While the knight, who was on one knee with his helmet in his arms, angrily demanding an all-out war because the realm of the gods had been desecrated by the Magic Council, the rest of the cardinals in the Hall of Light drew crosses on their chests and shouted in unison: "Those evil magicians will be purified with holy light, so that they will repent at the feet of the Lord, and the realm of God can be explored by mortals!"

Seeing that the face of the Pope, who was holding the platinum scepter and carrying the holy crown, was as heavy as water, and without saying a word, the leader of the ascetics, Valenhill, who was dressed in a simple linen robe, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the request of the Stoneknight represents all the devout believers, who are angry at the blasphemy of the Lord. Rest assured, the heretics of the North will not take advantage of this, unless they have abandoned their faith and turned their backs on the truth, but then their foundations will collapse on their own, and I think they will even attack the Council of Magic in anger. ”

Valenhill is barefoot, with short blond hair, and an unusually spirited blue eye on his emaciated face.

Under the leadership of Valenhill, more than a dozen cardinals who stayed in the Holy City, three Inquisition magnates, and epic knights, including Stone, once again pleaded in unison: "Your Majesty, please order the Second War of the Dawn to begin, and call on all the forces to crusade against the Magical Council, leaving only the nobles who defend the Dark Mountains." ”

Pope Benedict II raised the scepter of light in his hand, and his voice was old but as vast as an earthly realm: "I am satisfied with your devotion to the Lord, and I feel the joy of the Lord's descendation. But I want to ask you, is your faith in the Lord so fragile, and are you worried that the Magic Council will be able to uncover the mysteries of the gods?"

"No mortal can ever touch the realm of God! Have you forgotten the Lord's admonition to us?"

His bright red cloak fluttered as if it had been blown by the wind, and a huge and divine aura of light suddenly emerged, which was ubiquitous and unfathomable.

In the face of the Pope's questioning, all the members of the Cardinal Conference in the Hall of Light were dumbfounded, and deeply reflected on the thoughts and emotional sources in their hearts, in addition to the anger from the blasphemy of the Lord, and the reaction from their own faith. There is indeed a lot of fear that the Magic Council will be able to study the mysteries of the gods as it has done in the past to explore the world, so it wants to stop it. I want to strangle this terrible possibility in the cradle!

"If I say that I am sinless, I deceive myself, and the truth has been blinded by ignorance, but I confess my sins, and the Lord is just. He is merciful, and will forgive me and cleanse me from all sin. "After a short silence. The members of the College of Cardinals repented.

Benedict II calmly listened to their confessions before saying, "The exploration of the Magical Council will certainly not be able to approach the realm of the gods, but their blasphemy is still unforgivable, Valenhill and Bahá'u'lláh you have chosen some of the ascetics and the Night's Watch to go to the Kingdom of Holm to help Filibel, strangle the magicians, and judge them for their crimes." ”

"At the same time, you cooperate with some of the elves and druids in the Stroop Forest to create the illusion that we are about to attack, so that they can have an excuse to recall the druids who have cooperated with the Magic Council. ”

"Follow your will. His Holiness the Pope. Bahá'u'lláh, one of the three giants of the Inquisition, and Valenhill, the leader of the ascetics, saluted at the same time.

The other members of the Cardinal Conference felt that the Pope's order was appropriate, but they also had the strange feeling that what seemed to start a full-scale war and upset the fragile balance of the situation on the entire continent turned into an ordinary blasphemous incident.

"That's fine. Although we are the strongest, we are suppressed by the coalition. If you start a war without preparation, you may have unbearable consequences, so you should continue to wait for the opportunity to be grasped. The members of the converted Cardinal Conference drew crosses on their chests as they exited the Hall of Light.

Pope Benedict II laid down his scepter and returned to his study. A cardinal who had been waiting there for a long time asked: "Your Majesty, the information sent by His Excellency Cardinal Philippel this time includes not only the news of the joint research of divine arts between the Magic Council and the druids, but also the latest Holm Crown Award and other things. ”

"Keep this information archived for later access, and the most important thing for now is to deal with this blasphemous incident. Benedict II waved his hand unconcerned about other "little things".

This is not again a purification sequence that needs to be descended to each parish and each inquisition.

When the cardinal left and closed the door to his study, the pope looked calmly at the oil portraits of the popes on the wall.

Underneath the portraits are the names of each pope and the year of birth to the return to the embrace of the God of Truth.

......

"Charles I, 350-572 A.D. ”

Alfonso, 387-633 A.D. ”

Charles II, 408-686 A.D. ”

"Benedict I, 474-745 A.D. ”

Gregory II, 548-796 A.D. ”

Benedict II smiled and said to himself in an old and peaceful voice: "How can mortals find a way to explore the mysteries of the gods?"

............

On Saturday morning, it was just dawning.

In a manor near the town of "Sariva", Felipe is doing magic experiments seriously and solemnly, although he has only come twice this week, and he has not stayed overnight, but the ruthless and powerful means combined with the analysis of the magic construction principle still make those druids who are trying to make trouble unable to find an excuse, can only desperately tamper with the experimental data, but Felipe didn't care about the experiment at all, he focused all his energy on synthesizing an important living substance from non-living matter.

