"Hmph, even if I can't move, you still can't do anything to me. I didn't want to do this, but since you've all brought out your trump cards, it wouldn't be right if I didn't get serious, would it?" said Iri.
Gelos's expression turned grim. Although Clementine was indeed immobilized, she could still cast magic beyond his comprehension.
Watching the white frost around her grow denser, his own breath turned into white mist due to the sudden drop in temperature. Clearly, approaching her rashly would be very dangerous, and his ranged attacks had no effect on her. Unable to get close, ranged magic ineffective… Plus, she kept saying she was going to get serious. Given this situation… it was a complete stalemate.
"Let me show you my strongest offensive magic!" As soon as Iri finished speaking, a pure white magic circle directly formed around her. The layers, complexity, and scale of this magic were unprecedented.
"…" Gelos recalled his first meeting with Clementine in Wu Da Forest. She had used the same trick, claiming it was Ultimate Magic, but in the end, she didn't release it, instead using a strange mental magic to control Queen Aesel and the others. Was she trying the same trick again this time?
Unfortunately… countermeasures against mental control had long been prepared. Her scheme was bound to fail this time.
"Ahhh!! Lady Clementine! Are you going to use that Skyfall magic here?! Please don't! I… I don't want to die yet!" As soon as Bei Lu saw this, she immediately covered her head and cowered in the innermost part of the stands, screaming in terror.
"This is… the construction of a magic circle I've never seen before, its complexity… Quickly tell her to stop! Message… Gelos! Stop her immediately! Don't let her unleash Ultimate Magic in that place!" One of the individuals peeking with magic shouted in extreme tension, and immediately used communication magic to contact Gelos on the scene.
"Please stop! Clementine, we surrender… You won," Gelos said to Iri after receiving the communication.
"Hmm? My magic requires a very long incantation, you know. Don't you still have a chance to stop me? If you can stop me, then you win, oh." Iri revealed a confident smile, showing no signs of stopping the magic. The pure white magic circle was gradually expanding, surrounding Clementine.
"Enough, I have no way to stop you, so you win this simulated battle, please stop," Gelos said with a tense expression.
Gelos had not initially believed that Clementine truly possessed Ultimate Magic, having been fooled once before. But after the attendant assigned to monitor Clementine shouted that he didn't want to die, Gelos now believed that the Clementine before him could indeed cast Ultimate Magic.
That attendant had gone with her to execute the mission to support the Dragon Kingdom at that time. Perhaps she had witnessed that so-called Skyfall magic then? Furthermore, the direct communication from Shui Shenguan Zhang Xineding, the oldest and most knowledgeable among the Six-Colored Chief Priests, directly confirmed it.
"Uh… Alright then!" Clementine seemed a little disappointed as she agreed. The massive magic circle abruptly ceased and vanished.
Gelos's tense expression relaxed considerably, and he let out a sigh of relief. Iri, like him, also inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the Ultimate Magic Iri had just released was correct, what Iri released was Sky Transformation, which had no offensive properties, not Skyfall.
Iri, of course, knew that releasing Skyfall in such a place would result in everyone perishing together. She might be able to escape with the help of a substitute necklace, but this group of people would truly turn to ash.
So, naturally, she wouldn't use Skyfall. It was fortunate that Bei Lu had helped her a little just now, because Gelos and Unmatched Warrior Mokoredd had both fallen for the same trick in the previous Wu Da Forest incident. This time, Iri genuinely wasn't sure if she could trick them again.
"Then… what about me!" God-Lord Chains asked nervously, as his arm was still frozen to the chain. Iri glanced at him.
Uh… This was a bit difficult. It was frozen so solid that immediate Release was impossible, unless she directly slapped Holy Healing onto his face. But this distance was far beyond Iri's Holy Healing magic range. She could only let him release the chain's bondage first.
"First, unbind me…" Iri said, not very happily. After all, she wasn't that pervert Shalltear; she didn't like bondage play.
"Connect chains… release…" God-Lord Chains called out helplessly, yet the chains wrapped around Iri remained on her. However, the previous feeling of powerlessness was completely gone; it seemed they were frozen.
So Iri directly broke free from the chains, put on a sour face, stretched her limbs, and checked her arms and legs.
"Ugh… Luckily, no marks were left, otherwise I wouldn't let you off easily!" Iri said, highly displeased. If any marks that could easily be misunderstood were left, Iri would absolutely freeze that guy into an ice sculpture.
