Yes, it's not just men......

The man named Argus Bart Cranfield......

Moreover, there must be a very powerful evil organization behind him, alas, this is the most worrying thing......

Alas, what a pity, that kid of Roncy......

That is a good boy who is studious and honest, who could have taken over the position of Little Wells, ended the absence of cardinals in the Holy See for more than ten years, and was even able to take over the Holy See and become pope in the future, but ......

Argus, Bart Cranfield......

The papal heir that the Holy See has cultivated for ten years......

"It's a pity...... Father Andrew sighed with regret as he looked at the tragic situation in the village after being attacked by werewolves, perhaps both for the innocent villagers here and for the cardinal candidate named Roncy.

Argus Bart Cranfield, he's not going to be an opponent to be eliminated in a nutshell!

Father Andrew can still recall those eyes, those eyes hidden in the depths of the man's mind, and after he invaded the other person's mind with his mind magic, he was only glared at by those unknown eyes, and the mind magic was broken......

How does the owner of those eyes exist?

Also, according to his own observations, the power used by that man was not pure dark power, but his power was mixed with a ...... A negative emotion, like those unknown eyes, can evoke the evil side in others, yes, that's ......

Not?

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Father Andrew's mussings were interrupted, and he glanced in the direction of the entrance of the village, and looked with slightly cloudy old eyes at the three Holy Inquisitors who came from the entrance of the village, led by the captain of the six Holy Inquisitors, Brother Cheshe.

"Father," since the disappearance of St. Charles George, the [Inquisition Bureau], as an enemy institution, has been removed from the situation in the control of the cardinal and has been taken over directly by the pope, so the two are not superior-subordinate relations, but the Chesher friar still treated the famous cardinal with the least respect.

"We have sent the lost Lamb to our Lord for his forgiveness and forgiveness...... The Lord is with us, Amen!"

"Amen!" Father Andrew bowed his head slightly, then glanced at Brother Cheshe, only to find that he seemed to be trying to say something, which made Father Andrew feel a little strange.

The so-called Holy Inquisition, in layman's terms, is the killing machine cultivated by the Holy See, due to their fanatical beliefs, their attitude towards heretics is much more cruel than that of the Imperial professional soldiers, at least the Imperial soldiers also have times when they are soft-hearted, but the Holy Inquisitor will not, never!

In the concept of the Holy Inquisitor, those who possess the power of the Light themselves are companions, and the rest are infidels!

Therefore, the Holy Inquisitor never showed a hesitant expression, but today......

"Brother Cheshe, what happened?"

Brother Chesher hesitated for a moment, and said in a low tone without wavering, "Father Andrew, two miles north of here, there is an abandoned mine, and that's where those werewolves came out......"

"To the north?" said Father Andrew, who glanced suspiciously at the col north of the village, then frowned, "and what about the villains who caused this tragedy?"

Brother Chesha shook his head and whispered, "We met a magician from the Imperial Academy of Magic, maybe he has dealt with all the werewolves underground, and we don't feel any evil left, including that evil heretic!"

"Argus?" said Father Andrew, frowning and confused, "did you meet that man?"

"No," explained Brother Cheshe, shaking his head, "I felt the breath of the heretic, he had been to the bottom of that pit, and I could sense the powerful and evil force, but by the time we arrived, he was already gone, and I could not tell from the breath that he was headed......"

"Hmm," Father Andrew nodded as if relieved, to be honest, the man named Argus gave the priest an inexplicable foreboding: if he pressed that man, maybe something irreparable could happen, this was not what old Andrew wanted to see, and old Andrew was not willing to startle the snake without thoroughly investigating the forces behind that man and the guy who gave him that inexplicable power.

After accepting the appointment of this trip, Father Andrew had a sense of foreboding, and he felt that the man named Argus might do something enough to shock the world, and, by following in that man's footsteps, he might dig up clues to the dark world......

The Unknown Dark World......

Dark history that no one knows......

This man may turn the whole world upside down......

