When Walder XVIII was crowned emperor, although the person who crowned him was not the contemporary Pope of Light.
But the Pope, as a bishop at the time, also stood on the sidelines of the ceremony.
So he knew what Walder XVIII looked like when he was young.
Now the well-packed officer.
This is the younger version of Walder XVIII.
If you think about it carefully, none of the descendants of the Saint-Varro royal family look exactly like Walder XVIII, then the identity of this person will be revealed at this moment.
Unless it was a royal child raised privately outside, it could only be Wald XVIII.
…
Xu Shuo really didn't expect it.
Wald XVIII actually left the comfort zone of absolute control in the royal capital and came to greet his car in person. This made him have the urge to kill this man on the spot for a moment.
But since the other party has the courage to come.
Then you are probably well prepared.
Xu Shuo thought about it and decided to see what this person was going to do first.
After all, he is the only one here now, and there is a player in the opposite camp who has not revealed his identity. It is difficult to act rashly without knowing the details.
Since entering the Eastern Continent.
Whenever the Holy See's vehicle is about to arrive at a large city-state, the local consul will send out imperial troops to meet it.
So the response from the royal capital this time is not surprising.
As a small imperial general, the other party is not yet qualified to meet with the Pope of Light, or even to have a conversation with the Archbishop.
Therefore, only the leader of the Bright Moon Knights came forward to talk to the officers who came to respond.
Don't know what they were talking about.
In short, the team stayed for a long time.
However, the Holy See team still stood there unmoved, without any agitation, until the conversation at the front finally ended, and Captain Haoyue turned around and returned to the team.
Then the Receiving Legion took the lead, and the Holy See Army followed steadily behind.
The entire Vatican procession was several kilometers long.
The Holy See troops wearing black and gold armor lined up in front, with the Holy See Knights and the Bright Moon Knights in the middle, surrounding the bright Holy Seat in the center.
The Holy Seat is driven by six white horses, and a huge sun crown symbol is suspended on the top of the carriage, shining brightly in the early morning sunlight.
In front and behind the Holy See, other clergymen of the Holy See, ranging from bishops, archbishops to edicts, were arranged close to the Holy See, and there were hundreds of white-clothed bishops and priests around them.
The team can be described as mighty.
Xu Shuo sat leisurely in the Holy Seat eating snacks. Because there was a curtain blocking no one from watching, his posture was not very dignified and majestic.
Not long after.
There were respectful and careful questions coming from outside the carriage.
Xu Shuo looked at Catalina next to him.
Catalina, who was still silently angry, was stunned for a moment before she realized what she was doing. Then she opened the curtain with gritted teeth while getting even more angry, and took the golden brocade cloth handed over by the teaching attendant.
As a maid, this is your job.
She angrily threw the brocade cloth to Xu Shuo.
For fear of neglecting the Pope, even the medium of sending the message was made of soft and thin silk.
Xu Shuo held up his chin and unfolded it to take a look.
The reason why the Holy See team stayed for so long just now was that the responding officer wanted to see the Pope in his car on the grounds that he was concerned about the Pope's health.
After hearing this wishful thinking.
Captain Haoyue didn't laugh out loud on the spot because he had good knightly training.
and categorically rejected this.
He didn't even think of polluting His Majesty the Pope's ears with such unreasonable demands, and had no intention of replying. No matter how much the officer tried to persuade him, Captain Haoyue refused without hesitation.
Because this request is impossible to agree to under any circumstances!
Then he probably discovered the stubbornness of the Holy See.
The officer stopped talking and waved away the topic with a smile. The entire team resumed its movement and quietly headed towards the royal capital.
After Xu Shuo read the message above, he laughed out loud for Captain Haoyue who was holding back.
He wiped the cake residue on his hand with the brocade cloth, raised his head and looked outside, looking through the curtain of the Holy See.
The back of the officer's head dangled in front of him.
Xu Shuo just stared, his silver eyes under his hood had an unclear meaning, as if he was waiting for an opportunity, or as if he was watching indifferently.
suddenly.
The officer leading the Imperial Army at the forefront seemed to have noticed something.
