The Apostle Cross is said to be the highest level of divine armor created by imitating the cross built over the tomb of one of the Twelve Apostles, Saint Peter.
As long as this divine armor is inserted into the ground, within its range of effect, it will transform into a site of the Roman Orthodox Church, with all people and affairs inside being subject to the control of the Roman Orthodox Church.
Even if the Roman Orthodox Church makes the most unreasonable decisions, they will not be questioned and will be accepted willingly.
And all the believers within the range of effect will feel immeasurable happiness, even if they work tirelessly every day, even if they work until death, they will feel happy.
In George's view, this divine armor is essentially a large-scale spiritual hypnosis control device.
"So, their actual target is the Academy City?"
At this moment, George also came to his senses.
This time, the Roman Orthodox Church set up a false Sengoku Sword as bait, ostensibly to deal with the Saint of the Clear Church, but in reality, it was intended to imitate and mix with others. In the end, they inserted the Apostle Cross into Academy City, turning it entirely into territory of the Roman Orthodox Church.
"The target is not just Academy City; they intend to first occupy Academy City, then consolidate its power, eliminate all other magical organizations, and directly rule the entire world."
Yastberg spoke directly to the true ambitions of the Roman Orthodox Church.
There are so many powered individuals in Academy City, including Level 5 abnormals like Kuroyashiki Methodist and various high-tech weapons far surpassing modern technology.
If the Roman Orthodox Church were to acquire all of these, the originally balanced structure of the world would be utterly shattered.
This result is something that Yastberg absolutely cannot allow, so he no longer cares about training M Madoka and decides to directly let George take action to stop it and take away the Apostle Cross.
"Not a problem."
George nodded and was about to act when he saw Eriana take off the slightly worn clothes on her body due to the battle, and stripped down to reveal a prepared handbag she took out from beneath the stairs. She then began to change her clothes standing there.
"Wait a moment!"
"The sign has already been retrieved by the other party, and the fact about Sengoku Sword is highly likely to have been exposed.
However, it's all right. Leave it to me, the older sister. I'll take care of everything here.
"The final result will definitely be as we want, this city will become happy, and happiness will spread throughout the world!"
Eriana adjusted her scanty shoulder straps and concluded her conversation with Lydovya.
Just as she was about to leave the underground staircase and continue to lure the pursuers from before, a silhouette suddenly appeared behind her.
"Excuse me, lady, can you tell me where you've hidden the Apostle Cross?"
"It seems that the people of the Necessary Evil Church are indeed capable, as they've managed to track us down so quickly."
Eriana's body froze for a moment before she turned around.
"I see, it's you."
As a magician who is extremely skilled in tracking and anti-tracking magic, being quickly tracked down and coming this close without being noticed is indeed quite surprising to her.
But when she saw that the person was Miko Miku, one of the Level 5 espers of Academy City, she felt at ease.
She felt that it was definitely Academy City's people who had noticed something and sent out a Level 5 esper to investigate, using technological means to track them, which is why she didn't notice.
"I'll just see for myself what level of power a Level 5 is truly capable of."
Without any further chatter, Eriana bit into a card and began to cast a spell immediately.
"Earth Symbol!"
A mound of earth about five to six meters high surged towards George, intending to bury him beneath its waves.
A flash of lightning from George's hand instantly blasted the earth wave apart.
Except in extreme circumstances, he would not use overly obvious magic, but would instead fight as much as possible with his powers and physical abilities.
Because if he reveals to the magical world that he can use both powers and magic, it will cause great upheaval in the magical world.
The current balance between the science side and the magic side is mainly maintained because those who use powers cannot use magic, and those who use magic cannot use powers.
If there are those who can use both magic and powers, it means that the two can be integrated.
By taking the powers of powered individuals, mages can use both magic and powers, greatly increasing their strength.
However, after watching Eriana and the three others' battle, he thought that the powers alone were sufficient to handle the situation.
He is currently a Level 5 powered individual, the same level as Mikoto Misaka's true form, and he also has the genes of Magnet King. In reality, his level of power has already surpassed Mikoto Misaka.
His electric power is stronger than that of Mikoto Misaka, and he can control metal just like Magnet King. He can now control metal to a weight of one thousand tons, which is a hundred times more than before.
On one hand, the leap from Level 4 to Level 5 is a significant jump, and on the other hand, it is also related to his previous fusion of Dragon Crystal, learning the Dragon-Slaying Magic, and the substantial enhancement of his physical nature.
"Your strength is quite impressive, but your brain is a bit of a mess!"
The earth wave dissipated, and Eriana's figure was no longer visible. She appeared again, directly behind George.
It turned out that the earth wave attack was mainly to cover her movement. She knew some information about Mikoto Misaka and was aware that the earth wave would not be effective.
Her true goal was to launch an unblockable spell from a close distance behind him.
"Earth Symbol·Blood Vein Burst!"
This is a spell that can affect an enemy's blood, causing it to expand within the blood vessels and ultimately leading to vessel rupture.
Most mages and espers, their bodies are not much stronger than ordinary people. Vessel rupture will not cause immediate death, but will result in severe injuries that render them unable to continue fighting.
She has defeated many mages who are stronger than her using this spell alone.
As long as they don't encounter guys like saints who have mutant bodies, the chances of serious injury are pretty low.
"Interesting spell."
George turned to face Eriana, and his face flushed slightly, but the color quickly subsided.
Just then, he felt that his blood had been affected by her magic, but as he is now a giant humanoid dragon, the flow of blood can't break through his blood vessels.
At least a few dozen times stronger, to have a slight chance.
However, he is quite interested in magic that directly affects blood.
To be honest, the delivery person mage really does know a lot of magic.
"How could this be?"
Eriana saw that George only flushed slightly, then nothing happened to him, and she was also taken aback.
She clearly remembered from the information that Level 5 powered individual Mikoto Misaka's ability is electric shock, not a strength-enhancing ability, so she shouldn't be able to resist her magic.
(End of Chapter)