This kind of thing......

"Alas!" Father Andrew sighed slightly, squinted his eyes and whispered, "It's not time yet, Brother Cheshe, since that man can get out of the encirclement of the nine of us, it means that his strength far exceeds that of each of us, but this is definitely not his own strength, maybe behind him, there is an unknown terrifying existence, the existence that gives him strength......" He paused, remembering the current situation of the Holy See, and sighed slightly.

For more than ten years, the strength of the Holy See is not inferior to that of the Empire, but today, more than ten years later, as the core force of the Holy See, the Pope and the eleven cardinal archbishops are old, and the question of the heir has been plaguing these twelve old men.

Perhaps for the Empire, communication and reconciliation with the Holy See was a political compromise for King Sassen XIII, but for the Holy See it was not so simple, of course, this did not refer to the Paladin, this was just a cooperation, and what the Holy See cared about was still people, more precisely, apprentices suitable for learning magic.

Maybe it's the origin of magic, or maybe it's because the children of the empire are more talented in learning magic, and that's what makes the Holy See feel helpless.

Just like Weston, the chief magician of the empire, said, even if a child with ordinary talent is exhausted all his life, perhaps his achievements can only be maintained at the stage of the magician, and he cannot reach the level of the great magician, let alone the holy magician, and in the hundreds of years of human magic history, comparing the empire and the Holy See, whether it is the number of magicians or the example of the birth of the great magician, it is an indisputable fact that the north overshadows the south.

Therefore, the Holy See intends to break the situation of the two countries that have been in conflict for hundreds of years, absorb some excellent children to become white magicians, and continue the Holy See for hundreds of years, because if this is not the case, maybe when this generation of popes and cardinals lose their power due to aging, the Holy See may be annexed by the Empire......

This is absolutely not tolerated!

But it's a pity that in the Empire's education for hundreds of years, Salonia has always been promoted as a villain, especially in the [One Year Campaign] more than ten years ago, although it was an attack launched by the Empire, but the Imperial people who lost their relatives because of the war hated Salonia like that.

And now the appearance of the orcs has given the Holy See a favorable opportunity!

Just like a thousand years ago, the territory of the empire is directly bordered by the orcs, and the Holy See is in the rear, but a single empire cannot confront the murderous race of a thousand years ago, so the empire sent an invitation to the Holy See, intending to unite the forces of the two countries to fight against the orcs together, and in this way, as a political communication, the empire is bound to 'rehabilitate' Salonia, and it can no longer prevent the Holy See from absorbing apprentices in the territory of the empire, just like the churches that appear in the villages and small towns of the empire, which is the infiltration of the Holy See's power.

Maybe in the end, two countries will evolve into one, and maybe in the end, Salonia will be absorbed by the empire, but whatever, annexation is not allowed! How can the Holy See, which has lasted for hundreds of years, be drowned by the torrent of history like this? This is the only thing that the Pope and every cardinal will not give into. I won't mention it here for now.

And the most urgent thing for the Holy See, apart from the evil forces that have come to the fore because of the man named Argus, is nothing more than the matter of the heir to the Pope and the heir to the cardinal, and it is imminent - the Pope's health has not been very good in recent years, and the eleven cardinals, although they still have great power, are gradually becoming powerless, and they are desperate to find an heir...... And the more the merrier......

But then again, what if you find the right and good apprentice? The Pope's physical condition proves that he can no longer spend another ten years cultivating a suitable heir, you must know that the power of the Holy Light comes from the accumulated faith and piety, even if it is the best apprentice in the world, it may take a year just to contact the Holy Light, and then to cultivate his perseverance and surname, as well as the use of various white magic, of course, it is also necessary to educate the character and quality of this heir at all times, in the process of education, even if there is a trace of negligence, it may not be able to meet the qualifications to inherit the Pope!

But let's be honest, virtue can be admonished, educated, and even cleansed with spiritual magic, but if an heir does not have a strong and potential power of Light, how can a contemporary pope and cardinal hand over to him the entire Holy See that has lasted for hundreds of years?

