Compared with the bustle of the outer city, the inner city of the cathedral is solemn, solemn and majestic.

The clergy who walked on the road were dressed as clean as the streets.

The stinking water that must have been on the roads of the Middle Ages is nowhere to be seen, and the roads are so clean that there are no confetti.

The clergy walked steadily, holding Bibles and wearing crosses.

Everyone's face seems to be ready to shine with holy light.

And those slaves, whose clothes were rough but clean, walked in a hurry, bowed their heads slightly, and walked with the wind, hurried and fast.

In addition to caution, there is pride on the face.

Yes, it is pride, although they are slaves, but they are slaves in the cathedral (inner city).

If slaves have ranks, they are slaves at the pinnacle of Dzogchen.

In this precarious moment, no freeman can compare to the slaves at the headquarters of the church.

There are many people who are willing to give up their status as freemen and have no way to become slaves.

This is not the first time Fr. Rhodes has come to the headquarters of the Church.

Compared to last time, the cathedral seems to be more majestic than the church headquarters today.

Naturally, there will be no hotels in the inner city, only places like guest houses.

If Father Rhodes had come to the Holy City for no reason, he would have to stay in a hotel in the outer city.

Now, if you come with a mission and glory, you can stay at the hospitality.

He and Xia Yanzhen were set up in the reception room.

Xia Yanzhen was wearing a black cloth and was well taken care of.

There was no incident in which the clergy were not accustomed to Xia Yanzhen and their provocation from the countryside.

It made Xia Yan really boring.

If you are provoked, you can do it openly.

But the quality of the clergy is relatively high...... Well, or rather, this is the headquarters of the church, and everyone doesn't dare to cause trouble.

As for the "second generation of God", of course there is - the Church does not prohibit marriage except for nuns.

But the families of the clergy lived in the outer city and did not enter the inner city.

The inner city is a quiet and peaceful place.

Xia Yanzhen and Father Rhodes didn't wait long, and soon a clergyman found them and asked the two to go to the cathedral.

The cardinal wanted to see the two.

Cardinals are a special position, there are eight in total, and they exist like the Cabinet, the Military Aircraft Department, and so on.

Exclusively with the Pope, decide on major matters in the Church.

The matter of the demon brother and sister Damon, there is a blood knight who is chasing him, and a cardinal asks about it, which is naturally not small.

The two were led into the church.

First, we passed through the opulent and very atmospheric "hall", and then began to change the interior scene.

It's not so wide anymore.

Various walkways, cloisters, rooms.

It's like an indoor maze in the game, and if you walk for a while, you'll get lost.

In addition to the plane, there are various up and down.

Fortunately, I didn't go underground, and there were a lot of windows in the walkway, at least the light was still bright, so that people didn't feel depressed.

After walking for more than ten minutes, the person who led the way took Xia Yanzhen and the others to an opening and closing gate.

Two knights stood guard outside the door.

Secretly, Xia Yanzhen also heard the hidden sound of the crow's heartbeat.

The defense was very tight.

The door was slowly pushed open by the knight, revealing the splendid room inside.

Sunlight shines through a layer of stained "glass", leaving a brilliant glow in the room.

On the large and ornate seats, the cardinal wore a red robe with a white belt and other decorations.

Cardinals, strictly speaking, are actually archbishops.

The archbishop is also called a cardinal because he wears a red robe.

Those white decorations were made to distinguish cardinals from ordinary archbishops.

The cardinal was a middle-aged man with a thick beard and a tall build, and when he took off his bishop's uniform and put on his armor, he was a knight of the Church.

Behind the cardinal, stood a man dressed in black robes and shrouded in shadows.

This is the elite in the dark crow, equivalent to the blood armor knight, and there is no special name.

Some of them are responsible for protecting important members of the church, and they are presented in black robes, and are unwrittenly called "black crows".

Xia Yanzhen was covered with a black cloth, looking around the room, feeling that there were a lot of people.

"Your Majesty the Bishop!"

Upon entering, Father Rhodes saluted respectfully.

Xia Yan really didn't move.

Cardinal Horen nodded: "Sit down." ”

Motioned for the two to sit down on the chairs below.

Father Rhodes had only dared to let a third of his butt get on the chair, and he was more tired sitting than standing.

Xia Yanzhen was different, leaning directly on the back of the chair.

However, this hard wooden chair is not comfortable to sit on.

"Fr. Rhodes and Fr. Anderson, you have a lot of credit for catching the Damon siblings...... "His Horen got straight to the point, "His Holiness has decided to elevate two bishops to better serve the Church and God." ”

Father Rhodes almost bounced out of his chair, his lips trembling to show his loyalty.

