Outside, the sound of bagpipes and harps was melodious, lingering in the sky above the Holy See of Light.

Inside, Corinth seemed to be awakened by the music, yawned and slouched out of it, leaning against the window and looking out.

"Why is it so lively...... Hey? ”

Corinth's nose sniffed, and he pulled out a basket of fruit from the small table behind him, and his eyes narrowed with a smile: "Isn't this the kind of fruit that is very precious in the city of Sita?" It can be used to enhance the magic power, although the effect is not obvious, but the taste is very good, Yao Tan, and it was sent by your good friend Kuchaz? ”

Yao Tan was stunned for a moment, and before he could explain that it was brought by Hizer, Collins had already happily taken one and threw it into his mouth.

"Tsk, that's what it tastes like! I've been thinking about it for years, but it seems to be only available to the high-ranking clergy of the Holy See, and the last time I ate it was brought back to me by Brother Hilzege two years ago......"

"Ah yes, that guy Ariel should come back tomorrow, let's leave him two good fruits to taste, after all, that hellish place in North Tower City is so cold that he shouldn't have touched anything delicious after going back for so long......"

Corinth's happy mutters were drowned out by the music outside.

Outside the window, countless people had unconsciously knelt down on the huge square that could not be seen, holding bright golden bouquets in their hands, like small but persistent twinkling stars, and finally the joint structure became this large sea of scorching stars in front of Li Li's eyes.

Faintly, Li Li could hear the prayers repeated over and over again.

"I hope Lily can grow up safely and become a happy and good girl......"

"I hope my mother's illness will get better soon......"

"I hope that there will be no more demonic beasts in the spring moon next year, and the great God of Light can protect the light of Sita City for eternity......"

“……”

Li Li retracted his gaze and lazily walked back to his own single room, choosing to close his eyes and recuperate.

……

For the next two days, the entire Holy See of Light was almost surrounded by believers.

The high-ranking cardinals of the Church of Light, as well as several learned whitecoats, all appeared, smiling and blessing the believers in the line, telling stories from the legends of the Light, or listening to their pain and outpouring.

But even with so many people coming, there was no chaos and disputes here, but order, and even the appearance of the cardinal did not cause a riot.

For these devotees, the whole point of coming to this celebration is to bow down in this place closest to the deity and tell what they are praying for.

At the end of each prayer, with a satisfied and reverent smile, they sent the glittering Philosopher's Stones or the dim gold and silver coins to the clergy around them, offering them to the great gods.

The sacred and melodious music has never stopped in the past few days, but in the cold winter moon, Sita City is in a carnival that stretches throughout the city.

As Collins said, the North Tower team arrived within two days.

The news was that Kuchaz specially sent someone to deliver it, although the celebration was very lively and important, but the light of the two moons in the past two days gradually dimmed, and their griffin knight legions were busy patrolling around Tower City to hunt demonic beasts, as well as guarding against the invasion of those necromancers.

After receiving the summons from Kuchaz, Collins hurriedly took his two good fruits and dragged Li Li and the others to pick up Ariel.

His eyebrows fluttered and he said, "That guy Ariel is really unrighteous, and he won't talk to us when he comes, so I'll have to call him a nephew in front of his people and put on a stand as an honorary elder." ”

Xiren also walked briskly, and his handsome face was also raising his eyebrows and smiling: "Okay, let's bully that stupid lion later, this time I have to blow up his hair." ”

Li Li and Yao Tan glanced at each other, shook their heads helplessly, and began to sympathize with Ariel who had not yet met.

Kuchaz said that a white cardinal had gone to pick up Ariel, so they didn't have to go out of their way to meet them outside the city gates, they just had to wait at the entrance to the magic circle they had teleported to before.

The crowd grinned as they spoke, waiting for Ariel in the bitter cold wind.

It didn't take long for a flickering magical light to appear, and more than a dozen blurred figures appeared in the teleportation magic array.

There were smiles on the faces of the teenagers, and even Li Li leaned over with his sword in his hand.

However, after those figures became clear, Li Li's brows gradually wrinkled.

The first team to come out was very familiar, and it was the team of guards led by Fox. The two groups of people who followed them were all unfamiliar faces, but judging by their familiar-looking furry golden beast ears, they should be the Ariel people, the young men of the Golden Lion Clan, and a few small but strong honest dwarves.

But among these figures, there was no proud and noble little duke.

Xiren didn't hold back, and looked directly at the first team of guards: "Lightning, where is Ariel?" ”

The expression on Lightning's face was a little complicated, and he shook his head: "We don't know very well, but Lord Ariel told us not to return to North Tower City for the time being, and ...... else"

"What else?"

Lightning shook his head, but finally couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Flexy walked out and pulled Li Li aside: "Let's go to the side and talk." ”

Li was puzzled, but realized that something seemed to be going on Ariel's side, so he chose to follow Flax to a no-man's corner.

"What's wrong, Flax? What happened to Ariel? ”

"Lightning is a little speechless, but I know you're a friend of Lord Ariel, so I thought I should tell you about it."

Flekos sighed and said solemnly, "Lord Ariel was imprisoned in the Black Spire by his uncle, the patriarch of the Golden Lion Clan, because he knew that he wanted to stay in the Heavenly Sword Sect to cultivate, and now he is forbidden to contact and meet with you. ”

“……”

Li Li frowned when he heard this.

"He's sick too? Where does Ariel want to go about his? ”

"Maybe it's because I know that Lord Ariel doesn't plan to continue using the beast power...... But we can't get a glimpse of the specifics, after all, this is the matter of the Golden Lion Family, and we are still outsiders after all. ”

I don't know when Xiren, who came over, opened his mouth and sent a cordial greeting to the golden lion patriarch who was far away in Beita City.

