Became The Son Of The Final Boss [EN]: Chapter 277

277.

“Shouldn’t you go?”

The Pope shook his head at the priest’s words.

He stood at the highest point of the Order, overlooking the Imperial Palace.

At Mirehal, the sacred place closest to God, the Pope was simply observing the battle between Bellushi and the four humans.

“If the Emperor loses, the problem will become serious…”

The priest quickly covered his mouth.

He almost uttered something blasphemous.

The Pope smiled gently.

“If they die, we won’t be able to stop Bellushi.”

The priest quickly bowed his head at the Pope’s direct statement of what he couldn’t bring himself to say.

“No. With the Pope, who is called the Son of God, here…”

“It’s impossible to stop the Demon King with my divine power. He is a transcendent being, while I am just a powerless human. I don’t even remember the last time I heard the voice of God.”

When he was very young, the Pope had heard the voice of God.

That fact alone had allowed him to become the Pope of the continent’s only religion.

The Pope’s divine power was beyond comparison with that of other priests.

“If you join the battle now, wouldn’t you be able to defeat Bellushi?”

The priest’s voice trembled, laced with urgency.

Even though the Order’s influence had decreased since the founding of the Empire, he felt that when it came to dealing with Bellushi, it was not the time for political maneuvering.

“Not yet.”

The Pope remained relaxed.

“The situation and the Emperor have not yet mobilized all their power. After the two have exhausted their strength, the magician steps in… and when the Empress is in danger, that’s when I should intervene.”

The priest was anxious.

What if one of them died?

It would lead to irreversible consequences.

“Don’t be anxious. They are not weak humans. No, they are very powerful humans. That’s why I’m waiting for them to use all their power.”

“Is that so.”

“When they use all their power and create a more tense balance with Bellushi, I will step in. Only then… can we defeat Bellushi.”

The priest swallowed hard at the Pope’s confident tone and turned his gaze to the Imperial Palace.

The great Imperial Palace of the Calpheon Empire!

The place where Ron Carl Leonard’s mythical achievements had come to life.

That glory was no more.

Almost all the buildings were destroyed, and the people of the capital were already terrified by the commotion in the Imperial Palace and were fleeing in all directions.

The Pope reached out his hand.

“Tell all the priests to start praying.”

“Yes, Your Holiness!”

It seemed the Pope was finally going to take action.

The priest happily ran down the stairs.

Even after seeing the priest leave, the Pope did not move.

‘The battle is intensifying. The timing of when to strike and retreat is crucial. Either way, the Emperor will lose his power after this battle. An Emperor who cannot summon spirits is weakened. The real problem is Ron Carl Leonard.’

The Pope was confident that he could guarantee victory the moment he intervened.

So the problem was Ron Carl Leonard.

The extent to which he could deplete his power would determine the Order’s position in the future.

No matter how much the battle was about the destruction of the continent, the Pope had to consider the future of the Order.

‘Even if there are some sacrifices… if we don’t seize this opportunity, the Order will never be able to surpass the Empire.’

The Pope bit his lip.

Even the Pope, who was waiting, was actually anxious.

The priest didn’t notice, but the Pope also desperately hoped that none of the four would die.

What the Pope wanted was for them to use all their power, not to perish.

The major premise was, after all, the annihilation of the Demon King.

Soon, two enormous energies collided in the Imperial Palace.

The moment Bellushi’s magic, which had escaped from the human body, and Arun’s three spirits collided, the Pope’s body shot into the air.

Papapap-!

The Pope, capable of unleashing divine magic based on divine power, had arrived at the battle scene.

White light spread out, countering the brown magic pouring down like rain.

“Ho-oh!”

Bellushi exclaimed.

Such powerful divine power.

“A dog from the heavenly realm has finally crawled out.”

Bellushi soared into the sky.

Lilian’s response was immediate.

The moment the Pope appeared, Bellushi, though feigning nonchalance, decided to deal with him first.

‘The Pope’s existence poses a significant threat to Bellushi.’

The pure white light spreading in the sky was suppressing the magic, literally pressing it into the ground.

The fact that the Pope’s divine power was strong enough to suppress Bellushi’s magic, which had taken over the space, meant that the Pope was key to this battle.

Lilian’s magic flew towards Bellushi’s feet.

At the same time, Phoenix transformed into a fire arrow and aimed for Bellushi’s chest.

Bellushi turned his body.

Magic once again flowed from his horn like lightning.

Kwaaaang-!

Olivia and Ron charged in with their swords.

Simultaneously, the Pope muttered something incomprehensible in the sky.

“He even knows the language of the heavenly realm?”

Bellushi’s eyes narrowed.

He had been aware of the Pope’s presence since his descent.

He had assumed him to be a creature favored by the angels of the heavenly realm due to his considerable divine power.

But the current divine power was beyond mere favor. It was a special divine power granted only to the ‘priests’ who directly served God, those who served the high-ranking angels of the heavenly race that humans mistook for gods.

And the fact that he could unleash this level of divine power meant that the Pope in front of him was favored by an angel priest of almost equal standing to himself.

Bellushi reached out his hand.

As if on cue, space distorted and a huge spear appeared.

