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Chapter 456 Believers

It had been a long time since Norman had heard someone address himself as "Lord Saint" in person, and it was a very familiar voice, especially since he had only met this person not long ago.

Hardy Euwenstein.

Norman recognized the owner of the voice immediately.

With the arrest warrant issued by the Father God, it is difficult for him to gain a foothold in the human world. If his identity is exposed on the spot, it will be a big trouble, but Norman did not react too radically because of this, he just looked around blankly Looking around, it seemed that he was looking for someone, and at the same time his expression was confused, as if he couldn't figure it out.

Lancelot's voice came at this time: "Respond with the reaction of ordinary people who don't know!" Obviously they also thought of Norman.

But Hardy wasn't fooled by Norman's performance.

"Everyone's body smell is different, but I am a person who is very sensitive to smell. I have always remembered the smell on your body, Lord Saint, and I recognized it when I met just now, but I am still a little uncertain after all. So I waited for a while, until just now."

"I have heard the rumors of the sword in the stone for a long time. It is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to make the sword in the stone move. And among the people I know, apart from the Pope, perhaps only the Holy Spirit Only you, my lord, could do it, so I finally confirmed your identity, my lord."

Smell, draw sword...

Only then did Norman know how Hardy recognized him.

He really didn't expect that Hardy actually had such a magical supernatural power - according to the legend of the Knights Templar, it should be related to hormones or something.However, the time he had been in contact with Hardy was indeed not long, and it was not surprising that he didn't know about it.

As the situation changed, Lancelot's voice came again: "Calm down! Stabilize the other party first, and then we can discuss the situation."

And that's exactly what Norman set out to do.

"Good day, Priest Hardy."

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Norman stopped acting, and also responded to the other party with the magic mouth technique, "Long time no see." Then he looked in the other party's direction.

Right now, the former cardinal priest of the Church of the Father was standing in the crowd of the church. After seeing himself looking over, he bowed slightly in his direction and saluted.

Hardy continued to use the magic mouth technique: "I am no longer a cardinal priest, my lord. Now I am just an ordinary priest in the diocese of Arica."

Norman said "Oh?" and said, "I heard that you were exiled to Penke, so the rumors are true?"

Hardy said: "That's right, His Excellency the Pope personally ordered you to be declared a heretic, and I was the one who strongly advocated canonizing you as a saint, so I was also implicated. But considering my past achievements, His Excellency the Pope did not put me to death, and exiled me to Pencorai."

When Hardy said this, he paused, and then he seemed to understand what Norman was thinking, and said: "Master Saint, you don't have to be nervous, I have no malice towards you, and I will not reveal your identity. You can rest assured."

Have no malice towards yourself and won't expose yourself?

Norman couldn't figure out what Hardy was thinking.

Based on his understanding of Hadi, Hadi is a very competent church member with a very firm stand. Even death cannot change his beliefs, so he should be consistent with the Pope.What's more, I also implicated him and was exiled to the prairie. He should hate himself. How could he talk like this?
Norman was puzzled, so he asked tentatively: "Why did you do this? I heard that I am now a heresy personally approved by the Pope. It is said that even the gods personally issued the oracle."

Hardy shook his head slightly, and asked, "What is heresy?"

Without waiting for Norman to answer, he continued: "I used to think that Lord Thomas was a heretic, but now I realize that perhaps in the eyes of Lord Thomas, the current church is the real heresy."

"My lord, I am aware of all the things you have done. I was with you when several of them happened, and I witnessed the whole process with my own eyes. What I saw was a man whose life was for the people. A great and benevolent brave man who is desperate and compassionate, at least hundreds of thousands of lives have been directly saved by you, and you have single-handedly contributed to the current political situation, so that the kingdom will not be chaotic for a long time or even be destroyed. fragmented, which indirectly saved millions of people."

"What I see is the most holy heart, what I see is a real saint, I don't think such a saint should be treated like this. Maybe I can't change all this, but it doesn't On behalf of me, I would facilitate such wrongful actions."

It's a lie to be praised in person like this, and it's fake to say you're unhappy-who doesn't like to be said good things?Even a true saint is probably not exempt, let alone a false saint like Norman.And as Hardy said these words, Norman unconsciously thought of a person, that is Thomas Hardy just mentioned.

Norman seems to have vaguely understood why his honorary uncle wanted to betray the Father God, because now Hardy seems to have such a harbinger: first, there was a change in his thinking, and his long-standing belief began to shake, and then With the gradual expansion of the rift, it develops into action, and finally ends in a rupture.

After thinking of this, Norman's heart relaxed, and he was not as nervous as before.

If he had just arrived in Cardenas, Norman would have been so flattered and flattered by Hardy's words that he wanted to give the other party his heart, but now Norman is not so trusting.

He just smiled wryly at the corner of his mouth, and said: "I am not as great as you said, and the rumors are not wrong. I have indeed served in the Dragon Clan, and I have taken the position of the Great Situ of the Dragon Clan."

He believed that it would not be difficult for Hardy to see his expression from such a distance, so he did not neglect at all, and did a full set of acting, even the micro-expression changes matched the content of the words.

After hearing Norman's own admission that he had surrendered to the Dragon Clan, Hardy's expression didn't change, not even the slightest bit of surprise. Obviously, he had confirmed this information long ago.

"But you are also the saint of the church and the protector of mankind."

"Your realm is far beyond ours. This was fully revealed in the First Battle of Jebel Dana. Although I did not go to the scene in person, I have heard my colleagues describe the scene countless times."

