Chapter 77 - 73: The meeting

Back in Ysion's home Universe, chaos was fast-spreading across the mortal plane, news of the fall of the Ereviel Kingdom quickly made its way across the continent.

Various Kings and queens came together in an unprecedented meeting in the face of such a crisis that threatened them all.

The meeting took place near the Golden Gate city, where the biggest temple of the supreme God Ysion was situated. The pope alongside the numerous priests and cardinals awaited at the entrance of the giant temple for the Kings and Queens from all across the continent to arrive.

The temple itself was an independent city, that was built after the descent of Ysion to pick up the Valkyrie Laura, it was then decided that it would be here that the temple of the King of Gods would be created.

Construction was still not finished yet, but nonetheless, the grandeur of the temple was already noticeable. At the entrance of the city stood a giant statue of God Ysion, his hair flying freely behind his back, in both of his hand was the twin swords he used to fight against the calamity Azumah.

Surrounding the city was a tall pearly white wall that surrounded the entire city, once inside, however, the only almost complete building was the main palace in the middle. It looked like a mix between a traditional temple and a cathedral, with the walls being pure gold and decorated with various carvings interpreting the story of God Ysion.

The carvings decorated the entire exterior giving the palace a lofty and holy feeling, surrounding the temple was an extremely beautiful garden rivaling that of the Kings with various people tending to it.

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It did not take long before a group of carriages arrived towards the holy city, each one more luxurious than the other, all surrounded by a group of knights and mages as bodyguards.

As the carriages made way inside the city, the invited kings and queens carefully observed the inside of the new holy city. It was quite an impressive feat for it did not take long for all of this to have been built, while it's true that most of the buildings were not finished yet, just looking at the palace in the middle and the beautiful garden surrounding it, most of the Kings and Queens nodded in approval.

The one to welcome them was a young handsome man, his figures were otherworldly, this was the pope Tamiel Sunarrow. Despite his young appearance, no one dared disrespect the man for everyone knew that this was an Immortal.

Tamiel Sunarrow, he was the pope during the time of the War against the shadows and was one of the people to get their wish come true. He became an Immortal, his job to continue spreading the teachings of God Ysion until he is summoned back to his side.

Standing by the giant entrance door, Tamiel waited with a gentle smile on his face as the heads of the various kingdoms from all across the continent made their way inside, as soon as they passed him they would give a deep bow of respect before proceeding inside following a cardinal.

The group made their way inside eventually reaching a giant hall that contained a long table in the middle. The cardinal instructed the guests to be seated to the sides while the only seat in the head of the table remained empty.

No complaints were voiced, everyone knew who the head seat belonged to. Not long after the group had been seated, hushed conversation broke out amongst those present, it wasn't that often that the Kings and Queens from all across the continent were able to get together.

The hall suddenly turned quiet, the only sound that was heard was that of footsteps. The pope calmly made his way towards the head seat with a gentle smile on his face, his eyes looked around those present before he sat down.

The silence prevailed, no one daring to speak as they waited for the pope to speak. This was a real Immortal, he may look like a gentle handsome young man but he was already pushing in his nineties! A person that had participated in the great war! A person that was chosen from amongst millions by the King of Gods himself! A person that was granted true Immortality!

Ever since the great war, all of the ascended ones had left the mortal realm, the guild master became an angel, the demon king and queen become demon gods! The beast-man Tuberius became an Immortal and also left the mortal plan and joined the Immortal Army, the elf Lenna Gilrel as well left to visit the other realms and had not been heard from ever since.

The only one that was left, was the pope. He stayed behind to spread the teachings of God Ysion and was considered as a neutral faction. He never got involved in mortal affairs yet still held the respect of everyone, he wasn't on the same level as all of them, not anymore.

"First I would like to thank you all for coming, I know some of you had a long journey and I wish we had come together under better circ.u.mstances." Spoke the pope breaking the silence, his voice pleasant to hear.

"Please don't mind Pope Tamiel." Answered a young king.

"Yes, we all came here today because of the severity of the situation." replied another one.

"I am sure with Pope Tamiel here, that damned heretic would soon be punished!" Added a Queen with vigor.

As the conversation shifted to one of throwing compliments and sucking up to the pope, the cardinals and priests present looked with disdain on their faces as they waited for the pope to speak.

With his gentle smile ever so present, the pope replied with a sigh, "Ah, my dear friends, while you are right, I do indeed have enough power to defeat the heretic, I am unfortunately unable to partake in this fight."

Silence took over the room before one of the kings spoke hastily, "B-But Pope Tamiel! The heretic is using a strange magic to control the fallen! We need your help!"

The rest of those present quickly nodded and voiced their agreements. The pope waited for them to quiet down before he sadly shook his head.

"I understand your sentiments, unfortunately, this is a direct order from our God Ysion himself! None of the Immortals are to engage themselves with mortal affairs." He spoke sternly his voice full of authority made the entire room turn quiet.