Two days later, in the early morning, Ning He saw in the hazy fog the majestic city that had been repeatedly mentioned on the road for the past two days.

The capital of the Kingdom of Io, Zelga.

The snow-white walls of the city wall are precipitated with a layer of colorful colors in the sunlight that penetrates through the fog, like a dream. The majestic royal palace stood on the Mount of Cato in the city of Zelga, and on the top of the bare hill was a dazzling white palace.

The agglomeration spreads down the hill of Catou, and the whole of Cato and its surroundings are protected by the three walls of Zelga.

The outer wall protects the entire Mount of Cato and the plain below, the inner wall is built around the foot of the mountain to protect the entire mountain of Cato, and the palace wall is built in the middle of the mountain of Cato, and the wall is built along the mountain to protect the core of the royal city.

Ning He looked a little confused for a while, and the ghostly building complex was built in front of the cliff at the top of that mountain.

"Everyone who comes to Zelga for the first time will be impressed by her beauty." Looking at the three strangers with a smile on Shan Smoore, even Zhu Yaotang, who had the best concentration among the three, was attracted by the scene in front of him.

Maybe this is a virtual world, just a game, but it brings an unparalleled sense of realism, Ning He only feels that he is in it, and everything in front of him is so real, so eye-catching.

He had seen starry skies shining with stars, and he had seen huge and breathtaking starships and sky-blue planets in the orbit of the White Cloud Star.

"Let's go." Douglas Adams coughed, and he shouted, waking up the three of them, who looked a little embarrassed.

Tsuyama led them through a secluded small door, and the church warriors around him gradually broke away from the group during the two days of the journey, and only twelve church warriors escorted them into Zegar.

Unlike the royal palace at the summit of the Mount of Cato, the Temple of Light, the highest building of the Church, was at the foot of the mountain, and King Zegar divided the plain and mountain area around the Temple of Light and the church buildings into a parish, a special area in the royal city.

The golden-domed Temple of Light is located in the center of the diocese, and it is a sacred place in the hearts of the believers of the God of Light throughout the kingdom of Io. According to legend, there are still sacred relics in the depths of the Temple of Light, and there are remnants of miracles left by the God of Light.

This is not a world of strange forces, and the weight of a little miracle has supported the entire Church of Light to take root and grow into a towering tree.

He said a few words to the guards, and the guards let them go. Ning He noticed that these guards were all obedient to the church's believers.

After the group entered Zegar, the remaining twelve church warriors also disappeared into the crowd, and they soon came to Zelga's church district.

Unlike the rest of the city, Ning He could clearly feel the difference between the two ends of the street standing in front of the dividing line of the diocese, crossing the white line on the ground, and the parish opposite was planted with many tall greenery, while the street behind him was not.

"Let's go." Satisfied with the performance of the three strangers, the parish of Zegar was finally shaped after several generations of popes, both in terms of scenery and architecture.

Near the white line stood several church warriors, who apparently knew Tsuyama, and let them go after only glancing at the four of them. Xiang Shan nodded slightly, and introduced to them as he walked:

"This is the diocese of Zelga, not even Douglas has ever been in, has he?"

"No, our family is not religious, why did we come here." Douglas shook his head.

He smiled at the mountain and said, "This is not true, many of the juniors and elders of your Addams family have been to the diocese, including Arling, the Duke of Adams, who once secretly came here to meet His Majesty the Pope. ”

Douglas's heart moved, and he raised his eyebrows seemingly casually: "Oh? What is my father doing when he comes to see His Holiness the Pope? ”

"Hehe, the god of light is above, how can I know. But there are some things I can tell you, except for Duke Adams, the other two dukes have also been to the diocese many times, either openly or secretly, and how can there be eternal allies on this land? The three dukes are just watching the dishes, if we can show overwhelming strength in this rose duel, I believe that Duke Adams will not hesitate to choose the heir. ”

Looking at Douglas with a deep meaning for the mountain, Douglas frowned slightly, "I hope it can be as you wish, but... Can you really take out all the other participants in the Rose Showdown? ”

He was a little worried, and Ning He on the side was full of doubts, they heard the two talk about the rose duel many times along the way, but they didn't figure out what it was from beginning to end.

He couldn't help but ask, "What is the Rose Duel?" ”

After these two days of getting along, he is not a person who can't talk to the mountain, as long as he is not on the opposite side of him.

"Rose showdown?" Xiang Shan showed a look of sudden realization, "By the way, I forgot to introduce you strangers, after all, this is a custom unique to our Io Kingdom. "The bishop of the Church of Light was a little complacent.

