Dimat is familiar with Tournans and knows what he does. He was not surprised that Tournans went out of the city to meet him in advance, but he was still shocked to see so many His Majesty and His Royal Highness come out together.

The circle of top transcendents is very small, and even if they have never met each other, they have all heard of the characteristics of your highnesses. The number of sixth-level paladins is only half that of the Golden Knight, and Dimatt is also a gold-level superlatively powerhoused, and as a confidant of the Clement Pope, he knows everyone here.

Apparently it was not appropriate to greet His Highness one by one, and Dimat jumped off the tongue-out, panting horned wolf mount, painted the emblem on his chest, and said, "Praise be to the Most High Lord, all of you Excellencies are here. ”

As he spoke, he took a sheepskin scroll and a letter from his waist pocket and handed them to Turnans, who was standing at the front.

"This is the Pope's Crown's handwritten edict and the letterhead of the Radiant Knights, His Excellency Stroch Testier, from the Northern Wilderness, with information about the Orc King. ”

Tournans solemnly took the scroll and letterhead and recited: "Praise be to the Lord of the Supreme Radiance, and may your radiance guide our path." ”

"Brother Dimat, please go to the church and pray to our lord, we have prepared water and bread for you, and a warm and comfortable bed. ”

Dimatt led a team of clergy to travel more than 2,000 kilometers in two days and one night from the megalithic fortress in the north of the Kingdom of Duoduo to the easternmost city of Light in the Sassan Empire. Their horned wolf mounts were running out of strength, and the guards were tired, but Dimatt was in good spirits.

Tournans imitated the priest who was stationed and arranged for the messengers of the church to go down to rest, while the others wanted to know more about the situation of the megalithic fortress from Dimat's mouth.

Priest Friedes glared at the bald paladin, and then turned to Dimat's retinue and commanded, "The light of our lord is shrouded in this city, go down and pray for yourselves to rest." Dimat, you go to the cathedral with us, we have something to ask you. ”

"As you wish, Lord Friedes. ”

The clergy guards led the horned wolf and followed the soldiers of the City of Light to the barracks to rest. Victor and the others returned to the cathedral meeting room, and Patriarch Friedes had a chair added to the round table and invited Dimatt to sit down.

Tournans stretched out his finger, erased the fire seal of Pope Clement, unfolded the scroll and read it, handed it to Patriarch Friedus, and said, "Your Majesty summons me, I will definitely go to the megalithic fortress." ”

Friedes took the papal edict, and after reading it, he handed it to Grand Master Testiel, and said: "This is the decree of the convocation of the College of Cardinals, which has been agreed before, signed jointly by His Majesty the Pope and Patriarch Tamor. ”

Howard Testier was the most powerful figure in the Church, but the Knights of Radiance were nominally subject to the orders of the Cardinals. However, the papal edict lacked the signature of Patriarch Friedes and had no effect on the Knights of Radiance, who were under the command of the Templars.

Testil nodded, took the cardinal's edict, and passed the intelligence letterhead of Stroch Testel directly to Victor.

The edicts of the College of Cardinals are official documents within the Church and are not obligatory to secular lords. Stroch Testier is in charge of detecting the King of Orcs, and the letterhead he sends back is the key.

Victor read the short letterhead, handed it to Roland, and then everyone passed it back one by one. After everyone had seen the letterhead, Tystiel looked around and said, "The Boulder Fortress and the City of Light only send a message every twelve days. Like all of you, I don't know much about the situation in the Boulder Fortress war zone in recent days. ”

"The letterhead delivered by the red-eyed crow can't write much. Strange says on his letterhead that the king of the orcs he found was a two-headed goblin. He tried to shoot the two-headed goblin king, but was unsuccessful, and was instead chased by the manticore lion enslaved by the goblin king for hundreds of kilometers. Currently, he is hiding in the Boulder Mountains, waiting for reinforcements. ”

"Brother Dimat, do you have anything to add?" asked Testier, turning his head.

