Pope Nicholas didn't intend to make a move, he looked coldly at what was happening in front of him. In terms of quantity, the Dark Council has an absolute advantage, but in terms of quality, the Holy Sect is all well-equipped high-level transcendental. In this kind of battle, letting low-level transcendents participate is just sending them to death, but the Dark Council is still pouring out, with a life-and-death posture.

The bloodworm began to arch towards the nearest building, which lit up with a light that seemed to be protected by a protective shield, keeping the bloodworm at bay. But as the blood worms hit again and again, the light dimmed a little. On the other side, the Green Flint Giant clenched his fists in both hands, striking the buildings quickly and violently, the dimming of the light a little faster.

Nikolai turned his head to look at the towering obelisk in the center of the square, which stood firm despite the numerous blows between the two sides.

The Vatican's square is called St. Peter's Square, and it can accommodate 500,000 people. The square is surrounded by 4 columns with a total of 284 Doric columns, on which are 140 saints. The obelisk in the center of the square comes from Egypt in 1935 BC, and was transported to Rome by the Roman emperor in 37 AD, where it was first placed in the hippodrome. In 1586, the Pope ordered the obelisk to be moved to the center of the square, and it is said that more than 900 workers, 150 horses and 47 lifting devices were used to complete the relocation project in more than five months. For centuries, the high obelisks, oval colonnades, and patterns on the ground in the square have been regarded as Catholic holy relics, symbols of Catholic allegories, and they have attracted hundreds of millions of Catholics and visitors to make pilgrimages or meditate.

No one knows exactly how well the Vatican is defended, as it has never been attacked in history. I am afraid that only the Holy Popes know the true power of the Vatican.

At this time, Pope Nicholas had a fierce look on his face, since the 16th century, after the Vatican's "Holy Kingdom" was built, no one dared to invade this place again. The "Sacred Kingdom" is a large array of stone pillars and obelisks, but it has not been opened for hundreds of years. Now it's time for the world to see the Vatican for what it really is!

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Mount Sinai, in a cave above St. Catherine's Abbey.

Hoffman was still worried about the ongoing war in the Vatican, "Parliament Chief, what do you think the chances of our Dark Council will win this time?"

A trace of pain appeared in Victoria's eyes, "You should ask how many of our Dark Council can survive." ”

"Don't you think we're going to win?"

"Yes, the only way to win is for us to rescue the Prophet as quickly as possible. The longer it drags on, the greater the loss of the Darkling. ”

"Why can't we win? Lei Gong Yupo alone can hold them down so many transcendental. ”

"Because we are fighting in the Vatican. ”

Victoria fell silent, and everyone turned their eyes to her, waiting for her to continue.

"As you know, since the beginning of human history, all that has been recorded is war. Dynasties change, one king falls, and another rises. We are still alive and well, I am the 36th King, and my great-grandson is now the 40th King. But have you ever thought about it, the pope in the Vatican is already the 267th, they are the longest-standing organization in this world, and how can we imagine their heritage? The Vatican is their lair, how can we take it so easily?"

When everyone heard this, they fell into deep thought, remembering the history of the "Pope" and the "Vatican".

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[The word "pope" originally referred to the supreme priest of polytheism concurrently served by the emperor of the Roman Empire, which at its peak had an area of more than 5 million square kilometers, spanning three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa.

From the end of the 4th century, Roman lords took advantage of the decline of the Western Roman Empire to seize the opportunity to plunder the land. In 555 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire regained all of Italy, and Justinian the Great (Emperor) granted de facto rule over the city to the Bishop of Rome. The Bishop of Rome declared himself "Pope" and built St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Palace, with the addition of the Carolingian Palace in the 8th century.

Later, in order to thank the Pope for helping him seize the throne, King Pepin of the Frankish Kingdom (present-day France, Germany, Italy, etc.) sent troops to Italy twice in 754 and 756 to defeat the Lombards, and in 756 he gave the city of Rome and its surrounding areas to the Pope. Later, the power of the pope expanded, and the "Papal States" appeared in central Italy, with the pope as the monarch and Rome as the capital, with a direct territory of more than 40,000 square kilometers. In 1377, the Vatican Palace became the main residence of the Pope.

1The Vatican Library, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Walls were built in the 15th century. The reconstructed St. Peter's Basilica was the largest building of the Italian Renaissance between the 16th and early 17th centuries. Italian Renaissance celebrities such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael participated in the design, construction, and decoration of these buildings. The Vatican has a large collection of rare works of art and books from the ancient Greco-Roman period, and has also become a center for the political and religious activities of the papacy.

In the middle of the 19th century, the gradual unification of Italy began, and in 1861 the Kingdom of Italy was established, and the existence of papal territories was threatened. The development of modern science and culture and the rise of socialist ideas and movements have brought the Roman Catholic Church to an unprecedented crisis. To strengthen the authority of the pope, Pius IX (the last pope to be a secular monarch) convened the first Vatican Council in December 1869, attended by more than 700 bishops and senior religious figures from Europe and beyond.

After discussion and debate, the conference adopted the "Creed of Faith" in 1870, which opposed the "fallacy of modern rationalism", adhered to the dogma of the Catholic tradition, and adopted the creed of "the Pope is infallible", advocating that the power of the pope is divine, higher than that of the synod, and enjoys universal and supreme religious jurisdiction. At the time of the meeting, the Kingdom of Italy occupied Rome in September 1870, and the Sanhedrin adjourned in October.

When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, Napoleon III repatriated his troops stationed in Rome, allowing the troops of the Kingdom of Italy to enter Rome. The unification of Italy was officially completed, and the Pope was forced to retreat to the Vatican Palace in the northwest corner of the city of Rome. Since then, successive popes have been hostile to the new Kingdom of Italy and have even forbade the faithful to participate in the public office of the Kingdom of Italy. In the same year, Italy recovered the other areas occupied by the papacy, eliminating the Papal States, and the papacy was stripped of its secular powers.

On February 11, 1929, the Italian government of Mussolini signed the "Lateran Treaty" with Pope Pius XI. Italy recognizes the Vatican as a sovereign state, and its sovereignty belongs to the Pope. It was stipulated that it would become an independent city-state from July of the same year, and the full name of the country would be Vatican City-State. The Vatican is a permanently neutral country, and its territory is sacrosanct. This treaty formalized the dispute between the Holy See and the Italian government that had been going on for many years. During the Second World War, the Vatican remained neutral in accordance with the Lateran Accords, when Pope Pius XII was the Pope.

Dejurely, the Papal States, which had lasted for 11 centuries, officially came to an end on February 11, 1929, and were replaced by the Vatican City State. The Vatican City State has its own currency, postal, telecommunications, and civil institutions, and is a theocratic system.

It was also in that year that the transcendents of the Holy Sect faded out of people's vision, and together with other transcendent organizations, the current situation of the transcendent realm was gradually formed. 】

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The Vatican, the place where one-sixth of the world's population is concentrated, seems to have sheltered the foundations of the Church. No matter what the church goes through, it is always there, like the truth. Countless artists have added ink and color to it, what is so special about it?

At this time, the four high priests of the sun, moon and stars were floating in the four corners of the square, and they did not participate in the battle, but stood in the air and bowed their heads in prayer. Pope Nicholas flew directly above the obelisk with the Scepter of Light in his hand, and likewise, he closed his eyes and began to pray......