The Temple of Solan is located on a high slope in the center of the Holy City of Solan. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The walls, columns, brick by brick, are all polished from pure white marble, carved with simple and sacred patterns.

In fact, as early as hundreds of years ago, this place was not called the Solan Temple but the Solan Temple of Light, after all, the twin gods worshiped by the Solan God Cult were the two brothers of the Fire God and the God of Light, and this is a single place dedicated to the God of Light, and on another high slope not far from here, there was a Solan Fire Temple of roughly the same size as here at that time.

However, with the expansion of the Solan God Cult on the mainland, the belief of the Light God faction became more and more worshiped and supported by the people, while the Vulcan faction was due to the fact that the leaders of several generations were the kind of simple cultivators who were strong in personal strength but not good at management, so the Vulcan faction gradually declined, and finally even completely retreated from one of the two main beliefs to a branch of the sect.

The decline of the Vulcan belief has led to the Fire God Temple also becoming a place equivalent to the Templar Knights' Fort, the Saints' Chapel and the Faith Judgment under the command of the Light God Belief in the eyes of ordinary people, and even some people have used the Fire God Temple as the stronghold of the Magic Advisory Group of the Holy Kingdom of Solan...... Indeed, as an organization with a relatively embarrassing identity, although the Solan Magic Advisory Group is actually attached to the Solan Divine Cult, it is still nominally an organization subordinate to the Holy State and the Military Department, of course, it is impossible to claim to be a subordinate organization of the Solan Divine Cult in a bright and open manner, so it has no choice but to get close to the Solan Fire God branch in the name of jointly refining and studying fire magic, which can be regarded as a disguised submission to the Solan Divine Cult.

Compared with the declining Fire God Temple, under the leadership of the Light God faction that has been worshiped by a large number of believers and actually has the right to speak within the Solan God Sect, the Solan Light Temple has gradually become the only main temple of the Solan God Sect in the minds of ordinary people, although in order to preserve the last face of the Vulcan faith branch, the canon doctrine is still well recorded with the name of the Solan Light Temple, but in fact, some people, including the Vulcan faith branch, have resigned themselves to calling this place the "Solan Temple" with a unique meaning.

At this moment, it was already early afternoon, and from the main entrance of the Solan Temple, a middle-aged woman wearing a gold-rimmed white robe who looked dignified and holy walked out with a solemn face.

The two Templars in bright silver armor standing at the main entrance of the temple saw the middle-aged woman and bowed respectfully - although they were knights, they were only devout believers in the Cult of Solan.

"St. Ann, Archbishop Ella. ”

"St. Ann, thank you for your hard work. ”

Ella nodded to the two knights with a pleasant face, then walked down the steps, restrained her smile, and once again showed a somewhat heavy face and walked towards the holy city below the hillside.

From the high slope where the temple is located, Ella could see that it was the busiest hour of the afternoon in the Holy City.

Although the Holy City of Solan is a city famous for its religious and political status, in fact, the Holy City is not full of unsmiling, solemn and pious fanatical believers as people think, although most of the people who live here are indeed loyal followers of the Solan Cult, but apart from their beliefs, they are not much different from ordinary civilians in other places, they will be busy for survival, and they will blow some inconsequential cowhide and make some slightly rude but down-to-earth jokes...... Because of the existence of the Cult of Solan, the people here have long since moved away from the hellish darkness and chaos that their ancestors faced, and all of them are enjoying a good life under the sun - of course, the cultists prefer to call it "blessed by the light".

However, such a peaceful scene reflected in Ella's eyes, but did not make the youngest archbishop of the Divine Sect feel any comfort and pleasure at all, but made her frown deeply.

Is it really going to be ruined in such a beautiful way......

In Ella's mind, she couldn't help but think of the nightmarish language she saw in the crystal ball in the hands of His Majesty the Pope some time ago, and the hellish scene on earth.

An army of ancient demons that have risen from nowhere, a holy city that has been caught in flames and destruction, roaring monsters, crying people, and a mysterious girl with a mark on her forehead.

This prophecy that happened before Ella was promoted to the power of the law and became the fourth archbishop, Ella didn't know about it, but because of the recent sudden incident in Eric Town, Pope Solan seemed to feel something, so a few days ago, he summoned all the people in the Holy City who knew about this prophecy plus Ella, the only one in the upper echelons who didn't know, and then told her all about the survival of demons and the Cult of God and the extermination of the Nolan clan back then.

It was only after that day that Ella understood why the Cult was so resolute in dealing with a hermit who had nothing to do with them, and why everyone reacted so seriously when she told His Majesty the Pope and the Bishops that the monsters in Eric's town were most likely demonic creatures that had once appeared in the desert.

It was predicted that the Solan Cult would be destroyed by the attack of demons, and now the existence of suspected demonic monsters is likely to appear in a small town around the Holy City, which is undoubtedly a very ominous omen.

As a Solan believer who grew up in a monastery affiliated with the Cult of God since he was a child, and after studying and cultivating in the Bright Academy, he joined the saints and was eventually promoted to the archbishop, if Ella had not believed that there would be any organization on the current continent that could really threaten the Solan Cult, but this time, whether it was the ancient Great Prophecy or the appearance of demons, she felt a sense of uncertainty about the future that she had never felt before.

What made her even more panicked was the attitude of the high-level leaders of the Divine Sect towards this matter. Although His Majesty the Pope was as calm and calm as ever when he explained all this to her, and did not appear unduly concerned when he assigned her to investigate the events in Eric's Town, Ella knew that the high-level people, including His Majesty the Pope, just didn't want to create unnecessary panic.

