Chapter 296: Dekan's Identity as the Bishop of Agony Exposed |
The audience in other regions of the Kingdom, who had been watching the broadcast but experienced a period of black screen, were finally able to see the images from the Filowen Royal Capital again.
Only, these images were excessively despair-inducing.
Even though the six Bishops hadn't come out yet, the sky above was already densely covered with dark clouds, looking as if they could fall at any moment. The entire world was filled with an oppressive atmosphere, making the residents of the Royal Capital breathless.
The Pontiff displayed a power akin to a god descending upon the mortal world.
Although the moment the catastrophe occurred, the staff who could still move had instinctively started to flee.
But there were also brave staff members who, holding the spirit of war correspondents, prioritized running to activate the backup magic recording equipment and restored the broadcast.
Victory or defeat, the situation of the Filowen Kingdom had to be transmitted out.
...
In the Filowen Arena.
Dekan looked up at the Pontiff, who was about to be pushed back but forcibly descended here relying on his own energy, and muttered.
Could the mana of an individual life actually fill the vacancy of a national magical energy station level?
Dekan only felt his scalp go numb.
Although he had always been accustomed to encountering opponents several versions ahead of his own level.
However, the Pontiff's intensity seemed indescribable by ordinary Tier 9 standards.
He might have already... nearly reached the peak of Tier 9.
Even without showing any Magic Cards, just relying on this monster-like panel, the Pontiff was enough to easily instantly kill Tier 8 powerhouses.
Dekan wasn't even sure if 120 times pain feedback could make this monster faint for a moment.
Your intensity isn't that of a late-game BOSS at all.
You can run for the position of the Final BOSS!
"When you killed a Bishop at Tier 3 back then, did you ever think you would have to fight the Pontiff at Tier 5?"
Sheen actually interviewed Dekan like a reporter without any sense of nervousness.
She seemed to have forgotten the order where the Pontiff was going to kill her first, and then Dekan second.
"Don't gloat! Can you act like a Tier 9 big shot!"
Dekan had never teamed up with an ally of Sheen's personality.
At a critical moment, she still didn't forget to mess with her teammate's mindset.
If there were still teammates to choose from, he would rather Sheen go to the opposite side.
But now, to deal with the Pontiff, this bastard Astrologer could only be used as a makeshift.
Under normal circumstances, Dekan didn't want to face the Pontiff directly this early no matter what.
At least give Dekan a few more years to prepare, level up to Tier 7 or Tier 8, and wait for his teammates to become stronger before he would make a move on the Pontiff.
Comprehensive intelligence gathering and preparation planning were still needed to ensure the success rate of defeating the Pontiff was 100%.
But there was no choice.
While Dekan was growing, the Resurrection Church was also looking for opportunities.
The Pontiff wouldn't even let the Bishops come one by one to feed, but directly brought all the Bishops to kill Dekan, who was only Tier 5!
According to the normal story progress, a protagonist developing healthily should still be laughing and joking on campus at this timeline.
Not being caught and killed by a Final BOSS-level enemy using a teleportation hack.
"Is this the retribution for sacrificing merit..."
Dekan couldn't help but start reflecting on his actions over the past year.
Whatever.
Even if he sent the Pontiff back just now and dodged this calamity.
As long as the Resurrection Church held this spatial jump gate, they could continuously plan surprise attacks that were impossible to guard against.
Next, it would be Dekan's side having trouble sleeping and eating.
Better to go along with the Resurrection Church's intent and beat them at their own game.
After all, for the Resurrection Church, this was a rare opportunity to destroy the lifeline of the Kingdom Federation in one fell swoop.
But for Dekan and Sheen, they also held a hidden advantage!
That was, the Resurrection Church didn't know they had prepared in advance, and the mole the Pontiff hadn't found!
Presumably, until this moment, the Pontiff thought he had a guaranteed win.
Then, fighting decisively here and destroying the spatial jump gate was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Dekan and Sheen!
...
Directly above the arena.
The spatial gate completed its construction in an alternative way.
The Pontiff also passed through it and arrived at the Filowen Royal Capital.
However, the moment he arrived, it seemed that due to the temporary energy switch, the space magic became unstable.
Before the six Bishops behind him could come out together, the spatial structure near the spatial gate became distorted and chaotic.
The Pontiff looked back with a frown.
Being disrupted and having energy consumed at the last moment still severely hindered their plan.
