Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

Holy city, Bethlehem.

As the center of the Holy See of Light, the Lateran Palace, which was used by successive popes as the residence, is undoubtedly the most eye-catching building in the entire holy city.

At least...before the colossus was completed, it was indeed like this.

The towering **** of light has erected a fairly stable base among the mountains outside of Bethlehem.

Although the construction progress of the colossus can be regarded as slow as a snail compared with the speed of the construction of the wonders of Idar, but according to the most common construction speed in the world, this speed is already called rapid progress.

after all……

Idalling is the only place on this entire continent where you can use the power of magic to build infrastructure!

With the full support of the Idar school of thought, the application of a large number of magic circles not only reduced the workload of the Idar collar workers, but also played a very significant role in promoting the construction of the spectacle.

In addition, the formation of a production team greatly promoted the work enthusiasm of serfs and civilians, which undoubtedly brought the various fields of Idar into a stage of rapid development.

However, although Bethlehem is a holy city, it does not have these brand new things.

As for the workers in Bethlehem, except for the engineering team composed of the Idars, almost all the others were forced to work under the endless spurs of the Holy Religious Army. Therefore, such progress is said to have been made. It's gratifying.

At this moment,

The new priest Mike is walking on the streets of Bethlehem with a smile.

However, what made Mike quite helpless was that even though the light of the God of Light and the existence of the Holy See of Light could not change the current situation of the dung water flowing across the streets and alleys here.

It's better than Idar City...

Although my mother was selling criticism deep in my heart, but the light and friendly smile hung on Mike's cheek from beginning to end.

Along the way, from time to time there will be priests and even bishops who greet Mike with enthusiasm.

As the priest who was promoted by the red archbishop Camus Blanchard himself and entered the religious court directly, many clergy in the Holy See are very willing to have a good relationship with this new priest who has a bright future.

This is not only because everyone is optimistic about Mike, but also because of Mike's humble words and deeds, respectful etiquette and deep understanding of the Vatican classics, all of which make the colleagues who communicate with him feel a kind of warmth like a spring breeze.

In the eyes of everyone, such a good person who believes in piety and is kind to others should be promoted!

but,

When Mike finally crossed the street and stepped into the religious inquisition, he immediately put away the smile that had been hanging on his face, creating a feeling of rejection from a thousand miles away.

The religious court, the highest law enforcement agency of the Holy See, has the supreme right to try the rebellion of the Holy See and execute heretics.

And now the Red Archbishop Camus Blanchard is the direct person in charge of the Religious Inquisition!

However, although it has the right to execute heretics, the church’s power has not expanded to the point where it was in the Middle Ages on Earth. Therefore, its main duty is to judge those clergy who have deviated from the canon and made a lot of money.

Of course,

Carrying around will also do some shameful deeds for Your Excellency the Cardinal Archbishop.

But... Since Mike’s character is a devout believer who is obsessed with church texts, most of the time, he will look for clues about the church in the texts collected by the religious trial.

Today, naturally, it is no exception.

Since he has always maintained an extremely secret channel of contact with the Lord Earl, who is far away in Idar, Mike naturally also received news from Bruno that he paid attention to the early history of the church.

You know, in order to prevent Mike's identity from being leaked as much as possible, Mike will not have any correspondence with Idarling unless something extremely urgent occurs.

Therefore, apart from when he faced the accusation from Sniza Hani a few days ago, Mike received a letter from Idalling, he has not had any communication with the Lord Earl who is far away in Idalling.

But……

Just a few days ago, Lord Earl wrote another letter, and the purpose of the letter was to make Mike pay attention to the early history of the church.

Although the task is simple, Mike can even feel the anxiety of Lord Earl in the words and sentences on the letter.

I don't know, I was shocked at first glance.

By virtue of his status as a member of the Religious Tribunal, Mike was able to access many church books that would not be made public on weekdays, but even so, the history before the founding of the Norman Empire mentioned by Lord Earl was only Just a few words.

But in these few words, Mike saw a lot of clues.

As one of the most important institutions of the Holy See, the establishment date of the religious inquisition is definitely earlier than that of the Norman Empire, but the original purpose and time of establishment are directly skipped and there is no written record!

This is completely different from the church classics where even the Pope’s fart is recorded on weekdays. It is completely unreasonable!

But what surprised Mike the most was that although many complete story fragments from the birth and advent of the God of Light to the people of Fuze were recorded in the public classics of the church, a story related to the God of Light was constructed. Improve the belief system.

But……

There are some places in the ancient books stored in the religious courts that are completely contrary to the contents recorded in the public documents.

It would be excusable if these are some of the less important records of the corners and corners, and may be reluctantly attributed to the clerical errors of the personnel responsible for the records, but this is a record related to the God of Light!

Among the churches that regard the God of Light as the supreme faith, the description of the God of Light is completely different and contradictory. In Mike's view, this is simply an incredible thing!

unless……

A bold idea gradually came to Mike's heart. As expected, Lord Earl, the records related to the God of Light were indeed fabricated by the church!

However, this raises a problem that makes Mike feel very contradictory.

As the spectacle construction system mentioned the fallen gods in the records of the Falan Islands, Bruno euphemistically mentioned the possibility of the gods to Mike in his letter...

That's a bit embarrassing...

I worked hard, and finally gave the Lord Earl a more reasonable basis for his atheism, but Lord Earl, who was far away in Idar, changed his atheism position, and changed his mind just before he was about to complete the task. ...

so,

In line with the thinking principle of "Master Earl's cognition is correct", Mike had to change his thinking.

