() "The heinous crimes of heretic Julian and Selina are now sentenced......"

"Shut up!" Julian loudly interrupted Sixtus' sentence, "where is the Pope? I want to see him!"

"Julian Rousseau, sinner, how can you interrupt the divine sentence! Please remember the URL of this site: .

"Put away your clichés, I don't want to hear your disgusting voice. I know the Pope must be here, call him out!"

"You ......"

Julian didn't take him seriously at all, and Sixtus's face turned the color of pig's liver, and he saw in Julian's angry eyes that it was not at all what a prisoner on trial should have, and this look gave him an indescribable sense of fear and humiliation, and at that moment, Sixtus felt as if he had swapped identities with the other party, as if Julian was the inquisitor, and was branded with the "mark of heresy", and the person standing in the audience for trial became himself. In his more than thirty years in the Inquisition, Sixtus tried countless heretics, but he had never met a man like Julian, who gave him such a sense of urgency.

"I repeat, call the Pope out!"

Julian shouted again, louder and more powerful than before, and Sixtus was so frightened by him that he shivered all over.

Selina watched Ssixtus and Julian's actions. She was a little confused, and she couldn't understand why Julian, who had a negative attitude, suddenly seemed to be a different person. Shocked by Julian's momentum, Sixtus was stunned, and his stunned demeanor was maintained until Julian took a step forward.

"What do you want to do? Although Julian's steps were not loud and the sound of touching the ground was silent, it made Sixtus feel as if he had stepped on a heavy kick in his chest, and the inexplicable sense of fear did not abate, but intensified. Who would have thought that a holy heresy would become what it is?

Seeing that Sixtus was indifferent, Julian took another step forward, this time Sixtus felt his head congested, and his eyes turned white, this feeling of detachment had made him understand that between himself and this young man who was advancing step by step, it seemed that there was no longer a barrier called "heretic mark", and as long as the other party was willing, he could rush up and crush his throat at any time......

"This is the most extraordinary trial I've ever seen. ”

Just as Sixtus was in a dilemma, a familiar voice suddenly came from overhead. Relieved, Sixtus raised his head and blurted out: "His Majesty the Pope!"

"Pope?" said Selina, and involuntarily looked over to the place where the voice came from.

I saw that above the door of the judgment hall, where the original white walls had been located, the light was distorted, and a terrace slowly appeared on the wall about 10 meters above the ground; In the middle of the terrace, a man wearing a white bishop's robe and a silver metal mask sat on a chair, and around this person, eight priests in black monk's robes were clustered, although their whole body was covered in black robes, but the outline of the heavy armor could be seen from the bulging parts of their black robes, and it could be inferred from their standing posture that these people were strong knights.

"This man...... He is the current Pope, Pope Frio I?" Serina's gaze immediately fell on the man with the silver mask, and even those who had never seen the Pope in person knew that in the Cult of Holy Light, the white bishop's robe, which was one level higher than the red bishop's robe, was only one person in the whole world who was qualified to wear it

"Julian Rousseau, why do you want to see me?" the Pope asked Julian directly as soon as he came up. He was not at all surprised by Julian's "resurrection from the dead", apparently the Pope had known about it for a long time.

"I'm fed up with this botched performance," Julian said, pointing at Sixtus and looking up to the Pope, "to keep letting such a fool dictate in front of me, and I'll go crazy even for a second." ”

"Sinners, evil spirits, you will be punished most severely!" Sixtus was so angry that he lost his dignity in front of the Pope. Who on St. Papal Island is not in awe and caution in front of the Pope? But Julian humiliated him Sixtus in front of the Pope without any scruples, and what did this make for the face of the Chief Inquisition?

But the response came from behind the silver mask: "O Sixtus, you should understand why I arranged for you to judge them alone. What would your subordinates think if they saw you like this?"

