Chapter 24: The Cathedral of the Light
"I have long said, my friends, that on the first day we came here, sooner or later I would build an immensely grand building in the open space behind the mansion, and now I can finally fulfill my promise!"
With his hands on his shoulders, Leo looked at the brand-new building in front of him with great admiration, and his mouth kept talking to the old man behind him with an extremely excited tone
"It's very solemn, well, and grand, but you didn't say you were going to build it...... Church! ā
Finn's eyebrows raised unconsciously, the church in front of him was beyond his cognition in terms of scale, even in the Pander continent, there were almost no similar existences comparable to it, but ...... With a wry smile, Finn never believed that Leo had built this to please the church!
The cathedral, which occupies almost all the open space behind the Grand Duke's Palace, is twice the size of Leo's current mansion, four stories high, and is completely composed of the type of church in the west of the earth, and the open space in front of the door is all paved with fine cobblestones, and in the cobblestones, long strips of bluestone are paved with two main roads that cross horizontally and vertically like cross types
The north-south one, which starts at the back of the Mansion of Leo and ends in front of the huge door of the church, follows the door with a height of more than three meters and the edge of the inverted triangle, which corresponds to the second and third floors and is completely connected by an open-air walkway, flanked by tapered outbuildings of slightly lower height
The highest point that normal people have to look up completely to see, unlike most buildings in this world, does not use a rounded roof, but resembles a sharp and raised hat-shaped structure, and those who have no problem with their vision can also find that at the most sharp top, there is an unsealed bell tower, and a large bronze bell has been hung in it at this moment
What is also amazing is that all the windows of the entire cathedral are decorated with colorful and heavy glass, and this strange product has managed to attract the curious eyes of many people......
"Whew!"
In the eyes of everyone's incomprehension, Leo sighed, without him, the silver-plated cross in the middle of the outer wall of the second floor of the cathedral, which was more than one person high, and the cross at the top was like a lightning rod, successfully evoked Leo's familiar memory, the memory from the earth
"Damn, can't you use a different flag for the system? What is this? Let me start a Catholic or Protestant here? ā
"Host you need to understand, all I am completely calling you about the memory combination on the earth, according to your memory fragments, only this sign coincides with this type of building, if you have a better suggestion, I can replace it now"
After a brief conversation with the system in his mind, Leo thought about it and finally gave up the idea of changing, he couldn't put a Buddhist or Taoist symbol, this awkward feeling was unacceptable to him
"Forget it, the cross is the cross, no one knows this world anyway......" relieved himself in his heart, Leo then became excited again, he suddenly had a kind of, hmm...... There's a bad sense of creating or copying history
After looking at it for a while, Leo Shi Ran led everyone slowly towards the cathedral, and after approaching, all kinds of exquisite carvings to the limit were even more amazing, and the most affected Professor Pericles even stopped in front of a carved wall that showed the apostolic war, and was reluctant to leave for a long time
Reaching out and gently pushing open the door that was also decorated with colorful glass on both sides, Leo was even a little apprehensive and uneasy at this moment, he didn't know what would be released behind the door he pushed open, whether it was an angel or a devil who broke free from the shackles......
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Although he had said it so many times, Leo, who was comfortably seated in the cathedral, still wanted to say it again
"Produced by the system, it must really be a high-quality product"
After visiting the inside of the huge church, it took everyone a whole morning, and most of them were just a few of them, not to mention that there were cellars and storage rooms of almost the same size underground
All the furnishings and decorations of the interior can no longer be described as exquisite, according to Professor Pericles' original words
"The luxury here makes people feel small all the time, and here always makes people inadvertently bring a certain indescribable awe and restraint......"
After a long hesitation, Professor Pericles finally did not hold back and walked up to Leo again
"My lord, I beg you once again to reconsider, everything here should not be used for other purposes, maybe a museum will make you more famous, and the scholars of the whole continent will be crazy and obsessed with everything here!"
"Professor, I can understand your feelings, but this cathedral is extremely important to us and to the next goal of the entire Principality, and I am sorry that I still can't agree to your request, but I can guarantee that at any time, you will have no problem studying anything, and the doors here will always be open to you......"
Nodding apologetically to the disappointed professor, Leo turned his gaze to Kane Hugh Lancelot, who had been calm all the way, who was now standing in an inconspicuous place at the end of the group with his hands folded in his sleeves
"Please come to the front, dear Kane"
After seeing the other party walk up to him and salute respectfully, Leo sat there, pointing to the towering dome of the church and asked with a smile
"What do you think of this church?"