Perhaps, there is indeed a **** in this world, but... he is not the **** of light!

The thought that suddenly entered Mike's mind could not help but make his eyes shine.

Great!

My reasoning level seems to have improved again!

...

The Inquisition is located to the west of Lateran Palace, far away from St. George's Cathedral.

When Mike was looking through the scriptures in the religious court, entangled in whether the gods really existed,

What he didn't know was,

Right under the Lateran Palace, an inhuman existence most likely to be regarded as a "god" finally opened his eyes closed for a long time due to a weak wave from the east.

If at this moment, there are priests of the Holy See standing here, then he will definitely be shocked to the point of fainting.

Because,

The old man who suddenly opened his eyes has a face that everyone is very familiar with...

The founder of the holy city of Bethlehem, the first pope of the Holy See of Light, and the only spokesperson of the God of Light who should have passed away thousands of years ago, under the crown of the great and respected selfless O'Brien I!

The portrait under the crown of the Pope can be said to be the most common decoration in churches everywhere except the God of Light, and its appearance frequency is even higher than that of the twelve angels under the God of Light.

And O'Brien I, is also the only known pope with written records who regretted "passed away" before the establishment of the Norman Empire!

As a horrible existence that has lived in the underground palace of Lateran Palace for nearly a thousand years, although it still maintains a face that is extremely similar to the portrait, the body of O'Brien I seems to have dried up like an oil lamp.

His pale face was covered with deep wrinkles, and the arms and fingers exposed outside the robe were almost like dead bones in a mound. It seemed that the distance between them and the bones was only a thin layer of flesh.

O'Brien I just opened his eyes with extremely obvious turbidity and gloom, which made people extremely doubt whether he could see the world before him.

"Clemant..."

After a long time, he finally opened his mouth and called in a deep voice.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't talked with people for too long, the voice of the first pope sounded very hoarse, and there was a little tearing voice, which made people feel especially weird.

The hoarse voice is particularly dull in this closed underground palace, and the candlelight in the wall lamp brings a faint light to this dark underground palace.

After the voice of the first pope fell, a door opened like metal rubbing not far away.

The heavy palace door poured in bronze was slowly pushed open, and the figure of a middle-aged man gradually appeared in the darkness.

He is the current Pope Clement V, the nominal supreme ruler of the Holy See of Illumination.

after all……

Who could have imagined that in the underground of Lateran Palace, there was still an original pope who existed thousands of years ago?

Clement V carefully walked to the ground of the first pope,

Then,

He knelt on the ground all of a sudden and said in a low voice:

"My God..."

My god!

As the current Pope of the Holy See of Light, in the eyes of all believers, Pope Clement V, who is the most pious for the God of Light, even calls the first Pope of the Holy See of Light a god!

If someone else was present at this time, I'm afraid I would already be surprised...

Even if the high-ranking and powerful archbishop Camus Blanchard knows nothing about this building located under the Lateran Palace!

It is unheard of about the secrets of the first pope!

Because,

This is the top secret only known to the popes of the past!

For King Clement V, who fell in front of him, Otterlain ignored him, but said to himself: "How is it... outside?"

"Enlighten my god, the Odin people have won one after another, while the Norman Empire has been losing ground. Now, the two sides have started a confrontation on the Sogn Plain, and the battle is extremely stalemate, but..."

Clement V paused, and said cautiously: "...After all, the Norman Empire is vast and rich, and the previous decline of the Imperial Army has gradually reversed, and it has vaguely gained the upper hand."

"The Holy See has given the Odin people so much convenience, they are so useless!"

Hearing the words of Clemence V, the words of the first pope gradually revealed a little irritation: "Barbarians are always just savages. Even if they have the advantage, they are of no use!"

Clement V cautiously crawled on the ground, listening respectfully to this being who had exceeded the limit of human life, venting his anger.

When the first pope gradually calmed down, Clement V said cautiously: "The Odin's monarch may have noticed our intention and is deliberately releasing water...waiting for the help of the Holy Fathers."

"assist?

"Hearts are always heretics. Why should the contracts signed with heretics be honored? The Holy See helped them to open up the road in the Forest of Warcraft, which has already given the Odin people enough face! But... the current confrontation is obviously not what the Holy See wants to see. Come here, Clement, advance the plan, you send someone to give them a fire!"

After a while, the first pope finally made up his mind and ordered.

"Yes."

Clemence V gave an expression and quickly replied.

"and many more……"

As Clement was gradually retreating, the first pope suddenly stopped him.

"East of the empire... is there any change?"

"East?" Clement V was obviously taken aback.

"According to Camus Blanchard ~www.readwn.com~ the number of believers in the eastern part of the empire has increased significantly during this period. In addition, it seems that a medal was awarded to the nobles in the east."

Hearing this, the first pope couldn't help but nodded.

The magic well on the east side of the empire has been operating smoothly. Except for some dead griffins falling into the well, it has never been noticed for so many years.

Probably...I am too sensitive this time...

"Have you found the remaining magic wells?" the first pope couldn't help asking.

"The magic wells located in the western part of the empire and the Kingdom of Basel have been restarted and started to operate normally, but if you want to remove all the magic power there, it will probably take a long time. As for the northern part of the empire... the church has not found any magic power. The trail of the well, the magic well there may really have completely collapsed..." Clement V said regretfully.

"Go down..."

"Yes." Clement V replied, bowing.