Chapter 1443 - 1443 Sneak Attack on the Pope
Seeing Chu Nan return, Prince Lekas waved at him and gestured for him to go over.
“Chu Nan, after my discussion with the Pope, I’ve decided to let you and these people take a detour around the Perseus Arm and leave. Do you have any objections?”
“What about you, Your Highness?”
“I want to stay and do some handover work with the military alliance. This involves a portion of the diplomatic relations between the empire and the alliance. I want to stay on behalf of the empire.”
Chu Nan raised his eyebrows and knew that this was definitely not the true reason why Prince Lekas stayed.
One had to know that Prince Lekas’s main goal in personally coming this time was to find the missing royal descendants, including Pamela. However, there was not a single royal descendant in the group they had seen just now. Prince Lekas was naturally unwilling to leave just like that.
Chu Nan glanced at Pope Lockmarton beside him and discovered that he still had an amiable smile. When he saw Chu Nan looking over, he even nodded lightly at him and smiled, “Those children can’t wait to return, but the spatial turbulence can’t be resolved. We can only choose this safer route although it’s a little far.”
“Is that so?” Chu Nan’s heart stirred and he put on a surprised expression, “However, Your Holiness, I just went to the teleportation door to take a look. The spatial turbulence in the alternate space has already disappeared. I think we should be able to successfully return through the teleportation door.”
Prince Lekas and the narrator, Princess Romanti, glanced at Chu Nan in surprise, but they did not rush to ask.
“Oh?” Pope Lockmarton was not surprised at all. Instead, he smiled and shook his head, “I think you just happened to encounter a rare period of calm. In fact, the spatial turbulence has not always existed and will occasionally calm down. However, we can’t guarantee that you won’t encounter it when you pass through it, right? If you encounter it, even if Prince Lekas travels with you, he shouldn’t have the ability to protect so many of you.”
“I don’t think so.” Chu Nan shook his head, “Your Holiness, you were able to accurately find us in such a chaotic alternate space just now. His Highness is not weaker than you, so I believe he still has the ability to protect us. Unless… someone deliberately caused trouble, don’t you think so?”
Pope Lockmarton’s expression did not change. He shook his head lightly and his tone was still calm.
“Child, you’re not a Star-Grade Martial Artist after all. You don’t know much about the danger in the alternate space, let alone in this dangerous area in the Endless Abyss. Its corresponding alternate space is more dangerous than outside…”
Pope Lockmarton’s expression suddenly froze with surprise. His aura suddenly exploded, and a faint jade light emitted from his body and enveloped his entire body.
Bang!
Chu Nan’s palm carried a strong wind as dense spatial energy gathered into a ball. Like a ball that was continuously spinning at high speed, he ruthlessly slapped out, but it was easily resolved by the lustrous light around Pope Lockmarton. This palm naturally could not pose any threat to him, let alone cause any damage.
Chu Nan’s sudden attack greatly exceeded everyone’s expectations. Even Prince Lekas was shocked. He stretched out his hand and pressed down on Chu Nan’s shoulder. A powerful aura erupted and forcefully pulled him back, but it cleverly helped him avoid the natural counterattack of Pope Lockmarton.
“What are you doing?!” Prince Lekas shouted at Chu Nan and pulled him back. At the same time, he took a step forward and stood in front of Chu Nan, blocking the aura emitted by Pope Lockmarton.
In fact, less than a second had passed from the moment Chu Nan attacked to the moment he was forcefully pulled back by Prince Lekas. Beside him, Princess Romanti’s heart instantly rose to her throat and she almost cried out in surprise. Fortunately, her mental fortitude was strong. When she saw that Chu Nan was protected by Prince Lekas, she forcefully swallowed her cry.
Pope Lockmarton’s counterattack was resolved by Prince Lekas. He also took the opportunity to stop, but the amiable smile that had been maintained on his face had completely disappeared and became extremely serious.
At this moment, the followers who had been following behind him reacted and erupted with powerful auras, surrounding the five of them, including Angie Prairie, Carola, and the others who did not participate in the distance.
“Your Highness, I need you to give me an explanation.” Although Pope Lockmarton was saying this to Prince Lekas, his gaze locked onto Chu Nan. His tone could not be said to be cold, but his eyes were as cold as if he was looking at a dead person.
Prince Lekas frowned and turned to shout at Chu Nan, “Chu Nan, are you crazy? This is one of the three most respected popes in the Erehuana Military Treaty Alliance! Hurry up and apologize to the pope!”
Chu Nan immediately obediently bowed to Pope Lockmarton.
“Your Holiness, please forgive my rudeness. In fact, this is really just a small and bad habit of mine. As long as I see a Star-Grade Martial Artist, I can’t help but have the desire to sneak attack the other party, because I want to try every time. With my Heaven Control Martial Artist status, can I rely on a sneak attack to threaten a Star-Grade Martial Artist’s Creation? However, the facts have proven…”
Chu Nan spread out his hands with an innocent and helpless expression.
“I failed. Star-Grade Martial Artists are indeed people much stronger than I imagined. The difference between me and them is too great. It’s useless even if I launch a sneak attack.”
“Oh? Is that so?” Pope Lockmarton snorted softly, and his expression softened, “Oh Goddess, because of her mercy, I forgive your rudeness this time. However, you need to remember that if you still dare to do this, oh Goddess Esevy, even the servants of the Goddess will be angry because someone offended her dignity.”
“Yes, yes, yes. Your Holiness, you’re right. It’s all my fault. I guarantee that I won’t do such a stupid thing again. Thank you for your mercy and forgiveness, Goddess. I’ll be filled with respect for you in the future.”
“May the light of the Goddess always pity you.” Pope Lockmarton pointed at his chest and made a strange religious bow with a pious expression. Then, he said to Prince Lekas, “Your Highness, please decide your retreat plan as soon as possible. I’ll go inform the alliance about the matter here first. If you want to pass the Perseus Arm, you still need the agreement of the alliance.”
“Yes, sorry to trouble you, Your Holiness.”
After watching Pope Lockmarton leave with a group of people, Prince Lekas retracted all the expressions on his face. His lips moved slightly and his voice sounded in Chu Nan’s ears.
“What did you find out?”
Chu Nan’s voice quickly sounded in Prince Lekas’s ears.
“I’m now certain that regardless of whether it’s that teleportation door or those so-called spatial turbulence, they’re all related to His Holiness.”