Chapter 5: A Glimpse

"Fate doesn't give you anything sometimes, but it can give you a chance, and that's enough. —The Fatalist, Denis Diderot

Both the strong and the weak like to talk about time, which is the most powerful force in the world, especially in times when miracles are no longer there. People want to grasp the mystery and power of time, but time passes calmly and calmly, without giving the world any chance to snoop. Time can change a lot, from a dynasty change to a weak person becoming stronger. Fossey had known this for a long time, so he valued every second more and more, and for him it was time to have everything. As long as he doesn't become a strong man for a day, there won't be a day when his life is in his own hands. No one likes it, and Furcy has his own wishes.

Today's weather is the best day of summer, with sunshine and wind, thin clouds and birds. Fossey sat down at his desk early on, and the more he studied each day, the more ignorant he felt. Yesterday, for example, the knight's creed that I talked about yesterday. After becoming a knight, his energy source is not only the energy scattered between heaven and earth, but also spiritual power, and every time a knight swears to abide by a creed, he will receive an invisible blessing and power from the heavens. And there are eight knightly creeds: Humility, if you are a knight, you must be humble and courteous in the face of all those who have no ill intentions; honor, fight for honor, even at the expense of everything, this is the creed that the knight abides by; sacrifice, a knight must have the spirit of sacrificing everything, in order to protect his inner conscience and everything he must protect, the knight sometimes needs to pay with his life; the valiant and cowardly do not deserve the glorious title of knight, when you choose this creed, you have no way to retreat, fearlessly declare war on evil, stand up at a critical moment to protect the weak This is the principle of this creed; loyalty, knights cannot cover up the truth with liesJustice, there is no absolute justice in many things, but as a knight, those who abide by this creed cannot go against their own hearts, and there is also a forbidden belief in killing, because the blessings it gives come from hell, and those who abide by this creed must not spare each of their enemies, and refuse to accept surrender, defending your identity with blood.

"On today's church Sunday, we usually meet at the checkpoint in the city under the jurisdiction of our respective teams, so let's make an exception for you today. If you stay in such a small place every day, even God's vision will become narrow sooner or later. Just as Furcy's mind was still reminiscing about what he had learned yesterday, a familiar flirtatious man's voice suddenly came from behind him, and he didn't know when Hayson actually entered the room where Furcy was silently from outside the window.

"You should go to the checkpoint to get the latest information, and if I go, it won't affect your mission?" Even with Haysen's invitation, Furcy asked very carefully. Because the Inquisition could have tens of thousands of reasons to arrest a person, the world had to be cautious in the face of such a behemoth.

"It's just that William agreed, he didn't say much, and you don't have to ask more, I'll give you five minutes, and I'll see you at the side door of the church in five minutes. Before he could finish speaking, Haysen's figure disappeared into the window. To be sure, Haysom just doesn't look like a spectrum. But when he was serious about something, you could see the frenzy in his eyes, and he was a good teacher, as Vesey knew from day one, and when he was a heretical stalker, he must have made his enemies tremble.

As the largest city in Byzantium, the city of Constantine is also unusually distinct in terms of class. The city was divided into five districts: religious, administrative, plebeian, aristocratic, and commercial. Hagia Sophia is located in the religious quarter of Constantine, and the place where Francis is going is on the border between the civilian and commercial districts, the Green Avenue, known as the "Twilight Strip", because of the presence of high-ranking blood families there, and one of the most famous commotions in the city of Constantine. Now the avenue is a spontaneous market, the largest black market in Constantine, where even the nobility can sometimes be attracted.

The hard granite pavement forms a wide road that can carry three carriages, stretching into the distance, and the place outside the church looks very imposing and full of religious style. Of course, not all the people in the religious area are from the church, and there are many devout believers living in the religious area, and there are also many old nobles who do not care about the world living here for retirement. Because of the sacredness of the religious quarter, no one dares to make noise here, and there is no place like a market here, so it is the quietest area in the city. The white walls, quiet roads, and courtyards all made the place look very pure and serene, but Foxy knew that when night came, it would also be a haunt for God's hunters.

As an imperial nobleman, the Heidewutz family is naturally located in the imperial capital of Lorangaros, but they also have their own manor outside the city of Constantine. But now he is no longer the same Furcy, he is just a down-and-out commoner, a passerby. Everything was gone, and there were many things he had to forget. Many things seem simple, but when you open the black curtain, you will find that countless gears, chains, and bearings form a huge whole, which is the original state of things, such as the Heidewütz family was exterminated for heresy. Many people have also doubted and investigated, but in the end they still failed to find the clue, but even if they do, what can they do, no one will risk it for a family that has perished, this is the spirit of "nobility". But only the surviving Furssey knows why the Heidelwootz family is one of the seven major families inherited from the Holy Religion era, and the historical Heidelwootz family has not been wiped out more than once, but it can always rise again, because the Heidelwootz family has its own family core secret, and this secret will only be held between the direct inheritors of the family, and when Elsey's father realized that something was wrong, Furcy also knew everything. The secret is now lying quietly beneath their family's estate on the outskirts of Constantine, waiting for the day when Florcy will find it and use it.

"The more heretical, the more devout you are. This sentence is one of the famous sayings left by Furcy's grandfather, and now these famous sayings are also beginning to be truly understood by Furcy.

"You'd better be prepared to enter the civilian area later, it won't disappoint you. As he walked and thought, Haysen's voice suddenly interrupted his rambling thoughts, and Furcy looked up to see that the wide avenue under his feet was coming to an end, and that in the city of Constantine there was an artificial river connected to the moat, which was one of the bases for dividing the city. The religious and civilian areas are separated by this artificial river, and between the two districts, a stone bridge that looks as black as the spine of a black dragon bridges the two sides.