The Pope's words were slow and calm, like a priest confessing to a confessor, but Sixtus heard it in his ears and his heart was like a knife. Since this trial was arranged by the Pope, Julian's uncontrollable judgment and the humiliation of his Sixtus were naturally expected by the Pope. Sixtus suddenly lost his sense of superiority as the Pope's deputy and the second person in the Holy Light Cult, and at that moment, he felt that under the surface of the scenery, he was nothing more than a puppet at the mercy of the Pope, and Sixtus broke out in a cold sweat, so that in his fright, he forgot to think about what the Pope's real intention was.

Feeling the same way as Sixtus is Serena, who is in a hostile position. Although she was covered in bruises under the lightning strike, she still struggled to her feet, raised her head, and bravely looked at the unattainable man on the terrace: "No, you are not the Pope, how could the real Pope leave his well-guarded palace?" Although the white cardinal's robe was enough to explain the irrefutable facts, Selina's heart still preferred to believe that the Pope in front of her was not real.

But her doubts were not answered by anyone, even Julian, who was beside her, was silent at the moment. This silence is the best answer to Selena, and it confirms her greatest fear: this person is the Pope!

Although through the mask, Selina clearly felt that the Pope's gaze was like a fishing net with a blade, covering her whole body in the net, and then cutting her whole body to the ground, and the blood flowed. With such mental torture, Selina couldn't tell whether it was caused by magic or simply intimidated by momentum, she only knew one thing: she had no way out, and her fate was completely controlled by others.

"Are you the last living of those spies?" the Pope asked, after staring at each other for a long time.

The word "alive?" made Selina feel as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss, "My companions, are they ......?"

The Pope didn't answer directly, his head tilted slightly to the left, and one of the knights standing on the left immediately understood, walked over to the railing of the terrace, and threw down the pile of things hidden in the black robes. In the midst of a series of "ping-pong" sounds, Selina recognized one familiar item after another: long knives, hooks, broken swords, damaged crossbows, half-torn scrolls......

"They...... What happened to them?" Selina finally couldn't hold back and yelled at the Pope.

"I've never seen anyone like this, everyone has poison hidden between their teeth, and when they are caught, they bite through it and kill themselves. Even Yutanko, who is a purple cardinal, and Myron, who is a blessed knight, are no exception. But you don't have to try, because the poison hidden between your teeth has long been removed. As the Pope said this, another knight on the left stepped forward and stretched out his right hand, only to see a black pill the size of a peanut between his index finger and his finger.

Selina couldn't help but lick her tongue at the place where the poison was hiding in her mouth, and found that it was empty, and her heart flooded with a burst of light.

The Pope continued: "What is the method that the pseudo-king of Duris used to make you so desperate for him?"

"Duris?" Hearing the name, Selina's face turned pale instantly, she was very frightened at this time, but this fear was completely different from the fear of the danger of her situation just now.

"Don't pretend to be foolish in front of me, the only people who have the ability to run such a huge spy network in the Papal Dominion are those in power in the military powers of Olopa today, and there is no one else who has the courage to risk the world's greatness, except for the stealing of the throne and the ill-intentioned Duris Heath. At this point, the Pope pointed to Julian, "Last October, under the guidance of the God of Light, I activated the Tower of Seven Sins to defeat Duris, but it was to no avail because of this traitor's actions. Duris is reluctant and will definitely find a way to get revenge, I expected that he will do whatever it takes to get the information of the Tower of Seven Sins, and the first targets will definitely be you and William Mano. ”

"So you already know everything about us?" said Selina with a wry smile.

"Nope. The composition of your organization, the rules of its activities, the infiltration process, and the contact information are not known at all, and I did not even know that the name of your organization is 'The Forest' until a few days ago. But I have an advantage that you don't have: the power to decide the final battle. All I need to do is set up for the final battle, waiting for you to fall into the net. "Sure enough, the farce that happened in the Peido sanatorium the day before yesterday has finally become an opportunity to root you up." It's just that I never thought that among the spies there would be a purple cardinal and a blessed knight. ”

"The day before yesterday?" Serena and Julian agreed to note a time word spoken by the Pope. They finally understood why they did not have a brief amnesia when they woke up from the forced teleportation, but remembered the events before the teleportation clearly, it turned out that they had mistakenly stepped on the teleportation magic circle on the fourth floor of the small building and found themselves in the judgment hall, and had been stolen for three days.

