The El Cult Kingdom, whose full name is the Kingdom of Divine Idaqir, dates back to the time of the Chosen One and is by far the oldest kingdom of the human kingdom.

The people of El are basically clergy and their descendants, and the atmosphere is extremely religious. The pedestrians on the road saw the long convoy of large nobles, and they were not like the commoners of the Kingdom of Cambys, who stopped to watch and take off their hats to salute, and some children would curiously chase after the ugly and strange six-legged dragon, which was soon pulled away by the adults.

Victor saw commoners, regardless of age, men wearing the same style of gray coarse linen robes with a white rope tied around their waists, and women wearing identical coarse cloth skirts with white turbans covering their hair. It was difficult to distinguish their status from their attire alone, but Victor knew that almost every family in the El Sect had clergy, and although most of them were low-level holy warriors, they were transcendental.

Compared to the elite soldiers of other kingdoms, El's army is made up entirely of transcendents.

If the Lord of Radiance is the ultimate creature of the ancient alchemy empire, his personality is many times stronger than the alchemy tower...... I don't know how much power will cost you, and who will bear it...... Victor looked through the car window at the green wheat field on the side of the road, and his thoughts were flying.

"That's the Holy City, my dear. Charlotte, who was wearing a spider silk dress, let out a soft cry, leaned into Victor's arms, and exclaimed, "It's so spectacular, it's so beautiful." ”

A distant view of a city appeared outside the car window, she was built on a hill, with clear layers, with Charlotte's eyesight, she could not see the whole city, but the holy city had a very special place in the hearts of the nobility. Charlotte was also visiting the Holy City for the first time, and she had long imagined it as a place of beauty, abundance, peace and holiness.

Since the Church forbade the pilgrimage of the common devotees, there was no group of homeless people in the El Sect, and even if there were some commoners, they were servants of the nobles or caravans, and could not roam freely without the permission of their masters. Most importantly, the city of Al Quds has been peaceful for thousands of years, far from the flames of war, without heavy walls, towering fortresses, and filthy and messy slum towns.

Most of the buildings here are made of stone, the exterior walls are painted with fine sand, the colors are rich and bright, and each house is carved and decorated, with small statues, flower stands, and white stone pillars, which are full of artistic atmosphere and show the light of civilization everywhere. The streets were full of people, there were no beast-riding carriages to be seen, only a few rickshaws were running in decent clothes and good looks, and the crowd could be roughly divided into two categories, those from the earthly kingdom and the inhabitants of the holy city.

It is said that the shops here are open to everyone, unlike the Kingdom of Gombis, where the nobles never need to go shopping, and the Holy City is the only city where the nobles are interested in purchasing in person, although the goods sold in the shops are of great value, but they bring together the unique luxury goods of the kingdoms, and even Victor has the urge to get out of the car and wander around when he sees this lively street.

However, the knights of the Silver Rank can mix in with the flow of people and enjoy the rare pleasure of shopping, but the Knights of the Gold Rank cannot either. The rules of law and order in the Holy City's shopping streets are ineffective against them, and in order to prevent ordinary people from unintentionally offending His Highness and encountering misfortune, the Golden Knight has to take the initiative to avoid the crowd, even Grand Master Testiel.

Victor rang the bell to stop the motorvoy on the side of the avenue outside the city, and he and Charlotte stepped out of the carriage and took a look at the tall white tower in the northwest corner of the city, which was once the center of the city, and the holy city had been expanded by the Els, and the wizarding tower, a symbol of the status of the Chosen One, had become a sacred place for scholars.

Extraordinary vision allowed Victor to see the details of the Silver Tower from a distance of several kilometers. It has no traces of carving on the surface, and is an incredible whole, and it is still the tallest building in the city. The Glorious Cathedral, which was built halfway up the Bright Mountain, is taller than the silver-white tower, and the Pope's palace is further up along the Glorious Cathedral.

When Victor withdrew his gaze, Gillian got out of another carriage, her hair curled up, and she was dressed in red women's hunting suits with long heels that outlined her seductive curves and slender straight legs.

