When the sun gradually moved to the west, it crossed the top of the Basilica of the Holy Cross, illuminating the side wall of the Basilica of the Holy Cross as if plated with a layer of gold, like a golden palace, making the "Temple" in people's hearts more brilliant and dazzling, although the top of the mountain still blows a gust of wind, the heat does not stop the storm of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Joseph told him and Bishop Albus in "detail", and the story in which he did not mention the encounter with "Silver Wolf" and Alice, but changed the story to - when he and Bishop Albus found that the church in the small town of Hokwera had been destroyed, Bishop Albus used secret methods to track Alice's dark breath, and arrived at the luxurious princess, but found that it was not Alice, but the story of a large number of vampire resurrections, which was discussed as early as the time of the Isles of Scilly, so there was a draft, And Joseph also repeatedly repaired the loopholes in his words in his heart, so that in the absence of proof, this statement can be said to be flawless.

The Pope pondered for a moment and asked, "What about the little girl?" ”

Joseph concealed: "As for the bishop, he was killed by a vampire, so even I don't know where the girl named Alice is." ”

The Pope continued: "That means that since the burning down of the church where Safi Meadows was hiding, you have been tracking the dark aura wrong, and to a cruise ship full of vampires, right?" ”

Joseph didn't expect such an old pope to think so clearly, but this is the crux of the matter, if Bishop Albus tracked wrong, then needless to say that it was impossible, it directly proved that he was lying, because with Bishop Albus's specialization in holy arts, it would not be wrong, so Joseph had to say: "No, because the dark aura tracked by Bishop Albus at that time showed that the girl named Alice was on that ship, so we went on a cruise to find it, But not only did we encounter vampires, but we also had a huge tsunami that the Bishop had turned to dust in order to protect us. ”

The Pope said to himself, "Since it can be determined that the girl is on the ship, it means that she is either buried at the bottom of the sea or saved by the people in the British seas, and there are only two possibilities." ”

Joseph was silent, his heart was shocked, who would have thought that this pope would be so difficult to deal with, and that so many things could be analyzed through these circumstances.

The Pope seemed to be thinking about something again, and the hall fell silent again.

Joseph reminded: "Your Holiness, please hold a memorial service for Bishop Albus, and please avenge Bishop Albus, it was the enchantress on the ship who killed her." This was one of Joseph's purposes when he returned from this trip, so that he could use the power of the church to avenge Bishop Albus.

The Pope commanded to one of his attendants: "Go and bring the cardinal over at once, and say that I have something important to discuss." ”

One of the attendants on the far left gave an order and pushed the door open.

The Pope's voice suddenly became much kinder, and he said to Joseph: "I feel very sorry for the sacrifice of the white cardinal, tomorrow I will hold a special ceremony to pray for him, he has only one disciple like you all these years, so tomorrow I will declare you his heir, but your virtue is not enough, you need to work harder for the church, and at this time the search for the witch can be ended first, because the girl's whereabouts are unknown, but the witch you said will create vampires, We, the Holy Cross, must capture her, and then I will send someone down the holy mountain with you to deal with her, and if you have done a great job in this line, I will consider making you a white cardinal, the youngest bishop in history. ”

Joseph knelt to the ground and said gratefully, "Thank you, Your Majesty the Pope." ”

The Pope stood up, approached Joseph, patted his head that was being raised, and said, "All right, it's already noon, you can go down first, and let Father Camp arrange your diet and living for you." ”

When the Pope sat down again, he pressed a red button embedded in the throne, and in a moment Father Camp had pushed open the door to the hall, and Joseph stood up and bowed to the Pope before exiting the Pope's hall with Father Kemp.

Joseph followed Father Camp out of the pope's quarters, and then twisted around to some of the houses that looked like hotel rooms, which must have been the residences of the disciples who had been living here for research.

Coming to the door of a room with the house number 56, Father Kemp, who was silent along the way, turned around and said: "This is a temporary guest room, you and Father Masters live here today, Father Masters is more familiar with this place, you can walk around with him when he comes back in a while, I still have to be on duty, so I can't accompany him more." ”

Joseph hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, then I won't send Father Kemp." ”

Father Camp waved his hand and walked back the way he came, without looking back.