Among the four bishops, Archbishop Thudis, who was in charge of investigating the wanderer mercenary group in *****, and Archbishop Eric, who presided over the Nolan hunt and search operation in the western plains in Prude, on the surface, seemed to be unable to return to the Holy City in the short term because of the affairs outside, but now in the eyes of Ella, who knew everything, these were not the two last insurance policies left outside the Holy City by the Pope in order to deal with the worst that could happen.

While the four bishops remained in the Holy City, and while they were entrusted with investigating the events in Eric's Town, Kate, another archbishop, has been focusing on the security situation in and around the Holy City and the construction of special shelters, and the Knights Templar and the Saints Order, and Captain Red and Sage Paul have recently quietly stepped up their daily patrols and training in counter-fighting skills against demonic curses.

After a series of covert manipulations, Ella realized that this prophecy was not the nonsense of some madman, but a real fact that could happen in the near future. The Solan Cult is like a huge machine, secretly preparing for the terrible prophecy that may come and has begun to operate, but all this is not shown on the surface, except for the people who control the core power of the person, maybe some of the other people are sensitive and may be aware of some abnormalities recently, but in addition, no one would have thought that the official announcement of the "Eric Town Cursed Demon Beast Maliciously Attacked Humans" incident would involve a secret prophecy fifteen years ago.

Closing her eyes, Ella descended the final staircase to the flat stone path that led down the temple slope to the city. The youngest archbishop tried to calm herself, telling herself over and over again that the twin gods of Solan would always bless their devout followers, that light would always be there, and that darkness and evil would never be able to hide the splendor of the world.

That's right, Solan will not be destroyed, not to mention that in the records of the war of the ancient gods and demons, it is not uncommon for the Great Prophecy to have deviations and mistakes. What she needs to do now is not to chase after some vague possibilities, she is the archbishop of the Solan Cult, and she is the one who is responsible for guiding the congregation to convey the metaphor of God, and what she needs to do is to conscientiously fulfill her obligations as a devout believer, and earnestly fulfill her every responsibility as an archbishop.

Firming his heart, Archbishop Ella stepped towards the Chapel of the Saints, not far from the temple.

-----

---

Early the next morning, Ella led the members of the predetermined investigation force from the Holy City and marched quickly in the direction of the small town of Eric.

The investigation team included the third squadron of the Silver Legion of the Knights Templar, two squadrons of the Grace Legion (the Knights Templar had three legions under their command, the most elite was the Silver Legion, and the Charismatic Legion was the backbone of the Knights Templar and the largest legion), as well as thirty Saints plus ten magicians transferred from the Solan Magical Advisory Corps.

Most of the saints are about four to five star majoring in light or healing magicians, and this is considering that this time the enemy has received a "demonic curse" (of course, it is impossible for ordinary believers in the gods to easily tell them that it is the real demonic aura that the demons had thousands of years ago), and the strength of the ten magicians is roughly the same as that of the saints, but most of them are majoring in fire magic, after all, at the moment, the Solan Magic Advisory Group and the Vulcan Faith branch can be said to cooperate very closely with each other.

These troops, together with the fourth squadron of the Silver Legion led by Shuai Ke, who had been sent to Eric's town earlier, and the leader of the powerhouse, Archbishop Ella, can actually be said to be completely less like a lineup for an investigation mission and more like a crusade against a territory that has been infiltrated by the dark sect.

Although there were reports before that those mutant monsters in Eric Town besieged and killed the strength of a squadron of the Templar Knights' Divine Grace Legion under the control of no one else, the people in this team were not worried at all that they would suffer the same fate as their colleagues, after all, a squadron of the Divine Grace Legion meant that they were only a third-order mid-level fighting spirit with the role of three hundred people, and their current strength and combat strength were not comparable at all.

The mission was promising, and the town of Eric wasn't too far from the Holy City, and although the discipline was still fairly disciplined, the relaxed mood inevitably spread among the team.

As the commander-in-chief and also knew the inside story of this mission, Ella, although he specifically emphasized not to underestimate the enemy when he set off, but the obvious effect was not great. And Ella couldn't tell everyone so clearly that this time it would involve the prophecy of the destruction of the Divine Cult, so she had to take it seriously, so she had to set an example and remind the squadron leaders from time to time, as well as a few high-level saints and magicians who led the team, and let them pay attention to managing the emotions of their subordinates.

The only thing that made Ella more comfortable was the performance of her dearest child, Raphael.

As one of the alternate saints and leaders of the saint-saints' procession, Raphael rarely put away the childishness in front of him, although he still looked a little dull, and occasionally turned the horse's head in a strange direction without anyone around him noticing, but at least the girl's expression was very serious (serious trying to get lost?).

Originally, because of the possible danger of this operation, Ella didn't actually want to bring Raphael out, after all, the child had already determined that he would be officially inaugurated as a saint next year, and obviously he didn't need to go out to experience anything to accumulate experience, but just yesterday, Raphael overheard that Ella was going to lead the team to Eric's town, and the little girl pestered Ella to follow along.

Unlike other people in the Cult of God, who had personally experienced the demonic curse incident in the Southwest Desert, and even entered the ancient ruins with the Celestial Ruins, Raphael, who knew the core of the matter, knew very well that it was not a so-called curse at all, but the poison of the real ancient demons. And perhaps because of the relationship between the people who had been infected with demonic aura several times in that incident, Raphael's strength was still insufficient, but he couldn't even compare to Ella in terms of proficiency and experience in dealing with demonic aura infection.

Out of genuine kindness and compassion, and out of a sense of inexplicable responsibility that even Raphael himself couldn't explain, the Lady Alternate immediately approached Ella after hearing about the small town of Eric, and Ella finally couldn't resist this natural stupidity, so she had to agree to her.

Now it seems that at least the kid is still very aware of what he is about to face, and this sober realization has reassured Ella a little.

Hopefully, everything will go well. (To be continued.) )