With both the Black-Coated Society and King Hope evacuating Roma on their own initiative, Kemar and Benedict's plans to visit the graves were dashed in an instant. Pope Damasus weighed it up and decided to leave with Richard. Because he knew that even if he had a supernatural power like the prophet Cyril back then, it would be a fool's dream to confront the Mind Flayer head-on. The top-secret message passed down by the popes today does not seem to be an illusory religious prophecy, but a real warning of the end of the world.

Damasus reminisced about his experience: "There must be a great secret under the ancient monastery of Corial, near the city of Greed, and the terrible sound that I heard with Benedict and others back then was probably made by the Mind Flayer." Those deadly traps are not so much about taking lives as they are about warning the world away from the more horrific evils below. Pope Clement is the only one who has personally used the relics of the Prophet, and his story and what happened after him are certainly not ordinary. At the moment, the situation in the city of Roma is complicated, and it is impossible to have time to study this. Rather than give up halfway, it's better not to move for a while. ”

Kemar left with the Black Robe Society, and Benedict had to report to the Pope, who had not wanted to inform him about the cemetery of Clement, but Damasus took the initiative to bring it up, and Benedict expressed a little of his thoughts: "Your Majesty, I think that Clement and the Prophet Cyril seem to be doing their best to hide something, they were so famous and radiant in life, but they were unusually low-key after death, as if to prevent people from remembering them. Although we in our liberal arts doctrine advocate this practice, I think there must be some other reason for this. ”

Damasus nodded and did not speak.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if you have heard of the legend of the Dessert, it is an unsolved case about the mysterious disappearance of the Orente Empire. The people of Dessert called Orint Noha, and they lived east of Orint and had no contact with our Empire of Guvion, so they didn't know anything about each other. Because of its location between our two countries, the Orient Empire hid from its neighbors on both sides, saying that it was the only country that stood side by side, thus allowing it to possess great trade wealth. Such a large and wealthy country has been targeted by the Mind Flayer in the blink of an eye, this creature is brain-thirsty, and it especially likes to eat human brains, because this monster is extremely intelligent, and humans are the head of all spirits on the ground. After some deliberation, the Mind Flayer succeeded in controlling the Emperor of the Orentt Empire and his important ministers, toying the entire empire to applause, and finally causing this powerful country to collapse and disappear from the stage of history. ”

Damasus listened and recalled something, and he said with a serious expression: "I heard this matter from the five reviews of the Black Robe Society, although I have heard about it before, but I didn't want to understand it in depth, I just thought it was a fantasy, but I didn't expect it to happen now." I only wonder why the Mind Flayer would destroy a good and stable source of food? The Orlingt Empire has a large number of people and a vast territory, and now not only are the buildings empty, but even the originally fertile land has gradually become uncultivable and barren. It doesn't seem reasonable for the Mind Flayer to do this. ”

"Your Majesty, do you think there is anything else in this world that can compete with the Mind Flayer?" Benedict saw that Damasus did not smile.

"I'm afraid it's only the ancient guardian dragon of the elven legend. When the elves were prosperous, dragons were their objects of worship and protectors, and dragons participated in several world wars between elves and dwarves. Although the number of dwarves was not as large as that of the elves at that time, they were all burly and strong, and they could be ten by one, and if it weren't for the participation of the dragons, I am afraid that the elves would have declined earlier. But these things are too old after all, since we humans stepped onto the stage of history, elves and dwarves have all declined, and dragons have almost disappeared. ”

"Doesn't the Holiness know the legend of the Hiccup Dragon Tavern in Roma?"

"That was more than a thousand years ago, and we can't use legends as shields. ”

"There are legends that are false and true, and it seems that the matter of the Mind Flayer is very likely to be true now, so maybe this dragon clan may also exist. ”

Damassus did not follow his train of thought, but was worried about another question: "Emperor Deliotus has been looking for our erudition. There is a good chance that the Mind Flayer will be exploited by him, and there are too many secrets left behind by our prophets and Pope Clement, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. ”

"The Holiness is worried that His Majesty the Emperor is pushing the Mind Flayer on our heads? The best thing to do now is to prove your innocence by taking action. ”

