I impersonated God in America

No, ever since that lava monster appeared, I've been completely distracted by it.

Now that things have calmed down a bit, he has started to think about it.

Wait a minute!! Why is that paladin here?!

Tom's voice slowly rose to the surface.

If I'm not mistaken, he should be the guardian chosen by the Circe Academy during one of the seal reinforcements after the volcanic eruption.

Pakko paused for a moment.

Tom had indeed told him before to be careful of the Academy's guardians.

"Guardians?"

"Tom, you told me to be careful of the Guardian, so I've been avoiding him. What if I had actually run into him in the castle..."

[I'll die...]

At this moment, he finally realized what was happening.

Pakko suddenly felt his fingers trembling.

After all, he had already figured out the source of his power during the last incident.

Spider demons of hell.

Since that great demon would mistake him for Asmodeus's Thread Spider retinue.

So what would a paladin do if they encountered themselves?

It's so hard to guess!

I'm afraid I might actually run into him in the castle, and he'll say something first.

"You born with evil demonic power, you brat! I'll..."

Then a sword came slashing down, giving him no chance to explain.

After all, if I were a complete stranger, it wouldn't seem like a problem for them to just attack me.

It was like walking through the gates of death.

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"That's terrifying!"

On the other side, Xu Ge held his breath.

The scales on his body had already bristled.

The moment that paladin swung his sword, every part of his body seemed to be telling him something.

Don't get noticed.

Although the figure had begun to become illusory and indistinct, even the fingers gripping the sword hilt were starting to become transparent.

But Xu Ge still tightened his tail tip, afraid of hitting a piece of gravel and making a sound.

The paladin in the distance turned slightly the next moment.

Is this a punishment for me? No! I was just being presumptuous!

Xu Ge instinctively felt a bit stressed, but quickly recovered and suppressed it.

The semi-transparent figure was only facing the old priest.

He slowly handed the Durandal in his hand to the old man who was still kneeling on the ground in front of him.

Giovanni felt the weight coming from his palm.

Durandal's sword hilt fell back into his hand, but it seemed heavier than before.

All that could be heard was Roland speaking slowly.

"The sword and its remaining spiritual energy were greatly depleted by that last strike, but even so, Durandal's power is still not to be underestimated."

Giovanni seemed to realize Roland's purpose upon hearing this.

He lowered the sword to the ground and closed his already blurred eyes.

He stopped speaking and simply waited quietly.

"I don't have much time left."

Roland's voice came from inside the armor, carrying a very faint background noise.

“Alcyoneus’s immortality is not that simple. His death after leaving his homeland was only temporary. Although the inability to draw power from his homeland caused him to take thousands of years to recover slightly.”

"As the spirituality of the outside world gradually recovers, the other side will make a comeback a thousand years or more later."

"Perhaps you will need to reinforce the seal every thousand years."

Giovanni lowered his head.

"Finally, we must pass on this strength and responsibility."

"I will!"

The next moment, Giovanni heard the sounds ahead gradually fading, and he couldn't help but think.

Perhaps a thousand years ago, the Holy Knight Roland made a similar promise to some being.

Unfortunately, this kind of oral tradition is ultimately too prone to change.

If I were to fall now, wouldn't no one know the secret of this thousand-year-old seal?

Alas, the church should never have severed all ties with the traditions passed down from its predecessors.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be in such a passive position now.

When he looked up.

There was no knight left in front of him; only the last layer of light was shimmering, outlining a blurry face.

The face was smiling at him, the outlines of its eyes and mouth turning into specks of light that kept falling.

Finally, the entire face turned into light and disappeared.

Giovanni used the last bit of strength in his body to slowly stand up straight.

He positioned Durandal vertically in front of him, the tip of his sword touching the ground, head bowed, and his right foot slightly stepped back.

He performed a standard knightly salute.

Whether it was his act of saving countless people, or the fact that the other party took his place and wielded the power of the holy sword.

Or perhaps it's a lung condition...

He should have paid this respect.

He glanced at the distance to the crater and then at the city lights in the distance.

[At least the enemy was kept at the edge of the city, and no major losses were inflicted.]

He gripped the hilt of his sword and took a slight breath.

It should be considered a satisfactory outcome.

perhaps.

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Rome, Ministry of Defense command center.

Kavali stood in front of the main screen, his eyes revealing an unprecedented envy.

Is this the essence of the church?

You can run into former saints very easily.

Then you can receive extraordinary inheritances time and time again.

They really want it too.

"So, the Church now possesses another holy sword, Durandal?"

"The church always seems to get all the good things."

"You can't say that, after all, this is the accumulation of thousands of years of church history, but it is indeed enviable."

Why beat around the bush? Why not just say you're envious?

"If only we had a sword like that."

The analyst in the front row couldn't help but whisper something.

"You know, there are a lot of good things in that ruin."

"Yes, this ruin is much richer than the Stone Serpent Ruins."

"The Stone Serpent Ruins contained nothing but broken jars."

Cavalli braced his hands on the edge of the console.

"You should know that the snake man got the lantern from the ruins, and the man with the silk threads also got a certain mask."

"Not to mention the church."

"The entire castle was laid out before us like a treasure trove, and all we took was a hat!?"

"and many more……"

There was a moment of silence in the command room as everyone simultaneously thought of the same thing.

"Yup!"

"We have one more hat!!!"

Chapter Fifty-Six: The Killer Queen and the Banana

St. Mary's Church.

Lynn opened the system panel and watched as the willpower gradually stabilized, with the final result being less than 30,000.

But none of this is the most important thing.

He opened the system deity template page.

Looking at the lava giant above and the fruits that could be contained, namely the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Smoke-Smoke Fruit, Lynn finally nodded.

【really.】

According to mythology, Heracles dragged him from the Paleene Peninsula all the way to Alcyoneus in Italy, where he was immortal.

If people generally accept that this giant is Arceus himself, then the template should also include a fruit related to the immortality of the earth.

However, what countless viewers remember is the lava giant.

Due to its low profile, only this part of the template is included.

Just like the Thunderbird, which is the guardian of order in the Iroquois tradition, if people can recognize it as the Thunderer, then there is a high probability that another fruit power related to judgment will appear in that template.

Conversely, while the Stone Serpent's abilities are a bit basic, its petrification ability combined with its famous serpent identity makes it a formidable opponent.

It directly located Medusa.

Hmm? Maybe next time we can try upgrading the template?

But that's enough.

To be honest, the biggest gain from this operation was actually these two card slots. The appearance of the Lava Giant template means that he has finally freed up these two fruits, since these two fruits are used quite frequently.

It would be such a waste not to make room for it.

Never mind, I'll stop thinking about this for now.

Giveaway! Giveaway!

I poured all my 20,000+ willpower into it, for two high-level ten-pulls.

The first ten-pull was filled with flashes of golden light.

He glanced at the two common Zoan-type Pokémon and swiped past them.

Inventory increased by two.