The holy warrior nodded and said, "For the past ten months, His Majesty the Pope has sent elite scouts to search for traces of the Orc King in the wilderness north of the Boulder Fortress. I have led the paladins into the wilderness many times, but I have never been able to discover the King of Orcs. It wasn't until four days ago that Deputy Commander Strange Testier sent back the news of the Two-Headed Goblin King from the Boulder Mountains more than 1,000 kilometers northeast of the Boulder Fortress with a red-eyed letter crow. ”

"His Holiness the Pope has sent a team to the location marked by Deputy Head of Testil to help him set up camp. As for the specifics of the Two-Headed Goblin King, I don't know right now. ”

"...... not. ”

Dimatt paused, and then talked about his own experience: "When I was on a reconnaissance mission, I found that there were several orc tribes on the east side of Sidon's centaur territory, ogres, gnolls, and even a medium-sized sheep-headed tribe...... Although there were frequent fights between them, my colleagues and I did not observe large-scale wars...... It's really puzzling that sheep-headed monsters and ogres live in peace...... Deputy Head Testir and the Conral Trigobal Paladin of the Inquisition traveled through the sheep's territory and discovered the deformed two-headed goblin king and his pet manticore...... After receiving the summons, Crown Clement believed that the goblin king discovered by the deputy head might be the king of the orcs, and that those orc tribes were vassals conquered by it. This is the only way to explain why there is a medium-sized sheep-headed tribe near the ogre and gnoll. ”

The sheepshead is a particularly stupid orc. They are terrible because of their stupidity, just like if the leader accidentally falls off a cliff, the sheep will jump off the cliff with him. The sheep-headed monster is this kind of orc with a particularly strong sense of group consciousness and a particularly good obedience. The alchemy creature Savi Warrior designed by the Alchemy Empire is based on the sheep's head, and through the talent of the Savi warrior, you can get a glimpse of the sheep's ability, super stamina, vegetarian food, absorb the characteristics of various plants, and obtain effects such as toxins, excitement, and rage at zero hour. Historically, the main legion of the Orc King has always been a sheep's head.

Ogres and gnolls love to hunt sheepheads, so sheephead clans are always large enough to withstand some losses.

The discovery of a medium-sized sheepshead tribe in the Boulder Fortress, which has not yet been eaten by ogres and gnolls, is enough to suggest that these orcs are in some kind of restraint. Strange followed this clue to find the Two-Headed Goblin King, and the Two-Headed Goblin protects the sheep-headed monster race, even if it is not yet the king of the orcs, it has the intention and potential to become the king of the orcs.

This is bad news.

"I've never seen a two-headed goblin...... I really want to see how weird it looks. Roland held his graceful chin and his eyes sparkled.

Princess Auguste's curiosity is already well-known in the circle of the superbly powerful, but the Golden Knight's every move will be deeply interpreted. Roland's whimsical style always leaves people scratching their heads, and they are stunned afterwards. She emphasized the strangeness of the two-headed goblin here, which immediately aroused everyone's vigilance.

However, Testil was never led by the nose, and he smiled and said, "There is no difference between a two-headed goblin and a two-headed man, both are congenital malformations. The tricky one is the Goblin King, and the most troublesome is the Manticore, which it enslaves. I remember that Her Highness Sylvia York once killed a manticore in the northern wilderness, seriously injuring his mate. The Manticore, enslaved by the Two-Headed Goblin King, may be the one who escaped from Lady Rose......"

He paused for two seconds and said to Victor, "Cousin Victor, you see, can we ask Madame Rose to kill the Manticore and the Two-Headed Goblin King?"

Manticores and dragons, white apes, and hydras are all legendary creatures, and their strength levels cannot be divided by the strength standards set by humans, because legendary creatures are relatively close to ancient giant beasts, and their innate abilities are very powerful. In fact, the Sun Elves and the Golden Knight are also legendary creatures.

Compared to giant legendary creatures like the Hydra lizard and the white ape, manticores rank low on the list of legendary creatures, but they're by no means easy to deal with.

Sylvia sets foot in the golden realm and wanders alone in the northern wilderness, unabashed by the aura of the spirit knights, all kinds of powerful monsters flee, only two manticores dare to challenge her, and make her feel the fear of death, thus awakening the humanity in her soul.

One manticore was skinned by Sylvia, and the other escaped from her.

Now that Sylvia has successfully suppressed the power of the Divine Knight, how can Victor agree to allow his lover to face a manticore again?

"Your Excellency Grand Master may ask her for yourself. Victor said coldly.

Testiel had expected Victor's answer, smiled and nodded, and did not continue the topic.

Patriarch Friedus suddenly asked, "Brother Dimat, is His Majesty the Pope ready to perform the Great Prophecy?"