"Honey, take me to buy gifts, I'll pick them out, and you'll pay for them!" Gillian said with a smile on her face as she ran over and grabbed Victor's arm.

"Gillian, I'd be happy to accompany you to pick out a gift, but I've already made an appointment with Pope Clement. ”

Victor smiled slightly, turned back to Charlotte and said, "You accompany Miss Chebman into the city to buy gifts for me." ”

Gillian turned lightly on her toes, grabbed Charlotte's arm, and stretched out her palm to Victor: "Give money." ”

"8,000 gold soles, all for you, buy whatever you like. Victor pulled out a money bag full of purple gold coins and said generously.

Gillian's charming phoenix eyes sparkled, snatched the money bag from Victor's hand, hid it in her coat pocket, and pulled Charlotte to the streets of the city.

The prices of the Holy City are high, especially the goods sold to the nobility, and 8,000 gold coins can't buy much. Gillian picks on the door and loves money, don't expect her to spend the money bag in her pocket, not a single gold coin is impossible. If Victor gives Charlotte the money bag, Gillian will definitely spend it all, and then complain that Victor is stingy because he didn't buy any gifts.

Eight thousand gold coins, now I will give them, just to make Gillian happy, Victor remembered the previous embarrassment, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but outline a smile.

The two ladies led their attendants across the carriageway and into the streets of the Holy City. Victor returned to the car, and the team continued along the avenue outside the city, heading south.

The entry of the Swordmaster into the Holy City was a solemn event, and Victor had to visit the estate of the Pope Clement before entering the city. As for the glorious cathedral in the Holy City, there are two upper and lower ones, and the cathedral halfway up the mountain is the Holy See, which cannot be visited by Victor in his current capacity, and can only pray and worship in the church at the foot of the mountain, unless he is canonized by the Church before he is eligible to go to the Holy See for canonization.

The convoy drove into the outskirts of a secluded valley with beautiful scenery, where the Pope's estate was located. Victor got out of the carriage and saw the Pope standing outside the manor gate in civilian clothes, and beside him was the bald and eyebrowless Tournans, the first paladin did not wear his bishop's robe today, but a full body of leather armor.

"Your Majesty, good day. Victor led Nelson and Caligula, as well as the two high-ranking knights of Cambys, Alex and Tellan, to salute the Pope.

Clement smiled and nodded kindly, and said gently, "Your Highness, you are welcome to my house. ”

Victor was about to greet Turnans when the bald paladin looked up at Caligula and said solemnly, "Aka, come, let's find a place to compete." ”

"Aka doesn't fight, Aka is a good boy......" Caligula shook both hands at the same time, hiding behind Nelson, and the look of being scared was simply saying that Turnans was a bad boy.

Everyone laughed, and Victor nodded with a smile and commanded, "Brave Acre is not afraid of challenges, so you all follow and observe." ”

When Aka heard the praise of his master, he immediately held his head high, and he was so disappointed. The legendary paladin was about to compete with Caligula, and the people present were so excited that they coaxed Aka to the sky, and surrounded him and Turnans towards the martial arts arena. Victor and Clement, accompanied by their attendants, walked to the main building of the manor.

It was a full two kilometers from the gate of the manor to the Pope's mansion, and it was only suitable for ordinary nobles to take a car, and Victor and Clement would not get tired even if they walked more than ten kilometers, they walked side by side, and the fields on both sides of the path were full of fruits, vegetables and wheat, and farmers toiled hard.

"My manor can't be compared to Silvermoon Manor. Clement smiled and introduced: "The people of the El Kingdom are all descendants of the gods, if you follow the secular family concept, some of the families of the El people can go back thousands of years, and they are truly ancient families. However, the clergy were referred to as brothers and sisters, and there was no strict family concept, and the same family basically stopped interacting after four generations. ”

"The kingdom of El is far from the flames of war, and there are few monsters and beasts in the territory, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the population growth has been steady. In addition to the Holy See's selection of holy warriors from among the people of the kingdom and sent them to the dioceses of various countries, some of them went out to earn a living as craftsmen. But even so, the land of the El Sect is becoming more and more precious, and the land that can grow food can only be grain, and my manor is no exception. ”

"The new farming and pastoral system you invented has doubled the grain production of the El Kingdom, and as for the population and fertility restriction strategy you proposed, it is expressly forbidden in the El Religion Kingdom. ”

"Your Highness has extraordinary wisdom, do you have any good suggestions for the issue of Ernonken?"

