"This church...... Is it so big? ”

There was no obvious contrast in the harbor before, and when they actually came to the foot of the church, they realized that the height of the church was outrageous.

The highest height of the church must be at least 200 meters upward.

It looks like a small city.

It's like a giant rampart standing on the battlefield.

The high spire and the various elements of the Virgin are mixed in with this huge structure.

At this time, they were almost bathed in the golden pillars of light cast from the sky.

The surrounding temperature was neither hot nor lukewarm, warm under this golden light.

Especially the main entrance of the church, which must be at least 10 meters high.

The main door is painted with the figures of Our Lady and the heroic legends of her holy texts.

Arka: They followed the soldiers to the side door.

Walking through the side door, the two soldiers said goodbye and left.

Alka: They stood and looked at the side.

Inside is a huge domed hall.

Or the giant domed chapel hall.

Rows and rows of seats, densely packed to the gate.

The seats were full.

An old man dressed in simple church clothes, holding a holy canon, was telling something on the stage.

At the end of each round, the people in that row of seats left through the side doors on both sides in an orderly manner.

Then the next group of pilgrims entered, sitting very quietly around.

In this sacred place, they maintain the most basic of silence.

Arka: They stood on the side.

Until another round of pilgrims left.

The old man on the podium left.

Someone else took his place.

Only then did one of the knights of the ears of wheat standing next to them speak.

"Archbishop Ann has come down, please come with me."

As he spoke, he led them forward from the glorious corridor next to them.

As far as Arka knows.

There is no such thing as a pope.

The highest office is actually the archbishop.

It's like being the archbishop in the largest position in the Homeland Sea.

At first, Arka was a little confused, but later he understood.

The church where the archbishop is located basically manages several surrounding seas, not a linked sea.

And in the Holy City, the headquarters of the Church here, there are normally three archbishops.

They took care of different things, and then they took counsel.

There will also be bishoprical meetings every few years that decide something.

The highest office is the Council of Six, elected among the archbishops.

Basically, it's up to them to judge and shape the direction of some churches.

Six-person meeting, three-person rotation.

Simple and effective.

And because there really is a Mother on it, there is no such thing as the so-called corruption of power, and to be able to sit in this position is to truly fulfill the will of the Mother in mind and body

According to the communion with the Virgin.

Some of the ideas of many bishops even have some influence on Our Lady herself, revising them to perfection.

Not beat around the bush.

One of these archbishops counts as one, and they can all be described as saints.

But when I first came, I communicated with those soldiers on the way.

Most of the affairs of the Holy City are now managed by this archbishop named Ann.

Not because of how much power he had, but because the other two archbishops had too many things to do.

Need to go somewhere else to do things.

After all, the whole world is not at peace right now, and they are also unusually busy.

Soon walked through the hallway to the upper floor.

A knight of the ears of wheat led them into a hall.

In the end, however, only Arka and Shadetti, Jason and Lucilia remained.

Because the others were not very interested in meeting the Archbishop of Ann.

They were taken by other church members to see the entire cathedral.

A few people knocked on the door and walked in.

At this time on a desk.

The Archbishop of Ann, whom I had just seen, was busy at his desk.

There were piles of books and orders he needed to sign.

There was also a secretary on the left who was assisting, and an assistant on the right was looking at Arka and they smiled apologetically.

It does seem to be busy.

Arka didn't bother, they casually found a place next to them and sat down, waiting quietly.

It wasn't until the Archbishop of Ann finally rested for a while and took a sip of water that he turned his attention to them.

He stood up and walked in front of several people.

He nodded with the crowd and crossed his hands.

"Welcome."

As he spoke, he looked at Arka with a scrutinizing eye.

Arka also looked at the archbishop in front of him.

Let's be honest.

He saw that on the archbishop's body flashed one red, two orange and three gold, and he had collected all the six treasures in the triangle.

Maybe it's already on top of the enthronement ceremony.

The strength is also in the ninth stage.

It has almost reached the apex of normal mortals in this world.

It's even about to break through this apex.

Truly powerful.

He looked at Arka.

Then he nodded: "Very powerful young man, I have been listening to your stories and intelligence all these years." ”

Hearing this, Arka nodded and smiled.

