Chapter 195 Undercurrents are surging

The main altar of the Diangeng Sect

After the Fire Altar was damaged somewhat, the sacrifice of the Diangeng Sect paid a greater price than before, this time they prepared a full third more energy crystals than before, and this one-third of the energy crystals can be said to be nearly a year of bribes from the Holy See.

Similarly, on the highest altar of the Diangeng General Altar, most of the followers of the Diangeng Sect have been gathered, looking at the crowd of people, as if to show off the power of the Holy See, on this huge altar platform, there are also countless magic towers that light the holy fire, and there is a Magister-level Holy See mage in control on the magic tower.

The night had not completely faded, but the entire Diangeng Sect was illuminated as if it were day, and even the darkest corners of the past were sprinkled with light.

The red fire energy crystal nucleus had been neatly placed on the magic array with a diameter of a kilometer, and when viewed from a distance, it looked like a regular flame burning quietly in the center of this altar platform.

Cheber Lauren was probably the only pope to have presided over two great sacrifices, and the old man spent a long time bathing and changing his clothes in the service of the goddesses, keeping himself in good spirits, presiding over a ceremony that was incomparably grand for every papacy.

It has been a while since the bell of summer has been ringing, the dawn of dawn is gradually appearing on the horizon, when the first rays of sunlight are projected on the highest altar of the Diangeng Sect, the pope slowly appeared in this grand occasion, suddenly, all the believers who believe in the gods of Diangeng are kneeling down at the moment of dawn, and some guests also need to use the etiquette of the Holy See to show respect for the pope.

Nearly 100,000 people bowed and saluted at the same time It was an incomparably spectacular and grand scene, standing on the towering astrological platform, even Cheebs Lauren, who had experienced countless magnificent scenes, also smiled, this smile did not hide the pride and pride in his heart, those cloudy eyes flashed a little light, which could not be disguised and controlled the supreme power, which made people feel awe, and could not tolerate the slightest resistance.

"Your Excellency, the Holy Maiden Daisy did not return to the temple, and the branch of Zachariah suddenly lost contact, as if it had been controlled by her. The acting bishop compressed his voice and reached the Pope's ears.

The expression on Pope Chebers' face did not change much, but after his gaze moved slightly, he still maintained the most noble smile and looked down at the disciples who knelt down, and then slowly stretched out his hands, waving his golden sleeve robe, signaling that everyone could get up.

"Ignore the matter of the division of the Holy Maiden and Zachariah for the time being, there have been many strange forces in the city recently, and I think it is a bad idea, so I will assign some more men to guard near the main altar, and there can be no difference in the sacrifice!" Cheber Lauren also heard in the ears of the acting bishop at the end of the service.

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The people who were able to walk up to the altar of the stars of the Rosa Temple were all people who had noble titles, cultivator status, royal blood, and high-ranking Rosa positions in Zacharia, but these upper-class figures alone had reached as many as 100,000 people, and as for those ordinary people and low-level believers, they could only stand quietly at the foot of the holy mountain, and make their own pious prayers with their upward gaze, hoping to receive the blessings of the gods at the moment when the sacrifice was over.

The blessing of the gods is an incomparably glorious thing for the low-level believers, once they get the most complete divine light bath, then the disease will stay away from him for the rest of their lives, and maybe even because of their devotion to the gods, they will get the attention of the temple and enter the interior of the temple of Rosa, so whether or not the believers who have signed a contract with the gods, they will not miss this opportunity, countless people who come to admire them knelt down under the holy mountain, and looking down from the top, you can see the black oppressive crowd, crowded the vast plain of wooden terriers and the Djinn Square in front of the holy mountain, and extended to the streets and alleys of the city of Sacharia。

In order to maintain order, the Temple of Rosa had to assign most of the Templars and Judges of the Temple of Judgment to the surroundings of the Holy Mountain, and the old people who had experienced the last Great Sacrifice were very puzzled, because this time the Temple of the Great Sacrifice had almost twice as many armed forces as the sacrifice of twenty years ago, which made the atmosphere a little more solemn and tense than the grand fanaticism.

"Why don't you let us get close here!!" The believers are extremely fanatical, they want to stand on that altar now, and be able to see the whole process of the Great Sacrifice with their own eyes, but unfortunately they have no status, and can only squeeze to the nearest position to the holy mountain to get blessings. After all, being blessed is likely to change the class status of their commoners and low-class believers.

"This is the Inquisitor's order, this area is sealed off, no one is allowed to approach!" replied the Templar grimly, with a hundred Templars already separating the Holy Mountain from the Zachariya River.

Although there is a river separating it, some wise believers will come here to pray for blessings, because this is the closest place to the altar, but this year's sacrifice is cut off by the knights of the Rosa Temple, two hundred meters of territory, no one is allowed to approach, forming a huge empty layer, and this empty layer is the most popular prayer position for believers!

In the palace of the temple, Gaia slowly walked up the stairs under the guidance of Shad, the platform of the great sacrifice was at the highest position of the holy mountain, this position actually extended beyond the mountain wall, but the stairs were still in order, if ordinary people walked on this staircase, they would definitely tremble with fright, because there were no guardrails on both sides, and looking down was the abyss!

The fog of the early morning had not completely dissipated, stepping on this staircase covered with holy fragrant flowers and plants, Gaia had no intention of paying attention to those who walked past him, and the shocking image that he had seen for the first time in the blood-colored array of the holy lake the night before slowly overlapped, and he vaguely saw the holy woman being tied to the top of the ornate tall cross......

"Are your people lurking in these crowds?" Gaia said to Shad next to him, as if to relieve the depression in his heart.

"Are you tempting me?" said Shad as he understood his intentions in the alien's tone, and then asked rhetorically.

