Chapter 695

There were limits after all.

If he could truly use it like the power of faith and remain immune to its side effects, Lothar felt that his next objective could shift from becoming King of Egypt to storming Rome and taking that bird's seat.

The side effects of faith were obvious. To use such power, one first had to be a god and bear the price required of a deity. Secondly, the power of faith would erode one's divinity—if believers deemed you a god of justice, then even if you had been a thoroughly vile demon before ascending, faith would twist you into a True God.

Only something like the Tree of Life, which was rooted underground to begin with and lacked a fully developed mind, could avoid the dangers of faith to the greatest extent—because it did not possess a complete consciousness in the first place.

Watching the motley banners representing the various lords, as well as the crowd raising their arms and cheering while Lothar spoke, Vivianna found the scene remarkably familiar, just like what he had done in the Grand Arena of Constantinople.

"Captain, you really are good at this sort of thing."

Lavinia could not help but laugh. "Yes, he really is. If he had been sent to Avignon to serve as Pope, the Holy See would probably have retaken Rome long ago."

"The fervor people of this era showed toward faith was moving as well."

They were far more devout than the citizens and defenders of Constantinople. Even when facing a colossal beast as terrifying as the Three-Headed Demonic Dragon, they still firmly believed they would achieve final victory.

Lavinia asked somewhat unexpectedly, "What about you? I recall that you are also an order knight, one of the upper ranks of the Rose Knight Order.