City of Heroes. 【Fengyun Reading Network.】

Headquarters of the Order.

Luo Lan led more than 100 clergy guards on horseback into the Avenue of Legends, a wide, straight white stone road that led to a circular meeting hall at the top of the mountain, flanked by huge stone pillars left over from the heroic era, and occasionally a few remnants of the Second Continental War.

When the city was built, it is said that there was also the help of the giants and dragons, so the whole building was not gorgeous and extravagant, and the style was completely rough and bold, which was completely different from the buildings full of delicate art styles after the Second Continental War.

Even the exterior of the building was once dyed in gold and silver, but it has faded with the baptism of time.

As for how many years have passed since the First and Second Continental Wars, there are only some specious records, and if you have to find precise numbers, I am afraid that the exact answer can only be found from the elves and dragons.

But it has stood quietly here for at least tens of thousands of years.

During this period, the interior was only symbolically renovated a few times, and although the financial and material resources are far greater than at the beginning, few are willing to spend on it.

However, as the headquarters of the Monks' Society, the city of Heroes alone is surrounded by forts, arrow walls and watchtowers, and the high walls are now filled with sentinels and archers, as well as mages who patrol back and forth.

In terms of defense system, this huge fortress is definitely one of the best in the mainland.

Andy followed behind Alfred, and he was dizzy to see from all of this.

This time he came to the conference in order to become an ordinary member of the low-level monks, after going through so many things, he also understood that everything in this world is based on strength, and the mentor gave him, and the monks were just the steps under his feet, as long as he didn't make big mistakes, he could step by step to that seemingly unattainable peak.

When the bell rings, on the wooden buildings built on both sides, a girl wearing a crown of green leaves sprinkles a large number of fragrant petals.

"It's ...... Are you celebrating triumph?" asked Andy, who reached out to grab a pink petal, but couldn't make out what kind of flower it was, but thought it was beautiful and smelly.

"Just emulate. Al Fredet had clearly seen a lot of such scenes, and he didn't care in the slightest.

Seeing that no one on the left and right sides reacted to this, Andy also threw away the petals with some sneer, and quietly reached out to pat off the petals that fell on his shoulder.

After walking half an hourglass, they finally reached the top of the hill and entered the Great Council Hall.

As soon as they entered the hall, the grandeur of the interior of the building suddenly made everyone's breath stagnant.

The tall curved dome was covered with a patchwork of star maps, and stars of different sizes shimmered brightly, as if they were still moving slowly, and after staring for a long time, the deep and endless space above their heads almost made people think that it was the real sky.

In the center of the venue, there is a map of the Apollo continent, but it does not seem to be completely static, the mountains and plains seem to be eternal, the rivers and lakes are flowing quietly, and the blue ocean around it is roaring and surging, as if it will rush to the land at any time, and the contrast between them makes the visual stimulation extremely strong.

The entire hall was in an arc, extending from the top to the bottom of the stairs, which was strictly divided according to status and status, and the strict hierarchy among the nobles of the Apollo continent was evident here.

Luo Lan looked up, there were a total of three seats at the top, which was where the president and the two vice presidents were sitting.

And on the next level of the circular table, there are a total of thirteen seats, one of which is his.

Below that, there are seats for 500 members of the High Monks' Society, further down, there are seats for 3,000 mid-level members, and on the penultimate level are seats for 18,000 members of the lower ranks.

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the high-level members, only half of the mid-level members are eligible to come, and the low-level members are even less, only one-third. On the eve of every meeting, there are middle and junior members who are fighting for seats.

The last floor is the seat of ordinary nobles.

In addition to the members of the Monks' Society, tens of thousands of nobles and lords from various regions have gathered here, including the emissaries of the absolute majority of the Earl, Duchy, Kingdom and Empire of the Middle Continent.

The Monks' Rector Sengerorton was already sitting on it, and although he appeared to be dignified on the surface, those who knew him well knew that he was in a state of uneasiness at the moment.

This prince from the Orlando Empire, since he himself has no power, does not belong to any of the three powers, and is almost useless except for his handsome appearance and proper behavior, everyone is at ease that he is sitting in this position.

Moreover, as the president of the Monks' Society, he actually came here to sit on it before the Monks and the Vice-President arrived, which is enough to explain something.

"Is it Monk Lantiston?" a young nobleman in a robe approached, smiling politely and bowing, "I'm Longville, the chief of hospitality and etiquette. His eyes twitched slightly, and his body that had just straightened up bent down again, and said respectfully: "It turns out that Brother Angus Gale is also here, which is rude." ”

Angus Gale smiled and didn't speak.

He was standing with Luo Lan at the moment, which had already attracted the attention of many people, but this waiter pretended not to see it in advance, and there was something very interesting about it.

