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Turquoise flames floated in the air, reflecting the deep hall of light and darkness. www.biquge.info Under the flickering dim light and shadow, it seems that the dozens of hundred-meter-high giant pillars on the four walls of the main hall are constantly distorting.

The wind is blowing.

The invisible winds in the hall were colder than the winds of the Arctic Ocean, and they swept through the corridors, around the great pillars, and finally hovered beside the slender woman lying on the ground in the center of the hall.

In this tall and wide hall, this woman is like a lotus petal floating on the dark and quiet sea, clear and slender. The icy wind ruffled her torn dress, caressing her skin and freezing the blood that still gushed from her wounds.

At last, she moved, as if trying to struggle to sit up, but eventually collapsed.

The blue fire floating in the hall circled for I don't know how many times, and she moved again. This time, she finally struggled to sit up.

Her messy black hair is no longer as bright as a mirror, and her silver eyes are full of confusion and struggle. On top of that, there was pain in her eyes.

It was something she had never shown to anyone else.

Fengyue finally propped up her body and slowly raised her head. Her face was almost transparent, and there was no blood at all. In the blue background, she is a woman rendered in black and white.

Her lips opened slightly, and she suddenly choked violently. So this world has an extra pool of gold that can't help but expand.

The silver eyes slowly drooped, and Feng Yue's arms trembled uncontrollably. She seemed to be on the verge of falling back to the ground at any moment.

Suddenly, Fengyue raised her head again, and she struggled to stand up!

It turns out that God also hurts.

Her slender fingertips almost touched the ground, but she finally staggered to her feet. Fengyue bit her lower lip deadly, and several strands of golden blood poured out from between the rows of snow teeth, converging into drops of golden blood on the knife-like jaw, and then falling in the wind.

Finally, she struggled to the huge ice crystal in the hall, raised her trembling hand, and tore the broken dress off her body one by one.

A moment later, the ** that was by no means earthly was exposed in front of the ice crystals. Feng Yue stared at the figure reflected in the ice crystals, and she almost couldn't believe that the dreamy figure was her.

She shook suddenly, and involuntarily held on to the ice crystals, which stabilized her body.

Fengyue wants to sleep.

The establishment of the kingdom had consumed too much of her strength, and several fierce battles that had narrowly escaped her life had drained the last bit of divine power in her body.

God wears out, too.

According to the state of Fengyue, it is long overdue to enter a far-reaching long sleep. And the time of eternal sleep may be a short moment, or it may be a thousand years in the world.

Since founding his own kingdom, Fengyue has understood that if God sleeps in his kingdom, then the kingdom will choose a physical plane to hide in it. Of course, God can also choose the hidden plane by himself, and even choose the hiding place in the plane. Rarely in any physical plane is a being powerful enough to threaten the kingdom that protects the sleeping gods.

And when one god sleeps, the other gods lose their sense of it completely.

There are hundreds of millions of planes in space, even if it is the main god of the heavenly realm, if you want to search for the place where a god sleeps on one plane at a time, it is an impossible task. The Ice and Snow Goddess is sleeping on this material plane for unknown reasons. It's just that she kept issuing oracles immediately after waking up, and as a result, Macbeth tracked down the message of divine power and discovered the hiding place of her body. This led to a great battle on the northern ice ocean, and her godhead was finally captured by Fengyue.

The face as cold as frost reflected in the ice crystals, slowly, actually showed a little wry smile. Where will she be able to sleep?

The Great War in the South is about to begin, and perhaps only she knows what power is hidden in the Church of Light. Although the goddess of nature is hidden in the realm of nothingness, her gaze has never left this plane. In addition to this, there are the gods of the heavenly realm...... She couldn't sleep.

Feng Yue stared at the figure in the ice crystals, his hand slowly stroked the shoulder of **, and then crossed the shoulder, and his fingertips slid on the skin of the ** on his back. Her slender fingers finally covered the two terrible, unhealed wounds on her back.

Her silver eyes narrowed slightly, and her five fingers suddenly exerted force, grabbing the wound on her back fiercely!

In an instant, Feng Yue's face turned a little whiter! She raised her head suddenly, her clenched silver teeth could no longer stop the cry that contained too much pain!

Her screams of pain echoed through the hall, and with a loud bang, the ice crystal exploded!

In the spilled ice splinters from the sky, Fengyue trembled, pulled out the deeply inserted finger from the wound, and then inserted it again!

