Chapter 714: The Beginning of the Election - The Temple of the Ascetics

Over the next few days, although Leo and Cheedo searched for all the information related to the Entropy Demon, the Entropy Demon and his Vengeful Brotherhood seemed to have completely disappeared, and there was no movement.

After all kinds of searches were fruitless, Leo's side could only temporarily stop operations and wait for the day when the pope would be elected.

"I don't believe that when that day comes, this entropy demon will be able to continue to hide underground like a mouse?" Leo said viciously to Cheeto.

Time flew by, and Election Day finally arrived.

It was a sunny morning, and the sun shone brightly on every corner of the Holy See City, making the city shine like a pearl perched on the plain.

Leo walked out of the door of the Inquisition, today he was wearing a set of red monastic robes that only cardinals are qualified to wear, this set of monastic robes is specially tailored for Leo, not only the materials are very precious, the cut is also quite decent, the neckline is made of magic silver mixed with pure gold trim shining in the sun, the whole person looks extraordinarily spiritual, even the face with a little childishness is suddenly set off by this dress to become much more mature.

Morata had been waiting at the door for a long time in the carriage, and all the important people on Leo's side were also gathered at this moment, Dandrien, Duke Habs, Cheetos, Viscount Juan, Bella, and hundreds of elite members of the Inquisition.

Of course, not everyone will come out with Leo, for example, Dandrien, Viscount Juan, and Bella were left at the headquarters of the Inquisition, so each of these three people said a word to Leo who was prepared.

The first is, of course, Dandrien: "Boy, do a good job, take back the position of the Pope, and you will have achieved all the things you promised me." ”

Leo nodded earnestly, "No problem, my lord." ”

Then came Viscount Juan: "Leo, if you become pope, how about me and Her Majesty's children recognize you as a godfather in the future?" ”

Leo: "No problem, if you can convince Her Majesty." ”

Finally, it was Leo's lover Bela, and the beautiful girl princess held Leo's hands a little nervously and worriedly, and the concern on her pretty face couldn't be hidden: "You must be careful." ”

Leo smiled and kissed the beautiful woman in front of him lightly: "Don't worry, wait for me here, your man will return with victory." ”

"Out!" The whip exploded in the air with a crisp sound, and hundreds of guards from the Inquisition slowly left with the carriage in their arms.

In addition to his usual old partner Cheetos, there was another person in the carriage, that is, the Duke of Habs, who participated in this election in the name of Her Majesty the Empress of the Spanne Empire.

Although Leo seemed full of confidence before he came out, he was actually a little nervous in his heart, but fortunately, the old fritters Duke Habs was keenly aware of this, and talked about a lot of light-hearted topics along the way, which made Leo's mood a little more relaxed.

After half an hour's journey, Leo and his entourage arrived at the site of the papal election, the Temple of the Ascetics.

The Ascetic's Temple is the base of the ascetic line in the Holy See, because the Palace of Synnielet was bombed into ruins by Dandrion and Bishop Gavin in the previous war, so it is impossible for the place of the papal election to be held in the Palace of Synnylet, and the ascetic line has always been known for its quiet and inaction, so it is natural that the Ascetic Temple was chosen as the location of this meeting.

On the periphery of the Ascetic's Temple, a thousand heavily armed knights of the Knights of the Wings of Light had set up early in their formation, forbidding all unrelated people from entering.

As the only formed and neutral armed force in the Holy See, General Biedrins and his Knights of the Wings of Light were the obvious candidates to maintain the security and order of the meeting.

It is worth mentioning that the person who commands these thousand Knights of Light Wings is not General Biedrins himself, but the general's number one favorite general, Foster, who has also dealt with Leo several times in these days.

After some inspection, Leo, Cheeto, and Duke Habs stepped into the ascetic's hall.

Although the name bears the word "temple", the temple of ascetics is actually nothing more than a small two-story building, and the hall on the first floor is the place where this meeting will be held.

The layout of the main hall is very simple, a long table almost the same length as the hall, dozens of chairs arranged along the sides of the long table, and a row of chairs for the spectators at the edge of the hall are all the utensils that can be seen as far as the eye can see, so simple and simple that it is very much in the style of the ascetics.

There were already a lot of people seated in the hall, but compared to the number of chairs, there were not many people sitting on the chairs, which made the whole hall seem sparse.

To be honest, even a church in a remote mountain village in Varna would have had a larger number of people than the pope election, but it was such a small number of people in this hall who were able to decide and witness the birth of a new pope.

The Church of Light belongs to every believer of Light, but the papal throne at the pinnacle of the Church has always belonged to a few people who hold power firmly.

Leo took a brief look, and now in addition to the three of himself, only five cardinals and three old men in white ascetic robes sat in the seats of the participants next to the long table, and there were only a few people sitting in the row of chairs watching the ceremony, all of whom were high-ranking church leaders who did not weigh power at all or even had nothing to do with the word power.

A thought suddenly sprung up in Leo's mind that perhaps the Entropy Demon was hiding among these people.

Leo could feel many eyes scanning over his body, many of them were kind-hearted, but there were also a lot of ill-intentioned eyes, Leo snorted softly, glared back without showing weakness, and then all his eyes disappeared in an instant like shadows exposed to the sun, as if they had never appeared.

"A bunch of timid things!" Leo sneered and took his seat at the long table, as today's candidate, of course Leo would not sit on the side of the audience like Duke Habs.

"Bell, bell, bell!" Just as Leo was seated, the big wall clock hanging on the wall suddenly rang, and the nine bells represented the arrival of nine o'clock in the morning, and even more importantly, the time for the election.

When the bell was gone, the ascetic who sat on the top, who looked to be at least ninety years old, with a wrinkled face and old age spots, stood up tremblingly, and this ascetic who looked as if he had been blown down by the wind was the most respected ascetic of the day, and the nominal leader of the ascetic lineage, whose name was - Hemias.

Leo had long learned from the materials of the Inquisition that the ascetic line cultivated not strength but faith, so the leader of the ascetic line was not the most powerful person, but the longest ascetic and the most determined faith. However, looking at the drooping and decrepit appearance of Jaimes, it is obvious that the position of the leader of the ascetics will be changed in a few years.

Jaimes opened his mouth with almost all his teeth gone, and said indistinctly in a leaky voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come, and the election of the papal council begins now." ”

(End of chapter)