Chapter 226: Assassination of the Silent Church
The capital of the Narpo Empire and the headquarters of the Church of Silence.

The Pope of the Church, Gracetta Jean de Maui II, wore a crown-like hat with a dark green veil hanging from the brim, covering half of her face, leaving only her small nose and cold red lips exposed.

The Pope of the Church of Silence knelt in front of the statue of God, and his whole body seemed to be stuck in time and motionless, like an eternal statue.

Her consciousness was blurred and her soul seemed to have reached an infinite height. In the absolute silence, it seemed as if the voice of death was whispering in her ears.

"Dea Cavendish...Dea Cavendish...Kill him, kill him...and take his body back to the headquarters of the Church.

You must complete this task, my believer, and when you do, I will grant you supreme authority and power.

And if you can't complete it, I will deprive you of everything, and I will let your soul fall into the silence of death forever!"

Gracettaf's soul could not bear the whispering. Her soul seemed to be torn apart at any time. The intense pain made her consciousness howl in agony.

After an unknown amount of time, the Pope of the Church of Silence finally regained consciousness. She stood up from the ground trembling, her whole body covered in cold sweat.

The whisper of the God just now was not so much an order from the God to his believers, but rather a threat from the God to her, a threat to take her soul, her body, and everything she had.

After a long while, Grace Taff said in a hoarse voice, "Someone come!"

Just as she finished her words, two tall men in armor walked into the dim palace.

If Deya were here, he would definitely be familiar with one of them. He was Edwin, the Archbishop of the Church of Silence, who once put Deya in danger of death but was defeated by his teacher Irwin.

The other one is also the Archbishop of the Church of Silence and also an eight-ring priest, Simon.

"Your Holiness, is it God who sent down an oracle?"

As archbishops second only to the Pope in the Church of Silence, the two of them had just felt the arrival of a mysterious force outside the palace.

They knelt on one knee on the ground and asked with a pious and excited look.

Grace Taf whispered: "Yes, the gods have given us an oracle."

The two archbishops remained silent, knowing that the Pope would tell them the content of the oracle.

Sure enough, Grace Taf said, "God asked us to do something."

"What is it? Your Majesty!"

"Find Deya Cavendish, kill him, and bring his body back to the Cathedral of Silence."

Hearing Gracetaff's words, Edwin's eyes lit up and he asked excitedly, "Kill Deya Cavendish?"

He hated Deya very much.

In his eyes, this is just an insignificant little person. No matter how much he is called the immortal king by others, in the eyes of this eight-ring priest, Deya is still not a concern.

It was just such a small character, but he relied on the intimidation of Irving, the nine-ring wizard, to scare him away.

For Edwin, this was one of the rare humiliations in his life.

But facing Irving, he could not do anything, nor did he dare to do anything.

In order to save its own life, the church even signed an agreement with Irwin, stating that no action could be taken against Deya within fifty years.

But such an agreement was nothing but a slap in the face to Edwin. He, an eighth-ring priest, actually signed such a humiliating agreement just because of a fourth-ring little wizard at the time.

He has been waiting for an opportunity. When the agreement expires in 50 years, he will find Deya and kill him.

But unexpectedly, just two years after the agreement was signed, he had the opportunity to kill Deya.

This is the will of God. Mortals cannot violate the will of God. Even God is on your side. Deya Cavendish, death is your final destination.

Edwin thought secretly in his heart.

Although Deya's promotion speed was very fast and he had become a seven-ring mage according to his intelligence, there was an insurmountable gap between the seventh and eighth rings. In his eyes, Deya was still not worthy of attention.

Especially as an eighth-ring priest, Edwin also knew clearly that there were problems in the world today and it was difficult for people to be promoted to the eighth ring anymore.

In other words, Deya Cavendish's road has come to an end, and this situation is actually good for those of them who are already in the eighth ring.