The entire kingdom of God was constantly trembling, and the palace in the air was like a lone lamp in a storm, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, constantly rushing left and right, and the three huge chains that fixed the palace in the air broke tightly, and the chain links kept grinding against each other, and even burst out with large sparks! The three-headed giant statue that formed the base also trembled, and it also let out a whimper similar to a wail.

The palace in the palace suddenly rushed into the sky, and the instantaneous momentum almost pulled the entire pedestal off the ground! After a roar, the dragon statue holding the chain suddenly exploded into two flames, and its wings and dragon tail were gone.

A cry of pain echoed in every corner of the kingdom of God, causing the earth to tremble and the heavens to thunder.

At some point, the kingdom of the gods finally became quiet, the taut thick steel chains relaxed, and the palace floating in the air radiated a soft light again.

The light inside the hall was as soft as the outside, and a hazy halo was reflected in the **, which was so beautiful that it did not belong to the world at all. She wrapped her hands around the shoulders of **, and silver bands of light rose around her body, and finally condensed into a silver long skirt, hiding **'s skin under silver silk satin.

A new ice crystal re-emerged in the hall, and she slowly rose between them, slowly closing her silver eyes.

The kingdom of God was silent as if nothing had happened.

With a snort, Rogge sat up suddenly, sweating profusely and panting profusely.

"What's wrong with you, are you having a nightmare?" asked the sleepy-eyed Floya, poking her head out of the brocade quilt and bewildered.

Rogge looked out the window, it was dark and silent outside, and it looked like it was still a long time before dawn. He tried to get out of bed with his clothes on, but Floya grabbed her hand. The little goblin was so sleepy that he didn't open his eyes at all, but said, "It's still early! Dead fatty, sleep with me for a while." You still have to preside over a big ceremony today, how can you do it without resting?"

Rog patted her head lightly, and the leprechaun muttered something, and then retracted into the quilt and fell asleep.

Rogge quietly walked out of the room, through the hall, to the meditation room. It's just that no matter how hard he tries, he can't eliminate the fluctuations in his thoughts and enter the deep spiritual world. The terrible scream always echoed in his heart, and it always refused to disperse.

He only felt his heart beat in a panic, the voice in his dream was so familiar, but he didn't know why he heard it. Rogge didn't need sleep anymore, let alone dream. But two bizarre dreams before and after made him always unable to find the answer. The first dream seemed to be the same as Wella had said, and it had something to do with something hidden in the depths of his memory. It's just that after Werner took out his memories that time, she never explained to him what was hidden in the memory.

And this time, what does this dream portend? Why is the screaming sound so unfamiliar, but so familiar?

Since reading the Book of Shiloh, Rog's understanding of the world, planes, and gods has grown by leaps and bounds. The fat man seemed to be leisurely, but in fact everything he scanned with his eyes had a different meaning. At every moment, he is desperately absorbing the knowledge hidden behind the appearance, and he is exploring the essential reasons for all the changes. In fact, whether it is the wind blowing in the leaves or the rising moon, it has brought him a new understanding.

A dream like tonight, which has no warning and is completely unexplained, is really a very rare thing for a fat person today. In particular, this dream touched his heart, which had already become extremely cold.

Since he was restless and unable to meditate, Rogso came to the study, picked up the canon of the Church of Light, and studied it carefully.

For this thick canon, Rogge can almost memorize it. As he finished the chapter on the day of judgment, the faint morning light finally broke through the window and fell on the desk in front of him.

The Palace of Sophiran, a combination of art and luxury, has awakened. More than a dozen maids, who were very outstanding in both face and figure, came to Rogge's study with various clothes and accessories. It was an open secret that the Pope was so energetic, and they knew that at this time, Rogge would usually be in his study to deal with religious affairs.

A large silver-encrusted crystal mirror was brought in, and under the service of these well-trained maids, Rogge put on a crown made of the goddess's divine powers, put on his robes, and received the scepter from Feuerbach himself from the kneeling maid beside him.

Rogge in the crystal mirror is solemn and majestic at the moment, he smiles kindly, but his eyes are cold and cold, without any warmth.

Rogge was very pleased with his image, nodded, and walked out of the Sophilan Palace under the guidance of the maid. At this moment, hundreds of high-ranking clergy of the Holy Church were already waiting at the gate of the Imperial Palace to greet Pope Roger. Today Rog will preside over the blessing ceremony for the first great temple of the Holy Church in Osinia and preach the teachings of the goddess to the faithful.