"The Rose Duel is a distribution system created by the Kai King of the Io Kingdom, and he tests the strength and intelligence of his competitors, without any of them, he will not win in the Rose Duel. All participants are placed in a rose grove in the shadow of Mount Cato, where the only winner is determined. And the origin of the name is that the founding king and his younger brother fought for the princess of the rose......"

Speaking of which, the mountain stopped abruptly and did not continue.

"And then?" Lin Ling's face was full of curiosity.

He glanced at the foreign woman and shook his head silently.

On the other side, Douglas said with disdain: "What's not to say, later the king and his younger brother died in the Rose Forest, and Princess Rose became the second king of the Io Kingdom, and also the second pope of the Church of Light. This matter is not a big taboo in the Io Kingdom, because," Douglas sneered at the intricate bishop costume on the mountain, "The younger brother of the first king also happens to be the first pope of the Church of Light, and the two brothers are rumored to have the blood of the God of Light in their veins. Then they went into the Rose Grove together and never came out again. ”

"Oh." Lin Ling nodded and stopped talking.

Zhu Yaotang smiled and said, "Has the bloodline of the God of Light been cut off since then?" ”

At this time, he opened his mouth to the mountain, and Douglas was secretive, "That's right, but the royal family has always insisted that the blood of the God of Light is still flowing in their bodies, hehe, it's just that these so-called royal families came out after Princess Rose died, hehehe." However, the inheritance of our church is orderly, and the third pope is set by Princess Rose herself, and the later ones are all inherited from the previous crown. ”

Douglas didn't refute, although he couldn't say it, but there was nothing wrong with what he said about the mountain, and this was what made the origin of the Rose duel taboo.

The expression on Ning He's face remained unchanged, but he was a little surprised in his heart, it seemed that the royal power and the religious power had reached the point where they were incompatible, after all, this kind of thing was directly explained to them without regard for face, which can be seen from the general.

As they talked, they crossed the avenue, past many clusters of white buildings of various styles, and finally came to the square in front of the Temple of Light, where an old man dressed in coarse linen was sitting on a chair in the square, and the shade of the trees on the side was just right to shield him from the rising sun.

He led the four men to the old man, and he bowed, his voice reverent and fanatical, "Your Majesty, Douglas Adams, I have brought you, and with him three of his 'stranger' attendants. ”

The old man looked up, and Ning He looked at him with a ruddy and full face under his white hair.

"My name is Sid, you can call me Pope Sid, His Majesty the Pope, His Majesty Sid or whatever, even if you call me by my name, I don't care." His voice was as flat as water, but it gave people a wonderful feeling of worshipping like sunshine, "Bishop Shan, you should step back first, in the past few days of your absence, there should be a lot of things piled up on your lesson plan to be solved, and there should be no slackness and laziness under the light of the God of Light." ”

"Yes." He saluted the mountain again, took a few steps back before turning to leave, and without resting for a moment, he went straight to the Temple of Light not far away.

"Douglas Adams." Sid shouted out the name with some emotion, "The future Duke of Adams, I didn't expect that we would meet in such a way. ”

Douglas took a slight step back and said in a deep voice, "Don't dare." Under the Pope's crown, I am the second in line to the Adams family, and my brother is the first to succeed. ”

"Huh." Sid smiled faintly, "Are you reminding me that I can help you deal with your brother as soon as possible, so that you can become the rightful heir to the title?" ”、

Douglas turned pale, not knowing how to answer.

"His Holiness is a bit aggressive." Zhu Yaotang grinned and cleared Douglas.

Sid looked at her, at the pair of vicissitudes of life, with a smile on their faces.

"Stranger......" Sid smacked his touch, and said with a somewhat strange expression: "You don't want to do what you have to do well, what are you here to mix, your world key is ready?" ”

Ning and Lin Ling took a step back almost at the same time, Ning He's hand was already on the hilt of the sword, and his spiritual vision was fully open.

Zhu Yaotang's figure shook slightly, he took a slight breath, and his smile remained unchanged, "It seems that there are really miracles in this world." ”

"Maybe, maybe."

Sid shook his head slightly, looked at Lin Ling, who was a little further back, and looked at it with interest, "Little girl, are you interested in living in the Temple of Light for a while?" ”

"Huh?"

Not only Lin Ling, but Ning He, who had just turned on the state of spiritual vision, was broken by this remark, and was a little confused.

"Literally, there are a lot of ancient books and classics in the Temple of Light, which should be very suitable for you."

Zhu Yaotang spread his hands and looked sideways at Lin Ling, "Do you have an idea?" If you have an idea, go and don't refuse. ”

Lin Ling glanced at Ning He hesitantly, Zhu Yaotang glanced at Ning He at the same time, and Ning He nodded slightly at Lin Ling.

"Okay, thank you, Your Majesty."

Lin Ling was relieved and bowed slightly with Sid to thank him.