Chapter 39: The Virgin's Trial

In Area 17, in the church's lounge, Shirley habitually glanced at today's news on the screen in the hall. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info And the TV footage she saw this morning shocked her. The man who had saved himself before, "Cassius", was sheltered by the Sumerian family and became a competitor, but he killed his employer overnight, and the method was extremely cruel, not only the employer Keynes, but also the entire family mansion plus attendants and bodyguards, a total of 348 people, it is reported that there was only such a video of less than ten seconds at the time, which can prove what happened.

Shirley couldn't believe that this man was really so ruthless! But there were some things that Shirley cared about, she had seen Cassius and watched his games, and the person in the picture looked like him was indeed right, but she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell.

Shirley picked up the remote control and looked back and forth several times, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and what was even more strange was that Mr. Keynes was smiling at the eye of heaven before he died.

"Miss Shirley, you seem to be concerned about this. Shirley turned around and saw Lord Veron, the cardinal of Green, and Shirley was suddenly nervous, as if she had been caught by her superiors for being lazy during work hours.

She explained vividly: "Lord Bishop, I was saved by this person before, and I suddenly saw his news, so I ......" Shirley explained her behavior, after all, she usually behaves very well, and she can't be blamed for such a thing, and it would be bad if it affected the selection of saints.

At this time, after Veron heard her words, his expression was still kind, but he had already exuded an unpleasant aura, he smiled and said: "Miss Shirley, I understand your feelings, but people who do good, occasionally do evil, we will forgive, people who do evil, naturally occasionally do good deeds, we will also give affirmation, instead of caring about such things, it is better to prepare, tomorrow the nun selection trial will begin, I hope you can succeed." With that, he walked in the direction of the main hall.

Shirley was surprised for a moment, and thought to herself, "The church didn't notify me that the selection trial would start tomorrow? Is it so sudden every time? It's like being transferred to District 17 without any notice, and suddenly being told that I am coming here and leaving immediately." "Thinking of this, Shirley is also helpless, just do your own thing, don't think about it so much.

The next day, as soon as I arrived at the main hall of things in the morning, I was told that I was going to the "Blue Holy City" with other nun candidates to conduct the selection trial of the Holy Maiden.

After two hours, he got on the airship with the large army, and flew in the sky for nine and a half hours before he came to the so-called "Blue Sanctuary". It is indeed a blue patch here, and the whole land is blue when you look down from the airship, except for the basilica in the middle, which is white, and the surrounding plants and many natural stones and crystals are all kinds of blue. After getting off the airship, there was a special feeling, something seemed to be flowing around her body, and Shirley knew what it was for the time being, so she could only follow the large army first.

The whole church is so magnificent that it seems to be about to open to the sky. There are not too many church patterns in the hall, and the stories of the gods, or the experiences of some sages, or even complicated decorations, only the empty hall that leads to the sky, and there is something covered with white cloth in the middle, boxy, eight or nine meters long and wide, and twelve or thirteen meters high.

There are more than 120 candidates for saints in the main hall, from all regions of Sopotamia, they are all candidates selected by the church after examination, and this time they came to the blue sanctuary to test which women have the ability to receive "divine power".

Among the more than 120 candidates, there are girls from various families, some are young ladies from large families, some are the daughters of street shop owners, and some are orphans in the church orphanage, with an average age of between fourteen and twenty-five......

Shirley is a little special in this group of girls, she was born in a poor family, but her appearance is outstanding, with large and gentle almond eyes, upturned eyes, a slightly large mouth, and ruddy and full lips, which match her face shape and round chin very well, and it is a "feeling of facing an angel" to see her at any time. So she often handles charity-related matters for the church, but she is very bad at getting along with the people around her, and always wanders alone in the library and the place where she works.

This trial, I don't know what kind of content it is, everyone knows that after being chosen as a saint, she has to accept the "divine power", and this power Shirley learned in the book that it seems to be "the magic of angels", but the source is unknown, just like the origin of the magic power, it is so sudden that people have no way to know. The only descriptions in the book are about the acquisition of mana, the use of mana, and the classification of mana. The history of magic seems ambiguous.

At this time, there was a "green-clothed cardinal" with the same position as Vilon, he was the regional bishop of the Blue Sanctuary Kodel, who was eight or nine years older than Velon, and was very serious, but he looked quite similar to Velon. Shirley felt that this serious bishop was easier for her to talk to each other than Velon, and although Bishop Veron was always kind in District 17, Shirley always wanted to stay away from him.

After that, Shirley learned that the various assessments would begin two days later, of course, at short notice, and everything was so strict that only the bishop knew what to do when and which one to do. Kodel did not smile a single moment in his speech in the afternoon, and his expression was very serious and attentive, telling every detail, about the saints, about the past and present of the church...... It's all something that Shirley is familiar with and can't be more familiar.

When it was over, they dispersed, and Shirley glanced at the entire hall before leaving, and her eyes were still attracted by the white cloth in the center, and she wanted to get closer to see what it was.

And Cassius, who was also in the Blue Sanctuary, strung together the five people who attacked him halfway with ropes and led the way to their gathering place, although he didn't know what they were doing, they must have mixed this area.

The five men walked ahead dejectedly, and after more than an hour they came to a mountain col, and when they arrived, there seemed to be nothing but blue trees and dull stones, and a huge mountain. Suddenly, someone spoke.

"Who are you, why are you helping us?" the voice was low, loud and indistinct.

Cassius looked around and saw no one, but he felt a sense of oppression, and he looked in the direction of this feeling, and there was a circular pattern on the huge mountain, which looked very rough and rough, but it was definitely not naturally formed.

"I came to this blue city for a tour, and suddenly they pointed a gun at me, so I stopped by. Cassius said to the sky, his eyes glancing at the circular groove from time to time.

Suddenly, the circular groove glowed, glowing with a golden light, dim and divine, and then the ground shook slightly, and a crack opened vertically in the middle of the circular aperture, slowly growing in size and becoming a square door.

It's not a simple small organization, the world is quite rich, the content is quite substantial, and there is everything.

Cassius didn't feel any danger, and pulled five people inside, while paying attention to the surrounding aura, the ground went all the way down, and there were some glowing stones on the surrounding walls, which were guiding the road, and you could see your feet clearly. After walking for about ten minutes, Cassius saw that there was a city in front of him that resembled an anthill! At the same time, he was surrounded by a group of guards, who were not holding guns, but cold weapons, with a faint flow of magic on them.