"Atlantis?" asked Liu Lei. "Yes! that's what we often call the Great Western Continent!" Hathaway affirmed. Liu Lei felt that a new world was about to unfold in front of him, and he waited quietly for Hathaway to continue. Hathaway continued: "The legend of Atlantis began with Plato, the ancestor of ancient Greek philosophy. It is mentioned in Plato's last writings, Creteas and Timaios. ”

"Legend has it that it was Poseidon, the god of the sea, who founded the kingdom of Atlantis. On a small island, Poseidon married a girl whose parents had died and had five sets of twins, so Poseidon divided the island into ten districts and gave them ten sons to rule, with the eldest son as the supreme ruler. Because this eldest son was called "Atlas", the country was called the kingdom of "Atlantis". Hathaway said as she swiped her fingers in the air, her fingertips drawing a black line in the air, forming a word: atlas.

In Plato's book, there is a saying that on the opposite side of the "Strait of Heclees", there is a large island, from which you can go to other islands, and on the other side of those islands is a whole land surrounded by the sea, which is the kingdom of "Atlantis". At that time, Atlantis was about to start a big battle with Athens, but Atlantis suddenly encountered an earthquake and flood, and completely submerged to the bottom of the sea in less than a day and a night, which became an obstacle to the Greeks' long sea journey. ”

"There are two puzzling points in the legend of Atlantis: first, the sudden disappearance of the once powerful Atlantis, which is now believed to have sunk the continent of Atlantis due to the sudden movement of the earth's crust that broke out overnight, and why did the peace-loving Atlantis suddenly become belligerent and invade Europe?"

Legend has it that Atlantean had 1.2 million warriors, an astronomical number at the time - but they were trained to be musical, peace-loving, and not tyrannical and belligerent. Moreover, Atlantis is rich in products, has a developed economy, and is well connected by sea, so there is no need to invade other countries. ”

"The speculation now is that the Atlanteans knew that a great catastrophe was coming, so they wanted to flee Atlantis, so they sent troops to attack other countries. It is not known how they knew that calamity was coming. ”

"In this world, there are so few relics left behind in the Great West Continent that it is almost impossible to find them again. Hathaway finished speaking and looked at Liu Lei. "Then how do you see it—I mean it's from Atlantis?"

"Because, I've seen this god in the frescoes on the ruins of Atlantis!" Hathaway replied. Liu Lei was surprised: "You have been to the ruins of Atlantis, how do you know it is there?" "I have been in the archaeological team for thirty years, just to find its ruins!" Hathaway's eyes flashed a strange look, Liu Lei didn't notice, just asked her: "Why spend thirty years to find such a ruin?" Hathaway hesitated for a moment before saying: "I am also three hundred years old, everything that should be done has been done, it is rare to find something of interest, thirty years, is still too short......"

Liu Lei nodded understandingly, this topic seems to be a taboo for the blood clan, but everyone has a deep understanding, he didn't blame Hathaway, but asked a question: "Is it at the bottom of the sea?" Hathaway nodded: "Yes." Actually, the humans are almost there, but none of them dare to go into the water to find it, after all, the unknown of the deep sea is very dangerous - but I am not afraid!"

Liu Lei nodded understandingly, and asked, "Why are you interested in Atlantis?" "Because it's unknown - this unknown gives me a feeling that there's a way to another world!" Hathaway replied. "Another world, that world?" "A world parallel to this world that does not intersect!" Hathaway returned the pendant of the goddess statue to Liu Lei and said, "Sir, pay attention to the necklace that the goddess statue carries." ”

Liu Lei took it and took a closer look. Around the neck of the goddess, a silver necklace hangs, and the pendant under the necklace is a diamond shape that is short at the bottom and long at the top, and at the bottom is an arrowhead, and the two sides on the left side of the diamond are decorated with a row of tiny stars. "Is there anything special about this?" asked Liu Lei. Such a necklace was worn around the neck of every Atlantean god I have ever met, including their supreme deity, Poseidon, the god of the sea. I call it the Arrow of the Stars!"

"Arrow of the Stars......" Liu Lei chewed on these four words: "Good name, very appropriate!How much do you know about the myths and legends of Atlantis?" Hathaway shook his head: "I don't know, most of the research on Atlantis in the world is speculation, and although I have been to its ruins, after all, it is still at the bottom of the sea, and many things cannot be studied thoroughly." "It seems that I am going to go to this legendary Daxi Continent myself......" Liu Lei said to himself.

"Hoss!" he called softly, his voice piercing through the walls and into Hoss's ears, and Hoss, who was sitting quietly, jumped up and ran quickly.

