Chapter 223: Ascending
Teresy buried her head in Glasius's arms and didn't want to say anything.
Grasius looked at Raphael.
Raphael frowned and told him what had happened, but he only said what had happened today, and did not mention the cause and effect, and even said that Aris had been coerced by a terrible master, let alone the gods, as if he did not know anything.
Teresy poked her head out, and her poor golden eyes glanced at Raphael, but said nothing.
Grasius stroked Derecy's hair, his face calm, and said, "Maybe it's not that bad, but the dragon clan is a big problem." Little Sissi, don't use divine powers. ”
Teresy nodded obediently.
Raphael was even more surprised, how could Grasius's casual words sound so ungodly? ”
Grasius seemed to have just woken up to what he had just said, that with Dressie, he was always too relaxed.
His expression turned serious, as if he had not said what he had just said, and Glasius said, "Well, what is that? Raphael! What about your piety?"
Raphael's eyes jumped, and he said, "What kind of piety? There are a few people who are really doing their best because of their piety, and they don't just think of it as a profession." Moreover, does it really matter how well the church is run? The power of the Most High God is so great that even if the church collapses, it will not be easy for the High God to restore the church? Everything is insignificant. ”
Grasius's dizzy old eyes stared at Raphael and said, "You are a hypocrite!"
Don't scare Lao Tzu! You old boy is also a hypocrite! Raphael saw through Glasius from a single sentence, and said: "If a hypocrite is working for the supreme god and works tirelessly, is there any difference between him and a pious person? A hypocrite can see the essence of things more clearly, and perhaps things can be done better." As long as the church is strong, believers and hypocrites will do their best for the church. ”
Grasius was not angry, but with a hint of curiosity, asked, "I wonder how you could have given me a very pious feeling that day. ”
The chief referee actually said to Deresie not to use divine power to prevent the Supreme God from descending, what else did Raphael dare not say?
Taking out a necklace, Raphael said, "It's at work, it's James's piety, it's special, isn't it?" But, my lord, I want to tell you that the man who was able to form this pious necklace turned his back on the Supreme God in the end. Can you believe it? Just because, going to the kingdom of God has never been James's wish, he only knew how to be grateful since he was a child, and he was devout to the supreme god, but I think James's family was probably killed by the Holy See. I don't want to be that kind of fool. ”
Grasius took the necklace, looked at it for a while, and then threw it to Raphael, and said: "Very interesting James, it's a pity that he died, what you said makes sense, someone will force Xiao Sissi to use divine power." ”
Then, very abruptly, Glasius said, "Raphael, are you willing to be the chief referee?"
Raphael was taken aback by the old man.
Although Grasius had also said to Raphael about the heir before, how could Raphael believe that kind of nonsense? As far as his current position as deputy chief magistrate is concerned, it is just a virtual one, with no real power, and it only exists to contain the pope. When the matter is over, if you don't get support, you will be 100% dismissed.
Raphael was shocked and said, "I, the chief referee, am not joking, am I afraid this is inappropriate." ”
Grasius looked at Raphael, laughed, and said something strange: "What's inappropriate, in my opinion, anyone can sit in this position." Anyway, I am very devout to the Most High God, but I have no faith and cannot go to the Kingdom of God. ”
Raphael said: "I don't want to be a priest, otherwise I will have to sneak around when I see a woman." ”
Grasius was even more curious, and said, "What else is it that you kid is thinking when he hears that the position of the referee is not moved?"
Raphael frowned and said, "You are so dedicated to the church, I'm afraid you just regard the Inquisition as your home, right? What else is there? So, what do you care what I think? You are so old, and you still say that you can't go to the kingdom of God, so what else can't you see?" ”
Grasius laughed and said, "Yes, you little guy is really interesting, okay, you should be the first judge of the church without a cardinal archbishop, I think those bastards will be happy to see this change, cardinal archbishop, I will still be the one." ”
He simply picked up the communication array disk hanging from his waist.
Raphael watched as Grasius rallied his men.
Grasius also muttered: "It's cheap, you kid, this position, I originally reserved it for Xiao Sissi, but Xiao Sissi's temper is not suitable, so I want to find someone else." ”
Raphael shuddered, I'm afraid the inquisition will become an amusement park!
Grasius said again: "Give me the ring of Jedaire, I will return it to his family, or for this ring, you can destroy his family, the property in this ring, I estimate that there are tens of millions of gold coins." ”
Raphael immediately threw out the ring and said: "Pull it down, Jade is dead, it is loyal, the Pope must comfort his family, I don't want to find trouble, his family can't hate me, it must be you who hate, hehe." ”
Grasius smiled: "Cunning little fellow, no greed, good. ”
It didn't take long for the other three deputy chief magistrates of the Inquisition and the eight Evil Punishers to come, they were in charge of the affairs of the Inquisitors of the three empires and the Sect countries, almost all of them were brought up by Grasius, and they could be all over the continent in normal times, but because of the Holy Light Ceremony, they all gathered in the Holy Capital.
