In the late autumn of the 240th year of the Guangming calendar, when the breeze began to blow in the Van Lun Valley, the maple leaves in the valley began to turn yellow slightly, exuding an intoxicating color. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

From the founding of the Illuminati Cult as a small church of light, it has now built the largest complex in the Central Continent on Mount Van Lun, with countless large halls dotted on the Holy Mountain, countless believers come here from all parts of the Central Continent every day to pray, and countless clergy bless and pray to them.

However, the Van Lun Valley, located on the opposite side of the Holy Mountain, is a forbidden area, and even high-ranking clergy are not allowed to enter at will, because it is the residence of the Pope, the residence of the clergy of various churches, and the residence of the five major institutions of the Illuminati Cult, which are the core of the entire continent of the Church.

When the sun sets and the sky gets dark, countless lights are lit in the Cathedral of Light Faith, and many nuns light candlesticks to various places, making the whole cathedral brilliantly lit and bright as day.

The Cathedral of Faith of Light is subordinate to the Church of Faith of Light, which is the place where the Holy See of Light deals with the civil affairs of the mainland, and is in charge of all the affairs of churches in all regions of the continent, which can be described as powerful. The heart of the cathedral is the Hall of Faith of Light, and the floor of the hall is covered with the most beautiful opalescent marble, echoing the glass frescoes on the ceiling, giving the hall a solemn atmosphere.

The entire hall is close to a thousand square meters, and only at the end of the hall stands seven people with a calm bearing, these seven are all cardinals of the Cult of Light, each cardinal is at least equal to the duke in the entire continent, but today these seven are all standing solemnly looking at the one sitting on the top of the steps, sitting on the throne of the steps wearing pure white robes is none other than His Excellency Velun, one of the five cardinals today.

With a wave of Cardinal Vilon's hand, the seven cardinals immediately saluted and exited the hall, bowing as if they were servants. The secret door next to him then opened, and a man in a black robe walked up to Wei Lun and whispered a few words in Wei Lun's ear.

Archbishop Velon, who was full of solemnity, showed a hint of surprise in his eyes after hearing this, and whispered a word to the black-robed man, who immediately saluted and left through the secret door, and after waiting for a while, Velen also left the throne and walked in through the secret door.

Behind the secret door was a long corridor, and every five meters a guard in full armor stood with a weapon, and on closer inspection, each guard held an enchanted weapon, shining in the dim candlelight. Velen kept his head down, as if thinking about something on his mind, slowly walking through the hallway.

As Veron reached the end of the hallway, a door was opened by a guard, and Velen entered a room that was extremely luxurious. The first impression of this room was that it was shining with gold, and the owner seemed to be eager to pave the roof and corners with gold. The other ornaments are all treasures that are not at first sight, and many of them are not even blessed by some kings, and these treasures are placed in this room at random, as if the owner of the room did not cherish them.

This is the study of Archbishop Veron, who has been in charge of the Dean of the Light Faith for nearly ten years, and Vila is by no means the most powerful cardinal archbishop, but definitely the richest. When he was a regional bishop in the past, Veron was accused by his colleagues of pursuing too much luxury and having a greedy and corrupt personality, and no one cares about the fate of that colleague now.

And when Veron became the most senior figure in the entire Cult of the Illuminati, this accusation seemed to disappear, because no one dared to accuse a cardinal archbishop, which meant being an enemy of the entire House of Faith, and it also meant that the whole family was only one step away from the gallows.

But there was still one man in this room who unceremoniously sarcastically mocked the nouveau riche taste of Archbishop Veron, and Veron could only smile shyly, because that man's Christian name was Joseph Paul II, and he was now revered by the world as His Majesty the Pope.

There were two people in the room, one was a black-robed man who had just appeared, and the other was wearing a gray-white robe standing on one side of the room and smiling at an oil painting hanging on the wall. The man seemed to know that Wei Lun had walked in, and said with a smile to Wei Lun behind him: "I remember that this "Prairie" was hung in Delong Cathedral before, how can I see it here today?"

