Chapter 1 Rhine Cathedral

The exterior of the Rhine Cathedral in Berlin is magnificent, with two imposing sculptures standing at the entrance of the cathedral, guarding the century-old building like two guards. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the Rhine Cathedral was first established, it served as the northern base of the Illuminati Cult and made meritorious contributions to the Illuminati, but this situation began to change thirty years ago due to the succession of Collins IV.

King Collins studied in the Illuminati Cult Education Institute when he was young, he should have been full of affection for the Illuminati Cult, but he hated the Cult of God very much, according to legend, King Collins never revealed his identity when he was in the Van Lun Mountain, he took classes in the pauper class for ten years, he was bullied by several nobles, but he did not reveal his identity, so that the priests who dealt with the matter at that time were biased towards the aristocratic side, and Collins began to be dissatisfied with the church.

Later, Collins III died suddenly, and the Cult of the Illuminati seemed to have made another wrong choice, and the pope at that time supported another prince of Reilman, but did not want Collins IV to rush back to Berlin at the last minute and finally be crowned king with the support of many supporters.

The situation after that was naturally extremely unfavorable to the Holy See, Collins IV did not hesitate to use Relman's powerful force to coerce the Illuminati to sign a series of treaties, so that the Illuminati could no longer do whatever they wanted in Relman as before, and it was precisely this move that was supported by many nobles and poor people at that time, and Collins IV's reputation was unique for a while.

William had asked his father, who was also a cardinal of the Illuminati Cult, and William's father insisted that the decision made by the Holy See was the right one, because Louis VII of France had just come to power, and he hated the cardinal who rode on his head to make a fortune, and wanted to start a holy war to vent this evil breath.

William's father believed that if the Holy See insisted on not giving in at that time, it was very likely that it would go to war with the two great powers of the East and the West, and even though the Holy See was strong at that time, there was still no hope of victory.

As a result, there was an infighting within the Holy See, and as a result, the Paul family became the new Holy Father's family, and Fast III was forced to abdicate and Paul I became the new pope.

Paul I later succeeded to the throne of his illegitimate son Paul II, who is now His Majesty Joseph Paul, while another son of Paul I, the half-born son of Paul II, was forced to leave the Holy See and then spent his life alone in Bavaria.

Today, in front of the Rhine Cathedral, a dozen priests were looking eagerly ahead, and after a while, someone shouted: "Coming, coming!"

The priests hurried down the steps and ran happily towards the group.

The group was led by two clergymen in red robes, followed by three young retinues, a dozen or so guards, and finally an ugly-looking, dirty mule.

This group of people was William Crow and others, and they were naturally greeted by the priests who belonged to the Rhine Cathedral.

The regional bishop of the Rhine Cathedral, an old man with a confused face and trembling in need of help to walk, rushed up to William and Crow when they saw him.

It can be seen that the bishop of the region should have quite high qualifications, and William even called him uncle, but Crow called him a teacher.

The name of the bishop of the region is Allen, and he has been in the Rhine Cathedral for fourteen years, and His Majesty the Pope has repeatedly asked him to return to the Van Lun Valley to recuperate and live in seclusion, but he will not move his nest and must stay here, and he laughs that he will definitely die in Relman.

Bishop Allen's health looked quite bad, he took a lot of effort to open his eyes, and for a long time he didn't recognize William and Crow, but he trembled and said something that no one could understand, and a vicar next to him hurriedly welcomed everyone into the cathedral.

Colin looked curiously at the magnificent Cathedral, the Rhine Cathedral, which was once illustrious and by no means comparable to the Twilight Cathedral, with four halls alone and hundreds of rooms.

In the largest hall there was already a group of priests, about seventy or eighty, all looking at William Claw and the others with solemn expressions.

The interior of the cathedral is beautifully decorated, making people feel as if they have entered the palace, but William can see that the interior of the cathedral should not have been cleaned for a long time, many places are full of dust, and some tables and chairs are beginning to be broken, William couldn't help frowning, the vicar named Bart saw William's dissatisfaction, so he stepped forward and explained: "Your Excellency Cardinal, we are now short of manpower, and we no longer have the ability to clean every day!"

Before William could speak, Crow interjected, "I know, I heard that you are less than two hundred priests now, right?"