With the same gentle smile, Kane looked meaningfully at Leo
"Any existing churches and similar structures on the continent will be eclipsed in front of it, and it seems to me that this is the real miracle, and perhaps it will slowly lead the people to true faith and salvation ......"
"So? Can I trust you, my friend? ā
"Yes my lord, you can trust me, all faith and glory can be to you alone, I can preside over this church for the time being, until you have no better candidate, for now, please be wise as you give the name of the church and the new religion"
Kane's words came out, and the people around them understood what the two of them had played before, Fain and other people from Pander were fine, while those who followed Leo in this world, such as Professor Pericles, such as Alexander, the head of the Knights of the Dawn, stood on the spot as if they had been struck by lightning
"Big ...... Big...... My lord, do you really know the consequences of thinking like this, um? A new religion is bound to suffer ...... Under the extreme and frenzied oppression of the Imperial Church, even the most enlightened ecclesiastical people cannot tolerate such provocations"
The professor's words seemed to hit everyone's heart, and everyone's eyes were focused on Leo at the moment
Putting away his smile, Leo stood up calmly with his back hand, looked around and said that he was the most trusted subordinate, and the whole person exuded a kind of domineering and extremely heroic momentum at this moment, without any hesitation and hesitation, he slowly spoke
"I know any outcome, even more than any of you, yes, religious wars are more terrible than secular, but we have no choice, maybe only these people who have experienced them will know the horror of religious cohesion, and this is exactly what we need to face, there should not be only one sect in this world, the strength of the church is expanding too fast and too frightening, what I want to do is to break all the original old traditions! And ......"
Leo's eyes were like deep black holes, and he continued word by word
"And, after we buried 13 Templars with our own hands, after we took Kane in, after they coveted something I had, the Church had already become our enemy......"
After saying that, without giving everyone a chance to speak again, Leo gently patted Kane on the shoulder and nodded in the latter's expectant gaze
"Kane Hugh Lancelot, in my name, the name of the cathedral is [Holy Light], and in the same way, our new religion is called [Holy Light], and you will become the first cardinal archbishop of the Holy See, of course, the only one at present, and I will be crowned pope at the right time!"
"As you wish, Your Highness, the glory of the Holy Light Sect will soon spread throughout the territory of the Duchy, and your will is everything!"
Kane bowed down again, and after thinking about it, Leo looked at Alexander, the head of the Knights of the Dawn, and continued to give orders
"Alexander Mason, I ask you and your Order to become the first followers of the Order of Light, and to elevate the Knights of the Dawn to the glorious Order of the Papal Cathar, and I hope that one day, your reputation will rival that of the Knights of Punishment and the Knights of the Dawn! Now, tell me your reply, Commander Alexander"
Without thinking about it at all, Alexander stepped forward and knelt heavily on one knee in front of Leo and bowed his head deeply
"It is my honor, and it is the honor of the entire Knights of the Dawn, I make an oath before you that in the future, any heresy who dares to insult and blaspheme the Holy Light will be subjected to the unforgiving, endless blows of the Knights of the Dawn, and in the name of the Holy Light, the Dawn will be mighty for you throughout the continent, the darkness will not break, and the Dawn Sword will never return to its sheath!"
A little surprised, he glanced at the leader of the Knights of the Dawn in front of him, who spoke sonorously and resolutely, Leo suddenly felt that he had done something amazing, with such a person, I am afraid that it would be much easier to act in the name of the Holy Light in the future, this mouth is a leader who likes it......
Shaking his head, Leo put aside these nonsensical thoughts in his mind, let Alexander get up, looked at Professor Pericles, whose face was a little complicated, and spoke softly
"Trust me, Professor, as before I won't make any decisions without a purpose! In addition, I need to trouble you to provide legal support for the legitimacy of the Holy Light Cult."
Following the passage where everyone had separated, Leo slowly walked towards the door, the sunlight from the towering windows pulling his figure long
"Finn, Keith, Anthony, and Aldalyan, starting next week, send members of your Knights to spread the news of the establishment of the Holy Light Cult to all the nobles of the Duchy in the form of my order, and also, all the churches of the Most High God in the Duchy's territory must be demolished within a time limit, and all baptized nobles and officers need to be re-baptized by the Holy Light with the help of Kane, as for the missionaries and priests of the Most High God Cult...... Drive them away, and those who dare to resist are imprisoned on the spot! ā
The people who were called by name glanced at each other and bowed down at the same time
"Your will will be carried out, my lord!"
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