Act 186 Battle of the White Lion IX
"Sidney, you've caught the net."
A slightly stern voice echoed in the hall of the Sanctuary of Fossa at some point, and it was one of them who spoke, and the priest who had spoken to Jolfo was now standing respectfully behind him along with another unfamiliar face. The man was about forty or fifty years of age, dressed in almost the same style as Sidney's, slightly bald, and in good health.
In fact, this person is none other than Roderick, the sixth of the eleventh Holy Sees. Barbarossa, born in a family of scholastics in Cloak Bay, was favored by the previous generation of high priests, Bishop Mechauri of Cloak Bay when he was young, and later he rose to the upper echelons of the Temple, and was famous for his praise of hymns, once fought against cultists in Ambroly, and was merciless, and won the title of an Iron Bishop, and after returning to the center of the Temple, he entered the core of power of the Eleventh Holy See in one fell swoop, he looked very young on the outside, but his actual age was not much younger than Vala.
But Sidney didn't even raise her eyelids to look at him, and didn't seem bothered to speak, her gaze moved in the direction of the altar, where the flame gate had long since vanished - it was obvious that it was a trap waiting for her to get there. She didn't wonder why the other party knew she was here, she took the fragments of the Holy Sword Odysphes with her when she escaped from the Lion Sanctuary, and it was strange if the Silver Queen couldn't even guess that.
Roman and Haruzer stood a little nervously behind the statue of the Holy Maiden of the Lion Palace, Brunhilde was guarding the safety of the two of them, her expression was a little indifferent, Brando's order was for her to send Sidney to Port Fatan with the Wind Horse, as for the fight between these mortals, she really didn't care much. Moreover, Sidney did not ask her for help.
Probably angered by Sidney and Brunhilde's indifferent attitude, the archpriest Roderick's eyebrows jumped, and a faint anger rose in his heart, although he was ranked sixth in the eleventh Holy Seat, his real strength was not too far behind Sidney, in fact, among the eleventh Holy See. Except for Vala's supernatural strength, the others were actually only equal, and now that he had two high-ranking priests of the scholastic sect to help him, he really didn't know where Sidney's confidence came from.
Is it because of the woman in the back?
Roderick glanced at Brunhilde and saw that the Valkyrie head was at most at the level of the side of truth, and as for Roman and Haruzer, he simply ignored it. Thinking of this, Roderick had a little bottom in his heart, and he didn't want to make a difference. Immediately said in a deep voice to the two people around him and Jörfo: "Shoot together, stop her, don't let her run away." ”
"My lord, that little boy should be the crown prince of Eruin." At this time, the high-ranking priest beside Jörfo suddenly spoke.
Roderick looked at Haruzer, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, nodded silently, and replied, "Leave him alone." They can't run away, just look at Sidney. ”
The two of them spoke in a low voice, though not loudly. But it was impossible for Sidney's strength not to hear it, and yet she stood there motionless as if she really didn't hear it, as if she wanted to watch Roderick's move with a cold eye. This attitude of hers angered the 'Celebrant of the Saints' from the center of the Temple, and Roderick let out a cold snort from his nose and whispered:
"The High Flame. My monarch is the king.
Forgive the foolishness of the world,
Descend your holy judgment,
Sweep away a qiē sin and darkness. ”
A divine light hung down from the vault of the temple, enveloping him in it, and he spread his hands. The light spread out in all directions, like a cage in which Sidney was enveloped. If Brando had been here at this moment, he would have been surprised to recognize this spell - the Verse of Admonition, one of the seventy-four sacred hymns of the Temple of Fire, one of the most powerful sacred arts of the Temple of Fire, and each of the seventy-four hymns is a powerful holy art, which is both judgment and mantra, containing power unimaginable to ordinary people.
What mortals call the magic of God is in fact the magic of hymns.
And hymns are Roderick's forte, seventy-four hymns are long and short, among which the admonition poem that claims to be the strongest confinement, sealing, and enchantment holy art has one hundred and forty-four lines, and a profound ascetic can perform this holy art in just seven lines, but as soon as Roderick makes a move, it is a shocking four-line hymn.
In this realm alone, he could be said to have stood at the pinnacle of the Flame Temple, and perhaps even including Vala, no one could match it.
And at the same moment when Roderick cast the spell, the two scholastic masters beside him also outflanked Sidney at the same time, one left and one right, and they each took out a scepter with a cross head in their hands, which was the cross scepter of the Temple of Fire, which was a very powerful holy weapon and a symbol of their status; Bishops of their level are usually called Bishops of the Cross, and in the Temple of Fire, the strength of Bishops of the Cross is usually between the Elements of Civilization and the side of truth, depending on the strength of the individual, and the level of bishops in most regions is actually not up to this level, so most of the Bishops of the Cross are actually scholasticists with profound knowledge of holy art and religious knowledge.
Caught between the 'Holy One' Roderick and the two scholastic scholars at the same time, in the temple, I am afraid that no one except the High Vala dared to say that he could retreat with his whole body, but at this moment, Sidney did not seem to feel the slightest danger, just stood there quietly, staring at the two scholastic masters and Roderick's holy spells that were getting closer and closer with a very cold and disdainful look.
"She's crazy?"
Roderick looked at this scene in disbelief, of course he didn't think that he could easily use a spell to severely damage the chief priest of the Lion Sacred Palace, not to mention him, I'm afraid even the Grand Holy Seat Vala couldn't do it. After all, Sidney is the second most powerful person in the eleventh Holy Throne after Vala, and there is a legend in the empire, that is, it is said that the statue of the Holy Maiden of the Lion Palace was originally extremely talented in battle, and she could have entered the Knights of Yanjun when she was young, but it was she herself who chose to follow the path of a monk.