Truth be told, he didn't know much about this Archbishop of Ann. He even said that he did not know much about the famous figures and institutions of the Church of Our Lady as a whole.

"The Tower of Trials is still under the control of the teachings, it is not far away, if you are not in a hurry, you can wait until after tomorrow before leaving.

Tomorrow is the harvest festival, and it is a kind of fate that you can get here today, maybe it is the guidance of Our Lady? ”

Arka nodded and said, "That's exactly what we wanted. ”

Hearing this, Archbishop Ann nodded, then looked at Arka and they thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want to preside over this festival?" ”

Hearing this, several people froze.

Then Qi Qi shook his head.

What are you kidding, to tell you the truth, they have never participated in it at all, let alone hosted, except for the so-called harvest festival in Jiayuanhai.

It is also a holy city, and the headquarters of the Church of Our Lady is also the biggest celebration of the harvest festival, and so many worshippers come on pilgrimage.

It's a bit outrageous to let someone they have no experience to host.

"Young people just want to exercise a lot, really. But since you refuse, forget it. The Archbishop muttered.

Then he looked at Arka again.

"Thank you for your contribution to the world scar before, if it wasn't for what you did in the dream, the world scar at that time didn't know how much it would have cost you."

"What do you mean?" Arka asked, a little confused.

To tell the truth, he did not receive any information on this.

Looking at Alka's expression doesn't look like a fake.

Ahn explained, "When you ascended to the realm of dreams before, you were quite moving. Although only a few people know, the timing of your ascension to God is a bit of a coincidence.

At that time, I suppressed the demons who were conducting a general attack, and bought time for defense, if it wasn't for your suppression of the gods. The once demon-proof wall has fallen. ”

Hearing this, Arka nodded.

I see.

But it is true that he himself did not know that his promotion to the eighth stage and the ninth stage at that time would be the specification of the dream realm to ascend to the gods.

It's a coincidence.

"Although the wall of demon-proof has fallen......"

"Huh?"

These words could not help but surprise Arka.

"What's so surprising about this, you should have expected it, is it so hard to accept?"

Although they had expected it, the news of the fall of the Demon Wall had not come at the time they had expected. So they thought they had done some extra defense and persevered.

"There's no way around it, at least you've bought them time to put up a more solid line in the rear.

Alas, the road ahead is slim, and I don't know how to walk this road ahead. Archbishop Ann muttered.

Then I sat back in my seat as if I had finished resting and started to get busy.

Arka: After a brief chat, they said goodbye and left.

Soon they were taken to a resting place by church personnel.

But no one returned.

Still wandering around the church.

So they also started visiting this holy cathedral earlier.

But as mentioned before, this sacred cathedral is indeed very busy.

And it wasn't Arka's delusion, he found that many of the civilian staff had some kind of disability.

It is clear that these personnel have retired from the front.

Alas.

……

Next.

As soon as the sky was bright, the sound of the festive atmosphere sounded outside.

The sound of music celebrating the harvest spread throughout the island.

Arka: They also got up early.

Led by the church staff, they sat inside the church.

I don't know how to do it at this point.

The original wall of the front gate of the cathedral has completely disappeared.

It is equivalent to the entire hall in front of the cathedral and the square outside.

Whether it is the pilgrims, the members of the Chamber of Commerce who happen to stay here, or the residents of the island, whether they are pilgrims, or the residents of the island, are densely packed outside. You can only see the heads of people, and you can even see people sitting near the residential buildings and windows near the church.

The people around, almost all the people from the island gathered here.

And in the early morning of this morning.

Although nothing has changed in the sky.

But this is still the most important time for the harvest festival.

Arka: They sit in the interior of the church.

A middle-aged man, who was supposed to be an important member of the church, stood on the table.

He could be seen with some scars and bandages.

Then he began to speak.

Listen to this speech, Arka, they understand.

The content of this speech is nothing else, it is to talk about some of the crises that the world is facing, and the difficulties that are going through the front, and then thank everyone for their support over the years.

Finally, there are the children in the orphanage.

Dressed in white clothes, they formed a choir and began to sing.

It is the ballad of Our Lady that is sung.

Some kind of festive song.

And in the accompaniment of the music, Julia is standing in the middle of it.

You must know that among all those who love music, Julia's reputation has long been spread.

