Chapter 68 Before the Light
St. Thomas stared at these men fiercely, and only after a moment bowed on his horse, and said, "Your Highness, St. Martin, why are you here?"
St. Martin said lightly: "If I don't come, won't you be able to represent the whole Church, the Lord said, arrogance is the greatest sin, St. Thomas, today's matter, I will discuss it at the Council of Cardinals when I go back, I think, you are no longer fit to be in charge of the Knights of the Church,"
St. Thomas was stunned, the respect on his face gradually faded, he straightened his body, and said: "Your Highness St. Martin, whether I can take charge of the Knights of the Church or not is not up to you, even if you want to make a challenge to the Council of Cardinals, it will have to be after today, now, here, I, who have been ordained by the Cardinal, make a decision that is the decision of the Church, as for you, it is better to think carefully about how to deal with heretics and false believers,"
St. Martin smiled and said, "You are accusing me of being unreligious,"
"Whether your faith is pious or not can only be judged by the Lord, but your actions are not in the interests of the church," St. Thomas's voice gradually raised.
At this time, Richard interjected: "Martin, I have explained to you the cause of this incident very clearly, and the church leaders must have known it, but this St. Thomas still appeared here, and said such things, then I think some big people in the church have already made a decision,"
Richard turned to look at St. Thomas and said slowly: "Your Highness the Paladin, since you are bent on making decisions on behalf of the church, then you must be very clear about the cause and effect of the whole thing, since this is the case, then I will give up the unborn descendant, but this is a generational blood feud, are you ready?"
St. Thomas's face changed suddenly,
Generational blood feud, this is a word that will not be used lightly, it means that the two families will enter an endless bloody war from now on, until one side is completely wiped out.
In the eyes of St. Thomas, Richard, who broke away from the Holy Alliance, was just a small lord in the local area, and bullying was bullying, although the consequences of moving Shen Mu Ugin were much stricter than expected, but if Richard was knowledgeable enough to no longer support St. Martin, then it would not be a big deal to give him back some of these things,
But Richard chose the most fierce confrontation, which aroused the boundless anger of St. Thomas,
In the eyes of the paladins, everything the church does is done according to the will of God, and it is absolutely correct, as for the descendants of Richard, I heard that there are some talents, so what, there are so many geniuses on the mainland, compared to the dignity of the church, this little thing is worthless,
Therefore, when St. Thomas traveled all the way, he took the initiative to gather many lords' private armies, that is, he was ready to wipe out Richard in the territory of the dynasty, and he wanted the world to see what happened to those who were enemies of the church.
The paladin wanted to rely on the power of the church and the dynasty to force Richard, and Richard instead listed St. Thomas and his family as the object of revenge.
St. Thomas's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "Richard, you dare to threaten the paladins of the Church of Light,"
Richard smiled and said, "Didn't you also threaten a legendary mage and a holy constructor,"
St. Thomas's pupils shrank, and his face became very ugly, if a legendary mage disregarded his identity and attacked his people, it would be a real disaster, even if St. Thomas had the support of the church's high-level leaders, it would be difficult to capture the whereabouts of a legendary mage,
St. Thomas exhaled heavily, and said, "You are not ordinary arrogance, and everyone should be humble before the light of the Lord, and now, I will teach you this, knights of the Lord, prepare to attack,"
The long, desolate trumpets sounded, and the knights of the church laid down their armor, and the knights began to dig the earth with their iron hooves in a rage.
At this time, St. Martin flew to the center of the battlefield and shouted: "Knights of the Lord, lay down your weapons, and now I declare in my capacity as the Holy Son that Thomas is no longer fit to be the head of the Knights of the Church, and is dismissed on the spot,"
There was a commotion among the knights of the church, I don't know what to do, St. Martin has a transcendent status in the church, it can be said that he is second only to the Pope, and now the orders of the Holy Son and the Holy Knight are diametrically opposed, and the knights don't know who to listen to,
St. Thomas was furious, pointed at Martin and shouted, "You dare to disobey the orders of the College of Cardinals,"
"I'm sure that the order given to you by the Cardinal is not the one you just said," Saint-Martin refused,
But the paladin also had his own henchmen, he snorted, waved his hand forward, and thousands of church knights immediately rode forward, and under their leadership, the rest of the church knights also began to approach forward,
Now that someone was taking the lead, more and more warriors followed, and soon the whole army began to move.
St. Martin's eyes flashed, and with a wave of his hand, nearly a hundred followers flew behind him, stepping on the holy light, floating in the air, Martin said in a deep voice: "Knights of the Lord, stop your steps, and go further, that is, you are my enemy, do you want to attack the Son of the Lord?"
