Three days later, in the evening, inside the Jupiter Colosseum.

At night, the Jupiter Arena was still brightly lit, and above the arena, hundreds of magicians worked together to perform the [Light Magic] to illuminate the night sky as if it were day.

On the tower, dozens of magicians in blue robes worked together to form a huge ice magic array, sending cool cold air to all corners of the arena to drive away the heat of the summer night.

The players on the hot sand battlefield had no chance to enjoy the coolness, the arena was surrounded by torches, and the red hot sand showed a scorching golden red under the firelight, like boiling molten steel in a pitch-black iron furnace.

The red and blue players re-entered the arena with the sound of the doors of the underground hall opening, and the members of the red and blue teams wore red and blue flags on their backs

On the red side, Roland held a bright red flag fluttering in the wind, and the Paladin cadets with him stood on either side of him, their expressions calm, and they seemed to be deaf to the enthusiastic cheers and shouts of the audience.

Roland is undoubtedly the most important part of the red team, as long as the blue team captures this flag, it can directly declare the victory of the game.

Conversely, the same is true for the red side.

On the side of the members of the blue group, the largest blue flag was in Rommel's hands, and Rommel today did not carry the dragon spear battle flag, not even any weapons, but simply carried the blue flag.

The rules of the Capture the Flag are not complicated, who will take the flag is the most important thing, and generally speaking, it is undoubtedly the strongest member of the group who guards the flag, so most of the audience gives attention to Rommel and Roland.

I have to say that Rommel's performance in the preliminary round was very shocking, whether it was the dragon spear battle flag flying on the hot sand field, or the mysterious dragon language, all the audience unconsciously remembered the name Rommel

Not to mention Roland, the name of "Imperial Sun" has long spread throughout the imperial capital, and even in the aristocratic circles that have never been very kind to commoners, it is recognized that Roland is the undisputed strongest knight among the younger generation, and his odds have always been the lowest in the bets on the winner of the martial arts tournament.

The duel between the dragon lance and the strongest of the younger generation of the empire will undoubtedly become the biggest attraction of this capture the flag.

Roland glanced at the members of the blue group, and as expected, it was Rommel who was carrying the banner, and he didn't care too much about the other three.

"The players are ready, Your Majesty. A minister respectfully reminded the Emperor who was on the throne.

"Let's get started. The Emperor tilted his head and held his chin in his hands, "Meron still hasn't come?"

"Your Excellency, I heard that there is a very important matter that needs to be dealt with recently, so I am absent from the evaluation session of the martial arts conference, please forgive me. A certain priest on the side said respectfully.

"Oh!" the Emperor nodded, his appearance was silent, but there was a trace of suspicion in his heart, "He didn't even come to visit the Roland game that he cultivated, what is this guy busy with?"

But Meron is a member of the Council of Cardinals after all, the archbishop of the Church of Light, and his status is extremely transcendent, even if the emperor is the lord of the empire, it is impossible to interfere with his whereabouts.

Of course, the emperor can't be ignorant of the inside story of the church, after all, his daughter is a disciple of the Pope of the Church of Light, and Meron's ambition to become the next Pope is no secret, and Diana, who is a god, is undoubtedly the biggest obstacle.

Thinking of Diana, the Emperor's mind couldn't help but recall the conversation that took place in the depths of the palace after returning to the imperial capital from the Great Patriotic War ten years ago.

"Your Majesty, your daughter has an extremely rare divine qualification, please allow her to become my disciple. ”

In the palace, the white-haired Pope sat in front of the emperor and said calmly, "Once she enters the temple and practices with me, she will no longer need to pay attention to these worldly rights and wrongs, I will take care of her and will not let her suffer." ”

"I am her father, Your Majesty, and I am glad that you have recognized the qualifications of the little girl, but I think I am the one who has the right to decide this matter. The emperor's tone was very tough, revealing a little displeasure.

"Your Majesty, please be considerate of the distress of a girl who has just lost her mother and brother, even if you think for the sake of the stability of the royal family, you cannot sacrifice the happiness of an innocent girl, in your eyes, Diana may be just one of your many children, but in my eyes, she is the only son of God. ”

The Pope's eyes were filled with wisdom and brilliance, "I believe that she does not want to stay in your palace at all, and there are many people, including your son and the Empress, who do not want to see her again, I don't want to wake up one day and learn that the patron of radiance has become a cold corpse in some cold palace, Your Majesty, you are a good monarch for the Empire, but with all due respect, you are really not a competent father to Diana, you don't really care about her life or death, am I right?"

The Emperor was silent, he knew that what the Pope said was the truth, and if it wasn't for the Pope's intervention, this daughter of his would already be a corpse.

After the rebellion in the imperial capital, the two people who were most likely to inherit his throne ---were the eldest prince Byron and the third prince Haydn, who was killed by the rebels, and the only one who was qualified and able to inherit the throne was Byron.

The Emperor knew that this rebellion was inseparable from Byron, but without direct evidence, for the sake of the future of the empire, he could not depose Byron for the sake of Diana.

Out of the need to maintain stability, he is not willing to let his daughter enter the Temple of Radiance, in which case, Diana will completely lose her sense of belonging to the royal family when she becomes an adult, and become a very unstable factor within the empire.

And the imperial power is naturally wary of the clergy, and he does not want the church to have one more strong man in the future, and this strong man is still burdened with resentment towards the royal family.

If she succeeds to the Pope's position in the future, it will cause a lot of trouble for Byron's future rule, which no emperor wants to see, even if this person is his own daughter.

Under pressure from the Pope, the Emperor eventually agreed to allow Diana to enter the temple for further study, but demanded that Diana must leave the temple when she became an adult.

After Diana's coming-of-age ceremony, the Emperor sent Diana to the province of Baines as a governor on the grounds of royal tradition, which was actually a disguised exile, in order to keep Diana away from the Temple of Radiance, so that she would not have the opportunity to expand her influence in the upper echelons of the church.

However, what the emperor did not expect was that Diana won the hearts of the people during her tenure as governor, and her reputation grew, and after the Spring Town incident, Diana had become a veritable "imperial moon" in the hearts of the Olympians, and even had the capital to be on an equal footing with the eight cardinals.

On the day of her return to Olympia, she walked into the palace, and Diana asked to resign from her post as governor in front of the Minister of the Interior. ”

With that, she left the palace and entered Joey's magic tower, never to be seen by the people of the imperial capital again.

Thinking of his daughter's stubborn and resolute eyes, the emperor felt a sense of guilt in his heart for some reason.