The night before dawn is the darkest, and after about half an hour the first rays of the sun will fall, but that is why there is so silence all around

In the empty streets of the Holy City, three men were slowly walking along the streets with a cart, and a patrol of 15 Knights Templar approached

The soldiers of the patrol stopped the three men pushing the wheelbarrow

For God's sake, we are all brothers, a tall man stepped forward and said to the patrolman

You are...... At the head of the patrol was an elite knight, who looked closely at the tall man and saw that the other party was a priest in a purple bishop's robe, he brought the torch closer, and saw that the priest had a cross around his neck, and in his hand he was holding a holy book

The tall priest crossed his hand and humbly said to the elite knights: "May the Lord protect my brothers, I am Yutanko, they are my assistants, and the priest turned slightly sideways to introduce the two monks behind the elite knights

May the Lord Shelter the elite knights also mark the cross with courtesy, Your Excellency Yutanko, and you should know that tonight's curfew is not over

I was appointed by the Pope to celebrate the morning mass at the Great Basilica of St. Meydoa in the west of the city

The Elite Knight of Mass thought for a while before remembering that it was a Sunday, but after thinking about it, the Elite Knight noticed something amiss, and the Mass would take at least 4 hours to start, so do you need to go so early?

Because I learned that the relics used for Mass in the Great Chapel of San Meidoa had been almost depleted, and it was necessary to ensure that the Mass I was presiding over was synchronized with that of His Holiness the Pope himself, and that Yutanko patted the box on the trolley gently, I must prepare it in advance

Despite what you say, you know the curfew rules in the Holy City, and no one is allowed to go out into the streets before the first bell rings in the Pope's Palace, and the elite knights are neither humble nor arrogant because Yutanko is of a higher rank in the Holy See, and strictly observe their duties

Yutanko had expected such a move, so he unhurriedly pulled out a rolled yellow piece of paper from the purple cardinal's robe and handed it to the elite knight, which was the passage seal given by His Majesty the Pope, Yutanko said

The elite knight spread out the paper and carefully examined the seal that it was indeed the Pope, and the elite knight nodded and returned the seal to Yutanko, but he still showed no signs of letting go, but walked over to the trolley and asked Yutanko if he could open it and take a look

Of course, Yutanko was not annoyed by the unrelenting attitude of the elite knights, and each of the Templar soldiers was so dutiful, and it would seem strange if the other party did not check

Several soldiers opened the lid of the wooden box, and a strong aroma came to the nose, and the elite knight probed to the top of the wooden box, only to see that it contained holy water, holy oil, wine, flour and other holy relics necessary for Mass, which were neatly placed in the wooden box

For the sake of the brothers and sisters, can we leave, Yutanko asked politely

I am sorry that Your Excellency Yutanko, the elite knight has pressed his palm to his chest, so that you will not be harassed by thieves, please allow me and my men to protect you all the way to the Great Church of St. Meydova

No, brother, you have your own responsibilities and don't have to be distracted by me, and as a purple bishop, he is not afraid of a thief or two, and Yutanko politely declined the request of the elite knights

The wheels of the cart began to spin again, and disappeared around the corner at the end of the street under the watchful eyes of the patrol soldiers

The Papal Dominion is a special territory composed of Holy Pope Island and Key Island, including some surrounding islands, the Papal Dominion does not belong to the territorial jurisdiction of any of the twelve great powers, has independent autonomy, not only has its own land, but also its own residents and army, although the Papal Dominion claims not to be a state, but in the real sense, the Papal Dominion is a special country with the Pope as the head of state and the unity of church and state

The Key Island was used by the Central Curia as a giant training base for training armies and knights, but in fact, the Papal Dominion as a state was the only normal administrative area of the Holy Pope's Island

Although the Papal Palace is called a palace, from a military point of view, this magnificent building is a castle built on a hill, and from a religious point of view, it is actually a huge church, and the Pope and other central papal ministers and other cardinals and other central figures reside in the papal hall, except for the celebration of a regular mass or other important celebrations, the papal palace is generally not open to the general public and the low-level clergy of the local church, and the closest settlement to the papal palace is the city of the pope at the foot of the papal temple hill, so in a certain way, the city of the pope is regarded as the capital of the papal dominions, and at the same time, the city of the pope is in the Holy Light Faith due to its special geographical locationThere is another name among the disciples: the Holy City

It is called the Holy City not only because it is the closest city to the Papal Palace, but also because it has an important place in the history of the Holy Illuminati: according to legend, the holy relics of the first pope of the Holy Light were buried in a corner of the current location of the city of myths, and a huge mausoleum was built at that time, but the mausoleum of the first pope was destroyed by a wave of pagans, and the funerary goods were stolen and the holy relics were insulted; Later, in order to prevent the infidels from finding and insulting the holy relics of the first pope again, the seven saints abandoned the flamboyant mausoleum, reburied the holy relics in a secret place nearby, and guarded this secret forever at the cost of death, and after a few years, many devout Illuminists came here for the purpose of guarding the tomb, but because they did not know the exact location of the burial of the holy relics, they settled down in the approximate location where the holy relics could be buried, forming more than a dozen villages;

