69. Blockade

Miss Guinevere... just rose into the air from the crowd?! She was here the whole time?!

She must have used something to hide her aura. Wait, does this mean other God Eaters higher-ups are mixed up in the crowd, too?!

...Wait a minute. If the God Eaters didn't realize this is a trap, Gryph at least would have jumped out by now. Why is there still no sign of her?

Heh... the God Eaters already saw this coming.

...It's been some time, Lady Guinevere. I'll ask you and the other God Eaters to drop your weapons and cease resisting immediately, so we can avoid any unnecessary bloodshed.

Please don't do anything you'll regret again, Lady Guinevere.

The only senior leaders of the Church that came were you two?

The two of us are more than enough. In fact, Her Holiness already saw through your plans with her wisdom and power.

...Then that bigot really underestimated me.

Then the only special guests will be you two and the priests of the Church. Our sermon is about to begin.

Lady Guinevere... Whatever you have planned, this place is already under our control. Your sermon is canceled.

Sorry, but I'm giving the orders now.

Wah! A restraint spell?! But, this magic power...

Is this some sort of joke?! You... Guinevere, your power has already reached this stage?

It's not my power alone. Senko, have you forgotten? This square was built and designed by yours truly when I was the Holy Incantor.

Wh-what did you do back then?!

I just engraved a magic array covering the entire square into the backs of the tiles. It only has one function: to gather and unite all the magic above it.

Just by stepping into this place, your magic will become a part of all the magic in this square. And I just so happen to have the authority to activate and control this magic array.

Even we have become a source of magic for you, hence why you could overpower us so easily...

Not even a god can move itself.'' This is one of the philosophies of the God Eaters, and it's actually effective. Now, let's quiet you down a little.

Impossible! There's no such thing as an unbeatable magic. There has to be a way to break this!

Yes, if you can blast this magic array from the outside with more magic power than is contained within it, it'll lose its effect almost immediately.

!! The Church, it sealed this square... Does that mean, ?!

That's right, we deliberately allowed you to seal this place off from the outside world. The Church will be helpless, at least until I decide to release us.

Incredible, she turned the situation on its head so easily. No, she undermined the Church's plot by beating them at their own game.

Only members of the Church have had their movement and magic restricted... Looks like all they can really do is just sit and watch as Guinevere finishes her sermon.