The people of El generally received a written education, and they also learned some martial arts basics, and the skilled craftsmen are even more famous all over the world, after all, the church draws eleven taxes, and the materials of the kingdoms are gathered in the El, which needs to be processed by craftsmen. In addition, El also has excellent doctors, animal trainers, painters, foundries and other scarce talents, and Nicole's first set of adamantite armor after being promoted to knight was handcrafted by Master Edwin at the expense of a well-known craftsman in El Holy City, costing exactly 8,000 gold soles.

With the relationship between the priests stationed in various places, the people of the El Kingdom actually have no worries about a way out, and those with a skill will receive additional preferential treatment from the lord.

"I think it's possible to divert a portion of the population outward, and I guarantee that the Centaur Hills are willing to accept the people of Eyre, at least give them the status of a lord. Victor said solemnly.

Clement was stunned, shook his head with a smile, "What kind of suggestion do you have? I have arranged more than 200 general education teachers for Centaur Hill, and there are thousands of them along with their families, are you still too little?"

Victor smiled: "Of course, the more general education teachers, the better...... This time, the scale of the southward migration of the Sasang displaced people has reached more than 500,000, and we have to resettle 100,000 people in the hills, and we need to open more general education schools to turn them into tenants. The more than 200 general studies teachers assigned to us by His Majesty are definitely not enough. ”

"I can't help you...... Patriarch Friedus is sending his people to Sidon to help the northern lords convert their tenants. For this matter, he and Tamor are at loggerheads...... I don't have a good time interfering. Clement said as he walked.

A few years ago, when Sophia led the barbarians south, the Kingdom of Gombis decided to cross the strategy of crossing the river to the south, thus ushering in a new era of expansion of the human kingdom. Patriarch Friedes presided over the northern expansion, and Patriarch Tamor wanted to preside over the southern expansion, but the dioceses of the two southern kingdoms of Gombis and Borui were all in the hands of Clement, and the royal family of Neville, which could only expand north, had always been a hardcore ally of the Pope. The papal priest was able to preside over both the southern and northern missionary affairs, much to the displeasure of Tamor and Friedus, and Clement felt the strong pressure from the two forces, and he immediately decided to give up the two southern dioceses of Gombis and Borui to Tamor, retaining only the diocesan power of Neville, Wharton Prairie, and Centaur Hills.

Victor understands these things. However, the fact that the Pope is the nominal head of the Church and that he is avoiding confrontation with the other two patriarchs is always a bit unbelievable.

Clement was euphemistically explaining that the clergy of the papal line were under pressure from the other two patriarchs and needed external support to have more room to maneuver.

The Pope only mentioned it, did not continue the subject, talked and laughed with Victor, and went to the main house. A woman with a beautiful face and a dignified temperament was waiting at the door with her two children, and when she saw Victor at the door, she said, "Lord Earl, you are welcome to come to the house. ”

As far as Victor knew, Clement had four companions, and the woman in front of her had nearly perfect facial features and body proportions, and her blue eyes were faintly brownish-red, she was undoubtedly Clement's legal wife, the noble daughter from the Clochier Paladin family, and Melissa, a senior knight and level 5 priest.

Speaking of which, Melissa is still the sister of Queen Sassan, and the Clement and Frederick families are in-laws, but the noble priests of the church have to break away from the family, and the contemporary pope has nothing to do with the royal family of Sassan.

"Lady Melissa, it is my pleasure to meet you. Victor bowed slightly and said politely.

"Inside, please, Lord Swordmaster. Clement picked up the little girl beside Melissa, and led the older boy into the door.

