To the southeast of the Jeiz district of the city of Rusalam, there is a wide paved square. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Regardless of the season, morning or evening, the square is always filled with pilgrims kneeling in prayer.

The object of prayer is the smooth rock wall at the end of the square.

"Mo, that's the beginning of the Viadore Rocha Way."

At this moment, a handsome man in a white priest's robe and a little brown-haired girl came to the edge of the square.

It was the night moon and the silence.

After they left their dwellings, they came here in disguise.

Mo is also used to it.

Every time Yeyue incarnated into the "Sage Form", she would change her appearance - dark hair, change the color of her eyes, and change her face shape.

Although it is similar to the original every time, it is difficult to see that people who don't get along day and night.

The two were obviously late.

Now the front of the stone wall is crowded with people.

The people at the back of the line in the square also wanted to get up close and personal with this stone wall. So people had to line up and take turns praying in front of the stone wall.

Mo calculated a little, and it was their turn to line up, maybe it would be night.

But Night Moon doesn't seem to be planning to wait.

When she doesn't pretend, she always hides in the dark and calculates the conspiracy, but when she becomes "Wende", she is how conspicuous she comes.

I saw that this handsome priest in white robe suddenly floated up in the air with the beautiful little girl beside him, the brilliance on his body flowed, a pair of wings of light loomed behind him, and a crown of light with golden light appeared above his head, holding an angel among the gods and mortals.

The crowd in the square was originally devout Illuminists, and many even thought that the Father had appeared, and bowed their heads and prayed endlessly.

"Wende" didn't explain, smiled and greeted, flew over the crowd's heads, and went straight to the stone wall.

The silence in her arms, although she was still silent, but at some point her face was flushed.

The stone wall soon arrived, and the people who were still caressing the stone wall and praying just now spontaneously got out of the way, and the white-clothed priest was not polite, and just landed there, standing still, and the holy light of his body was still flickering and flowing.

People don't know what he's going to do or who he is. But if you dare to make such a big battle in such a place, you are definitely not mortal.

For a while, there were people who prayed, there were people who bowed, and those who were more knowledgeable thought that he should be a strong priest, and they came up to try to set it up, and the scene was a little chaotic for a while.

But "Wende" just stood still with a smile, flashing light, not moving, as if waiting for something.

Soon, an old man in a shabby linen robe, with a furrowed face, and a dirty body covered with dust, suddenly appeared in front of the stone wall.

The old man had a sad expression on his face, his clothes were shabby, and there were no ornaments on his body, he really looked like a poor tenant farmer in the countryside.

But someone in the crowd recognized it.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. DeWeis?"

"Who?"

"Mr. Devesh, Cardinal Emeritus of the Holy See, is said to be as powerful as His Majesty the Pope."

"Is that him? Didn't he spend his days studying the theology of enlightenment on the Wall of Woning? How did it come out of the Viadore Rocha Way? ”

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The old man turned a deaf ear to the cacophony of chatter, and just stared at the crown of holy light above Yeyue's head, and said, "Are you the new anointed?" I've been waiting for a long time, so I'll do it. ”

"The Anointed".

Hearing this word, it still came out of the mouth of the old man named Devis, and the people around him who were originally talking in a whisper blew up.

People stared at the black-haired priest in shock, and this time even the person who had just wanted to talk to him now wanted to bow down.

Because in the Holy Light Empire, the term "anointed one" has always been used to refer to only one kind of person - "the emperor of the heavenly king".

According to the laws of the Holy Light Empire, except for the emperors of previous dynasties, anyone who dares to falsely claim to be an "anointed one" can be directly sentenced to hanging.

If Wende is called "anointed," these people may laugh it off or scoff at it.

But now the one who speaks is Devis.

Cardinal Emeritus of the Holy See, the most powerful user of divine magic, and the most faithful servant of God the Father.

There is even a legend that this old man was actually supposed to be the pope of this year, but he was willing to give up this pope in order to stay here and serve the father.

This is a quasi-saint.

What does the word "anointed" mean when it comes out of his mouth?

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"Okay."

Under the watchful eye of everyone, "Wende" responded to the old man's invitation with a humble and gentle smile.

The old man nodded, turned and walked towards the stone wall.

"Sage Wende" kept smiling, pulled the beautiful little orc, who still looked a little dull, and followed.

In a flash of light, the three of them disappeared into the stone wall.

Outside, a stunned crowd was left behind.

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"We ...... Walked through the stone wall? ”

The little orc seemed to have just come back to his senses, and his face was surprised.

"That's right, the real Viadorle Rocha Road is behind the stone wall just now. In fact, people who know the way to enter the path can enter by themselves without being led by others, and when their magic reaches the professional level. ”

"Wende" didn't wait for a conversation, but the old man spoke first.

Yeyue glanced at him unexpectedly, thinking that maybe the old man was not as unapproachable as he seemed on the outside.

As if to understand Yeyue's thoughts, the sad old man continued: "Since you are the new 'anointed one', it is my duty to explain the situation here to you. ”

There is a cave behind the stone wall, and the space is extremely vast.

There are still many people inside, not as crowded as outside, but there are hundreds.

Most of them wore ragged robes similar to those of the old men, and they all looked like ascetics. But there were also a few people dressed in a variety of outside costumes, and there were no ascetics who came to drive them away.

Some of them meditated with their eyes closed, some muttered to themselves, some danced with their hands, some waved their weapons indiscriminately, some lay on the ground in a circle and observed something, and some stood in groups of three or five by the wall. All sorts of things, like a bunch of madmen in a mental hospital.

"Those who voluntarily swear to become ascetics may stay for as long as they want. The rest of the people are here to exchange their time. Or hard labor, or money, or some vows. ”

Seeing that the little orc looked at those people with a curious expression, the old man took the initiative to explain again.

He glanced at Wende, who was always smiling, and said, "Of course, this is not limited to those who are anointed. ”

In addition to the "madmen", there were a few other people, who looked like normal people like the three of Yeyue, and most of them were wandering around at this time, and when they noticed Devis coming in, they came up to salute, and when they heard the word "anointed", they were as shocked as the pilgrims outside.

Especially when they saw this high-status old man personally explain things to "Wende" like a tour guide, and this white-clothed priest didn't even ask at all, which made them even more suspicious.

You know, though the old man is putting it lightly, these people want to stay either as ascetics who swear to abstain from money, power, and even lust, and to take on the duty to protect the holy city, the people, and the religion of God; Either they will have to bear ten or eight years of hard labor, or they have already paid thousands of gold dragon coins.

This is a very heavy price.

The ascetics also have the coarse clothes, coarse tea, and coarse food provided by the Holy City, while those outsiders who are reluctant to spend the world of flowers, let alone a "tour guide", no one pays attention to it, no one even provides saliva, and every once in a while, they have to go out of the cave to forage for food.

The rich and the nobles were fine, and there were servants waiting outside, ready to serve at any time.

Ordinary people, on the other hand, even have to find a place to boil water and cook by themselves, which greatly delays their cultivation.

Who is this handsome priest in white clothes and black hair?

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In the little orc Mo who accepted the attention of everyone with "Wende", he keenly felt a lot of complex emotions at this time.

Such as envy, surprise, greed......

Even, hate.

But when she was with Yeyue, she would encounter these things more or less, and she was more or less used to it.

The little orcs even ignored the people around them, and looked at the "crazy people" outside from afar.

She was a little curious: "What is the use of this 'road' that makes many people crazy?" ”