The predecessor of the Great Temple of the Holy Church was actually the Great Temple of the Church of Light in Osinia. In a short period of time, the clergy of the Holy Church transformed it from an altar dedicated to the gods of the heavenly realm into an altar dedicated to the goddess Odrech. It's just that because the time is too short, there are still many sculptures and murals inside and outside the church that have not had time to be replaced and cleaned.

Before the Duchy of Bavaria went to war with the Dro Empire, the high-ranking clergy of the Church of Light stationed in the Grand Temple had already retreated, leaving only a few insignificant local clergy and miscellaneous servants to guard the Grand Temple. It is precisely because of this that Emperor Dro understands that he and his empire have been abandoned by the Church of Light, so he turns to fully support the Holy Church of Roger. Of course, the fat man knew in his heart that Emperor Droz's lust for Audrech was probably far more than faith. The main reason why he appears so religious is that he hopes that the Holy Church's large group of mages and the rumored strong will play a role in the war and save the reign of the Droz family.

When Rogge stepped out of the gate of the Imperial Palace, the avenue in front of the palace gate was already crowded with the people of the Dro Empire. Every few meters on the avenue, a royal black-armored janissary guard is maintaining order. These civilians of the Dro Empire did not come to greet Rogue because of their faith, there were almost no believers in the Holy Church among them, most of them just came to see the excitement, and a small number of people were faithful believers in the Church of Light, because they heard that the Church of Light was expelled by the imperial family, and they originally had some thoughts of coming to make trouble. But after all, faith is no match for reality, and in the face of the sharp battle axes of the black-armored iron horseman, these believers finally chose to retreat.

Surrounded by hundreds of clergy of the Holy Church, Rogge slowly stepped into the car specially prepared for him. The chariot was covered with red satin chairs, with flower branches entwined into four columns, and finally braided into a vault above Rogge's head. At each of the four corners of the chariot knelt a maiden dressed in priestly attire, holding a canon, a holy emblem, a scepter, and a dagger that symbolized divine power. And what pulled this huge car were two ferocious earth dragons!

The rare and ferocious beast of the Earth Dragon is extremely difficult to tame, and all the countries on the continent dream of being able to form an army of Earth Dragon Knights, but no country has succeeded in thousands of years. The two five-meter-tall earth dragons were hung with heavy iron chains, and some of the tamers shouted loudly, but they still couldn't help but snort and stare at the small blood-red eyes, threatening to pounce on the surrounding crowd. The restless movements of the two earth dragons caused the entire car to shake.

Rogge slowly climbed into the car. The moment his feet landed on the pedals of the car, the two ferocious earth dragons suddenly put away all their fierceness as if they had met a natural enemy, and they were as tame as two lambs. When Rogge sat firmly in the car, the two dragons immediately started on their own without waiting for the driver's command, pulling the car forward slowly.

The people of the Dro Empire who were watching on both sides of the avenue roared and talked about it. For these civilians who have never seen miracles and have no way of understanding the vast world, this scene in front of them is shocking enough!

Rogge sat down in the car with his eyes downcast. After passing through several avenues, the convoy finally entered the newly renovated Grand Temple. Rog stepped out of the car, stood in front of the temple gate, looked up at the statue of the goddess that had just been carved at the door, and only stepped into the main temple for a long time.

After a full hour, the tedious religious ceremony ended.

Rog, who was crouching in front of the altar, stood up and looked deeply at the statue of the goddess high above again, before turning around and scanning the worshippers who filled the Great Temple.

At the moment of eye contact with Rogge, all the believers felt a suffocation in their chests and a slight pause in their heartbeat.

Rog seemed to be thinking about something repeatedly, and didn't speak for a long time. There was silence in the main hall, and the faithful and clergy awaited a possible oracle, while the dignitaries of the Dro Empire tried to judge the future movements of the Holy Church from the Pope's first speech in Osinia.

Finally, as if he had made up his mind, Rogge lifted his scepter and slowly pointed at the congregation below the altar.

With Rogge's movements, an inexplicable palpitation once again swept through the hearts of everyone in the temple. At this moment, the hall seems to enter a new space, the light becomes dimmed, and the scenery becomes distorted and blurred as if it is underwater.