Jedair was originally in charge of the Inquisition of the Church, and in this arrangement, Glasius was in order to be able to keep an eye on Jedair, and Raphael's position as deputy referee was only attached and had no real power.
There were very few women in these chiefs, only one of the vice-inquisitors was a woman, and after listening to Grasius's decision, they looked at Raphael in amazement and couldn't believe it was true.
The female vice-referee only glanced at Raphael, and then lowered her head with a twinkle in her eyes.
After the announcement, Raphael was surprised to find that Grasius's men were not dissatisfied with him, and they stepped forward one by one and kissed the referee ring he was wearing as a sign of loyalty.
Grasius sat on the side and muttered softly, his voice heard only Raphael.
After listening for a while, Raphael reassured his men, except for the dead Jade Il, these people were controlled by Glasius in the most nonsensical but effective way.
This method is very simple, anyone who is to be promoted by Glasius must have an absolute handle in the hands of Glasius, and these handles are left with a mirror image.
What kind of trick? If you see it, you will never believe it, that is, the main members of these people's families have to scold the Supreme God separately, and leave a mirror image, of course, when they scold, they must try to calm their emotions, otherwise they will really find out to the Supreme God, and then they will die.
These mirrors and everyone's information have now been handed over to Raphael, if these subordinates are not convinced, then it is okay, just try to get the handle in Raphael's hand, and then secretly kill him.
And only Grasius dared to keep these things with him all the time.
This outlandish way can only be imagined by Grasius, and likewise only in the Inquisition.
Because the personnel of the Inquisition never ask for any piety, like those empty riders, who dare to be disrespectful to the supreme god for the sake of their status.
As for encountering a reluctant person, Glasius will not force the man's mind, but will only destroy the man's flesh so that the matter will not leak out.
It was in this way that the Inquisition, in Glasius's generation, became a reading institution within the Holy See.
The real power of the Inquisition is not strong, because except for Grasius, all the other members of the Inquisition are clergy, not clergy, but no one in the Holy See dares to despise the Inquisition, after all, force is the foundation of strength.
Of course, there are other ways for Glasius to control his subordinates, and these inquisition leaders have passed the tests of Grasius first, otherwise, they will not even have a chance to be promoted.
In addition to these, Raphael also thought about it at the same time, but he somewhat understood the real reason why these people would be very loyal, and there were many reasons for this, the most important of which was that every referee would offend no less.
After the female deputy referee finished the ceremony, she had to report to Glasius, after all, Glasius is not dead, she is also a cardinal archbishop, no matter how you look at it, she is still the head.
Grasius waved his hand and motioned to the female deputy referee and Rafael to say, "That's it."
Raphael had seen Grasius's power in the inquisition.
So Lucia, the female deputy referee, said to Raphael: "My lord, when we came, we saw that all the ascetics had come to the Holy Capital and were heading for the Temple of Holy Light. ”
The other deputy referee named De Cora was also a little nervous, and said, "My lord, are we going to summon the referees to gather in the Holy Capital? Moreover, who do we choose?"
Raphael only felt that Lucia's voice was a little familiar, but he didn't care, the voice was like a lot of people, and he said seriously: "We only obey the orders of the supreme god, this is an ascetic who has offended the dragon clan, I am afraid that the dragon clan will attack, let the air rider be ready, except for the empty rider, the rest will not participate in the war." Gather the judges within the Church and let them disperse and hide near the Holy Capital to prevent anyone from working against us at the Holy Light Ceremony. ”
After all his men retreated, Grasius said: "Lucia, the deputy chief magistrate, she is my mistress to outsiders, but before coming to the Inquisition, she was the mistress of a legion elder, but in fact she is nothing, just St. Paul's implantation. Lucia is meticulous and cautious, and has a strong psychological tolerance for punishments and the like, so it can still be observed, and at the same time, I found her only brother, hehe, which no one knows. ”
Raphael didn't understand, but felt that Lucia's half-masked face was a little familiar, but Grasius didn't say much.
In the vast and huge corridor of the inner sanctum of the Temple of Light, a silver-haired woman wearing an archbishop's robe and several guards was hurrying towards the Papal Palace.
The Papal Hall was at the very back of the temple, and St. Paul was frowning and pacing through the empty temple, where a privy priest was bowing his head to report on the actions of ascetics.
São Paulo is a little upset, what the hell is this going on?
At this time, the Templar outside reported: "Archbishop Gloria asks to see you." ”
St. Paul waved his hand, withdrew the privy councilor, and said, "Let her in." ”
After Gloria waited for Luo Fei to return, she confirmed that Raphael was okay and brought Luo Fei and Helen to see St. Paul.
