[Holy City, Holy Kingdom of Sysca]
In another plot of land beyond the borders in the west of the empire and another kingdom after that, lay the Holy Kingdom of Sysca
A kingdom that is fully controlled by religion itself, guarded by the Church forces called crusaders, watched over by the Royal Knights, and governed by not a long nor emperor and it's ministers but rather the Pope and it's Bishop
This kingdom was very prosperous indeed as it was supported and backed by the whole kingdoms of the human continent, thus making such country quite different from the others as a Superpower Country almost in line or more than the strength of the Empire
As the country were it's citizens lived happily, it was only apparent as another trait it has that is different from the others is that even the poor people are treated nicely here
No slaves, No underworld organization, No Adventurers, No Mercenary, And No Slums, everything was equal and called each sector as district to where people lived happily
Quite contrast to others too a magnificent huge towering palace could be seen at the middle of such capital city
With it's color like a crystal clear hue of ice and diamonds, towering towers that reaches for the clouds, height quite comparable to a modern skyscrapers, width that is Two times larger than a ordinary castle, and majestic as if your exactly looking at a perfect picture of a fantasy world
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Inside a well furnished room in the palace of the holy City lay Raguel himself, with bandages all over his body including his left side of his eye
After losing his left eye, his anger for Kaido that specific person rose to a whole new level as he swear to kill him and everything he cares about including his threw other companions who always look excited on exchanging blows with him
Putting on a long porcelain robe and fixing his hair, he slowly but efficiently fixed himself as he glanced back as his newly reformed angelic wings that was once ripped off by a Dragon no doubt about it
After carrassing his back he also swore that in turn of receiving pain, he will also pull out Argos wings someday and let him feel pain itself
After that he was immediately called out by a layman as his doors were being Knocked
"Your holiness! It may be rude but the pope has called for your presence" said the layman as he bowed respectfully
In fact the holy city think highly of Raguel, as he is clearly depicted from an angel except he has no halo, but with his aura and angelic wings, he was immediately categorized as a warrior coming down from the heavens to slaughter the Demon's who disturb the peace
As in their eyes that Raguel stands in the correct and justified world, they in turn view Kaido and his crew as vicious, devil's who were born from the depths of Gehenna and was sent here with the arrangements of Lucifer to stir up trouble
As they have their own preferences, it was quite apparent who the holy city really supported
After that he soon followed the layman with his robed attire all in all, but no one would dare question his attire at all as they all believed that angels sent by God are absolute
With that they proceeded towards a huge crystal like door that seemed to shine as the sun sprinkled it with its sunlight
On another part the rest of the Empire's troops that were left in the Screa Port City finally returned home out of worry, but instead of heading for the Empire's ruins, they in turn headed straight for the holy country of Sysca
On the other side of the hallway as the other party was also following a layman, Bruno the current head of Astro house has finally taken over the job as a minister of the empire as he take over the status and position of his deceased father Duke Agra who died miserably from the fall of the castle from the height comparable to a meteor falling down from the atmosphere
In his heart he brew great hatred for Kaido and his crew after learning the news that they were the perpetrator for his father and thousands of people's death
With that he swore to avenge him and find him justice for his death
Following silently behind him was Jake who have switched to Bruno's aide by the last order of Duke Agra in order to supervise him
Due to Raguel's surveillance of himself, Jake Movements from the shadow and information gathering was suddenly halted as he can't even muster up any courage to do such thing now that Raguel kept getting stronger by the passing of days
If given time for atleast few years then raguel might be at an existence far beyond gods strength, clearly at the peak of power and food chain
Even though he greatly contributed much from delaying the Empire's army, putting doubt on the Duke and King Emperor, cutting loose ends, and fully utilizing the underworld for his needs, he clearly. Couldn't do so by the way how Raguel was far beyond ordinary means already
After meeting in the hallway both layman bowed deeply as they proceeded to enter first and asks the Pope to let the others to come in
This in turn gave time for both Bruno and Raguel to talk the each other
"Hero-sama! Are you fine now? Your fully bruised all over" asked Bruno worriedly
"Don't worry such wound will never leave any scars on me, in fact due to that fight I've grown an insight on what kind of power level I should aim, if perchance I might reach at a level where even the world is weak against my strength" proudly stated by Raguel
"Is that so? Then I'm glad, I thought that such incident might leave a scar on you, not physically but mentally and emotionally" said Bruno as he cast as Faraway gaze
Following his gaze Raguel also looked at the direction his looking at and found a pair of a father and son walking alongside each other in the city
Somewhat feeling pity for this left son of the Duke, Raguel soon stood proud.and patted him on his shoulders
"It's fine! I'll make sure to avenge your father in any way possible"
But as soon as he said that Bruno shook his head sideways as he rejected Raguel's proposal
"No! I'm the one who will behead that bastard, I'll kill everyone that is connected to him even it were a child" said Bruno as his expression suddenly turned grave
Seeing that Raguel stated
"That might be impossible... The opponent are beings far beyond stronger than me, if you want your revenge then you'll have to be stronger than me"
At that Bruno stared at him before letting out a sigh
"I know that... But I won't give up, I'll learn various sword techniques and become stronger in my own way, I just need your help to fully retrain Kaido" said Bruno
"If I can then I shall comply" replied Raguel
Soon after Raguel glanced at Jake who kept his eye closes for some reason and squinted his eyes before turning away
At that exact moment the door opened as the two layman I voted the three of them to enter
As soon as they entered they were immediately mesmerized by the majestic hall as if it was carved by the hands of gods
Inside numerous crusaders could seen standing still on both side and four royal knights were standing guard to where the Pope, his Bishop's and the ruler of Eldion Empire King Emperor Ergo himself
Injured all over his body, he was quickly treated by the healers of the holy city and was immediately attended throughout the process this his recovery was much more faster than Raguel who's body composition has changed to suite the composition of an Celestial race
"Hero-dono!"
