Chapter 494
Sherlock, Who Was Possessed, Was Still Sherlock
The swirling flame streams bloomed like whirlpools, and the Queen of Embers, clad in a black gauze dress, was summoned—
Even though they were within the Flame Demon’s palace, their bodies had gradually adapted to the high temperature of the environment.
But when Eivass used that peculiar divine art, everyone still felt a suffocating heat.
She hovered in the air, with fiery butterfly wings behind her, similar to the Flame Tail Beast.
She spread her right hand forward, and golden-red flames instantly gathered into a beam and shot forward with a roar after a short delay!
The heatwaves stirred the air, forming visible ripples in space. Eivass, standing behind the Butterfly of Paradoxical Flames, reached out and slightly shielded his face. The white-gold long hair on his back instantly billowed and flew up.
The advisor was forced to retreat repeatedly by the hot wind, his face filled with horror.
This was because he himself was an Extraordinary of the Fifth Tier, and he knew it better than anyone.
Undoubtedly, this familiar pressure… was even slightly superior to the Fifth Tier!
—This was divinity!
It was the power of those “gods” in the Dream Realm!
The peculiar phantom demon summoned by Eivass’s divine art, her power was not inferior to the Flame Demon—no, considering the Flame Demon’s ability to multiply subordinates and create territories, even the Flame Demon might not be able to defeat Eivass’s summoned creature head-on!
He was only a Bishop of the Third Tier!
In a daze, the advisor thought of another rumor.
It was said that the Church was planning to select a group of human bishops from Avalon to teach them “High-Tier Divine Arts.”
No one knew what High-Tier Divine Arts truly were, as they were powers only obtainable by bishops of elven origin, requiring long years of study. They were also essential conditions for becoming a Cardinal and running for Eternal Pope.
With the body of a mere Third Tier, to directly fight against a powerful demon like the Flame Demon, who was a Fifth Tier Extraordinary, was…
This was probably what was called High-Tier Divine Art!
The door sealed by Grape’s Preservation Technique, even the full power attack of a Fourth Tier Extraordinary could not break it.
Those knights, who were locked outside the door, were manipulated and assimilated by the Flame Demon. Although they had lost their souls and were merely puppets, their strength alone was even greater than in life—because they had now become conduits for the Flame Demon’s power, imbued with the blazing fire power shaped and infused by the Flame Demon’s “Devotion.”
Their attacks were already at the limit of the Fourth Tier. Not to mention the door, they could easily shatter walls made of steel; even heavy city gates could not withstand their attacks.
However, Grape’s Preservation Technique could completely block these attacks, which were capable of destroying buildings, from the outside. If they had not lost their intelligence, they could have easily bypassed the door and pierced through the walls.
Yet, this door, which had withstood several attacks without a scratch, melted completely like paper under the move called “Guiding Flame Stream”!
It was like blocking a gushing flame with a cotton cloth—it was completely burned away in an instant.
The “Fire-Infusing Knights,” who had gathered and squeezed into a crowd in the narrow and crowded corridor, were also caught off guard and pierced by the blazing flames!
After the flames lasted for three seconds, they suddenly doubled in thickness.
The original golden-red turned brighter, becoming a radiant white-gold, as brilliant as the sun. The white shockwave that roared out again caused the cabinets and chandeliers in the room to shake violently, and a storm generated in this confined space and blew outwards.
She slowly raised her hand upwards, and the pillar of flame also moved upwards at a very slow angular velocity. The earth was scorched and melted, and the metal wall solidified by the preservation technique also melted—there was originally no path here, but the flames of the Butterfly of Paradoxical Flames had forcibly burned a path.
After ten seconds of continuous spraying, her body suddenly shattered and turned into a flame butterfly, landing on Eivass’s shoulder.
Eivass clutched his chest, his brow furrowed, and his face showed a pained expression for a moment: “I did my best… it should be safe now.”
Grape, who had been staring intently at Eivass’s expression, happened to notice this.
Her gaze shifted, and she remembered this characteristic.
…Does that ability… come with a price?
That’s normal, after all, using such powerful strength beyond one’s level…
“Ten seconds…”
The advisor murmured.
He was secretly shocked.
The humanoid phantom demon named “Leah,” the preliminary firepower of just the first three seconds was already close to the output of a Colossus’s beam. After three seconds, its power even rose another level, completely surpassing the Colossus’s firepower—that was the culmination of Star Antinomy Golem technology, a top-tier war machine whose every attack was equivalent to burning gold coins!
…Perhaps its only drawback was its extremely slow turning speed. It took about six seconds to raise its viewpoint by forty-five degrees, with an average turning speed of only 5 degrees per second.
The advisor glanced—he roughly estimated the length of the scorched passageway with his naked eye and realized that the range was at least fifty meters.
It was about fifty-five to sixty-five meters… Fortunately, with this turning speed, one could escape; it wasn’t too outrageous.