"I love you!" Rogge's voice exploded in everyone's hearts like a deep thunder, and the aftermath lasted for a long time.

His sermon was concise and powerful, first attacking the perfidy of the Church of Light and swinging the butcher's knife at its own believers, then describing the great miracles of the Goddess to those present, and finally promising the believers all the benefits of the present and the future. Every word of Rogge echoed in the hearts of everyone repeatedly, the previous sentence was not finished, and the next sentence had already arrived.

Yet none of Rogge's sermons were as sensational as his last words: "All members of the Holy Church will henceforth be exempt from any war-related taxes!"

As everyone here knows, since the beginning of the war, the Dro Empire has successively issued a number of new taxes to raise military expenses. By the time the new tax items were passed from the empire's vast bureaucracy to the lowest levels of the common people, the amount of taxes had already tripled. Therefore, Roger's promise will inevitably bring about a surge in the number of believers, even if it is just to avoid heavy taxes, and there are many people who are willing to change their faith.

The lengthy religious service is finally over. The crowds that left the basilica scattered in all directions, scrambling to inform those who knew them of the generous promises of the Pope of the Holy Church.

As he left, Rogge was in a carriage in which Robeskey and two other members of the Skull and Bones Guild were held in addition to him.

At this time, it is usually Robeske, who can best understand Rogge's intentions, to pat himself first: "Lord Rogge, you just gave the believers the promise of exempting the war tax, I think it won't be long before our believers in the Dro Empire will exceed the million mark." It seems that Emperor Dero is very courageous, and he is willing to make such a bloody investment. ”

Luo Ge closed his eyes and said lightly: "Emperor Deluo doesn't know about this yet, when you pass by the imperial palace in a while, you can go and inform him." ”

Robersky was taken aback and said, "The emperor doesn't know ......yet?" He won't agree!"

"He'll agree. Rogge was expressionless, still closed his eyes, and said coldly: "He hasn't arrived home in a daze, he should understand that since I have already made a promise, it is up to him not to agree." Go and tell him that if you want to keep the crown on his head, it will be more direct and effective to restrain his servants from being less corrupt than to tax my followers. ”

Even though it wasn't too hot, Robeschi wiped the sweat from his head, and for some reason, he always felt nervousness and fear involuntarily when he was in front of Rogge today. However, although Robesy was tactful, he knew that loyalty was easier to please Rogge than flattery, so he still stubbornly said: "Lord Rogge, if you do this, even if Emperor Dro has to give in, he will definitely hold a grudge in his heart." This is not good for our future relationship with the Dro Empire!"

"What will be the relationship in the future?" Rogge smiled coldly and said, "When the war is over, will there be a future between us and the Dro Empire?"

Robesy was stunned and didn't dare to say anything more.

At this time, one of the members of the Skull and Bones Club in the carriage began to report to Rogge on the situation on the west coast of the Longines Sea. He had just traveled thousands of miles to Osinia for the Reformation that was gaining ground on the west coast of the Longines.

During this time, a new religion arose in the three new provinces on the west coast of the Longgean Sea, which claimed to also believe in the goddess Odrech, but they believed that the goddess was tolerant and benevolent, and that the glory of the goddess should be given to all races, and that there should be tolerance for the weaker religions. Moreover, they oppose the elite system of the Holy Church, represented by the Skull and Bones Society, and instead advocate that all members of the Church, regardless of their birth and wealth, should be equal, especially to protect the interests of those who are at the lowest levels of society. These Protestants openly declared that all the actions of Roger, the first pope of the Holy Church, were to exploit the masses of the lower classes in order to support the elite of the few upper echelons of the Church.

Thus, in just one month, Protestantism, which can be said to be a branch of the Holy Church, grew rapidly, and the Reformation they advocated was recognized by more and more middle and lower classes. Local officials and the clergy of the Holy Church tried every means to extinguish Protestantism, but to make it bigger. What is even more embarrassing is that although they knew that the leader of the Protestant Church was St. Martin, and in which area he was operating, they could not catch him.

Unable to do so, the Skull and Bones member had to rush to report the matter to Rogge.

After listening to the report, Rog's eyes opened slightly, and he glanced at the shrewd and capable member of the Skull and Bones Society, and the cold in his eyes almost froze him!