Although he had envisioned the chaos of the civilian area, Furcy still overestimated his imagination, and as soon as he stepped into the civilian area, he found that the road in the civilian area was left with the blood stains that had been impregnated for many years, and this blood seemed to have penetrated into the stone bricks that paved the road, and it looked a little evil. There were many shacks built randomly on the side of the street, and from time to time there were coughs, women's scolding, crying, men's roaring, and women's moans coming from inside. When passing through some alleys, you can also find the corpses of unknown men and women who have long since died in dark corners.

"It is one of the three great slums of the Plebeian District, and the Plebeian is not entirely so, but it cannot be denied that the Plebeian is the most backward and impoverished place in the whole city of Constantine. It is precisely because of this that the darkness is given an opportunity, and the most dangerous poisonous snakes lurk here. "Hayzen may seem young, but he has been in the Inquisition for seven years, and he has seen the craziest heretics he has ever seen, and he has slain many of them with his own hands. And there are many such people in the city of Constantine, in the Inquisition in the north, and even in every place on the continent that is illuminated by the "holy light" of the Holy See, they are God's hounds and a sharp blade in the hands of the universal patriarch.

"This kind of Holy See may last for another 10,000 years...... Felsey sighed in his heart, and then stopped looking at the darkness on both sides of the street.

The sun was rising to the center of the sky, and the summer heat began to scorch Furcy's body. Even hidden under the cloak, Francie felt the sunlight shining directly on his skin. The group of four had already walked through many alleys and streets, but the destination seemed to be far away. It was only then that Furcy really realized how huge such a city was, and when he faced such a labyrinth, he realized how ridiculous his idea was at first. Only by really experiencing it can you learn and grow, and Furcy does not know that he has unconsciously embarked on the path that almost every head of the Heide Wootz family has walked - leaving aside the glory of the family and his own identity, and facing this unknown world alone. Those who can survive on this path are the ones who are qualified to touch the door of the strong.

"Across this alley is the Twilight Strip, and the man we're looking for is in a blacksmith shop on the Twilight Strip. Along the way, Bloom walked in front, Nessa was in the center, and Hayson and Foxey followed behind the two, but when the group of four people walked out of the alley, Nessa and Bloom's faces suddenly sank, and the two and Hayson glanced at each other and hurried away in one direction.

"What's going on, Uncle Bron, how did they go?" Furcy was puzzled, and in front of him was the extremely noisy Twilight Strip, why the two men had left suddenly, and Haysen's face was also cold.

"We sensed the breath of the Bloodline, we just left the Twilight Strip, and there are quite a few of them. The Bloodclan is naturally afraid of light, and it must be a big deal for the Bloodclan to be able to dispatch during the day. I'll take you to the checkpoint first to wait for news, and the two of them should be back soon. Hazen was about to take a step when he heard the sound of horses from far and near in the Twilight Boulevard, and then a carriage rushed out, and it seemed that three black-robed men were chasing after the carriage.

"These blood clans are becoming more and more rampant, presumably there must be people in this carriage who are very important to the blood clan. With that, Hazen drew two daggers with silver light from his cloak, and then leaped high from the ground, landing between the carriage and the three black-robed men.

"Skill, Instantaneous. Before Elsey could catch up with Hasen, he had already appeared behind a black-robed man like a ghost, and the silver dagger was lightly swiped, but no blood flew out, and the person under the black-robed body had turned into ashes like a piece of paper burning.

"The lower bloodlines of the bloodline fear three things: sunlight, silver, and the cross. Among them, silver products and crosses hurt the most, and generally lower blood people will be burned from the inside out by the hellfire after being wounded by silver products and crosses. The first thing that came to Furcy's mind was what Haysom had told him about the Bloodline, and seeing this scene, Elsey was sure that the three black-robed men must be low-level Blood.

"Ahh In the midst of this chaos, Hayson had already made a light leap and returned to Furcy's side.

"A few guys who have just been transformed into blood clans don't have any strength. It's just that their actions are quite strange, and they dare to chase this carriage in such a sunny day, and it seems that they should be able to get some useful information by today. With that, Haysen walked straight to the carriage that stopped in the middle of the road, but said no more.

"It seems that you should be the executor of the Inquisition, but today I am grateful to the Inquisition for coming to the rescue, and the old servant is here on behalf of the Spencer family to thank you for your help. It was then that Foxy noticed an old man with white hair sitting in the carriage, who looked like a butler or something like that.

"The Spencer family, one of the five major families of the empire, won't be chased here by such a few low-level blood clans, right?" Hazen did not change his face, the Holy See hardly needed to give face to any nobles, even the king had to obey the decree of God.

"Originally, we were escorted by a team of black-feathered cavalry, but they were all entangled by these bloods, and the old servant could only drive the carriage to take the first step. The old man didn't have the slightest displeasure on his face even when he heard Haisen say this, he just wanted Haisen to explain the reason.

"It's supposed to be your young lady of the Spencer family sitting in the car, isn't it? Today is the day she went to the Archbishop of Ferron to receive the holy baptism of the twelve-year-old, and it seems that the Bloods have not forgotten your family. Heisen didn't say anything more, nodded and returned to Foxie's side.

"Let's go, we still have something to do. Hazen put his cloak back on and walked towards the chaotic interior of the Twilight Strip.

"Okay. Furcy turned to follow Hasen, when the carriage moved slowly forward, and suddenly a light breeze blew, and Furcy seemed to see a face full of indifference and calm.

In the next second, Furcy disappeared into darkness, and the carriage drove off into the distance......