The chatter of the clergy of the Holy Court around him drifted into his ears. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"He's doomed. ”

"When he leaves the Holy Land, it will be his death. ”

"The friends of the Inquisition have gathered hundreds of Night's Watchmen, and there is no way for him to escape. ”

After being coerced, priests everywhere would write a fierce letter and send it back to the headquarters, asking for the punishment of the redeemer, which became a powerful evidence of the failure of the redemption journey, and in the eyes of everyone, Ivo could not escape it.

Ivo's face was calm, unaware of the malice of the priests.

......

The outcome of the journey of salvation is judged by the chaplaincy and is carried out under the watchful eye of the guarantor.

Ivo was taken to an ornate room where seven high priests, two archbishops on the clerical side (higher than the bishop of the city and lower than the Exarch), Cardinal Prometheus (who attended as guarantor), three high priests on the theocratic side, and an arbiter on the adjudicator side, who were the ones who judged the outcome of the journey of redemption.

The judging method is a voting system, but it is more demanding, and it must be agreed by five or more people for the journey of redemption to be considered successful, in other words, if more than two people oppose it, Ivo fails.

Except for Prometheus, the other six all looked at Ivo with indifferent expressions, and Ivo's actions had already given them the answer in their hearts.

Prometheus sighed and said slowly, "You shouldn't break the rules. ”

Ivo shrugged, "Things have changed, I'm in a hurry, and I've gotten used to it." ”

The arbitrator snorted coldly, "Heresy is heresy, and hell is your destination." ”

The High Priest said in a deep voice, "Let us begin the judgment and hand over your chapter of redemption." ”

Ivo handed it over.

Starting from the left-hand side, the chapter of redemption turned around in the hands of the seven people, and everyone closed their eyes and felt it for a minute or so, which was the information in the sensory magic imprint, as expected, the coerced priests all left messages in the divine imprint, and the six people other than Prometheus glanced at Ivo indifferently, and their eyes were even more disgusted.

The archbishop pulled out a stack of letters and said, "These are all complaints from the priest you coerced, can you admit it?"

Ivo nodded, "I admit it." ”

"Then the vote begins," the arbitrator said coldly, "fail." ”

"Failed. "Failed""Failed"......

Six in a row, all failures, Prometheus sighed, "Failure." ”

Opponents, everyone!

Ivo's face was indifferent, he had expected it.

The high priest said slowly: "If the journey of salvation fails, we will have people record the results of the trial, and tomorrow morning, all the priests in the Holy Land will be summoned in the Mary Square, and the Pope will announce your defeat in front of the entire Holy Land." ”

Ivo nodded calmly, as if resigned to his fate, "I see." ”

The seven of them left one after another, and the arbitrator glanced at Ivo before leaving, and sneered: "We will meet soon, but in the black cell of the award office." ”

Ivo raised an eyebrow, "Do you know Orona?"

"Acquaintance, what's wrong?"

"Tell him we're not done. ”

The arbitrator was stunned, then laughed, glanced at Ivo playfully, and left with a smile.

In the eyes of the arbitrator, Ivo was dreaming, facing his own failures and still trying to take revenge on the Night's Watch, and he decided to show Ivo in a few days why some heretics would rather die than be captured in the Tribunal!

......

The news of the Redeemer's defeat had spread in front of the public tomorrow morning, and the clergy of the Holy See knew this, and they looked at Ivo's ugly face with a look of teasing.

Some angry young priests, secretly preparing manpower, were unwilling to let Ivo leave unharmed.

Life in the Holy Land is dull and boring, and Ivo's good drama is a rare drama in the eyes of the clergy of the Holy See.

Ivo was like a clown at his mercy in their eyes.

......

In the cardinal's dormitory, Del Passani learned about this from the deacon's mouth, and with a calm expression of "expected", he waved his hand to ask his subordinates not to disturb him, "In the future, there is no need to report such a trivial matter." ”

The deacon said with trepidation: "My lord, according to traditional practice, even if the redeemer fails, all the priests will be present tomorrow to testify, and the Pope will be present. ”

Del Pasani nodded, indicating that he knew, but his mind drifted away, and he had long ignored the "worthless" Ivo, but thought of the archbishop Benniero Pushkin, the first cardinal of the sworn enemy, the two had been on the same page for a long time, and they would attend the same event tomorrow.

The pope and the patriarch are very old, they already have the intention of changing people, the open and secret struggle in the church is becoming more and more intense, as the big tree on the side of the clergy, del Pasani is not only ready to compete for the position of pope, but also ready to support the patriarch candidate, Canaan is his goal, compared to the radical faction he represents, the conservative Benedictro is more like getting by, without the desire to compete.