There was a moment of silence in the hall, all voices were silenced by the qualitative and invisible spiritual power, and the eyes of the high-ranking knights were focused on the body of the Templar deputy commander.

Dimatt slowly stood up, his eyes shining with white-gold holy light, and said loudly:

"Before I left, His Highness asked me to open up the war zone to the east, and His Highness made it clear that he would follow the path of salvation by the Holy Light and spare his own life. ”

"Praise be to my Lord. The clergy present chanted in a low voice, and the atmosphere in the hall became sacred and solemn.

Friedus nodded with satisfaction, took the papal edict from Testier's hand, signed his name with the quill on the table, and said: "In that case, I will also go to the megalithic fortress to help the Pope." ”

The Great Prophecy is the highest divine art of the Radiant Church, and it is the fundamental reason why the priest is higher than the Paladins and Paladins, and the Cardinals are above other institutions. If the Pope had not had great prophecy, there would be no balance of power in the Church now.

The conditions for the Pope and the Pope to perform the Great Prophecy are harsh and costly, which directly affects their vitality. The effect of the Great Prophecy is closely related to the caster's life level and the holy power mobilized. The effect of the Legendary Priest's Great Prophecy is very different from that of the Level 6 Priest. If Pastor Duncan were to serve as the Pope, even though he was also a legendary priest, his vitality would not be enough to support the entire spell-casting process, and he would probably have run out of oil and return to the arms of the Lord of Light halfway through the ceremony. Not to mention the Pope of the ordinary sixth-level priest.

The three patriarchs are able to mobilize the power of other pastors to support the Pope in his great prophecy. Friedus also had to rush to the megalithic fortress, which meant that Clement's preparation of prophecy was not trivial, and he would have to step down from the Pope's position after performing the ritual of the Great Prophecy, if not falling.

Testiel stood up and said solemnly: "The three patriarchs jointly signed the edict, I will obey the call of the Cardinal, go to the megalithic fortress, cooperate with the Pope, and kill the king of orcs!"

Everyone was silent, thinking about the impact and changes brought about by this incident.

Victor raised his eyebrows, and Qingyue's voice sounded in the ears of the participants: "Your Excellency Grand Master and Patriarch Friedus are heading to the Boulder Fortress, who will preside over the battle here?"

Howard shook his head, raised the edict in his hand, and said, "The Pope's decree is to ask the three Tempest Paladins to go to the Boulder Fortress together to deal with the Orc King in the east. As for the Eastern Frontier Territory, the centaurs are powerless to entangle with us, and they do not pose a major threat to the Sassanid Empire. When I get to the Boulder Fortress, I'll urge King Rex to lead the Sword Mantis Knights and Horned Wolf Paladins to attack the retreating females of the Sidon Centaur Clan, leaving the centaur warriors on the front line unlucky. The Eastern Frontier was under the command of His Excellency the Paladin Reyl Garrel, the Battle Priest His Excellency Kent, and His Majesty Emperor Frederick. ”

Victor was silent for two seconds and said, "I will go to the Megalith Fortress with you and ask His Excellency Patriarch Friedes to sit in the Eastern Development Territory in case of accidents." ”

Dimatt was overjoyed and saluted Victor and said, "Thank you for your help, Your Highness, and with Your Highness's help, the two-headed goblin king will not escape death." ”

Victor smiled back and asked Howard, "When are we leaving?"

"I ordered someone to release the letter crow and summon Clark to come over, and when he arrives in the City of Light, we will immediately set off and head to the Boulder Fortress to try to solve the threat of the Goblin King as soon as possible. The Grand Master of the Radiant Knights smiled and said, "With Cousin Victor joining, maybe we don't need His Majesty the Pope to use the Great Prophecy Technique." ”

"Then I'll go and prepare first. Your Excellencies, too, need time to think. Victor rose from his seat, pressed Tournans on the shoulder, and gave a knightly salute to the crowd.

Everyone stood up to return the salute, and Victor nodded, leading Roland out of the conference room first.

The two returned to the Randall family's residence in the City of Light, and Victor arranged for his guards to clear the field and go to the perimeter to guard the perimeter to prevent anyone from eavesdropping on his conversation with Roland.

