Fifth-Level Iver

...If I failed, would I come back and become a Pillar God?

Iver had originally wanted to say something else, but Child of Candle Holder's one sentence left him speechless.

Child of Candle Holder had already put it that way, so refusing to choose Candle Holder's Horn would be rude.

In any case, the Child of Candle Holder form could also provide the necessary resurrection—and compared to Endless Mercy's battle resurrection, which could only be used within three seconds of death, the Child of Candle Holder could instead provide ritual resurrection capable of bringing back someone who had been dead for a long time.

In the past, this was something only Insect Amber Master could do!

Of course...

What truly attracted Iver was another one of its traits.

—It could treat solidified amber.

Although Iver's Sin Thorns Fruit already had a similar ability, this one seemed even more thorough. With its help, Iver could allow Pure White Saintess to break free of her solidified amber state ahead of time.

When that happened, Most Holy Crown could be given to someone else!

...Although he had only been Pope for a month, Iver already felt that he had had enough.

At first, it really had been exhilarating—he could freely manipulate everything on the giant tree. Back then, he had been like someone playing a simulation-management game, enthusiastically fiddling with this and that, or helping a fallen child here and treating a sick person there...

He was no longer bound by his own body. He no longer felt hungry, tired, or sleepy... nor was he tempted and blinded by desire. He had assumed a more exalted, more sacred, omnipotent form—he could use "soul perception" to capture anything, though it was difficult for people to notice him.

He could enter anywhere at will, flip