"It's not easy to say! This trip to the north was originally intended to take advantage of the momentum of seizing the city of Roma to promote the prestige of our liberal arts, but the change in the middle was really unexpected. The appearance of the Mind Flayer disrupted all the arrangements. For now, I am ready to evacuate with King Richard, with the help of the golden cicadas of the port of Banderol of the Dessertes. Our Holy See does not have a natural island location like the Hope Kingdom, so we can only rely on the time and people. Emperor Defot will inevitably turn his face and punish him when he learns that we have abandoned the city, and now it is time to put it to the test. It is a test for you and me, and it is even more a test for Valentine, who is struggling to support the Holy See in the southern part of the empire. ”

"Your Majesty, although Valentine is young, he is wise and brave, and he will definitely be able to cope with the next situation. We have many followers, and the emperor does not dare to do anything openly. ”

"Even though there are many believers, someone has to mobilize them to form a force. Roma City was supposed to be the most important part of my plan, but the appearance of the Mind Flayer disrupted the whole plan. The Holy See has no foundation, and it is always hard to speak, and it can only be in a passive defensive position forever. ”

"Your Majesty, you just mentioned the elves, why don't we move on to this idea. Once King Richard arrives in Hopeland, let him arrange for us to sail south from the waterways to the Elven Queen, inform the Mind Flayer about it, and find a way to deal with it. ”

Benedict's thought made Damasus's eyes light up, and he finally smiled a little and said: "This can be considered, but the elves have always disliked outsiders to approach, and they are very wary of foreign races, not to mention seeing the queen, even in the forest, it is very difficult to find a place for them to live." ”

"Have you forgotten, Your Majesty, that when I was in distress in the graveyard of Greed, I was lucky enough to survive thanks to the help of an elven druid. We can go with the help of this old acquaintance. ”

"Elven druid, elven druid," Damasus repeated twice, "it reminds me of something. Druids are in the wild all year round, and can transform into a variety of forms, so their minds are not necessarily controllable by the Mind Flayer, which is a good idea. ”

Just as the Pope was groaning, Cardinal Lando rushed over and said: "Your Majesty, King Richard told us to leave as soon as possible, although the Black Robe Society allows us to use the port of Banderore, but after all, this road is someone else's territory, if it is delayed for a long time, and something happens, it will not be cost-effective." ”

When Damasus and Benedict heard this, they immediately interrupted their thoughts, and after a little tidying up, they set off together.

Lando knew that Benedict had an extraordinary relationship with the Pope, and although the bald old man was just an ordinary secular monk, not a cardinal, his abilities, his character, and his friendship with Damasus all made Lando admire.

Along the way, Lando became the most talkative person among the people in the Holy See, he asked this and that one after another, his unabashed temperament was fully revealed, Benedict mocked knowingly: "Here are all the bosses and people, close to the elderly, you are really an old naughty boy, it's a pity that no one can match you!"

"That's a bad thing!" said Lando, pretending to be mysterious, leaning into Benedict's ear and whispering, "Don't you know his little secret that you have been working with His Holiness at Fort Salat for many years?"

"What's the secret?"

Landor saw that Damasus was talking to Richard about something, and it was impossible to hear his words, so he smiled boldly and said: "His Holiness is also sad about the beauty pass, Valentine is his illegitimate son!"

"What?" Benedict thought he had misheard, or that Lando was joking, "you can't talk nonsense!"

Lando was anxious, and when he saw that people didn't believe it, he immediately raised his voice an octave: "This is a secret that everyone in our Holy See knows, but no one has broken it." ”

As soon as this sentence was finished, everyone on the side asked in unison, "What secret, why don't we know?"

Benedict hurriedly said: "This old man is not serious, and you don't know it, spread out." ”

Lando was also taken aback, for fear that he would be impulsive and expose the Pope's affairs in broad daylight. This kind of thing is fine when it is spread in private, but it can be a cause for endless problems in public, not only affecting the Pope's own reputation, but even endangering the future of the Church.

Lando hurriedly pretended to be honest, and his original impatience coupled with the image of an old naughty boy made everyone laugh. Some people's personalities are like this, when they treat official affairs, they are as serious as a block of ice, and when they deal with private affairs, they are not the same thing as a hippie smile. They are naturally scheming and never think about themselves. The Holy See is everything in Lando's heart, and no matter what you do, the Holy See is the criterion. He can speak his mind outright, he can look at heretics and heretics with an angry eyebrow, but as long as he is his friend, he is the kindest and most interesting person.

Benedict muttered in his heart: "How can Valentine be the illegitimate son of the Pontifical? Lando, is he just talking casually? Isn't every man able to escape the debt of love? whether he is the emperor or the Pope." ”

Find out what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.