Chapter 998: The Essence of the Holy See
The sky was gloomy, and the dark clouds seemed to be wrung out of water.
On the desolate slopes of Northern Ireland, a shepherd drives a dozen goats, and no matter how the outside world changes, the people here seem to remain as they have been for hundreds of years.
And, strangely enough, here, not a single monster is visible.
Of course, it has something to do with the great human counterattack to expel the demonic beasts from the territory, but even in London, the center of Europe, there are still dormant demonic beasts in a dark corner.
Here, however, it was so silent that no panicked beast roar could be heard.
A small, ruined monastery stood on the hillside, and the howling wind swept through the monastery and collapsed most of its stone walls, and a desolate smell arose. Under this gray sky, this small monastery seemed to be everything, old and dilapidated.
Dressed in a white robe with gorgeous gold patterns embroidered on it, Landis and a few of his subordinates honestly got out of the car five kilometers away from the monastery and walked up the hill step by step.
The door of the monastery is extremely rudimentary, nailed up with broken wood, and there are already dozens of holes, large and small, which have completely lost their function as doors.
Walking into the courtyard and looking at the small cross in the tower, Landis whispered, "What a bunch of weird fellows who gave up their high positions in the Holy See and ran to this kind of place to torture themselves. ”
As he spoke, he turned around and instructed a few subordinates, "Don't open your mouth for a while, I'll talk to the people inside, you..." Aren't qualified to talk to them, do you understand? ”
Several referee subordinates looked at each other, the status of themselves and others in the Holy See is also remarkable, is there anyone who is not worthy of talking?
Landis no longer paid attention to his stunned subordinates, carefully pushed open the door, and led his subordinates in, the moment he stepped through the door, Landis's face also had a look of reverence and solemnity.
In the monastery dining room, twenty priests sat around a shabby table, each with a bowl of water in front of him, followed by a saucer with three or five green leaves, and then a small slice of black bread.
That's all!
Sitting at the top of the long table was a middle-aged man with white hair in a shabby black robe, who was at least nearly 100 years old judging by the color of his hair and beard, but judging by his appearance and skin color, he was still a middle-aged man with good energy.
The priest prayed in a low voice: "Thank God for giving us food..."
Their priests also closed their eyes and prayed silently, their ages ranging from young to old, but the youngest looked to be over half a hundred years old.
What a quirky bunch.
Landis walked in without knocking, because he didn't have to, the door to the restaurant was long gone.
Seeing the priests praying at the table, Landis had to stop, and reluctantly stood aside with his subordinates to wait.
After a long time, the priests had finished their prayers and began to enjoy their lunch quietly, except for the priest who was sitting at the table, looked at Landis and whispered, "Excuse me, what are the commands?" ”
Landis bowed down respectfully and whispered, "Lord Brando, I haven't listened to your teachings for a long time, are you okay?" ”
He stole a glance at Brando, and was horrified to find that Brando's eyes were as boundless as the sky and the sea, so clear, so unmixed, and not even emotional, as if they were an ocean that could swallow everything!
Brando showed a hint of a smile: "Landis, are you Landis?" Oh, I remember, you were still the clerk of the referee in Lonan back then, right? It's been a long time. ”
"Lord Ronan is now the chief referee, Brando!" Landis explained.
Several of Landis's subordinates trembled, God, when Lord Lonan was still a referee, what age was it, and what was the origin of the old man in front of him?
Brando slowly brought the leaves to his mouth, then ate the bread and drank the water.
Including the other two dozen priests, it was as if they were nothing.
Landis frowned slightly: "My lord, we are in big trouble, the demonic beasts of the other world have invaded the earth, and the rise of powerful enemies in the east..."
