Chapter 494 – Assassination Family Raven 5 (25)

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Sensing that Xian had disappeared, King Seong entered the office and sighed.

“Whoa… That monster.”

Cyan Raven entered the Holy Kingdom, assassinated a high-ranking priest of the Celestial Cult, and escaped. I know that at that time, the Holy Knights of the Celestial Cult were capable of killing him.

In the end, we failed to kill him, but I heard he was mortally wounded, and now I see he’s alive and well.

And he could feel that the power he had was so strong.

I heard from Godsworth, who told me a fragmentary future, that an assassin from the Raven family would soon come.

At first, it didn’t have much presence, so I stabbed it as if talking to myself, and luckily it hit the mark.

It was a bit funny to see Cyan Raven wearing a priest’s uniform with the shadows hidden inside her body, which didn’t suit her, but thanks to her, she was able to lighten the mood.

‘Because I didn’t do anything to deserve to be assassinated by someone.’

With that in mind, I started talking with Cian Raven, but I felt like I had revealed too much information.

The information that the Holy King obtained was only ‘Cyan Raven is in the Holy Kingdom’, ‘Cian Raven has killed four demons’, ‘Cian Raven is coming again tonight to receive information.’ There were three things.

Thinking about the demon-related information I will give to Cian Raven tonight…

“I don’t think it’s that easy to hand it over.”

If Godsworth tells us a certain future by writing additional information related to Cyan Raven, we may be able to prevent information leaks.

King Seong decided to use that method from the beginning, and after considering the situation one more time, he thought it was the most correct and rang the bell on his desk.

The priest outside who heard the sound came in and bowed his head.

“I need to meet the Pope. Request a meeting.”

“Yes. Holy King, what should I say is the purpose?”

“Oracle. And… No. That’s enough.”

The Holy King was considering ordering the priest to further strengthen security within the Vatican, but decided against it.

If you strengthen your security for no reason, you will be in trouble if a blood-crazed assassin from the Raven family goes on the rampage.

The place where Godsword is guarded by the highest level of sacred barrier, so it is not easy to enter.

After hearing King Seong’s words, the priest bowed his head deeply and left the room.

‘I hope he is not a disaster.’

Cian Raven jokingly said that he had already defeated four demons and that he was a hero. If it were true, he would feel at ease.

*

The Pope, who looked like a helpless old man with quite a bit of gray hair mixed in with his blonde hair, greeted the Holy King.

“What happened to you, King Seong, that you wanted to see me in such a hurry?”

King Seong nodded his head slightly.

“The trust has been fulfilled.”

“Which… Cyan Raven came to visit?”

The Pope thought of several oracles that had not yet been fulfilled and that would not bring about significant changes even if they were fulfilled, and chose one of them.

“Yes. We had a conversation in my office a little while ago.”

“It looks like stopping outsiders won’t be enough to stop the Raven family’s humans.”

“If it weren’t for Godsworth’s oracle, I wouldn’t have even suspected that it existed. I felt with my own eyes how the incident that happened last time was possible.”

If it had not been for the assassination of a high-ranking priest of the Celestial Cult and the bleeding to the point where his body exploded, the priest would have been found cold and dead later, and he would not have known that Cian Raven had entered the Holy Kingdom.

The Pope said, frowning slightly as he felt that the Holy King’s words were touching the sore finger of Cheonshinism.

“Yes. Are you here to assassinate me like last time? Or are you here to warn me?”

“Pope, first of all, it is said that Cyan Raven has killed four demons.”

What the Holy King conveyed to the Pope, who spoke in a slightly raised tone that resembled a frown, was a bit absurd.

“Four devils… I believe there are three devils that have appeared so far, right?”

“It appears that Cian Raven has killed one demon that was killed by a Hero candidate sent by the Celestial Cult, as well as two demons that are believed to have been solved by an unidentified person. And they said they wouldn’t know about the other two even if I told them.”

“It looks like you’ve become an assassin and handle things quietly. Are you saying you want to atone for your sins that way?”

“We asked for information related to the devil. We can deliver the information we solved to send the hero out to Cian Raven. But Pope, why don’t you first check if it’s true that Cian Raven killed the devil? And I think we need to pass on the information we have obtained to Godsward to determine whether Cian Raven is a threat or not.”

The Pope recalled that the Holy King had requested a meeting under the pretext of an oracle.

If he had been able to use Godsword alone, he would have gone down alone, but since it requires two people, the Pope and the Holy King, to operate it, he would have come looking for him.

