In the Tower of God's Presence, Cardinal Benidro sighed: "Your Majesty, why do you want to step down?"

The Pope smiled, "Neither St. Landau nor I want to sit in this position. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Alas, it was so sudden. Benidro shook his head, he is a loyal friend of the Pope, the two bigwigs will step down, the power of the Holy See will be reshuffled, and an old man like him will lose the support and protection of the top, whether it is out of feelings or interests, he does not want the Pope and the Patriarch to abdicate.

"We have what we have to do, and continuing to be head of the Holy See will only distract us. The Patriarch said.

Benniedero was curious about what could be more important than the position of head of the Holy See, but he didn't dare to ask, even if the Pope and the Patriarch stepped down, these two would still be the two strongest antiques in the Holy See.

The pope suddenly spoke, "In the final vote, let your people lobby the wavering upper echelons and keep Del Pasani and his nominee for Patriarchate from taking the throne." ”

A sudden glint flashed in Benidro's cloudy old eyes, "Understood." ”

......

Del Pasani looked at Canaan lightly, "You got a vote from Ivo?"

Canaan nodded, "I courted him a month ago, and I'm the only friend he knows fairly well in the Holy See, and his vote should fall on me." ”

"I don't want words like 'should' and 'maybe,'" Del Passani said in a cold and stiff tone, "If you can't confirm it, then don't count him in!

Canaan nodded silently.

Del Passani knocked on the table and said lightly: "You must get the top five in the assessment, otherwise all your efforts will be wasted, if my plan goes wrong, you know what will happen, I hope you are not a waste." ”

Del Pasani's tone was very polite, but Canaan was not the slightest resentful, originally with his age, it was impossible to participate in the patriarch's election, even if the list of candidates was not determined, Canaan knew that he must be the youngest and the least qualified, if he missed this election, at least for decades there would be no such opportunity, it was Del Pasani who gave him the opportunity to assist him in the race for the patriarchate, and the price was to obey Del Pasani.

For the sake of great gain, Canaan was willing to temporarily become a subordinate of Del Pasani.

"The old forces of the Pope will definitely do everything in their power to thwart me," Del Passani said, "I will show you all the high-level people who can be wooed, your seniority is too shallow, so your performance must be flawless, and if you make the slightest mistake, I will cancel your nomination." ”

Canaan spoke firmly, "Understood, I won't let you down." ”

After waving his hand to let Canaan leave, Del Pasani folded his hands in his lower abdomen and smiled faintly: "O St. John, your time is finally coming to an end, and it will be my turn next." ”

......

The Holy Tree School City has a continuous journey from Eden, the Holy Land of the Holy See, and after half a month of departure, Ivo has gone smoothly all the way.

The sun shone on the black cloak coat, and Ivo was riding the white horse of the Holy See, walking slowly along the path on the ridge, which was a shortcut to the Holy Tree Academy, and deviated from the main road.

The Holy See White Horse has a thin unicorn bloodline, which is a specially bred horse breed of the Holy See, with a noble temperament, a divine body, and a pure white body without variegation, like spotless snow.

Luna is secretly following, although the Pope is no longer watching, Ivo is still careful, no matter how Luna says it, she is also a great heretic, or the murderer who killed the Judge of Brandt, the Holy Court has many eyeliners, and it is safer for the two to move forward separately.

Now it is the new bud moon, and the continuous green fields are like blue-green silk, covering the earthy yellow earth, and new green leaves have grown on the branches, full of life.

There were no farmers working in the fields, Ivo took out a detailed map to check, this field belonged to a small town, Greenfield, the town was not far ahead, Ivo decided to go to Greenfield to settle down, buy food and drink.

After riding for two hours, Lvye Town was in sight, but Ivo's face changed slightly, and he smelled a trace of blood from a distance, the gate of Oz Town was closed, the gate made of iron core wood and copper and iron was full of chisel marks from the collision of weapons, and the low Qingyan town wall was solidified with mottled bloodstains, it looked like a fierce battle had taken place, and there were several points of light on the battlements, which were arrow clusters reflecting sunlight.

Ivo approached on horseback, and at about fifty meters away, several men stood up from the battlements and shouted at Ivo: "Stop!

Glancing at it, the men on the battlements were dressed in plain clothes, and the gestures of holding bows were rusty, all of them were ordinary civilians with no combat training, Ivo said: "I want to go into the town to buy something, what's going on here?"

Several men whispered, and it didn't take long for an old man to walk up to the wall and say, "Master, I am the mayor of Lvye Town, there is a crack in the ground near our town, and a group of underground races have attacked the town, sorry we are very short of supplies and don't want to sell." ”

Ivo's white horse looks expensive, and the mayor thinks he is a nobleman, and the commoners generally call the nobleman "lord".

Ivo thought for a moment, "I'm a priest of the Holy Court, and I can help you in exchange for supplies. ”

Mayor Mare's eyes lit up, "It's the priest, it's great, our church was destroyed in the battle, and there is only one priest left, we need the help of the gods, please come in." ”

The gate opened, and Ivo entered the town under the greeting of the mayor, the streets of the town were bloodstained, many houses were damaged and scorched to varying degrees, and many dusty children ran to the side of the road, looking curiously at Ivo, a stranger.

"Our town has resisted three invasions of underground monsters, one of which was breached, and it took many people to defend the town, there were originally two thousand men in the town, but now there are less than two hundred people left who can fight, and we can't stop the next attack. The mayor sighed.

Ivo touched his chin, he didn't care about the life or death of Green Field Town, but within a radius of dozens of miles, just this one town, he was short of supplies, but Green Field Town didn't sell supplies, he wouldn't go to rob a group of victims of food, so he had to stay and see the situation first,

At this time, a young priest about twenty years old ran out, and when he saw Ivo, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Are you a member of the Holy See?"

Ivo nodded.

The young pastor asked hopefully, "Are you a night watchman?"

Ivo shook his head, "I'm just an ordinary priest. ”

When the young priest heard this, he did not hide the disappointment on his face, "We need people who can fight, only they can fight off the underground monsters, can you inform the night watchman?"

Ivo shook his head, "I can't." ”

"Alas......" The young priest shook his head and walked away, looking lost.

"He's the only priest left?" Ivo looked strange, wasn't the Night's Watch so disappointed?

"Bendic, who is a probationary pastor of the church, has not yet been recognized by the church father, is just an apprentice. Mayor Mare smiled wryly.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the night watchman is the fighting force of the Holy See, and most civilians only have the impression of the priest to pray to God and worship.

Several stout men in chain mail and carrying swords and axes walked over, and their temperament did not look like that of civilians, Ivo glanced at them and asked, "Are there mercenaries in the town?"

"When the town was attacked, there were dozens of mercenaries stranded, and we hired them," the mayor said, "and we have already asked the lord for help, and reinforcements will arrive in a few days." ”

Ivo nodded, and a little boy ran over crying.

"Uncle Mayor, my sister is missing!"

The mayor's face changed and he sighed, "This is the sixth case. ”

"What's going on?" Ivo wondered.

"Every few days since the town was attacked, people have gone missing in the town, we can't find them at all, most of the missing are young women. ”

Seeing that the mayor sighed, Ivo said, "Mr. mayor, I am willing to provide a helping hand in exchange for supplies, is there anything I need help with?"

The mayor thought for a moment, and with Bendic's preconceived impression, he thought that Ivo had no combat effectiveness, so he said, "Mr. Priest, please go to the church to take care of our wounded, you should be familiar with this job." ”

Ivo looked strange and nodded, "Okay." ”

(To be continued.) )