The Demon King, having made up his mind, vanished once again and rushed straight toward Ilius.
Ilius, her face veiled by her hair, stretched out one hand, and a Magic Book appeared out of thin air in her grasp.
"Prayer: Bilirui's Cathedral!"
The Magic Book vanished, and in the next moment, a translucent palace appeared, shaped exactly like a cathedral.
The Demon King's body sank, and his speed plummeted. This time, it was not the wind holding him back.
Within Bilirui's Cathedral's range, the enemy's gravity increased.
Another Magic Book appeared out of thin air.
"Prayer: Alice's Dream!"
Four knights clad entirely in armor appeared. They drew their sharp blades and charged at the Demon King at a speed second only to his.
The knights would exist for half an hour, and each possessed strength around level 21.
But this was not over. Ilius had truly been enraged this time. She would make the Demon King understand the consequences of angering a woman.
The cathedral's accumulations over countless generations would finally shine in Ilius's hands.
"Absolution: Alexia's Holy Sword!"
The toy-like little sword began to glow.
"Absolution: Latin's Redemption!"
In total, Ilius activated nine one-use items. Some contained the full strength left behind by previous Bishops before their deaths, while others had been forged.
But without exception, all possessed tremendous power.
These were what the royal family truly feared, and what the Demon King had to force Ilius to use.
The Demon King was entangled by the four knights. In the next instant, blades from nowhere pierced through his body, and even the powerful regenerative ability granted by Black Energy was restrained by something unknown.
He raised a hand to block another attack from a knight, but could not hold back a mouthful of black blood. The blood dripped onto the ground, corroding small pits into it.
The Demon King, who had originally held the upper hand, was now being driven back step by step.
The severely wounded Ilius had recovered completely. She held the previous generation's staff and stood with Angel at her back.
Just as Chen Yi thought the battle would continue, orderly footsteps sounded from one side. The Royal Court's Guards appeared, bringing nun after nun, as well as Clerics.
It was not that the cathedral's other members had failed to notice the explosions here. They had merely been stopped by Guards who had lain in ambush nearby.
The nuns who had entered a weakened state were easily captured by the Guards, while the other powerful Clerics fell under the siege of multiple Guards.
Farther away, Princess Anna was killing monsters amid the cheers of the commoners.
The commoners had all run up onto the City Wall to watch how the empire would defeat the monsters, yet they failed to notice that there were no cathedral members among them.
Looking at the nuns and Clerics whose faces were smeared with blood, Ilius's hand holding the staff trembled slightly.
The knights surrounding the Demon King suddenly came under attack.
"Ice Spike Technique!"
"Flame Burst!"
"Triple Slowness!"
The spells revealed the identities of those mages.
The Mage Association had also entered the fray. Oppressed by the cathedral for far too long, mages who pursued truth had endured enough.
The fact that Chen Yi could freeload the Mage Association's Magic Books showed just how strongly the Mage Association supported the empire.
To defeat the cathedral, the royal family had drawn in everyone it possibly could.
Therefore, the cathedral had no possibility of victory in this battle!
The cathedral fell quiet for a moment. Only the Demon King continued fighting the four knights.
Even the sound of the wind seemed piercing.
Ilius stared blankly in every direction. Everywhere she looked, those standing there were her enemies.
"God, tell me how I should choose."
It had merely been a habitual remark, yet Ilius, who had never received a Divine Revelation, suddenly fell into a daze.
In her eyes, the surroundings changed.
Gentle light shone down, soothing the anxiety, unease, and anger in her heart. Ilius felt a warmth she had never known before.
It was as though she had entered the realm where God resided in the Bible.
The light formed the shape of a person before her. She could not see His face clearly, but Ilius knew that this was the Deity worshipped by the cathedral.
The Deity had come to save His religion!
Chen Yi, who appeared in the center of the battlefield, wore a blank expression. "Holy shit..."
Spatial Fluctuations suddenly appeared beside him high in the sky. In the next instant, he was teleported next to Ilius, and the Healing Staff in his backpack was summoned as well.
