"Your Majesty, can't you do it now?" asked the Pope as he stepped out of his cell.

"Although the most important thing is to borrow the mental power accumulated by the Radiant Castle for hundreds of years, the summoning angel still consumes too much of the power in the ring, and now he is not sure that he will be able to extract his life force intact for the time being...... However, as long as you are in the Castle of Radiance, it shouldn't take long for the ring to recover. ”

The Pope shook his head, took a breath, and said lightly. "So he can live a little longer, be careful, don't let him kill himself, even though he doesn't look like a suicide person......"

"Knight Talis has applied to me to complete the final step of this project...... She went to Oufu with the life force and the hilt of the sword that she had extracted......"

"So you told her about our plan, no wonder ......," the Pope was surprised. "But this kind of thing...... I really shouldn't let anyone else know about it except you and me, how can you ......?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, she knows what to do. She's made her choice, and that's why she made that request to me......" There was a hint of sadness on Lancelot's unwavering face.

"Yes, that's right. I can see that. After a long pause, the Pope nodded, a hint of relief on his face. "It's hard for her, she's a good boy...... I knew she must have made a lot of determination. The choice made for the stability of the entire continent and the future of mankind is a very strong and weak child. After completing this task, her pure soul will surely go to heaven......"

"Simple, pure, but strong child...... Yes, her soul will be able to qualify for heaven. More qualified than those of us old men who are accustomed to intrigue and trickery......"

The voices of the two of them were not deliberately suppressed. The surrounding guards were all tens of meters away, and no one dared to eavesdrop on here. Moreover, this is the Castle of Radiance, and the two of them are the top masters, whether it is magic or any skill, no matter how subtle the peeping method is, it is impossible to hide their feelings.

But no matter how sharp their senses were, they didn't seem to notice that there was a sheet of metal stuck to the iron wall in one of the corners of the steel prison.

Just a thin, tiny piece of metal, the same color as the outer wall. And it was just a very ordinary piece of metal, without the slightest hint of magic, so neither Lancelot nor the Pope found out. If there's anything unusual about this piece of metal, it's that it's connected to a thin wire of gold, which is buried in the earth.

In the distance, in a room in the Castle of Radiance, a golden thread peeked out of the ground and extended onto a small metal cylinder on the table. The metal cylinder resembled a funnel-like cup, and the two cardinals looked at it with strange expressions. From above came all the voices that had just been in the Iron Prison, including Lancelot's conversation with the Pope.

There really isn't any magical peep that can hide it from the Pope and Lancelot in the Castle of Radiance. Even the Eagle Eye Technique, which is unique to the Necromantic Guild, is impossible. But they didn't use any magic, but this simple, primitive way without the slightest magic. This is a prop for the dwarves of Calondo to transmit sound in the underground pits. Sometimes these little things are far more useful than some esoteric magic.

Bishop Adra's expression was like that of a hillbilly who had just seen magic, and he was horrified and incredulous. "What...... Unexpectedly...... Archibald's prophecy turned out to be ...... I don't believe in ......"

Bishop Inham's face was a dark haze that was hard to see, gloomy and heavy as if it were dripping water.

"Thanks to the fact that you have anticipated these things for a long time. I can't imagine that Your Majesty even wants to hide it from me...... He and Lancelot were trying to extract the power from that kid ......, but what did it have to do with the hilt of the sword? What were they going to do in Orfu......

"Just ask the others. ”

"Ask whom?"

"Of course, I asked people who could go to heaven...... But I guess it's going to have to be a little more tactful......"

Oufu.

At dawn, Lord Porugan received several reports from Celeste, and he immediately jumped up from his bed, where he had slept for only three or four hours, and rushed to Cedros.

There have been a lot of reports coming from Celeste. And every time he reports to Cedras, he will be very cautious. In order to bury these leads in the heart of the church. The effort and cost is enormous, but it's well worth it, and each report is heavy. And this one is undoubtedly the heaviest, because these are the last reports.

The language of the report is unanimously strange, there are a large number of confessions mixed with panicked words, and the handwriting is also very disordered, and it can be seen that the person who wrote the letter is not flustered but confused. Although there are a lot of confessions and apologies over and over again, the main meaning is basically still expressed. They all said that they would never work for Oufu again. Any money received from Cedrus will be returned or donated to the church to atone for sins. I hope that the Lord of Sedros will not look for them again.

Whatever the reason, they will not dare to betray the great God again.

