Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel

Some sort of force was preventing her from establishing a connection with believers in the Northern Territory!

Charlotte quickly made this assessment.

She was certain that with Sebastian's assistance, she had already established a channel of faith with someone named Astrid.

But now, that channel had become ineffective.

Of course, Charlotte could still faintly sense her connection to the other party.

But just as before she had established a connection with them, she was back to being only able to "see," unable to "contact."

No, it was not just the inability to "contact."

Charlotte keenly sensed that even her ability to "see" seemed to be rapidly fading.

Her already weak connection with these Northern Territory believers was being further weakened.

This subtle sensation made Charlotte feel quite baffled.

If she needed a description or a comparison, it was as if there was an invisible barrier separating these Northern Territory believers from her.

This barrier seemed to be affecting the faith of these Northern Territory believers... and it was remarkably resilient.

"Acting on faith... could it be the Faith Network? Have these descendants of the Free City-State formed some sort of totem-like Faith Network through their long-term beliefs in the 'Savior'?"

"No... it doesn't seem that way, it's not just the faith of these Northern Territory believers, but even the connection between Sebastian and me seems to be weakening."

"No, this isn't just a force against Northern Territory believers, but appears to be a broader-acting power!"

Charlotte pondered.

With this thought, she once again delved into her consciousness, intending to cast her gaze upon those Northern Territory believers through the connection in the realm beyond.

She wanted to see what exactly was preventing the descent of her power.

Charlotte immersed herself in her consciousness and once again arrived at the Dark Night Ancient Castle.

She sat high upon the Blood Throne and once again summoned the Sea of Faith.

This time, she used even more Blood Divine Power to project her "gaze" toward the North.

The representation of the Northern Territory believers flickered faintly, and Charlotte located the "star" representing Astrid and once again cast down her gaze.

This time, she gathered far greater focus, intent on seeing exactly what divine entity was blocking her.

Blood Divine Power bloomed, and Charlotte's vision shifted once more.

However, just as she was about to successfully descend her "sight," that sense of cosmic rejection came again.

"Yes, that's the feeling... it's this power!"

Following the faith connection to Astrid, Charlotte finally pinpointed that interfering force.

This time, with the support of more divine power, she finally saw the true nature of this power.

It was a spell.

No... more accurately, it was a prohibition.

"A prohibition? And it's man-made?"

Charlotte was somewhat astonished.

She narrowed her eyes and then decisively manipulated her divine power, changing targets. She no longer attempted to establish contact with the believers but aimed directly at the prohibition blocking her power and charged at it!

A crimson brilliance blossomed, and Charlotte's divine power collided with the cosmic prohibition.

And then... Charlotte finally saw what that thing was.

It was an immensely vast Magic Restriction, covering nearly the entire Northern Territory.

"Such a strong prohibition! And... it seems specifically against gods, capable of severing the connection between gods and believers..."

"Could it be... this is the reason why the various Churches have suffered setbacks in their missionary work in the Northern Territory over the years?"

Charlotte's expression was one of astounded surprise.

She marveled at the prohibition, unable to imagine what kind of being could create such a vast spell.

"Could it be... gods?"

"No, it shouldn't be gods. If it was the work of gods, they would definitely have used Divine Power instead, then it wouldn't be a prohibition but a Divine Art."

Divine Power is a "higher-level" force than Magic Power.

It would be much easier to cover the Northern Territory with Divine Arts than with a prohibition.

Evidently... this prohibition might not have come from gods, but rather from a Transcendent.

There was a Transcendent, preventing the descent of divine forces into the Northern Territory.

Charlotte quickly made such a judgment.

And at this time, the "Prohibition" seemed to have also detected the intruder.

In Charlotte's perception, she felt a powerful surge of magic power flowing along the Prohibition.

This magic power collided with Charlotte's divine power.

Although the quality was far inferior to Charlotte's divine power, it was far more immense than the divine power Charlotte projected, by relying on the Prohibition.

Furthermore, this magic power was quite peculiar. Although it was not divine power, it carried a certain characteristic similar to divine power, seeming capable of merging with spiritual power.

"So it is... relying on the Prohibition to weave a magic power network that interferes with spiritual power and shields off the probe of divine power."

"The gods project divine power through the void, but the divine power that can be projected is still too limited, without a foothold, they cannot bring forth too much strength."

"In this way... even the gods can be blocked by lower-level magic power."

Charlotte looked surprised, realizing the principle of this kind of prohibition.

The gods need a foothold to project divine power, and the so-called foothold is actually the Believer.

Such a prohibition can sever the connection between the gods and their believers, preventing the gods from projecting strength through the support of faith.

At the same time, by blocking the power of the gods, it can also prevent the gods from further strengthening the foothold, and without being able to strengthen the foothold, they cannot counteract the immense magic power gathered through the Prohibition.

It's quite a closed loop.

"Indeed, it's a very clever spell, but... it still underestimates the gods."

Charlotte narrowed her eyes.

Indeed, it was a very clever spell.

However, such a spell probably could only be used when gods could not walk the earth or had just made a resurgence.

When the gods do not walk upon the earth, their connection with believers is naturally weak, and faith can be easily shielded.

And when the gods have just resurged, their strength is also weaker and can likewise be blocked by the immense magic power of the Prohibition.

Unfortunately... Charlotte was no longer a recently resurgent "god."

As a Demigod who walked upon the earth and had accumulated quite a bit of divine power, the connection between Charlotte and Sebastian was quite close.

Although the connection between her and Sebastian was affected, it was far from that strong.

In other words, by taking Sebastian as a foothold, she could directly perform Divine Descent.

However, Charlotte did not plan to do so.

At least, not now.

Sebastian was visiting the Northern Territory Grand Duchy. If she were to perform Divine Descent at this time, it would almost expose the existence of a god behind Castel.

Although Charlotte was very clear that the existence of a god behind Castel could not be hidden for long, she could delay it for as long as possible.

However, although she did not plan to immediately use Sebastian to perform Divine Descent, she was quite curious about the Transcendent who carried out this Prohibition.

She could not break this Prohibition for the time being.

But she could see who the Transcendent controlling it from behind was.

Thinking this, Charlotte transformed her divine power into a needle, wrapping her spiritual power with it, and traced back along that Prohibition.

With the divine power flowing upstream, Charlotte distinctly felt the pressure of the Prohibition.

Fortunately, she was not aiming to destroy the Prohibition. "Infiltrating" became much smoother instead.

As the divine power was rapidly consumed, Charlotte's spiritual power penetrated deep into the Prohibition.

Following the Prohibition's Magic Circuit, Charlotte traced upstream and quickly located the source of the magic power.

"Found you!"

Charlotte's spirit was invigorated.

She immediately increased the output of her divine power, rushing towards the source of that magic power.

In the next moment, her spiritual power entered the "source," and her vision suddenly changed.

She saw an ancient Divine Hall and within the hall, the intricate and immense Magic Array.

Within the Magic Array, many black-robed Mages were sitting.

At the moment of "seeing" these Mages, Charlotte felt her bloodline almost instantly throb.

Of course, she knew what this meant.

"Bloodline...?"

Looking at those "Mages," Charlotte was greatly surprised.