"Authorities?"
Everyone immediately looked stunned.
It seemed that no one knew that the Witch Cult's Archbishops of Sin possessed a special power known as Authorities.
Felix, however, remembered something.
"That so-called Authority... could it be related to those Factors you asked me to extract before, Fang Li?"
Felix's words surprised those who had not known about it.
After subjugating the White Whale and Petelgeuse, Fang Li had indeed asked Felix to extract the Witch Factors of "Sloth" and "Gluttony" in order to complete a Main God Space mission.
Witch Factors were precisely the source that granted the Archbishops of Sin their Authorities.
"I assume you all have at least some information regarding the 'Sloth' I defeated?"
Fang Li tapped the table with a finger.
"After defeating 'Sloth,' we submitted a report to the kingdom. That report mentioned that the Archbishop of Sin possessed an Authority that allowed him to attack with invisible demonic hands."
With Fang Li's reminder, the Royal Selection candidates recalled it as well.
"I see. So that was an Authority?"
"Do all the Witch Cult's Archbishops of Sin possess powers like that?"
Crusch and Anastasia both fell into thought.
Only Felt looked utterly bewildered, leaving Reinhard helpless.
Obviously, given Felt's personality, there was no way she would have read reports on subjugation campaigns.
Under those circumstances, Emilia was the one who explained.
"The Witch Cult's Archbishops of Sin all seem to possess powers called Authorities. They differ from magic and Divine Protections alike, and they are extremely mysterious and strange. They also seem to vary depending on the Sin each Archbishop governs."
After Emilia, Fang Li continued the explanation.
"In other words, the enemy possesses unknown and powerful abilities. If we do not take precautions against them, then even Reinhard could suffer for it."
At those words,