Book 3: Chapter 37: Reason

Book 3: Chapter 37: Reason

The life expectancy of an average person was about tens of years.

After a rank up, the life expectancy would increase as the realm increased. However, there was still a limit to it.

In history, there was once a thousand-year-old man who was at the pinnacle of the saint realm, but he only managed to get that far.

This was the limit of mankind, unlike some species that could live for tens of thousands of years.

Only by stepping into the realm of gods and comprehending the principles of the world could one break this limit and gain immortality.

This was of course extremely difficult.

No gods had been born in this world yet. Even when looking at the beings who were closest to being considered gods, there were no humans among them.

At most, the humans were only at the pinnacle of the saint realm.

The Pope of the Luminous Theocracy, too, was at the pinnacle of the saint realm and he had lived for more than six hundred years.

He already felt that he was running out of time and could only live for a few more years at most.

Even if he could extend his life, it was still a great challenge that would consume countless valuable resources.

Thus, he wasn’t willing to extend his life. Instead, he used these resources to train the younger generation because he knew that the future would ultimately lie in their hands.

And this was the source of conflict between the Pope and several great Cardinals.

One party placed his trust in the younger generation while the other party felt that the younger generation would tend to err.

Both parties were not wrong, it was a matter of perspective. But this gave rise to countless internal conflicts in the nation that seemed peaceful on the surface for the past several decades.

People appeared to be united, but they were divided at heart since long ago.

The Pope’s hands were tied too. He could only hope that his successor, Saintess Thea, would quickly grow up and take charge before his passing.

It could be said that Thea was the Pope’s hope. He would fight anyone who dared to lay a finger on her down to his last breath!

Even if the Pope had no intention of extending his life, living for more than six hundred years itself was already a rare achievement. Even fewer had been in his position, reigning over a nation for a few centuries.

For this reason, he had a very extensive knowledge and also countless absurd experiences.

He initially thought that aside from Thea, nothing could possibly stir up any emotions in his heart.

Yet within the past twenty-four hours, the Pope, who had lived for more than six hundred years, experienced something so absurd that he had never experienced in his entire life.

The Radiant Goddess’ statue was ruined by two little brats. And because of the oath he made, he couldn’t do anything other than watching them escape.

Now, the most prosperous food street in the heart of Aeria had suddenly vanished and a huge sinkhole was left in its place. Through the measurement of magic elements, the culprit, or one of the culprits that created the sinkhole...

Was Thea.

Could anything be more absurd than this?

The Pope slapped on the armrest hard and the hall instantly fell silent. The powerful auras that had gathered in the room were instantly dispersed by his bellow.

The Pope glared at Lilith and asked solemnly, “Do you have any idea what you are talking about?”

“Of course.”

“Do you know the consequences of your words?”

“Of course I do.”

He narrowed his eyes, unable to tell what was going through the head of this cute little petite girl.

It seemed like this little girl named Lilith was truly capable of swaying him.

Even so, this was the only matter that he couldn’t compromise.

He couldn’t afford to lose Thea no matter what!

“What is your intention?” he asked.

Lilith helped Thea to sit next to her then said, “Nothing in particular. Didn’t you say that you’re a very reasonable old man? I’m here to reason with you.”

The Pope said nothing.

Lilith looked around and said, “The fewer people know about this the better. Let them leave first.”

“...Fine.” The Pope waved his hand, “You’re all dismissed.”

“But the saintess...”

“Don’t worry. She can’t do anything when I’m around.”

The crowd had no choice but to retreat from the room.

The Pope redirected his gaze back at Lilith and sat back solemnly. “Alright, enlighten me.”

Lilith nodded. A scroll slowly floated up from her hand.

The scroll was different from any other scrolls that she used before. Floating stars that seemed illusory wrapped around it. They would disappear from your sight the harder you tried to look at them.

The Pope had never been this solemn, because he could sense a power that was out of this world. “This scroll is...”

“It’s a very normal scroll, but it contains a demigod level magic,” she explained.

Her tone was as casual as telling the Pope to look at how huge and white the radish that she had planted at her house was.

“A demigod level magic?!” The Pope was shocked, despite that, he had obviously sensed a trace of law imbued in it.

The little girl wasn’t tricking him.

Lilith smiled sweetly and said, “This is my reason. If you won’t allow Thea to renounce her faith, then I shall blow up the entire Luminous Theocracy.”