Every clergyman of the Holy Light Cult has to come to the Holy City at least once in their lifetime to carry out an indispensable part of their practice: the pilgrimage to the City of Mythology receives countless pilgrims every year, and since many pilgrims come to the City of Mythology with a lot of money, it attracts many thieves to come, thieves disguise themselves as devout believers and blend in with the ranks of pilgrims, in order to ensure the cleanliness of the pilgrims, the Templar troops responsible for the security and defense of the City of Myths have adopted extreme management methods to compress the dark side of the city - no casinos are allowed in the Holy City, brothel, Taverns and other places where thieves frequented, the only time allowed to drink alcohol in the Holy City was after Mass, when the Holy Blood, was drunk, and the City of Myths was the only city in the world of Olopa that had a permanent curfew, and no one was allowed to walk the streets until the bell rang at about 10 p.m. until the morning bell rang at 7 p.m., also from the Papal Palace, at which time Knights Templar patrols around the city, and anyone who stopped or walked around the streets would be arrested as thieves unless they had a personal seal from the Pope

This is the same for everyone, and he will not be treated favorably because Yutanko is the purple bishop second only to the cardinal, and if it were not for the fact that he got the seal, Yutanko and his two assistants would inevitably be arrested as thieves

Mass is an important religious ritual of the Holy Light Cult, according to the rules of the Church, Mass must be held in the church every Sunday or on a heavy day, and it is even more important for the city of myths as a holy city, because every Mass must be presided over by His Majesty the Pope himself, and the papal palace will be crowded with people who come to attend Mass, but even if the scale of the papal palace is unprecedented, it cannot accommodate the residents of the entire city of myths and countless pilgrims from the three continents, so seven smaller churches were built in various parts of the city of myths to divert the crowds of people who participated in Mass for the papal palace

It is relatively small in scale, and if these seven churches are placed in any of the twelve countries, they are cathedral-level buildings, because these seven churches are ordered by the names of the seven saints who defended the secrets of the holy relics with their lives, so they are also called the Great Church. Before the Mass, the Pope will directly appoint senior clergy from the Central Church to preside over Mass in place of the Pope, and they will obey the command of the bell in the Pope's palace and synchronize with the Mass presided over by the Pope himself, so the seven senior clergy who preside over Mass in place of the Pope will be regarded as doppelgangers of the Pope for the time being

Last night, Yutanko was apprehensive and uneasy to recommend himself to Pope Frio I to preside over the Mass in the Basilica of San Meidova, and Yutanko had conceived many words in advance to persuade the Pope, but he did not expect the Pope to agree very happily, and his smooth progress made Yutanko a little unconvinced, but no one would be so stupid as to abandon the original plan because things were going too smoothly - especially for Yutanko and his companions, the period before dawn was the darkest hour of the night, and the time when the patrols were most relaxed in vigilance, and a key step in the secret plan he needed to carry out was to be realized at this time

After the trolley left the sight of the patrolling Templar soldiers, it did not push directly in the direction of the Great Basilica of San Meidova, but turned a corner, stopped in front of a bakery, and Yutanko looked around very vigilantly, and after making sure that no one was following, he knocked on the locked wooden door of the bakery very neatly: tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-

The wooden door opened a crack, and a slightly chubby, bald man appeared in the crack of the door

Come in and the bald head nervously greeted Yutanko, who was standing outside the door

Yutanko waved his hand at the two assistants, and the three of them pushed the cart into the bakery, and the bald head quickly closed the wooden door

Did you send it out, the bald head asked Yutanko, and by the faint candlelight, he could see that the bald head's spirit did not seem to be very good, and he didn't seem to have slept all night

Well, Yutanko nodded, he motioned for the two assistants to lift the wooden box from the trolley, and then flipped the trolley, and saw a man held in place by rope at the bottom of the trolley-this man's face looked young and handsome, his whole body was wrapped in gauze, his eyes were closed, and Yutanko and two assistants quickly untied the rope and gently lowered the young man

Follow me, bald head, holding candles, to the depths of the bakery, two assistants lifted up, and the young man followed Yutanko closely to the end

Led by the bald head, they entered a bedroom, where two assistants carefully placed the young man on the bed

Knight Rousseau: The Knight of Rousseau, bald, shouted twice to the young man, but there was no response

What's wrong with him, the bald head gave Yutanko a puzzled expression

I'm afraid he'll scream because of a wound on the road, so feed him **** in advance, don't worry, he'll wake up after a while, Yutanko explained

That's fine, I'm still worried that something will happen, bald and relieved, this person is too important to us

I'll leave it to you, but don't do anything wrong Yutanko patted the bald shoulder

Don't worry, but you should hurry away, and if you arrive late at the Great Basilica of San Meidova, it will definitely arouse suspicion

Knowing that, we'll go now

Wait for you to go through the back door

When the trolleys reappeared on the streets, the first rays of dawn had already appeared in the eastern sky, and the holy city was about to wake up

The three of them were in a hurry, and in order to regain the lost time, Yutanko and his two assistants could only speed up their progress.