Chapter 556: Target

Not caring whether they were intentionally easing his wariness or they were fooled by false intelligence, Lucien simply cast 'Baler's Transformation'. His muscles slightly bulged, and his body was covered in vague moonlight, further highlighting the shimmers on his silvery and grey left hand.

Before they went missing, they were only night watchers in the level of bishop and knight. They could not bear the arrival of a supreme angel in any case, whose enormous strength would've torn them apart. Therefore, the angels from whom they borrowed strength should be the medium ones, which could be proved by the number of wings on their back. In such a way, their current strength was in the senior rank at best. Even though they were enhanced by the barrier of 'Paradise on Earth', they couldn't be in level nine.

Turning to vague moonlight, Lucien lunged at them in countless shadows. He was so fast that they couldn't tell which of the shadows was his real self.

The wings on Minsk's back glittered, and he was covered in crimson scales. Both his eyes emitted gold brilliance, releasing the intimidation of a top creature. He spurted out a thick red pillar that consumed all the shadows. The high temperature even slightly twisted the holy light.

From Juliana's body, silver longswords with sacred eyes on them suddenly popped up.

They swirled around Juliana, protecting her in the center. Anything that attempted to pass them would be minced into pieces.

It was 'Edge Barrier', the most effective defense against knights in level-six divine powers. The blurred moonlight was cut into pieces by them.

Right then, Juliana's angelic wings were unfolded beyond her control, summoning a pillar of holy light that struck one of the shadows.

Juliana's eyes were suddenly widened, as she discovered that Lucien raised his left and resisted the light outburst that was thicker than his body. What was most unbelievable was that the pillar of light was shattered and melted into 'Paradise on Earth' around.

What's with his left hand?

Hardly had such shock appeared in Juliana's head when she saw Lucien punch the barrier of swords with his left fist.

The silver longswords were revolving and cutting, but they collapsed the moment they touched Lucien's left hand.

Without meeting any hindrance, the left hand punched Juliana's face when she did not have the time to cast any other divine powers.

Crack, crack, crack. Juliana's right face collapsed deeply, spurting out red and white stuff that stained the ground. The defenses and enhancements she cast on herself were utterly useless.

A cluster of pure brilliance dashed out of Juliana's body, trying to flee, only to be extinguished by another punch from his left hand.

Juliana fell backwards, with fear, panic and unresolvable hatred in her widened, frozen eyes.

It was only at this moment that 'Red Dragon' Minsk approached Lucien's back.

Seeing Juliana's miserable outcome, he was grabbed by both hatred and fear, wondering whether he should continue attacking or flee with 'Paradise on Earth'.

After a brief hesitation, he chose to retreat. He would always have opportunities of revenge after the great Angel King and Grand Cardinal Sard succeeded. Only if he kept himself alive could he torture the professor's wife, students, friends and family so that the professor would ask to be killed!

When he turned around, he found that a long, powerful hand pressed at him, so he opened his mouth and spurted out the dragon breath again.

The fire with a horrifying temperature burnt everything, but it died out like a regular candle under Lucien's left hand.

The left hand grasped Minsk's head quickly, and the solid crimson scales seemed to have encountered the most dreadful enemy and ebbed on their own.

Without any hesitation, Lucien exerted his strength. After a crack, Minsk's neck was twisted into two parts.

While his consciousness was fading, Minsk was filled with regrets:

"His left hand does not just nullify curses!"

After the light in Minsk's body was also destroyed, Lucien searched their bodies but found nothing useful.

"Under the enhancement of 'Paradise on Earth', two level-five night watchers carried out the strength of level eights. That's terrifying. However, if the pivot in the Nekso Palace that controls the city barrier is on our side, the influence should be weakened." Lucien drew a conclusion.

The Nekso Palace had two cores of divine powers. One was for internal defense, so that the queen would not be instantly killed by legendary experts. The other was for external defense, which controls the barrier of divine power citywide. If the core in the Radiance Church had been destroyed, this would be the only pivot that could affect the barrier. It was his mission to grasp the pivot with Natasha and Morris.

When he was about to approach the Nekso Palace, Lucien suddenly stopped, as if he was waiting for something. Because his magic ceased, he gradually exited from Paradise on Earth and returned to the normal Rentato.

......

In the Grand Church of Brewston in Salyvaor, capital of Brianne...

Since there were only two praying believers, the preaching cardinal was more or less sloppy. Suddenly, he saw a gentleman standing up and walking to the back of the church with his black staff.

"You can't..." The cardinal tried to stop him, only to discover that his fingers were abnormally twisted, and that his guts, muscles, veins and brains were stretched to different directions by the black, terrible magnetic field.

Without a sound, he was split into countless pieces, where tiny light of electricity was glittering.

After one step, Brook passed the atrium, and the projection of the 'Kingdom of Electromagnetism' appeared around him, enshrouding Beaver's residence.

In shock, Beaver blurted out, "Brook?"

It was beyond his expectation that the Emperor of Control would ambush him. Was the man not scared of a total war?

