@@praisingintensifies4446 But wait. There were 10 elites, plus Marianne's ancestor, which makes 11, plus Nemesis, making 12. But for some reason Marianne's ancestor had two relics, and Edelgard modified one so that she could use it with her Crest of Seiros so in total *there are 13 relics that currently exist, and 13 people have crests compatible with those relics, but it doesn't matter because there are copies of the relics* and according to Verdant Wind, all the elites are zombies, they face Nemesis *and he better watch out, even if he tries possessing Dimitri, Edelgard will not hesitate* Further more, two of the 13 will not be present for the battle between Claude and the crusty old bastard's elites, them being Maurice (because he's a mad man) and William because he betrayed Nemesis BOOM these worlds are connected
Saying it’s a special\hidden crit basically means the same thing. It’s hidden in the way that this interaction is extremely rare and won’t happen in normal play. The only way Claude can even fight a church member is if he’s and enemy or criting in literally chapter 1 in the mock battle.