Shen Sui switched the perspective to Alice's side, and sure enough:

[Ding! You've received a Spell Card: Alice's Deep Water Bomb]

Well, well.

Shen Sui estimated that after Vivian's treasure series, Alice's bomb series would likely be entering his deck.

As he thought this, Alice had already awakened from her dream.

The appearance of Alice's Deep Water Bomb could be said to have directly altered the ecology of World No. 8.

From then on, the humans in World No. 8 finally had a weapon, other than their own great strength, to contend with the ocean.

On the other hand, with Alice's help, Martina finally succeeded in repelling the native merfolk army.

However, as Martina turned back to complete her main purpose for coming to World No. 8, she was dumbfounded.

The reason she came to World No. 8 was to catch some beautiful marine creatures to keep in her room.

But now, looking around, where were the marine creatures to be found?

"Where are my fish? All those big fish?" Martina fell into self-doubt, never suspecting that it was Alice's doing.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Alice, freshly awake, was mustering her spirit to face a new day's work in the most perfect posture. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Once Alice's position as Pope was confirmed, all the various matters within the Master of Thunder's church, which had been shelved, were brought out for Alice to decide upon.

After several days surrounded by paperwork, Alice finally grew impatient and became a hands-off manager, playing hide and seek with the archbishops in Roland City.

But if you think Alice was neglecting her duties, you'd be wrong.

Alice used this opportunity to further strain the relationship between the imperial army and the Master of Thunder's church.

In some sense, for centuries, the imperial army had been an important part of the Master of Thunder's church's military power, serving as its protector and a testament to its faith, while the latter provided ample funds for the former.

If Alice were a normal Pope, she would be glad to see such a phenomenon.

But Alice was anything but normal.

The existence of such a stable relationship was actually a hindrance for Alice.

She had to break the connection between the two to create a gap large enough to accommodate an entire Twilight army.

Of course, Alice's running around could at most accumulate tension between both sides, but without finding a way to trigger an explosion of conflict, the current situation could not be broken.

For that, she came up with a pretty good plan.

Alice went directly to Catherine.

In the eyes of the world, Roland Empire's third princess Catherine was the symbol of nobility and royal power, and she had a natural opposition to the Master of Thunder's church. Now, the imperial army had ostensibly become an extension of the Master of Thunder's church's military force, and even the emperor's orders were less effective than some archbishops'. For Catherine, this was completely intolerable.

Because of the irreconcilable natural opposition with the Master of Thunder's church, when Alice chose to run for Pope, Catherine, fully aware of Alice's true identity, even backed her up, allowing her to take the position smoothly.

At least in this matter of undermining the Master of Thunder's church, Alice and Catherine could maintain unified opinions.

And in such matters, Catherine was someone with ample theoretical experience, and quickly, she and Alice devised a perfect plan.

["Huh? Are you going to overthrow your own father?" Alice said in surprise as she looked at Catherine's plan.]

["He is my father, but before that, his identity should be as the emperor of the empire. Yet he keeps compromising with the church, continually selling out the empire's interests," Catherine said. "To me, this man, whether as a father or as an emperor, is unqualified. The education I received tells me that unqualified people should not stand in that position."]

["Alright, I'll cooperate with your plan," Alice said, putting the plan in her bosom.]

[Alice sought Catherine's advice on commanding troops.]

[After hearing Alice's quandary, Catherine didn't know what to say: "You really want to completely wreck the Master of Thunder's church, don't you."]

["So, is there any good method?"]

["Ah, there are many such methods," Catherine said. "As long as you appropriately relax control, those greedy priests and knight commanders will take the initiative to complete the task for you."]

Nowadays, the frequent clashes and even wars between the major churches are not without reason.

These churches were originally rebuilt on the ruins of Twilight of the Gods, and after Vivian and Shen Sui's attacks, most of the elite church priests were almost dead, and many churches had to conscript strong workers to fill the church during reconstruction.

In a sense, today's churches are crooked from the very roots.

Originally, the church hierarchy's control was strict, and priests could only decay secretly. Now, if Alice relaxes the control, these greedy priests will certainly recklessly rush towards their demise.

["Maybe by then, your soldiers that exist on paper may not even exist," Catherine said to Alice with a smile.]

[Alice's eyes grew increasingly dazzling.]