Chinese The New Year has arrived.

The city of Olympia is filled with the air of blessings to celebrate the arrival of the millennium, and the festive flowers are displayed in and around the city, even more than the snowflakes in the north.

Since the end of the War of the Dawn, this is the first millennium of the human kingdom to bid farewell to the Middle Ages, and the pomp and circumstance can be described as unprecedented.

In churches large and small, the bishop leads the choir in chanting the congratulatory message of the 1st millennium of the Holy Calendar.

The aristocrats began a series of dinners and dinners, and the ladies took out their long-cherished jewelry and dresses to compare with each other.

At the same time, an air of extreme luxury and erosiveness permeated the casinos, brothels, and opera halls in the city.

People living in the civilian areas still spend their New Year in the unique way of the lower classes, such as listening to the bards in a dilapidated tavern about the adventures of the heroic young swordsman "Morning Star".

Unlike the cheerful atmosphere in the streets and alleys, the atmosphere in the church is unusually solemn at the turn of the millennium.

The clergy at the top of the church all received the shocking news from different sources: the Templar had openly declared war on the Inquisition.

The two institutions have been the pillars of the Church of Light, and although they have been fighting in private for thousands of years, they have maintained harmony on the surface.

Who would have thought that the first thing Diana, the newly appointed saint, did during her tenure was to aim her sword at the Inquisition, which has an ancient history.

What shocked countless people even more was that His Hontifical Crown, who had always maintained neutrality and maintained the balance of various factions within the Church, maintained an extremely rare silence in the face of Diana's unimaginable radical moves.

Silence at this time, looking at it from another angle, is another sense of support.

Following the fall of Meron, has Innocent finally made up his mind to attack the Inquisition?

The Inquisition did not have a good reputation not only among the people, but also within the Church.

But no Church member would have underestimated the significance of the Judgment, which for countless centuries has been the most powerful force the Church has used to suppress and deter opposition, and has played a vital role in the Church's rule.

Although Diana is the youngest saint in the history of the Church, why should she single-handedly defeat the Inquisition, which is also the pillar of the Holy See and has the allegiance of countless powerful people?

This New Year, countless church members spent it in shock and suspicion.

In the Sanctuary, hundreds of heavily armored Templars stood in the main hall with magical weapons in their hands, their faces extremely solemn.

The murderous aura in the hall had almost condensed into substance.

Diana stood high above the main hall of the Templar today, wearing a Templar-designed holy garment and holding a magnificent sword with symbolic significance far greater than actual combat significance, overlooking the heavily armed warriors below, her cold and majestic voice echoing every corner of the Templar.

"The evidence has now been ascertained that Grand Inquisitor Drakes has fallen into the greatest heresy, colluding with the Abyssal Demons and Necromancers to create the "Scourge" that caused the Empire's upheaval. ”

"Today, at the dawn of the Millennium, I will, in the name of light, put a complete end to the darkness that hides within the Church, let the souls of sin repent under the flame of the Lord, and let the innocent rest in peace. ”

"And your task is only one, and that is to destroy all the enemies that stand in the way of the Sword of Judgment. ”

The Templars raised their weapons and shouted in unison, "Do as the Holy See commands. ”

Diana looked around the Basilica, "First of all, let's be clear, our destination is Sardinia in the Imperial Province of Grayland, which is the base of the Inquisition. ”

"And your opponents, who will be five times as many as you, tell me, do you have faith, and if any of you will not follow me, give up and stay, and I will not punish you. ”

Diana said calmly, "But even if only one warrior is willing to join me in the battle, I will fight the fallen Inquisitors to the end."

The Templars once again raised their weapons and responded to their saint with a louder voice, "Glory will prevail." ”

In the end, no one chose to stay.

They were all the youngest elites of the Templars, and they had not experienced much blood and fire since they had just come out of the training camp, and they had carried out such a heavy and difficult mission for the first time, and the enemy they had to face was the Inquisition, which also had a rich history and strong heritage.

But they were fearless, and all the young samurai, looking at the holy woman, burned only with absolute fanaticism and mortal faith.

Diana's long sword shook, bringing a dazzling golden light, and her voice was sharper than the long sword, full of condensed murderous aura, "Very good, you have proved your loyalty to the light with practical actions, then, let's go now." ”

Moments later, hundreds of heavily armed paladins left Olympia and headed for the southern province of Grayland.

In the meditation room in the Temple of Radiance, the Pope slowly wiped the parchment certificate issued by the seminary with his hand, looked at the two names written in ink on it, and was silent for a long time.

The day after Diana's departure, Archbishop Cicero, who was far away in Richelieu, also received the news and fell into extreme shock.

"Is Your Excellency the Holy Maiden crazy?"

This was the doubt in Cicero's heart at the moment, "Even if Her Crown supports her, does she think that just a few hundred Templars can defeat the Inquisition, and she can defeat Drakes?"

There are very few people in the Church of Light who know about Drakes today, but all who know of his existence have the utmost respect and awe for the name and the power it represents.

As the older generation of the Church, Archbishop Cicero has seen the magic performed by Drex, and the shock is second only to witnessing the Pope's action.

Although Diana has awakened the talent of the gods and experienced the bloody battle of the abyss, in the eyes of Cicero, she is still too immature in the face of an old powerhouse like Drakes.

What's more, the Inquisition has been in operation for thousands of years, and its own strength should not be underestimated.

In Cicero's opinion, a few hundred Templars were not enough, at least with the addition of the seven Templar Warriors and more than half of the Templar Elders, it would be possible to fight at the Inquisition.

Of course, this is when the Pope himself chooses not to wait and see.

"This civil war has been started in such a hurry!" Cicero sighed, standing by the window of the seminary's office, looking out at the city of Richelieu at the foot of the mountain, as he tossed the letter from Diana on the table.

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