readx;“ When we walk in the darkness, we don't need to think about the protection of the light, but think about how to protect the light. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" - Preface to the Inquisition's Code of the Night Watch

The fanfare of the grey-robed night watchman was indeed rare in the streets of Lorangaros, not to mention the common people, even some nobles who knew about the Inquisition did not know about the existence of these people. However, those heretics and other heretics were terrified by the presence of this group of gray-robed men, who had once said that the place where these people walked was deeper than the darkness in which they walked.

The days of the city of Constantine have not changed much because of what happened in the imperial capital, if there is any difference, it is that almost in the past few days, all the heretics in the city of Constantine have hidden their traces, and the Inquisition has made some efforts to make sure that these people have not left the city of Constantine, and even Hazen shouted that these "bugs" have become "rats". It's just that the closer he gets to the day when Galileo speculated that the blood fountain appeared, the more no other expression could be seen on William's face, except for seriousness and seriousness, as if his face had been frozen by the cold wind.

Founcy didn't seem to be worried about the appearance of the Blood Fountain, and still took Milton's "Paradise Lost" every day to study carefully, and sometimes even began to study all the doctrines with Archbishop Camboret, and seemed to have a tendency to enter the Holy Church. Naturally, Falsey has a reason why he is not worried, and his disadvantage is an advantage in turn - weak strength means that the enemy may not pay attention to you at all, belonging to a member of the Inquisition means that you are also in the shadows, and the knight's profession makes it even less difficult for him to die. What's more, Fossey has his own hole cards, and those things can save his life at critical moments, all of which adds up to the reason why Foelsey is not worried. There is also reassuring news that Archbishop Cambolet has successfully entered the Legend of the Three Spirits a few days ago, and he will also participate in this operation, the blood fountain is related to the Fountain of Life and the World Tree, even the church has a great deal of concern about the secrets of the World Tree.

Half a month of heavy snow ended on this quiet night, and at the same time it brought with it the ice-blue aurora that is rarely seen in the city of Constantine. It is said that the birth of the aurora was formed by the energy that was emitted after the burning of a leaf when the World Tree fell, but Foxy only dismissed it as a joke. How could the heavens allow such a creature to exist, a leaf can become an aurora that does not disappear for thousands of years after it is burned, so what kind of tree will this leaf be, and how can it fall. At the same time as this night came the news that Fernando, the ecumenical patriarch of the Holy Church, had officially chosen to retreat and practice penance half a month ago, that is, before the heavy snow began, and the Inquisition and the Sistine Chapel had jointly blocked the news for half a month, and it was only now that William learned the official news. The Patriarchal Retreat represents the loss of the most important deterrent power of the Church, and all the affairs of the Church fall to the Patriarchals, the central Patriarch who is in charge of the eight cardinals who are responsible for ordinary affairs, and the Priesthood, who are the eight cardinals and the twelve cardinals, who decide on important matters that affect the Church. The Patriarch's retreat also meant that the Presiding Inquisitor of the Final Inquisition would appear more in the eyes of the world, but the Inquisition was more powerful to the outside of the Church than the Patriarch, and as long as the Presiding Inquisitor Shylock was still there, the Church could not be dismantled from the outside.

"The Blood Clan has infiltrated Constantine, and it looks like the strongest of the Blood Clan. There is no trace of Lucifer in the Blood Moon at present, but there seem to be some mercenaries and hunters of the Blood Reward Organization in the city. While William was expressionlessly listening to the report from his subordinates, a middle-aged man walked slowly outside the south gate of Constantine. The middle-aged man was dressed simply, in the style of the southern part of the empire, and judging by the wind and frost on his face, he looked like he had walked a long way to the city of Constantine. The man carried a long object wrapped in coarse cloth on his back, which looked like a knight's spear, and when he reached the tall gates of Constantine, he stopped and looked at them for a long time.

