Unlike the previous scuffle with Nicholas that barely qualified as a "battle".
Although Bernadino was the Pope, the Paper Princess showed no mercy whatsoever when she struck him.
A large part of this was because the Bell Ringer, as the "God of Incurable Diseases and Fate", was a False God without any backing, without a thriving church, and without a True God.
Even though the Bell Ringer and the Paper Princess ascended to false godhood in the same era, they were not acquainted with each other.
Unlike the Paper Princess, who had accepted Yawen's invitation and been sheltered and elevated to a subordinate god, the Bell Ringer, despite invitations from the Granny of Burying Bones, Lady Silence, and the Moth Mother—three True Gods—ultimately did not accept any of their olive branches.
Being invited by three True Gods had nothing to do with having a good personality or strong abilities.
It was simply because his domain was quite critical... and classified as rather vague.