"Gan! Is he beep, I'm really taking this old beep, I'm beep-"

After Xiren finished scolding, Collins secretly squeezed over and quietly proposed.

"When this is done, shall we snatch Ariel back?"

"I think so." Yao Tan, who has become very stable recently, actually nodded solemnly: "He likes to eat egg fried rice made by Uncle Wang so much, and he will definitely not be used to it when he returns to Beita City." ”

"It's just that if you don't get used to eating, you might starve to death."

"Starved to death, the Golden Lion family has no heir, it's over."

"There is no future king in Beita City, it must be finished."

"Beita City has fallen, and the mainland's strength has weakened by a quarter, and it will be over."

"To sum up, we are not interfering in other people's family affairs, we are saving the world!" After reaching a consensus with Yao Tan, Collins finally clapped his hands and made up his mind: "For the sake of the world, we must save him!" ”

Even Li Li, who had always maintained a serious appearance, drew his sword and opened his mouth casually.

"It's not okay to interfere in other people's family affairs, but I can save people."

Xiren said gloomily: "If it doesn't work, I won't participate in this bullshit blessing, let's set off to Beita City now, and it should be fast to fly back on a lightning ride, right?" ”

Lightning sneezed in the distance.

Which lightning bolt are you talking about?

Flax pursed her lips and couldn't help but bend up, she smiled: "Lord Ariel would be very moved if he knew that you were willing to take such a risk, but you should wait for the blessing here with peace of mind, if nothing else, the team from Heavenly Sword City is already rushing to North Tower City." ”

"Heavenly Sword City's team?"

"Have you forgotten, our personal guard team stayed in Heavenly Sword City to help convey the news of Lord Ariel, after knowing that he was imprisoned, we conveyed this matter to the Sikong City Lord, and he knew that Lord Ariel wanted to return to Heavenly Sword City, so he specially sent Lord Huang Moyin to Beita City to rescue."

"But Huang Moyin hasn't been to Beita City, and even if he does, he doesn't know where Ariel is......

"It is said that there is a master smith named Hong Da Hammer who is waiting for them in North Tower City."

After hearing the news, everyone immediately stopped worrying.

Hong Dazhui has been in North Tower City for a long time, and he is still the blacksmith master of the blacksmith union, this status is not lower than that of a saint-level magic warrior, it is estimated that he has been mixed like a snake in North Tower City in the past few months, and it should be fine to have him as a guide.

Sure enough, when it comes to protecting the short, you still have to be your own senior brother.

Li Li always felt that something was wrong, and when he was about to ask some more words from Fox, the music in the square suddenly changed.

The sound of bagpipes, which had been as soft as the sound of the wind, suddenly became slow and solemn, and the believers who had been silently praying to the statue of the god of light also raised their heads suddenly, and their calm and pious eyes burst into a different light.

At this moment, a giant illuminated magic array that almost surrounded this Holy See was activated, and at the same time, there was also a giant magic enchantment with flowing brilliance.

The sky, which was dark because of the imminent dimming of the two moons, was illuminated by these terrifying magical powers that were so strong that they seemed to descend from the gods, as if the legend of light had come true, and eternal light had come to the world.

The cardinals and whitecoats stepped back, respectfully holding their magic wands against their chests and bowing their heads in greeting.

The griffon knights and frostwolf knights, who were patrolling the surrounding area, jumped off their mounts and half-knelt on the ground, bowing their heads with their weapons against their chests.

Not far away, Kuchaz, who had hurried back, had changed into the most gorgeous armor, his hair was combed and shiny, and he walked quickly towards the crowd, and his smile was almost grinning.

"What's going on?"

Yao Tan asked Kuchaz curiously.

"Needless to say, it's time to greet the oracle!" Kuchaz's face was full of excitement: "When the divine envoy comes, we can go and receive the blessing of the god of light!" Hey, that guy from Ulysses jumped a level straight away, I'm sure I'm not worse than him, maybe I can ...... too."

Collins muttered, "You are so capable, so why weren't you chosen to receive the blessing in the first place?" ”

"That's different! It wasn't the same as it was this year, when it was only a few years before one or two people took the turn to participate in the blessing ......."

"So when the conditions were harsh before, my brother was selected, but you weren't selected?"

"Shut up, fat man, I'm letting him know!"

“……”

Kuchaz and Corinth whispered to each other, but when a powerful force appeared, he immediately chose to shut up, and then looked straight ahead reverently and fervently, and knelt down on one knee and gave a knightly salute.

"Who's coming?" Collins couldn't help but ask.

Kuchaz's voice was soft, but with a tremor of excitement.

"That is the guardian of the great God of Light in the human world, the most powerful and only Dharma God in the entire continent, and the noble being who holds the key to the kingdom of the gods......"

"His Majesty the Pope of the Church of Light."

As the last word of Kuchaz fell, the terrifying aura grew closer.

Eventually, the figure of a thin magician, dressed in a white robe and gilded robes, gradually became clear over the square, and he had a calm face without sorrow or joy, and the papal crown on his head was glossy, but it was not as dazzling as the wise eyes.

The Pope quietly glanced at the countless believers below, as if he could see through everything in the world.

The breath that emanated from him was a god-level power that represented the pinnacle of the power of the entire magic world.

In the moment after the silence, the entire Holy See erupted in earth-shattering shouts.

The faithful gazed passionately at the being above and called out to him reverently.

"Your Excellency!"

"His Majesty the Pope!"