The Pontiff picked up a seal, shaped like a Bishop's Certificate, but more mysterious and profound than a Bishop's Certificate.
The moment Dekan saw this seal, he knew what it was.
This was the authority of the Resurrection Church Pontiff.
The Pontiff used this damn thing to completely seal Dekan's regular chat permissions!
And at this moment, the Pontiff seemed to ignore Sheen and Dekan, turning back to fill the energy to maintain the stability of the spatial gate.
Obviously, the activation permission of this spatial gate was bound to the Pontiff's authority, ensuring that only the Pontiff could use it.
"Those six guys don't need to come!"
Sheen naturally wouldn't let the Pontiff have his wish.
The moment the Pontiff took out the authority, both Sheen and the Pontiff made their moves.
Their clash was just a competition of Tier 9 magic power using what seemed like the simplest magic attacks.
Battles at their level had long returned to simplicity, simplifying the complex.
When the power of the two collided, it was eerily silent at this moment!
No explosion sound, no roar of collision, like two invisible arcs of light crashing together.
It triggered a strong distortion in the air, first birthing a ball of light at the intersection.
Subsequently, under the impact force from both sides, the light ball expanded more and more!
And at this moment.
Finally, it seemed that a strange distortion appeared in everyone's vision, and the audio and video became completely distorted!
This scene seemed to have lasted a long time, yet also seemed to have passed in an instant; finally, a "ZZZZ" sound came.
The light ball in the middle suddenly erupted with streaks of electric cocoons like light snakes, flowing incessantly.
The severe audio lag in the live broadcast left people witnessing a Tier 9 clash for the first time completely dumbfounded!
Although the sound and color weren't loud, they could feel what kind of terrifying clash Sheen and the Pontiff were conducting.
Even the Tier 8 Imperial Sword Saint and Holy Knight Commander just held their swords, hesitant to make a move for a long time.
They both wanted to try attacking the Pontiff, but they also knew very well that in the clash just now, if they rashly made a move, it would be like a mayfly shaking a tree.
If they attracted the Pontiff's counterattack, they might be instantly crushed!
Finally, the light ball in the middle seemed unable to withstand the Tier 9 collision from both sides and exploded!
First, a circle of silent ripples spread out, then the light ball suddenly shrank several times, then instantly expanded violently again... Finally...
"BOOM!!"
Amidst this loud noise.
The Royal Capital was instantly illuminated. Centered on the arena, the glass of the surrounding buildings shattered and flew apart one after another!
Although Sheen on the ground had started panting, the Pontiff in the sky remained unmoving, as if that move just now was merely a casual act for him.
A pure gap in magic power intensity.
And the Pontiff was still supplying mana to the spatial gate on the side, trying to let the Bishops descend together.
The spatial gate would soon form again; Sheen's interference had clearly failed.
"You should be very clear about the gap between us."
The Pontiff's voice became cold and solemn, echoing like the sound of falling ice crystals shattering in winter.
Be it attack magic or control magic.
Sheen couldn't possibly disturb or affect him.
This was the absolute gap in strength.
"Agamemnon, have you ever felt the charm of the underworld?"
Sheen on the ground only asked with a crisp laugh.
Seeming not to care at all about the recovering spatial gate.
However, at this moment, the Pontiff suddenly remembered something and turned his head abruptly to stare at Dekan.
As far as he knew, there was indeed a kind of spell that couldn't be defended against or evaded!
During the time Sheen clashed with him just now, Dekan had already equipped [Crown of Thorns] and [Cursed Doll], and summoned [Ruined Poet] and [Lament Song Mermaid].
Sheen's attack wasn't intended to interrupt the Pontiff, but only to prevent the Pontiff from interfering with Dekan's spellcasting!
"How could you Resurrection Church people bear to persecute the weak, pitiful, and helpless me all this time! Compensate me for my mental damage!"
Accompanying Dekan's angry rebuke of the Resurrection Church.
Sheen's [Forced Dispel] also arrived on the Pontiff, ensuring the Pontiff couldn't use [Pain Shielding] to resist.
120 times Heart-Pain Attack!
This was what Dekan had prepared long ago, just waiting for the event that the Pontiff really appeared, ready to release on him at any time!
The Pontiff's figure trembled.
Although it couldn't be seen that the Pontiff was damaged, it could be seen that the spatial gate, which was just about to form, began to become chaotic again.
Dekan's Heart-Pain Attack indeed worked.
Dekan's interference happened right at the instant the spatial gate was about to form. The spatial gate at this time was in a critical state oscillating between stability and collapse!