To make matters worse, the current pope has only been confirmed by prophetic magic for only five or six years, or even less......

If the Light could also give birth to a child who is born with a strong affinity for it, like all primitive elements, and who is intelligent, kind, and morally ......

Scold!

Thinking about it, Father Andrew was amused by his own thoughts, how could such a thing happen in the world? Holy Light is not a simple magical element!

“...... I met a very special child, about twelve years old, born with strong fluctuations in the power of the Holy Light......"

"Huh?" Father Andrew was stunned for a moment, as if he had just noticed the words coming from his ears, and then, his slightly cloudy eyes gradually brightened, and he looked at Brother Chesher and frowned and whispered, "You just ...... What did you just say, that you are born with an affinity for the Light?"

"It's not just affinity," Brother Chesher said to himself, not paying attention to Father Andrew's expression, "it was the kid who absorbed the light, and took the initiative to absorb it!

"Absorb the Light...... Not hurt yet......" To his surprise, Father Andrew's half-squinted eyes looked a little unpredictable, frowned, shook his head and said, "Oh my God, how is this possible?" He did not doubt the credibility of Brother Cheshe's words, as the most fanatical believer in the Lord and the Most High God, it was absolutely impossible for the Holy Inquisitor to lie, and such a thing......

But then again, this incident made Father Andrew really unbelievable, after all, the Holy Light is not an ordinary magical element, it is a combination of the light element and faith, even if a person is born with a strong affinity for the light element, he cannot avoid the damage of the Holy Light, because the power of faith is equivalent to spiritual magic, which is irresistible!

People who are born with a strong affinity for the Holy Light do not exist at all, and all white magicians have reached a certain level through a series of cultivation and training, and they are born ......

It seemed that this matter was really important, Father Andrew's expression was much more serious, and he looked at Brother Chesher and said in a deep voice, "Brother Cheshe, please tell me everything you just encountered!"

"Well," said Brother Cheshe, bowing his head slightly, in a deep voice, "while chasing the werewolves, I suddenly felt the breath of the heretic, and following this breath we came to a mine, and we found that the werewolves had emerged from the bottom of this mine...... "As he spoke, Brother Chesher told Father Andrew what had happened to them.

"Oh?" seemed to surprise and delight Father Andrew with the words of Brother Cheshe.

Father Andrew never imagined that such a thing would happen in the world......

"What's that kid's name?"

"......" Brother Chesher was silent.

"Oh," said Father Andrew, who seemed to understand what Brother Chesher meant, nodded with a hint of disappointment, but Brother Chesher's next sentence made old Andrew's eyes smile again.

"Reoux! That kid is a student of Helireox!"

"Ah, from Reochs Academy, that's a bit bad, hehe......" Father Andrew smiled and looked north, but neither in his tone nor in his expression, there was not a hint of 'bad'.

At the same time, in an unnamed dark room, five mysterious men wrapped in black magic robes were talking in whispers around a round table.

Illuminated by the five white candles lit on each corner of the pentagram on the garden table, the beeping flames, and the darkness around them, made the room look dark.

"Argus, Argus, Bart Cranfield, that man is about to reach Sassen......"

"Hmph, I can escape the pursuit of a cardinal and six holy magistrates, it seems that this man is indeed qualified to cooperate with us......"

"I don't trust that guy!"

"I don't trust to like him either, but...... This man is not a simple guy, guys, I feel that working with him, we need to be more careful, that man gives me the feeling ...... Very bad......"

"Don't worry, my companion, the man's purpose is the same as ours for the time being...... And I don't think this man can get in the way of us...... Let's just let him attract the attention of others for us......"

"Hmm...... So, vote, guys, and the final vote on that Argus-Bart Cranfield collaboration......"

"I have no objection!"

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

"Okay, then, he's our companion for the time being, let's send someone to help him......"

"Hmm......"

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

(To be continued)