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Tumishan Palace.

It was already a mess, the precious porcelain vases and furniture were shattered, the wallpaper was covered with scorch marks, and even the hard marble floor was now pitted, full of cracks and defects.

Most of the papal guards who were guarding here had already suffered casualties, and the few survivors were also surrounded.

Many of the people around them were court guards who guarded the Forbidden Palace with them.

It's just that as soon as the enemy attacks, the defenders on the periphery who are not part of the Holy See system will defect, although their leaders are generals of the Holy See.

Surrounded by the remnants of these Holy See's defeated generals, is a **** person who still looks charming. The man was dressed in the cardinal's ornate vestments.

This vestment can't be worn without staying up for a long time and not having enough connections.

So this woman can't be thirty or forty years old on the outside, at least seventy or eighty.

Divine magic is indeed magical.

At this point, the beautiful woman was bleeding from the corners of her lips and was sluggish, looking even more embarrassed than the Templars who were protecting her.

"Ms. Frida. His Majesty the Emperor has been rescued by us, and you, as a cardinal, should have been a man of great wisdom, but now you still want to continue to aid and resist to the end? ”

The speaker was dressed in a plain black cloth robe, with long brown hair neatly groomed down to the ankles, and a handsome face with a peaceful expression.

There was no trace of fireworks in his tone.

This man was none other than the old monster mage Grande.

During the day, he had just made a big fuss in the temple, and it seemed that he had been defeated and fled, but it was only night, and he led people into the palace again.

The middle-aged woman sighed when she heard this: "If it weren't for those arrangements that should be familiar with me, you wouldn't have won so quickly." ”

Not necessarily. The gap between the two of us is too far. You are no match for me. ”

The black-robed mage said very bluntly.

The woman smiled bitterly and said, "...... I don't know when such a young talent has appeared among the mages loyal to the royal family, and I am indeed no match for you. But you just defeated me and robbed the Emperor, after all, this city is in the hands of His Majesty the Pope, do you think you can escape? ”

The black-robed mage also smiled and asked rhetorically, "Escape?" Why run away? ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

"Didn't you hear the bell ringing from the Holy See just now?"

"Is it ......?"

The cardinal's face changed: "Did you make it up?" ”

"That's right."

The black-robed mage smiled and said, "By the way, there are ten cardinals in the entire imperial capital, and three of them have been 'missing' so far. Of the remaining seven, five of you, in addition to Your Excellency, are members of our generation. Finally, I've got a red-haired friend to 'persuade' him, and I guess word will come soon......"

At this point, the black-robed mage suddenly paused for a moment and made a gesture of listening.

After that, he nodded at someone and resumed his speech: "The latest news - there are now four people whose whereabouts are unknown. I don't know if you've made a decision? ”

It seems that while the two were talking, another high-ranking cardinal was plotted.

The woman's expression was complicated: "If I surrender, will you promise not to kill me?" What are you going to do with us? ”

"Kill you? If I had made the decision, I might have killed you just to prevent future troubles. I don't have to explain so many things to you now. But I have a pact with others, as long as Lady Frida asks someone from your faction to cooperate with our actions, not only will that person keep you safe, but you will still be able to maintain the same position of power as before. ”

Hearing such favorable conditions, the beautiful woman was silent for a while, and said, "Since the general trend has gone, then follow your advice." ”

She dropped her staff.

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A white meteor streaked across the night sky and was thrown towards the Holy See district.

Seeing that he was almost at his destination, suddenly, a dazzling green light shot out from the oblique thorn, silently piercing the shell forged by the "Meteor" holy light.

The "Meteor" seemed to lose momentum all of a sudden, and quickly planted downward, just falling into the canal that passed through the city.

A slender figure soon appeared near the scene.

With pale blonde hair, indigo eyes, and a green life-like longbow, the whole person has an indifferent temperament, which is the former White Elf Ranger Alfalfa.

She stared thoughtfully at the flowing water.

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That meteor is naturally Charles I, who has just broken out of the encirclement.

He had been protected by the radiance of "divine grace", and theoretically there were few things in the world that could hurt him.

It's a pity that he ran into alfalfa.

And the light of the forest in her hands.

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West side of the Holy See district.

Belfry.

The Sympathy of the Bell Tower is a chapel.

It is a building made entirely of white marble, and is made of 49 huge stone pillars to support a large space that can easily accommodate thousands of people.

The front row seats in the chapel were quickly filled.

Most of the people who came were priests of the fifth rank or above, and they were already considered to be the leading figures in the entire Holy See.

Before the arrivals of those who should have arrived, the doors of the chapel were closed.

A tall, thin old man with a white beard and beard staggered to the podium under the protection of many Templars.

Some of the people below have begun to whisper.

It was not His Majesty the Pope or First Cardinal Asa who presided over the assembly, but this tall and thin old man.

That is, Cardinal Brontë, who has been hiding at home lately.

What is even more strange is that not only His Majesty the Pope and the First Cardinal are nowhere to be seen, but even their cronies, as well as the other cardinals, have not been seen.

It's weird.

As soon as the cardinal spoke, everyone was taken aback.

"The oracle, Charlie White, for his unforgivable sins of usurping in the name of God the Father, is removed from his office as pope, wanted throughout the country, and succeeded by the saint Wende Lee. This metaphor. ”

The discussion exploded.

- How could such a ridiculous thing happen?

But there are such things as angels descending to earth and the Father appearing, maybe it's not so strange?

Especially in the minds of those who are sympathetic to the royal family, this is true justice.

And those who were frightened soon found that many of their colleagues around them had a calm face, as if they already knew what was happening.

These people are all celebrities around the cardinals of the imperial capital.

Then, the men heard the sound of neat footsteps and armor colliding.

It turned out to be more than a thousand Templars and cathars.

They have surrounded the whole chapel.

The people who had just questioned and discussed it all closed their mouths.

The same is true of those who claim to be most loyal to the Pope.

At this point, everyone has a consensus.

-- Maybe it's going to change.

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"Good."

The old man on the rostrum saw that the audience was gradually quiet, and knew that he had mastered the situation.

He nodded behind him, and two young men, a man and a woman, walked in.

The man was very handsome, dressed in a white priest's robe, and his whole body was full of brilliance, like a god descending to earth.

The woman was young and beautiful, dressed in an ascetic robe, but her expression was a little shrunken for some reason, and she pulled the man's robe with her left hand and did not let go, as if she had been mentally stimulated.

It was the "priest Wende" and the ascetic girl Camilla.