Joseph pushed the door in, and the room was surrounded by white walls, with only a small window at the top of the opposite wall letting in sunlight, and only two beds were made very clean, except for a small refrigerator in the corner, there were no other appliances, and in the bedside table of the room was a pot of plants that Joseph could not name, which was bringing a little green and moisture to the boring room, which of course could not be the same as a luxurious hotel suite. Because this is a place for ascetics or disciples to practice, all the facilities related to materialism are not set up, but it is indeed a good environment for cultivation, and there is only a sense of tranquility in this small room.

As soon as Joseph was seated on the bed, Father Master pushed the door open and entered, and saw Joseph saying; "I heard that Father Camp arranged for you to be here, so I came right away, and now that it's past lunchtime, can you wait until the evening?"

Joseph said, "Thank you, Father Master, I don't want to eat now, it's okay." ”

Father Master came over and took Joseph's hand and said, "Go, I'll take you on a tour of this place." ”

Joseph did not look closely at the place when he came in, so he readily agreed.

Out of the room, Father Masters took Joseph along the way to wander around the ancient and palace-like Cathedral of Santa Croce, which was built in the style of Greek columns and Gothic domes, all of which showed the luxury facilities that took a lot of manpower and material resources to build, which was in sharp contrast to the disciples' lounge, and they came to a huge pillar, on which was carved a statue, in fact, the huge pillar supporting the corridor was accompanied by such a statue of life, It seemed that they could come to life at any time, to become angels, goddesses, legendary warriors, and each statue had a legend behind it, and Father Master apparently did not know the meaning of these statues carved according to the story, so he did not explain them, but just took Joseph around to see them.

The Basilica of Santa Croce is basically a pedestrian corridor, and there are colored windows every ten meters on the corridor, so that the stone floor of the church is bathed in a ray of sunlight filtered through the colored windows.

While watching with Father Master, Joseph casually asked as he walked, "Father Master, do you know what kind of cardinal he is?" ”

Fr. Master walked side by side with him and replied: "The cardinal has not been in and out of the Holy See very often, and according to my knowledge, there are three major bishops in the Holy See, namely the white cardinal, the cardinal, and the orange cardinal, and the white bishop is the Bishop Albus, and he doesn't seem to like living in the Holy See, so the white bishop has moved to the chapel at the foot of the holy mountain, and the orange bishop is the Bishop of Cirio, who often presides over the festivals here, because the Pope is not always able to pray for people. So normally, it's the Lord Orange who does the work. ”

Father Master paused and continued: "As for this cardinal, he doesn't show up often, and his whereabouts are extremely secretive, but everyone here knows that he is the most favored person of the Pope, but because his deeds are not so prominent as the Lord White, so the person who is most likely to inherit the next pope is the one who is popular with everyone. His Holiness the Pope will administer justice to Bishop Albus. ”

While Father Master was still lamenting, Joseph had already learned that Father Master didn't know much about the bishop's hierarchy, because he didn't even know about the Bishop of Blue, Safi Meadows, and only thought that there were only three bishops in the Church, which also proved that when the Bishop Mast left here more than ten years ago, he had not yet come to the seminary, but he said something about the cardinal, which made Joseph somewhat general about the identity and authority of the other two bishops.

Before they knew it, they came on foot, the center of the nave, which had not been carefully viewed when they came in, the ceiling of the room was hung with golden chandeliers, rows of benches were neatly placed on both sides, the walls around were painted with murals composed of cherubs and white doves, the roof was a typical large dome, and there was also a mural of the archangel turning around a golden sun, and at the end of the hall there was a cross and a statue of St. Jesus standing in front of it, which meant liberation, Behind the statue is a fresco of the loving Mary holding the infant Son in her arms.

Father Master and Joseph came to the statue of liberation, Father Master crossed his hands and closed his eyes and prayed silently, Joseph also prayed sincerely, and finally Father Master opened his eyes and said, "May God be with you, Amen." ”

Joseph also chanted, "Amen." ”

There are rules for dining and resting in the Basilica of the Holy Cross, dinner at 17:30 in the evening, and rest and sleep at 20:00, and because the building is on the top of the mountain, there is high air pressure to make people feel tired, and new people will not adapt to it, so it is early to go to bed and get up early, all kinds of advanced communication equipment and information can not be used here, and the believers living here live an isolated life, of course, only in this way can we screen out distracting thoughts, and classify the soul as the most natural and purest state of cultivation. And those who are able to come here do not think of it as a torment, but as a place of supreme honor and the closest thing to God in their hearts, a temple in their hearts, a place of admiration by all.