And now it wasn't something the Pontiff could stabilize.
After all, the Pontiff himself hadn't mastered space magic; he was merely guiding the magical device that was the spatial gate.
"Go quickly! If we don't go, we'll be teleported to unknown coordinates!"
Shadow Bishop Minos, as one of the developers, took the lead in rushing towards the turbulent spatial gate.
If they continued to stay here, they would either be lost in the spatial channel or teleported to random locations, possibly even to a different dimension!
The other Bishops also made prompt decisions and followed Minos.
But even so, the Bishops were swept away by this wave-like spatial turbulence and teleported to unseen locations.
Except for the Pontiff successfully descending to the target location.
The other few Bishops seemed to have all been teleported to other coordinates.
In the next second, the city defense system of the Filowen Royal Capital began to alarm!
Some Bishops landed inside the Filowen Royal Capital; the teleported distance wasn't far!
The other Bishops were probably mostly around the Royal Capital, or even inside the Royal Capital.
"Three inside the Royal Capital, three in the outskirts."
Sheen said in a deep voice.
As the crystal blue bracelet on her wrist glowed slightly, Sheen, who controlled the central hub of the Filowen Royal Capital's city defense barrier, quickly investigated the situation clearly.
The Shadow Bishop, who reacted first, and the strongest Bishops, Finality and Falsehood, all seized the initiative, passed through the spatial gate, and arrived at locations not deviating that far.
The subsequent Plague, Silence, and Devouring Bishops were sent to farther locations by the gradually more unstable spatial gate.
"It's already not bad."
Dekan nodded slightly with a solemn expression.
Then he stared at the Pontiff who was gradually landing.
The battle situation, which was originally about to collapse instantly, had already seen a turning point.
The separated Bishops wanting to rush over would be met and intercepted by the 11 Tier 8 powerhouses inside the Royal Capital and outside the arena.
Normally speaking, to fight against an enemy of Ruin Bishop Ivans' level, even Ice Snow Princess plus Judith wouldn't be enough; one more Tier 8 powerhouse would be needed, three against one, to achieve a stalemate or advantage.
Even these 11 Tier 8 powerhouses plus a large number of Tier 7 contestants were insufficient to withstand six Bishops.
At most, they could only delay them for a period of time.
And, what seemed most desperate to everyone was—not only these six Bishops, but there were also three hidden Bishops.
There were a total of nine Bishops in the Filowen Royal Capital!
But Dekan felt there was a chance.
Only Dekan truly knew that the Bishop of Agony was himself.
The Frenzy Bishop was in jail.
And there were moles among the Bishops. When it really came to the moment of life and death for the Kingdom Federation, they wouldn't sit by and watch.
The situation was far less terrible than it looked!
The arena turned into four against one.
As long as they could defeat the Pontiff before other Bishops rushed to the arena for support, this battle would be their victory!
...
The Pontiff just looked at the authority in his hand, remaining silent.
He seemed to have completed communication with the Bishops very quickly.
And confirmed their current locations.
"Very good."
Although the plan was disrupted, the Pontiff didn't look angry at all.
Even as the attacks of the Imperial Sword Saint and the Holy Knight Commander reached him, the Pontiff remained unmoving.
An invisible barrier completely absorbed the attacks of the two, and then both sides were blown away by the Pontiff's black flame-like wildly dancing magic power, falling heavily to the ground and sustaining considerable injuries.
Even though they had obtained Sheen's spell buff and their attributes were greatly increased, they were still far from having the combat power to confront the Pontiff.
And Sheen's spell and Dekan's summoned creatures also seemed unable to affect the Pontiff.
All of this was because of this mana barrier.
[Chaos Guard]
[Category: Spell Card]
[Grade: Orange Epic]
[Tier: 9]
[Passive Effect: Maintains a magic shield. While the shield exists, damage received and control effects are reduced by 90%. Consumes a large amount of mana after triggering the reduction effect each time.]
[Remark: Holding the authority of eternity]
The Pontiff had hostility towards Dekan, and also hatred.
But not much.
That was the coldness of a superior who wouldn't get angry at ants.
Wanting [Captain De’erkan] to successfully taunt the Pontiff for 0.1 seconds was far from achievable.
The original seven against four became one against four. Facing the chain reaction possibly generated by the enemy's mutual cooperation, the single-player side Pontiff, even possessing the strength to absolutely crush the opponent, became cautious.
