Blue Sword

"If there really is a so-called tree of spiritual essence."

"Then, it may cause serious damage to Solomon City." Varian said, "But the chance of the mutation spreading to areas outside Italy and Canada is very low."

"After all, the movement ability of the ectoplasm tree itself is very slow, and it does not have the evolutionary ability of the ectoplasm tree itself. As long as the movement range of the ectoplasm polluter is blocked, the destruction can be locked within Solomon City."

"At that time, we only need to move the Holy See to a temporary shelter outside the city, and then come back to pacify Solomon City after the external military production lines are restored."

"Yeah." Innocent nodded, "So, what do the people who developed the ectoplasmic tree think?"

"Since the damage of the Sephiroth Tree cannot spread beyond Solomon City as long as the Holy See suppresses it with all its strength, why do they still make a degraded version of the Sephiroth Tree and release it in a hurry?"

"Isn't it to catch up with this demonic tide?" Varian immediately shook his head with a wry smile as soon as he spoke.

The time when Giotto's clock rotates is almost the same as the time when the ectoplasm pollution was predicted to be released. In other words, Giotto's Bell wouldn't even be beating if it weren't for the contamination unleashed by these human purist radicals.

After all, Bishop Langdon had used his authority to privately encrypt Raphael so that relevant clues would not enter Raphael's monitoring queue.

"There must be some other factors that made them decide to launch this plan on the spur of the moment." Bishop Varian once again recalled the words Bishop Langdon had criticized His Majesty the Holy See before his arrest, and he suddenly realized something.

"So, is it because of our Licinius family?" he said with difficulty, "because of Nora?"

"It's very contradictory, isn't it?" Innocent shook his head. "A human pure-bloodedist who keeps claiming that 'it is impossible for the extraordinary to check the extraordinary' ends up using extraordinary means to eliminate the extraordinary? Isn't this the most suspicious thing? Where?"

"Or, in fact, they had no intention of destroying Chaofan in the first place." Varian also suddenly woke up and said in a deep voice, "They are deliberately creating conflict, anxiety and hatred!"

"If the Ectoplasm Tree caused huge damage and was eventually suppressed by the Holy See," Innocent said lightly, "then it would prove a key point for the Cardinal and the major families."

"That is: using the extraordinary to restrain the extraordinary not only has a very low success rate, but is also accompanied by huge uncontrollable risks."

"Since the nature of the extraordinary is chaotic, why does the Holy See think that by canonizing a demigod from the Licinian family, she can be used to suppress other extraordinary forces?"

"What if this demigod loses control and turns into an existence similar to the Sefirot Tree? What price will the Holy See pay to suppress it? This kind of unfriendly suspicion of innate hostility will linger here like a nightmare. The hearts of the survivors after the change in the field. And every survivor will be a strong resistance against you and your sister coming to power in the future - whether it is within the Holy See or the outside world."

"That's why you decided to go all out to suppress this mutation." Varian sighed and said, "I really don't understand. Are they so sure that the ectoplasm tree will eventually be suppressed by the Holy See? What if it really spreads? manage?"

"If it spreads and causes major damage to the extraordinary forces, wouldn't their fundamental purpose be achieved?" Innocent said coldly.

Varian was speechless.

"This is really..." He wanted to use the word "vicious", but he swallowed it back, "So at the last cardinal meeting, could those bishops who opposed or had a negative attitude interact with the forces behind Bishop Langdon? Is there any connection?"

"Maybe there is a connection, maybe it's just a purely profit attack, but are these important?" Innocent looked into the distance, "The results we are concerned about now only depend on how this mutation will end."

"I believe that young people can handle the future, but Bishop Langdon and the others don't believe it. So they took action, and of course we can only fight back. If the ectoplasmic tree really appears, and Nora and the others can successfully suppress it, Doesn’t that just prove that what Bishop Langdon and others have been trying to prove, that the so-called conservative theory of ‘supernatural power is uncontrollable’, is actually wrong?”

"This..." Varian smiled bitterly. Indeed, if the Ectoplasm Tree appears and is suppressed by the Cangqing Sword, then as long as the Holy See and the Licinius family activate their propaganda machine, the Cangqing Sword mercenary group and Nora herself will immediately gain astonishing prestige. .

If Nora really wants to be canonized in the future, then with such merit placed here, even if other cardinals do not agree, they will not be able to find a suitable reason to object openly.

"But, is this just what if?" Even after he figured out the key to the matter, Varian still couldn't completely rest assured, "What if they can't solve the ectoplasmic tree?"

"Then the situation won't get worse." Innocent said calmly, "They took the initiative to help the Holy See. Although they failed, will the Holy See blame them in turn?"

"Besides, you should have more confidence in your sister."

"After all, they are the R4 that only come together once in a thousand years."

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"Ahem." Everyone came to the deserted street, and Asik cleared his throat.

coming! It’s the group leader’s class time!

Peggy and Eleanor, who had recently received training, reacted immediately, while the other girls suddenly shuddered.

Although they had been away for a long time, an instinctive reaction that seemed to be engraved in their bones crawled up coldly along their bone marrow and spine.

"Why are you so nervous? We are not sparring with each other this time." Seeing their stiff expressions, Asker said helplessly.

Oh, by the way, not sparring with the group leader. The girls all relaxed again.

“This time it’s practical teaching,” Aske said.

Girls:………………

If it were a year ago, everyone might have complained a few words in their hearts: Others' teaching is to better deal with actual combat, what the hell is it that we directly use actual combat to teach?

Of course, no matter how bizarre things are, you will become accustomed to them after experiencing them more. At that moment, Hilda Lifa raised her hand and asked:

"Are you going to practice with those spiritual polluters?"

"Yes," Ask said. "They were chosen for two reasons."

"First, these monsters have slow attack speed, single method, and thick blood. They are rare targets for sandbags."

"Second, they are mutated creatures that were infected by humans. If the spirits behind them are eliminated, the contaminated ones can recover. So this time you have to try to only attack the spirits and not the target's body - —as part of fine control training.”

"In addition, the theme of this training is called 'tactical integration'. Paige and Eleanor have already taken this course, and others have not been exposed to it, so I will briefly mention it here."

"After entering the law level, the various attack methods you master will become more and more diverse. Sequential abilities, law skills, own martial arts, tactical skills, and even extraordinary swordsmanship or special equipment, etc."

"With such a variety of attack methods, if you cannot polish them into your own tactical system, you will inevitably fall into the dilemma of having too much but not enough. Think about it carefully, what is your role in the team? The team hopes that you can What kind of situations and problems should we deal with?”

"In order to achieve these goals, which of your own abilities can be put to use? This is not a question that can be answered simply. I can even say that if you lack a deep understanding of yourself, or an understanding of the future battlefield, If complex situations are underestimated, satisfactory answers will not be available for several years.”

"Levels, abilities, rules, equipment...it is meaningless to pursue these basics at your current stage. Whether you can exert 100% or even 120% of your abilities is the most important thing for entering the professional circle. The ladder is also what you need to focus on next."

The "professional circle" Asker mentioned here, of course, refers to professional e-sports players; but except for Nora and Medea, the rest of the girls automatically thought of "professional mercenaries", so they couldn't help but nod. .

Thanks to Fox Yaoyue for the 100 coins~