The headquarters of the Church of Light is located in the holy city of Cortona, and there is a huge inland sea in the middle of the entire continent, and the largest peninsula on the inland sea is called the Vila Peninsula, and the holy city of Cortona is in the southernmost part of the Vila Peninsula, a city surrounded by the sea on three sides, and of course it is also the place they boast of being closest to the place where God was born.

According to the Church of Light, there is an unknown island of the gods in the middle of the central inland sea in the middle of the continent, where the gods were born, and the southernmost point of the Vila Peninsula is the closest to this island. Linton also studied this statement in depth, and found that no one has really discovered the so-called Island of the Gods until now, anyway, it is very ethereal, similar to the legend of Penglai Island here in China.

If you want to get to the holy city of Cotona, one way is to take a boat, and the Saint-Willan Empire still has a section of the border line that is close to the central inland sea, and there is also a port, which can be reached directly by boat. Of course, there is a more convenient way to do this...... Teleportation Circle. Yes, the church will build its own circle, and of course the holy city of Cortona also has a circle, and there are many cities that lead to it.

Of course, Linton's choice was the teleportation array, after all, he was going to be late, and it would take about twenty days to arrive when he sailed, and at that time, not only the Ceremonial Day ceremony, but even the time for the church's annual meeting had already passed.

By the time Linton arrived in the holy city of Cotona, it was already the morning of January 1, the day of the Celestial Day. Of course, Linton has not been idle in the past few days, doesn't this mean that the Cthulhu Church has been holding back big plans for a month, of course, it can't just be a place in the holy city of Cotona, Linton has casually visited a few cities in the past few days, chosen a good place, and designed a monster by the way, when the time comes to start the action, just open a portal and throw the card directly over.

Because of the approaching day of the Holy Rites, the holy city of Cortona has actually imposed restrictions because there are so many people who want to attend the services here. As soon as Linton and his party came out of the teleportation array, they were stopped by the people of the church, who of course asked Linton about their identity. Of course, it was a group of people, and only Linton came, although Linton was followed by a few people who looked like guards, but in fact they were just people Linton had separated with the doppelganger technique.

Yes, Linton used the doppelganger technique instead of the shadow doppelganger technique, and the people created by the doppelganger technique have no combat ability, and they will scatter when they are touched, which is closer to the level of illusion, of course, Linton didn't use them to fight, mainly because the shadow doppelganger is too noisy, and the doppelganger technique doesn't have this trouble, these people are really just a clone.

"Under that, Linton. Merlowe. Linton also reported himself directly, and the papal knight who asked Linton had obviously heard of this name.

"Is it the Sword Master?" The other party looked at Linton in surprise, "Your Excellency the Pope has been looking forward to your visit. ”

"Hmm......" Linton nodded as if he didn't care when he heard this, and then asked directly about something else, "That's the case, I have a very important matter to talk to Melissa from your church, I wonder if we can meet now?" “

"Melissa? Are you talking about Priest Melissa? The knight was stunned and asked.

"Well, yes." Linton nodded.

"Lord Sword Saint, the ceremony is about to begin, and Lord Priest is currently making preparations, so I shouldn't be able to see you now." The knight said, "I don't know what you have to do, but I can tell you about it now." ”

"Where is the ceremony held?" Linton asked.

"Please come with me, sir." The knight led Linton to the door of the teleportation array, and Linton also saw the whole picture of the holy city of Cortona for the first time. The location of the teleportation array was not bad, in the center of the city, and the first thing Linton saw was a straight white stone avenue in front of him, which ran through the entire city, like a ladder of heaven, and the end of the road led to a huge church building on the hill in front of him.

Although there is a little distance, Linton can also see that the huge church over there should be the headquarters of the Church of Light, the huge white and gold building is magnificent, just looking at it has a wonderful sense of sacredness, facing the sun as if it will emit a divine light, even Linton has to sigh at the beauty of this building, and even feel that it is a pity to blow up.

"Where is the ceremony?" Linton asked, pointing to the cathedral in the distance.

"No, sir, look over there." The knight pointed to the other side, and Linton turned his head to look, and found that on the other side of the white road was a circular square on the coast, built on a cliff on the sea, and it was also an unusually beautiful and sacred large square, and in the middle of the square was a huge statue, an old man in a robe, with his hands outstretched as if he wanted to embrace the action, although he didn't know who it was, but just looking at the statue felt that this was a great man.

