Chapter 10: The Blue Cardinal
"But although I was expelled from the family, will I be willing to admit defeat and give up revenge on my brother who killed me like this? The answer, of course, is only one word, and that is-" Anthony stretched out a finger and gently shook it in front of Leo: "No! Fortunately, although I have lost the support of the Golden Lion Family, my biological mother is still the eldest daughter of the Prol family, the oldest family in the Spany Empire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 So with the efforts of my mother and the Prol family, I joined the Church of Light, worshiped under the Holy Ascetic Ambrossi and became his personal disciple, and after spending countless resources to please my master and make some connections, I finally got two good news half a month ago. Anthony paused, as if he had been feeling a little mentally exhausted from the long conversation, so he took a few deep breaths before continuing.
"The first piece of good news is that the Holy See has approved my appointment, and I will become a blue bishop in charge of the diocese of Varna in the county of Galogna in the northeastern part of the empire. Hmph, the twenty-one-year-old blue-clothed bishop is not necessarily worse than the heir of the golden lion! Anthony's tone was sour, and it was clear that he was still haunted by being evicted from his home.
There are three types of bishops in the Church of Light, usually distinguished by the color of their clothing, and the most prominent of them are undoubtedly the members of the College of Cardinals, commonly known as cardinals. The second is the archbishop, who has the right to govern a province, commonly known as the purple bishop. Finally, there is the deacon bishop who is in charge of a diocese, the blue bishop as Anthony calls it. Due to the deep roots of the Church of Light in the Spany Empire, a Blue Bishop often has the size and number of believers in the diocese of a Viscount. This position can communicate with the Holy See and directly face the grassroots believers, which is not a prominent but very critical position. All the cardinals in the College of Cardinals have climbed up from the blue-purple-red, so to speak, and it is only from the moment you become a blue-coat that you really take the first step towards a cardinal.
But in any case, even the twenty-one-year-old blue cardinal, who is extremely young and can be called a star of hope, still seems very dull compared to the status of the heir of the Golden Lion family, and Anthony obviously knows this in his heart, and after a few sour words, he continued: "And the second good news, that is, five days ago, when I received my appointment from the Holy See and rushed to my diocese to prepare for my appointment, my dear teacher, the Holy Ascetic, Lord Ambrossi, summoned me, Tell me that he has obtained a holy pill from the ancestors of our church, which will be of great help to my future cultivation, and let me go to Lito Mountain to join him. At this point, Anthony's face suddenly became strange again, and he glanced at Leo with a smile.
"Oh no, this guy is here again." Leo screamed in his heart that something was wrong.
So I immediately changed my route and took Ada to Mount Lito. But the strange thing is that when I came here, in addition to the corpse of my master, Master Ambrossi, and the shocking crater we are in now, I found a magic apprentice standing in front of my master's corpse for a long time, still holding my master's diary. You must know that my master has always regarded this diary as a treasure, and the Shengdan is undoubtedly a treasure not inferior to the diary, so I am sure that he will definitely put the Shengdan and the diary together. So since the diary is still there, it can only mean that the person who killed my master didn't take the holy pill, did it? So isn't it obvious who is in the hands of Shengdan? Anthony suddenly leaned his face closer to Leo, and Leo could even clearly see his somewhat panicked expression in his pupils: "It doesn't matter if the master is dead, just find another one, but Shengdan is just such one, without it, there may be no chance." So you have one last chance, dear Leo, and hand over the Saint-Dan, and I promise to spare your life. ”
However, Leo's panic did not last long before it disappeared from his face, and the apprentice magician, who had already been mentally prepared, threw his head back to keep himself away from Anthony, who was sometimes normal and sometimes crazy, and then let out a long sigh and said, "Is it too late for me to run away now?" ”
"Oh?" Anthony's face changed, and he suddenly smiled: "That's an interesting question." As soon as Anthony finished saying this, Leo felt that his whole person suddenly lightened, it turned out that Anthony had reached out and grabbed the collar on his chest, and with the strength of a fifth-level cultivator, Leo was easily lifted into the air. Anthony's body suddenly appeared a faint, substantial-like golden light, although this light is not very conspicuous but in Leo's eyes is very oppressive, Leo's eyes suddenly a little shivering, as if he is not facing a peer of the same age as himself, but a demon king of the world who exudes monstrous flames all over his body. The magic apprentice's body began to tremble slightly involuntarily—not because he was afraid, but because of the instinctive reaction of a weak creature when it encountered a powerful being. Anthony's voice drifted into Leo's ears at the right time: "Dear Leo, now can you remember where Shengdan is?" ”
Leo sighed slightly, and looked at the already crazy genius in front of him with as calm a gaze as possible: "Dear Anthony, I'm not stupid, since you are willing to tell me such an important secret of the Golden Lion Family, then of course there is only one reason - for you, I am already a dead man, isn't it?" ”
Anthony was slightly stunned, then smiled, "Very well, dear Leo, I must admit that your cleverness and wisdom have been very surprising to my expectations, and I have even begun to regret telling you these things—because then I might be able to take you as my subordinate." But it's too late to say anything, and since you're still so hard-mouthed, don't blame me for using some small tricks against you. As soon as the words fell, a pale golden holy flame suddenly appeared on the palm of Anthony's left hand, this holy flame looked no different from the small flames on the fire, but it was generated by the holy power in the body of the fifth-level divine magician Anthony, and it contained very powerful power. Anthony glanced at his left hand, a very cruel smile pulled out of the corner of his mouth, and then carefully slapped the palm attached to the holy flame on Leo's lower abdomen, his movements were very gentle and slow, as if caressing the white and tender skin of his sweetheart. The flame pierced through Leo's clothes almost without any hindrance, making close contact with the skin of the magic apprentice's body.
"Ahh Leo's body shook suddenly, and a roar of pain came out of his throat.