Rogge's eyelids drooped again, and he thought for a moment before he said slowly: "Do you know why you have so many armies in your hands, but you can't capture St. Martin, and you can't extinguish the Protestant movement? But the number of poor believers is hundreds or thousands of times greater than that of your so-called elites, and you say, is it because of your power or their power? The most important reason why Protestantism has developed so rapidly, apart from the dissatisfaction of the people in the occupied territories with the empire, is that you collect too much money, right?"

The members of the Skull and Bones Society broke out in a cold sweat, not daring to look up at Rogge.

There was silence in the carriage, except for the sound of horses' hooves and the howling of the wind.

Rog finally broke the suffocating silence and said to the Skull and Bones member, "Go and inform St. Martin, and say that after seven days, I will wait for him in the Redstone Valley." There is nothing that cannot be talked about between believers who share a common faith. If he really wants to fight for something for the lower levels of the Holy Church, then come and meet him. You can do it now!"

The Skull and Bones member whispered yes and hurried away. When he stepped out of the carriage, he trembled so much that he stepped into the air and fell straight out of the door.

Seven days went by in a blink of an eye.

Located on the border of the Droro Empire, the Redstone Valley is named after the fiery red boulders that fill the valley. The valley is surrounded by steep cliffs, and the bottom is very flat, which looks majestic and steep.

As the sun moved past the mid-heavens, a cavalry appeared at the mouth of the Redstone Valley. They made out their direction and ran into the valley.

A tall umbrella has been erected in the valley to block out the blazing sun. Under the umbrella was a high-backed chair, and Pope Rogge sat upright, his eyes closed.

Behind Rogge stood dozens of clergy and a hundred Ice Temple warriors on war horses.

At this time, the people were silent, the horses did not neigh, and the silence in the entire Red Rock Valley was almost maddening! The dozen or so knights at the mouth of the valley were all stunned when they saw the scene in the valley. They turned over and dismounted, and walked towards Rogge, who had been waiting for him for a long time.

Rogge opened his eyes, swept his gaze over these people one by one, and finally stopped at a middle-aged man at the head, and asked with a smile, "San Martin?"

The man had a beard and a majestic and resolute countenance. He was not afraid of Rogge's gaze at all, but stared at Rogge and said, "I am." I've heard that His Holiness the Pope is young, but I didn't expect you to be so young. You're not thirty yet, are you?"

Rogge smiled slightly and said, "It's not far from thirty." Dear Mr. St. Martin, you have not disappointed me, you see, almost all the high-ranking clergy of the Holy Church serving on the western shore of the Langser Sea are already standing behind me. I asked them to come today just to let them see you and learn from you how to treat each and every one of the Goddess's devotees kindly. ”

Without waiting for St. Martin's reply, Rogge added: "Although you are in the name of the goddess, I will never tolerate the splitting of the Holy Church. In the future, I will be kind to the poor, so your mission of existence can be said to have come to an end. ”

Just as St. Martin was about to say something, a sharp arrow flew out from behind Rogge like lightning, passed through St. Martin's throat, and flew a long distance before it was stuck diagonally on the ground.

St. Martin struggled for a moment, and finally came down with a bang, and in the moment of his death, out of the corner of his eye, he saw that his companions had fallen in a pool of blood.

Rogge took out a white towel from his arms, slowly wiped away the few blood beads splashed on his face, and lightly ordered: "Search for all the backbone members of the Protestant Church, and once it is confirmed, they will be secretly hanged immediately." Remember, only those who should be arrested!"

Several members of the Skull and Bones Society behind Rog immediately took note of his orders. Rogge walked to St. Martin's side, squatted down, and stroked his round eyes, before standing up, his gaze swept over dozens of high-ranking clergy one by one, and said slowly: "From today onwards, all taxes and fees levied on believers in the three provinces on the west coast of the Longines Sea will be abolished. As for your life, please keep it simple! This time I have brought out St. Martin in my own credibility to solve the troubles of Protestantism. But if a second St. Martin had been born because you wanted to drink a little more good wine, it would have been your corpses lying in the Redstone Valley!"

At this time, under the sunlight, every boulder in the Redstone Valley was red as if it were about to drip blood. The blood flowing from the bodies of more than a dozen Protestant leaders had long since mixed with the red of the boulder, and they could no longer distinguish each other.

Rogge looked at these Protestant leaders who were originally burdened with lofty ideals of holiness, but were also very naïve and simple, and was silent for a long time before he said slowly:

"Remember, believers are everything!"

(To be continued)