Chapter 1: St. Peter's City

St. Peter's City, a label of sacredness, grandeur and luxury, was the heart of the Noxian Empire. No matter what the circumstances, no one will be allowed to desecrate the magnificent city of St. Peter.

Therefore, even hundreds of years ago, when the rulers of Noxus were mediocre, the Eight-Nation Alliance of Ionia, Acacia, Demacia, and the Zaun Dynasty captured almost all of the territory of Noxus with a devastating force, but in St. Peter's City, the holy land in the hearts of the people, Noxus was met with unimaginable resistance, and finally the Eight-Nation Alliance could only look at this magnificent city and finally leave lonely.

St. Peter's is a different city today than it was in the past. Whether it's the big smiles on the faces of the residents or the busy figures of the Holy See priests on the streets, it is a sign that today is a special day.

In fact, today is a cause for celebration for every resident of Noxus. In 1405 of the Valoran calendar, the Noxian authority General Darkwell launched a holy war against Demacia, during which Acacia, Ionia, Bandel City and other countries joined successively, after three years, this battle involving almost the entire Valoran continent was finally over.

Is Burnham today? The day when General Darkwell personally honored the outstanding heroes of this holy war. The award was made in the Cathedral of Eugustin, one of the largest and most sacred churches of the Holy See in St. Peter's Castle.

Therefore, the entrance of the church is crowded with Noxian residents who have come to watch the service. A group of about two dozen young and handsome white-clad priests stood at the entrance of the cathedral.

Attentive Noxians could tell from the dusty white robes, chests, and patterns on the back of the young clergy that they were no ordinary religious clergyman.

On the sacred white triangular stand on his chest, a holy sword stood in the air. This is clearly the case that only a white bishop in the Holy See can dress strictly. An ordinary white bishop is a well-deserved heavyweight in a city, even if he is not able to be cultivated, and the white archbishop on the white cardinal, the overarchbishop will be valued in any city.

The Holy See of Noxus has very strict hierarchical rules for Holy See personnel! The monks are divided into black and white gods. The white-clothed priest belongs to the category of black gods, and if he wants to become a white-clothed bishop, he needs to go through five strict grades of selection: monk, monk's archaisant, monk's priest, and monk's archpriest. and the cardinal archbishop who stands at the center of the power of the Holy See, and ultimately the supreme patriarch.

Many ordinary monks who have believed in the Holy See all their lives are not ranked in the position of white bishop. The Holy See dispatched such a luxurious line-up of white cardinals as a welcoming ceremony, and you can imagine how much importance it attaches to this investiture ceremony.

Immediately, horse-drawn carriages, either luxurious or simple, but all affixed with family crests, appeared in the Egustinian Cathedral one after another, moving the residents of the imperial capital away from the high-level welcome procession of the Holy See.

An ordinary black carriage slowly drove towards the Cathedral of Egustin. Having seen all the heavyweight family tycoons in St. Peter's City, those who are aesthetically tired should not have noticed this inconspicuous carriage in front of the ornate carriage parked in front of the Egustín Church.

But in front and behind this inconspicuous carriage, there were four knights wearing very amazing light armor, and the pure-blooded Fieldnoma under the buttocks, and the knight with the rune sword at his waist, all of which made people who wanted to take the initiative to filter out this strange and ordinary carriage once again focus their attention on the ordinary black carriage with such a luxurious lineup.

Whether it's Fieldnoma, the armor of light engraved with the immortal mark of the Holy See, or the runic sword that can only be blessed by the Overlord, this is a must-have equipment for every knight of the Knights of Light in the Holy See. Therefore, apart from the knights of the Knights of Light of the Holy See, few people dared to wear the armor of light and ride a Fieldnoma through the streets. Otherwise, it will not be long before the staff of the Papal Office or the Inquisition will invite them to the Papal Office or the Inquisition for tea.

Anyone who has had tea in the Papal Chamber or the Inquisition. In the last thousand years, only a dozen people have come out safely.

The number of Knights of Light in the Holy See is only 3,000 at full capacity, and this Knights of Light, brainwashed by the teachings of the Byzantian Holy See and ready to die for the Holy See Holy War, has an extraordinary status in the Holy See.

An ordinary Knight of Light is the equivalent of an ordinary white bishop in the Holy See. And the head of the Knights of Light, the second knight of Noxus, Figoat, has a status relative to the cardinal archbishop in the Holy See, second only to the Pope and the Patriarch.

In other words, how can the people in the carriage be ordinary when it can be guarded by eight knights of light? Only the clergy of the Exarchate or above can enjoy such transcendent treatment.

This is not a complicated truth, and it can be easily obtained by careful deduction.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the stone steps of the Cathedral of Egustín, and a withered hand opened the black curtain. Dressed in a red robe, an emaciated old man appeared at the foot of the Ecustin Cathedral in full view.

