Chapter 56: The Last Gift
For a month, there is only one month between the announcement of the church and the royal family and the holding of the light ceremony.
The Kayadir Empire had twelve provinces, and including the capital Tria, there were thirteen cardinal archbishops in the Empire.
Except for Minho, who temporarily took over as Pope, the other twelve cardinals rushed to the headquarters of the Trian Church as soon as they received the news.
Among them, the cardinals in those remote places did not dare to delay for a quarter of an hour, although the church had bird messengers to deliver the news, but the time was still very tight.
In particular, the three principalities attached to Kaiadir, these three principalities also believe in the god of light, and there are also churches of light in the country, but there are only three cardinals in each principality, and when something happens, it is up to the three cardinals to decide on their own.
There can be only one Pope, this is the second iron law of the Code of Light.
Three principalities, nine cardinals, who knew the news even before the Duchy Crown, were only told when the Duchy mission wanted to leave with the church personnel that the bishop had already left.
In this regard, the royal families of the three principalities can only set off alone, and nothing has happened, not to mention the same faith, the Kaiadil Empire has big fists and sharp swords, this is the truth.
Two of the principality's missions were led by the chief ministers of the cabinet and the prince, and of course, whether there were any secret expressions of dissatisfaction was known only to the royal family itself.
The other was that the king himself went to Tria with the mission, and on the contrary, this principality was the most powerful of the three, but this king was a devout follower of the god of light, so he decided to go in person.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed, and the treetops of Tria have begun to grow green, and the flow of people is increasing at a rate visible to the naked eye every day, and the hotels and shops in the city can be said to be making a lot of money.
In fact, it only took less than fifteen days, and there was no spare space in Tria, and even ordinary residents cleaned their extra rooms and used them for rent temporarily.
Most of those who arrived later were in good condition and were able to make connections and could enter the city, while those who were less connected but more affluent lived in carriages or sheds outside the city.
And those who have nothing to do with and are not wealthy, even directly spread a roll and a few bags of dry food, and settled outside the city.
Neither the royal family nor the church interfered too much in this, except for increasing patrols in the city every day, and then sending people to supervise and manage the order outside the city.
And these cassias were also seen in his eyes, and the huge power of faith even made him frightened for a while.
Not only that, due to the excessive power of faith, his sea of knowledge has also changed again, and the power of faith, which was originally only fused with the power of life, is now slowly infiltrating into the sea of knowledge.
Although the process was slow, an idea had already popped into Cassia 's head.
With the continuous growth of the power of life, the space of the sea of knowledge will continue to expand, and the power of life comes from the soul, and now the power of faith has begun to merge with the sea of knowledge.
"Perhaps...... The kingdom of God has fallen......"
Cassia lowered his head and muttered to himself, then helped the long knife with a foot of one meter and two three meters on his waist, and walked into a hotel.
Temple of Light
Alena sat on her knees with her eyes closed, thinking over and over again about the process of formulating the ritual and passing it on, not only to pass on the divine arts, but also to spread the glory of the gods.
In order not to disappoint the god of light, not to disappoint Pope Calando, and to repay her teacher for her sincere teachings, Alena told herself in her heart: "I must do my best. ”
On her right, Sophia, who was kneeling and closing her eyes, was three points of prayer, three points of thanks, and four points of doubt.
Needless to say, prayer is all a gift from the god of light, gratitude is for cassia , and Sophia also has some deep feelings for this teacher.
As for the doubt, Sophia still hasn't figured out what the teacher's words mean.
"Sophia, you're Alena's only lock......"
Sophia frowned, thinking that a teacher is a teacher, which is too difficult to understand.
On Alena's left-hand side, Ferrante, who was wearing knight's armor, was a little impatient, on the one hand, he still missed his teacher very much, and on the other hand, his father had recently talked to him again, hoping that he could persuade his eldest brother not to do any justice for those poor people.
"Yes...... Sophia is also poor. ”
Ferrante replied to his father so, and then ...... And then there was no then.
The three of them knelt down for a while, and then the newly appointed Pope Minho entered the main hall, and the three of them got up and signaled, and heard Minho say:
"Alena, the list of the first batch of imparting divine arts has come out, you can see if there is anything that needs to be modified. With that, Minho handed over a note.
For Minho, although he is the pope on the surface, he still has great respect for Alena, this is the chosen one, and the gift of divine magic is also of epoch-making significance for the entire church, and even for all mankind.
So much so that it is not an exaggeration to say that Alena is more important than him, the interim pope.
Once, before Carlando died, Minho suggested that Alena should be declared a saint.
But Carlando refused, on the grounds that there was no precedent for this, and since the female pope was already a threshold, she should not do anything superfluous in advance, and sometimes it would be detrimental to her growth if she laid the foundation too much.