Brando shook his head slightly: "No, Landis, when the people here left the Vatican, they swore that they would never take up arms again, weapons are bloody, and God wants us to touch the world with love... All these years we have been repenting of the killings of the year, and the affairs of the Holy See should be unfinished by young people like you. ”
Landis said eagerly, "But my lord, without your help, we would not have been able to accomplish God's will. ”
Brando whispered: "No, Landis, you have to believe in God, as long as your faith is strong, under the guidance of God, there is nothing invincible in this world." ”
Landis lowered his voice: "Because of the intervention of the East, the ancestor of the blood clan is about to awaken, and when the time comes, we will face the attack between the dark forces and the East, my lord, are you willing to watch the dignity of God be defiled by the dark forces?" ”
Brando was stunned for a moment, "The Ancestor of the Blood Clan has awakened? How is it possible, it was God himself who sent down the power to seal it in the first place, without the power of God, it is impossible for him to awaken, is it because you have turned your back on God's guidance and lost God's favor? ”
The other priests looked at Landis in amazement.
Landis explained: "My lord, the current world is not the world it used to be, the immortals of the East are about to descend, the ancestors of the blood clan of the West are about to awaken, and there are also Greek false gods, heresies in South America, we are already facing enemies on all sides, and," Landis gritted his teeth and threw out a bombshell news, "The Holy Son has come out of the Divine Paradise. ”
The exclamations were loud, and all the priests, including Brando, looked at Landis in horror, and Brando exclaimed, "The birth of the Holy Son? It can't be, except for the great war a thousand years ago, the Holy Son never came, Landis, you are lying. ”
Landis fell to his knees and said loudly, "I swear by my soul and faith that everything I say is true, Holy See, and there is indeed a danger lurking in danger. ”
Brando was stunned, then shook his head blankly, looked at his companions around him, and whispered, "Partners, do you remember our oath?" ”
The other priests nodded their heads: "We have given everything to God, pursued God's thoughts here, and never stepped out of here again." ”
Brando said in a deep voice: "Landis, powerful enemies are not terrible, the Holy Son will guide you to defeat them, stick to the faith in your heart, and will be omnipotent." ”
Damn, if I really believed you, I would have been torn in half by the alien race lurking in the dark.
Fortunately, His Majesty knew that these old diehards would come up with such a move, otherwise it would be wasted at the risk of going deep into the hinterland of the Blood Clan.
Landis looked at Brando, without saying a word, he directly took out a golden letterhead, and said in a deep voice: "This is the will of the current Pope, ordering the former inquisitor Brando to return to the Vatican... As clergy, no one can go against the will of the Pope. The will of the pope represents the will of God, do you want to turn your back on God? ”
Brando paused for a moment, looked at each other with his companions around him, and shook his head helplessly, "Then, we obey the will of the Pope, let us repent for three days, and we will leave here and return to the Vatican." ”
Landis smiled smugly, "I'll go back with a few adults, so I won't disturb your cultivation." ”
Walking out of the convent, several subordinates asked Landis, "My lord, who are they?" ”
Landis glanced at them and said in a low voice: "They are all ascetics who have abandoned the high positions of the Holy See and devoted themselves to penance, Lord Brando was the chief inquisitor three generations ago, and the others are also people who voluntarily gave up the position of cardinal archbishop or even cardinal, hum, when I first entered the Holy See, they were all incomparably brilliant big men..."
Landis said proudly: "This time the Crusade, Your Majesty remembered them, these old monsters who are cultivating all over the world, will respond to Your Majesty's order and return to the Holy See, their power, hum..."
At the same time, the same scene played out all over the world, groups of old monsters who had retreated in the Holy See returned to the Holy See one after another, and for a while, the Dark Council that was about to move was quiet, and it did not dare to provoke the Holy See, which had become extremely powerful because of the addition of ascetics.
And at this moment, under the attention of the whole world, Jiang Tian killed two strong enemies, and completely became the patron saint of Huaxia, the Heavenly Supreme, and became the first person in Huaxia.
Compared with the boiling and shock of the outside world, Jiang Tian was unusually low-key, accompanying his parents in the capital, and as for the aftermath, naturally the country came forward.
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