Chapter 343 Pope Sullivan

The heavy door slowly opened, and religious music sounded along with the woman's low moan.

When people stepped into the cathedral, the atmosphere of this cleanest and tidiest place they had seen in the Thane dungeon seemed to have changed a little.

The sacred and solemn atmosphere made people feel as if a god was waiting for everyone to see him.

And facing the door they came from was a doorway leading to the back of the cathedral.

In a glimpse, people's sight passed through the doorway and saw the mountains in the distance. Under the cold sky, the peaks were clustered together, and it seemed that the shadow of a dragon flashed across them.

A mountain with a dragon! ?

But before Eliphis could observe carefully, the doorway was shrouded by the rising white mist. Not only that one, but also the door behind them was blocked by the white mist, which meant that they had no way out.

So, where is the leader?

At this moment, a strange sound rang out in the music that blended into the background. It was the burning of flames and the whistling of cold winds.

The former came from the burning flames of the City of Sin, and the latter was the cold wind of the painting world of Ayredel, but the adventurers did not know this. They could only feel the change in the atmosphere.

After the two noises appeared, the solemnity of the gods in the atmosphere instantly weakened.

I don’t know if I think too much, but Sally has a strange feeling, as if the people who brought these two sounds severely blasphemed and insulted the gods and shattered the dignity of the gods.

Just as he was thinking about why he was so good at reading comprehension, Eliphis in the front revealed a dangerous aura.

Because the figure of the enemy was emerging.

In the center of the entire church, dark purple light was surging, and Sally felt an aura very similar to that of the Deep Church. Is it the muddy Deep?

The aura is very similar, but the surging dark purple light is much more beautiful than the mud, and the evil nature reveals elegance. This elegance was turned into wildness by the red flames that ignited later.

In the two colors, an illusory figure slowly emerged. When he appeared, people seemed to be tortured by the flames and the cold wind at the same time.

The music reached its climax in the woman's loud singing. The dark purple illusory figure stepped out of the flames. This step seemed to step on people's hearts, making everyone pause for a moment.

The moment the enemy's figure was seen, the enemy's name appeared in everyone's mind.

[Pope Shaliwan's Phantom]

This is the avatar of the elusive pope who stayed here. His real body is missing. But this phantom has almost the same strength as the real person.

The adventurers didn't feel anything, but Gong Qiying felt that it was a bit... not cool to let Shaliwan, the mastermind behind the soul three, appear here directly?

Just like the full moon queen appeared in the form of a teardrop, Shaliwan, who could split himself, left a clone to guard the cathedral. This is normal and reasonable, right?

All mercenaries were instantly alert. Even though it was just an illusion, the sense of oppression they felt was no less than when they first saw Overlord Wolnir.

Eliphis also reacted, but his brows furrowed.

He frowned after seeing the two great swords held by Shalivan's illusion.

Pope Shalivan.

Ever since the Battle Knight appeared in front of the adventurers, this name has been mentioned repeatedly. The equipment, weapons, props and even scenes related to Irithyll in the Frost Valley have all mentioned this Pope to some extent.

This naturally attracted people's attention, because the name of the Pope sounded very powerful. So what do people know so far?

They know that Pope Shalivan, who is stationed in Irithyll, is an ambitious careerist who has sent troops outside Irithyll for unknown purposes, and the shadow of the Battle Knight can be seen everywhere.

They knew that Shalivan had reached a cooperation with the Deep Church, or the Deep Saint Aldridge, for unknown purposes, which made Aldridge leave the Deep Church.

These did not explain much, but the eyes of the Pope who could turn people into beasts made everyone fully aware of his ambitions. The various twisted creatures in the underground prison were also his work, and the tragedy of the little boy was also related to him. Such a person could not be a good person at all.

Later, someone discovered that Shalivan was a magician before becoming the Pope, and it was said that he was born in a humble family and climbed to the top step by step with his own efforts.

This made Eliphis admire him very much.

At the same time, the Light Eagle Group also made full countermeasures against the Pope who was once a magician. All kinds of means against magic were brought up, and even spent a lot of money to buy a silver shield with a Tops force field. This thing is a rare item recently, and it only comes out once in a long time, so that people are reluctant to use it to hit the imitation tears of the Full Moon Queen.

Even Eliphis has been concentrating on studying ways to deal with various forms of magic during this period, and has also spent time with the mercenaries to learn formations, mutual cooperation, etc. This time he has really made sufficient preparations, more serious than when he fought against the Overlord Wolnir.

He feels that with the various formations against magic formed by himself and the mercenaries, he can win even against those long-established magic masters.

But, but.

Staring at the phantom of Pope Salivan, Eliphis's eyes twitched a little, and the captain of the assault team beside him acted as a mouthpiece and spoke his thoughts.

"Why is he holding two big swords!? Isn't he a magician!"

The two big swords that were either burning with flames or flashing with purple light had such a strong impact on people that everyone ignored Sullivan's strange appearance - his face had no facial features, was covered by dense branches, and had obvious tree characteristics.

"Could it be that the two big swords were actually transformed from magic wands, and could release magic while attacking in close combat?" Sally guessed so. At this point, no matter how he guessed, it seemed to make sense.

