Chapter 472: Capture

A few moments ago,

The first reveal of this chapter happened through N//0/vel-Biiin.

Duke Ismael held the golden spear with both hands as Cardinal flew towards him and cast his shadow-elemental spell.

"Dark Vanish!"

His figure turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared from there a second later.

Unlike most awakens, he had two types of powers. One was the power of Luck, while the other one was the power of Shadows. But there were still many restrictions to use the full potential of these powers, though. Unlike Cardinal Smith, he couldn't create domain power and overpower the enemy.

What's surprised Cardinal Smith was that even he couldn't find a trace of his presence in the surroundings!

'Stealth spell?' He instantly saw through the opponent's plan, flapped his 'Holy Wings,' and suspended in mid-air.

At the same moment, his Truth Spell called 'Divine Insight' activated on its own and warned him about the enemy's presence behind him.

But before he could even act, Duke Ismael made the first move.

"Blind Luck." An eerie voice echoed in Cardinal Smith's ears.

A moment later, a humanoid smoke appeared behind him and formed into an appearance of a middle-aged man.

Then, Duke Ismael activated the golden spear's 'Blood Freeze' ability, aimed the spear tip towards his back, and thrust it full force.

Upon sensing the incoming attack, Cardinal Smith frowned deeply and moved towards the side by flapping his wings.

But to his shock, the golden spear twisted in a weird angle, moved on its own, and penetrated his left shoulder!

The next moment, Cardinal Smith felt that his whole body went numb all of a sudden!

Even though his main body was in a separate dimension due to [Sacred Vanish] spell, his soul and consciousness were in the physical realm, which became his weaknesses.

The spear released some nether-like energy a second later and caused his whole soul and consciousness to freeze for a moment.

'..!' Even his thoughts froze abruptly!

Fortunately, his 'Holy Wings' spell still worked perfectly and helped him move further away from Duke Ismael.

Alas, that too started to lose connection with his Inner World and turned illusionary before disappearing completely.

Not only that, but Cardinal Smith's other spell [Sacred Vanish] also went ineffective.

His main body returned to the physical world and became vulnerable to any attack at that moment!

If Duke Ismael could use this opportunity and give him a fatal wound, he would win the battle in a second.

Charles watched everything from above but didn't try to intervene. Although he had many plans for Cardinal Smith, he never wanted a weak servant.

If Cardinal Smith failed even to kill an Awaken with multiple advantages like domain creation power, divine spells, and artifacts, how could he help Charles achieve his goal?

Just when Charles thought that the battle was already over, he noticed an anomaly in his left hand and squinted his eyes.

At that moment, the silver ring in Cardinal Smith's left hand shone brightly and released some strange energy towards the surroundings.

Charles soon noticed that the 100-meter radius area was covered by a mysterious divine power at that moment and showed a surprised look.

'Truth Domain?'

While Charles was probing the divine power, Cardinal Smith's eyelids twitched all of a sudden, and soon he regained his senses.

"Zone of Truth!" A solemn voice came out of his mouth.

Then, he cast [Holy Wings] spell to maintain his body from falling, made a flip in the sky, and soon locked his gaze on Duke Ismael.

He held the golden crozier, gathered dense light energy at its tip, and started reciting a short chant to activate the artifact.

Then, a radiant golden light appeared at the tip of the crozier and even caused the space to twist!

It was a Divine Spell called Crusade's Strike!

It had the power to bypass any barrier and even harm one's soul!

Once the crozier started emitting heat waves, he made a stance in mid-air and threw it at Duke Ismael.

A second later, the golden crozier moved towards Duke Ismael at a terrifying speed and almost arrived near him.

But before the crozier could penetrate his head, Duke Ismael made a smirk and muttered under his breath.

"Fortune Saver."

A moment later, a silver arrow enveloped in nature energy suddenly appeared from below and collided with the tip of the golden crozier.

It was the same silver arrow that Melody released earlier!

The next instant, the dense nature energy at the tip of the arrow and the light energy at the crozier collided against each other and soon exploded.

Shockwaves came from the explosion, sending Cardinal Smith and Duke Ismael in different directions.

They soon managed to regain their momentum and looked at each other.

But before Duke Ismael could initiate the second round of attack, he trembled all of a sudden and went wide-eyed.

He soon showed a twisted expression on his face and turned his attention towards the city.

"Oh no! My family!" His eyes went bloodshot, and he hurriedly tried to fly towards the Royal Capital.

Alas, the mere moment of distraction was all Cardinal Smith needed.

He instantly used this as an opportunity, raised his hand, and muttered.

"Guiding Bolt!"

A second later, a dense ray of white light came out of his hand and directly landed on Duke Ismael's head, completely disrupting his thinking ability.

Duke Ismael froze for a second before turning around, flew towards Cardinal Smith, and then raised both of his hands!

At that moment, Duke Ismael felt that he had done terrible mistakes and decided to surrender himself to the Light Church.

On the other hand, Cardinal Smith recited a short chant, put a star mark on Duke Ismael's forehead, and nodded his head.

"Do not resist the power of Truth." He spoke to Duke Ismael and placed multiple star-like marks in different places.

Cardinal Smith finished his enslaving process a few seconds later and looked up at the dark sky.

In the meantime, Charles also descended from above, arrived before Duke Ismael, and nodded.

"Good." Saying so, he glanced at Cardinal Smith and then added while shaking his head.

"But letting him live any longer will only give me more troubles. Kill him."

At first, Cardinal showed an unwilling look but soon nodded in agreement.

He then moved closer towards Duke Smith, placed his hand on his chest area, and started reciting another incantation. But unlike the last one, this one appeared very long.

Meanwhile, Duke Smith remained motionless and co-operated with Cardinal like a real slave!

But soon, Duke Ismael suddenly regained his senses and soon looked at his own body. He noticed that the mysterious star marks appeared all over his body and widened his eyes in shock.

'What are these?!'

He also noticed Charles's and Cardinal's presence and tried to back away but couldn't!

It was as if some invisible chains shackled him from all directions.