After all, her writings had already spread with the help of the Church of the Four Gods.

Falling with the prelude.

The singing of children rang out.

Julia seems to be preparing for a big wave.

A gramophone appeared beside her, followed by a giant harp.

She began to play.

Attracted all his treasures.

The sound of music was heard.

By the way, the voices of these children have also been expanded.

In an instant, the chorus of children and the sound of music resounded throughout the island and even spread to the sea.

This is a ballad that represents the Virgin.

Driven by music.

Our Lady seemed to cast more light, and golden points of light slowly fell across the island.

I don't know if it's an illusion, even the golden ears of wheat on the island have inexplicably risen again.

Everyone closed their eyes and sank into the sound of the music, moved by their emotions.

Nowadays it is almost full of believers.

Their beliefs began to coalesce.

Four nodes outside the world.

The node, which represents the Virgin, inexplicably shines brightly and transmits strong energy. Inexplicably, the entire protective film was reinforced.

"What's going on?" The betrayed gods who are invading the world in the shadows are puzzled.

Even the new gods who had just joined the node and the other four gods were a little confused.

How is it that so much energy is coming from the direction of the Virgin Mary?

Where did it come from?

Not to mention them, Our Lady herself was a little surprised.

Recently, the busyness in the sky has made Our Lady forget that today is the annual harvest festival.

For Our Lady, the annual time is not a long time span.

She hadn't let her eyes be cast there in a long time.

The intense energy that came her made her gaze on the island once more.

It's not just her.

The other gods of the four gods, as well as the flower fairies, as well as those gods who had already ascended to the throne and joined the defense system, cast their eyes on the past.

Then I saw the scene on the island at this time.

It seems to be led by Julia.

Inspired by Julia's new treasures, everyone's faith in Our Lady has increased in value.

The condensed faith becomes a powerful force.

In the heart of the faith of Our Lady, pass to Our Lady.

At this time, Our Lady also gave back a part of this energy.

The raindrops of golden light seemed to have become more numerous.

"If I'm not mistaken...... That's a believer in life, right? It seems that she is still a saint. Still a mermaid. ”

The flower fairy looked at Julia and said that she had seen Julia.

"Haha, life must be angry, and the sea god will definitely not be happy. Hahaha. ”

And so it did with these two gods.

Julia was a believer in life, and still is, but because of the atmosphere in which she is now, she behaves like this.

"Hmm...... When is it better for Julia to come to such a hand on the day of growth? ”

The god of the sea was the most unhappy.

Because Julia, who triggered these at this time, is a mermaid.

Although the mermaid is an intelligent life in the ocean, it was indeed created by him in the first place.

But the problem is that in the end, sea creatures like mermaids have all been brought by life because of some experiences, and all of them have become her believers.

It has almost nothing to do with him now.

However, this scene from the Harvest Day of Our Lady seems to have opened up some new ideas for the gods.

And at this time the Holy City.

As the song fell, everyone couldn't remember it for a long time, and the sound of the music became weaker and weaker, but it still floated in the air.

Until everyone fully recalled.

By this time, Archbishop Ann was already standing on the stage.

"It is another harvest day of the year, and now let us sing the hymn to Our Lady.

Praise the harvest, praise the new life.

Let us welcome the gift of Our Lady and thank Her for her kindness......"

As the words fell.

The believers on the island began to chant prayers to the Blessed Virgin.

Ann is also hooking up their religious rituals.

Welcoming this year's Virgin Angel.

She will bring the grace of Our Lady.

Every year.

It's just that this year, these believers seem to have a little bit more faith.

Maybe it's the sound of the music just now.

The crowd was watching the rituals.

In Arka's eyes, this ritual is truly connected to the Kingdom of God.

It's really a message of prayer.

Let the prayers of the people reach the ears of Our Lady.

Then the pillars of light that set from the sky began to gather at the top of the hall of the central nave.

A faint golden light and shadow began to converge.

The expressions on the faces of those believers became more and more reverent.

However, although the faces of the church members are still religious, they are not overly surprised, and it seems that this is the case every year.

The figures gathered in the golden light became child-sized.

A child in a robe fell in the golden light.

A little girl.

"Huh?"

Arka recognized.

(End of chapter)