Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

The conference in Hladime was a great success. The contents of the presentations by May and the Grand High King were applauded by the assembled scholars as the great discovery of the century, and May's fame was further enhanced. At the same time, thanks to the arrangement of the Great High King Reborn, the participating scholars were able to enjoy the exchange of knowledge, and they promised each other to put more effort into new research in the future.

Two weeks have passed since the conference ended. In Aphrodite, the capital of the Crimiana Order, the Pope, Jouvancel Sein, is looking through a letter in his hand with a stunned expression on his face.

"Your Holiness, excuse me."

The young bishop enters with a reverent bow. He turns his eyes only and nods slowly.

"I am sorry to disturb you.

I understand. Call Cassel and the other cardinals."

The bishop bows and leaves the room. He stands up from his chair with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"I have come at your invitation ....... Your Holiness the Pope is in a good mood and I am very happy for you.

Ville, King of Tana, bows reverently with a smile on his face. The Pope enters the room with a satisfied look on his face. He is followed by eight cardinals, and finally by Cassel.

When Cassel comes next to the Pope, Viru raises his head as if it were a signal. Then, at the Pope's prompting, he sits down in the chair in front of him. As soon as he was seated, the popes also took their seats.

"Now, I have called you all here, of all people," he said.

The Pope slowly opens his mouth. At that, all of them straighten their posture and look at him. He looks around slowly and continues to speak.

"Recently, an event called the World Congress of Medical Research was held in the country of Hradimé. As you already know, I had requested that the event be canceled or postponed. ......

We must defeat them immediately!

"Death to the nation that defies the Way of Heaven!"

Interrupting the Pope's words, a few cardinals were snickering and spouting boisterous words. The Pope puts his hand down to control their opinions.

I understand your feelings, but I don't want to make a scene. No, the meeting could not be attended by anyone from our medical institute. Since it is called the World Congress of Medical Research, of course our country must participate. However, the Hladime nation held the conference without waiting for our participation, and even announced that their country's presentation was the great discovery of the century. I read it myself, and it is a wonderful discovery. The less the total amount of magic power is, the more resilient the stone is. ....... A low level wizard will almost never have to worry about running out of magic power. That's great....... Yes, I think it was a wonderful discovery.

The Pope pauses there and exhales slowly. Then he looks at all of us and continues.

"However, this is an independent study conducted by the Hradime and Agartha nations, not one that has been tested and proven effective by other research institutions. I never thought that Queen Agalta would do such a thing when she said several years ago that we must repeat the experiments many times and prove that they are not a coincidence in the development of special drugs in our country in Cilisley, Geisha and Leroyance.... I am very sorry."

"Your Holiness the Pope, in the name of the Church of the Crimiana, let us call the whole world to account for this outrage!"

At the Cardinal's words, the Pope nodded, a look of satisfaction on his face.

Yes, that is what should be done. But it doesn't work that way.

The cardinals assembled at the pope's words looked at him strangely.

"The conference held in Hradimé, it seems that about 50 countries are participating in it. This means that there are 50 countries that did not accept my request. Maybe some of them are ...... because of their relationship with Agartha, but that is still a lot of countries. This is my lack of ability. I must be an old geezer. ......"

The Pope closes his eyes and slowly looks up to the heavens. The cardinals look at him and say, "No, that's not true!　He is quieting them down. In the midst of this, King Ville of Thana gives a look to Cassel, who is standing by the Pope's side. In response, Cassel gave a small nod.

"I am here to address His Holiness the Pope.

"Yes, Cassel?"

"The conference held in the Hladime country ....... That is to say, it is an act against the Way of Heaven. It has been the attitude of our Church to eliminate those who violate the Way of Heaven. I believe that we should not change our stance here and now.

"Cassel, you are saying that after having discussed the 50 countries that have participated in the conference?"

"Gyoi."

"With all due respect, sir."

Ville interrupts their conversation. With all eyes on him, including the Pope, he slowly opens his mouth.

We don't need to strike all 50 countries. As long as the core nation is defeated, the rest will self-destruct if left unchecked. I ask you to leave this to me.

"Well, that's very encouraging. May I ask you, ......, King Tana, which of the countries you believe to be the nucleus of the nations that oppose the Way of Heaven?"

"The countries of Sandanj and Agartha."

At these words, the inarticulate voices of the cardinals spread throughout the room. The Pope nodded broadly and continued to speak in a gentle tone.

"The two countries of Sandanzi and Agartha...... certainly don't seem to be obedient to the Way of Heaven, do they? However,...... isn't it difficult to defeat both countries?"

"No problem."

Cassel was quick to interject.

"His Majesty the King of Thana is the God of War. He destroyed the Salfate who did not obey the Faith in an instant. Sandanj and Agartha will surely be struck down by this god of war.

"I am afraid that our total forces already exceed 100,000. If we were to swallow Sandanj and Hradime in the south, our army would exceed 200,000. From my continent, there is a straight and unobstructed road to Agartha: ....... With such an army and with the weapons and armor we have created, it will be an easy task to defeat Agartha. If these nations are destroyed, the nations of the world will naturally bow their knees before the Lord God. Leave the whole strategy to me. I have already devised a number of strategies. I know that it is my mission to spread the teachings of the Lord God throughout the world. I humbly ask for your help.

The Pope nodded in satisfaction at Ville's words.

He nodded his head in satisfaction. You are indeed the god of war. Very well. I leave everything in your hands. I ask you to take charge as you see fit. We, the Church, will spare no expense to support you. We are at your service. Cassel, you're my personal representative. I'm counting on you.

"Hahaha, I know I'm not a good person, but I'm willing to risk my life ......".

The Pope slowly gets up from his seat, looking at Cassel, who bows reverently with a beaming smile.

"There is nothing I can do for you, old man, ...... but I will try to help you as much as I can so that your mission will go according to plan."

With these words, the Pope left the room accompanied by the cardinals.

"...... Whew. Good grief."

After seeing the Pope off, Cassel sat down with a thump on his seat with a look of exhaustion on his face. Ville watches him with a twisted expression on his face.

"You're going around and around as usual," he says. His Holiness the Pope does not usually speak his mind on such important matters. It's always up to one of the cardinals to take the initiative and say what's going to happen next. It's a farce, but it's very tiring.

"But it seems that what you said to me, Mr. Cassel, was in line with His Holiness the Pope's intentions."

"Well, ......."

Cassel smiled a nasty smile for a moment, but quickly returned to his original expression, sat back in his chair, straightened his posture, and spoke to Ville again.

"By the way, how is the operation going?

"Yes, that's already. We are already prepared. Several other operations are in progress. No problem.

"I see. Then I come before His Holiness the Pope. We must make use of his power as much as possible. ....... I want to minimize the effort.

"I agree."

They looked at each other and chuckled. Two days later, a messenger was sent from Aphrodite, the capital of the Church of Crimiana, and at the same time, an operation was carried out behind the scenes. Linos and the others had no way of knowing what it was or what it was intended to do. .......