Luo Lan pointed behind him and said, "This is Brother Boris. ”

Longville nodded, he immediately knew that the person dressed as a Templar was likely to be the successor to the chief monk elected by the Holy See, so he didn't dare to slack off at all, he secretly glanced at the three people, then opened a position sideways, stretched out his hand to make a guide shape, and said, "Three adults, please follow me." ”

After hearing this, all the servants of the two of them consciously stopped.

A few attendants came up to lead them to another place to take their seats, while Roland, Angus Gale, and Boris walked slowly up an open ramp upwards towards the high part of the ring, where the monks would arrange their servants to be at their orders at all times.

After walking through a few turns of the ramp, the line of sight is wide, and a high platform appears in front of you, where you can overlook most of the places below, and if you look up, you will find that you seem to be a step closer to the starry sky.

After walking up the high platform, several mages in robes came into view, they seemed to be talking to a group of nobles, and they all turned their heads to look at someone approaching.

The current mage was quite old, and without waiting for them to speak, Longville stepped forward and introduced: "Brother Landiston, this esteemed mage, is the 'brilliant mage' Lednoisa from the Mage Society, he used to be the previous head monk, and his eldest son is the current head monk of our Mage Society, Dormore. ”

Luo Lan looked over, this ** master, who once had a great reputation in the Mage Society, was now full of white hair, a long white beard hanging down on his chest, sunken eyes, deep eyes, and wearing a traditional pointed mage hat, which strongly expressed his personal position.

Twenty years ago, at the age of thirty-eight, Lednoisa was given the title of "Brilliant Mage", and was considered to be the most likely person in the Mage Society to become the most powerful king after Adriman, so he voluntarily stepped down from his post in the previous meeting to concentrate on refining spells, but twenty years have passed, and he still has not crossed this threshold.

Luo Lan looked back, there stood a middle-aged mage, there was a slight resemblance to Lednoisa, obviously his eldest son Domol, this person had a slender face, slightly curly hair, and two eyes that radiated a fierce and shrewd look, compared to those mages who seemed unfathomable, he could make people see his unique personality at a glance.

Coincidentally, he had a similar experience to his father's first half of life, and at the age of thirty-five he earned the title of "Brilliant Mage", but I wonder if he will follow in his father's footsteps?

"Bishop Lantiston. ”

Master Lednoisa took the initiative to greet him, and he walked up politely, showing a hint of a smile, and said, "Bishop Landiston executed one of my eldest grandsons last time, and we should have known each other for a long time. ”

Although everyone knew that his grandson was a fake, this statement still made the smiles of several nobles around him stiffen a lot.

Luo Lan also smiled and said, "Then Master Ryder Noisa should take care of your other grandsons, I don't want to know them anymore." ”

Mage Lednoisa's expression remained unchanged, and he squinted and smiled.

After a moment of silence, the surrounding nobles rang out with a few sporadic laughter.

Boris was on the side, he pursed his lips and said sarcastically: "Old fox." ”

Longville stretched out his hand and pointed to the other side, where there was a mage in blue robes, and smiled, "As for that Olaser mage, you must know each other, and remember that the two of them fought side by side in the war against the Black Dragon. ”

That Olasser's gaze shot over, he just nodded at Luo Lan, and didn't mean to come over and speak.

He seemed to be talking to a young mage, that mage Boris felt a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he remembered that it was the young mage who saw through the disguise of the Council of the Dead in front of the Temple Square that day, this person was calm and maintained the situation that day, although he was not very old, but once he grew up, he must be a good opponent of the Holy See in the future.

However, the situation faced by the Mage Guild this time is not very good, and they may not be able to keep this vacant seat.

The Holy See has the largest number of Friars in the Council of Monks every six years, but since the Holy See itself is not monolithic, and the Knights and the Mages usually stand together against the Holy See, the Holy See does not have the upper hand.

This time, however, the situation is very delicate.

Merlin, who represents the old forces of the traditional Mage's Guild, has been fighting against the new forces, one of the three chief monks is from Merlin, and the other is a follower of the new forces, while Neorid does not belong to either side, but he is now dead, which means that the remaining two master monks have many contradictions between themselves.

Just looking at that Olaser and Ledneisa standing so far apart is enough to tell.

And their traditional ally, the Knight Alliance, is not doing very well lately.

In recent decades, they have fallen into an extremely embarrassing situation, and the dilemma they are facing is that the strong and outstanding figures of the older generation are slowly aging, and their strength is gradually declining, while the younger generation of characters has not grown up a few.

The most serious thing is that the knight Xiu Brian, who had a great hope and had already served as the head of the Friars, died at the hands of Ibsel's dragon lance, and Mayvis, who swore to avenge her brother, had no intention of the mission of the Monks or the Knights' Alliance.