It is said that during the construction of the southern gate of Constantine, the Byzantine Emperor Caesar decided to create the "Golden Gate" out of dragon's blood gold, which angered the powerful red dragon Eldom, known as the "Red Lotus's Fury", which spread its wings from the volcano in the western desert and flew directly to the city of Constantine. However, Caesar, the first emperor of the ages, was not afraid of the wrath of the red dragon, and when Eldom came to the city of Constantine, there was a knight standing on the wall of the south gate of the city of Constantine waiting for its arrival, he was the most powerful knight on the continent at that time, the first knight of the Byzantine Empire - Theodosius. The knight's strength cannot be described in simple words, the only word that is affirmed by the world to describe this knight is "devastating", this knight, along with the other seven senators, and Julius Caesar founded the foundation of the Byzantine Empire, and he single-handedly created the Dire Fire Legion, which was the predecessor of the Dire Guard. After the empire was completely stabilized, the powerful knight asked for complete seclusion, and only when Byzantium was threatened would he strike again. As he left the court, Julius Caesar asked him a simple question.

"Theodosius, what kind of power do you have now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister can now hear God's heartbeat. ”

The knight's answer was simple, but so simple that it shocked the world. After St. Thomas Aquinas created the theory of the "ladder of immortality", the path to immortality was divided into seven stages: the first spirit, the holy body, the holy spirit, the divine heart, the demigod, the holy one, and the divine seat. The power to reach the "heart of God" can be said to have touched the kingdom of God, and at that time, the strong people who could compete with Theodosius could be counted almost on one hand.

Three years after the mighty knight's retreat, the city of Constantine was built in an orderly manner, drawing the wrath of Eldom. One man and one dragon fought in front of the walls of Constantine City, of course, as a dragon who had survived for a long time, Eldom could naturally clearly feel the strength of the knight in front of him. So Eldomus and Theodosius made a three-trick agreement, if Eldom did not destroy the "Golden Gate" under Theodosius's protection, it would no longer trouble the city of Constantine, but if Theodosius did not completely protect the "Golden Gate", it would completely destroy the gate and take it away. At that time, people thought that this was unfair, and Theodosius would definitely refuse the offer, but the knight just nodded calmly and accepted Eldom's suggestion.

Unexpectedly, Theodosius not only blocked Eldom's three moves but also left one of its dragon claws, everyone wondered if Theodosius had successfully advanced to the demigod, but neither Eldom nor Theodosius himself said about it, Eldom just spewed out a breath of dragon breath in dissatisfaction, and then spread his wings and left. Theodosius, on the other hand, left three bullet marks on the city walls and told Julius Caesar to seal the power of the gates, otherwise the city of Constantine would never be at peace. Julius Caesar was still a wise king, he not only found the attached array to seal the "Golden Gate", but also left these three gun marks on the city wall, and personally named the gate "Theodosius's Gate", and the city wall near the gate "Theodosius's Wall".

"After many years, these three gunshot marks are still fresh in people's memories. The middle-aged man walked to the city wall, carefully looked at the three gun marks of different shades on the city wall, even after thousands of years, these three gun marks are still clearly left on the city wall, others may not know the reason, but the middle-aged man can sense the residual energy in the gun marks, that kind of energy not only belongs to the mortal world, but also has a divine atmosphere.

In the south of the continent there is a holy place, which is jointly administered by all the countries of the continent, because there is a tomb of the strong people of almost all the countries on the continent since the Holy Religious calendar. There were six low hills, and the knight's mound was buried on a hill with a boulder called "Palandine's Twilight", where Theodosius had buried his armor near the top of the hill before he went into hiding. Until now, no knight has been able to surpass him, and there are only twenty-seven mound of clothes on this hill known as the "Knight's Hill", so you can imagine what kind of strength it takes to bury your own clothes in that holy place.

"This time, Old Man Galileo gave me a heavy gift, for the sake of Old Man Galileo's request, and for William's face, I can't be too casual. The middle-aged man muttered to himself for a while, and then disappeared into the white streets of Constantine through the thick snow.

The destination of the Grey Night's Watch was indeed Constantine, but as with the previous "bloodbath" plan, William did not know when they would appear or where they were. The Night's Watch and the Inquisition have never cooperated very much, they have their own missions, and they are confronted by heretics who dwell deep in the dark abyss. The mystery and ruthlessness of such a team are no less than some mad heretics, so there are still heretics to denigrate the existence of such a team in the Inquisition is the biggest heresy on the mainland.

"Three days at the latest, the fountain of blood will appear. The information that William got naturally knew that three days later would be the beginning of a new year on the mainland, but it was impossible to know whether the beginning of the new year would be with laughter and joy or with painful sorrows. The current city of Constantine seems to be calm and peaceful, but secretly it is full of murderous intent and undercurrents.