"Sort of, I'm just afraid that you will lose, after all, the security of the temple is so tight, and there are five hundred temple adjudicators on this four-thousand-step staircase. Gaia said. Walking from the lowest staircase to the last floor, Gaia had already estimated the strength of the temple's guards at this altar staircase.

"I know better than you do the deployment of the temple's vigilance. Shad stepped up the last staircase, then looked over, landed on the central altar full of purple energy enchantments, and continued to ask, "You want to disrupt this ritual?"

Gaia nodded very directly, and then deliberately stared at Shad's face, carefully observing the change in the expression on the man's face, but found that the calm man showed a hint of an unbridled smile.

"I don't know who you are, but I'm sure you share a deep vendetta against the Temple, as can be seen in your cold eyes. Shad finally spoke his true thoughts.

"Then you can tell me what the hell is going on, I wonder if your normal life trajectory should be total allegiance to the Temple. Gaia knew he had told Shad the truth.

And Shad did not deliberately hide himself at this time, it seems that in his opinion, there is no need to hide now, because everything is hidden for today.

Instead of answering Gaia's question immediately, Shad took Gaia away from the believers and guests in the name of his Templar Captain, and stood under a towering pillar of sacred fire at the very edge of the entire platform, and then pointed to the entire star platform that was crowded with people, and said to Gaia, "What are these people doing from your alien eyes?"

At this point, Gaia could see the incomparable anger erupting from Shardna's always silent face, as if he was accusing him of something.

"Human sacrifice, an ugly act in the garb of ornate doctrine. Gaia replied. Perhaps in the eyes of those insensitive believers, the Holy Lady of the Blessed Republic of China voluntarily sacrificed herself for the sake of the faith, but in fact it was an act of compulsion by the Temple, and every four years a living person was sacrificed, which was outrageously ignorant, but countless believers and the Temple in charge of the faith were happy to do so, believing that they were advocating peace and tranquility.

"Hmph, sacrificing a living person is only scratching the surface, and I don't believe you know anything about the truth. Shad said.

"Of course I do, but I'm very confused about what the forces you're loyal to are doing. Gaia said.

According to the information received from the Diangeng, Gaia already knew everything about Shad. Shad's is indeed a traitor to the temple, he seems to have been silently loyal to the temple all these years, but he has been connected with the force mentioned by Fatzer in the early years, and this force is the black hand who wants to control the four empires, and it can even be said that the four empires have been controlled by this black hand.

Shad didn't answer Gaia, but left Gaia's field of vision without saying hello, and entered the ranks of the temple. Gaia didn't say anything more to him, and stood at the foot of the pillar of the flame, half-snuggled there, watching the crowd of people hustle and about, indifferently as they were busy with the grand ceremony......

Next to Gaia, there was a priestess who was silently dressed up for the platform of the stars, and this priestess was holding many extremely ordinary wildflowers in her hands, although they were all simple, but the special fragrance of these wildflowers attracted Gaia's attention, and Gaia's eyes that were very different from human beings fell on this female priest.

The priestess didn't notice the man in black standing there at first, but when she noticed Gaia's gaze, she turned her head, and after making special eye contact with Gaia, the priestess's body trembled slightly, and soon her cheeks became red, and then she lowered her head and continued to sprinkle those simple flowers next to the pillar of the holy fire.

"Where did these flowers come from?" asked Gaia. He was now standing at the edge of the entire platform, which was deserted compared to the bustle of people in the center of the huge star platform, and at this time, it was only Gaia and the priestess.

The priestess didn't seem to expect the man to talk to her, and after a timid glance at Gaia, she replied, "Yes...... It was plucked from the courtyard of the Temple of the Holy Virgin. ”

"Did Sanliv grow it herself?" asked Gaia again.

"Yes...... Yes. The priestess was visibly stunned by Gaia's direct call to the saint's name, but she nodded, and in order not to look so nervous, she continued, "This is what the saint specially ordered, and she likes these simple plants. ”

Gaia didn't ask anything more, and the priestess saw that the man didn't talk to her anymore, so she had to continue to do what she was doing, but she still sneaked a few glances at Gaia from time to time.

The corners of Gaia's mouth twitched slightly, the fragrance of these wildflowers would arouse Gaia's curiosity because of this very familiar smell, he vaguely remembered that on the low slope of Matu Village, in the summer, these simple wildflowers would bloom everywhere, and the fresh fragrance always permeated this Matu Village......

There were more and more people on the Star Platform, and the number of Templar Knights reached five thousand, and these knights stood one by one in the Star Platform, and when the sun hung high, these knights had completely sealed off the stairs and did not allow anyone to enter the place.

The humidity on this day of summer is very thick, the whole platform is still surrounded by fog even when the sun is high, many of these fogs are inexplicably rising from the holy mountain, and a small part is spread from the dark aura of the imperial city, most of these invisible fogs are not aware of it at all, in the eyes of these people, the star platform is still illuminated by the holy light, but what you see from Gaia's eyes is wrapped in endless darkness.

Throughout the Holy Mountain, the dark aura swirled around unscrupulously, and even in the midst of this humidity, there were blood beads that evaporated from the Holy Lake, wafting in the air.

Now, Gaia was quietly leaning on the very edge, the sky was already bright, but from Gaia's position, it could be clearly seen that the darkness of the imperial city was stretching out like a devil's claw.

"It seems that there will be a fierce battle like never before, a showdown between light and darkness. "Gaia can see far more than those people, because he himself has a dark nature, the Temple of Rosa is already in a potential crisis, and it can even be said that all the Holy See that is holding a sacrifice ceremony is in a potential crisis, because the power that controls the empire has extended its black hand to the temple, and they seem to be planning to take advantage of the temple This most grand and solemn day to compete with the temple.