Alena looked at the names on the note, the first batch of people to be given divine magic was a total of 25, including 21 cardinals, and 4 heads of the Holy Knights at the church headquarters.
The clergy who have acquired the magic will return to their respective places of responsibility after the ritual and continue to spread downward, but the number of personnel must be strictly controlled.
Alena nodded, handed back the note, and said calmly, "One is missing." ”
Minho looked puzzled.
"You forgot to write about yourself, Pope Minho. ”
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Five days later, in the morning, Tria was so full that so many believers poured into Tria that at the end of the day, the patrol, at the behest of the Church and the royal family, had to close the gates of the city and inform them that miracles could be seen outside the city as well.
But this did not stop the people from going crazy, and the people inside the city crowded towards the site of the Church of Light, and those outside the city took the place closest to the city wall as the most sought-after spot.
Everyone wants to be able to get closer to the gods, hoping that they can hear the voices of the gods and feel the breath of the gods.
At the church headquarters, everything was arranged, just waiting for the sun to slip overhead.
Finally, at noon, at the signal of the clergy who were in charge of observation, the huge horns on both sides of the high platform of the church began to sound deafeningly, and the standby personnel in various areas of the city, after hearing the sound, also ordered the horns to be sounded.
For a moment, the whole of Tria was enveloped in the majestic and huge sound of the trumpet, which even those outside the city could hear clearly.
Countless worshippers in the city stopped, their eyes shining in the direction of the church, waiting for the ceremony to begin.
On the side of the high platform, there was a slightly lower platform, which was specially prepared for Busse I, the duchy mission, and the nobles of the empire.
The majestic horn sounded three times before finally stopping, and then, in the midst of countless eyes, the three of Alena, Sophia, and Ferrante with serious faces walked onto the high platform.
In front of them were Minho, the open-faced pope, and behind them were 21 cardinals dressed in red robes.
With piety and humility on their faces, everyone quietly followed behind the three teenagers and girls.
Minho, who was the first to stand, first said hello, sang the praises of the god of light, remembered the deceased Carando, and finally told everyone that although the church had lost an elder, it had welcomed three saints, who were the patrons of the God of Light and the inheritors of the power of the gods.
Without further ado, Minho knew that he was not the protagonist of today, and after a few more casual words, he invited the three of Alena to the front.
Dressed in a holy white robe, Alena walked to the front of the stage step by step, which was either a dress of any rank, or a simple white robe, without any decoration or pattern.
She gradually saw the boundless sea of people in the city, and a trace of nervousness suddenly rose in her heart, and some sweat unconsciously broke out in her palms.
Last night, she thought about many, many things that she wanted to tell the believers of God, that she wanted them to know the glory of God, that they knew that God never left them.
But at this time, the prepared words were blocked in her mouth for a while, she frowned, the corners of her mouth moved, and finally she didn't speak.
Suddenly, Alena felt a little hot in her chest, it was the jade sun, it was the teacher's jade sun, and the teacher was also looking at me?
Feeling the temperature in her chest, Alena settled down and continued to walk slowly, but she was about to step out of the high platform, but she continued to take steps without stopping, this action provoked the exclamations of everyone below, even Sophia and Ferrante pinched their sweat.
But the imaginary fall did not appear, and Alena continued to walk in the air out of thin air, and every time she took a step, a step with golden light appeared under her feet, and after the footsteps left, the steps dissipated into the air again.
"The God of Light is above, this is a miracle, it is a miracle!"
I don't know who roared, and countless people began to be frightened by this amazing sight, followed by awe emanating from the bottom of their hearts.
Countless believers fell to their knees like autumn wheat, muttering prayers to the god of light.
Finally, after taking ten steps, Alena stopped, her face solemn and holy, and a ball of light appeared in the palm of her hand.
"And God said, Let there be light. ”
With a loud bang, the light in Alena's palm began to rise into the air, becoming larger, like a sun descending on Tria.
The believers stared at all this in a daze, while Alena broke out in a cold sweat on her forehead.
"A little bigger, a little higher, I'm going to make it visible to everybody, everybody to be able to see it. Alena gritted her teeth, and her face began to turn white.
"Alas......"
Suddenly, a familiar sigh rang in her ears, and Alena only felt that she had suddenly lost control of the ball of light.
The ball of light rose higher and higher, and it became bigger and bigger, and there was a thunderous bang, and everyone was shocked to find that the sky suddenly darkened, and the surrounding scene changed in the blink of an eye.
Everyone looked around at a loss, the people around them were still there, the high platform was still there, and the saints who were favored by the gods were still there.
But apart from that, the original Tria no longer exists, replaced by an endless field of golden wheat and a blue river that runs through the sky and the earth.