"Your majesty!"
As soon as they saw each other, both of them naturally greeted each other respectfully
"How is your injury your majesty?" Asked Raguel
"Thanks for your concern but I'm fine" said King Emperor Ergo
But as he said this, the Pope suddenly talked as he stood up from his seat with his long white beard flowed down to the length up to his chest and his clothes as holy white as it can get as if he was as pure of an existence with no sins at all
"Not quite actually... His majesty suffer from a sever trauma from that incident, we never really excel of such mental and emotional Injury, thus we only could provide traumatic experience suppressor through a certain drug that was approved by the church to relieve anyone of their painful experiences" said the Pope
Hearing that Raguel turned his attention towards that particular Pope
"And you are?..."
"My how rude of me... My name Basil, Pope Basil of the holy country of Sysca... Nice to meet you our archangelic Raguel-sama" said the Pope as he bowed
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Name: Pope Basil
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Job: Pope
Title: High ruler of the Country of Sysca, Holy man, Current Pope
Skill: Healing magic, Support Magic, Light Magic
Blessing: Blessing of light, Blessing of high Mana restoration, Blessing of a ruler
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Hearing that Raguel simply nodded as he asked
"Just how long will such drug last I wonder?"
"Oh! About that it can last for about three weeks but don't worry about its price since it's people friendly it only cost for about 1 small silver" answered Pope Basil
"Such price!!! The contrast of its material for it's product and it's supposed price are quite contradicting... Are you sure you wouldn't suffer from setbacks and bankruptcy?" Asked Raguel
"No need for that Raguel-sama! Our country and fully supported by the people and we live with only our financial and donations from other kingdom in exchange for our help... Which is now an example as what both me and his majesty is discussing" stated by the Pope
"Discussing?"
As Raguel asked that King Emperor Ergo quickly answered
"With my wealth that haven't been plundered I ask for the assistance from the holy city to subjugate four people that I believe as heretics from their religion, as this city is fully acceptance of light and holy magic, that Kaido-dono and his new pals that possess a dark aura which is probably dark magic... Are quite a rival of light and holy magic itself, thus making them their complete enemy" he answered
"So you suggested a support?"
"I'm afraid so..."
With that silence permitted the air as Raguel kept silent and just accepted such ordeal as he fully knows that they needed an army of strong and capable warrior's to subjugate the four monstrous nightmares
"I'm glad! With this... The alliance and merging of the Eldion Empire and Sysca Country are official" said the Pope
As the room grew merry from this excellent news, the Royal Knight who seemed to be analyzing Jake quickly squinted it's eyes and slowly walked over to the Pope as he whispered
Due to that the whole room suddenly grew called as the pope nodded his head and turned to look at Jake from far behind of the group
With a wave of his hand the crusaders immediately made their move as they pointed their weapons at Jake which startled the latter person
After that confusion arose everyone except Raguel who has doubts about the existence of Jake
"Pope Basil!!! What's the meaning of this? Are you pointing your weapon at one of our most trusted men?" Ask King Emperor Ergo as he rage could be apparent on his expression
Hearing that Pope Basil gave him a weird look as if he's seeing someone as a fool before answering
"I can't believe your majesty is being fooled... The man before you has the scent of blood in him, not only that but also the presence of the person your hunting... Doesn't that mean that this young man is acquaintaned to that particular person you wanted dead?" Asked Pope Basil as he easily almost figured out Jake's identity
Hearing that everyone looked at Jake for answers causing the person himself to grit his teeth from this almost non-escapable situation