These letters are all for the same reason, and they all say that they have seen miracles with their own eyes.

No matter how great the temptation of interests and the great coercion are, they are not worth mentioning under the power of faith, especially the belief that can be seen with their own eyes is unquestionable, and people instinctively feel the shock. There are many spies in Celeste, but there are only a few reports, and the others don't even dare to write reports.

"Angels, phoenixes, is there such a thing? Are these guys having collective hallucinations?" Lord Porugan glared at the bull's eye, extremely puzzled.

After reading the report, Cedros closed his eyes and thought for a long time, before he slowly exhaled a long breath and said, "The Ancient Elven Empire has this summoning magic, which is just a magical lifeform created by a mixture of natural magic and elemental magic, and it seems that it is a gift from Moriel...... , the real phoenix does not exist on this continent......"

"The angel thing...... Is there really a god in this world?"

"What gods? God is just man-made. What kind of angel is just a mental condensation of earthly things. Cedros scoffed. "At that time, when this City of Faith was built, Pope Geracius I laid a huge magic circle on the foundation, and invited some strange guys from the Far East to arrange the architectural layout, so the Radiant Castle can be used to make people's faith. The little spiritual power emanating from worship is absorbed and stored. For hundreds of years, he has been worshiped by hundreds of millions of believers, and his bones have been buried in the intervening popes. There are hundreds of cardinals, each of whom is the pinnacle of white magic, and the power accumulated over the past hundreds of years should be no problem to conjure up an angel who can fight against the summoning magic of the ancient elves. ”

"But...... To support the condensation of such a mind, it is impossible for Magnus alone...... Did he get his hands on the King's Ring from Egrenel...... Only this thing that Dekkon spent a lot of effort to get back then could ......"

"Lord of the city, although that angel is fake. But I don't think it's a false effect on us. "Lord Porugan pulls the issue back to a more substantive level. "It's not just the spies we've worked so that have been all the ones that have been called in at once......

"Yes, I see what you mean. Cedros took a long breath. "In the battle between the phoenix and the angels, the loss of the Radiant Castle is not small, but what is gained is the hearts of the people...... All the religious nations of the Western Continent are now completely discus, and the cohesion of the Church may reach its peak in hundreds of years through this miracle. ”

"Hey...... It's obviously a man-made thing, but it can control people like this...... People are such a strange thing. Lord Porugan shook his head with a little emotion, as if he were not human.

Cedros snorted coldly and said, "People are inherently very weak things. That's why they live in groups, and they imagine things like gods, beliefs, beliefs, and attachments to entrust themselves to belong and give themselves an illusory sense of security. In order to maintain this illusion, the result is only to be led by the unreality of his own imagination. This is the common problem of the vast majority of people who talk mediocrely about this world. But even if it is boring and weak, it is the weakness of the vast majority of people, and it has become a huge force enough to change the course of history.

"Just take advantage of this opportunity. Celeste can bring together all the forces of the entire Western Continent. This time, both the army itself and the morale of the army were different from last time. It's just a pity that the mineral deposits in the Sandface Mountains have not been mined...... You go to the Tower of Tooth first, discuss with Master Adrid, bring enough teleportation scrolls with you, and if necessary, we can only invite them to come over and participate in the battle directly......"

Lord Porugan scratched his head and replied, "Actually, I have told Master Edrid about this question before, but they ......"

"I know they don't want to be directly involved in our dispute with the church, but that's all they have to do now. As long as there is a day like this, they can really come and help me. I can say yes to any conditions. ”

"You can agree to any conditions?" said Lord Porugan's eyes, which almost flew out.

"Yes, even if I gave them half of the mining area in the Sandface Mountains to help them mine it, I would do it. Cedros's tone was as flat as possible, but his agitation could not be concealed.

"It seems that there is no need to tell them like this first, the most basic element of negotiation is not to let the other side see our bottom line. Lord Porugan asked, looking cautiously at Cedros.

"Isn't that what you taught me? What's wrong with you? Lord Castle. ”

Cedros was stunned, and he also noticed something unusual about himself. He sighed and said, "I don't know if it's intuition, but I always feel that something that is beyond our prep and control will happen......"

"Intuition?" Lord Porugan's eyes widened. He really couldn't believe that such a word could come out of the mouth of a person who was so rational, so firm and assertive, and in many cases more like a rational machine.

Such an ambiguous concept is clearly synonymous with weakness.