Because no one can be promoted anymore, the status of those of them who are still alive with eight and nine rings will be infinitely elevated, and mortals will no longer be able to resist them. They will be gods walking on the earth.

Archbishop Simon of the Silent Church was a rational and serious man. He asked, "We have signed a contract with Irving that we must not attack Deya Cavendish within 50 years.

This contract restricts us, Your Holiness, how do we resolve this contract?"

Grace Taff said calmly: "The gods have anticipated this, and they will personally intervene to free us from the constraints of the nine-ring spell."

The Pope's words moved the two archbishops. It seemed that God was really serious about it.

For thousands of years, the power of God has been far away from the material world, and it is difficult for them to bring down their power to influence the operation of the material world.

Occasionally, the gods can bring down their power at a great cost.

But this kind of miracle usually only occurs once every thousand years.

Any contract will be terminated by a more powerful force, and now in order to kill Deya, the gods have to pay a huge price, which shows the hatred of the Singer of Silence for Deya.

For a moment, both Pope Gracetta and the two archbishops looked a little strange.

What on earth did Deya Cavendish do to make the gods so crazy that they wanted to kill him without caring about anything else?

Could it be that Deya Cavendish dug up God's ancestral grave?

As soon as this thought arose, the three clergymen immediately suppressed it.

This is blasphemy and we must never let our imagination run wild. Besides, whether or not God has ancestors is a topic that will probably take thousands of years to research.

Grace Staff calmed down and said to the two archbishops, "Go down and make preparations."

Edwin and Simon did not leave immediately. Edwin took the initiative to ask: "Your Majesty, how are we going to find Deya now? He has disappeared and is not on the mainland island.

Do we three have to take action ourselves, capture Deya Cavendish's family and force him to surrender?

But if he is determined to ignore his family, we will be helpless against him. Deya Cavendish is very likely hiding in the Nine Rings Tower, and we can't do anything to the Nine Rings Tower. "Edwin's words were already euphemistic. With the strength of the Nine Rings Tower, it was more than enough to destroy the Silent Church.

Fortunately, the Nine Rings Tower is a loose organization without an absolute leader, which makes other organizations feel relieved.

Of course, on the other hand, those high-ranking mages are more arrogant, and it would be more difficult to make them voluntarily obey one person's orders. It is normal that there is no absolute leader in the Nine Rings Tower.

Grace Taff whispered, "Deya Cavendish is not in the Nine Rings Tower. He is not even in this material world. Instead, he has gone to another hidden demiplane.

This is the message the Church of Destiny told me. The Pope of the Church of Destiny will help us change our destiny and block Deya Cavendish's way back.

The will of God cannot be defied, and we can only succeed and not fail. I hope you understand what I mean.

God's grace is like the sea, and God's might is like the depths of hell. If you complete your mission, you will face God's grace. If you fail, you will face God's might."

Grace Taff said nothing, she felt the same way, and the gods would treat her the same way.

Edwin was shocked and felt that he was safe this time.

Since even the Pope of the Church of Destiny has taken action, Deya Cavendish has nowhere to escape.

At this time, Edwin admired Deya. What did the young wizard do to make the Singer of Silence issue a kill order against him, and even the Fate Observer wanted to kill him?

This necromancer is powerful enough that two gods are chasing and killing him together.

But this is a good thing for Edwin, as it means that Deya is doomed and there is no possibility of survival.

After the two archbishops left, Gracettaf breathed a sigh of relief with some fatigue. She moved her body slowly and walked to the chair beside the table and sat down.

Grace Taff raised her head and looked at the faceless statue of the god with a complicated expression.

As someone who was almost accepted as a disciple by Irving, Gracetav is extremely talented in magic.

Even before she officially became a priest, she received orthodox mage education from Irwin.

Therefore, unlike other clergy, Gracetaff also has the thinking of a wizard.

Just now, when she was summoned by the Singer of Silence, Gracetaff's mage mindset took over and made her begin to study the existence of gods.