After entering the main hall, the three of them saluted His Majesty, and Gloria talked about the indulgences.
Hearing what Gloria said, St. Paul frowned and said, "Whose idea is it?
Gloria was very helpless about the situation, but she also let go, she smiled coquettishly, and said: "It's Raphael, our people have tried to attack him, including Clark's people, but there are also people who are protecting him, but they haven't succeeded." ”
St. Paul didn't pretend to be in front of Grolielle, and said hatefully, "This damn bastard really betrayed me." ”
As he spoke, he simply scolded without any grace: "Clark, this traitor and stupid, actually made him a knight commander! And these ascetics, what do you want to do? Do you want to go to see the Supreme God? Especially Joira, a slut, is really rich, and he blatantly co-opts forces, this damn slut." ”
Luo Fei muttered on the side, "Your Majesty, I may know the reason why the ascetics gathered in the Holy Capital. ”
St. Paul said, "Oh, what is it?"
Luo Fei said: "My pet was killed in the Holy Mountain, it was that Nicholas, it released some fluctuations after its death, and I sensed it, he is the son of the dragon patriarch. ”
Luo Fei was very calm, and was not saddened by the loss of Nicholas, because he had long been dead to Nicholas, what was the use of such a disobedient pet? and after following Raphael for a while, he got a new pet.
St. Paul said angrily, "What! Aris is a damn thing! No wonder I always feel something strange in the neighborhood." ”
St. Paul couldn't help but be angry, for the sake of the Holy Light Ceremony, he brought almost all the masters who obeyed his orders to the Holy Capital, just to prevent changes in the Great Canon, if the dragon clan came, it would definitely suffer heavy losses, and all forces also tried their best to pull the masters to the Holy Capital, even if he could sit firmly in the position of the Pope in the future, the strength of the entire church would be greatly damaged.
Despite the chaos in the Church, St. Paul was the Pope after all, and naturally regarded the Church as his.
Luo Fei said: "Your Majesty, our Holy See is so powerful, don't worry, I heard Nicholas say that the Dragon Clan has only a thousand famous clansmen, and there are only more than nine hundred people who can fight." ”
St. Paul took a few breaths, finally calmed down, and said: "Luo Fei, you are still young, it is a bit natural to think about things, a single dragon is nothing to a master, but when the dragons gather together and only attack in the air, everyone will be afraid of their destructive power, and you will understand when you see it." Medium and low-level powers, when facing the dragon clan, are simply ineffective. Not to mention how many masters there are in the church, as far as empty riding is concerned, there are only less than three hundred. However, the dragon clan may not dare to trouble the Holy Capital. ”
The empty horses of the Holy See have always been in the hands of the inquisitors, and the clergy cannot have pets, and the empty horses can only be composed of priests with complex compositions, so there are not many of them.
Luo Fei thought about the scene of a group of dragons rushing towards him, shuddered for a moment, and stopped talking.
Gloria didn't care about this, what if the dragon came? She didn't think that the dragon could destroy the holy capital, so she said, "What about the indulgence?" She was going to make up for the loss of supporting St. Paul, she had to accumulate strength for herself, anyway, the indulgence was St. Paul's in front, nominally, she had nothing to do with St. Paul.
St. Paul's face was gloomy and he said, "Gloria, do you have any ideas of your own?"
Instead of being nervous, Gloria became angry, and exclaimed: "I will definitely be promoted to the Holy Maiden of the Holy Light and be supported by some true ascetics, but don't forget, the current Supreme God has shown signs of activity again! I'm taking a great risk! Shouldn't I have my own thoughts? If you fail this time, I can at least keep my position, how can I say that I am also your bloodline, and it will not hurt you if I can live, right?" As for your bullshit family, they are almost all your vassals, so what does it have to do with you? It has nothing to do with me! Even if they are all wiped out, I won't even glance at them. ”
In St. Paul's view, the first is status, and the second is family, if the dragon is really coming, it will be very unfavorable for him, since it was Aris who did it, then the dragon may be very big, and the damage to the holy capital is something that has never happened, which will become an excuse for the forces in the church to attack him.
Damn it, I'm afraid my position is very dangerous, so what does it matter what the church will do?" St. Paul looked at Gloria and stopped forcing her to stand with him, and said, "Well, issue indulgences, damn it, Raphael, bastard, isn't there a better way?"
He couldn't help but think of Raphael's cleverness, and he really wanted to ask Raphael again.
Luo Fei asked respectfully, "Do you want to call Raphael?"
São Paulo said: "Well, you go and inform, tomorrow there will be a small clergy meeting, to deal with the affairs of the dragon clan, by the way, Raphael is also called, if this kid is not dead, I will ask him." ”
Of course, Raphael can't die, Grasius isn't dead, and the Inquisition's men will never dare to betray him. (To be continued.) )