Veron waved his hand at the black-robed man, and after the black-robed man left, Velen said softly, "Bishop Skye has given me this painting for several years. The gray-robed man smiled after hearing this, and Wei Lun then asked, "Why did you have Yaxing come to me today, Your Excellency Caesar!"

The person who came was Cardinal Archbishop Caesar of the Church of Light. Caesar is sixty-seven years old this year, but he has already broken through the holy throne and can live for at least a few decades, he looks like he is about forty years old, his appearance is handsome, and he feels very charitable and peaceful when he smiles, but no one in the entire Van Lun Mountain thinks that he is a kind person, even His Majesty the Pope is in awe of this man who has sent millions of people to the gallows in his lifetime, and His Excellency Veron, who is also a cardinal archbishop, has always been respectful and distant from Caesar, and Caesar rarely appears in the residence of other bishops, so Velen looked at Caesar suspiciously and nervously。

Caesar didn't answer Veron, but turned to Veron and said with a smile, "You mean that Bishop Skye is willing to give you this treasure." Veron nodded and said, "Everything in the world belongs to the Lord, and I am the closest place to the Lord, and he wants to prove his respect and devotion to the Lord in this way." ”

Caesar smiled after hearing this, in fact, they both knew that with this painting Skye could be successfully promoted to cardinal, and Caesar also received a bribe from Bishop Skye at that time.

Caesar sat down on the couch in the room and said, "Did your eldest son write to you?" Veron nodded and replied, "I just received one yesterday, Mead is worried about his mother, and as you know, his mother has been in poor health. ”

Caesar nodded, slowly stood up, walked to the balcony, looked at the holy mountain opposite, didn't know what he was thinking, suddenly Caesar took a deep breath, and at this moment his momentum actually formed a sense of opposition to the holy mountain opposite.

At this time, Veron walked behind Caesar, also looked at the opposite side of the Van Lun Mountain, and said softly: "Mead has written that it has been quiet over there recently, and there has been no sign of attack in the past few months. Caesar exhaled and nodded and said, "Yes, it's so quiet, you know, there must be a demon when things go wrong!" He turned around, looked at Veron and smiled softly: "Mead is only thirty-four years old this year, and he is already the commander of the legion, haha, this son of yours is quite good!" Veron laughed, Mead was indeed his pride. Immediately after, Caesar suddenly looked into Veron's eyes and said, "Veron, are we friends?"

Wei Lun felt a tightness in his heart, but he still nodded slowly, but Wei Lun was thinking in his heart: Don't use such a noble word as friend on the two of us.

Caesar continued: "I hope to get the help of my friends! Recently, I got some bad news from the Zongmi, the Zongmian found that many demons appeared on the mainland, I suspect that there is a problem with the Holy Light Fortress, and someone deliberately indulges the demons on the mainland. ”

Caesar said that the Secret Institute is the intelligence agency of the entire Church of Light, and the cardinal Archbishop of the Tantric Council is one of Caesar's allies, and Lister has news to tell Caesar that it is inevitable, but Wei Lun does not think so about this matter, and he responds nonchalantly: "Since the appearance of the Abyss Plane ten years ago, it is not uncommon for demons to appear in the world. But now that the Holy Light Fortress has been built, and the Templar Order's 100,000 troops are stationed there, how can it be possible to send demons to the world! Don't forget, the Holy Light Fortress is still under the control of Lord Harvey and Lord Busk! Besides, what are you deliberately sending demons to the human world for, what are you talking about is too unbelievable!"

Harvey is the Chief Legion of the Knights Templar of Light, the second-highest ranking paladin of the Twelve Paladins of the Illuminati, and is ranked below the Zoren Paladins in the entire Privy Council. The Busk Paladins were the chief of the Templar Order's military intelligence group, which was the Templar Order's own intelligence agency.

Cardinal Lister's most intolerable thing is that the Templar Order has established its own intelligence agency, and Archbishop Rist has repeatedly troubled the Templar Order, and even once fought with the Zollen Paladin, and in the end His Majesty the Pope mediated, but the two still quarreled at the Cardinal Council, and the conflict was extremely public.

