Chapter 82: The Angry Pope
Although this chapter and the next chapter are transitional chapters, they are very important, and some plots need to be explained, otherwise the officials will feel like they have watched one less season.
Five months ago, the Ancestral Temple of Bakola Holy City
The legend of the holy city of Baccola is the place where the ancestors came, located in the middle of the continent, the ancestors helped humans defeat the evil orcs and elves to get free and then left the continent to continue to travel the sea of stars, but left his servants The first priests and priests continued to teach the newly born humans, people built the city of Baccola in order to commemorate the ancestors and let the holy servants have a better living conditions, and the day of the ancestors' arrival, February 4th, is celebrated every year as a festival.
With the passage of tens of thousands of years, the city of Baccola has become the religious center of the mainland, every year a large number of believers come to the holy city to make a pilgrimage, and the temple of the ancestors has also been greatly developed, with the city of Bachola as the center, a huge area of 710,000 square kilometers of land belongs to the temple, although there is no nominal independent state, but the official and ancestral temples of the mainland countries themselves are called the papal states in official documents, this land belonging to the temple has its own legal and administrative institutions and military strength, 100,000 people of the cathar corps and 20,000 people of the temple knights is a chilling force, the headquarters of the ancestral temple is located hereγ
The eighty-sixth Pope, Carl Gustav III, was on official business in the Papal Palace, and at the age of one hundred and ninety-seven, he did not show the slightest sign of old age, and his pen was flying, and a large pile of papers was rapidly decreasing in his hands.
"Your Majesty. First Bishop Von St. Spike, one of the Twelve Archbishops, and Second Bishop Martin St. Springs walked into the office and said, "Your Majesty, the 25,000 men of the 3rd Legion of the Protector and 4,000 of the 2nd and 5th Knights have been assembled, and Martin and I have come to bid you farewell. β
"Well, when you arrive at the kingdom of Kadesh and join Doris, you must find the army that the Dark Council has secretly assembled and annihilate it all, and not let anyone go!" said the Pope, looking up from the pile of papers, with a murderous face.
"Yes. βΓ2γ
A week ago, Doris used the recording stone to send the news that the Dark Council had secretly formed an army to participate in the civil war in the Kadesh Kingdom, this news shocked all the temple leaders, the previous actions of the Dark Council were very similar to the terrorists on the earth, today there is sabotage, tomorrow there is assassination, although it is a headache, but in the eyes of the temple leaders, it is just a small fight, and the climate cannot shake the foundation of the temple, and now the dark council has actually trained an army, which means a lot of difference, with an army is equivalent to having the qualification to confront the temple head-on, what is the ancestral temple so powerfulIn addition to the non-stop missionary in the countries of the mainland, it is the 120,000 well-trained and powerful apologetic corps, as long as any country dares not to let the priests of the temple preach in the country, the temple immediately declares the king of the country to be a heretic without saying a word, and at the same time sends a large army to conquer the believers in the country, until you allow the mission, the emperor of the Titan Empire, who unified the continent back then, did not dare to prohibit the ancestor temple from preaching, which shows the power of the temple.
Therefore, after receiving the news of the formation of an army by the Dark Council, the entire temple higher-level gathered an army at an unprecedented speed, selected capable men and horses to prepare to support Doris, and must destroy that army, nip the danger in the bud, and at the same time issue an anti-black order, this anti-black order is not to sweep away the underworld, but to strengthen the detection and killing of the dark council's lurking personnel in various countries, and vigorously weaken the strength of the dark council.
After saying goodbye to the Pope, Von and Martin were about to leave, when Joseph St. Jett, the chief of the guard of the Papal Palace, hurriedly walked into the office and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, Bishop Toris's captain of the guard, Vader, has returned, saying that there is something important to report to you, and ...... He also wears a white chrysanthemum on his chest. β
"......White chrysanthemum? Call him in at once!" the Pope already had a bad premonition in his heart.
Vader walked into the office with a dusty face, and the Pope, Vonne and Martin turned their eyes to his left chest, where there was indeed a white chrysanthemum.
"Poof!" Vader knelt down on both knees instead of his usual one-knee kneeling, and in the teachings of the Temple of the Ancestors there was only one kind of person who knelt on both knees, and that was a sinner, and Vader now considered himself a sinner.
"Knight Vader, why are you back?, Bishop Doris?" asked the Pope, rising from his chair.
Vader said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, Bishop Toris was attacked by St. Francis, the Necromancy, and died with a broken heart. β
"What?!How can this be?" the Pope, as well as Von and Martin, all looked shocked, "What the hell is going on?
"Yes. Vader began to narrate, from Kaul's sacrifice of 200,000 people to become an undead Sword Saint and be defeated, to Francis's sneak attack and Ouyang Yu Fawei and a draw with him, all of them were carefully recounted.
"Smack!" Feng En, the jealous and hateful First Bishop, slapped off the armrest of his chair and said loudly: "What a Kaul, in order to keep his throne, he dares to sacrifice 200,000 people, if he is touched by me, he will definitely not be spared!"
Martin, who has a more stable personality, asked Vader: "Are you saying that Catherine, the eldest daughter of the Victor family of the Vigel Empire, fought a tie with Francis, who has been famous for a hundred years, and even wiped out 200,000 zombies in one fell swoop?"