"I see, that's why you put Knight William and the little girl together in the Pedo Sanatorium. Selina was shocked, "No wonder the information was passed on so easily." The Harpy, the two paulownia buildings, and William with his memories tampered with are all traps set in advance. ”

"Now you finally understand that His Majesty the Pope is God's agent on earth in the light, representing the only truth of the world. It is foolish and incorrigible to go against the Pope. After the Pope appeared, Sixtus's fear of Julian gradually disappeared, and his confidence began to return.

But Selina ignored the guy, and her questioning was still addressed to the Pope: "I know that I can't fly with wings, but there is one thing I must know." ”

"Say it. ”

"How are the two men who were taken away by the Inquisition in the inn more than a month ago?"

After receiving the Pope's approval, Sixtus said to Selina proudly: "Those two sinners are really amazing, they actually endured 17 days of continuous torture without exhaustion, which is also a rare record in the history of the Inquisition." Unfortunately, the young sinner killed his companion and committed suicide while the guards were not looking, and if I had given him a little more time, I would have been able to put him on his knees. You know what? That kid kept calling 'Mommy' before he died, and that's a ......."

The more Sixtus spoke, the more smug he became, but the more Selena listened, the angrier she became. Eventually, Selina couldn't take it anymore and yelled, "I'm going to kill you!" and rushed towards Sixtus.

Enraged, Serena forgot about the "mark of heresy" and suffered the terrible lightning strike again. The screaming lasted for several seconds, until Serena couldn't scream. Julian held Selina and told her to lie carefully on the ground. Julian's eyes widened at Sixtus, and the resentment in his eyes deepened than before.

"If my guess is correct, you should be the mother of the young criminal. It may be a touching mother-son relationship, but your son is not destined to go to heaven because he is still blasphemous before he dies, and how would he have gone to hell if it weren't for his mother's fate?" the Pope stood up, stretched out his hands to Selina, and said, "But you are not without a chance of salvation, and your son can be redeemed as well." The real murderer of your son, who drove your mother and son to a dead end, is the evil puppet king Duris on the other side of the sea, who has abandoned you and sent you to death and tortured you. Duris is your enemy, not trying to save your Central Church. Do you have a choice, walk into the abyss of darkness forever, or embrace the true light?"

Hearing what the Pope said, Julian finally understood: It turned out that the "Jack" who was arrested with Hagen in the hotel that day in place of his identity turned out to be Selena's own son, and it was also the direct downline "money tree" she said at the meeting on Lakeland Island, no wonder Selina was so indifferent and hateful to him Julian at the beginning, it turned out that she let her son die instead of Julian. And at dinner the day before departure, Selina expressed a series of maternal acts of love, perhaps to temporarily treat Julian as her son, in order to give herself a kind of self-comfort that "her son is still there".

Thinking of this, Julian couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart.

Selena's blood and tears mixed together and contaminated the marble floor of the judgment hall. She pushed away Julian, who was holding her by her side, and struggled to her feet, staggering, but staring at the Pope unwaveringly and resolutely.

"Hahahaha...... Hahahaha...... Your Majesty the 'Beloved' Pope, you are wrong, very wrong! The affairs of our 'woods' must be decided by the people of the 'woods', and no one can command us, and no country can control us! Nothing is the kingdom of Lys, what is the kingdom of Pole, has nothing to do with our 'woods'! Hahahaha......

In the midst of the wild laughter, Serena suddenly flashed a dagger and stabbed it into her heart with all her might.