The aurora lights shone on the sky, and the effects of winter in the city of Constantine were far from over, so pedestrians were almost impossible on the streets of the religious district on such a night. There might have been one or two cautious watchers in the dark corners of the unknown, but since the return of the Patriarch of the Spencer family, Fourth Knight of the Empire, Slanx Spencer, to Constantine the day before, these hidden heretics have become more attentive and cautious, after all, Archbishop Camboret is the godfather of the noble lady of the Spencer family, and this archbishop has a limited tolerance for heresy.

The three-day deadline is coming, and when the bell rings at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, it is the time when the day and night continent enters a new year, and it is also the moment when the pattern of the continent is about to change again. Before the Fountain of Blood existed, no one could be conclusive about the exact location of the ruins of the Fountain of Life, an area filled the air with strange energies. No one will be in that place at such a moment, and after a senseless watch, you will be exposed to the light, and people in the shadows will be able to understand all your actions.

......The midnight bell reverberated over the city of Constantine, there were no fireworks, no celebrations, no sparkling lights, and the Inquisition's city-wide martial law made it clear to all the inhabitants of Constantine that no one would sleep tonight.

Just after the twelve bells rang, just outside the north gate of the city of Constantine, a huge red and white light suddenly erupted, and then Furcy, who was standing by the window, saw a magic circle that was even larger and more complicated than the last time he had seen the "Holy Light Heavenly Cutting Array" appeared in mid-air, and bursts of red light under the magic circle continued to gush upwards like a fountain. No one expected that the Blood Fountain would appear in front of everyone's eyes in such a way at such a time, and whether the Blood Fountain had any other meaning in the world at such a moment, no one knew it, but they didn't care about this, the Blood Fountain was the most important thing.

"Let's go. The figure of the heretic pursuer weaved through the streets and alleys, and William glanced back at Foxie, who was still standing in front of the window, and then disappeared into the deep darkness of the night.

"Child, you must know that fate sometimes likes to play tricks on you, and the harder you try, the more it will give you misery and suffering. Only by doing the right thing at the right time will you be favored by God. The figure of the archbishop of Cambolet appeared at the door of Furcy's room, and the old man's holy aura became more and more restrained, but also more and more intense.

On an inconspicuous dry well outside the "Gate of the Spring", there is a steady stream of red spring water at this time. These springs are just illusory projections of the blood springs, according to the records of the history books, the blood springs can only meet the consumption of three or four people in each life, different blood springs are different, and the really useful springs are in the small springs.

"Looks like we got there first. The space outside the white formation suddenly distorted, and then a figure stepped out of it. After he appeared, a large number of bats suddenly flew in the distance, and the group of bats flew to the side of the figure, constantly spinning, and finally turned into four men and women dressed in beautiful costumes.

"In fact, it is not. Just as the five figures stood still, out of the darkness came seven mysterious people who had hidden their bodies under gray cloaks, their faces wearing eerie black masks carved with the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper. The leader of the seven was burdened with a huge cyan scyan scythe taller than him.

"Evil creatures who walk in darkness, if you try in vain to get what you are entitled to, you will be obliterated here today. What was surprising was that the voice of a woman came from under the wide cloak of the gray-robed man at the head, which meant that "he" was a woman.

"Really?" said the man who stepped out of the warped space, smiling contemptuously, "I'd like to see how you people who walk deeper in the darkness 'purify' us 'evil creatures'. ”

ps: Some words will not be opened in a single chapter, many places in this book have history to follow, so the author I have to keep checking the information when I write the book, I myself think that some things have history to look good, otherwise it will be very empty if it is completely empty, so this book is not written casually on a whim, and the writing is relatively slow because many places have to write some history into it, so it is a little troublesome. Today's update of three chapters, the first two chapters I admit that there is a lot of water, but this is also a last resort, if the author I don't see the stitches to tell some of the worldview of this book, I guess no one can really understand the world I write, and there is no way to feel the environment in which the protagonist of this book is located, which sometimes brings a sense of abruptness to the reading. Therefore, please understand me very much, I will write a general outline of many things in the book, and the detailed content appendix will be uploaded at that time, so that there will be no confusion or problems. That's all the West Demon wants to say, set off for Xi'an in the afternoon, and feel like I'm going to become a "city club".