"I don't want the bishop."

But Xia Yanzhen's refusal was quicker than Father Rhodes.

"Don't want a bishop?" Horn was a little surprised.

Becoming a bishop is the dream of every priest, and there are still people who refuse?

The church didn't suspect it, or it didn't care much about the authenticity of Father Xia Yanzhen's identity at all.

Not to mention that Yin Fu has already loudly announced the ownership of "Father Anderson".

This is the headquarters of the Church, the Holy City of Yinnot, who has come and received the gift of the Church, and that is the people of the Church.

It's the same for whoever comes.

The church didn't care if Anderson was a true priest or a secret knight of the king.

"And what do you want, Father Anderson?" Huo Lun looked at Xia Yanzhen playfully.

"Eternal Blood Armor." Xia Yanzhen said, "I want the Eternal Blood Armor. ”

"Hahahaha!" Horen laughed, "You want to be a Blood-Armored Knight? ”

"No, just the Eternal Blood Armor." Xia Yanzhen shook his head.

"Arrogant boy."

Huo Lun was not angry, he seemed to be very generous, but this generosity, it was like a human seeing a poor, weak, helpless but unaware little animal showing its teeth and claws, "Eternal blood armor, there are only twelve sets." Each set has its owner.

"Why, do you want someone to give it to you?"

"If they want to......" Xia Yanzhen said.

"Interesting." Hollen laughed, "No wonder Yin Fu looks the other way at you, go, get Norton!" ”

"Yes." Someone took the order and left.

"If it's okay, you go down first." Horren said to Father Rhodes.

Father Rhodes was eager to leave quickly, so as not to be affected by Xia Yanzhen.

"Who's Norton?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

"Blood-armored knights, don't you want their armor? I asked them to come over, and you spoke to them directly. Holren said.

"Well, what if he doesn't promise to give me the armor?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

"The strong of the Knights are respected." Hollen said.

"That's good." Xia Yanzhen nodded.

After a while, the opening and closing door was opened.

A blood-armored knight entered the room, and the eternal blood armor on his body was quite similar to Yin Fu's, but the details were slightly different.

Xia Yanzhen closed his eyes and didn't see it, he only knew that someone was coming, and he heard the sound of the armor colliding and rubbing between actions.

"His Majesty the Bishop." Norton took off his helmet and saluted Hollen.

The Eternal Blood Armor is highly mobile, enough to support the knights in a variety of movements.

"Well, someone wants your armor, what do you say?" Huo Lun's voice was very majestic, but his tone was very cheap, and he almost wrote "I want to provoke and do things" on his face.

Norton immediately looked at Xia Yanzhen, the "blind man": "You? ”

"Yes, it's me." Xia Yanzhen smiled.

"Humph! Interesting! Norton was also laughing, but he was disdainful and laughing, "I'll give it to you, do you have a life?" ”

Norton's helmet was tucked between his arm and waist and was not put back on.

It can be seen that this is a young man, but he is in his early twenties, and he is not very flattering in terms of appearance.

There are several scars that crisscross and crisscross.

He is the youngest of the Blood-Armored Knights, second only to Yin Fu.

"Come and try, if I defeat you, you'll give me the armor?" Xia Yanzhen said.

"Good!" Norton agreed.

Not just because he's confident, but for a reason, and that's what Cardinal Horen wants to see – a duel between the two.

I was called over, and this battle was inevitable.

Moreover, in fact, the Red Cross of the Church has this tradition, and as a knight, you are eligible to challenge the Blood Armor Knight, and once the challenge is successful, you can become a new Blood Armor Knight.

Of course, the challenge presupposes a willingness to witness by a clergy of the archbishopric rank.

Otherwise, the Red Knight will challenge the Blood Knight as soon as his brain is hot.

There are so many people, the Blood Armor Knight doesn't have to do anything, and he can't be busy killing the Red Knight every day.

This time, the "witness" was Horen.

A cardinal who is one rank higher than the archbishop.

"Okay, okay, let's go." Horen was the first to stand up and walked vigorously.

A group of people followed him, forming a cone-shaped procession.

Like an arrow, rampage through the church.

Everyone came to an open-air martial arts training ground.

The area is about the same as a standard football field, with a solid yellow mud floor, surrounded by all kinds of weapons, long weapons, short weapons, shields, bows and arrows, and so on.

Very well equipped.

On the martial arts training ground, there were still a few strong young people practicing against each other.