The monsters that appeared in the Sean Dungeon seemed to be good at giving people a sense of shock and contrast. Pope Sullivan was actually a swordsmanship genius or something. This kind of thing gave people the same feeling as the Pope of the Church of Light in the outside world suddenly took out a giant stick during a battle.

Eliphis suddenly made a gesture, which was a gesture for the magicians to prepare a magic shield.

The interior of the church was very large, and they were naturally far away from Sullivan. What this meant was self-evident.

At this distance, only magic could attack them!

Eliphis has already figured out the attack methods of Sean's elites and leaders. They will definitely launch an attack as soon as they appear. At such a long distance, although the enemy is holding a big sword now, he must use magic as a magician!

Pope Shalivan will not really abandon magic completely and rush over with a big sword to cut people, right?

No way?

When the magicians opened the magic shield, the strong mercenaries had already taken out the chain equipment used to bind the dragon, and several captains were ready for the killing move.

Shalivan's phantom took a step forward!

The mercenaries were in high spirits!

Shalivan's phantom raised his hand, which meant the prelude to releasing magic!

Eliphis's mouth curled up!

The next moment, a huge amount of magic power surged inside the church like a stormy sea. This must be an extraordinary magic attack. The magicians immediately strengthened the shield's defense against magic under Eliphis's instructions, but the price was that the shield became more fragile, that is, the defense against melee attacks became lower.

But it doesn't matter. It's a good thing to be able to defend against Shalivan's magic attack!

When his magic is blocked, I will take this opportunity to rush over and pierce his heart. Eliphis stared at Shalivan's figure, thinking about the flaws revealed by the other party in his heart.

But the next second.

"Why is it gone?"

Shalivan's figure disappeared, and it's not right to say that he disappeared, because he appeared in front of people in an instant.

It was a flash of extremely high purity!

When the mercenaries saw Shalivan's muscular arms and the increasingly bright-colored sword, they realized such a thing.

Brother, you magician really play melee!!!

The Sin Sword ignited a surging sin fire, and the Sanction Sword lit up the purple magic representing the Sanction of Dark Moon. Each power was shocking.

This was not an ordinary slash, but a solid full-strength blow!

It took Eliphis one second to react. Their intention to open the magic shield in advance was discovered by the other party, so the enemy played a trick on them! Pretending to release magic, when everyone was fully focused on fighting magic, they suddenly rushed over to release the slash.

It's just a phantom, but it has such high intelligence? This doesn't conform to the magic logic of this world!

Eliphis opened his hands and used all his strength to activate the magic in his body, but at this distance and this time, how could he open the shield in time?

"Boom--"

The sin fire and the dark moon magic instantly flooded the entire church.

By analogy, this move is equivalent to the wrath of the Overlord Wolnir, which is equivalent to the phantom of Shalivan releasing a big move to clear the field at the beginning.

When the flames gradually dissipated, the phantom did not pursue the victory, but retreated to give people a little time to react.

Why design such an action? Wouldn't it be more efficient to kill the adventurer with all your strength from the beginning?

Because the dissipation of emotions, or mental power, requires time to be prepared and brewed.

Sally slowly opened his eyes and wondered if he was dead? If he died in this move, there would be nothing to be surprised about. He could accept it calmly.

However, when he found that he was not dead and saw the scene in front of him, his eyes widened.

"Aegis!"

Everyone opened their eyes and looked to the front. Elsa was standing in front of everyone.

If Sally hadn't shouted this, I'm afraid no one would recognize that the person in front of them was Elsa, because she was unrecognizable and stood there like a burnt puppet. Judging from her posture, she should have run in front of everyone and raised the giant sword to resist the moment Sullivan's phantom rushed over.

"Bang——"

Elsa fell to the ground, and there was no way to tell whether she was dead or alive. She could no longer feel any breath of life.

"Captain Gus. Killed instantly!"

It wasn't an instant kill. Sullivan's phantom move was actually more aimed at Eliphis.

But Elsa rushed over. Although Eliphis didn't have time to open the shield, he was able to push the fire and magic attacking him from behind to Elsa, ensuring that he was almost unharmed.

This is the reason why Elsa couldn't get up again.

Fear exploded in the crowd like a bomb, and the Sean Dungeon happily accepted the friendship gifts from the adventurers.

But at this moment, Eliphis clapped his hands.

"Snap!"

The mercenaries' expressions were dull for a moment, and then they calmed down as if they were sedated. Eliphis clapped his hands again, and everyone became excited as if they were given fanaticism. The fear of the phantom disappeared, and was replaced by the soaring fighting spirit.

"Haha, go ahead, kill him!"

"He can kill Captain Gus in seconds. If I can kill him, then I can become the captain!"

Fanatical emotions can also emit mental power, but compared to negative emotions, it is less.

And this was seen by Gong Qiying who was observing behind the scenes.

"Directly giving away his own powerful combat power, what is this Eliphis thinking?"

Gong Qiying couldn't understand why the other party did this. Even if Eliphis and Elsa shared the damage together, it would not make the other party lose its combat effectiveness.

Maybe the other party has its own tactical arrangements?

But Gong Qiying understood one thing.

"Eliphis has the means to influence the emotions of the mercenaries, and he hinders the income of the Sean Dungeon."

So, Shalivan's phantom's hatred for Eliphis instantly reached the maximum.