Badge in Azure

The holy zone could be sustained for about two hours. What the elderly holy priest saw from the sky was a fatigued demon using its tail to repel an angel from heaven.

Parts of the angel’s body would be damaged, but would then recover again under the effect of the holy zone. The demon was becoming weaker and would be killed by the angel sooner or later.

This was a trap commonly seen in the demon dimension. The supreme demons often pretended to be badly injured in order to lure a powerful demons to attack it. These powerful demons usually dwelled in the cities unless the devil commanded them to go to the wilderness. If they were to discover supreme demons, they would usually run for their lives.

The temptation to devour supreme demons was something that the demons could not resist. The trap was usually quite effective.

It was the same for holy priests. The temptation to cleanse a demon in order to return it to their God’s embrace was too great. The worship that the Gods demanded need not come from only humans. Any creature could become a disciple. Most importantly, this demon would belong exclusively to the holy priest until his death.

“What a beautiful demon…” The elderly holy priest barely squeezed out those words while he slowly descended. He was cautious. The light around his body was grade-9 divine protection.

By a demon’s standard, Nailisi was indeed very beautiful.

Beneath her shiny skin were magic patterns that were dull green and golden yellow in color. The only part of her body where her scales were obvious were on her breasts. The horns on her head were a dim silvery color and were only slightly curved.

What the elderly holy priest was most fond of was the look of desperation in this female demon’s eyes.

A demon with intelligence!

The elderly holy priest landed on the ground and he flipped open the book in his hands. The angel was immediately sucked into it. The holy priest did not wish to waste such a pure body of energy. Its master was already dead anyway.

The elderly holy priest closed the book and stood eight yards away from Nailisi, smiling while asking, “Creature full of sins, are you trying to lure me closer to you?”

Nailisi’s heart sank. It would not be easy to fool the holy priest.

“If that’s the case, do you still dare to come closer?” Nailisi replied in the common language. She sat herself up and hugged herself. Her long nails were almost peeling off the skin on her back. The look of desperation vanished from her green eyes and was replaced with indifference.

“I am already very close. The true attacking range of a Cleansing spell is ten yards. Even if you are a supreme demon, this distance is more than enough. I have already given you enough respect. I am able to cleanse an ordinary demon from one-hundred yards away.” The holy priest smiled and replied to Nailisi while still carrying his thick and heavy book.

“Then why haven’t you cleansed me yet?” Nailisi asked in a provocative tone. Her arms were long and her hands were already clutching the Twelve Notes of Purgatory that had been squashed.

“Cleansing is a troublesome process, especially for you. I will need to use up quite a bit of energy. I am waiting for my people to arrive so that they can completely subdue you before I begin the process. I am in no hurry at all.” The holy priest’s smile was sinister. Teasing a demon was much more fun than teasing a human.

Nailisi’s eyelids twitched. The grade-9 holy priest did not dare to take her on by himself. Instead, he had chosen to stay where he was while waiting for his subordinates. She would have no chance by the time they arrived.

When she passed through that divine spell of space attribute, she had already lost lightning guardian and the power of giant dragon and would not be able to use them for another one to two months. The only ability she had left was to transform into devil, human, or spirit king.

The spirit king would be a lot weaker than the devil, especially since the powers of spirits of the dead were be ineffective against divine spells. The grade of this elderly holy priest was too high. Even if Nailisi was to transform into a spirit king, she would still be suppressed and the powers of the spirit would be meaningless.

Should she turn into her human form? She had yet to pick up many techniques in her human form. The main one she had learned was the elf archery technique from Eleanor. It was too difficult to train for the elf archery technique. Even if she had Seven Night, she would still be unable to unleash its full potential.

As for her devil form, she had already used up a lot of its power. She was probably left with about two hours or less of fighting time. Once she transformed, she would only have one chance to succeed in her fight.

The divine protection that the elderly holy priest was using was even harder to break through than a holy shield. It was even more powerful than spells because its energy was borrowed from the Gods. Even if the divine protection was to be broken, the holy priest would still remain unhurt and would still possess full fighting abilities.

“Should I initiate the attack or not?” Nailisi hesitated. The elderly holy priest was indeed very close, but Nailisi was not confident of breaking through the divine protection in one hit. She had already used up her dragonshard and had yet to get it back.

Nailisi stopped pretending and stood up slowly. Her tail was wrapped around her body as she said, “Let me go and I will tell you a secret.”

“A secret? Tell me what the secret is about first.” The holy priest remained unmoved. The two grade-8 holy priests were killed by the demon, perhaps she did have some secrets. It was not that he did not dare to get closer, but he just did not want to fail in such an easy task. His own people would be there soon. With another two red Bishops, surely they would be able to subdue this demon easily?