Stand in front of the crossbar driven by the coachman. The old man looked up at the Cathedral of Eugustín, built on ninety-nine stone steps, costing Noxus and the Holy See countless manpower and material resources. The gaze slowly wandered around this magnificent and even magnificent church, and finally stopped in front of the very conspicuous symbol of the Holy Cross, the white Holy Cross, which was not in the way of the world.

Submit. Spread your hands, put them together and place them on your chest, and finally clasp your hands together. The head was lowered very low, and finally the forehead rested against the hands that were clenched into fists with each other.

After a short time, it is not tall. The old man, who was not burly, stepped out of the carriage and stepped on the stone steps of the Cathedral of Egustine.

The long red robe dragged to the ground, following the old man's not-so-fast but steady pace, meticulously, moving towards the Eugustín Cathedral step by step.

The eight knights who exuded this strong aura of divine light had already disembarked when the old man opened the curtain, and in addition to the weapons in his hands, the second important war horse, followed by more than two dozen white-clothed priests following behind the slender and emaciated old man, and slowly ascended to the Cathedral of Egustin.

A divine aura permeated the sky over the Cathedral of Eugustín in silence.

When they could only see the red and luxurious religious robes that dragged the ground, the residents who had closed their mouths because of the sudden arrival of the divine began to talk in a whisper after the divine aura gradually faded away.

"Oh my God. Isn't that the Cardinal Archbishop of the Papal Office? Could it be said that the great Archbishop of Hygo, who had been immersed in compiling and collating the writings of the Byzantian Holy See, had time to attend the conferment ceremony of the Cathedral of Egustine??? ”

"What a pious priest! It is also a pity, if the Cardinal Archbishop of Haigea had finished compiling the canon of the Holy See six years ago, how could the Patriarch's scepter still go back and forth so many times? Sitting in a luxurious carriage, an elegant man about fifty years old and dressed as an aristocrat whispered to himself with a slight sigh.

"The road to the center of power is never easy! Sometimes it may seem like only one step away, but only the person concerned and his opponent know how many steps there are! The cardinal archbishop who spent thirteen years compiling a book without ambition may be only one or two steps away from the papal crown or the scepter of the patriarch. A voice that was not loud and had experienced vicissitudes of life quietly sounded in the ears of the elegant man.

The aristocratic man, whose breath was enough to fascinate women of any age, glanced back and saw a carriage composed of blue and red slowly passing in front of him. A slender hand lifted the curtain of the window just as his gaze fell on the carriage, revealing an old and wise face.

When the nobleman, who was no longer young, saw the old face, he immediately lowered his head, and sat in front of the carriage with a respectful and humble expression. At this moment, if the other nobles were to see this scene, they would be surprised, and Count Pekoski, who had always been known as a vampire among the nobles, would show such a low-brow and pleasing expression???

"The path to the divine is already covered with unseen dirt, and as a devout believer, it is an intolerable thing. I would like to spend my life walking on that rugged and sacred road, brushing away the dirt that obstructs the eyes of the Lord! At the age of 60, he rose from the Governor to one of the six cardinal archbishops in charge of the Holy See's power.

In the history of the Holy See of Byzantio. There are very few clergy who can become cardinal archbishops at the age of 60, and Hai Ge is enough to rank in the top ten! This also means that in the future, there is a better chance that he will reach out and hold the scepter of the Holy See's Supreme Patriarch, or wear the dazzling crown of the Pope.

For a politician or a high-ranking clergyman, youth has an unrivaled enormous advantage.

Just when everyone thought that the Hakaku Assy Society was ambitious and headed towards the ultimate goal in the eyes of any cardinal, there was no warning. In front of thousands of believers and the then Emperor of Noxus, Nikocage the Great, announced in the Papal Office that he would be in the Papal Office to organize the vast expanse of papal texts.

At that time, everyone was stunned, but there was no suspicion.

For the next thirteen years, as Hygea says, he spent thirteen years sorting out the papal texts in a small study in the papal chamber. Even six years ago, when the patriarch was critically ill, when the patriarch was elected in the Cathedral of Egustine, the silent compilation of the Holy See, still did not appear.

If the sea pavilion appears at that time. At least fifty percent certainty that the patriarch's scepter might fall into the hands of Haygais. Almost all the archbishops or nobles in the same position as the Jacka were aware of one thing, that behind the Jacka was a heavyweight who could turn the huge Noxus upside down, and that his majestic name had the word "holy" in front of it.

Having climbed the ninety-nine stone steps, standing in front of the Cathedral of Eugustine, he squinted at the dazzling white holy cross surrounded by eight knights of light and more than twenty white bishops, and said in a voice that he could hear enough to make ordinary clergy speak and be sent to the Inquisition: "Lord, I have proved my piety in thirteen years, what can you give me?" The papal crown or the scepter of the Patriarch, or a new papacy?? (To be continued.) )