Inside a palace, a stout knight floated in midair and looked at the Grand Church of Brewston far away, only to discover that devils seemed to be arising inside the building that was defended by divine power. Now and then, silver lightning burst out and struck the sky, as if the sky and the earth had been reversed.

"Brook still has other magics. Beaver can't survive long. Are we not going to rescue him, Bedrenka?" A muscular knight who looked like a giant bear asked.

Bedrenka, 'Hammer of the Void', chuckled. "If Brook does not restrain the range of his magic, we can only turn on the divine barrier of the whole city to prevent Salyvaor from being demolished. Beaver is not even a saint, and he is unprepared. How can he deal with the man? Not to mention that Holt is helping Brook. We should wait and see what happens in Rentato. I do not want to face Brook."

"Things are already happening. Poor Beaver. Even if he turns on the transmission magic circle, there won't be any reinforcements. If I were him, I would start running as fast and far away as possible." Basor, 'Knight of Disasters', said coldly, "I'll suppress the nobles and other clerics until the thing that Fernando talked about begins. If it is unconvincing, we'll..."

Bedrenka was about to answer, when his pupils constricted violently. He turned on the divine barrier, covering the city in pure holy light.

After a boom, the Grand Church of Brewston exploded, and the surging flames and light swept across the whole city.

The divine barrier was shattered after a few seconds. The empty land near the church became giant pits.

"The district of nobles would've been destroyed if I were one second late..." Said Bedrenka, feeling lucky. "It's good that we didn't try to stop Brook."

A man at the peak of legendary and on the top ten of the Cleansing List was definitely not a joke.

......

Yourcenar, 'Song of Dusk', stopped after forcing Erica and Torrens to move their battlefield out of Cocus, helping neither the Church nor the Congress.

After years of persuasion from the Congress, and under the promise that his life would be extended by three hundred years, he made the decision to wait until further changes.

Watching Erica, who had turned into a rainbow dragon, and Torrens, who revealed his image as the Angel of Wisdom, Yourcenar sighed, "It would've been great to just keep the previous situation. Fernando, let's see how you are going to convince me."

Similar things happened in the Kingdom of Colette and the northern coastline. The only difference was that 'Burning Lady' had been waiting on the north coastline, and Colette's 'Life Reaper' was awed by Vicente, the Lord of the Undead. After all, he was not a saint, and the legendary sorcerers of necromancy was best known for their many 'helpers'.

......

Outside of the Nekso Palace, Sard gradually showed up.

He was still at first while he watched the Radiance Church. It was not until the massive transmission magic circles glowed that he walked out of the holy light of 'Paradise on Earth'. He couldn't help but put on a smile as he walked to the Nekso Palace:

"It's time!"

"His Holiness should've arrived with the Grand Cardinals. Faced with Douglas and the 'helpful' Angel King, he would either fail or perform God's Arrival at the cost of all his remaining life."

He had only one purpose since the beginning, which was to make the total war burst out before the pope's God's Arrival was restored, and to make the pope die in advance with the help of the Congress of Magic. He was not worried that the Congress of Magic would not cooperate with him, because starting the war early was in their favor, too.

"After the pope perishes and the enemy is slain, it will be the time for me to save the Church with the seven legendary knights. With such contributions and what I have grasped, I will ascend to the throne of pope without any question and truly grasp that secret." Sard walked to the gate of the Nekso Palace. He was not hoping that the Congress of Magic would be destroyed, but he was certain that some of the legendary sorcerers would be killed, which would help the situation to arrive at a new balance.

He smiled, "So, Douglas, Brook and Fernando, work hard and kill Anasta, Maria, Beaver and the rest of them who are loyal to His Holiness. You will have my thanks."

When the day comes, without the few Grand Cardinals that the pope groomed as his heirs, and without the radical red robes and night watchers, it was impossible for his scheme to be exposed. Who would believe the rumor from the surviving legendary sorcerers?

"Lucien's left hand does not just nullify curses. It is rather strange. However, Juliana and Minsk should be able to stall him for a while in Paradise on Earth. After I have the time, I'll take over Maskelyne's Sun's Corona." He did not seem to think that Juliana and Minsk could return alive. Or rather, he did not want them to survive.

"Until then, let's start gathering the seven legendary knights from the Nekso Palace."

"Also, I have to find a 'culprit' for the easy conquest of the Radiance Church. After I kill her and get the Sword of Truth, everything will be safe."

Sard knew very well that the legendary sorcerers were exceptional when it came to how to keep themselves alive. For the clerics, they only had few divine powers, including God's Arrival and Light of Judgment, that could eliminate the sorcerers' souls and phylacteries. Things would be much easier after he got the Sword of Truth.

"It is time to butcher the livestock that has been fattened."

While talking, he extended his right hand and pressed the divine defense of the Nekso Palace. The six angelic wings on his back were unfolded slowly.

Different from the common clerics, his wings of light were stretched and graceful, and the light was sacred and boundless.

In the next, he seemed to be melted into the holy light. He walked through the divine defense without any trouble.