At Bellushi’s gesture, the spear flew towards the Pope.

Lilian and Arun, who were trying to attack Bellushi, intercepted the spear to protect the Pope.

Kwaaaang-!

Lilian’s magic was extinguished by the spear, and Phoenix and Noel were pushed back.

A single, simple attack contained enormous magic, surpassing the abilities of a 9th circle magician and a spirit master.

The Pope muttered once again.

White light descended on Phoenix and Noel, and soon began to push back the huge spear.

Arun’s eyes widened.

‘It’s a blessing.’

He could feel Phoenix and Noel’s power momentarily strengthening.

* * *

The Pope’s appearance was perfectly timed.

It was an obvious ploy, but he couldn’t fault the Pope.

His father’s injury was quite severe.

It was inevitable.

Because his father had clashed with Bellushi the most.

As long as Bellushi could directly target me, one of the Spirit Kings had to stay by my side.

Until now, Noel had been protecting me, but Aria approached me.

Phoenix and Noel received the Pope’s blessing, and their momentary power became several times stronger, effectively combining the skills of the two Spirit Kings.

Brown magic gathered near Bellushi, forming a large barrier.

Clang-!

Bellushi’s eyes turned even redder as he blocked everyone’s attacks at once.

He no longer had any room to spare.

Olivia and his father’s swords sharply aimed at Bellushi, and the Pope poured divine power into me and Lilian, making our magic and spirits even stronger.

Phoenix’s flames turned blue, burning even the surrounding air.

Noel’s fist was harder than rock, and the earth shook every time he moved.

Bellushi’s muscles swelled as if they would burst.

Kwaaaang-!

Bellushi’s magic, which pushed back the two spirits in an instant, was astonishingly strong.

Even in the midst of all this, his movements, which blocked his father and Olivia’s swords, were too fast to follow, and he occasionally glared at the Pope.

Lilian, unfazed by the disappearance of her magic, prepared her next spell.

‘There’s no easy solution.’

I felt danger.

Even though Bellushi’s expression had lost its composure, anxiety gnawed at me.

‘Bellushi is not yet fighting at his full potential.’

At that moment, I met the Pope’s eyes.

Simultaneously, I called out to Olivia.

“Olivia!”

Olivia immediately came to my side, and I summoned Aquilus once again.

He had been reverse summoned immediately after the start of the battle, but now I could summon him again.

The summoned Aquilus exuded an overwhelming presence.

After being defeated by Bellushi, he seemed to have reorganized himself in the spirit realm and changed his mindset.

And the Pope’s blessing continued, extending to all four elemental spirits.

Gooooooo-!

Lilian’s magic was once again realized, and his father’s sword emitted stronger mana than ever before.

Olivia thoroughly guarded my side in case of an emergency.

I strongly stirred up the Breath of Wind, aiming to absorb all the mana around me.

The earth’s soil floated into the sky as if attached to a string, and Bellushi momentarily flinched.

Soon, sensing an instinctive danger, he rushed towards me.

“Arun!”

Olivia said at his father’s cry.

“Don’t worry!”

Olivia blocked Bellushi’s sword.

With a clang, the four elemental Spirit Kings began to gather in one place.

Gooooooo-!

‘It takes time.’

Lilian’s magic was also nearing completion.

Following Olivia, his father also blocked the magic heading towards the Pope.

He immediately recognized that me and the Pope were the most important targets.

Bellushi also began to exert all his power to prevent the Pope’s blessing and the four elemental spirits from uniting.

“It’s over.”

As if he had no intention of prolonging the battle, he spread his arms and emitted magic with his whole body.

Kwaaaang-! Clang-!

Lilian’s fire magic and Bellushi’s magic collided, causing an explosion.

‘Even if we win the battle, we’ll have to rebuild the Imperial Palace.’

It was an inappropriate thought, but strangely, I thought of rebuilding the Imperial Palace first.

Perhaps that was because of the faith instilled by the Spirit Kings as they united?

Bellushi stopped attacking the Pope and me, focusing all his magic on the Spirit Kings.

His eyes reflected urgency.

The Demon King was now afraid.

A Demon King who was not afraid of Lilian, his father, or Olivia.

Even when the Pope arrived, he had maintained a hint of composure.

But the Demon King Bellushi felt a sense of crisis and fear towards the united Spirit King.

Even a transcendent being is afraid of annihilation?

“Even a Demon King who lives a life of struggle is ultimately a creature of the Creator. Time is eternal for you… but there must be an existence that will destroy you.”

The voices of the four Spirit Kings blended into one, making it difficult to discern individual words.

Bellushi was now completely focused on the Spirit King.

Everything changed when the four elemental Spirit Kings became one.

The Spirit King reached out his hand.

A vast energy containing the balance of the world flew towards Bellushi like a horizontal waterfall.

Magic erupted from Bellushi’s horn.

Kwaaaang-!

Then the Spirit King rushed towards Bellushi.

He had a human form, but the Spirit King was displaying more power and speed than ever before.

Neither his father, Olivia, Lilian, nor the Pope could intervene.

Only the pure white energy faintly shining around the Spirit King’s body indicated that the Pope’s blessing was still in effect.

Bellushi’s red eyes widened.