Entering the log dwelling, Victor invited the eldest princess to take a seat, Roland walked around the simply furnished living room, turned around, and said to the Golden-Eyed Earl, who personally cooked the snow tea: "Randallqing, I want coffee, no snow sugar, with fresh goat's milk, no fishy smell...... Well, it's better to have centaur milk, I haven't even drunk it. ”

"Only snow fungus tea, or you can do it yourself. Victor said angrily.

"Narrow-minded and without grace. Roland puffed out his cheeks, pointed his delicate fingers at the small stove, and the green light extinguished the charcoal fire and froze it, and not even the smoke came out.

Shaking off his white and blonde hair, Roland giggled and threw himself into the wooden sofa, his straight and slender legs were on the sofa, he proudly raised his willow eyebrows, and said, "I can't drink coffee, and you can't drink snow fungus tea, it's fair now." ”

Victor shook his head and smiled: "No matter how good a leader is, there will always be people who are dissatisfied. I have always advocated a win-win situation, and it is impossible to take into account the interests of all. ”

Roland shook his finger and said, "The question is who is responsible for distributing the benefits. The war was over, the centaur army was ready to retreat, and the Sassangian Empire was given the eastern frontier and achieved its initial strategic objectives. As long as the Sidon Centaur tribe and the Goblin King in the east attack each other and contain each other, the crisis of the Sassan Empire can be resolved. Testil wants to let this war continue, and on this issue, you are the representative of the southern kingdoms, why don't you speak out against Testil?"

Victor spread his hands and said, "What about the victims of the Eastern Pioneer Territory? This is the end of the war, and they are tenants slaughtered by the orcs. I can't watch the church and the lords repudiate the tenant system I pioneered. ”

"Clement may lose the papal throne because of this, and after a while, the tenant system will be brought up again, perhaps under a different name. The eldest princess of August curled the corners of her mouth and said with a sly smile: "Patriarch Tamor is most likely to ascend to the papal throne, and if we help him, can't he repay the kingdom of Gombis?"

"It was precisely because Tamor was at the top of the church who presided over the southern expansion strategy that he did not have the opportunity to ascend to the papal throne. If Tamor wants to dominate the Cardinals, he must wait until we lay the pattern of the Great Southern Empire. ”

"Only these reasons?" Roland did not relent, his emerald eyes staring at Victor's face, his gaze blazing and aggressive.

Victor said amusedly, "Are you still the eldest princess I know? ”

Roland had a small face, his eyebrows gradually raised, and he had a "I'm really going to be angry" expression

Victor touched his nose and said helplessly: "Okay, the manticore is difficult to deal with, the goblin king is very weak, Turnans is good at close combat, and the aura of the tempest paladin is too obvious." Turnans may be dangerous against the Manticore, and I don't want my bald head to die like that. ”

Roland blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "A small prophecy spell, obscuring Testil's breath, why is it difficult for him to shoot the two-headed goblin? The strategy of the main army of the two theaters of war to flank the centaurs could not be realized, and the lords of the eastern development theater had scruples, and the Sidon centaur army might not collapse in panic, which would directly affect the entire battle situation. Testil invited Sylvia again, and asked Patriarch Friedes to ask the Pope about the Pope's great prophecy in public, which was nothing more than a pretentious gesture to stabilize the morale of the army. ”

"Can't I see my proudest student?"

Victor was silent for a moment and said, "What does Your Highness want to know from me?"

Roland suddenly smiled, sat upright, and complained a little coquettishly: "You haven't told me the content of your chat with the Bear Monster Elder in the Giant Wood Forest, which has caused me to not sleep well these days. ”

Victor gave a faint "um", not satisfying the eldest princess's curiosity at all.

Roland gritted his silver teeth, snorted to express his dissatisfaction, and continued: "I told you that at our level, we can always feel the traces of the power of fate, and the power of fate is related to the path and future of the transcendent. There are legends above the gold, there are sanctuaries above the legends, and there are landscapes above the sanctuary. Sylvia will know one day, and I want to know. Is Testil's insistence on winning this war just for the sake of power?"

"He's drawing up a plan to annihilate the centaurs, and the news of the Orc King immediately comes from the Boulder Fortress war zone, isn't it too coincidental? ”

Victor looked at Roland's unparalleled face steadily, and after a while, he said leisurely: "Not only do you want to fight, but the strongest among the centaurs also want to fight,...... Your Royal Highness, you are the youngest Golden Knight, and you still have a long time to squander, so there is no need to be so anxious. It's dangerous, very dangerous. I'm talking about your state of mind. ”

"You seem to be an old man. Roland pursed his pink lips disdainfully.

