There is a small island in the center of Beinz Blood Lake, and it is also the only island in this lake, because of its special geographical location, this island is considered a holy place among holy places, and the Radiance Cult believes that it is the rest place of the goddess in this world, so they built a magnificent chapel on the island as the goddess's earthly palace.

The area around such a holy place is usually heavily guarded, and the outer edge of the island in the middle of the lake is where the most powerful knights of the Radiant Sect are stationed, and it is impossible to swagger in under their noses, even Vivien's ability to conceal at night may not be able to hide the strength of these church masters, but Hao Ren has other means to enter.

In a depression on the shore of the Blood Lake, Hao Ren led a group of his sub-tenants to sneak here, and he took out the number of terminals: "You fly to the church first, and if you make sure that there is no one in there, you will teleport us in." Be careful not to be discovered. ”

"What if someone knocks this machine down?"

Hao Ren said comfortingly: "Don't worry, I will find Raven 12345 to apply for a new one." ”

"Your uncle!"

Hao Ren rolled his eyes and glanced at the terminal: "Because I firmly believe that you can't be beaten down at all, hurry up and don't rub it off." ”

The number of terminals shook Hao Ren defiantly in the air, and then reluctantly turned off the lights of his whole body, and flew quickly across the sky under the cover of night, flying in the direction of the small island in the middle of the lake.

According to the information that everyone heard before, although the small island in the middle of the lake is surrounded by heavy troops, only the central church is unoccupied, and the church is almost always in a state of blockade as a forbidden place. It only opens its doors twice a year, and that is when the orb travels to this time to welcome the orb and when the orb leaves. The church has been closed to the vast majority of people since Pope Anthony III issued a new interpretation of the canon hundreds of years ago. The only way to enter the church is to enter the vestibule when four nameless ascetics enter the vestibule as the orb escort. They can stay in it for four days; The popes of the Radiant Order were able to determine the date of their death by magic, and they handed over the papal duties to their successors a month before their deaths, and then spent the last month of their lives in the church; A special friar, who is always dressed in gray robes, whose identity and name are not known, enters through the back door of the church on the full moon night of every Lord's month, and is responsible for sanitation and other chores. Otherwise, not even the king of Holletta was allowed to visit the church.

The extremely strict practices of the Hui Yao Sect in these religious regulations left Hao Ren and them with an opportunity to take advantage of. The Templar Orb is not in the church now, the current pope will not die for a while, and today is not a full moon, and the church in the middle of the lake is empty.

While waiting for the news to come back from the terminal, Vivian couldn't help but turn her head to look at Lily: "By the way, you really need to dress up like this?" ”

Lily was dressed in black. Even wearing a black mask that only showed her eyes on her face, looking like a woman who was about to break into the Forbidden City alone, she immediately shook her head when she heard Vivian's words: "Hmph, you don't understand, this is called professionalism, how can you do stealthy operations without wearing night clothes?" ”

Vivien pointed to Lily's shiny tail and ears, "You put these things away first." ”

Lily continued to shake her head: "No, this is the pride of werewolves. ”

Hao Ren felt that the biggest variable in tonight's operation should be this husky whose brain is often out of orbit, but it doesn't matter, if there is an emergency, you can throw Lily out. This very mobile canine is a good distraction.

"Besides, why do we have to bring Doudou with us?" Vivien glanced at the little mermaid hanging from Hao Ren's arm again, "You still left her pot in the room." ”

"Don't worry," Hao Ren poked the little fish baby who was holding his arm like an armband, "There is no marquee." The little one is easily scared, and you didn't see her secretly gnawing on someone's table in the house just now, and I don't dare to let this little guy out of my sight now. That Hilda had been like she had lost her soul, and I didn't believe she could help take care of Doudou. ”

At this time. Suddenly there was a slight sound of wind in the night sky, and the ghosts of the terminals appeared in the night: "There is no one in the chapel. It's quiet around, so let's walk. ”

Hao Ren's figure distorted, and the next moment they were teleported to the church on the island in the middle of the lake.

The sacred island in the middle of the lake remained quiet, and the knights of the Church stationed around the island had no idea that their sacred place had been invaded by outsiders. However, Hao Ren and they didn't find out one piece of information clearly, that is, although the Church in the Heart of the Lake has no handle, it is also capable of defense - the church is full of defensive circles and alarm magic left by the popes of the past, unless there are authorized visitors, or there are high-ranking members of the church to close the church defense from some secret way, otherwise any reckless intruder will be ruthlessly attacked by countless magic circles.

This is also why the Radiant Sect is relieved to keep its Supreme Forbidden Land in an "unguarded" state.

But tonight, when Hao Ren and the others broke into the church, all the security and alarm systems here were quiet as if they were asleep.

The bright light of the crescent moon shines through the high, narrow stained-glass windows of the church into the foyer, making the interior visible. Hao Ren and his party quickly got rid of the brief dizziness of the teleportation, and looked at the qi here curiously.

Like other churches, the vestibule is simply furnished, with no benches or cushions for resting, and despite its magnificent appearance, the vestibule is very plainly furnished. At the end of the vestibule is a small altar symbolizing the goddess's footsteps, made of the most expensive radiant crystals and placed on a large obsidian slab, surrounded by various delicate artifacts that symbolize the goddess's authority, making the place look like a throne.

Not far in front of the small altar, Hao Ren saw that the ground there was completely dented.

"This is where the orb was placed," Vivien said as she walked to the sunken ground, bending down to touch the smooth surface as if it had been cut by a sharp blade, "It is said that there was originally a high platform here, but it looks like it was moved away with the orb, and by the way, part of the floor is missing. ”

Lily cleverly turned her head around and suddenly looked up: "Ah, by the way, there is still a part of the ceiling!" ”

Looking in the direction of Lily's finger, the ceiling of the vestibule also had a circular area neatly cut out, and it corresponded to the depression in the floor below.

Vivian nodded: "Sure enough, it should be a spatial teleportation, and it is a very primitive and crude teleportation method, which does not limit the teleportation target, but directly teleports away a qiē thing within the range." As she spoke, she retreated a few meters away and visually surveyed the prototypical depression of the floor and ceiling: "It should be an oblate spherical space bubble with a radius of five or six meters, not a regular spherical shape." ”

"Is it man-made or a natural phenomenon?" Hao Ren cares about this.

"I don't know, it was two months ago, even if there are man-made magic fluctuations, it should have dissipated," Vivien shook her head and looked around, "It seems that there is still the situation of the day when the orb disappeared here, it should be to preserve the scene." ”

Lily crouched down and habitually sniffed the residual scent of the ground, but she shook her head in confusion: "Strange, only a smell of fabric, as if there was no ......"

Nangong May kindly reminded her beside her: "You are still wearing a mask......

Lily: "...... Oh. ”

Hao Ren arrived at the magnificent altar at this time, and his attention was attracted by the fresco behind the altar.

It was also the kind of eerie fresco he had seen in the hill man's chapel, with eerie colors of black and red intertwined, accompanied by a light of unknown significance.

It looks like all the churches of the Radiance Sect are furnished with this kind of thing, what does it mean exactly?

Hao Ren stared at the mural for a while, always feeling that the black and red ribbons were slowly moving, but every time he focused on the colors that seemed to be fluttering, they returned to their original places for a moment—or maybe they really hadn't moved at all. He didn't understand why there was such an unclear thing in the church, and it stands to reason that such a place should have an icon of a goddess or some other religious totem.

And he vaguely remembered what the frescoes he saw in the church of the mountain people, and this one in front of him seemed to be different from the one. (To be continued......)