As Akasha lamented, the "Temple" in the northeastern part of the kingdom was draped in a layer of golden-red light in the afterglow of the setting sun. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the core city of the "Rosicrucise", the "Temple" naturally has the most devout believers in the country - and every "Holy Descent", believers from many other cities come to worship and bow down in front of the most magnificent "Hundred Flowers Church" and pray in a low voice.

The white marble floor is visible from the friction of the worshippers as they kneel. There is no garbage here, and if anyone dares to spit here, I am afraid that they will be held down and beaten to death by angry believers in no time. The smell of religion is the only leitmotif here, so the authority of the clergy in the "Temple" far exceeds that of the ordinary nobles.

Even a priest walking down the street attracts countless worshippers who salute respectfully – and the same is true of Priest Ravda, who has just walked out of the back of the Church of the Hundred Flowers.

He walked a little fast today, and he was not at all as calm and solemn as before. This is because Ravda was quite agitated at this time, and when he saw the believer saluting him, he should have raised his hand to draw a cross in response or chanted the phrase "The light is with you", but today the priest frowned and walked over without looking...

"What the hell is going on..."

Returning to his room, Ravda poured a few mouthfuls of cold well water with some distress, but this action did not quell the anger in his heart, but instead caused him to punch the wall in anger - with a "bang", the wooden wall was dented.

Although Ravda's position is "Priest", he currently has the strength of the "Ascetic" to advance to level 5, and his unarmed combat ability and determination are far greater than those of ordinary temple guards.

When he was young, his father was beaten to death by a gang of ruffians, and his mother died of a serious illness in order to support the family - he entered the church as an orphan, and at first he only thought about the word "revenge" every day, and the bishop who guided him did not want Ravda to be blinded by hatred, so he took him into the door of the "ascetic", so that he could give up his hatred and listen to the teachings of the Lord wholeheartedly after more than twenty years of uninterrupted training, and now he has gradually forgotten what the enemy is like.

Due to the strong willpower of the "ascetics", Ravda was specially assigned to the "Temple" to guard the artifact scepter "Viper Kiss", which was obtained from the "Viper Cross". The scepter was sealed in the basement of the church by the Pope himself, and was guarded by a team led by Ravda.

From the day he was sealed, Ravda dutifully fulfilled his duties and lived a consistent and peaceful life every day. However, a few months ago, Ravda felt a voice in her head whispering, and she always knew what she was saying, but after falling asleep every day, the scene of her father being beaten to death by the ruffians flashed again and again in the dream...

This kind of mood fluctuation is a taboo for the "ascetic", and he uses various ways to constantly calm the fire in his heart, but because he accidentally discovered that the former murderer is in the market outside the city two years ago, his mood becomes more and more uncontrollable.

He had almost forgotten what the enemy looked like, but the images that had flashed by in the past countless days and nights were unusually clear. To this day, he felt like he was on the verge of collapse - the desire for revenge was as unquenchable as a volcano about to erupt, gritting his teeth and feeling unspeakable pain.

In the last three days, this feeling has become more and more intense, and today it has reached its limit. At this time, when he was about to splash cold water from the water tank on his face to calm down, his outstretched arm "snapped" and directly punched the water tank into a hole.

"Enough... I've had enough!"

As night fell, Ravda, who had been manic, turned around and walked calmly towards the closed market...

There was no curfew in the temple, and as a priest, he looked little different from before, except for an almost fanatical light in his eyes - after a few casual consultations with passers-by, he found the enemy's house, and when he knocked on the door, the man who opened the door did not recognize his identity, but only habitually bent down and saluted.

The inhabitants of the city are believers, and this is true when they see a priest coming to their door.

Ravda nodded, said a few words, and then stepped into the room, closing the door calmly. Half an hour later, when he opened the door again, his white robe was already covered with blood and flesh...

Ravda, who was breathing heavily, felt a little dizzy, and when the enemy was torn to shreds, his head seemed to regain its composure all at once—he stared blankly at his blood-stained hands, and for a moment could not believe that he had committed such a sin.

"I... What the hell is this..."

The insane Ravda was quickly noticed by the patrolling temple guards, and then the family of three who were torn to shreds caused an exclamation. This incident directly alarmed the temple hierarchy and even the Pope that night, and Ravda was taken directly to the Inquisition for trial, and the results made the overarches look serious...

The next day, the murder was characterized as "robbery and robbery", and it had nothing to do with Ravda from beginning to end. The "ascetic" was questioned by the Pope himself and temporarily imprisoned.

Since then, the seals of the "Viper's Kiss" scepter have been strengthened more than a dozen times, and the guards in charge of guarding them have all been changed to bishopric clergy, and they are rotated every three days.

On the third day of a meeting on what to do with the "pit viper's kiss", the overarches were divided into two distinct factions over the matter.

The Overarchers, led by Rubens, made it clear that the "Viper's Kiss" scepter had shown uncontrollable power in its awakening process, and that a solution must now be sought - and the solution was simple: give it to Sally the Awakened.

The powerful Dark Priest of the "Viper Cross" could not control this scepter, but Sally held it and directly turned the tide of the battle, which was witnessed by hundreds of people. Based on the news circulating inside the "Pit Viper Cross" and the other party's attempt to hijack Sally, it can be concluded that Sally is the only person who can prevent the scepter from getting out of control.

However, most of the overarches are directly on the opposite side: because Sally's current position is no longer the heir to the duke, but a lord of a completely independent territory - how can the "Rosicrucess" ensure her position and interests by handing over an artifact scepter to such a powerful nobleman?

In more high-sounding words, "We can't be sure that Sally will become a pit viper cross after holding the scepter, or even use the power of the pit viper cross to suppress us..." )