Especially the combination of Dekan and Sheen, two special supports protecting each other, made the Pontiff slightly apprehensive.
But the Pontiff didn't seem to have any intention of coexisting peacefully with them until other Bishops came to support.
"You two, whatever plans you still have, or however much you already know, it all ends here today."
Softly, a sigh came from the Pontiff's mouth.
That sigh seemed to be a lament, a mockery, and yet, it carried a trace of indelible killing intent.
When Dekan was stared at by the Pontiff, the Pontiff also gently extended his left hand. At the tip of his pale index finger, a Magic Card turned into magic power and gently curled around, soon diffusing a trace of black light silk, enveloping the four of them separately within black light spheres formed by it.
[Judgment of Living Beings]
[Category: Spell Card]
PART 2
[Grade: Orange Epic]
[Tier: 9]
[Effect: Continuously consumes mana to imprison enemies within range whose magic power intensity is lower than the user with small barriers. During the spell maintenance, the user cannot move. Continuously consumes additional mana to drain the life of the imprisoned enemies. Cooldown 24 hours.]
[Remark: Holding the authority of life and death]
The seemingly weak black light silk contained incomparably terrifying authority, making even the Tier 8 Adair and Argel dare not touch it, desperately casting healing magic on themselves.
It didn't even make people feel pain!
It just stripped the life force from people's bodies like the natural operation of rules!
The Pontiff concentrated his authority mainly on Dekan and Sheen, while Sheen tried hard to cast healing magic.
The other two Tier 8s, to the Pontiff, felt like it didn't matter whether he killed them or not.
The Pontiff's goal was obvious.
He wanted to seize the energy of the Filowen Royal Capital after killing Sheen and Dekan, and then use the spatial jump gate to leave before reinforcements from other Kingdoms arrived!
It could also be observed that after the Pontiff's forced usage just now, some cracks had appeared on the spatial jump gate in the sky; it was probably in an overloaded state.
Continuing to use it would inevitably damage it.
But since the Resurrection Church had the ability to build it, they would definitely be able to restore and use it again in the future.
At that time, without Sheen's intelligence probing, the Resurrection Church would use this spatial jump gate again to completely crush the Kingdom Federation!
To some extent.
If Dekan and the others lost today.
The Kingdom Federation would be finished.
No one present spoke; the four found it hard to move even an inch.
Except for the Imperial Sword Saint and the Holy Knight Commander who barely managed to protect themselves, Sheen shielded Dekan behind her. From just now, she had been giving Dekan protection spells, constructing silver chains formed from stars between her and Dekan.
[Star Link]
[Category: Spell Card]
[Grade: Orange Epic]
[Tier: 9]
[Effect: After casting on a target, share perception and life. Released after exceeding a certain distance. The side with higher attributes will correct 10% of their attributes to the side with lower attributes.]
[Remark: You are so weak, why should I link with you?]
As long as this spell was maintained, if she didn't die, Dekan wouldn't die either.
And after obtaining a 10% bonus from each of the Tier 9 Sheen's four attributes, Dekan wasn't that fragile anymore.
Even after linking, the Pontiff not only had scruples when attacking Dekan but was also unwilling to attack rashly when facing Sheen.
The pain caused to Sheen would also be transmitted to Dekan, giving Dekan the opportunity to feed back pain.
Sheen was originally accustomed to using this card to link with opponents. Not only could she swap health to save her life and restrict the Pontiff's attacks, but she could also steal the Pontiff's excess attributes. However, in the current situation, Sheen needed to protect Dekan first, even if Sheen herself would lose attributes.
Because Dekan's pain feedback was a point the Pontiff couldn't handle.
The unique authority of the Blood Clan and the magical creativity of the Demon Race could both be called miracles in this world.
And these miracles happened to be able to threaten the nearly invincible Pontiff.
As long as she could utilize Dekan's pain feedback to make the Pontiff faint from pain for a moment, Sheen could use the backup plan she had prepared.
But with the Pontiff currently looking completely flawless, she couldn't start her plan—
Locking the Pontiff into her home field battle.
Trying rashly, given the Pontiff's degree of control reduction, it was very likely that before she could successfully lock the Pontiff up, the Pontiff would forcibly break free halfway.
She just needed to control or disrupt the Pontiff for even a short while.
Then she could ensure the follow-up control was foolproof.
Dekan naturally knew what Sheen wanted to do.
But the Pontiff had been exceptionally guarded against Dekan from the very beginning.
