Compared to the battle of faith thousands of years ago.
Nowadays, the power dispute between the Holy See of Light and the Empire is like playing house, at least the world has not become angry because of it.
After digesting all the resentment entangled in the light faith, the will became a little blurred, and the right to act on this body could no longer be maintained.
"At the beginning, the resentment that living beings had against the Holy See of Light was much more serious than this time."
He chuckled softly after returning to the Statue of Light.
At first, the ice and snow elves only wanted human faith. After finding that the invasion was unsuccessful, they turned to roundabout tactics, but the Holy See of Light did not give in.
That's why the war lasted for a long, long time, and didn't stop until the world became angry.
that time.
How the war started is no longer an important question. What the creatures see are those who do not want to give up the war.
Most living beings have faith.
It's to place hope.
But when hope is gone, or even becomes the guide of disaster, then the backlash of faith will inevitably follow.
The Inquisition is only the beginning.
"Now this time is just the beginning."
"..."
Xu Shuo did not respond to these words.
Because for him, this time is already over.
It’s also the end of the story for this space.
…
Xu Shuo walked out of the statue of the God of Light.
He looked at his body, and then at the statue of the bright god standing behind him, thoughtfully.
There is indeed a not simple relationship between the Pope of Light and the carrier of Light Faith.
This is not only because he can see the entire Guangming City through the statue, but also because the will of Guangming Faith can be perfectly projected onto the body of the Pope.
Now think about it carefully...
Every exarch who becomes the Pope of Light will be physically transformed by the Sun Crown mark, which is a wonderful miracle in itself.
If anyone carefully observes the portraits of past popes in the Temple of Light.
You will find that they actually have many similarities.
…
However, Xu Shuo did not dwell too much on this issue.
He walked forward and came to the garden in the backyard of the church. He stretched out his hand and pulled out a half-dead man from the dark space under the ground.
The emissary of the Heresy Trial did not move. His whole body was covered by a black robe and was airtight, exuding a lifeless aura.
Xu Shuo lifted his hood and took a look.
Then I discovered that this man seemed to have been sucked dry by some mountain spirit and ghost. His cheeks were sunken and his eyes were black, and his whole body seemed to have turned into a demented child.
"Hello!"
Xu Shuo shook him off.
The Inquisition Emissary still didn't respond.
His eyes were staring ahead blankly, but there was no focus in his pupils, and even the frequency of blinking became very slow.
Xu Shuo was a little confused: "What did you do to him?"
The bride's voice sounded in his mind: "I didn't do anything. I just absorbed all the resentment in him, but his current state seems to be supported by resentment."
Xu Shuo understands this.
——"The Fallen One".
He was once a loyal believer in the gods.
A god will not abandon his people who faithfully believe in him, but if his people fall into the abyss of despair and no longer want to believe in his god, he will fall.
He has now degenerated his faith into resentment, and from then on, this body only relied on this obsession to survive.
I want to save him at this time.
Only the choir can bring him back to his senses.
But the Holy Lady of Light is obviously not such a kind-hearted saint.
"Your Majesty the Pope."
I was thinking about the Saint of Light.
The latter came over.
Xu Shuo looked at her, then threw the Heresy Trial Secret Envoy in his hand and said calmly: "You can deal with your stuff yourself."
The Saint of Light took a step to the side to avoid the heresy trial envoy who was coming towards her.
She didn't even look at the people on the ground, but stared at Xu Shuo with burning eyes: "Your Majesty, the crisis in Guangming City tonight has been resolved, what are you going to do next?"
Xu Shuo didn't answer but asked: "Where is the ice elf?"
"I just asked Sister Sequence to imprison her in the Heretic Tribunal. What is Your Majesty the Pope planning to do with that little bitch?" Saint of Light looked at him with a faint look.
Xu Shuo said calmly: "Don't leave anyone alive."
The Holy Lady of Light's eyes moved slightly, but she didn't say anything, but responded with a bright smile.
Xu Shuo then walked into the church again, intending to explain something to the priests, at least to make them stabilize Guangming City so that there wouldn't be any more trouble in the next two days.
After he left.
The Saint of Light bent down and lifted the chin of the heresy trial emissary with her fingers.
"Our poor people."
"As a Fallen God, what awaits you will only be an abyss of eternal destruction, so what does the pain in your heart mean?"
Staring at the unresponsive emissary of the Heresy Trial, the Saint of Light smiled gently, but the blood-filled left eye made her originally beautiful face look a little ferocious.
The unconscious emissary of the Inquisition never responded.