The Pope's mansion is shabby and cramped compared to Victor's Silver Moon Manor, but it is full of family warmth, and the items in it are not necessarily delicate and expensive, but each has its own characteristics, such as a wooden short sword, which is very rough in workmanship, and is placed on a silver shelf, placed in the most conspicuous place at the entrance, as if it is a great treasure.

Noting that Victor was looking at the small wooden sword, Clement pointed to the little boy next to him and introduced: "Mavi's first work, he personally selected the materials when he was five years old, and it took him three days to complete it alone. I see it as the pride of my family. ”

He walked over to the sofa and sat down, put the little girl who looked like she was only four years old, with pink makeup, on his lap, motioned for Victor to sit down, and said with a smile: "This is also my treasure, Kai'Sa, who is four years old this year, my second daughter's child." Ma Wei, 7 years old, my eldest grandson. ”

Clement was almost eighty years old, he looked like a middle-aged man in his forties, and he introduced his grandson and granddaughter, which Victor always felt strange in his heart. If nothing else, he himself will be able to meet four generations of grandchildren, but he still looks like a teenager at that time.

"Last winter, Patriarch Tamor personally presided over the baptism of Linobia, and he praised you and Catherine's daughter for being very beautiful and lovely. When you get back to Gambis, you should be able to see her. ”

Victor shook his head and said with a smile of regret, "I miss her from time to time, but it's a pity that I didn't get to watch her be born. ”

Clement laughed, "Victor, I'm sure you'll be a good father...... Of course, compared to the Golden Knight. ”

"I ...... I won't embarrass Catherine. The Raging Wind Sword Saint struggled inwardly for a while, and said deflatedly.

Lady Melissa brought a plate of refreshments, placed them on the sofa, sat down beside Clement, and suggested with a gentle smile: "Your Highness may prepare more stories, and when Catherine allowed you to visit your daughter, you told her that she would soon like you." ”

Victor paused, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Stories, then I should think about it and collect more wonderful and interesting stories." ”

"Your Highness's legendary experience is a good story material in itself, and my Ma Wei admires you quite a lot. Clement quipped.

The little boy was a little shy under Victor's gaze, plucked up his courage, and said, "Lord Swordmaster, they all say that you have a pair of golden eyes. ”

"Is that so?"

Victor's dark eyes turned dark gold, and the supernatural spiritual power quietly diffused, extraordinary and handsome, like a divine son. He blinked, and it turned back to a deep, cold black.

The spiritual power of the Raging Wind Sword Saint is not yet something that a child can bear, and although it will not cause direct damage like Sylvia, it will leave an indelible impression on the child's mind.

His Royal Highness Randall satisfied the child's curiosity a little, and Ma Wei's courage immediately increased a lot, and he asked with some excitement: "My lord, how many powerful monsters have you killed?"

"This ...... I don't remember exactly. ”

Victor actually remembers very clearly, and it was very troublesome to talk about it.

Ma Wei glanced at Victor sympathetically and said in a mocking manner: "Your Excellency killed a ferocious gnoll in the Centaur Hills and awakened your talent for popularity, and together with Baron Fenix, she dealt with a terrible old ogre and cut off its head in the forest; during the Ant Plague, the Lord shot countless Ant-Man monsters, many of which were silver-level Ant-Man leaders, and your Excellency also killed 6 bear goblins with a single sword in the Dark Forest, and saved many people from the Goblin Frenzy crisis...... Neville's Windfang Gnolls died at the hands of the Lords, as well as the Ogre Overseers of the Eastern Frontier, the Elder Bears, and the Golden-Rank Gnoll Chieftain......"

"Actually, my favorite story is the adult who went deep into the Wharton prairie and killed the centaur Great Khan. Ma Wei said a lot at once, sighed, and asked expectantly, "My lord, can you tell me the story of hunting the centaur Great Khan?"

The little admirer's eyes were clear, and Victor had a special headache, thought about it, and said with a smile: "I can't tell these stories more wonderful than the bard's singing...... Ma Wei, how about I tell you a story I heard when I was a child?"

"Yes, yes, Kai'Sa likes to hear stories from her childhood. The Pope's granddaughter clapped her chubby little hand and shouted happily.

"This is a story of desire and destiny......"