St. Granburg.

Dada......

The sound of horses' hooves of the Knights of Light walks the stone-paved streets of St. Granburg.

The sun shines on the pale golden armor of these knights, revealing fortitude, loyalty, and determination.

The arrival of the Cardinal Grand Sect Master Claire once again made countless believers boil, and the believers cheered on both sides of the street, looking at the majesty of the Knights of Light and the glory of the Cardinal Grand Sect Master.

"It's the Cardinal Sect Master!"

"Great Cardinal Master!"

This red-clothed Grand Sect Master from the distant Aurora Empire of Light, the Cathedral of Light of Aurora, where the miracles of the Creator of Light are the most frequent, has finally come to St. Granburg again after seventeen years!

Bathed in the divine light of the Creator of Light for a long time, Claire seems to be able to see his glory as long as she can see it, and she seems to be one step closer to heaven, and the sins that opened the magic box of desire will also be redeemed.

"The holy power of the church seems to be much weaker than it was more than ten years ago. ”

At the front of the Knights of Light, Claire stared at the Cathedral of Light in St. Granburg, her eyebrows were already gray, and she frowned slightly.

The holy light of the church is most directly related to the number of believers and the degree of piety, and this is also an important criterion for the promotion of all clergy.

Well, there are only two possibilities.

The rise of a god gained the faith of the people.

The war-torn population has plummeted, resulting in a lack of power of faith.

As for the renunciation of the Creator of Light, Claire never imagined that such a thing would happen, after all, the Creator of Light is the only true God in the world!

"Ahem. ”

Claire couldn't help but cough lightly.

This is the result of the two wars he has participated in over the years to eradicate the heresy of the night, and he has summoned the power of light again and again, releasing the great power that does not belong to the mortal world, which has seriously consumed the vitality in his body, and he has reached the twilight of his life.

"Archmaster, according to the custom, we will first go to St. Granburg's Cathedral to bless the faithful, listen to the bishop here, and the king will come to visit him at a later time. ”

The Inquisitor on the side, reminded under the golden mask.

"Hmm. ”

Claire replied in a low voice.

Although his body was very weak, and the folds on his face were like the bark of an old tree about to wither, he had to maintain a dignified enough in front of the believers to maintain a calm face in the midst of countless believers' admiration.

"Accept my confession, O great Lord!"

"The light is with you. ”

One by one, devout believers stood on their chests with their hands on their chests in excitement, bowed their heads and prayed, and even shed tears of excitement.

Soon.

The Knights of Light came to the church of St. Granburg.

The bishop and many clergy had been waiting in front of the church for a long time, and after a short ceremony, Claire looked at the many believers gathered in front of the church, and the people who could come here to gather were not ordinary civilians, almost all of them were nobles of the principality.

According to tradition, he needs to make a bright blessing to the people here on the first day of his arrival.

It seems that Claire's physical condition is visible, and the bishop seems to be calmly smiling at many believers, but internally communicating with Claire with mental fluctuations.

"If it's inconvenient, why don't you do it for me?"

Claire glanced at the bishop and shook her head slowly.

He opened his arms and called out to the great Creator of Light as if he were embracing the sky.

Airplanes......

The warm glow spreads from the sky, bathing the people in the vicinity, and people are excited to witness the miracle and contribute their devout faith.

After a long time, the ceremony ended.

Bathed in light, the trees and vegetation are more lush, people's skin is younger, the pain is gone, and even the wounds and scars are restored.

Only Claire, gasping slightly.

The blessing ritual that once seemed almost like breath to him has become an incomparably heavy burden on his body, which is now almost depleted.

In order to maintain enough solemnity, almost at the moment of the blessing ceremony, he led the Knights of Light to the church.

The group walked through the prayer room to the back room.

Claire leaned weakly back in her fur chair and looked at the Bishop of St. Granburg and several of the high clergy.

He said slowly: "More than ten years ago, I came here once, I remember that at that time, the faith here was very sufficient, at least more than double the current one, why is the holy light here declining so quickly?"

cough cough.

He coughed violently, gasping slightly, and looked extremely tired and sleepy.

"Forgive me for all these years, because of the invasion of the heresy at night, my neglect of this place, is it that the believers here have all converted to the goddess of wisdom?"

Originally, according to the plan, after the new pope ascended the throne, he would start a new round of crusade expeditions to the Land of Nightfall, but he did not expect that because of the changes in the dark world and the invasion of the Land of Nightfall, this war to exterminate heresy and evil gods for more than ten consecutive years was caused.

It is also because of the continuous wars over the years that the Holy See has been financially empty, so it is necessary to encourage believers to give themselves again and again, and even sell the places of the clergy.

This also exacerbates some of the contradictions that were once hidden.

But fortunately, the invasion of the heresy in the night was finally defeated, and the land of the stars was quiet again.

"To be precise, it has been seventeen years, nine months, and twenty-one days since you last visited St. Granburg to preside over the burning of heretical books at the Glenn Academy of Natural Sciences, and the decline of the power of the Light here is not due to the Goddess of Wisdom. ”

The bishop said slowly.

Under Claire's gaze, he continued: "The goddess of wisdom has withdrawn from the Duchy of Gran because of her defeat in the battle for the throne of the new king, and has turned to the territory of several minor duchies, and has been at war with the once divine forces in the territory of those small duchies, and now although it has stabilized, her divinity has fallen to a low level due to the massive loss of faith. ”

Well?

Claire was surprised, "Then why is the Holy Light here weakened so much?"

This was originally a good thing, but the king seemed to be very dissatisfied with the Holy See's support for Prince Ping, so in the compulsory education, he did not introduce the "Bright Festival", but added some scholarly works such as "The Laws of Nature", "Evolutionary Mysteries", "Alchemy", etc., which also led to many children not being as devout to the Creator of Light as their parents. ”

The bishop's face stiffened slightly.

He said slowly: "I'm afraid that if it continues like this, it won't be many years before Gran will become another Zealand, and then the holy light here will probably fall to the bottom." ”

"To be another Sealand? ”

Claire shook her head in denial.

This bishop didn't know the secrets of the Principality of Sealand, but he clearly knew that the Golden Sword Throne was in the Land of the Stars, and there was no second one.

"Tell me what the new king has done over the years. ”

In the eyes of the Great Empire of Light in Aurora, the land of the principality is a wilderness and barren remote place far from the Central Plains, a place of faith for the gods.

Because scholars were born in the era of the Black Death plague, when the Holy See was at its weakest, and defeated the dark world with the Holy See, the attitude of the Holy See towards scholars has always been the same as those heretical gods in the swamps of death, the thorny forests, and the Hengduan Mountains.

As for the atheism preached by scholars.

In the eyes of the Holy See, this is not even heresy, but ...... Benighted!

In half an hourglass, the bishop, from the perspective of the principality, mainly explained to Claire the achievements of King Glanchen over the years.

Claire thought with a slight frown.

There was a brief silence in the room, and after the bishop wanted to speak several times and stopped, he finally couldn't help it anymore and said slowly: "Other...... Another thing, because there is no clear evidence over the years, I have not been able to report it to Aurora in time, and I have asked the Great Sect Master to secretly investigate. ”

"What?"

Claire asked.

The Bishop of St. Granburg said slowly: "When His Majesty King Chen fled from St. Granburg during the dispute between the princes and princes, and faced the pursuit of Prince Ping, it seems that there is an elite Holy See force that has secretly helped him tide over the difficulties!"

He took a deep breath.

"But before that, the Holy See's will was very clear, and it was to support Prince Ping. ”