The Saint of Light put away her smile without interest again, and the huge golden sickle appeared in her hand, and she swung it towards the traitor with an expressionless face.
Countless golden chains wrapped around the people on the ground, and then swallowed them up, eventually disappearing.
…
…
Eastern Continent.
The sound of fighting was loud in the battlefield of Fal City.
Holding a silver-white war sword in his hand, the silver-haired man who was searching for a target in the castle suddenly stopped, and then looked in the direction of the void with some confusion.
At this time, a soldier attacked him from behind. The man then raised his sword backwards and separated the attacker's head.
After dealing with the sneak attacker, he still stood there deep in thought.
After a while.
Zuo Fang, who ran out of the Archon's Castle, passed by and saw the man in a white fur cloak standing on the city wall in a daze, so he shouted curiously: "Where are you looking at?"
The Duke of Silver came back to his senses after hearing the sound, turned his head and glanced at Zuo Fang, who was standing not far away, and stopped thinking.
"It's nothing, things should be over."
Just now.
His side mission was completed inexplicably.
[Congratulations on completing the side mission: Let the Silver City State no longer be attacked by Warcraft.]
This system prompt is really difficult for the Silver Duke to understand.
He thought he heard it wrong, so he opened the player's manual and looked at it to confirm that he had actually completed the mission, but at this moment a new problem appeared.
——How is it done?
…
After the incident at the Gate of Pallas in the Royal Capital.
The Duke of Silver received a message from the Pope of Light, so he asked the Silver Shield Legion to stand by in the Rhine City-State, while he took Snow Eagle Ayue to Farr City to investigate the situation.
No need to go into the city to explore.
From high in the sky, he saw hundreds of thousands of troops gathering outside the city of Farr. The military area was soaring with momentum, as if they were ready for battle, but their murderous target did not look like the Rhine city-state.
Thinking of the changes in the royal capital, he felt that this army was planning to attack the royal capital at night and seize Fort Tantino again!
Then, King Wald XVIII is likely to be in the city of Farr!
So the Silver Duke sneaked into the city alone.
Then I was disappointed to find that the king seemed not to be here.
Although the Silver Duke himself (character) has never met Walder XVIII.
But by observing the attitudes of those people and eavesdropping on Duke Russo's ruling meeting, he determined that the king was really not in the city of Fal, and even Duke Russo didn't know where their king had gone.
Duke Russo has been in charge of the Golden Laurel Legion for generations and is considered a personal guard of the Saint Valo royal family. Its status is equivalent to that of the Knights of the Holy See.
Since even Duke Russo doesn't know...
It is very possible that the king is really not in Fal City.
The Silver Duke hid in the corner and listened silently.
It happened to be at this time.
Messengers from other city-states came to report.
Hundreds of thousands of Holy See troops have gathered towards the city-state of Farr. Even several major city-states around the royal capital have been occupied by the Holy See in sneak attacks. Now only the city of Farr is left!
Duke Russo was furious!
So the Imperial Army was assembled to prepare for battle!
How dare the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Holy See fight against the 800,000 troops of several major military districts gathered in Fal City?
ridiculous!
However, the Holy See army gathered in the fortress under the command of Fal City did not launch an attack.
They just harassed the city of Fal from time to time, shouting at Duke Russo to hand over Walder XVIII, otherwise they would execute the bloodline of the Saint Varo royal family at the place where the two armies fought!
"The Holy See of Light is so treacherous!"
Duke Russo's face was ferocious with anger: "The Holy See's divine power has harmed the country, and these rebellious officials and traitors should not have existed a thousand years ago!"
The royal capital was lost, Fort Tantino was captured, and all the members of the royal family of Saint-Varro who failed to evacuate were captured.
Now the Holy See holds the royal bloodline in its hands.
Duke Russo was indeed a little afraid.
Therefore, he did not directly let the 800,000-strong army crush him.
So the two armies were in a stalemate.
The Duke of Silver had been lurking in the city and watching silently, and then eavesdropped on the ruling meeting of Fal City and listened to them discuss how to deal with the Holy See Army.
But at this moment.
A message came from the Franks city-state.
Not even just messages.
Duke Buller, the consul of the Franks city-state, took hundreds of thousands of troops and his family to the city of Fal, and brought a piece of news.
The Frankish city-state has fallen.
Walder XVIII was captured by the Holy See.
Oh?
The Silver Duke suddenly became energetic!
Things almost all happened at the same time.
