Chapter 60: Benedict III's Goal (Second Shift Monthly Pass)
The members of the Cardinal Church prostrate in the Hall of Light, in addition to the legendary powerhouses such as the Holy Spirit Priest and the Holy Knights, there are also eight or nine clergy who are only level nine, they are also cardinals, and they are favored by the Pope and the legendary powerhouses, and are expected to be promoted to the Holy Spirit or Holy Talents, either in charge of a small diocese, or in charge of different specific affairs in the Holy City of Reims, just like the six Nine-Ring Archmages in the Supreme Council of the Magic Council.
When Anasta solemnly declared himself Benedict III, listening to the beautiful chant and feeling the warm and peaceful holy light, Cardinal Philip of the ninth rank only felt that his heart was clear, forgetting that there were other things in the world, in this inexplicable touch, he only felt a little light in his heart, divine transcendence, and then this light gradually expanded, showing the projection of the seven-layer heavenly mountain, and a six-winged angel phantom flew out of it, integrating into his own heart of faith, and his soul showed signs of sublimation.
In the Great Hall of Light, Philip, who was prostrate on the ground, was dyed with a layer of milky white light that flowed slowly and never stopped, and his aura quickly increased, making the surroundings holy and clear.
When Benedict III saw this scene, his face showed a heartfelt smile: "This is a gift from the Lord, we have one more brother, and one more companion to purify evil!"
Melmos and the others understood that Philip, who had been accumulating for a long time, finally "saw" the projection of the Heavenly Mountain in his heart when the "voice of the Lord" came just now, and was promoted to the priest of the Holy Spirit.
In the light, Philip's soul gradually became clear inside and out, and he raised his head, his eyes joyful and pure, and he drew a cross on his chest: "But the truth endures." ”
"Companions are welcome. May our efforts keep the Lord's ways on earth as they are walking in His kingdom. St. Melmos, the head of the Templar Order, St. Mary, Cardinal, and St. Odin St. Ottin, the leader of the ascetics, led the rest of the cardinals to congratulate them.
Benedict III, whose hair was only slightly gray, had a lot of silver strands at this time, and he said calmly: "The Lord's favor has never diminished, and no matter what the crisis, we will be able to get through it in the end." ”
"Melmos, you gave Odin the task of finding Terrance and the others to Odin, leading a member of the Cardinal Conference and some ascetics to Aalto to assist Philippel and Beria, Danissos is a little restless, Maria, you lead two members of the Cardinal. Travel to the North to Shock. To prevent heretics from encroaching south, Katy, you bring two members of the Cardinal to Stewart and set up a Storm Strait defense. You have to make full use of the help of the epic knights of all countries. "Katy is another female saint.
Since there is no strait, the four countries and the Northland coastal corridor have to be guarded. Plus the support of the Epic Knights. The legendary manpower of the church can be arranged, and it will not lose too much xenodimensional space and territory.
Melmos agrees, though. The legendary powerhouses of the Church are concentrated in the Duchy of Vaorit, the Northern Province of the Holy Helz Empire, Stewart and several important different dimensions, making the holy city of Reims and the central region very empty, but with the Pope's crown, the King of Angels, and the newly promoted Philip, it will not be raided.
When the situation settles down, it can be restored to the past situation, in the Duchy of Vaorit, the ancient kingdom of Syracuse, the Northern Province, Stewart and other places, only one or two members of the Legendary-level Cardinal Order are guarded with the cooperation of the local epic knights, and the other members are concentrated in Reims except for a part of the rotation to control the Xenodimensional space, so that they can maneuver to rescue and strike at any time.
After thinking about it, Melmos asked, "Your Majesty, the Grand Duke of Vaorit is missing, what should I do with the Violet family?"
Benedict III shook his head: "This is Natasha's personal move, and it is no problem to involve the Grand Duke of Vaorit, but if you hit the entire Violet family because of this, it will easily cause instability in the hearts of the nobles, which is not conducive to the current situation, therefore, you and Milton will choose one of the Violet family side lines to inherit the position of the Grand Duke." ”
"Follow your will. Melmos didn't object, and he didn't want to see the Southern Church abandoned by the family with the title of "Shield of Truth" like the "Sword of Truth" family, which would cause panic.
As Benedict III issued orders one after another, cardinals rushed to various places, the dangerous situation of the Southern Church due to the loss of the area across the Storm Channel, the loss of four legends, the loss of three Holy Spirits, and the defection of seven epic knights gradually stabilized, and the Dark Council once again missed a good opportunity to bite the Church due to internal strife.
In the case of the three legends of Felibel, Milton, and Beria relying on the Northern Fortress and the Aalto Defense Formation, although Danissos is the pinnacle of legends, he can't rely on his own dragon to achieve quick victory - there are also contradictions and disagreements within the dragon clan, and many of them are in another dimension or sleeping, and Dracula has discovered the traces of a werewolf prince and chased it down, and has no time to care about the affairs of the church.
After Ines and the other two Holy Spirit priests returned to Lance, and the wise angel Terrance defected to the Northern Church, the aftermath of the "Mushroom Cloud" plan of the Magic Council seemed to gradually subside, and the Southern Church still maintained the strongest position by relying on the strength of one god-like, two legendary peaks (King of Angels, Melmos), three third-order saints, fifteen legends, and thirteen epic knights of various countries, but the gap with the Northern Church and the Magic Council narrowed a lot.
