The power of faith is powerful and endless.

The construction process of the Holy City is the best commentary on this sentence. Hundreds of thousands of believers doubled the size of St. Caesar's city with their bare hands after ten prayer years, and then spent another ten prayer years to build the current holy city, which is the western side of St. Caesar's city. In the heart of the city is the majestic Vatican Basilica.

The Vatican Basilica is the residence of the Pope and the holy place of the Holy Church, but its history is only more than 2,900 prayer years. At the beginning of the establishment of the Holy Church, the Holy Land was not the City of St. Caesar, nor was it the Vatican Basilica, but it was only moved here after hundreds of years of development.

The Papal Room is located on the periphery of the cathedral, but nominally, it is also part of the Vatican Basilica.

At the door of the second conference room of the Papal Chamber, Cardinal Eugene was pacing anxiously with his hands behind his back. There was a rush of footsteps, and a minor monk stepped forward quickly.

After the little friar stood still, he gasped and said, "Your Excellency, Archbishop Terry of the Holy Punishment Hall has entered the St. Alexandria Corridor, and he will be there soon. ”

Eugene nodded slightly. "I see, you go down, I'll wait for him here. ”

The sunlight slanted in from the east side, shining small patches of light and shadow on the floor tiles, and the beams of light made the dust drifting in the air nowhere to hide.

A rickety old man approached closer and closer, and finally stood beside Archbishop Eugene, just blocking out the light that was shining in.

"Waiting for me?" said the rickety old man.

"It's all here, and it's up to you. "Archbishop Eugene is no longer anxious.

"What are you doing in such a hurry, I'm a person who is about to enter the ground, and it's normal to slow down. ”

The rickety old man was none other than Old Terry, the first consul of the Holy Punishment Hall, and he complained unhurriedly at this time, completely ignoring Eugene's statement that a room full of people were waiting for him.

"It's so big, how can we not be in a hurry. Let's not talk about it, let's go in and talk about it. ”

The two pushed the door in, and the dozen or so people who were already sitting in the room immediately looked over. When it became clear that it was Old Terry, Duke Agato in the crowd burst into rage.

"Archon Terry, Archamy Oss attacked and killed my son Adrien ten miles outside the city last night, so blatant and heinous, you must give me an account today. ”

"Why did he kill Adrien, don't you know?" Old Terry's eyelids narrowed, as if he was about to fall asleep.

"That's different, the matter of the scavengers before, Adrion has been punished by the Imperial Criminal Department and the Holy Sect, one crime cannot be counted, and Oss has no right to punish others in private, if he has any objections, then he can appeal, to the Imperial Criminal Department, to the Holy Sect. However, he must not kill himself because he thinks someone is guilty!"

Duke Agato was very angry, he would never let Oss go today, not only about the killing of his son Adrien, but also about his face, and the face of the Wettin family to which he belonged. If someone kills the family's first heir and survives, then the prestige of the Wertin family will be gone, and many of the family's vassals and allies will gradually drift away from the family.

In the face of Agato's fierce questioning, Old Terry rubbed his eyes and replied lightly. "Then I'll let Oss pay a fine like Adrien at the beginning. ”

"Impossible, how can two scavengers compare with the noble bloodline of our Golden Family, not to mention that I won't agree, none of the heads of the Twelve Golden Families will agree. ”

Duke Agato was telling the truth, although many of the other eleven golden families were enemies of the Wettin family, when it came to the interests of the entire noble group, they would definitely be enemies.

"Tell me, what do you want?"

"Blood Debt and Blood Repayment"

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure!"

Old Terry found a chair and sat down, and stood still, feeling a little tired. After sitting down, he looked up at Duke Agato, who was still angry, and suddenly laughed.

"Then what else did you call me for, that is, to inform me that you want to pay for my life, the only candidate for sainthood in the Holy Punishment Hall? Do you know what the two tokens that Oss chose are?"

Of course, Duke Agato knew what those two tokens were, the "Second Bible" and the "Staff of St. Peter", which had already spread throughout the city of St. Caesar, and it might not be long before it spread throughout the Holy Empire, and then throughout the Epic Continent.

St. Peter, there are too many halos on him, in the Holy Empire, in the Holy Religion, the importance of this name is second only to the God of Light for believers.

Duke Agato knew all these things, but at this moment, he couldn't back down. The glory that the family has accumulated over thousands of years, even if he presses everything, he will try his best to maintain it.