If its turning speed could match that of a Colossus—perhaps with just one sweep, it could incinerate a large area of enemies.
However, the ground that had been scorched by the flame stream had completely melted into lava. This heat… unless it was a Fifth Tier Extraordinary of the Path of Devotion, mortals could not withstand it. Only bishops with sufficiently high fire resistance might be able to resist this blow… No, it was impossible.
It might be possible to endure it for a few seconds, but without additional Path Traits to increase fire resistance, no one could withstand ten seconds of bombardment.
Even an Upper Demon would absolutely not be able to withstand it! Even a Colossus would be directly pierced!
The advisor secretly calculated whether the most powerful “Little Fatty” among the elite spliced corpses he had created could withstand Leah’s ten-second impact.
The answer was no—but it could probably endure for four or five seconds.
He wondered if the flame stream had any physical impact; if it came from the preheating stage, the range would be enough to rush over before being destroyed… No, it would be better to deal with Eivass himself with ranged attacks.
He took the terrifying summoned creature “Leah” as a hypothetical enemy and subconsciously calculated how he should respond.
He subconsciously activated his Super Intelligence state, and azure particles flowed from his pupils.
Blue radiance turned into flames and drifted from the corners of his eyes.
Enhanced by the familiar state of Super Intelligence, the advisor’s mind became clearer.
Gathering all known information, he instantly came up with a more terrifying thought that he was reluctant to admit: Since Eivass in this timeline could summon such a terrifying “suspected Apostle,” could Eivass in the real world also possess similar power?
The reporter had said that he had prayed to “Hengwo” and killed the demonized Emma. Undoubtedly, anyone with even a little research into gods would know that Hengwo would not respond to prayers so easily… Although that goddess had a gentle personality, she was the most difficult to please among the Nine Pillar Gods.
But since the reporter said so, it was highly probable that there was indeed a strong residual trace of the Path of Love at the scene.
—Then it is known that Eivass has the ability to summon a summoned creature stronger than an Upper Demon beyond his tier, and this ability seems to come from a certain red card. Could it be that it was not Miss Alistair of the Path of Love who left that trace, but another phantom demon of the Path of Love that he summoned?
It was said that it rained blood at that time. Undoubtedly, succubi do not have this ability… Nightmares should have this ability.
So Eivass used a similar ability at the Third Tier to summon a Night Demon of the Path of Love in advance!
Then it all fits!
This nightmare, which came from who knows where, was the summoned creature Eivass summoned using this method!
Thinking further—why would Eivass, who transcended the Path, summon a Night Demon; and why would a Path of Devotion summon a humanoid flame butterfly?
One possibility is that the Night Demon belongs to the Upper Demons, which is related to transcending the Path. But this also doesn’t explain everything.
Another possibility is that Emma, whom he fought against at the time, belonged to the Path of Love, so he summoned a Night Demon with the abilities of the Path of Love; and now that he is fighting against Karl, the Flame Demon of the Path of Devotion, he has summoned the Butterfly of Paradoxical Flames…
The advisor’s heart stirred, and he thought of a logical extreme.
If Eivass could summon “Leah” from the very beginning, he would have no reason to fear the Flame Demon. Therefore, he could only deliver one blow.
Similarly, if he could summon a Night Demon in his normal state, he would not have been pushed to such a point by the succubus. He could have directly summoned a Night Demon to accompany him, and Emma would not have dared to act rashly.
So his summons must be temporary, and they must pay a large amount of mana, and perhaps other prices…
Eivass told the reporter at the time that he “bears the scale of the Crown Lord, the blood of the Father Snake, and the blessing of the Twin Mirrors”—it was normal for him to be blessed by the Silver Crown Dragon, and all humans are children of the Father Snake… But as a priest, he should not lie about this, so he truly has the blessing of the Twin Mirrors.
“Blessing” is not a trivial matter. It is a very solemn protection, worthy of being favored by a Pillar God.
So perhaps this ability was bestowed upon him by the Twin Mirrors!
This is why, despite his close relationship with the Twin Mirrors, he used the power of the Path of Love to defeat Emma.
—Then it all fits!
When Eivass fights against powerful enemies, he can temporarily summon powerful phantom demons of the same Path and tier to counterattack… This should be the blessing from the Twin Mirrors.
All the pieces fit perfectly, not a single one wasted!
He needs to share this new information with Grape… to prevent himself from losing it.
Although Sherlock was thinking rapidly in his mind, his hands did not stop for a moment.
“Sherlock” appeared to have a resolute and focused gaze. The moment Leah stopped attacking and turned into a flame butterfly, he blew out a blizzard.
The frost power solidified and cracked the lava, and pungent white smoke diffused into the air, being blown out along with the blizzard.
In the blink of an eye, he had cooperated with Eivass’s attack to create a new road that did not exist before but was now a clear path!
(End of this chapter)