As one of the Eleven Holy Sees, Roderick knew that this legend was not groundless, but true, and even further, at that time, Sidney was in fact favored by the Grand Master of the Order of the previous generation. She was to be appointed as her successor, but Sidney's own opposition, coupled with the maintenance of Vala and the previous generation of the Great Holy See, the matter was closed.
This woman was a knight by nature, and even after taking the path of the Bishop, her fighting style was the strongest among the eleven Holy Sees.
But no matter how tough it is. Sidney would never stand still and shake his spells, what did she think of him, those high-ranking priests who didn't enter the stream?
The next moment, however, Roderick felt that he was really crazy.
He saw that his spell would automatically shatter before it touched Sidney's body, shattering like glass in pieces, turning into countless dusts and disappearing with the wind. At that moment Roderick almost thought he was hallucinating, it was a hymn. It was the top ten admonition poems of the seventy-four hymns, how could she have broken this spell of his, without moving?
Could it be that the woman in front of her is actually vara in disguise?
Roderick immediately threw this crazy idea out of his mind, not to mention that Vala was still under house arrest by Her Majesty the Queen, and even if Vala himself did, it was impossible for him to just stand still and crack his spell.
A terrifying possibility suddenly occurred to him.
But before he could react, Sidney in front of him finally made a move, and the statue of the Holy Maiden of the Lion Sacred Palace raised her right hand and pointed at him, which was the simplest three-ring holy technique. Radiant rays. A white light shot out from Sidney's fingertips, heading straight for Roderick the Sage. This spell is quite popular among the low-ranking priests, as it is the most effective attack method below the four rings, but when it comes to battles at the level of the Holy See, this spell is no more than a joke.
Not to mention that Roderick had countless ways to counter this spell, in fact, even if he didn't react, he let this spell hit him. This mere three-ring spell may not be able to break through his will barrier.
Tribal Roderick felt an extremely dangerous aura from this spell at this moment, and he immediately laid three or four protective holy spells around him in a row, and desperately retreated as if he was afraid that he would not be able to block this three-ring spell. In the next moment, in front of everyone's eyes in this hall, in everyone's eyes. A terrifying scene happened, this simple ray of light was like the legendary holy spear, and it actually pierced all the protective spells in front of Roderick in a row.
In the midst of everyone's shocked gaze, the white rays did not trigger the will barrier of the 'Praise Saint' Roderick at all, and so gently and skillfully pierced his fat body and pierced his heart.
One of the eleven thrones of the Flame Temple, Roderick's eyes widened, as if he couldn't believe that he could die so lightly, and then the boundless darkness enveloped his conscious world.
Until Roderick's body fell to the ground with a bang, and suddenly it burst into flames, as if swallowed by sacred fire, and the entire hall was silent, and everyone didn't even react for a while.
Including the countless monks present, including Father Jolfo and the two scholastic masters, the two scholastic masters had already stopped their tracks, looking at the statue of Sidney in the Lion Sacred Palace with a ghostly look, and they couldn't retreat for a while—they wanted to continue the attack? This is obviously not a wise choice, but to escape, and where to escape?
What strength is Roderick? He was still wiped out under the opponent's mere three-ring spell, let alone them?
But the two of them, after all, were monks with profound doctrinal attainments, and they quickly thought of the possibility that Roderick had thought of before he died, and their faces changed in unison, and at the same time they turned their gazes to Sidney, who had a nonchalant face. But at this time, Sidney didn't look at them at all, and said directly to all the junior monks of the Flame Sanctuary in the hall: "You open the door at once, gather everyone, and I will speak—"
Jolfo seemed to have just reacted, he looked at Roderick's burnt ashes on the ground in disbelief, then at Sidney, and couldn't help but stammer, "Lady Sidney, ...... you?"
After saying this, the presiding officer of the Fussa Temple regretted it in his heart, even Roderick was dead, and what qualifications did he have to ask such a thing, there was no doubt that this female demon would definitely attack him soon.
But thinking of this, Jolfo somehow found courage from there, probably out of a broken jar, suddenly raised his head and said loudly: "Lady Sidney, since you have betrayed the Temple, then you are no longer the Holy Seat of the Temple of Fire, and therefore we have not obeyed your orders - the Temple of Fussa will never bow to any infidels!" ”
As soon as he said this, there was a dead silence in the temple of Fusa, so quiet that it could be heard, and everyone around looked at him with the eyes of a madman, even the two scholastic masters, and there was both complexity and admiration in that look.
"Courage is commendable," but Sidney did not seem angry, but replied lightly, "but it is not I who gave you orders, and there is not much time left for the port of Fatan, and I hope you will not waste your time." ”
After speaking, she spread her hands, and a phantom figure slowly rose from behind the statue of the Holy Maiden of the Lion Sacred Palace.
When they saw that phantom, everyone in the entire Fusa Temple was shocked.
"It's ......"
"This is the Holy Sword Odysphes!"
"The First King ......"
Sidney grimaced and replied coldly, "In the name of Geert, the King of Fire, I declare that the Silver Queen is plotting to split the Temple, and all believers in the Temple of Fusa and even in the Diocese of Port Fatan will immediately submit to the Spirit of the Holy Sword, obey my orders, and wage a holy war!" ”
The two scholastic masters turned blank. (To be continued......)