The next day, the sky was clear.

For the first time, Joseph saw the rising sun in the Basilica of the Holy Cross, and when the sun slowly rose from the east and shone on the entire Basilica of the Holy Cross, the entire Basilica of the Holy Cross was bathed in warm sunlight, as if it had been coated with a layer of gold paint, making it even more magnificent and magnificent.

His Holiness the Pope gathered a group of close congregants and personally held a solemn ceremony in the central hall for Bishop Albus, in which the Pope, accompanied by the cardinal and the orange bishop, ascended to the pulpit to recite the prayer, and Joseph was also a disciple of the white bishop, and then Joseph met the other two bishops, the cardinal looked at least 40 years old, but he looked very young because of his dark complexion, he was dressed in a red and gold robe, and wore a red and gold-trimmed priest's hat. This man has a round face, looks amiable, a pair of round eyes under the thick eyebrows are not angry and arrogant, a round nose with a high nose bridge, thick lips, a short brown beard on the chin, a slightly chubby figure, but a straight back shows that he has a rough and heroic spirit, respectfully following the Pope, but until now his name is not known.

Orange Cardinal Cirio and Cardinal stand side by side, wearing an orange and gold patterned robe, wearing an orange and gold-rimmed priest's hat, because the whole body is dominated by yellow **, so it looks more eye-catching in a group of black believers, this person has a ruddy complexion, fair skin, eyebrows have some white eyebrows, has a pair of blue eyes, a high nose and lower lips are a little thinner, no beard, Gu Pan is quite arrogant, because he often presides over festivals, Therefore, his prestige in the general mind is second only to the Pope, and he is a high-ranking person in the Church, which is completely different from the low-key performance of the cardinal who has rarely appeared and the deceased white cardinal.

After chanting the prayer, the Pope publicly announced Joseph as the successor of the bishop, but also expressed that because Joseph was not worthy of virtue, he was only a temporary candidate, which let many people know that there was a chance that he would be directly elected as the bishop.

The Pope then said solemnly: "The great news brought by Joseph shows that the cardinal is harmed by evil things, yesterday I ordered the seminary scholars to study carefully, this evil thing may be the legendary monster more than a hundred years ago, as for what she is, only when we fight with her will we know, our Holy Cross Church's original doctrine is to destroy all demons and monsters that endanger mankind, and fight against the erosion of darkness, and now the evil thing has reappeared and killed the white cardinal, and I now order you to eradicate this demon girl and purify the world. ”

The Pope said: "Cardinal Dallaire and Joseph went down the mountain to destroy the enchantress, and Joseph must listen to the cardinal's instructions in all actions, I have studied countermeasures with him yesterday, you only need to cooperate and help from the side." ”

Joseph and Cardinal Dallaire looked at each other, and Joseph replied, "Yes." ”

The Pope also named: "Messal, Duron, Carter, Jossen, Slade, Thomas, the six of you are my disciples, and you can also go down to the Holy Mountain this time to experience, the main task is to continue to complete the unfinished task of the former white cardinal, search for the witch Alice, be sure to bring her back to the Holy Mountain to be tortured, yesterday I personally divined, the girl is still in the world, and the dark aura on her body can still be tracked away with your strength." ”

Behind the Pope, six men in black robes suddenly knelt down and said in unison, "Yes." ”

The Pope then added: "Now I give you the hair of the witch who was used for divination, which she left over from her childhood, so that you may be more sure that you will find her." The Pope turned and gave his hair to the six disciples.

Joseph was shocked in his heart, secretly thinking that he was going to deal with the witch with the cardinal, and the six disciples sent by the pope must have amazing means, and Mark would definitely be in danger, although he mobilized the cardinal to take revenge this time, he thought that Alice could save the day, and let the pope dispel the pursuit of Alice's whereabouts, who would have thought that the pope kept Alice's hair for life index divination, and the magic of this divination is that As long as it is the divination of the things on the body of the person as a guide, you can know whether the other party is alive or dead, because in the secret art of divination, it is believed that there is a connection between life and life, so especially the things on the body of the diviner, through this divination can immediately sense whether the other party's life is active, although Joseph does not understand divination, but also understands the principle, life index this kind of divination is still the simplest divination, advanced divination can even accurately predict the future, thinking of this Joseph was confused for a while, How do I inform Mark about that kid?