"Master, do you have something to do with me?" Huo Si immediately asked as soon as he came in, it seems that he also has great hopes for Liu Lei's research on the goddess statue, the last time the incident also stimulated him a lot, and he felt ashamed of a man without strength, Liu Lei told him that the goddess statue contained powerful energy, which was his only hope all the time. "You take this back first. Liu Lei handed him the pendant and said: "For the time being, I can't figure out how to wake up the energy inside, you practice hard in the past two days, and we will have an unforgettable trip to the deep sea in a short time, I don't want you to be crushed by the pressure of the deep sea!" "Yes, master!"

"Hathaway!" said Liu. "Yes, sir, what do you command?" Hathaway replied, bowing. "You should be very famous in the scientific community of human society, and you should know many celebrities in the scientific community, right?" Liu Lei said. "Yes. Hathaway replied. Liu Lei nodded and said: "From now on, you are no longer my acting housekeeper, you can move to my house, I have more important things for you to do!" Hathaway was stunned: "Sir, what does Sir want me to do?" "You know, the last time I went to the Vatican, many people saw me - this is a very bad thing, I violated the escapist principle of the three major social rules of the dark world, but this is also a good thing, this is an opportunity, our chance to get out of the darkness!" Now human beings are talking about supernatural creatures, with their scientific level, it is difficult to understand our existence, they will not recognize us, so I want you to use human scientific theories to explain the supernatural power we have - whether it is correct or not, as long as it can be accepted by humans!" Liu Lei looked at Hathaway with blazing eyes, and his tone was full of expectation: "Do you understand?" Hathaway was stunned, she looked at Liu Lei with wide eyes, and stammered for a long time: "Yes, sir, Hathaway understands!"

With the efforts of Hackman, Cantat delivered a eulogy to the world on behalf of the Holy See, and the Pope's funeral was scheduled for the winter solstice, less than 20 days away. Catholics everywhere are worried about whether the Pope's body will be preserved for that long, and the Holy See assures everyone that the Pope's body will be properly kept. Cantat secretly said in his heart: There is no body for a long time, what else is there to preserve.

With the death of the Pope, the various forces within the Holy See began to form factions and attack towards a common goal. For a time, the whole Holy See was turbulent, the dark tide was turbulent, all the forces were reunited, and the Vatican was divided into several major factions, each supporting its own candidate, and among the candidates supported by various forces, Archbishop Travor was the most promising. He has been a cardinal archbishop for almost two decades, has followed the pope with great achievements, and now has the support of six cardinals and crusaders. Cardinal Archbishop Douglas came down, he had been promoted to cardinal for fifteen years, and the pope held him in high esteem during his lifetime, accompanying the pope on many trips, and he had fewer supporters than Traver, only three cardinals were willing to support him, and there was also a Templar support. In the end, it was Cantat supported by Hackman and Maguire, everyone thought that Cantat could not be elected at all, although he was by his side in the last moments of the Pope, but the Pope did not leave an edict, and at the last moment, Pei was by his side but it seemed that he was not well protected, so that the Pope died tragically in the hands of Liu Lei. Everyone is very strange, even Hackman himself is very likely to compete for the position of pope, after all, he is now as famous as the sky, and he has just saved the lives of six cardinal archbishops, it is very likely that he will break the traditional tradition and ascend to the papal throne as a knight, why should he choose an uncompetitive person to support?

The bishops in charge of each region are also constantly active, choosing their future masters before a new pope is elected - each betting on his favorite candidate. Once you press it wrong, you will be sad in the future, but once you win the lottery, the road will be smooth and smooth.

When everything was arranged, Kontat found Hackman.

"What kind of secret agreement do you have with Liu Lei?" asked Kontat as soon as he saw Hackman, immediately withdrawing from everyone and getting straight to the point. Hackman pulled out his pipe, hadn't used it in a long time, put it on and took a puff. In the misty smoke, he said to Kontat with his eyes secret, "It seems that Liu Zhi told you first." Contaté nodded, "He didn't say too much, just let me ask you!" Hackman took a puff of his pipe and replied, "Quite simply, he doesn't want the Holy See and their Dark Society to continue to kill each other like this - and I don't want to see more people die because of racial hatred, so we made a deal." "What agreement?" "Non-aggression agreement!"

