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Published at 24th of May 2019 03:15:04 AM
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Momentarily, Saleen did not what to ask Nicholas . There were too many things he wanted to know . Everything he knew about the Holy See was picked up from books .

Nicholas was calm now . Seeing Saleen's hesitance, he decided to begin from the foundations of the Holy See and gradually moved onto the Holy City . It was the core of the Holy See on the Glorious Plains .

Nicholas was born into a poor family and his parents were normal citizens who did not have much and would work for the people in the city for a living . When he was three years old, a priest brought him to a church and from six years old onwards, he began to sing hymns . When he was twelve years old, he was sent to the villages to become a young pastor .

For the past over seventy years, he gradually climbed his way up the Holy See and became the red Grand Bishop .

Nicholas shared his journey thus far and the many significant events that took place at almost every stage of his priesthood . Saleen did not interrupt him and let him continue .

Finally, Nicholas described how the expedition came about and explained why he decided to betray the Holy See to follow Saleen .

"Isn't it cruel of Theisio to do this?" Although Saleen already knew how the expedition eventually ended up, it was different coming from Nicholas . The majority of the soldiers that made up the expedition were commoners and disciples . They received limited training and were willing to take up arms only because of their own religion .

"Lord Saleen, indeed it is cruel, but we… no, within the Holy See, anything can be justified for the sake of our God . "

"Hmm, now that you are a fallen holy priest, how do your current abilities compare to your past abilities?"

Nicholas laughed bitterly and said, "I should be even stronger now . God will no longer look out for me now however . After I die, I will fall into purgatory . "

"And you are not afraid?"

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"What is there to be afraid of? That will only take place in over one-thousand years . I am a grade-9 holy priest and should outlive most mages . Within a thousand years, if I can advance to grade ten, not only will I be able to survive in the purgatory, I might even live quite well there . "

"How can you be sure?"

"Lord Saleen, when a Professional reaches grade-9, he will start to come into contact with things on the soul level and will have a vague knowledge of grade-10 . When he reaches grade-10, as long as his soul was not taken away and he had died a natural death, his soul will never vanish . Most likely, there will be other strong opponents in other worlds that will be able to preserve their memories . "

There were similar descriptions in the magic notes . After listening to what Nicholas said, he was more certain than ever that grade-10 was only the starting point of Professionals .

No wonder humans were so weak . It would be extremely difficult to try and find ten Professionals on Myers Mainland .


He only knew two, which were Joey and Fycro . By simple estimation, Alchemy City should have one at least and Holy Rock City should be concealing another one other than Joey .

Cloudflow, Tanggulasi, and Sikeqinya should all have at least one grade-10 Professional each . The mainland would not have maintained balance for the past thousand years otherwise . Now that the Holy See was starting a holy war, none of the grade-10 Professionals had been activated . That must be due to a fear of revenge from the other Professionals . Alternatively, all the Professionals might have agreed not to participate in such matters .

"Nicholas, I have always wanted to clarify something . The holy priests' healing spell comes at the price of the lives of those being healed . When you heal yourself, do you also have to pay the same price?"

"Most of the time, no . We absorb the energies of other living things instead, which is a little complicated," Nicholas answered honestly . The bond that he had signed with Saleen was only second to a soul bond so there was no need to hide anything . In any case, before Fycro said anything, he would just focus on serving Saleen to the best of his abilities .

"For this injury of mine, how should I treat it?" Saleen said and removed his glove, revealing his left hand .


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When Nicholas saw Saleen's green bones, he immediately understood why Theisio was so determined to exterminate Saleen .

"The Lord is revered, no wonder Theisio is so worried about you . My Lord, your injury is serious . I have a soul bead that can treat you immediately . If you are not willing to sacrifice a bit of life strength, it will still heal completely within three days . "

Saleen nodded and said, "Then do it . "

Saleen knew that there was no turning back for Nicholas after the latter had killed the twelve red Bishops under him . Fycro had asked him to help Saleen for the purpose of their agreement . Fycro was worried that if Saleen died too soon, the latter would not be able to help the former control the entire north .

Nicholas approached Saleen and observed Saleen's bones in detail . He then put the black soul bead on Saleen's hand . He pressed on it with his finger and said, "In the name of Nicholas, heal!"

Beams of gray light immediately shot out from the soul bead and covered Saleen's hand entirely . A layer of fascia grew out rapidly on Saleen's hand . Saleen could sense that some of the life strength in his hand was slightly depleted . The energy that shot out from the soul bead was the main power that was regenerating the muscles .