He simply didn't give Dekan a chance to pull a stunt.
The Pontiff's Spirit and Magic attributes were definitely not in a domain humans could reach.
Due to the ultra-high mana cap brought by high Spirit, as well as abnormal status resistance, almost no control effects could affect the Pontiff.
Even though the Pontiff had consumed a lot of mana because of the spatial teleportation gate, it was impossible to out-consume this mana monster.
And attacks, after being reduced by 90%, let alone hurting the Pontiff, couldn't even break his shield at all.
The Pontiff chose a tactic of completely suppressing them. Once non-mole Bishops came to support, the four of them would be easily slaughtered by the Bishops!
Unless they could actively give the Pontiff control intensity beyond common sense!
The Pontiff stood not far from the four, and even the air was permeated with that indescribable power.
Not only Dekan, but even Sheen's face became increasingly ugly.
Because they started to hear the sounds of war coming from a distant direction.
It seemed some Bishops were already not very far from the arena.
"Bishop of Agony, you really surprised me. Perhaps I should have come to find you earlier."
The Pontiff's grim face seemed to be smiling, yet carried a majesty that people dared not blaspheme.
Although the Pontiff didn't know if Dekan and Sheen still had any means to break the situation.
But he seemed a little worried.
If several Bishops appeared together, the Pontiff had no worry that any mole would dare to stir up waves.
But if the one arriving next was a single Bishop, and if it happened to be the mole he was catching...
A guaranteed win might be reversed in an instant.
The Pontiff didn't need to take risks under a huge advantage.
He indeed thought of an interesting idea to end everything before the Bishops arrived...
That was to make the trust relationship between Dekan and Sheen fall apart!
"I said I am not the Bishop of Agony."
Dekan said with a sneer.
The Pontiff's sowing of discord was simply laughable.
"Oh?"
The Pontiff just picked up his authority.
Unknown what he did, in the next instant, the seal began to shine!
As if the Bishop's Certificate also resonated with it.
Only to see that on Dekan's body, a transparent mark seemed to emerge faintly.
This was the Bishop of Agony mark belonging to Dekan.
Just as Dekan felt uneasy.
The [Bishop of Agony's Certificate] hidden in Dekan's soul also began to flicker with brilliance, gradually manifesting uncontrollably!
Dekan looked at Sheen abruptly at this time.
Only to see a trace of suspicion flash across Sheen's eyes.
"How about it, foolish humans? How does it feel to be played around by the Bishop of Agony?"
The Pontiff's voice echoed in the arena, as if not only speaking to the four people in front of him but declaring Dekan's true identity to all the Kingdom people!
The Imperial Sword Saint looked at Dekan directly with vigilance, emitting strong hostility towards him.
And the Holy Knight Commander's face was full of disbelief, momentarily unsure how to treat Dekan.
The Pontiff was very satisfied with their reactions.
Presumably, the expressions of the Kingdom people watching the live broadcast now were even more colorful.
But what the Pontiff really cared about was only Sheen's attitude.
If he could make Sheen waver at this time, everything would be over.
...
"How is it possible? Dekan is really the Bishop of Agony?"
"Could it be the Pontiff's illusion?"
"On Dekan's body... there seems to be a seal echoing with it? Is that a genuine Bishop's Certificate?!"
"I've actually been living in the same academy as a Bishop every day?!"
The Heavenlit Academy Broadcast Hall had turned into a pot of porridge at this time.
No matter who it was.
They all just treated Dekan's title of Bishop of Agony as a joke.
After all, how could a student be a genuine Bishop of the Resurrection Church?!
But at this moment.
The Pontiff's face-to-face authentication seemed to have confirmed the authenticity of all this!
Dekan was the last Bishop of the Resurrection Church, the genuine Bishop of Agony!
"No... impossible..."
Teresia covered her cheeks, her face full of terror.
This seemingly harmless young man she brought back to the Royal Capital from the border town a year ago was a Cardinal of the Resurrection Church comparable to a natural disaster?
Teresia shook her head violently.
Although she always felt that the more she understood Dekan, the more she couldn't see through him.
Every scene of getting along with Dekan gradually convinced her that Dekan's style of action was like a devil.
But she absolutely didn't believe Dekan was the Bishop of Agony!
He was a person with a clear bottom line, distinct from evil!
"Lord Sheen... you must believe in Dekan..."
Teresia could only grit her teeth and pray for her friend.