"Yes, except for me, the nearly sixty thousand people of the Kadesh Kingdom Raiding Army, all up and down, have seen it, and the king of the Kadesh Kingdom has been reduced to ruins under the forbidden spell of the two. β
Martin is Avril's grandfather, Avril frequently mentioned Ouyang Yu in the letter to him, from which Martin learned that his granddaughter and Ouyang Yu are a pair of very close friends, only fourteen years old this year, and can actually tie with Francis, an old guy?
"What about Doris's body?" the Pope asked.
"The remains of the Bishop...... The Bishop's body disappeared on the night of her death. Vader uttered another bombshell.
"Dimension...... ......Hearing the theft of Doris's body, the Pope roared, and the suffocating coercion belonging to the top powerhouse erupted from his body and filled the room, making Vader feel that it was difficult to breathe, and sweat continued to pour out, which soon wet his body.
One of the twelve bishops of the Temple of the Ancestors was attacked and killed This is nothing, there are more bishops killed in battle in the history of the temple, and the death of Toris makes him regret it at most, but the theft of the body is a big problem, the Pope's first reaction is the hand of the Dark Council, the group of the Dark Council** Doing anything, such as stealing a body and stripping it naked to molest in public, or using necromantic magic to make a lich and then go on a killing spree, would take a major blow to the prestige of the Temple of the Ancestors.
"Your Majesty, please stop your anger!" Martin said in time, "Now we still need to ask Knight Vader about many things, please spare him first." β
Martin's persuasion was very effective, the Pope slowly put away the coercion and calmed down, he stared at Vader with stern eyes and said, "Have you gone to find Doris's body?"
"Searched, not only the subordinate knights but also the crusading army were also mobilized to search around, but they did not find any effective clues, the body of the former bishop was stored in the military camp of the knights and was heavily protected, but it was still stolen without alarming anyone, this person must be a magician and proficient in space magic, so the subordinates suspected that it was Catherine Moon Victor who stole the body of Bishop Doris. β
"Huh, why do you think that?" asked Martin, confused.
"Because she is very proficient in space magic, she often uses space magic to evade Francis's magic, and she is the only magician in the neighborhood at that time who is the most qualified to commit crimes, and Francis once said that she and her brother Andy Moon Victor are both necromancers before the war!"
"The new star of that continent, the messenger of justice, has sabotaged the Dark Council conspiracy one after another, and Andy Moon Victor, who participated in the crusade against Francis in the United Kingdom of Higra, is also a necromancer?!" another bombshell exploded the pope, and the three were dumbfounded.
Although the news came from Francis's mouth, his subordinates felt that it was somewhat credible. β
"Tell me about it. The Pope asked.
"Yes. Vader said: "At that time, the crusader army was surrounded by 200,000 zombies in the plain where there was no danger to defend, Andy summoned a large number of bone walls composed of human bones to help the crusaders stabilize the battle line. The toxin is related to the corpse, so his subordinates think that he is most likely a necromancer, and similarly, his sister Catherine may also be a necromancer. β
The three popes looked at each other, and the messenger of justice, who was constantly punishing evil and promoting good, was a necromancer? Who would believe it? It was as unbelievable as seeing St. Francis of the Necromancer sweeping the streets with a broom and helping his grandmother cross the street.
The Pope touched his long white beard and suddenly thought of the oracle from two years ago, the Red Jade Pupil, under the moonlight, the invincible heroes, the salvation of the undead, the Red Leaf County of the Weigel Empire, could it be that the savior in the divine domain is one of their brothers and sisters? He asked Feng En excitedly: "You should have the details of Andy and Catherine, right? Bring it to me!"
"Yes. "Von St. Spike is not only the first bishop but also the director in charge of the Inquisition, the Inquisition is responsible for collecting information on the countries of the continent in addition to crusading against heresy, and the information of important people in some countries will be recorded for high-level reference, Ouyang Yu and Andy as the children of the Marshal of the Weigel Empire and their own rise, their information will naturally be recorded.
The information of the two was quickly sent, and Ouyang Yu's information was first picked up by the Pope to watch, and the more he looked at it, the tighter the Pope's brows became, and the anger on his face became heavier.
"Smack!" Ouyang Yu's information was thrown heavily on the table, "What a ruthless woman! At a young age, she already had such a vicious heart, and she had harmed so many young girls, and now that she has obtained a powerful force, isn't it even more powerful than before?
The Pope picked up Andy's information again and looked at it, slowly the angry look was gone, replaced by an appreciative smile and nodded from time to time, after reading it, he put down the information and praised: " Yes, yes, in the past five or six years, he has been punishing evil and promoting good in various places on the mainland, and he has also carefully operated his own chamber of commerce to launch a lot of popular products, and after obtaining the territory, he has vigorously cared about the lives of the people in the territory, especially the Nanshan Nursing Home that supports the lonely and widowed elderly and the Beihai Kindergarten that adopts orphans is a great act of kindness.
"He is waiting outside the palace for your summons. β
"Oh!!, just outside the palace?" the Pope was overjoyed, "Summoning Andy Moon Victor to his audience!"
Soon, Andy walked into the room in good spirits, knelt down on one knee in front of the Pope and said loudly: "Andy Moon Victor has seen the representative of the ancestors in the world, the embodiment of justice, His Majesty the great Gustavus III, I wish His Majesty good health!"