Thanks to this kind of thinking and this idea, her faith has become extremely unsteady.

Because she felt anger and fear from the Singer of Silence!

The gods are afraid!
When Grace Taf sensed such emotions, she lost all reverence for the gods and even began to doubt the existence of the gods.

The unknown is the most terrifying thing, and the lack of emotion is the most terrifying thing, but when a God has too many emotions, He will lose His mystery.

“The so-called gods may just be mortals with great power. They can be happy, angry, in pain, and even afraid.

Although there is no record of mortals becoming gods in history, it does not mean that this path is impossible. Perhaps if one can see through the power of the Nine Rings, one can really get a glimpse of the realm where gods exist."

The reason why Gracetta had such thoughts was that the gods had performed too few miracles in the past thousands of years.

Precisely because people realize that gods cannot influence the material world, they will not be overly afraid of gods, especially those who stand at the pinnacle of power.

The same is true for Gracettaf. Even though she is the Pope of the church, the reason she fears God is only because God can take back her power at any time. Apart from that, God cannot display any great power.

It can be said that these gods nowadays can only bully others at home and have no other abilities.

“This is truly an outrageous idea. I’m sorry, Irwin, my father. I know you are proud of your disciple, but I have no choice but to take action this time.

God may not be able to do anything to you, but to me, God is above me and I am powerless to resist. Please forgive me, Irving, my father."

Grace Taff exhaled softly, and slowly but firmly took out a scroll from a wooden box. It was the contract she had signed with Irving.

When her hand grasped the contract document, the pale fire of death began to burn. This was not Grace's power, because even she could not easily cancel the contract she had signed with her own hands.

This was the power that the Chanter of Silence had just bestowed upon her, a power that even the Nine Rings could not resist.

As the scroll burned to ashes under the pale flames, the spell chains that bound the Archbishop and the Pope of the Church of Silence finally shattered completely.

Not long after, an archbishop from the Church of Destiny also came with a mysterious object like a map in his hand. Grace Taff knew that this was the key to finding Deya and restraining him.

That is a forbidden item of the Church of Destiny, called the 'Cage of Fate'. It will create a plane cage made of the power of fate, which can imprison a person and thus cut off any contact with the outside world.

This effect is not impossible to break, but it requires preparing a nine-ring level spell to break the seal in advance.

……

In the Emerald Courtyard, the plane where the elves live, after completing the mission of his trip, Deya was satisfied and prepared to return to the Nine Rings Tower.

Moreover, he exceeded the mission goal this time. In addition to gaining the power of the Eight Rings and knowing the secrets of past history, he also obtained Mavis's body.

Now, he was about to carry the fruits of victory back to the material world to prepare for the next plan.

As for what will happen to the elves, that is none of his business. Besides, given the current state of the elves, even a strong man dropping from the sky cannot solve the problem.

"Now that we are ready, let's go back!"

Inside the battleship in the Deep Sea Abyss, Deya said as he looked at Celeste, Mavis, Ignis beside him and Patricia on his shoulder.

Initially, Deya thought that Mavis would stay here, and even obey the high priest's plea to become the Queen of Elves.

But unexpectedly, Mavis had no interest in being a queen, and chose to return to the human world.

However, as the last and only bloodline of the Emerald Crown, Mavis is essentially no different from the Elf Queen, except that she practices the monarch offline system.

The Abyss of the Deep Sea sank into the huge whirlpool on the seabed, and the magic well of the Emerald Courtyard was not damaged. The barrier hiding the Emerald Courtyard still existed, which was also Deya's promise to the high priest.

When the abyss of the deep sea penetrated deeper into the great whirlpool and broke through the barrier between the Emerald Courtyard and the material world, Deya felt a flash before his eyes.

He found that in the blink of an eye he was no longer in the battleship Deep Sea Abyss, but had come to a mysterious place!

In this small, cage-like space, he felt the power of fate and death even more!
(End of this chapter)