Bishop Bart replied with a bitter face: "Two hundred are good, our whole cathedral is now less than a hundred, not all clergy, and there are more than twenty helpers, you see, the whole cathedral is so big, how can we do it?"

When he finished speaking, he almost burst into tears.

William and Crow looked at each other, and Crow frowned and asked, "Even if King Collins doesn't support you, it won't be so miserable, right?"

Bart looked around and whispered, "When I get back to the room, I'll explain it to the two adults in detail!"

Crowe and William looked at each other for a moment, and continued to walk forward.

At this moment, a sneer came from among the priests, William immediately turned to look, and immediately found the person who sneered, William looked at him and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

The man was silent, and William frowned and asked again, "What about you, what are you laughing at?"

Crow next to him also stopped and looked back at the man.

The man was very young-looking, and he didn't seem to be afraid to be stared at by the two cardinals, and slowly walked out of the crowd and explained to William, "I didn't laugh at anything!"

William looked at the priest, and there was a fist badge on the priest's chest, which was the vice-deacon badge, and William asked curiously, "You are a vice-deacon at such a young age?"

The man replied proudly, "Yes!" After he finished speaking, even Colin Black and the others behind him frowned, which was like a deacon talking to a cardinal, almost like the other way around.

Crow squinted his eyes and asked, "How do you speak? Don't you know the difference between dignity and inferiority?"

The man frowned, saluted William, and turned to return to the crowd.

William flashed, pulled the priest back, and asked, "I haven't finished asking yet, where do you want to go?"

The man looked impatient and replied, "I don't want to go anywhere!

William felt more and more strange, and he glanced back at Crow, and found that Crow was even more confused than he was.

A little deacon, who was not afraid of the cardinal at all, both of them had doubts in their hearts.

At this time, the vicar of Barth hurriedly came over and persuaded: "Archbishop William, this is Deacon Bowen of our Rhine Cathedral, he is young, please raise your noble hand and don't worry about him!"

William heard this even more strangely, before he could speak, Crowe walked over, glared at Bart and asked, "What did you say?" Butt Open his mouth, but finally did not speak, but sighed and took a step back.

But the Bowen looked even more impatient, and said to William, "Didn't I just smile, what's the big deal!"

William's hand strained slightly, and Bowen actually raised his right hand to slap William's arm off.

His action immediately made the two cardinals furious.

Archbishop Crowe pointed his finger at Bowen and shouted, "What do you want to do?"

And William directly twisted Bowen's right hand into a twist, Bowen howled in pain, but he even scolded out of his mouth: "You let go of me, I'll kill you!"

Crow yells, "Keep your mouth alive!"

William didn't want to kill Bowen in the first place, but just slapped Bowen's jaw off, Bowen was beaten to the ground, and he could only scream miserably, and the priest behind him actually shouted to William: "Why are you beating people!" "The cardinal is amazing!" "This is in Relman!"

William was suddenly furious, he directly carried the fighting energy all over his body, and a breath of destruction suddenly rushed towards everyone, and those priests immediately felt chills all over their bodies, and they didn't dare to say a word more.

William turned to Bishop Bart and asked, "Your cathedral is really good, and the whole continent is unique!"

Bart just looked at William blankly, and muttered, "Why is this!"

William looked at Crow, who came over and asked, "What about the Knight of Light in the cathedral?"

Bart lowered his head and replied, "We still have the Knights of Light here, they have all been driven away!"

William sneered: "It turns out that the entire cathedral has become a decoration, I really don't know what Bishop Allen has done all these years!"

William was already quite dissatisfied with the Allen Bishop, and Crow had the same attitude.

Bart suddenly said with a grudge: "This is none of Bishop Allen's business, it is all His Majesty Collins!"

At this time, a group of people walked into the cathedral, led by a noble man in a gorgeous robe, about forty years old, very good-looking, behind him was a group of elite guards, as soon as he appeared, more than half of the priests of the cathedral ran over, consciously standing behind him, looking at William and the others with unkind eyes.

The man walked in and saw Bowen lying on the ground with blood still lying in his mouth, and immediately asked angrily, "Who did this?"

William replied coldly, "It's me!"

The man snorted coldly, and then said, "I am His Royal Highness the Second Prince of Ruierman, and I won't kneel yet!"