The knights of the church were stunned, and many of them involuntarily stopped their horses, for the knights with devout beliefs, the Holy Son was equivalent to the incarnation of the Glorious Lord God in the world, and attacking the Holy Son was equivalent to waving a sword at the Lord,
But those knights who belonged to the paladins, after hesitating, gritted their teeth and advanced,
Saint Martin's face sank, and he snorted heavily, and among the entourage behind him, suddenly several people who were wrapped in holy robes and couldn't see their faces clearly flew up to a hundred meters in the air, and then spread their light wings behind them,
The knights of the church were in an uproar, this is an angel, a people of the heavenly realm, a servant who serves God, and a scepter and sword in the hands of God, St. Martin is the only Son of the Church, and the appearance of an angel beside him at this time truly illustrates the Lord's favor for Martin,
In the church, what God loves is right,
At this moment, even the most loyal church knights to Thomas involuntarily stopped,
Richard rode quietly on the magic horse, glanced at the enraged St. Thomas, and then rode towards his army, knowing that it would not end so simply,
In the east of the battlefield, Richard sensed large-scale spatial fluctuations, and someone would soon teleport over,
Sure enough, in the direction that Richard perceived, a loud chant suddenly sounded, half of the sky slowly brightened like dawn, and the holy light rolled down from the void, outlining a magnificent gate in the air, and condensed into the ground of light in front of the gate,
The door slowly opened, and one after another paladins in white robes walked out of it, followed by cardinals in red robes, and then cardinals in red with golden ribbons,
Finally, out of the Gate of Light came Cardinal Archbishop Loufeld,
Now in front of the Gate of Light, a total of nearly 1,000 senior members of the Church stand on the Light,
"St. Martin, are you going to turn your back on God's favor for you and go your own way,"
As soon as Lu Fei came up, he rebuked mercilessly, and his voice spread throughout the battlefield under the influence of divine magic,
St. Martin's expression did not move, and he said lightly: "You are the ones who have turned their backs on God, and when the judgment day comes, whoever is guilty will naturally have a just conclusion,"
"You are helping the enemies of the church and the dynasty, this is betrayal, do you want to be a heretic," Loufeld's voice grew louder and louder, like thunder,
St. Martin sneered and said: "When have you ever heard that the Holy Son chosen by the Lord will become a heretic, Lufeld, you are getting more and more bold, and you dare to do whatever you want, in order to deal with me, even the church knights I sent out have been killed, if this is not a heresy, then what is a heresy,"
On the battlefield, the knights of the church were confused, not knowing whose orders to follow, one side was the Holy Son, the other was the cardinal archbishop, the two could be said to be of equal status, the mutual accusations between the two sides became more and more severe, and there was no room for maneuver at all.
At this moment, an extremely dazzling pillar of holy light suddenly appeared on the gate of holy light, shooting straight into the sky, shining until the end of the void that could not be seen by the naked eye, and then, an indescribable feeling quietly pressed on everyone's heart, it was solemn and majestic,
From the Gate of Light, a thin old man walked out, dressed in a robe worn by the most ordinary cultists, and holding a long, dark and dull staff in his hand.
As soon as he appeared from the gate of light, Richard turned his head suddenly, his eyes fell on the old man, and he refused to leave.
In Richard's eyes, this old man is completely a ball of light, a light that is extremely strong, and the robes he wears and the scepter in his hand seem to be inconspicuous, but they all have unimaginable power in Richard's perception, and they are clearly two top-level artifacts.
Richard's heart sank, and he immediately remembered the two legends of the Church of Light, this old man should be wearing the robe worn by the Lord God of Radiance at the moment of lighting the divine fire, and what he held in his hand was the scepter that the Lord God of Light held at that time,
Seeing this old man appear, tens of thousands of church knights on the battlefield dismounted one after another and knelt on the ground, in front of the Gate of Light, paladins, cardinals, and even cardinals also knelt down and saluted, only Cardinal Archbishop Lufeld was still standing,
A bitter smile appeared on San Martin's face, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to come anyway,"
This old man is the current pope of the Church of Light,
Richard looked at the Pope intently, and in the last letter that Quicksand left for him, he said that if Richard could not defeat the church of the Church of Light, then don't try to go to her,
The Pope looked like an ordinary old man, not at all imposing, he looked at St. Martin, and said slowly: "I didn't expect that you have finally come this far,"
ps: At this point, the goal of updating 100,000 words in November is about to be achieved,