But repair is not simply a matter of patching up a few worn-out words.

Rune magic isn't that convenient yet; otherwise, even with a high learning curve, it wouldn't have been completely superseded by modern construct magic.

So there's really only one option left for him.

Instead of waiting for the small gray creature inside the seal to accumulate and recover its power before continuing to attack the seal and break free in its full glory, it is better to take the initiative, break through and then rebuild.

After all, Little Gray has already disappeared, and the worst-case scenario is that it has already merged with the original body.

On the bright side, the fact that the two souls can split off and then reunite means that the other soul can no longer be considered a whole.

When Little Gray gained the ability to think for herself and had her own desires, she was no longer just a consciousness split off from the main body.

They may share similar memories and experiences, but that doesn't mean they will continue to make the same choices.

Roland looked at Suren, then chose to transform the Holy Sword into liquid armor, covering his entire body.

Even with the steel reinforcement, Roland wasn't entirely at ease in the upcoming battle.

First, stack a piece of armor.

Anyway, there's always Dawn of Destruction as a weapon.

Roland didn't bother anyone this time.

Once the armor was fully in place and Roland held the Dawn of Destruction in his hand, he immediately activated his mental power, sweeping all the powerful members of the Holy See who were still maintaining the seal on the ritual array outside the array.

Kalia was also very cooperative, and almost instantly she pulled the group of exhausted and powerless guys into the shadows, and then sent them outside the Sky Temple through the shadows.

As Roland moved, the seal, which had lost its maintenance, instantly failed.

After a short wait, Little Gray, who was trapped inside the seal, reacted and left the seal that had imprisoned her for countless years as quickly as possible.

The seal had failed, and scorching ashes, mixed with anger and resentment, poured out from the open dimensional gate, rushing straight towards Roland.

Roland turned to look at Suren: "You go first, leave the rest to us."

"Furthermore, take everyone in the Papal City and leave the Papal City immediately, at least retreating to the vicinity of River Valley Town."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Father Galileo should have escaped by now. His undead army and large stabilizers can help him deal with the current situation."

"Next, it will be my battlefield with Leah."

"If communication is restored, inform the White Wall to prepare all defenses... everything will be over soon."

(End of this chapter)