The chaos and strife in the west have not yet been known to the major empires, and those adventurers sent by the major empires have either died in the holy realm or are lost in the broken dimensional space, and no news has been transmitted back to the major empires.

At this moment, in the cathedral standing on the peak of the Dawning Mountains, the Holy See's Pope Peter led the bishops and paladins to kneel in front of the shrine, waiting for the gods to deliver a message to them.

"What exactly are we waiting for?"

The young knight, who was already kneeling in the back row, finally couldn't help but whisper a complaint.

Since the reopening of the Sanctuary, the Holy See has not received any news for three years.

It wasn't until a dozen days ago, after the gods suddenly performed a miracle, that Peter summoned them to kneel in the church.

He prayed to the shrine every day, and in addition to eating and sleeping, he had knelt in front of the shrine for more than ten days over the years.

However, for more than ten days, the gods did not give any instructions, as if the previous miracle was just an illusion, and the gods served by the Holy See had never come down at all, which could not but make the waiting people wonder in their hearts.

But out of fear of the gods, no one dared to speak out about the doubts in their hearts.

It was only at this moment that the young paladin finally voiced most people's doubts.

Although the voice was very low, it was still very harsh in the quiet church, and once someone started, the gap of doubts would become bigger and bigger, and soon there was a whisper in the church, and the bishops and paladins who had been waiting for more than ten days finally couldn't bear the doubts in their hearts and began to talk in a low voice.

Listening to the gradually noisy voices behind him, the Pope, who was kneeling near the shrine, finally couldn't help but let out a sigh.

This sigh immediately calmed down the entire church, and the originally doubtful chatter disappeared almost instantly, and everyone regained their devotion and bowed their heads to the shrine.

"Why, Pope, I don't understand, what exactly are we waiting for?"

The young paladin couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and instead of bowing his head like the others, he stood up directly and questioned the Pope.

The young paladin's questioning frightened everyone in the church.

"Hey......"

After a long time, Peter let out a sigh, and at last he stood up from the front of the shrine, turned to the people who were kneeling behind him, and said, "All right, all of you go back, and Orlandus will stay." ”

Hearing this, everyone in the church got up in surprise and was stunned for a moment before turning around and leaving.

When they left, they cast a sympathetic look at the young paladin Orlandu.

When the crowd exited the church, the young paladin Orlandu stood there to meet Peter's gaze.

In the face of the elderly pope who has been in power for more than 100 years, everyone in the Holy See will feel a heavy pressure, even though Peter is now just a dying old man, but that invisible pressure is increasing day by day, and many archbishops and grand paladins in the Holy See do not even dare to face his eyes.

Almost everyone in the Holy See knows about Peter's deeds, and Orlandu grew up listening to the story of the Pope in front of him.

Peter appeared during a gloomy period when the Holy See lost the protection of the gods and was even driven out of the Dawning Mountains.

He led the remnants of the Holy See's troops, survived under the suppression of various empires, and with his keen insight and extraordinary resourcefulness, he won the trust of the founding emperor of the powerful empire on the Golden Plain, and successfully brought the Holy See back to the Dawning Mountains and regained the supreme power in the world.

It can be said that if there had not been Peter, I am afraid that the Holy See would have been annihilated in the long river of history.

Therefore, the Holy See and the people who believe in the gods will respectfully call him "St. Peter" as a sign of respect and reverence for Peter.

For Orlando, he grew up listening to the stories of the old man in front of him, and he was full of admiration and admiration for the old man in front of him since he was a child, so he took the initiative to enter the knight training camp of the Holy See, and he dreamed of becoming a powerful paladin, and became a person who could serve and protect the gods like the deprivation road.

But now, in the depths of his heart, he has doubts about the people he has admired since childhood, and also about the gods he is inspired to serve and protect.

As a paladin, Orlandu adhered to the eight virtues of humility, honesty, mercy, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, and spirit, so he would not and could not allow himself to hide this doubt from the bottom of his heart, even in the face of St. Peter.

Looking at the young paladin in front of him, he felt the firmness in the other party's gaze.

Peter was silent for a moment before he finally spoke, "Orlandus, what are you suspicious?"

"Godfather, I hope you will tell me what happened? The gods have not sent down any oracles for many years, why did they suddenly send down miracles, and does it have anything to do with the open ruins in the west?"