Duke Russo has not yet recovered from this shocking and sad news. The city of Farr has not yet thought about how to deal with the Holy See, who should sit on the new throne, and has not yet had time to confirm whether the news is true or false.
The Silver Duke met Zuo Fang, who had sneaked into Farr City with the Obsidian Knights.
Zuo Fang: "...?"
Teammates who had been separated for a long time met again, but they looked at each other.
Zuo Fang looked confused: "Why are you here? Your Silver Shield Legion said that you have been missing for a long time. We, the Pope, are planning to go to the Rhine City-State to find your Silver Shield Legion in person."
The Silver Duke was expressionless: "Your Pope asked me to go to Fal City to investigate the situation if I have time, so I will come."
Zuo Fang: "...Oh, that's it."
Then why did Xu Shuo say he wanted to go to the Rhine City-State?
Was that kid trying to amuse him on purpose?
The two looked at each other in silence for a while.
The Duke of Silver learned about what was happening in the royal capital and the Franks city-state from Zuo Fang, so he sent Snow Eagle Ayue to fly back to the Rhine city-state and informed the Silver Shield Legion to rush to Farr City at a rapid march.
Snow Eagle's speed can travel thousands of miles a day, and most of the Silver Shield Legion are descendants of mixed elves. It is not difficult to distinguish Snow Eagle Ayue's meaning.
So, it only took an hour.
The brave Iron Cavalry Silver Shield Legion army is approaching!
…
…
Eastern Continent.
The royal capital.
The Royal Palace of Tantinople.
Xu Shuo walked out of the magic circle in the underground temple and when he arrived at the above-ground castle, he suddenly stopped and walked into the room he had stayed in when he left.
That ice elf Catalina did not follow him back to the City of Light.
Because after hearing that he had to face his sister.
Catalina gave up decisively.
She had completely forgotten that the reason why she came out in the first place was to help the Holy See of Light solve the crisis of the Warcraft army. In short, she just chose to stay here and was unwilling to face her sister.
She chose to escape.
When Xu Shuo came to this room.
Catalina was seen sitting blankly on a chair, facing the window, seeming to be looking at the night scene outside.
At this moment, he seemed to notice movement at the door.
Catalina turned around and looked.
After staring into the young man's cold and calm silver eyes for a long time, Catalina shed a teardrop in her eyes, which fell to the ground and bloomed into frost.
"My sister is dead..."
She spoke softly.
Xu Shuo nodded: "I know."
Catalina didn't know what to say. She just watched him cry silently. The pride and nobility of the ice and snow elf fell into pieces again, leaving no hope.
From now on.
She is truly the last purebred ice elf in the world.
And the results are all brought about by the person in front of me.
But what else can she do?
She can't do anything now.
Catalina slowly raised her feet on the chair and buried her head in her knees, making no sound or movement at all.
Xu Shuo took one look and turned around and left.
The cold winter wind blew outside the window.
The room was dark.
…
Xu Shuo saw Princess Teresa standing there looking at the moon outside the castle.
Sensing the movement beside her, Princess Teresa quickly looked over and took back her vigilance after realizing it was him, but she still retained another trace of vigilance.
"Your Majesty the Pope." A familiar smile appeared on Princess Teresa's face.
"Have you been staying here all this time?" Xu Shuo looked at her strangely.
"Actually, I originally wanted to help, but Mr. Bishop didn't let me come into contact with those things. He told me to just stay here and not move around..." Princess Teresa said with some embarrassment.
"oh."
Xu Shuo nodded: "Then just stay."
After saying that, Xu Shuo continued to walk forward.
Princess Teresa stood there: "..."
Although she is an internal agent of the Holy See, she is also a princess of the Saint Varro royal family. The priests do not fully trust her. It is only because she is a member of the Holy See that they do not restrict her travel.
But it restricted her from participating in those wars.
In short, let her stay here and not go anywhere, just wait for the arrangements of the Pope of Light.
Unfortunately, that group of people only focused on doing their own thing and didn't care about her at all, so Princess Teresa hasn't done anything big until now.
But it has come to this.
What else could Princess Teresa do?
In order to avoid causing trouble, she had no choice but to stay.
But there’s no money left to make!
After Princess Teresa's face stiffened for a while, she gritted her teeth and followed, smiling: "Your Majesty the Pope, can I follow you?"
Xu Shuo said lightly: "Okay, it just so happens that my maid is in no condition to follow you right now, so just follow me to Fal City to see the situation."
Princess Teresa kept smiling: "That's great, Your Majesty the Pope!"
Just let the maid be a maid, at least she has a role to play.