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When Benedict III returned to the study of the previous pope, he waved the cardinals out of the room, and sat quietly in his chair, looking at the newly added portrait:
"Benedict II, 602-824 A.D."
Suddenly, his face turned pale again, his left and right hands trembled uncontrollably, and his breath dropped sharply, from a god-like to the level of the first order of the Holy Spirit, and then slowly climbed back to a god-like level, and after a few times, his breath gradually stabilized, but his hair seemed to be much grayer, and his eyes were even more old and cloudy.
"'Divine grace' is too much to bear......," he sighed softly.
After recovering, Benedict III's gaze looked at the room where the "King of Angels" Mecantron was, and seemed to see him directly through the multiplicity array and walls.
Mecantron, holy and beautiful as a woman, stood by the floor-to-ceiling window. The long blond hair was much darker.
He was not lightly injured under the shattering backlash of the Eternal Blazing Sun and the "Earth Heaven", coughing in a low voice from time to time, spitting out golden blood that was as thick as an energy mass, and his pupils seemed to be a little dilated.
However, for the "King of Angels", such an injury did not hurt the fundamentals, and it was getting better at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Benedict III withdrew his gaze, an inexplicable smile on his lips.
Then, he stood up and walked to the important filing cabinet protected by the Terror Array, and found a column named "Douglas". Quite a few documents were pulled out of it. Read it again:
"The target person doesn't seem to be averse to my speech. ...... "He often has times when he is emotionally confused...... "Maybe he is a little shaken." ”......
"—Arthur"
Benedict III looked at these documents, took out the report of "Latest Advances in Arcane Theory" from the column of "Magic Council", looked at the description of special relativity in it, and whispered:
"Although there is no Altür by his side. But it can be seen that his sports system is in serious trouble. Maybe more time than I used to be confused. Maybe it's time to find a chance to talk to him......"
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Holy Hylts Empire, Antifleur.
Inside the palace, Rudolf II, who was sitting in the prayer room, suddenly raised his head. Behind him, the dreamy wings spread out, a full eighteen pairs, and he said suspiciously and slightly happily: "He's injured?"
Retracting his emotions, Rudolf II closed his eyes, and the breath of the whole person suddenly became ethereal and ethereal.
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No sound, no extra color, frozen necromancer.
Rhine's bright red coat was unusually eye-catching, and he walked in the chaotic projection of the city of Rentat, and said to himself solemnly: "Where did the remnants of Salde's body escape......
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Lucien left Thunder Hell and returned to the Atomic Research Institute, where he saw Lazar, Annick and the others all looking scared and happy.
"Teacher, why did you suddenly start a war with the church?" Under the energy storm of the "Eternal Blazing Sun" just now, Alinge, the city in the sky that had lost most of its power, was blown and tumbled, like a ball in the sky that had been rising and falling, Heidi and the others tasted a taste even more terrifying than crossing the Storm Strait by boat, and vomited with a pale face and a weak tone.
Lucien smiled: "Of course, this kind of thing must be kept secret, there are many spies in the council. ”
Sprint's family had already received Alinge, and they had no worries, and after relieving themselves, they all smiled, saying that they could finally travel to Rentat, the four countries of the Strait, and the Northland Coastal Corridor - as Lucien's students, they were affected by the reputation of the teacher who was too big and did not have enough strength to support them, and they did not dare to leave Alinge until the Third Ring Road.
Then, Heidi, Katrina, and other students and assistants asked me about the situation of the legendary battle just now, and Lucien told the truth about some of the things he knew.
"Teacher, did you also kill a lot of clergy of the eighth and ninth grades? Could there be a cardinal?" Katrina had a lot of confidence in the teacher, he was the man who could escape under the pursuit of the demigod lich, and he only had six rings at the time!
Lucien shook his head: "Officially a legendary battle, how could I get involved, just went to the Palace of Nexer to help Natasha." ”
In this action plan, because his strength was too low, he was almost in a state of soy sauce, even if the plan was formulated, he didn't make much effort, just informed the Supreme Council of the news that Natasha was able to contact the Pope directly and that he had transformed the Nexer Palace Divine Array, and the group of old foxes quickly formulated the plan three.
On the contrary, Natasha persuaded the nobles to make a speech by herself, retaining the veto power and taxing the nobles, and with the Magic Council as a backer, Natasha's actual concessions were not big, but they looked shocking and easy to bluff people at that time.
"Teacher, you'll soon become a legend. Cherry, who had Lucien's help, cheerfully complimented.
Lucien didn't say much, there was still a lot of work to be done, so he walked past them and into his office.
"Reiria, do you see that the teacher has an extra iron ring on his left hand? hehe, maybe he's about to get out of singleness. Heidi was sharp-eyed and gossipy.
Only then did Reilia wake up: "The 'element' of the Holm crown ring on the teacher's right hand is also gone, hey, sure enough, a good man is easy to be picked away first, which is really enviable." ”
The ladies quickly perked up and played in the spirit of gossip, chatting and exchanging ideas.
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In the "True Secret Realm", Douglas received a report from Taling, saying that Franks, a member of the Governing Committee and the Archmage of the Nine Rings, had come to visit.
Franks was an ancient heritage mage who had followed Douglas to establish the Council of Magic, and he had a good relationship with him, so Douglas instructed Taling to check and let him in. (To be continued......)
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