Black holy prose appeared and wrapped around Saleen's left hand . Blood vessels and tendons began to regenerate followed by muscles . Finally, skin, nails, and hair all grew out as well .

Within ten minutes, Nicholas has completely healed Saleen's left hand .

After keeping the soul bead, Nicholas said cautiously, "Lord Saleen, what I just used was a fallen divine spell and there are slight differences from a typical divine spell . In the next two to three days, please refrain from using this hand . Use restorative water to wash it and preferably keep it in magic liquid . After three days, it should make a full recovery . "

Saleen was using his elemental eye to observe the entire process . Although he did not understand it, it was a fact that his left hand had began to regenerate muscles and tendons that were no different from before he lost his hand . There was a gray aura surrounding the newly grown components . The aura was controlled by Nicholas . It did not penetrate into the bones and only washed over the skin .

When this gray aura seeped out from the skin, it gradually took the shape of small beads that were the size of the tip of a needle . These beads were poisonous, but due to their low quantity, they were not strong enough to kill even a pig . If the gray aura seeped into his bones, Saleen would be in big trouble . Mages knew that the bone marrow in bones was responsible for creating blood . His blood would be poisoned if the it seeped through and after some time his body would weaken .


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Nicholas seemed to know what Saleen was thinking and said, "Lord Saleen, these beads have their uses too . If you dilute them with restorative water, they can cure cold damage . When soldiers suffer from frostbite during very cold weather, more often than not they will need to amputate the affected limb in order to survive . If we put the affected limb in this poison, it could be preserved . The person's lifespan would be reduced a little though . "

"By how much?"

"It depends on the situation . At least one year, but not more than five years . "

Saleen began to calculate in his head . If given a choice, would a twenty year old who was suffering from frostbite choose to sacrifice his leg or reduce his lifespan by five years? The choice should be obvious . No one would be willing lose the ability to walk .

"Nicholas, I know now . In the future, I will allow you to use fallen divine spell to heal soldiers, but…"

"My Lord, if I were to heal your people, I will explain to you the pros and cons first," Nicholas replied respectfully .

"Nicholas, do you intend to follow Fycro or me in the future? Fycro and I may not always maintain a peaceful relationship . " Saleen suddenly asked a straightforward question without warning .

Nicholas had already thought this through and replied honestly, "My Lord, I do not know . Fycro only instructed me to follow you without stating any other requests . If he asks me to carry out certain tasks, I will not hide it from you . "

"And if he asks you to kill me?"

"If Fycro wants to kill you, he will do it himself . "

Saleen stared at Nicholas and thought to himself, "If I keep this person by my side, I can use him, but at the same time I need to keep my guard up . This is a really good move by Fycro . " Fycro would never have guessed that Saleen could infuse lightning into the bond so if Nicholas tried to go against the bond, he would die immediately .

"In your opinion, what should I do in order to unify the entire north and take over Laiyin Duchy?" Saleen changed his train of thought very quickly and began to talk about expanding again .

At this point in time, a low-level mage entered and whispered to Saleen in his ear . Saleen nodded and the mage left . He then focused his blue eyes back onto Nicholas and waited for his answer .

"That will depend on how much money the Lord has . "

"Money… I still have slightly more than one-million gold coins now . I produce magic nuclei, metal ores, and many other materials which I won't have to spend money on to obtain . Basically, I only need to spend money on the soldiers' salaries . I have two grade-6 death mages and tens of thousands of slaves so I don't need to hire workers for construction projects . "

"How many magic nuclei do you sell annually?"

Saleen thought for a while and said, "For grade-4 magic nuclei, this year alone was more than twenty-thousand . As for the rest, not more than two-thousand . Low-grade magic nuclei are sold as long as there is enough for my own use . "

Nicholas was taken aback and then felt a bit tempted . He could not believe that Saleen possessed such strong financial backing . Perhaps this young mage really could unify the north, or even…

"Forget it, since Fycro did not mention other special requests, I will just follow Saleen . " If Saleen was to go to war, Nicholas would be able to collect more souls and increase his chances of advancing into a grade-10 holy priest . The more land that Saleen conquered, the more it was to Nicholas' advantage .

Although Fycro said that he had the Script of Redemption, who knew if he would give it to Nicholas . Even if Nicholas received redemption, he would not be able to return to the Holy See and could only follow Fycro . Would the oracles around Fycro allow Nicholas to make a name for himself?

Based on Fycro's intelligence, surely he would understand all this .

With that, Nicholas became more cheerful as if he had thought something through . He stood before Saleen and bowed deeply . He then said, "Lord Saleen, I have a request that I hope you will agree to . "

Nicholas unknowingly used honorifics and his tone was totally different .

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