He suddenly turned his head, his tightly sewn helmet faced the Holy See troops behind him, and the eyes under the gaps seemed to be looking towards the Holy See of the Pope.
Xu Shuo didn't shy away from it either.
It's still up to him to see.
The two were several kilometers apart, separated by a curtain, and looked at each other through the barrier of two helmets.
Whether or not you saw it is another matter.
"It's really strange."
The ice and snow elf next to him suddenly made a sound.
Catalina, who was sulking, frowned.
She looked thoughtfully at the window of the carriage, as if she wanted to see outside, but because she did not get permission to lift the curtain or open the window, she made no move.
The papal throne is extremely large and spacious.
The carriage covered with plush carpet not only has soft couches, but also tables and bookcases, covering an area of at least dozens of square meters, and it is not wobbly.
Catalina sat alone on one side of the carriage, near the window.
Xu Shuo retracted his gaze from across the space, looked at her and asked: "What's wrong?"
Catalina frowned and said, "I seem to have sensed a bit of the tribe's aura nearby, but it's a bit different and vague."
Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Is that your sister's breath, or some other elf?"
"Definitely not my sister!" Catalina immediately objected.
"Hybrid elf?"
"Maybe...I'm not sure."
Catalina hesitated.
It's not like she can accurately sense any elven bloodline.
For example, among the people in the Silver City-State, even Catalina would not be able to tell the bloodline content of the Silver Duke unless they were in close contact with each other.
Although this reason.
It's because the Holy See of Light took the first step to kill the elven bloodlines of the descendants of the Silver City State in their infancy.
And if it is Sora's bloodline.
There is no need to meet face to face, Catalina can know it as long as she is at a certain distance.
Because the opponent's bloodline aura is very active.
Think about this.
Catalina hesitated and said: "It should be a mixed-blood elf. Even though my bloodline is now suppressed by the mark of light, I can definitely feel it if the other party is a pure ice and snow elf. Only mixed-blood elf can be so vague."
Look."
Xu Shuo stared at her, his eyes flickering.
The car suddenly became a little quiet.
The young man didn't know what he was thinking.
Even though she couldn't see his eyes clearly because of her cold eyes, at this moment, Catalina felt that the surroundings were a little warm for no reason, making her feel uncomfortable all over.
Xu Shuo suddenly stared at her and said, "What are the specific prophecies of your ice and snow elves clan?"
Catalina was stunned: "The prophecy is engraved in our cognition. I can't say it accurately. The meaning can only be sensed by ourselves."
in other words.
It just depends on your own understanding.
Xu Shuo insisted, "It doesn't matter. Tell me what you feel, in a way that you understand."
However, this request made Catalina feel inexplicably embarrassed.
Xu Shuo looked at her strangely.
Catalina coughed.
Then he said softly:
"Constraint, divine punishment, power and benefit.
"Great men enjoy power and prestige, while fools look at the sky and walk towards the cliff, with the sword hanging high on the verge of breaking out.
"This is a whirlpool of divine power and royal power.
"This is the prophecy I saw."
After saying this, Catalina blushed.
This is a prophetic word that she understands.
But she thinks this is what she said.
It was a bit embarrassing to say it in a serious tone, especially since she was often criticized by young people during this period, and she always felt that she would be criticized again if she spoke out.
But it seems to be working well this time?
After listening, Xu Shuo fell into silence, just looked at her without saying anything, and did not fight back.
After a long while, he asked again: "What is your understanding of this prophecy? Stop being so meandering and use your most straightforward words."
Catalina listened to these half-hearted words.
He said with some grievance: "You, the Holy See, and the Human Empire are going to war. In order to reoccupy the continent, you humans want to put the interests of the divine power above the royal power, so you started this war. So it has nothing to do with us, the ice and snow elves!
"
It seems that she is still brooding over what happened before.
Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Do you really think that this war has nothing to do with the ice elves?"
Touching the young man's extremely serious attitude, Catalina was a little nervous.
She thought about it.
Finally, he said in a low voice: "Even if there is, we ice and snow elves just want to use this war to make a final push for our blood inheritance, but now the holy tree has..."
After speaking, she fell silent again.
Then the whole person is ready to be a Buddha——
"This war was started by the elves!"