But that was not the end. Blood Rain began to fall from the sky.
System judgment in progress...
Iris, who was communicating with her Deity, discovered that her Deity was trembling.
Amid wails of agony, the surrounding space shattered. When Iris came back to her senses, she found herself still on the battlefield.
Everything just now seemed to imply that the Deity had encountered something ominous.
No, no, no. That was an omnipotent Deity!
Ding! Mission completed: Obtained World Source Mission progress: 100% Rewards will be calculated after returning to the Game World.
Chen Yi's expression became even more vacant. "Holy shit?"
Perhaps this Deity did not know that Chen Yi's Healing Staff had been thrown into his backpack, and the space containing that backpack was inside the mark beneath his collarbone.
This was the mark of the Game World!
Iris forced herself to calm down and shouted, "In the name of **, release!"
The Healing Staff floated in midair and activated Strong Heart on its own even without Chen Yi's control.
Intense light spread outward. The nuns and Clerics illuminated by it instantly recovered more than half their condition and hurriedly broke free from the Guards.
A new round of battle began!
Among them, Chen Yi, who retrieved the Healing Staff, had the ugliest expression. He truly had no intention of helping Iris, but the others did not see it that way.
But since the Main Quest was complete, he should still find an opportunity to leave this world.
Stone Wall!
The rapidly rising Stone Wall blocked the faster wind blades and lightning.
Chen Yi sprinted across the ground. The spot where he had just stood split apart, and soaring flames erupted from it.
Most of those attacking Chen Yi were mages from the Mage Association. Many of them had seen Yi at the Mage Association and believed he should have been a mage.
Precisely because of that, traitors were the most detestable.
But they had forgotten that Chen Yi had never been one of them.
Chen Yi drew the fire of many mages.
The nuns released Desire Suppression once again. They were now even more berserk than Berserkers.
Iris, meanwhile, charged toward the Demon King. In her view, as long as she dealt with the Demon King, handling everyone else below Tier 2, level 20, would be much easier.
Boom!
Fireballs exploded one after another among the mages. Ice shields and Earth Walls were shattered in succession.
Although he was preparing to run away, getting beaten up was not his hobby.
Flame: Fireball Explosion
This version of Fireball weakened the explosive impact, but the temperature it reached in an instant became much higher, making it highly effective against elemental shields.
(An explosion is a chemical or physical reaction that releases a large amount of energy in an extremely short time, producing high temperatures and releasing large amounts of gas, creating high pressure in the surrounding medium.)
As he ran, he constructed the framework in his mind. Once the Windwalk Technique took shape, Chen Yi's body became lighter and his movement speed increased.
Repelling Fire Ring!
Flames swept outward. Physical projectile attacks in their path were stopped by the impact, while unstable spells detonated upon encountering the flames.
While fleeing, Chen Yi occasionally glanced toward the sky. The Fire Dragon should be arriving soon, right?
He had also cast Eagle Eye Technique on the Fire Dragon, so spotting him from below would not be difficult.
Once he recalled the Fire Dragon, Chen Yi would find a chance to hide and leave this world.
That was what he thought, but he was still somewhat annoyed.
Reason told him that he had already gained plenty, and leaving was the correct choice.
Time slowly passed as Chen Yi continued fleeing. The ground he crossed was filled with mixed elements, and explosions rang out one after another.
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xxx's Thunderclap dealt 14 damage to Player Yi
Blood trickled from Chen Yi's ears, the corners of his mouth, and his nostrils.
Fortunately, his Constitution was high. Otherwise, under simultaneous attacks from so many mages, Chen Yi would have had to use a Resurrection Coin long ago.
Although the damage from each hit was not high, together they were still considerable.
A faintly glowing potion appeared in his hand. He hid behind a Stone Wall and gulped it down.
The potion's effect slowly raised Chen Yi's health back into the safe range.
"Roar!"
The Fire Dragon arrived in the sky.
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