() At the beginning of the founding of the Church of the Holy Light, a two-master system was established under the joint leadership of the Pope and the Holy Maiden of Radiance, the Pope could appoint the Commander of the Knights Templar in charge, responsible for guarding the Church, eliminating evil forces and protecting the common people;

The purpose of establishing this co-ownership system was to contain and supervise each other between the two forces of the Pope and the Holy Maiden of Radiance, so that a dictatorship and monopoly would occur after one of the forces became stronger, and the Holy Light Church also grew up under this dual-lord leadership system, and the two forces have always lived in harmony

However, one mountain can not hide two tigers

In 429 BC, the original continental calendar 4487, the third Poseidon invasion and the subsequent demon war broke out this fragile balance within the Holy Light Church

In the war with the demons, the Church of Light suffered heavy losses, especially the Knights Templar's losses, which were almost wiped out, and the Inquisition, which was an internal function, suffered little loss, so the rift between the Holy Maiden and the Pope produced the original inconspicuous contradictions, which deteriorated day by day, and finally the two factions formed a situation of equal confrontation, although on the surface it seemed that the Pope and the Holy Maiden of Radiance were still in harmony. Those who work closely together but know the inside know that the people of both factions have accumulated a deep grudge, and the Holy Light Cult is in danger of splitting

Wait, Yun Di interrupted St. Angel's introduction, I have read about the war against demons, the reason why the Knights Templar almost wiped out is completely due to improper command, and there is nothing to do with people, so I fell out with the Holy Maiden for this, and the Pope seemed to be stingy at that time

In which book did you read St. Angel, a little curious, to ask how the Knights Templar, under the leadership of the Pope, were so mighty and brave that they stabbed the devil's lair

Forget it, those canons are fooling people, I found a yellowed history book in an ancient tomb, and the things recorded on it are much more true than those recorded in the canonical history, and then Yun Di found that the other two were looking at him, don't look at me like that, you don't know that I was a thief before I became an assassin, so strange

Okay, let's not talk about this, St. Angel smiled and said, "Do you know who the 'Twelve Heroes of Demon Slayering' used to be praised for a while is?

I knew that Yundi blinked, and among them was the legendary Assassin ancestor, Kuens Agulema

Don't forget the great king of our dwarves, Bruno Hammerhammer, Spiruk Ironheart, who proudly took over the conversation

There are also ten Saint-Angels who said with a smile

I remember the King of Sealand, Charles I, the Lion's Heart...... Yun Di thought seriously for a moment, and Lord Cayton Myronmay, the Knight of the Round Table of the ancient Misura Empire

There are still eight left, and St. Angel still asks unrelentingly

However, the assassin and the dwarf couldn't remember it for a long time, and reluctantly pulled their heads off

The remaining eight of the twelve heroes of the Demon Slayer were: St. Angel broke her hands to count the Radiant Saintess of the year, Shenyin Alice, the Queen of the Golden Dragon, Isabel, the Dragon Knight, Auguston Latto, the Lich King, Canowen, the Skywalker of the Forest Elves, Amrath Icelake, the Dark Elf Master, Ejawin Nightforge, and the Orc Khan, Gaba Skull

St. Angel said Yun Di while counting, and when St. Angel finished speaking, Yun Di seemed to feel that the number was wrong: only said seven, it seems that there is still one Sister Angel, you will not forget

Of course, I won't forget it, St. Anqi said that our saintess family was in a lineage at that time, and the real historical record recorded that it was these twelve heroes who led the alliance of various races to attack the Demon Continent, how could I forget one of them

The last one was a little curious, even the dwarves

Halfling Hero: Garif St. Angel's name startles the other two

Finally pulled to the halfling, Yun Di said, but it seems that history records that the halfling is not good at fighting

That's right, Spirukla yelled, you must have misremembered one of our dwarven heroes as a halfling

No, I'm absolutely not mistaken, St. Angel is pretty sure that the halfling hero Garif has added the seven heroes I mentioned above, and the four heroes you just mentioned are the legendary 'Twelve Heroes of Demon Slayering', but not many people can remember them now

But what does this mean, Yun Di felt that St. Angel's circle was getting bigger and bigger, but she never got to the point, so she couldn't wait to ask

Did you find a single phenomenon in the list just now, and Saint-Angel asked in a vague way

What phenomenon Yundi and Spyruk are a little foggy

That is, in the list just now, there was not a single paladin or priest belonging to the papal line, and St. Angel pointed out the key to this, although the early losses of the Templar Order were indeed caused by miscommand, but the people of the papal line did not think so, they thought that since they had made such a great sacrifice, then in the 'Twelve Heroes of Demon Slayer', the people of the papal line should be on the list, yes, it is our saints who have stolen their credit

It's just a little bit of a loss, they are still big men, Yun Di said disdainfully

Yes, our saints thought the same way, and it was precisely because of this that in the following centuries, our saints and daughters humbled to the papal people in many ways, and St. Angel stopped, but our ancestors later learned that they were just deliberately looking for an excuse to oppose the saints, in fact, the pope had other purposes

Did you mean that the Pope had an ulterior purpose when you said that plan, Yun Di thought about it and asked

Yes, Saint-Angel sighed, if only the ancestor saint could see through it

Compared with other major races such as elves, dwarves, and orcs, humans have very obvious disadvantages: first, they have a short lifespan, and second, they do not have any racial talents, but the advantages of humans are also obvious, that is, they have strong reproductive ability (except for orcs), short maturity time, and fast learning speed

Therefore, even if the papal system that had suffered heavy losses recovered its strength to the level before the original demon war in just two centuries, in the following two hundred years, the papal system desperately expanded its strength under the condition of hiding from the holy women's line, and even later, after the fall of the Misura Empire, it was a golden period for the development of the papal system

