0002 Cardinals

Luke City, located in the middle of the Xining Mountains, is like a star embedded in the crescent moon, and has always been known as the "City of Stars and Moon", facing the vast Asakusa Wasteland, it is the largest city within a radius of 300 miles.

In the Holy Blade Church, Luke City is located in the second sequence, which belongs to a more important position in the Holy Religion map, and the first sequence is only six cities, centered on the temple city "Messiah", including the five holy cities: Xuanwu City, Dragon Soul City, Moon Occultation City, Gothic City and Montey City.

At this time, in the center of Luketown, in the ancient and magnificent temple of the minaret domed complex made of white boulders, an old man in a red robe sat at his desk, holding a quill pen dipped in ink, and wrote hard......

"The Lord said that there is a demon in everyone's heart, they cannot be destroyed, they can only be suppressed with good thoughts, only a great sage like the Lord can completely defeat the demons, so that they cannot stand, but...... Why is there so much sin on the Lord's side? Why do those who get closer to the Lord sin more? Why is the Privy Council so filthy? O my Lord! Do you ...... Have you already closed your eyes......"

Suddenly, the side door of the main hall was slammed and there was a dull sound.

Randolph ignored the ink that had not yet dried, covered his notebook, collected his mood, and said, "Please come in." ”

A man in heavy steel armor pushed open the door, knelt on one knee, made a "click" crashing sound, bowed, and said, "Your Excellency, the presiding judge, please come over." ”

"Marcus, what's going on?" This man was his personal bodyguard and trusted by Randolph.

Marcus bowed his head and said, "Two informers have reported a very strange heretical incident, and the presiding judge would like to ask you to come over and discuss it." ”

Randolph tucked his notes into a messy pile of papers in front of his desk and said, "Ask me about this little thing?" Doesn't he have the authority to transfer the Reserve Knights? ”

"It's not just a matter of judging heresy, it's about the body of the Holy Spirit, who may have found a child with the gift of the Son."

"Ahh There's such a thing?! ”

Randolph was so shocked that he slammed his quill on the table, and a document that had not yet been signed was poked with a thick ink, and he immediately collected his troubled feelings, stood up, and said, "Take me there." ”

The merit of judging and exterminating a heresy is negligible, because such things happen all the time in the territory of the Church of the Holy Blade.

However, it was a different story to discover a son, whose merits were sufficient to elevate a cardinal to the core of the Church, a matter that the presiding judge would have tried to accomplish alone if Randolph had no interest.

Randolph was in a very conflicted mood at the moment, he had the opportunity to step into the cardinal level three years ago, and he was the most preferred candidate for the Pope in private at that time, and he hesitated.

To be precise, it was his faith that wavered, he saw something that made him contradictory, among several candidates, he did not show a strong desire to be promoted, and thus he was defeated, and the Pope also sensed his ambivalence and exiled him from the "Xuanwu City", one of the five sacred realms. Many people felt that he had lost power, but only he knew that this was a kind of protection, and his mentality at that time was no longer suitable for living on the soil of the Holy Domain.

Away from the whirlpool of power struggles, his heart gradually calmed down, he began to study the doctrine of the church, sorting out the gains and losses of his life, originally thought that this would allow him to recast his faith and rekindle the piety of being close to the church, who knew that the effect was counterproductive, he felt more and more different thoughts, these thoughts were held in his heart, not vomiting unpleasantly, and this was absolutely impossible to say, he had to write it in his notes, if this note was discovered, I am afraid it would be ironclad evidence of betrayal of the faith.

Thinking of this, Randolph had to sigh, is he such a "suspicious" person?!

History is always strikingly repeated, and throughout his life, it seems that he has always taken some repetitive paths:

Randolph, who was introduced to the priest at the age of ten, has an amazing talent, standing out from the tens of thousands of convent apprentices of the Holy Church, more than ten years of apprenticeship and teaching, from trainee priest, priest, deacon, priest, to bishop, all the way to the rise, at the age of twenty-four, his faith reached its peak, and he was hailed as the genius most likely to succeed the Pope!

Then, the Church made an exception to include him in the inner circle, and as the reserve figure of the cardinal, he saw a lot of things that he had not seen before, saw deception, repression, tyranny, callousness and inhumanity, subverted everything he knew about the Holy Religion, and he fell into confusion......

In his confession, he informed the Metropolitan of his feelings, and thus was identified as a hypocrite, almost imprisoned, and disposed of as a heretic.