His Majesty St. Peter is admirable, but I am sure he would never allow the man who committed such a crime to go unpunished. ”

Old Terry ignored him, but turned his head to look at Archbishop Eugene, and asked, "Eugene, you are the first consul of the Pope's Hall, and the Imperial Criminal Hall and the Holy Cult Inquisition Hall are also present today, what do you think of this matter, let's talk about it." ”

Archbishop Eugene nodded, and then said, "Yes, we are gathered here to discuss what to do, so let's do it, Marquis Ruiz and Archon Lando will share your opinions." ”

"Our Criminal Department has always followed the laws of the Empire to punish people, and Os's killing of Adrion is a serious violation of Imperial law, so our opinion of the Criminal Department is that it must be punished severely, and I agree with Duke Agato's idea. The chubby Director of the Criminal Department, the Marquis of Ruiz, spoke his opinion righteously, but as he spoke, his small eyes from time to time looked left and right at Duke Agato and Old Terry.

Lando is the fourth consul of the Inquisition, and this matter actually has little to do with their Inquisition, but the Pope's name requires the participation of the personnel of the Inquisition, so there is no way, so he came here.

At this time, Landor heard Archbishop Eugene call him by name and let him express his opinion, and his mind raced, thinking about the intention of the Pope's move, it was obvious that the Pope absolutely did not want to see the Pope's Hall and the Holy Punishment Hall conflict, so he let the neutral Inquisition Hall participate, so it was convenient and muddy.

So, Lan Duo Shi Ran opened his mouth and said: "My opinion, everyone is a believer in the God of Light, and when it comes to accountability, both parties are at fault, and after all, Oss is the patron of the miracles sent down by the God of Light, I think it will be punished a little, but it is not appropriate to sentence Oss to death." ”

After both of them finished their opinions, Archbishop Eugene immediately spoke: "The opinion of the Archon of Lando is still very pertinent, and I have the same opinion as him. But Oss is indeed bold, otherwise I think it is better to hand Oss over to the custody of the Inquisition, and temporarily detain him in a living prison as a severe punishment, what do you think? ”

After finishing speaking, Archbishop Eugene glanced deeply at the Marquis of Ruiz, it seems that the wise and martial Alexander the Great also wants to muddy the waters.

"What do you say, Duke Agato?"

"Your Excellency, Adrien can die, but the glory and dignity of the Wettin family for thousands of years cannot be trampled on at will. If the Empire and the Holy Sect can't give the Wei Ting family an explanation on this matter, our family will ask the Holy Punishment Hall for an explanation on its own. Agato smacked to his feet and knocked down the chair behind him.

Eugene frowned, Agato disagreed, that matter was still tricky. But before he could open his mouth to persuade again, old Terry spoke.

"You can try, our Holy Punishment Hall has Baoding Os. ”

"Try it, just try, our Wertin family will not suffer such humiliation. Duke Agato said as he walked out the door.

"Stop"

Archbishop Eugene yelled, temporarily stopping Agato, who was about to throw the door away. In fact, he knew that His Majesty the Pope's real thoughts were to let it go, and he just had to act like it today. But as the first consul of the Pope's Chamber, he has always said the same, and today he put down his identity to mediate this matter, but he was completely ignored by both sides, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"Honorable Archon Eugene, please help me convey to His Majesty the Pope the devotion of our Wettin family to the God of Light and to the Holy Religion, which has always been a staunch supporter of the Holy Religion. However, this matter did touch the bottom line of the Wettin family, so the two thousand knights of our family have begun to rush to Cyril Mountain. I also hope that the Holy Sect can understand the bitterness of the Wettin family, we will only target Oss alone, and will never commit any offense against the others, and the family knights will only be stationed at the foot of Cyril Mountain, we will not use force, but will stay at the foot of the mountain until the day when the Holy Punishment Hall hands over Os. I also hope that Archon Terry will understand our Wettin family. ”

Duke Agato's words were low-profile to the other forces present, expressing friendship and submission. At the same time, he also indicated that the Wettin family would use force to force the Holy Punishment Hall to hand over Os, and the garrison he was talking about was actually a siege.

Agato knew very well in his heart that His Majesty the Emperor was very happy to see himself jump out to stir up the wind and rain, and the Pope's side has never been very kind to see the Holy Punishment Hall, and today's mediation is actually for the believers to see. The two Majesties would not obstruct their actions, so he would not take the Holy Punishment Hall without any force in his eyes.

In the face of Duke Agato's provocative words and disdainful gaze, Old Terry also slowly stood up. At this moment, he was no longer rickety, his body was straight, and then he spoke.

"Is there no one in the Holy Punishment Hall to bully us? I hope there are enough knights in your family. ”

In line with his words, seven thick bells rang from far away.

Dangdang, endlessly.