Caesar knew what Veren thought about this matter, and he shook his head and said, "The message that Lord Lister gave me this time really makes me feel that there is a serious problem, and this is not an accident, and it has become more and more frequent recently, our correctional officers have fought demons in multiple areas, so I also want to find out what these demons want to do when they come to the world!"

Wei Lun shook his head and asked in embarrassment: "If the problem is serious, then can you report to His Majesty the Pope first?"

Caesar shook his head and said, "No, Your Majesty has been in poor health recently, so we can't let Your Majesty bother. Veron thought to himself that you were just a fart, and it was true that you were going to make a big trouble for the Knights Templar, and then he smiled bitterly: "Can you guys not involve me in the fight, you know me, I have never been interested in these intrigues!"

Caesar thought to himself that I know you too well, that you are not interested because you don't need to, and that if it had anything to do with you, you would have jumped high a long time ago. But he immediately replied: "I won't embarrass you, but I need to ask you for a little help now!" Veron was silent for a while and still asked with a wry smile: "Say, what do you need me to do?" Caesar immediately replied: "We found that all the demons appeared near the Duchy of Bavaria, and the final point was the Land of Chaos, so the Grand Duchy of Bavaria... ？”

Veron immediately frowned and said to Caesar solemnly: "It's not good there, my subordinates over there are very difficult, they have been reporting to me and complaining, I can't cause any more trouble to them! Also, you know that the new Grand Duke of Bavaria has just taken the throne, and the Duchy is in chaos now." If you send someone from the correctional center now, it will be like adding fuel to the fire!"

Caesar immediately explained: "The Knights of Punishment will never be dispatched, and I have no intention of establishing a punishment center over there!" Veron replied helplessly: "I believe you, but do others believe you? If our conversation spreads today, tomorrow the Bavarian cavalry will slaughter my poor subordinates, and the new Twilight Cathedral will immediately turn into a ruin! Are we going to provoke a third religious war? This is in no way in line with the strategy formulated by His Majesty the Pope!"

Caesar seemed to have expected Veron to say this, and he smiled and said, "I heard that the bishop of the Duchy of Rhône is very old, and it is said that he proposed that the vicar named Pete succeed him. When Veron heard this, his face changed slightly, and he said in a slightly questioning tone: "You are well informed! The Principality of Rhône is one of our most important dioceses, how can the bishop there let an inexperienced person be the bishop, I heard that the other two vicar are much stronger than this Pete." ”

Caesar nodded and said, "Yes, I think so too, one of the ones you said belongs to our correctional center, I feel that the kid did a good job!" Velen's face instantly turned worse, but Caesar still smiled: "But I can convince that kid to give up this opportunity." ”

Veron looked at Caesar and thought silently, "How many men are you going to send over there?" Caesar continued to smile and replied, "One, only one!" Veron smiled and said, "I've been looking at Dante's "Inferno" for a long time, and I wonder if you can lend it to me for a month?" Caesar laughed: "It belongs to you!"

Veron's face immediately improved, and he nodded to Caesar with a smile and said: "Since the church is preparing to build a cathedral in the capital of the Duchy of Bavaria, then you, as a cardinal archbishop, should support the development there, and I hope you will send a competent assistant to support it." Caesar smiled and said, "I have already sent that man to set off according to your orders, but I hope that your subordinates can support him, please hurry up and give orders to that side!"

Wei Lun happily hugged Caesar and said with a smile: "This matter is not in a hurry, recently the youngest son sent a bottle of good wine, let's have a drink together, this is the best wine stored in the Cathedral of the Principality of Rhône, it is said that it is a good material with dragon blood added to it!" Caesar nodded and smiled: "Misa, this kid is very filial, such a good character is enough for him to sit firmly in the Rhône Parish." Veron laughed.

The red wine was poured into the crystal glass, showing a blood-like color, and Wei Lun took a sip and asked with a smile: "Who are you going to arrange, who are you going to arrange to come back recently... Could it be ... Veron said that he was stunned, silently looking at the wine glass in his hand, he suddenly raised his head and asked, "Is it the pupil of the angel?" Caesar nodded and smiled: "His Excellency William is almost here now!"