"What's the content?" said Kontat pressed as he stepped forward. Hackman didn't care about Cantatt's unreasonableness and still patiently replied: "The specific content is that he will find a way to get the Pope to step down, and I, choose a candidate with good character in the church, first promote him to be the cardinal archbishop, and then wait for the pope to step down and then nominate him to take over as the pope!" Cantat excused himself and said: "Then you control that pope and make an agreement with the Dark Society to never invade each other?" Hackman shook his head and said: "No, it's not us who control, but let the new pope take this step himself." "Why are you so sure that the new pope will take this step?" asked Kontart. "We're not sure either, it's just a plan, and if the new pope doesn't, we're going to do everything we can to get him out of this way," Hackman said. "If the new pope doesn't do that, will you have to change another pope?" asked Kontat with a gloomy look. Hackman smoked a few puffs of his pipe, spitting out smoke rings all over the house: "I'd love to say no, even though we haven't planned that long-term, but I think if Liu brought it up, I would say yes." ”

"And I'm the one you have chosen?" asked Kontart. Hackman nodded, and Cantatt asked strangely: "Why are you able to influence the Pope's decision, you have fallen out of favor at that time, if you suggest me to the Pope, the Pope may only do to remove me from the candidacy, right?" In addition to you, there is another person. Yes, the most taboo thing for the Pope at that time was me, so if I directly recommend you, I am sure you will be fine, but I am still a Templar of the Holy See, and I am the most decorated Templar, although the Pope does not like me, but I still have to ask for my opinion on such a major matter, I just need to help you eliminate the opponent, and leave you alone, who is it, let the Pope choose. ”

Cantat finally understood, and Hackman smiled and said: "Actually, we didn't plan to kill the Pope, we originally planned to sign an agreement between the Dark Society and the Holy See to stop the war and not fight each other, but the Pope suddenly ran to Liu's house, the bad thing is that Liu was not there that day, and even worse is that the Pope injured his family - you know, the Chinese are the most emotional, Liu broke into the Vatican in a fit of anger, although I rushed in time to save everyone, but the Pope still died in his hands." Now that the Holy See and the Dark Society have formed a mortal enmity, a peace agreement is out of the question. We can only reach a tacit agreement in secret: everyone restrains their subordinates and tries to avoid conflicts. ”

Cantatt looked at Hackman behind the smoke for a moment: "Hackman, as a Templar of the Holy See, you betrayed the Holy See like this, betrayed the Pope like this, what about your knightly code, where is your knightly glory?"

Hackman was furious, and put his pipe on the table, and his mouth was almost in Cantat's face and shouted, "Shut up, I have not betrayed the Holy See, I still hold on to my faith, my creed! My glory is still as bright as my helmet!" He calmed down, sat back in his seat, and took a few puffs of his pipe, only to find that the pipe had become two halves, and he threw them into the corner with hatred.

"I reached an agreement with Liu for the sake of the vast number of sectarians, and I don't want them to give up their lives in vain for a vain belief! So many loyal believers, they are all lives, fresh lives! The light of God shines on them like a light. However, the creatures of darkness have done us little harm in the past few centuries - most of the time we have been hunting them down! But we have also suffered a great loss, and how many families have been torn apart as a result......" Hackman led Cantat to the back, where a long table was filled with crosses, each with a man's name engraved on it. Hackman touched the crosses and didn't speak for a long time.

Cantatt looked at him without speaking, and Hackman let out a long sigh: "Here, these are my comrades-in-arms and disciples who have been my comrades and disciples since I joined the Holy See Knights for sixty years. Three thousand three hundred and forty-nine people. They are all very good people, and they disappeared in front of my eyes one by one......" He turned around and looked at Cantat: "For these people, in order that there will be no more people like them in the future, I chose to unite with Liu, he is a righteous man and a gentleman, and he will not lie to us!"

Kontat walked over to him and held out his hand to his shoulder, no more talking.

"Liu Lei killed the Pope?" The first time the Chaos heard the news, he only felt that he had misheard, and asked the destruction druid reported below three times in a row, and suddenly laughed, and waved his hand to the destruction druid to retreat. The High Priest warned him, "Leader, don't forget, this is both good news and bad news—Liu Lei can kill the Pope who has the power of a combined angel warrior, and how much power has he reached?" The Chaos said, "I know, but I will soon have five Oak warriors, and I need to be afraid of him?" The High Priest shook his head and said, The strength of the Oak God Warrior should be about the same as the strength of the Combined Angel, Liu Lei can kill a Combined Angel Warrior, plus the dragon, you want the strength of our forbidden warrior to be able to resist the combined plan of the Holy See and the Dark Society, I'm afraid it will not be realized!" The Chaotic Man nodded: "But now this plan is meaningless-we definitely don't have to worry that Liu Lei will deal with us with the Holy See!"

Liu Lei was at home at this time, his injuries were almost healed, Bai Fan and Nia were already able to get out of bed, and the three of them were basking in the sun downstairs together. Liu Lei's phone rang suddenly, and he took it out to see that it was Lian Feng's!

"Hey, master!" Liu Lei pressed the answer button. "Hey, boy! I'm coming soon, come pick me up!" Lian Feng shouted on the phone.

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