Chapter 436: Three Priests
Cult of the Fallen Stars, Grand Parish No. 6.
The headquarters of this mysterious force is located in the southeast of China, in an alien dimension isolated by a magic array. Unless there is a super strong person who can destroy the entire magic array, the only way to enter and exit here is through a specific magic door.
Under the triple verification of badges, mana fluctuations, and code words, the possibility of outsiders blending in here is almost completely eliminated.
With such strict protection, the location of the Grand Diocese was never discovered by any professional in the six years before Fang Jin's rebirth. Even if it has been a year and a half in this life, there is still no risk of leakage.
Boom! Boom!
The rapid sound of the bell echoed in the grand parish within the magic array.
Because it coincides with the twice-daily prayer time, the large parish, which can accommodate thousands of believers, looks quite empty. Only a small number of believers who seemed to have just returned from a mission outside looked up in some astonishment when they heard the bell. But under the strict rules, they did not dare to behave in any way, and immediately lowered their heads and hurried through the empty and gloomy corridor with expressionless faces.
Beyond the central cathedral, which is hundreds of meters high and reaches to the sky, behind the space of the large parish, there is a slightly mysterious chapel.
On the top of the chapel, there is a holy emblem with the pattern of a fallen star. In the altar in front of the emblem, the divine fire of Okaz, the god of chaos, is burning unquenchable. It's just that the fire at this moment looks extremely weak, and there is no horror that seems to burn everything at its peak.
This is a forbidden area that ordinary believers are not allowed to enter, and even the Fallen Star Deacon, who is in charge of management, can only apply for entry when they receive or hand over tasks, or report things.
Only the true middle and high-level of the Fallen Star Sect, the priests and bishops, can enter and leave freely.
At this moment, the two Fallen Star Priests, who had already been notified through the coat of arms, rushed to the bell and arrived in front of the statue of Okaz in the chapel in time, looking respectful but faintly impatient waiting for something.
On a wall panel next to the two of them is an adapted map of the division of the diocese that is copied from a map of the world issued by China.
Among them, the main part of China is included by two major dioceses, one south and one north. Among them, the sixth major diocese in the south is divided into three districts according to different colors.
The three bishops of the Grand Diocese are each responsible for one of them.
If there are human beings appearing here, you can see it, including Anhui Province, where the Rescuer Guild is located, Hubei Province, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province and other places are all classified into the second division.
At this meeting, only the priest in charge of the bishop seat of the second partition received the message of the badge.
If it is before the coming to the earth world, such a meeting is usually presided over by the bishop himself.
But after the Great Migration, the twelve archbishops were forced to go into hibernation, and only major matters were awakened. The bishops of the major dioceses also fell into a serious weakness. In this case, the day-to-day affairs of the partition are essentially the responsibility of the clergy.
They only need to report the results on a regular basis, and if the bishop does not respond, it is considered to be non-objectionable.
"It's coming~"
Just as the last bell struck, the two priests in the chapel sensed it and looked towards the door of the chapel.
Almost as soon as the last bell rang, a third priest broke in from outside. He came in just in time, and he grinned slightly obese, as if congratulating himself on his good fortune.
"Satsuma priest, you're late!"
Among the two priests who arrived first, Priest William, who was two meters tall with a dark face, rebuked him dissatisfied.
Priest Carman, who had slightly high cheekbones and sunken eyes and a beard next to him, snorted coldly to show his attitude, although he didn't say yes.
"No, no."
Of course, the Satsuma priest would not admit such a thing, and even if he was a priest, if he violated the rules of the sect, he would still be severely punished.
He insisted, "I'm the last bell to ring, okay?" As long as you don't come after it's over, it's not too late! ”
After a few quibbles, William also knew that this alone could not help him, so he simply didn't bother to talk to him anymore.
As a result, under the Bishop Loew Seat of the Second Division, except for the priest of Kent, who mysteriously disappeared during an outing mission shortly after coming to Earth, the priest Hall who still remained in the ruined twilight plane with another mission, and the priest Joyce, who has been running outside the grand diocese for many years to shoulder the task of purging, the remaining three priests were present.
"Say, what's the matter with this convocation?"
Seeing that he had successfully escaped, the expression of the Satsuma priest regained some of his sorrow. In the severely suppressed power of the Fallen Star Sect, his existence is simply an outlier.
Priest William and Priest Carman were very dissatisfied with this colleague who had been promoted not long before the Great Migration and always gave people a feeling of unreliability.
But it is not easy to avoid the other party.
Even the bishop has no right to decide on the appointment or dismissal of priests, and the archbishop must be in charge of all the affairs of a large diocese.
But as I said earlier, after the Great Migration, the archbishop fell into dormancy and could not wake up on non-important matters.
The appointment and dismissal of a priest is obviously not an important matter.
What's more, although the Satsuma priest is always unpleasant, he has never seriously violated the canon, so that others can't catch it.
Therefore, at least until the archbishop fully awakens, the two priests William and Carman can only endure it - the big deal is that when they encounter an expatriate mission, they will assign more to this guy and drive him out of the archdiocese in disguise.
As the saying goes, out of sight and out of mind!
But how to wait for the opportunity to drive the other party out is a matter for the future, and the meeting in front of us should be held.
Faced with the question of the Satsuma priest, William coldly handed over a report, and at the same time briefly explained: "The plan of the Grand Diocese was destroyed again by humans not long ago. The Book of the Scourge, which had been placed in a place in the Land of the Dead in the Second Division, was stolen by a mysterious enemy, and the person in charge of it was killed along with the two deacons who regularly went to check it. ”
The killing of the fallen star deacon is not a trivial matter, let alone a double death!
Not to mention Satsuma, who had just learned the news, even Priest Kaman, who had already seen it and was mentally prepared, couldn't help but change slightly when he heard it again.
William's expression was a little grim, he glanced at the two colleagues, and continued: "According to the latest information, two fanatics who stayed in place to investigate the enemy's traces also mysteriously disappeared soon after, along with two bipedal wyverns! ”
"Wow! When has the sect encountered such a formidable enemy! ”
Satsuma couldn't help but exclaim, and his slightly pompous attitude once again attracted the unanimous glances of William and Carman.
After briefly digesting the latest information provided by William, Kaman said with some confusion: "I remember, we have set up a small prohibition on all the bipedal wyverns domesticated by the sect for location and tracking. Ignorance? ”