“It’s regarding the Goddess of Myers. If you are not interested, then I’m going to leave…” Nailisi slowly retreated as she spoke, as if she was about to leave the holy zone. She regretted looking down on divine spells. As a result, her scroll and some of her equipment were all destroyed the moment she passed through the holy shield and the spatial divine spell. Only her body was unhurt because it was protected by the lightning guardian.

Come to think of it, the bracelet from Aini was quite mysterious too, since it was not damaged at all.

The elderly holy priest was stunned for a while when he heard ‘Goddess of Myers’.

Although the Goddess of Myers had fallen, it was still a thorn in the flesh of the Holy See. All the ancient temples in the Tanggulasi Empire had already been destroyed, but this was not the case in the other Empires. The people in the other Empires had not intentionally removed the traces of the Goddess.

It had been said that Gods could be revived. If the Goddess of Myers was to be revived, she would definitely attract countless disciples. It would be so much easier for that Goddess to spread her faith on the Myers Mainland compared to the Lord of Glory.

Although he was stunned for a while, there were no loopholes to be exploited. Divine protection was a divine spell that took some time to be activated, but upon activation, its defense and usage time was much more powerful than spells. The elderly holy priest made sure that he always maintained a distance of eight yards from Nailisi.

“I know where the Goddess’ temple is hidden,” said Nailisi. A piece of divine crystal was already in her hands as she spoke. It was dug out from the Goddess’ statue. She had almost used up all of them, except for that piece.

The elderly holy priest was no longer able to maintain his composure when he sensed the aura of the Goddess. The piece of news affected him even more than if the Lord of Glory was to descend onto the Mainland personally. He was a grade-9 holy priest, but he had no status, which explained why he was sent to the frontline to carry out dangerous tasks. If he was able to find the Goddess of Myers’ temples, he would immediately be rewarded with the biggest parish. He might even have a chance of becoming a Cardinal directly, and subsequently, be given the opportunity to be part of the core of the Holy See, even possibly become the next Pope!

He did not doubt what Nailisi said because the faint Godly aura from the divine crystal really came from the Goddess of Nature. This aura was very fresh and must not have been more than a few years old. The Goddess of Myers was really showing signs of revival, otherwise such a pure divine crystal would never be created.

“I swear in God’s name that if you tell me the location of the Myers’ temple, I will spare you.” The elderly holy priest said hurriedly. He did not care about this request and he was confident of being able to go back on his word anyway.

The elderly holy priest did not care about the battle going on around them. By now, his attention had been completely captured by Nailisi.

Nailisi laughed coldly to herself. Humans would never stop desiring things. What if he was a grade-9 holy priest? The Twelve Notes of Purgatory in her hands extended gradually. Her tail whipped out from her body in round after round, like a powerful spiral. Nailisi spun and hurled this energy towards the holy priest.

“Time, rewind!” The holy priest tapped his book gently and Nailisi’s actions slowed down immediately. The skin on her entire body was twisting under the effect of the major pause.

Nailisi did not expect grade-9 divine spells to be so terrifying. It was as if time had stopped entirely and was almost about to rewind. She lost her speed in an instant. The elderly holy priest took two steps back slowly and maintained the distance of eight yards.

“What a pathetic little creature. It is impossible to try and attack me by surprise.” The holy priest stared at the Twelve Notes of Purgatory in Nailisi’s hands. He had discovered the demon’s secret.

“Attacking me with a broken piece of equipment? How naïve.” Although this was what he said, in truth, he was actually fascinated by the equipment. It seemed to carry the power of God and was extremely chaotic. There was no way to tell where the attributes of God were hidden.

“Looks like I have been caught.” Nailisi smiled helplessly. Her body slowly grew as her scales expanded. It looked like she had been left with no choice but to transform into her devil form. There was nothing else she could threaten the holy priest with by remaining in her Luoluokaluo form.

Without hesitation, the elderly holy priest flipped open the book in his hands. More than twenty angels from heaven appeared around him to protect him. Then, a scepter appeared in his hands. He pointed it at Nailisi and shouted, “Solidify!”

What Nailisi had done was to utilize an innate ability of hers instead of using transformation magic. Solidification was only effective against transformation magic. As for Nailisi, the devil form was already part of her so solidification failed. Nailisi quickly grew to more than twenty yards and began to trample the elderly holy priest.

All the angels from turned into spots of light after being trampled by Nailisi’s feet. In return, her foot was pierced through by the holy priest’s divine protection. Nailisi howled in pain, but she tolerated it and unleashed the Twelve Notes of Purgatory. A huge space door opened and she and the elderly holy priest vanished from the holy zone without a trace.