"There is the Sacrament, the southernmost point of the Vila Peninsula, the closest to the Island of the Gods." The knight said.

Linton understood, this is not the place where the legend of the birth of the god is the island of the gods, the ceremony must be held closest to the island of the gods, that is, the southernmost location in the city of Cotona, after all, you are a sacrifice to the gods, you must face the direction of the gods.

"Immediately His Holiness the Pope will follow this path all the way to the sacrament at the southern end, where the ceremony will take place." The knight reported.

It's the first time Linton has heard of this process, and he originally wanted to kill people directly, but he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to come out, which is a good thing. After thinking about it, Linton asked, "Will Melissa come with you too?" “

"Uh......" The knight replied, looking at Linton a little strangely, "Of course, not only Lord Melissa, but all the adults of the church will go to the sacrament. ”

"Then I see." Linton nodded, then motioned for the knight to leave.

The knight in charge of the reception here felt a little strange, of course, this matter still had to be reported, so he quickly reported it to the church. At this time, the ceremony is about to begin, the Pope is busy with the ceremony, and it is not strange for him to hear the report below that Linton is coming, after all, it is the face of the church, and it is strange that Linton is not coming, of course, although he also has a lot of things to ask Linton, but now the ceremony is more important, and he will summon Linton after the ceremony.

Melissa also received a report that Linton was coming, and it seemed that she had specifically mentioned that she was going to talk to her about something important. Melissa, of course, wanted to see Linton, but now was not the time. Yes, she is also busy with the ceremony, and this ceremony is particularly important to her, you must know that she has already appointed the high priest, and this will be announced to the public after this annual church meeting, so this ceremonial day ceremony is equivalent to saying that she appears in front of the congregation for the first time as the high priest, which is a very important thing, so even if she wants to meet Linton now and ask what important things are, she must wait until after the ceremony.

Of course, Melissa was a little strange, because after carefully inquiring about the knight in charge of the reception, Linton specifically mentioned that she wanted to see herself, it should be about the Book of Seals, but now she can't help it, so let's wait for the ceremony.

Soon, it was close to noon, the ceremony was about to begin, and the papal team was ready to set off for the sacrament in the south of the city.

At this time, the city of Cortona was already surrounded by believers of the Church of Light, and the whole city seemed a little crowded. The procession of the Church of Light departed from the cathedral on the hill, and the group numbered almost a thousand people. The leader is of course the contemporary Pope, and behind him, the elders of the Church, the cardinals, the bishops of the regions, the heads of the various institutions are arranged in order of their respective status, followed by a large number of Ecclesiastical Knights.

The procession of the church marched all the way south along the middle path, not very fast, as if patrolling the streets. And when the Pope's procession comes to the front, the worshippers on the Holy Road in the middle will spontaneously retreat to both sides of the road to give way, and automatically make way for the troops in the middle.

The scene is very spectacular, under the worship of countless believers, the procession of the church slowly sneaks along the holy path in the middle, full of ritual and piety. However, what everyone didn't expect was that at this time, someone actually interrupted the ceremony.

The papal procession stopped, or rather, was stopped. Originally, when I walked here, the people around me automatically retreated to both sides of the road, but one person stayed in the middle of the road, of course, it was also very conspicuous, and everyone looked at the person who stayed.

Pope San Reno frowned slightly, it's not that the people who make trouble on the day of the Celebrity have not appeared, but there are really very few, the people who originally came to the Holy City will be censored, and it will be difficult for the enemies of the church to get in, and ordinary people don't dare to mess with the church at all, and the trouble for the church at this time is definitely to be retaliated by the church crazy.

Although he was a little angry in his heart, San Reno still held back for the time being and asked, "Your Excellency is ......?"

Of course, the person who appeared was Linton, and he didn't pay any attention to the person who looked like the Pope, but shouted directly at the team in front of him: "Melissa! Are you there? “

"Lord Linton?" Although Melissa has not officially taken office, she is now standing in the position of the highest priest, not far behind the Pope, when she heard the voice and stepped forward to look, it turned out to be Linton.

"You're Melissa?" Linton, however, looked at Melissa as if it was the first time he saw him, and his dangerous eyes were fixed on him, "The Book of Seals is in your hands, right?" ”

"You're not Linton!" Melissa here suddenly reacted and said, "Who the hell are you?" ”

"It looks like it's you, that's right." Linton laughed directly and sinisterly.

"Catch him!" The pope next to him saw that something was wrong and hurriedly said.

At this time, Linton was also directly ready to do it.