"I've let you go, you should let me go too, right!" God-Lord Chains's arm was still frozen there, and he himself was quite anxious.
"Don't rush!" Iri deliberately rubbed her fingers while taking off her magic ring. If the magic ring could enhance her magic effects, Holy Healing would certainly be enhanced as well.
Iri herself had never tried the enhanced version of Holy Healing, so she couldn't use it carelessly.
After taking off the ring, Iri simply held it in her palm and slowly walked towards God-Lord Chains, thinking of putting it back into her spatial pouch when they weren't paying attention.
"Holy Healing!" Iri made up a name and directly slapped Holy Healing onto God-Lord Chains's face.
This action by Iri surprised those peeking once again. They hadn't expected Clementine to be able to use even high-level faith-based magic. From her previous battles, where she mainly used ice magic, she should have been an elemental magic caster. They hadn't expected her to also know high-level faith-based magic. This was truly a treasure they had found.
All the ice on God-Lord Chains's arm shattered instantly. God-Lord Chains also nervously moved his arm, fearing any unexpected issues.
Gelos watched all this in silence, also greatly surprised that Clementine could use faith-based spells. Gelos had always believed that Clementine, like himself, was primarily a martial artist with magic as a secondary skill, a magic warrior.
After all, she could fight the Young Lady to a draw. However, during her recent battle with his squad, she almost exclusively used magic, and all of it was high-level magic he had never seen before. Only this 'Holy Healing' was something he knew.
That was Holy Healing, a sixth-tier faith-based recovery spell. Even Holy Hymn in their team needed special equipment to cast this recovery magic, and it came with numerous restrictions and side effects.
Yet, Clementine used it without hesitation, and after using it, she acted as if nothing had happened. This was enough to show that she was very skilled in using this magic.
"Let me help you guys out a little more! After all, we'll be teammates from now on." After casting Holy Healing on God-Lord Chains, Clementine walked towards Giant Shield Wanbi as if nothing had happened.
Then, three Holy Healings later, the three who had been knocked out at the very beginning all woke up…
"This! Hey!! Xi Neiding! Ion! Is a sixth-tier Holy Healing a magic that can be used continuously?!" Earth Minister Raymond, who was also the Pope who integrated the Six-Colored Scriptures, asked.
Although he knew that this powerful recovery magic could only be used once a day and had the side effect of completely draining all of the user's MP, seeing Clementine use it four times without restraint just now… he couldn't believe it anymore. So he quickly sought guidance from Shui Shenguan Zhang Xineding, the most knowledgeable among the Six-Colored Scriptures, and Light Chief Priest Ion, who was most skilled in faith-based magic.
Both of them silently shook their heads, indicating it was impossible. But what they had just seen… Clementine had indeed used Holy Healing four times consecutively.
Although there were a few seconds in between each use, this was already like a miracle. Imagine if Clementine could use Holy Healing without restraint like that, unless she was instantly killed with one blow, she could recover infinitely. This was practically invincible!
"Perhaps she's like the Young Lady… It seems giving her back the ninth Extra Seat of the Black Scripture is still too little for her," Pope Raymond said.
The other Chief Priests remained silent, all showing very troubled expressions. Raymond himself understood that Clementine, with such powerful strength, should be an ancestral divine being with extremely potent abilities, similar to Death Knight.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why she could use Ultimate Magic and Holy Healing without any restraint. Giving her a seat was only natural, and she didn't have the inconvenient mixed-blood identity that Death Knight couldn't reveal to the public, so tasks could be assigned to her at any time.
But what was troubling was that in the past, she wasn't the so-called 'Clementine' of the former ninth Extra Seat of the Black Scripture!
Although she was influenced by Falling Beauty of a Nation, no one could guarantee what would happen in such special circumstances. Would the current Clementine betray them, just like the real Clementine did in the past?
"I think it's better to have Clementine be like Yugali!" Firegod-Official Benice suggested after a long silence.
"A special Extra Seat? Uh… Does anyone else have any opinions?" Raymond pondered for a moment. This unstable element, Clementine, was indeed very tricky.
But… her exceptional personal abilities might even surpass those of the Young Lady. Losing such a person would be a huge loss for Theocracy.
"None…" Almost all the other Chief Priests answered in unison.
"Then… Hmm?" Just as Pope Raymond was about to announce his decision, he noticed the scene in the water mirror, where surveillance magic was still being cast.
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