"In your opinion, all things are equal, whether it is human beings, dragons, elves and other intelligent races, or cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock, there should be no difference in your eyes, so the difference between the races we are obsessed with , you don't mind."

"Father God, please forgive my ignorance. I have never been able to reach your realm. What you hold is the true meaning of Father God, so I can't know what your ultimate goal is, but I think it must not be Purgatory, but heaven. All we can do is to believe in you..."

Norman listened silently to the words of the former cardinal of the Church of the Father, not knowing what to say.

It's not that he has never been worshiped as a god. In fact, he has had this experience many times, but those are all ignorant people with low levels or the "middle class" in the mouth of the Knights Templar.Among the intelligent creatures he has come into contact with, which one has reached the top level without a shrewd mind?For example Hardy, for example Agnes, for example Chen Qinghe, for example Fang Xiangru.

Those who can reach this level are all people who see things very thoroughly. Even when they are the smoothest and the most famous, they can't completely trust themselves. Well, this is the first time Norman has seen someone of this level blindly worship him like an ignorant commoner, so he really doesn't know what to say.

Or, this is just Hardy's rhetoric, and he actually has other thoughts in his heart?
Norman subconsciously thought about it deeply, and he even thought of a strange possibility: Hardy is not a trick of the church, is he?Deliberately surrendering to himself in this way, and then infiltrating into the Dragon Clan to steal important information, isn't that what Lancelot once told him about being an undercover agent?

This made Norman ask intentionally or unintentionally: "Then what are your plans in the future?"

He was fishing. If Hardy replied that he planned to follow him, it would be very suspicious, but Hardy's answer was not what Norman expected.

"Lord Saint, you have your way. Although I yearn for it, I can't understand it, and I can't imitate it, so I will walk my own way."

"I will follow the Pope's sentence and continue to stay in Arica as a priest. I will continue to study the Holy Scriptures while preaching, hoping that the light of God the Father will shine on more people."

Hardy doesn't seem to be an undercover agent who intends to break into the Dragon Clan as Norman guessed, but who knows?Maybe Hardy is retreating to advance?
No matter what, since Hardy has said so, Norman will not follow him no matter whether he is sincere or scheming. Instead, he said casually: "That's fine, as long as it can spread the glory of God the Father." , priests and priests, all the same."

……

While the two were chatting with the magic mouth technique, the sword drawing ceremony was still going on.

The guy who was the first to rush up after the new sword-drawing stage was built, his face was distorted with excitement, came down in despair after a while, and he couldn't pull out the sword in the stone at all.

This guy even wanted to follow Norman's example, pulling out for a while and several times, but he was ruthlessly coaxed away by the knights standing on both sides of the Sword in the Stone because it didn't have any effect on the Sword in the Stone.Because he was so discouraged and unwilling to reconcile, he was halfway down the stairs, and accidentally rolled down. Fortunately, there was nothing serious except for multiple bruises on his body.

Those people in the sword-drawing queue saw how easily Norman made such a big battle, and thought that today's Sword in the Stone would be particularly easy to draw, but after seeing the performance of the next first contestant, they were in a bad mood. It was a slight fall, and then the second contestant returned without success, which made the hearts of those contestants in the sword-drawing queue even colder.After the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, those guys who were still full of excitement and delusional thinking that they were going to become a sword-drawing hero today completely calmed down and regained their senses.

It seems that it is not because today is the way out of the sword in the stone that it is particularly easy to make noise, but simply because the middle-aged uncle who is the first contestant is really capable.

The participants of the sword-drawing ceremony reluctantly accepted this cognition, but this did not hinder everyone's enthusiasm for participation. The queue waiting for the sword-drawing ceremony was still so long, and everyone was willing to participate in this annual event with good money , some guys even repeated several rounds.

The scene of the sword-drawing ceremony has restored the atmosphere of previous years. The Metropolitan sits behind the viewing platform as in previous years, and the queue of participants waiting to draw their swords is gearing up one by one. The people around were exchanging views, and the smart hawkers were even more difficult to squeeze through the crowd with all kinds of delicious dried fruits, shouting at the top of their voices.

But suddenly, the sound in the inner circle of the square froze and fell into absolute silence.

This kind of silence quickly spread from the inner circle to the outer circle. Within two breaths, everyone in the square and the surrounding area stopped making a sound.Everyone kept the same posture of raising their heads, and stared dumbfoundedly at the top of the sword-drawing platform, which was made of stone walls. The whole space was deadly silent.

"Pattern"

A handful of dried fruit in the arms of a peddler in the crowd fell to the ground with a clear sound.

This was the only sound at the scene, and there was another sound that spread from the top of the sword-drawing platform to the surroundings.

"Zi"

It was the sound of metal rubbing against stone.

Norman was also looking towards the top of the sword-drawing platform. There was a tall woman standing there, holding a huge sword in her hand, pointing to the sky - the sword was too long, almost as long as two people added together, So she can only hold it in this posture.

In front of the woman, there was only a huge stone, and the sword in the stone on it had disappeared. Looking at the hilt, the sword in the stone was obviously the one held by the woman, and the sound of "Zi" was The sound of her pulling the sword out of the stone just now.

That woman is Atrimisia.

Although Norman has been chatting with Hardy, he also clearly saw the whole process while carrying the "Heart Sutra of Catch the Sea": Artemisia came up from the stairs, walked to the sword in the stone, held it with one hand, and With one draw, she pulled out the sword in the stone from the stone.

It's that simple, she didn't even need to hold down the big rock, she just pulled out the sword in the stone all at once.

It all happened so fast...

(End of this chapter)