In this way, they can only re-elect the Knight of Pablosa, who had served as the chief monk, to be the chief monk, he is actually a good candidate, although he is old, but he has a lot of experience and a wide range of contacts, but what he didn't expect is that he was killed by the Alex Knight in the battle of the Thunder Cliff, who in turn defected to the Council of the Dead, which made the Knight Alliance extremely passive.

According to the rules of the Monks' Council, if the Monk is killed in a war or confrontation with a foreign force, then only four or more Monks need to recommend him, and the recommended person can directly succeed to the seat.

If it is due to normal reasons, or if another chief monk dies unexpectedly in three years, then the seat needs to be decided again at the meeting.

But in this way, it is possible to create opportunities for other factions, and at this time, even former allies will make them wary.

Thankfully, the Holy See itself also had a vacant seat, which gave both the Mage Council and the Knights a little comfort.

However, eighteen years ago, the Holy See obviously occupied five seats, but the Mage Council and the Knight Alliance joined forces to cause one of them to "run aground", and they did not believe that the Holy See would forget about this matter, so they were extremely wary of the Holy See retaliating this time to snatch their seats.

"Lord Lantiston, the rest room of the Holy See is here. "Longville led the way, and when he arrived, the division between the various forces was extremely clear, and the Mage's Guild, the Holy See, the Knights' Alliance, and the Noble Lords each occupied a hall in one corner.

Just when passing by the location of the Knight Alliance on the road, Luo Lan saw Mayvis standing on the platform at a glance.

Mayvis, who was dressed in fiery red armor, saw the people from the Holy See coming over, and she didn't look much at who it was, she frowned, turned around and walked away without saying anything.

Luo Lan noticed that in addition to Mayvis, there were several knights standing there, and standing at the front was a burly knight in his early forties, with a short black beard on his chin, thick cheeks, and heavy armor, standing to the side with a solemn expression, he hadn't said a word for so long, and hadn't even moved a step, like a statue.

Approaching, Longville took a few steps forward and said respectfully: "Brother Lantiston, this is the great knight of the Knights' Alliance, Brother Frederick. ”

"Knight Frederick. Luo Lan stood in place, nodded slightly, and the other party's two sharp eyes stared at him for a while, and then nodded, which was regarded as a salute to each other.

After walking dozens of meters away, Luo Lanfa asked, "Who is that stout knight standing behind Frederick?"

"I know this person. Boris thought for a moment and said, "That's the twelfth-level shield knight Callerod, who is known as the 'Glory Barrier', and he can be regarded as one of the few young people in the Knight Alliance. ”

Luo Lan nodded and said, "It seems that the person recommended by the Knight Alliance for the successor seat this time should be him." ”

It can be seen that the successors to be selected by various forces have already been brought.

This time, it must be a brutal competition.

Not long after walking along the cloister avenue, they came to the hall on the side of the Holy See.

Morgowards and Dean Lance had already arrived, and when they saw Luo Lan enter the hall, they all stood up and saluted.

Prior to this, both the Cardinal and the Black Rite had decided to put aside their previous prejudices, unite all their forces, and do their best to expand the power of the Holy See in the Monks' Society, and even if the time was right, they would not mind taking revenge on the Mages.

The two chief monks, who represented the interests of the cardinal and the black priest respectively, naturally knew what to do at this time.

Although Mogoworth's face was as handsome as ever, with many wrinkles on his forehead, and even white hair on his sideburns, he seemed to be much deeper than he was back then, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Lantiston, please put aside the foresight this time, we clergy of the Holy See need to stand together to maintain the glory of the Lord." ”

Luo Lan smiled and said, "Brother Mogowarts, please rest assured, the past has long passed, why let the gloom in your heart obscure the bright road ahead?"

Mogo Watts glanced at Luo Lan deeply, nodded, and sat down silently without saying anything.

Dean Lance, who wore a black blindfold, was much more carefree, he saluted very casually, and sat down again without caring about what happened to the others, but he seemed to remember something, and asked, "Is Priest Daphne okay with you?"

Luo Lan thought for a while and said, "I haven't returned to the diocese for two years, but I heard that the seminary has been established, so she must be there to show the glory of the Lord, right?"

At this time, Luo Lan noticed that an old man with gray hair and wearing a monk's robe had walked up the highest steps, and President Senger Orton actually stood up and greeted him with a smile.

After Boris noticed Luo Lan's gaze, he leaned over and whispered, "Vice President Liement, he has served as six vice presidents in a row, he was born in the Knight Alliance, and he is seventy-nine years old this year, my lord, you should pay attention to this person." ”

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