As the light of the last alchemy array lit up, Felipe saw crystalline products that were colorless at low temperatures.

He controlled his agitation and slowly warmed it, allowing it to quickly dissolve into a colorless liquid at a low temperature, and was sensed by the magic array of a pungent smell.

Felipe took a step back and released the identification technique, and soon got the result, which was a fatty acid that he wanted to synthesize, a living substance that was widely believed to exist only in living bodies!

"There is no excuse for insisting on the doctrine of human vitality. Felipe's gloomy pale face barely squeezed out a smile, "I wonder how many of those old guys in the Dao Organization are willing to admit and accept? Unless they revise the definition of living matter, they will have to change their cognition." It's up to me to overturn this time, hoping to make it easier for other necromancers to accept. ”

Felipe's emotions are very complex, ranging from joy and confusion to melancholy and excitement. If it weren't for the professor's experiment on synthetic urea, I would have been shocked. I'm afraid I'll never be able to accept this fact, let alone change my perception.

Outside his magic lab, a man in a black hooded robe knocked softly on the door.

"Who?" said Felipe, who was immersed in mixed emotions. Asked suspiciously.

The old hoarse voice came through the door: "I, Traquill. ”

"Mr. Traquill, why did you come to me so early?" Felipe asked casually, and began to unblock the magic circle that blocked the door to the lab.

Traquill is a six-ringed necromancer under the Pale Hand, currently with a third-level arcane rank. Unable to advance to the Seven Rings, he was sent to cooperate with Felipe to control the troublemakers druids.

Just dismantled the magic circle. Felipe suddenly woke up, and a great sense of danger rose in his heart:

"Not good!"

Black tentacles made of pure death power suddenly rose up in the laboratory, and once they touched it, the mage's soul would be tainted, and he would no longer be able to perform the highest level of magic at the moment.

At the same time, one by one, mummies wrapped in strips of black cloth rose from the group of black tentacles and pounced on Felipe in cold and horror.

............

Inside the hotel "Lombegen". Lucien was looking at the project briefing, which summarized the problems that the Arcanists encountered in their quest for simplification. They all unabashedly described the progress of their experiments and the unsolvable difficulties, anyway, with this briefing, whoever published the resulting paper in the future would have to count their arcane points.

"By analyzing the manure and other fertilizers that are commonly used by farmers, we can find that they actually contain these elements. But the effect is not very good, and at the same time, how to solve the problem of mass production of manure? If you raise a lot of animals, they will consume a lot of food......

"Previous experiments have proved that plants rely mainly on water and sunlight for their growth, but now through divine analysis, we understand that they also need to absorb elements from the soil, but the ore containing several elements can be crushed and sprinkled without effect. ”

......

After the principles of the divine construction were resolved, the magicians began experiments with the cooperation of the druids, but the ore powder containing these elements that could be mass-produced was completely useless, so they decided to experiment with alchemical products containing these elements next.

"With the principles of divine art, and with the druids working together, I believe these arcanists will be able to discover which alchemical products meet their needs. Lucien put down his briefing, put on his coat, and prepared breakfast before returning to Alinge to teach a few apprentices.

As soon as he opened the door, Lucien saw Ellerstin and Exirion approaching with reserved but unconcealed smiles.

"Mr. Evans, I'm sorry I can't cooperate with your experiments. Orders from the royal court and the Druid Presbyterian Church that we must return to the forest as soon as possible to fend off the onslaught of the Church. Exirion, who knew the inside story, saluted gracefully and unhurriedly.

Lucien knew from their expressions that the matter was not urgent, maybe it was just an excuse, so he smiled kindly and said, "It's okay, anyway, the data from the planting experiment gave me thoughts and ideas." ”

"What?" said Ellerstin and Exilion in surprise at the same time, their brother and sister had tampered with the experimental data!

Lucien smiled: "From the fact that some of the oats with water-soluble substances are growing well under the magic of simply stimulating growth, and comparing the experiments of other research groups, I can draw some conclusions and exclude some unreasonable data." ”

With the results and the principle of the Dao, how could Lucien not be able to find the anomaly in the experimental data!

"Ahh The two elves were a little embarrassed and a little depressed.

Lucien took out a paper he had written a long time ago, "Comparison of several sets of before and after data of oats obtained after treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid as fertilizer, and some conclusions": "I'm going to go to the manor outside the town to submit a report to the high-ranking arcanists, Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness the Princess, together?"

"Go on your own. Ellestine looked listless, trying to ruin the paper and fearing Lucien's strength, and at this time Theodore and Julian also appeared on the other side of the hallway.

............

The carriage drove slowly on the rammed earth road outside the town, and because it was winter, the sky was not yet fully lit, and the surrounding area was gray.

Suddenly, the corona on Lucian's chest produced a scorching breath out of thin air, and at the same time, the main star of fate emitted a strong sense of danger.

Without even thinking about it, he tumbled out of the carriage and activated the Five Rings magic "Powerful Fire Shield".

A black figure fell from the sky wrapped in a cloud of rotting gas, and slammed into the carriage in which Lucien was riding, the iron bars quickly rusting and the wood quickly rotting.

"Hey, I dodged it, and I couldn't kill it. An old hoarse voice sounded in the air of the haze. (To be continued.) )