However, the Pope was concerned about the oracle Godsworth had given last time that had not yet been fulfilled.

[The Imperials will bring disaster to Caderal.]

Is there any need to go through the process of verifying Cyan Raven? The Pope wanted to give the desired information and quickly send Cian Raven out of Cathedral.

“The Godsword will not be activated. If Cian Raven comes, give him information and have him turn his attention to the outside.”

“I think the Pope has something in store for the Raven family. Is that okay?”

“As the Holy Kingdom failed to deal with a priest who committed a crime as the Holy King said, a lot of his face was lost. I believe that the loss of face was already cured by recruiting a Hero candidate. And since he came to the Vatican, he committed a crime in the past like other Hero candidates. I guess I can forgive my sins.”

The Holy King knew that the Pope was not saying something absurd.

Hero candidates recruited from the Celestial Church were selected based on strength.

I also know that they decided to leave aside what they did with that power in the past and see what they do in the future.

Rather, the Holy King nodded, thinking that Cian Raven, an assassin who only took the life of a person who had committed a crime, might be better.

“I understand. I will pass on the latest information I have regarding demons to Cian Raven.”

“On the condition that the Holy King gives it to you, suggest that you leave Caderal immediately tonight.”

“Yes. I will do that to that monster.”

After thinking about it, King Seong also thought that it would be better not to bother using God’s Ward.

Whether what Sian Raven said is true or false, it is more important to get her out of Caderal.

***

‘I think I found it.’

While searching every nook and cranny of the Vatican building, I discovered a very strong sacred defense wall underground.

However, it was concluded that it would be difficult to pass through the holy defense wall, which appears to be several times stronger than the one on the castle wall and has no gaps, just by surrounding it with a spirit fighter and using a shadow dive to erase its presence or use a shadow dive.

Also, since there were a lot of paladins stationed around the sacred defense wall, I decided to refrain from approaching the sacred defense wall just to find an opening, as I thought it would cause a difficult situation.

‘Can we destroy that?’

Even if you destroy the sacred defense wall, it would be difficult if you couldn’t destroy Godward in succession.

First, it was impossible to use the divine defense wall and the afterflame breakthrough, which was recently used when high power was needed, with Cyan Raven’s body.

If I had to use a different combination, I have the gauntlets with the black ring that I used last time when I opened the escrow. Will that break the Holy Barrier?

The Black Ring Gauntlet was an efficient combination in its own way, so I shook my head because its absolute power was not that strong.

‘Let’s think about combinations until night. Because there’s still time left.’

As the quest states that Godsward is an artificial oracle device, it is unlikely to be a living creature.

As long as it is not a living creature, it seems safer than the portal I destroyed last time, so I decided to leave the Vatican for now.

Also, I was mentally tired, probably because I was using the spirit technique with more concentration than usual, so I had to rest a bit.

***

Godsworth, a very high-ranking person in the Holy Kingdom, whose existence only a few people know about.

‘Is this right?’

Horville, the priest who manages Godsworth, thought in his head.

A blonde angel was curled up with her eyes closed in a large glass tube filled with green liquid.

The angelic body that Seongguk originally possessed was processed into something useful using the devil’s technology discovered in Edburnil’s territory.

They say it is an oracle because they are using the head and mouth of an angel to infer the possible future using the head of an angel through the information entered by the priests of the Holy Kingdom.

However, Horville, who was born in the Empire, fell into Celestialism while attending the Academy, and moved to the Holy Kingdom, regretted it every day after completing Godsworth.

Is it okay to process the bodies of angels, who are called children of God, like this? A devil appeared on the continent, and even with the condition that the devil’s descent was getting closer, it was too unholy.

Horville slowly approached the glass tube, watching oxygen bubbles rise intermittently.

The glass tube was filled with green liquid, making it impossible to see her pure white skin, and her brilliant blonde hair had become dull.

The only thing that maintained its original color were the two wings extending from the shoulder blades, and Horville’s job was to find out why the wings were pure white.

-The Imperials will bring disaster to Caderal.

When he was near the glass pipe, Horville felt something strange as he looked at the wings while listening to the oracle in his head.

‘The wings are turning black…’ ?’

Although he was concerned about the rightness and wrongness of what he was doing, Horville, who had the temperament of a researcher, began recording in his notebook without taking his eyes off the mysterious phenomenon occurring before his eyes.