With the arrival of Horen, they all bowed and retreated, and then looked at Norton with great envy.

The Red Knights all want to be Blood-Armored Knights.

It's just that wanting to become a Blood-Armored Knight is too cruel and difficult.

Ninety percent of the red knights have no way to put it into action in their lives, and can only look at the blood-colored armor with envious eyes.

Norton, the newest and youngest blood-armored knight, is undoubtedly the current idol and target for the young Red Knight.

While looking at the idol with envy, several red knights also reacted, could it be that someone wants to challenge Norton? Become a blood armor?

What about people?

Didn't you see the other knights, the best of the red knights, none of them came?

Who's challenging Norton?

Norton stood still on the field, yawning, looking down on the heroes of the world.

A clergyman dressed as a priest was telling Xia Yanzhen about the rules - all the rules are no rules.

The goal is to defeat the opponent, you can kill the opponent, life or death.

Of course, if the other party clearly shouts out to admit defeat, you can't do it.

The weapons on the field can be selected at will, without any restrictions, and even in the middle of the fight.

But there was no armor to wear.

In addition, the Blood Armor Knight will definitely wear the Eternal Blood Armor and will not take it off.

If you want to become a Blood-Armored Knight, you have to be stronger than the Blood-Armored Knights you used to be—and much stronger!

"If that's fine, you can start now." After the priest finished speaking, he looked at Xia Yanzhen and said.

"Hmm......" Xia Yan really intended to nod.

There was another sound of footsteps, and a group of people arrived.

A tall, thin, rather emaciated old man, who would fall when the wind blew, approached with a group of men, dressed in the same clothes as Hollen, apparently another cardinal.

"Bishop Hollen."

"Bishop Morris."

When the two met, they didn't smile, obviously not dealing with each other.

"Someone is going to challenge you?" That Maurice looked at Norton.

Facing Morris, Norton was obviously much more respectful and nodded solemnly.

"Well, kill it, don't keep your hands." Morris said, without any disguise, "Father, it's the same as a knight. ”

There is no rule in the Church that priests cannot challenge the Knights of Blood Armor.

This is actually a loophole that no one thought of.

Unless the priest is in the church, he is an ordinary person and does not have extraordinary combat power.

After being promoted to bishop, he can purify the Holy Light outside the church.

But he only has one hand to purify the holy light, and he has nothing to do with the knight.

No one expected this to happen.

But since it's Huo Lun's approval, you can challenge, even if you can't fight, you can fight.

Hearing Morris's words, Norton laughed, made a gesture to Xia Yanzhen to wipe his neck, and then suddenly realized that the priest in front of him seemed to be a blind man.

"Can we start?" Xia Yanzhen asked.

"Yes." The priest immediately stepped back and announced, "The challenge begins!" ”

"Boy, when you die—" Norton roared at Xia Yanzhen, speaking harshly first.

Before he finished speaking, Xia Yanzhen flashed in front of him, and then a sharp pain came from his chest.

The world is spinning.

Norton flew.

Flew out of the training ground, smashed a pillar outside, smashed the wall of the room, and crashed into the room.

The sound of crashing, walls being pierced, collapsing, and all sorts of things destroying was heard.

It didn't stop until a few seconds.

A few people looked over, and they could only see a big hole in the wall behind the broken pillar, and a big hole in the wall behind it.

Hole after hole.

You can't even see the "end" at a glance.

When I got closer, I could barely see a red thing a hundred meters away.

Norton sat on the floor, his upper body sunk into the uncollapsed wall, looking out at the unfamiliar room.

He didn't know where the cathedral was, all he knew was a pain in his chest, followed by numbness.

The body under the neck almost does not belong to him anymore.

The heat flowed slowly through the body, and it was cold for half a year.

He did his best to look down, through the gaps in his helmet, to see the strongest breastplate shattered.

A large number of blood-colored fragments sank into the sunken chest, destroying the organs within the chest.

The blood-colored armor slowly trembled, as if it was about to fly up and reunite.

Because it is so broken, there is no way to repair it in a short period of time, and it needs to absorb the wearer's blood to speed up the repair.

But now, Norton is strong enough not to die.

How can there be extra blood, and the consciousness to actively repair the eternal blood armor?

Norton's vision began to darken, and before he was completely unconscious, he saw the priest with his eyes covered in black cloth walking up to him through the large hole.

"Recognize ...... Lose ......"

With all his might, Norton shouted a towel, his eyes completely blackened, and he passed out.

"Isn't that enough, the armor is mine?"

Xia Yanzhen didn't give the final blow, turned around and asked the two cardinals who came over.