Victor said triumphantly, "I'm ahead of you now, right?"

Before Roland jumped over and twisted his ears, Victor said: "The premise of the coincidence is inevitable, if there was no powerful orc lord in the east of the Sidon Khanate, the centaurs would have fought a long time ago, and this war would not have been triggered. The aftermath of the Church's Great Prophecy has been felt to this day, but will the Sidon Centaurs wait to die?"

"Do you know the Divine Favors?" asked Victor, changing his words.

Roland was afraid that Victor would not continue, so he quickly nodded, and Mei Meng looked as if to say: I'm listening.

Victor laughed and said, "Elder Bear wants to kill me, what it tells me is basically fake, at least I can't fully believe it. But one thing I know for sure, the Elder Bear is the deity of the Bear Monster. Of course, centaurs also have gods......"

"Mother Earth's darling?" Roland's eyes lit up, eager to try.

Victor warned: "The Lord of Light has turned the scales of fate, how can Mother Earth sit idly by and watch her offspring suffer? Mother Earth Darlings are growing at an astonishing rate, even if they're not legendary centaurs. If the Golden Knight kills it, it will be favored by fate, and if it kills the strong of the human race, it will also receive the blessing of the faith of the same race. ”

"Faith? Roland frowned and muttered to himself.

"Human hearts are connected, their wills are transmitted to each other, beyond the limitations of life, and are also reflected in concrete objects. Victor bowed his head and said, "Faith is a wish. Power and prestige can unite the wishes of all beings and give back to those in power themselves. The knight wants to join the big family because the big family has the resources. What are resources, Mithril, Adamantite, Bloodline, Noble Companions? These are all appearances, but in fact, they are the wishes of the people brought about by power. The people longed for a strong protector in their family, and their spiritual power was gathered into the knight's body to create a high-ranking knight, and their will also influenced the knight's will, forming the belief to protect the family. This is the fundamental reason why the knight stepped into the transcendent realm with a firm belief in protecting the family. Therefore, the big family has high-level knights, the royal family has golden knights, and the golden blood of the Barcelius family has been passed down to this day, and it is the large and small families of the Iron Mountain Empire who want them to have the golden bloodline, and this wish has remained unchanged for thousands of years, just like faith, and it is reflected in the Barcelius family. And the origin of the golden bloodline of Barcelius is precisely the Divine Knight, and all the knights firmly believe that the Divine Knights are the embodiment of the Elemental Sea and the source of the nobility of the Knights, which is also a belief. ”

Roland bit his lip and shook his head and said, "This is not the path I wanted. ”

"This is the path I want. Victor smiled calmly and said, "Moreover, I firmly believe that you will not be able to get rid of it in the end." ”

"How so?" Roland asked, unconvinced.

"The higher you go, the smaller the circle. Victor clasped his hands together and said with emotion: "The ignorant homeless man who is pushed to the throne of power will undergo a qualitative change, becoming stronger, healthier, wiser, and more determined, he must become stronger, otherwise he will be replaced and killed." However, the limit of the ordinary man is so great, when he has no way to advance, no way to be strong, he will marry a noble wife to share the burden of power, prestige and the wishes of the people...... For example, the Marquess Sofia Wimbledon, or Her Royal Highness Princess Roland Auguste...... If Sophia had rejected the Marques's proposal to marry the Marquess of Wimbledon, she would have to develop a force that could rival the Marques's House at Wimbledon. Therefore, whether she agrees or refuses, she will inevitably end up in our small circle. ”

Roland folded his legs, put them on the table, held the back of his head with his hands, and muttered, "Boring, boring...... I thought that by killing that 'Mother Earth' centaur, I would be able to gain insight into the different mysteries of power and seize the favor of fate. ”

Victor nodded and said, "There will definitely be sacrifices...... If something happens to you, how am I going to get back to Gambis, and how am I going to face Catherine and Edward?, and when I go and kill the Goblin King, if the two centaurs still refuse to lead the tribe east, I'll turn back to deal with them. You stayed honestly at Duncan's Fortress on the Eastern Frontier Line, and that was a condition of my promise to support Testiel. ”

"When did you mention this? Why don't I know?" asked Roland, sitting down.

Victor said confidently: "Right now." ”