The agenda continued, but regarding how to deal with the Magic Caster King, no one could offer any practical suggestions. Finally, Light Chief Priest Ion directed the key to the problem towards the third party, possibly a God-kin, that the Earthgod-Official had mentioned earlier.
"Raymond, could we send Clementine to assassinate the Magic Caster King now?" Ion asked.
"I don't think that's appropriate. She is our only hope against the Magic Caster King right now. If we rashly assign her to assassinate the Magic Caster King and she is lost, it could enrage the Magic Caster King, and the next one to suffer would be the Theocracy," Raymond immediately objected without hesitation.
"The loss you're referring to isn't death in battle, is it?" Senior Priest of Wind Dominic glanced at Raymond and said.
"Everyone should also know that the current Clementine has too many unstable elements. Her original identity alone is a huge unstable element. According to the Black Scripture's previous encounter in Wu Da Forest and the intelligence provided by Sir Xi Neiding, we only know that she was originally acting with the Yestijia Kingdom's Steel Rank team Blue Rose. After investigating the Adventurer's Guild, we learned that she is a new member of the Blue Rose team." Raymond paused, his gaze fixed on Shui Shenguan Zhang Xineding, who nodded, seemingly tacitly agreeing to something.
"Moreover, the Water-Light Scripture, following the Adventurer's Guild's lead, tracked down even more astonishing intelligence: the current Clementine might have a direct connection with the Magic Caster King," Raymond continued, revealing information that greatly surprised everyone present.
"It makes sense, doesn't it? Both the Magic Caster King and she can use Ultimate Magic like divine miracles. It's easy to connect them and wonder if there's a link with the Magic Caster King. It's just... if she was previously a member of the Kingdom's Steel Rank Adventurers team Blue Rose, isn't that contradictory?" Dominic offered his opinion.
"Sir Xi Neiding." Raymond turned his gaze to Xi Neiding, the oldest and wisest among the six 'color' Holy Scripture Chief Priests, and everyone else did the same.
"Then, allow me to explain. This is intelligence relayed back by the Water-Light Scripture personnel originally stationed in E-Rantel in the Kingdom. Uh... to be more precise, it's merely rumors heard from other Adventurers. As for its authenticity, that's for you all to judge..." Xi Neiding said.
"E-Rantel, huh? It should be the Capital of the Magic Kingdom now... Such important intelligence... Why are you only telling us now!" The Marshal was displeased again.
"Please calm down. It's not too late to complain after you've heard me out. So, please allow me to tell a story first..." Xi Neiding slowly recounted the background story of Nazarick he had gathered earlier in E-Rantel.
After Xi Neiding finished telling this legendary story, the hall fell silent once more. After a long while...
"This is simply preposterous! What ancient nation? There is no record of any Ainz Ooal Gown Magic Kingdom in all the records within the Theocracy," the Marshal said, lightly tapping the table.
Most people started whispering among themselves, after all, this intelligence was indeed too strange. The name Ainz Ooal Gown had never appeared in any relevant records within the Theocracy.
Only Archgod-Official Maximillian remained silent, his expression very grave.
"So, how is this baseless rumor connected to Clementine? You're not going to say that the princess mentioned in it is Clementine herself, are you?" Dominic said with a hint of mockery.
As soon as he spoke, others let out soft chuckles. Maximilian still pondered with a grave expression. He had already realized that if this matter were revealed, it could cause an enormous stir.
"Maximilian... do you have any other insights?" Xi Neiding had been watching him ever since he finished the story.
"No... this..." Maximilian was still hesitating whether to reveal it.
"If you have any other insights, please speak them directly. After all, with a great enemy before us, we must be united. Speak your mind!" Xi Neiding said. From his tone, it seemed he also knew something.
"Alright, it's just... what I'm about to say might involve some content that could shake the very foundation of our nation, so... please be mentally prepared," Maximilian said with a serious expression. At this moment, everyone quieted down, and all eyes were locked on Maximilian.
"Regarding the name Ainz Ooal Gown, it is indeed something we have never seen in our known records. However... the term Nazarick was once verbally recorded by Sir Xia Na," Maximilian said.
"What did you say!? Sir Xia Na mentioned the term Nazarick? Could it be that you misremembered?" Dominic immediately panicked.
"I didn't misremember. It's recorded. If you give me some time, I can find the original record for everyone to review," Maximilian said, wiping sweat from his forehead with his hand.
"But..." Dominic wanted to say something more, but Raymond, who was beside him, raised his hand and stopped him from speaking.
"Maximilian, we can talk about the record later. Can you tell us everything that was recorded from Sir Xia Na's verbal account concerning the term Nazarick!" Raymond said.
"Everything... it's just one sentence. The original sentence in the record is, 'The reason she left back then was simply because, in her heart, there was only one goal: to establish that unrealistic Nazarick,'" Maximilian said.
"What does this unclear statement mean? Can you explain it?" Dominic asked.
"Alas... this was Sir Xia Na's answer when her first attendant asked her about the whereabouts of one of the Gods," Maximilian originally didn't want to reveal the full record, but now...
Maximilian's single sentence was like lighting a bomb on site. Everyone realized the seriousness of the problem. If this matter were to spread, the foundation of the Theocracy would be directly shaken...
"Does that mean... that so-called Nazarick, which is now the Ainz Ooal Gown Magic Kingdom... could very well be a nation established by one of our Gods!" Dominic shouted in a very pained tone. One must know... among everyone present, Dominic was the most devout believer in the main God.
"That's the only way to understand it, isn't it? Then the rumor Sir Xi Neiding mentioned can almost certainly be confirmed as true, right?" Raymond said.
Everyone remained silent, neither denying nor agreeing.
"Our enemy is actually a descendant of God! This... this..." Ion directly clutched his head and cried out in pain.
"Everyone calm down, calm down! Next, we will proceed to our second agenda item, which is how our Theocracy should deal with the Ainz Ooal Gown Magic Kingdom..." Raymond shouted. Although Xi Neiding had discussed it with him beforehand, he didn't expect it to cause such a great impact when revealed in the meeting. After all, Raymond himself hadn't expected... the truth to be so terrifying.
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