Xu Shuo interrupted the Buddhist ritual she was about to start.
Catalina suddenly raised her head to look at him, her eyes now red with anxiety because of this incident.
"The Elf Holy Tree has disappeared, the Holy Land is gone, and I have nothing! I have also promised to help you resist the empire's army, why do you still want to bring these troubles to our Ice and Snow Elf clan!"
After yelling these words, Catalina cried, her tears rolling down uncontrollably.
She quickly raised her hand to wipe her eyes.
But because of the grievance in my heart, my tears kept coming out and I couldn't wipe them away no matter how hard I tried. I even made myself so angry that I cried harder and harder.
Xu Shuo looked at her speechlessly for a moment.
When Catalina finally finished wiping her tears, her whole body changed from a state of tears to a state of sobbing.
Xu Shuocai sighed and said, "It's because you are afraid."
Catalina was startled.
"Constraint, divine punishment."
Xu Shuo repeated her prophetic words.
He said in a calm voice: "The war of faith provoked by your elves thousands of years ago plunged the entire continent into chaos. You were eventually restricted and punished by the world. That's why the ice and snow elves declined to this point. This is all
The consequences of the original disaster.”
The voice fell.
Catalina's expression froze, and her whole body seemed to be frozen, unable to move.
"You have guessed this fact, you just haven't dared to admit it."
Xu Shuo continued to speak, his too calm voice seemed to have a cruel meaning, which instantly made the ice and snow elf take a breath.
Catalina turned pale.
Although her skin is already pale.
But now he may have received some kind of blow, his whole body is shaky, and the chill in his body is floating uncontrollably.
Frost spreads inside the carriage.
But the sun crown suspended above the Holy See of the Pope shone brightly, and this chill was not as strong as the wind and snow in the extreme northern mountains, and was lost in the warm and soft light.
Catalina's body was hot, but she curled up as if she was cold and hugged her arms tightly.
Those white eyes lost their sparkle and just stared blankly at the blanket in front of them.
Yes, she knows.
She always knew.
So when my sister was about to leave the Elf Holy Land, to intervene in this post-thousand-year war on the human continent, to seek the last glimmer of hope for the ice and snow elves.
She cried and grabbed her sister, wanting her not to go.
The ice and snow elves have been rejected and ostracized by the world because of the battle a thousand years ago, and have been punished by the world.
If I were to participate in this battle again.
Her sister must have left forever.
However, I never thought that before my sister had time to suffer the punishment from heaven, their sacred elf tree would be gone.
Catalina was devastated.
But she quickly accepted the result and resigned herself to following this generation of light exercisers out of the Far North Mountains, not only because she had no choice.
All the more because.
She had already had this hunch.
I just don't dare to admit it.
And now, all of this has been exposed by someone ruthlessly, just like declaring that the elves are extinct, and the facts are once again bloody and revealed in front of her.
Catalina also became deeply autistic again.
Why can someone be so cruel?
…
Xu Shuo was leaning on the soft couch, stroking the brocade cloth that had not been thrown away, but he was thinking about something else.
[Restrictions, divine punishment, rights and interests.]
[Great men enjoy power and prestige, while fools look at the sky and walk toward the cliff, with the sword hanging high on the verge of breaking out.]
[The grace of God is like the sea, and the power of God is like prison. This is a whirlpool of divine power and royal power.]
【Everything started because of a curse.】
these messages.
It's time to get into the script.
A preface that resonates in the script world.
【Constraint, divine punishment.】
This is what happened to the ice and snow elves, or perhaps to the dragon clan, or even to the disappeared God of Light.
【Rights and benefits.】
This is what caused the war.
【Everything started because of a curse.】
This is the beginning of Black Dragon Island, a mixed-race girl who is looking for the dragon clan in order to lift the curse. From the moment the black dragon appears in the city-state of Turnus, the script that affects the entire world and three parties begins.
So, who are the [Great Man] and the [Fool] in this script?
Who will the high-hanging sword strike at?
Xu Shuo's eyes flashed slightly.
He tore the brocade cloth in his hand with great interest.
Sure enough, this scene will become more and more interesting only when the two camps are on the verge of breaking out. The previous ones are just small frictions in the world.
