Eternal Pope Descends

After Honey Badger finished speaking, Cardinal Dominic did not answer immediately.

She remained silent for a moment before asking, "Pope Your Majesty, what do you think?"

—The Eternal Pope is here too?! Honey Badger was startled.

Was it the new one... or the old one?

Earlier, when she saw that the Saintess had already been assassinated and crystallized, she had fled immediately. Although her escape had failed, she still had no idea who the new Pope was.

...It couldn't possibly be Grey Saintess, who had already crystallized, could it?

If that were the case, perhaps she still had a chance...

A sliver of hope rose in Honey Badger's heart.

Although the Saintess had not crystallized because of her assassination attempt, she had been involved in the matter to some extent.

Wouldn't that mean the other party's ascension was also related to her?

But then, Iver's voice rang out.

"One million gold coins... That price is fairly reasonable, and it is indeed an astronomical sum. But I truly didn't expect the Hawkeye Organization to risk sending an Assassin Master of the Fifth Level to his death for a mere million gold coins.

"Incidentally, I still have six million gold coins on hand. If I took some of them out, could I commission the Hawkeye Organization to help me kill someone?"

...Wait? That voice was Iver Moriarty?

Honey Badger opened her eyes in astonishment, but the unquenchable holy light infused with Dedication power prevented her from seeing anything clearly.

If it had merely been ordinary bright light, she should have adapted after being exposed to it for so long. But she lacked the adaptability of the Dedication Path... It was equivalent to having her own adaptive power drained away, then constantly being infused with Dedication power that could not harm her body