After a pause, Orlandu continued: "When the ruins were opened, I said I was going to go, but you didn't let me go, even Reimer, who was younger than me, why didn't you let me go?

And now, the gods, who had not given any oracle for many years, suddenly came down with a miracle, and then disappeared again after the miracle was delivered. ”

"We have been praying here for more than ten days and have not received any response. ”

"Have the gods forsaken us, or have we not been approved by the gods at all, or are we not religious enough?"

As he spoke, Orlandu knelt down with a bang, drew the sword at his waist, raised it above his head reverently, and said: "Since the gods think that we are not pious enough, then I will use my blood and my heart to prove it to the gods, so that the gods can see our piety, and expect the gods to really feel it." ”

With that, Orlandu pressed the blade of his sword to his wrist.

He was about to separate his wrists, but suddenly the sword in his hand melted like ice.

"Orandu, as a paladin, you should understand that knights are first and foremost 'humble', but look at you now? Do you still have the slightest humility? You draw your sword and want to exchange your blood for the gods to come, is this what a paladin should do?"

Looking at the melting sword in his hand, he heard the Pope's words of questioning the heart.

Orlandu raised his head to meet the old Pope's gaze, but finally lowered his head and said humbly: "Godfather, Orandu knows that he is wrong. ”

Then he continued, "But godfather, can you tell me what happened?"

"You should have heard that now there are a large number of corrupt monsters in the entire empire and the surrounding countries, large and small, and those monsters are not only cruel to the people of the world, but also have threatened the royal rule of various countries, even the empire is in crisis, and the generals of the empire have come to ask for help. ”

"And our churches scattered all over the country have also been attacked, and the matter has been very serious, do you really want to continue to be silent?"

After listening to Orlando's account, the elderly Pope bowed his head and let out a sigh.

"Hey, I know it's a crisis, but even I'm powerless, it's a war between the gods, and even the gods can't stop the whole land from falling into war and chaos. ”

After sighing, Peter suddenly raised his head and stared at the young paladin in front of him.

He opened his mouth for a long time and said, "Orlando, are you loyal to justice, and are you willing to defend justice with your life?"

Hearing the Pope's words, although Orlandu did not understand the Pope's meaning for a moment, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said with great firmness: "Yes, I am willing to abide by the knightly virtues, I am willing to loyally defend justice, even at the cost of my life, Orlandu will not regret it." ”

"Good, good, good......"

Peter nodded appreciatively, tremblingly walked down from the shrine, and slowly walked to Orlandus, who was kneeling on one knee.

Stretched out his hand and pressed on the top of Orandu's head, chanting an obscure incantation in his mouth, and the next moment, the holy light fell from the sky, and the strong light illuminated the inside of the church, but there was no trace of the light of the number one out of the church, and everything in the world seemed to disappear in the light, leaving only Peter and Orlandu.

In the sky above the Dawning Mountains, several figures appeared in the clouds, gazing at the seemingly calm cathedral below.

A voice whispered, "Looks like Peter has discovered something?"

"Hmph, what if we find out? He's just our servant, and if we dare to do anything out of the ordinary, we'll be able to destroy him at any time and install a new spokesman, but it's only a matter of minutes. ”

"That is, now that the Sanctuary is about to be destroyed, and the Father will also lead the gods back, chaos is the best time to change the dynasty. ”

Figures in the clouds gossip, talking about the Pope in the calm cathedral below.

Their disdain can be heard from the words, as the gods served by the Holy See, they do have the strength of disdain.

But a different voice said, "Don't you forget, if there is no Peter, we are just a bunch of lost dogs, a different spokesman?"

Obviously, this voice has authority, and after the voice has fallen, there is no sound response in the clouds for a long time.

After a long time, a voice broke the silence: "I don't know how the Father God is doing, can they rush out of the Sanctuary smoothly?"

But there was no voice to answer, and at this moment the gods could only choose to be silent.

It didn't take long for Orlandu to come to his senses and slowly digest what had shocked him in his mind.

He opened his eyes and looked at Peter incredulously, as if trying to find the root of the things in his mind through the eyes of the Pope.

And Peter just patted Orlandu on the shoulder and said, "You leave the Dawning Mountains at dawn tomorrow, don't talk to anyone, don't communicate with anyone, and after you get out of the mountains, go straight west, go to Brenos, go to the man who came out of the Misty Forest, and he will lead you to find the true answer." ”