As Del Passani contemplated tomorrow's meeting, the Pope and the Patriarch, who were at the top of the Tower of Divine Arrival, the tallest building in the Holy Land, were also informed.

"Ivo Harriken, I remember his name. The Pope sighed: "He failed, and it is a pity." ”

The Patriarch shook his head, "Tomorrow we are all going to attend, are you ready for baptism?"

"I, the Pope, need baptism only if the journey of redemption is successful or if the redeemer asks for arbitration, and he will not ask for arbitration when he hears that the redeemer confesses his sins today. ”

"That's right. ”

......

Outside the cardinal's study, Samu stood nervously outside the door, waiting for the big man inside to decide his fate.

Half an hour later, a deacon came out, looked at Samu coldly, and said, "Your Excellency Cardinal has decided to demote your position to a medium priest and stay in the Holy Land to pray to God, and your position will be replaced by someone else."

Samu's face turned gray all of a sudden, the clerical side has power, and most of the theocracy side are ascetics who pray to God, he is not only demoted, but also sent to the theocratic side, losing all power, it is like a distribution, even if it is his fault, such a punishment is still too severe, and there is almost no future and future.

Samu couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Deacon, I think my position transfer is too weird, what the hell is going on?"

The deacon looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one around, he whispered, "The cardinal has a big opinion of you." ”

"Why?" asked Samu.

"The Cardinal hated the Redeemer, but you brought him back, and the Lord had a bad impression of you. Leaving this sentence, the deacon hurried away.

Samu looked bitter, he didn't expect that he was angry, glanced at the door of the study aggrievedly, and left with a sigh.

Ivo was arranged to rest in his room and remained silent for the night.

Early the next morning, the "awakening bell" of the Holy Land rang twelve.

The crowd gathered on the Marian Square was full of clergy, all of whom were clergy of the Holy See, and the gorgeous priestly robes exuded brilliance, like a sea of light.

Marienplatz, the largest square of the Holy Land, is paved with white bricks, smooth and tidy, as if reinforced by divine magic, spotlessly clean, and has always been the site of large prayer ceremonies, rarely used, and according to tradition, the journey of salvation is held here.

In the center of the square is an altar-like circular staircase, divided into three steps, magically, each step is suspended in the air, not connected to each other, around the circular platform on the ground, this is the effect of magic, the interval is just enough not to affect the view of the surrounding crowd.

On the first staircase, thirty-three cardinals stood, as well as dozens of priests of the Word.

On the second step, there were seven cardinal archbishops, five white-robed archpriests, and three black-robed archpriests.

On the highest platform, two old men stood side by side, one of them in a beautiful and luxurious robe, wearing a crown and a kind smile, but he could not hide the majesty accumulated over the years, and the other was plain in white robe, with gray hair tied with a white and gold headband, with a merciful and gentle smile, and holding a pure white straight scepter with golden gems embedded in the top of the scepter, which was the symbol of the famous patriarch - the white scepter!

Pope - St. Joseph!

Patriarch - St. Landau!

The big names of the entire church are gathered together!

Ivo walked slowly, the crowd parted a road, countless indifferent and playful eyes fell on him, the pressure was huge, and he was stared at by tens of thousands of people as ordinary people, and his hands and feet were already trembling, and Ivo was indifferent, he was also a person who had seen the world, and he had experienced dozens of wars, so he naturally would not be frightened by the numbers.

Ivo walked to the high platform, looked up at these big people in the Holy Court who were looking down on him, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as long as there was a circle of light on the back of these people's heads, this was the Western Heaven.

The eyes of the big men of the Holy See were indifferent and empty, and at a glance, they knew that their minds were not on Ivo at all, everyone was thinking about their own affairs, and they had no interest in Ivo.

People, all together.

The pope's gentle voice sounded, and he said slowly: "Redeemer, the gods are watching your self-redemption, but you have not yet found the true way of salvation, there are flaws in your soul, but please don't be discouraged, the forgiving gods love any believer, as long as you insist on kindness and fraternity, you will one day be able to find your true self and complete the sublimation and redemption of the soul, now you are regrettable, and you also have a great future, here, I can only regret to announce that you ......"

At this moment, Ivo, who seemed to have given up a long time ago, suddenly raised his head, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said word by word: "Your Majesty, I ask for baptism!"

The audience was in an uproar!

The eyes of the big figures in the Holy Court suddenly condensed!

(To be continued.) )