And in the corner of the broadcast hall, a desolate student looked at the broadcast screen blankly like he had lost his soul.
"I lost to... a Cardinal?"
Frata, the young master who provoked Dekan in his first semester of enrollment, now suddenly discovered that his life's greatest achievement might be escaping unscathed from the hands of the Bishop of Agony...
The nightmare brand he originally couldn't forget for a lifetime now seemed to have become a medal of a true man...
...
Magic City Tristine City.
Lord Viscount Lampard leaned back in his chair as if losing strength.
If Dekan was the Bishop of Agony...
Was the glorious record of Dekan saving this city, saving the Ice Snow Princess, and defeating Ruin Bishop Ivans essentially a battle for Bishop succession?
He felt he could no longer distinguish between true and false.
Originally, even if Viscount Lampard knew Dekan was a person whose acting skills could be freely retracted and released, he was still willing to support Dekan firmly.
But what about this ironclad evidence now?
And what would Sheen think?
"If you are a liar, how I wish all of this wasn't true... But if you aren't a liar, I only hope you can successfully deceive everyone..."
Lampard was momentarily confused whether he was worrying more for himself or for Dekan!
...
And in the Randil Kingdom at this time, the eyes of the people saved from Fahim by the Beautiful Mind Squad were filled more with breakdown.
They originally firmly believed that Dekan would reverse the situation again and help the Kingdom Federation overcome this most difficult crisis.
However.
If they were told at this time that Dekan, who could save the world, was actually a mole.
Was the true incarnation of evil.
Was a person who deceived the world and stole fame!
That would be utter despair.
It was as if everything was fake.
Be it the battle defeating Ruin Bishop Ivans in Tristine City.
Or the battle defeating Corrupt Bishop Fahim in the Randil Royal Capital.
They were all nothing but a stage built for the birth of a hero!
A premonition of a catastrophe about to annihilate the Kingdom Federation shrouded everyone's hearts!
However, in the Filowen Arena.
When the eyes of everyone in the world focused on Sheen.
She clenched her silver teeth.
After a brief hesitation.
She only shouted loudly:
"Dekan is our Kingdom Federation's top-level spy—Code Name 'Death-Warning Bird'! Only accountable to me alone! Agamemnon, don't think of trying to shake the Kingdom people!"
After hearing Sheen's words clearly.
The Imperial Sword Saint clicked his tongue faintly, while the Holy Knight Commander breathed a sigh of relief.
The Pontiff frowned.
This Astrologer was indeed troublesome.
...
Actually.
Sheen indeed couldn't probe Dekan's background clearly; many things relied on her deductions and guesses.
Even if she personally was willing to believe Dekan.
But she carried the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the Kingdom Federation on her back.
So she always had reservations about the mysterious Dekan.
But at this time, she knew what the most correct judgment she should make was!
Not only the others present.
Even Dekan looked at Sheen somewhat dazed.
Sheen's words completely put his suspended heart at ease.
One sentence whitewashed his dangerous operations that had previously buried hidden dangers, and even gave him an official establishment.
And just based on this sentence.
Dekan felt that all his negative favorability towards Sheen was pulled back.
Although this bastard Astrologer was acting again just now.
Almost scaring Dekan.
She actually wasn't surprised by Dekan's identity as the Bishop of Agony at all!
Sheen's previous hints about Dekan's identity as the Lord of Calamity were just using Sheen's intelligence network and unique spells—three parts spells, three parts deduction, four parts jokes.
But Sheen had confirmed Dekan's identity as the Bishop of Agony one hundred percent!
Because her true spy "Unicorn" must have handed over the intelligence that "Dekan participated in the Bishop Conference" to her!
But Sheen's acting in that instant just now was meaningful.
Because the Pontiff's provocative move indirectly corroborated one point—
The Pontiff hadn't noticed the existence of the Kingdom Federation's top-level spy "Unicorn" among the Resurrection Church Bishops at all!
"Little Pontiff, today is the time to close the net."
Dekan also simply acted along with Sheen's meaning, snapping his fingers and pointing at the Pontiff, revealing a smug smile.
The Pontiff frowned.
He seemed annoyed not because of anything else.
Be it Dekan and Sheen's advance preparation for space magic, or that shot of 120 times Heart-Pain Attack, or finally Sheen and Dekan improvising to round up the lie, the Pontiff didn't get very angry.
Because everything was still within his control.
But this Dekan calling him Little Pontiff one after another—he seemed to have heard it three times already?