Do you mean that Yun Di interrupted St. Angel's words again, and the reason why the Misura Empire fell had something to do with the papal lineage

At that time, there was no evidence that the fall of the Mishura Empire was related to the papal line, and St. Angel looked at her, but the biggest beneficiaries of the demise of this vast empire were indeed the people of the papal line

According to what you say, there are indeed many mysteries in the middle that cannot be solved, and Spiruk stroked his red beard and said, I remember that the Misura Empire of the human race seems to have perished after fighting the Great War with the Moon Rain Republic of the Forest Elves

But how powerful was the strength of the Misura Empire back then, could it be matched by the forest elves Saint-Anqi asked rhetorically, although the elves used the forbidden technique 'Elven Fury' at that time, but with the strength of 7,000 elves, could it be possible to bring down an empire with a huge population of tens of millions, not to mention that no one knew how the old emperor of the empire died back then

Seeing that both of them were silent, Saint-Angel continued: But it has been so long, and all the people who knew it at that time are no longer in the world, and the lifespan of the dwarves is only 600 years old, and the lifespan of the elves is only 1,000 years at most, although the dragons live longer, but in that great battle, neither the golden dragon nor the green dragon participated in the war - the two dragons were weakened too severely in the demon war, and they have not yet eased up, so no eyewitness who experienced that war can say what happened back then

Later, Yundi continued to listen with interest

Later, as recorded in the history books, due to the heavy damage of the Misura Empire in the war, the empire was divided into three, one of which became the current St. Auruff Kingdom - this puppet state directly controlled by the Central Holy See, the papal system used the St. Auruffi Kingdom to quickly accumulate energy, at this time, in the Holy Light Sect, although on the surface, the Holy Maiden still has an advantage, but in secret, the strength of the Pope has far exceeded the Holy Maiden

In the year 4916 of the continental calendar, there was an unknown civil war within the central church of the Holy Light Sect. The time was also very short, but since then the fate of the entire Holy Light Cult has changed, Tong Guò in that civil war The Holy Maiden was defeated, they not only lost the control of the Inquisition, but also lost their rightful position within the Church, the Holy Maiden of Radiance existed in name only, and could only go away; relatively speaking, the Papal Department won a complete victory, they controlled the Knights Templar and the Inquisition at the same time, turned the Holy Light Cult into the Pope's religion alone, and even changed the calendar, changing the continental calendar that had been used all the time to the Age of Light, in order to show the uniqueness and sanctity of the Holy Light Church

However, despite having mastered all of the Holy See, the Pope was not at ease because when the Holy Maiden of Glow left with her, she took with her a supreme artifact in the Church, which had been passed down from generation to generation by the Holy Maiden of Glow and was said to have the ability to revoke the legitimacy of the papacy, and the popes of the past had always wanted to obtain or destroy it

In order to protect this magic weapon, the Radiant Holy Maiden at that time gave it to the halfling clan for protection, and later the halfling perished because of this magic weapon

But why did the halfling help the Radiant Saintess protect this magic weapon, and since this magic weapon was so important, why didn't the Radiant Saintess protect it herself, Yun Di asked

I think the halflings said that they helped the Holy Maiden to protect the artifact for the sake of friendship

That's right, the dwarves understand better, your blood relatives Saint-Angel nodded, remember what I just said, 'Twelve Heroes of Demon Slayering', these twelve heroes led 400,000 allied troops of various races to attack the Demon Continent, but in the last twelve heroes, one-third of them died in the Demon Continent in World War II, and in the end, only four surviving heroes remained, leading less than one-tenth of the original army back to Olopa, these four survivors are the Radiant Holy Goddess Yin-Alice, the Golden Dragon Queen Isabel, the Lich King Kanovin, and the halfling hero Garrif

Yes, as St. Angel said, after returning to Olopa, Canovan was not approached because she was a necroman, Isabel was a dragon and too arrogant - so after the war was over, only the two heroes - Alice and Garif formed a precious friendship during the war, and later Garif became the king of the halfling clan and reigned for more than 400 years, although the god - Alice has long since died, and the Radiant Saintess has gone through seven generations of changes, but the friendship rooted in the heart has made Gallif, who is in his twilight years, take special care of the successor of the god - Alice

Garif then easily agreed to the request of the fallen Radiant Saintess Pure-Deran to protect the artifact for her, even though it later brought ruin to the halfling

But how did that artifact make the halfling extinct?" Yun Di asked

I don't know, St. Angel shook her head, and said that my teacher didn't tell me about the extermination of the halflings, maybe she didn't know either

Spiruk Ironforge was silent, and he also lived on friendship first, and the dwarves obviously couldn't do the same level as the halflings

The treasure I'm looking for is the artifact Saint-Angel continued, and it was hidden by the halfling somewhere in this terrifying forest

Why would the halfling choose such a dangerous place to store that thing, Yun Di muttered, don't they know that ogres are difficult to deal with

I'm afraid it's because it was once home to the halflings, Spiruk replied for St. Angel

What Yundi was a little surprised by this answer

Spyruk is right, the forest wasn't originally called the 'Forest of Terror', it has a poetic name: Rainbow Lucky Forest, St. Angel says that the halflings were the original owners of the forest, and the ogres only moved here after being driven out of Shamania by the Orcs

Suddenly, Saint-Angel stopped

What's the matter, the two people who crossed to the front asked

Saint-Angel's little squeeze was turning like an old traveler after a long absence, and she said, "I think we have reached our destination," and she pointed to the front where a castle of wood stood

Just kidding, Yun Di said exaggeratedly

The wooden castle in front of you is --

Ogre Fortress