Wait a minute! What's going on!
While marveling at the effect of the healing magic, Zinedine came to his senses, remembering the true purpose of having the princess cast healing magic just now.
However, looking at the Giant Bone Dragon, and the Undead troops lined up in two rows outside the city gate, Zinedine was already too stunned to speak.
Such... powerful healing magic? It actually had... absolutely no effect on those Undead?!
You should know... when healing magic is cast on Undead, it turns into powerful damaging magic.
Not to mention the Bone Dragon, which has magic immunity, but why did it have no effect on those low-level Undead?!
The healing magic cast by that princess just now was conservatively estimated to be around Sixth Tier, which means... these Undead were directly bathed in Sixth Tier faith-based attack spells, yet remained completely unmoved.
This doesn't even account for the special bonus faith-based magic has against Undead... Could it be that those Undead are not the so-called low-level Undead?
But rather beings he didn't know about?
Undead that can directly immune Sixth Tier faith-based spells... This... this, this could not only destroy the Capital of the Slane Theocracy, but potentially destroy the entire Slane Theocracy!
However, what surprised Zinedine even more was Bell Adokmisrena's seemingly reminding remark to the princess.
What did she call that princess?
Elizabeth? Elizabeth?
Isn't that the name of the princess who was used by Theocracy to eliminate the Elf King back then?
Ah hahaha? Ainz Ooal Gown is really twisted, giving both of his daughters the same name.
Or is there some other hidden reason?
The previous Elizabeth was a young girl, and although the one in front of him indeed resembled the previous Elizabeth in appearance, her age doesn't match!
How could it be the same person? No... no, although he is indeed a bit old, he is not so blind.
But! It was Bell Adokmisrena who said that! The ace that Dominic had kept hidden for so long!
Although she seems foolish on the surface, she is actually quite calculating, and Dominic has always praised Bell Adokmisrena's intelligence gathering.
In such a situation, could her words be false? No! He must find out! Is this princess in front of him truly that Elizabeth!
Unable to hold back, Zinedine asked directly. After all, the situation was urgent, and her identity was crucial to the Slane Theocracy's next major operation, so it had to be clarified!
However, it was not Bell Adokmisrena who answered Zinedine, but Elizabeth herself, explaining that due to her special constitution, she grew up quickly.
Is she treating him like a three-year-old child?
He had lived long enough, never heard of any heteromorphic race with such a constitution. It was clear she was trying to fool him, wasn't it?
But Bell Adokmisrena called her by that name, so could it be that she was brainwashed?
He remembered that the report on Elizabeth clearly stated that Elizabeth possessed magic that could directly control people's minds. Perhaps Bell Adokmisrena had already been brainwashed by Elizabeth?
But... seeing that the necklace Dominic had given her, which granted immunity to mental magic, was still around Bell Adokmisrena's neck, how could that be explained?
A diversion?
But if they wanted someone to impersonate her, with the Magic Kingdom's power, wouldn't it be as easy as pie to find a puppet resembling Elizabeth?
There's no need to create a large-sized "Elizabeth" to impersonate her!
This is too bizarre! In this situation, he alone could not make a judgment. He could only agree to her statement for now, then gather everyone to discuss it!
However, what further shook Zinedine's heart was yet to come. This princess, suspected to be Elizabeth, mentioned Zesshi Zetsumei, and also said that she came this time to discuss the century-long crisis.
This... only Elizabeth herself would know this!
Of course! It's not ruled out that she herself leaked this information, but no matter what, this must be Elizabeth or Ainz Ooal Gown himself behind it!
There must be some conspiracy... he... must carefully... think... After that, Zinedine didn't know how he returned. Although he had already made an excuse to prepare and leave first, he couldn't stall for long.
Although he had already gone to call Zesshi Zetsumei, he hoped she could buy some more time!
"Hurry up! Call everyone over! Say it's an extremely urgent situation! You too, go and invite His Holiness the Pope! Hurry!!"
Zinedine anxiously ordered his disciples to call all the Chief Priests. Originally, he should have been the one to invite the Pope, but the current situation no longer allowed for adherence to any etiquette.
If he kept that princess waiting, who knows what other tricks she might pull!
After giving the orders, Zinedine paced back and forth restlessly in the reception room. The princess had already been arranged to stay at the temple. No matter how resourceful she was, could she eavesdrop here within a barrier equipped with anti-intelligence magic?
..."So, Bell, is it done?" Ellie asked with a yawn.
Although she knew Bell's eavesdropping skills were indeed quite powerful, this was still the core area of the Slane Theocracy.
Even anti-teleportation barriers were maintained year-round, and anti-intelligence magic systems should also be prepared, right? Plus, with Bell being such a scatterbrain, could she really manage to eavesdrop on their conversation?
"Mm, it's ready." Bell didn't explicitly say, but just nodded in response.
It seemed Bell, the eavesdropping expert, was somewhat savvy in anti-eavesdropping. She didn't explicitly say, only that it was ready.
If someone were truly eavesdropping on this room, they wouldn't understand what Ellie and Bell were talking about. When did Bell become so clever? This indeed surprised Ellie greatly.
"Oh, that's good. I'll reward you with snacks when we get back... These people are so slow, making this princess wait here." Ellie said something that sounded like a complaint, because Ellie saw Bell giving her a strong wink, and when Ellie looked at her, Bell deliberately scratched her ear.
Hmm? It seems Bell must have noticed!
Actually, she had already noticed that someone was monitoring this room the moment she entered.
It wasn't some crude method like directly embedding a listening device in the room, as that would be too easily detected.
The Slane Theocracy shouldn't be as foolish as the Empire, so they must be using more sophisticated methods, like long-distance surveillance?
It's impressive that Bell could detect this. This good-for-nothing is somewhat useful at times like this. Fortunately, she also has her own ulterior motives regarding the Slane Theocracy.
If Bell were to turn her surveillance and eavesdropping abilities against herself, she would truly have no secrets left.
However, within the Slane Theocracy, the only one skilled in long-distance surveillance would be Astrology Thousand Miles, right?
Has that guy come out of her reclusion?
Should she scare her again, and make her retreat into reclusion once more?
Uh... perhaps not!
Let her watch then. To some extent, being monitored is better. Hmmph! At this moment, Ellie thought of another wicked idea. Since Astrology Thousand Miles was monitoring her, she could in turn use her.
"Bell, how are the preparations for that plan coming along? Nothing went wrong these past few days I wasn't here, right?" Ellie said with a serious expression.
"Eh? That plan? I... didn't, ah? The preparations... those preparations are almost done." Just as Bell didn't react for a moment, Ellie coughed unhappily, and Bell immediately understood.
"Very good! This way, this way, the obstacles will be cleared, right? Hmmph hmmph hmmph..." Ellie said, revealing a very sinister smile for no apparent reason.
"That... yes... yes!" Bell stood up straight and answered very nervously.
She really has no talent for acting, this one... Ellie thought to herself, then picked up the tea prepared by Theocracy beforehand and took a sip.
Pah! Disgusting...
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