509 508. Bard & Blood

"Sylvester…The Pope is missing!" 

It felt as though the earth vanished from under his feet. Sylvester lost his focus entirely and woke up in Prince Jinn's chamber. But he wasted no time reestablishing the communication and speaking again. "How? When did this happen? Is he alive?" 

"We don't know…Something happened to him after he returned from Beastaria to deal with Niel's supporters. We haven't seen him since the day he made the announcement to excommunicate fifty thousand Clergymen and hang them for heresy." Sir Dolorem answered. 

Sylvester thought about what could have happened, but there was no way to understand how a Supreme Wizard could be defeated without causing a kingdom-destroying level of damage to the environment. 

"Who among the Sanctum Council remains?" He asked.