At that time, his talent saved him, and the metropolis was unwilling to lose the young and promising bishop, so he demoted him and transferred him to another place.

Later, he realized that the church's treatment of false believers is to kill! What happened to him can be said to be a great favor from the Holy Sect!

After a few years of precipitation, Randolph became more calm and introverted, he learned to hide his emotions, and his promotion began to go smoothly, all the way up to the rank of metropolitan and archbishop, to heights beyond the reach of many, until three years ago, when he raised his head to the priesthood of "cardinal".

"Here we are, Lord Bishop." Marcus pushed the door open, stepped aside, and bowed, waking Randolph from his musings.

This is the most secret room of Luke's Cathedral, close to the Inquisition, the door is nearly 10 centimeters thick, it is cast in wrought copper, covered with the Bible written in Sanskrit and the illustrations of the gods and demons fighting in the apocalyptic chapters, and when you enter the door, you can see a huge beast head hanging on the opposite wall, several meters high, it is a real creature head, covered with gray and thick scales, hideous and terrifying, and the two amber eyeballs are surrounded by some dense compound eyes, when you look at it, you will find that there seems to be divine light in the pupils, flowing with your movement.

Two ragged men stood in the middle of the room, one young and the other old, whose faces were supposed to be father and son, and they exuded the aura of a capable man, and had a pride different from that of the wilderness, but these arrogance was a joke in front of the church, no, they were not even qualified to be sitting, and they did not dare to express the slightest dissatisfaction.

When Randolph entered the house, the presiding judge rose to greet him and said, "Your Excellency, you are here, please take a seat." ”

Randolph walked straight to the most prominent position in the room, sat down, and nodded to the presiding judge.

The presiding judge turned his head, and there was a more solemn flavor in his voice: "You describe what you saw carefully, I don't pay attention to your origins and conflicts, you just describe the scene you saw underground, I want to describe it in the most detail." ”

Tuoba Hong simply bowed his hand, neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "Here's the thing......"

Tuoba Hong described in detail the picture of the little mustard seed performing magic in the blood arena, and also talked about the reactions of the people around him, without missing any detail, he himself is a person who is good at language expression, and the whole process is described vividly and immersively.

The presiding judge asked a few more questions in a guided manner, and Tuoba Hong gave detailed answers.

Listening to the entire description of the exchange, Randolph and the presiding judge exchanged a stealthy look.

The judge said in a loud voice: "Someone! Catch them first! ”

Tuoba Feng immediately put on a defensive posture, looking quite flustered, and asked, "...... Why? I...... We're here to report it, and we didn't do anything wrong! ”

Tuoba Hong's face was calm, and his emotions quickly affected Tuoba Feng, who gradually relaxed, and the two walked down under the supervision of the guards.

When they left, the presiding judge turned his head and asked, "What does the Bishop think about this?" Is it possible that it is fake? ”

Randolph mused, "His description is very realistic, it doesn't look like it's fake!" But this spell is a bit inscrutable, but unfortunately he escaped and did not see the effect of this spell. ”

The presiding judge asked, "Does the Holy Sect have this kind of spell?" ”

Randolph thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know, to be honest, I haven't seen it." ”

"But, didn't you once demonstrate a series of divine techniques of the Holy Sect? According to the description of those believers, I don't think it's worse than this, right? ”

Randolph smiled and said, "The truth of this matter can't be told down, you know, otherwise ......"

Randolph made a strange gesture, and the presiding judge smiled knowingly.

"So, this little girl's performance could also be an illusion?"

Randolph hesitated: "I'm not sure, the key is that at such a young age, it is amazing to be able to achieve such a scale of illusion!" I think some cardinals must not be able to do this, and you also know that in the context of that kind of fierce battle, people's spirits are highly tense, their concentration is very high, and ordinary illusions are difficult to work, according to him, the whole audience was stunned, I would rather believe that it was bragging, otherwise, this Holy Son may surprise everyone in the Holy Church! ”

The presiding judge said excitedly: "That's valuable!" What did the Bishop decide? ”

Randolph mused, "Let's explore the truth first!" Don't scare people away, I have full authority to you in this matter, and I will issue it to you with the authorization of the Knights. ”

"Good! Thank you for your trust, my subordinates will live up to their trust! ”

Randolph bowed slightly, and instructed, "Try not to hurt the innocent." ”

The presiding judge smiled and said, "Your Excellency Bishop is benevolent, and your subordinates understand. ”

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PS: I wrote about the areas I am not good at again, and I write slowly, so write slowly! Let me think about it.

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