Chapter 80 The new saint, the old pope, and the question of becoming a god
Saint-Joan Empire, city of Frenje.
Saint Kate followed Captain Richard towards a splendid and majestic church.
If the Glory Temple is the facade of the church, then this Emerald Cathedral is the highest holy place in the hearts of countless believers across the Saigon continent.
Most of the power of faith from all over the continent is gathered here.
With a thought in Arturia's mind, her eyes glowed golden, and her pupils turned into the most noble golden color.
She looked up, and within her extraordinary vision, there was an almost infinite power of faith that was more majestic and dazzling than the blazing sun at noon, turning into billions of pale golden light waterfalls pouring down...
This power of faith is so huge, broader than the sky and more turbulent than the sea.
Artoria's eyes were shocked and she took a deep breath.
The power of faith in the crystal ball inherited by the saint is enough, and it is more than enough to confer a god.
But the power of faith accumulated here in the Emerald Cathedral is even greater. Although mortals cannot see this power, any high-level extraordinary person who comes here will feel his own insignificance and be suppressed, like an ant looking up at the sky.
"Kate, as long as God's spokesperson on earth, our respected and wise Pope, stands in the Emerald Cathedral, he is invincible. Even the false gods and evil gods must bow down..."
Artoria recalled Archbishop Timo's words.
When she first came to the city of Flenje in the St. Joan Empire, the old bishop pointed to this cathedral and said these words quite proudly.
She didn't believe it before.
However, after accepting the inheritance of the Saint and being able to understand and feel the power of faith more deeply, she believed.
As long as the popes of the past dynasties stayed close to the Emerald Cathedral, they were almost invincible. As long as they used this huge power of faith, they were enough to fight against the true God.
However, the shortcomings are also obvious. It is limited to the royal capital, and it will not work if it is far away.
Neither kings nor demigods can effectively utilize the power of faith, even with the help of formations.
Only the godhead of the new god can efficiently store, refine, digest and absorb the power of faith, and transform the power of faith into its own divine power.
'The church is too defensive but not aggressive enough...'
Artoria said silently in her heart.
After the Beihai incident, the church seemed a little anxious.
She had only been awake for three days. In order to defeat the brand of the saints of the past, she had consumed a lot of mental energy and was quite exhausted.
But she had no chance to rest at all. In the past few days, Captain Richard hurriedly took her to meet many of the great nobles of the empire and important figures within the Holy See, and she became familiar with them.
"Thank you for your hard work, because we are pressed for time and you can't rest yet."
Captain Richard seemed to notice the saint's fatigue and said apologetically.
"It's okay, I understand. Go and see His Majesty the Pope."
Arriving under the Emerald Cathedral again, Artoria still felt a little breathtaking, and all her mental fatigue seemed to have disappeared.
The Emerald Cathedral is the largest, most famous and most artistically accomplished church in the world.
There are more than 60,000 marble statues here, 31,590 of which are located on the exterior of the building, of which 22,450 are carved on the outside. The themes of the statues are mostly religious themes such as the deeds of saints and saints, and the various statues come in various shapes.
There are also 960 beast-shaped drainage outlets outside the church, and the beasts at each corner are different. There are exquisitely carved window grilles distributed throughout the exterior of the building, with a total length of about 10 kilometers.
The front facade of the cathedral is a bas-relief gate made of sacred bronze. The front is separated by 10 huge square columns to form a copper gate. From the left, there are double columns, the first door is a single column, the second door is a double column.
The middle gate (the third gate) has double columns, the fourth gate has a single column, and the fifth gate has a double column arrangement.
Each bronze door is divided into many squares, and each square is carved with church history, mythology and biblical stories.
There are three small floating cities above the church, arranged in the shape of "pin".
There are three more sculptures of the goddess of light standing on the floating city. Each one is a hundred feet high and has different postures. One is a powerful female warrior wearing golden armor, holding a spear and a large shield; the other is wearing an elegant dress and glass slippers.
, a beautiful girl dancing gracefully; and a young girl in coarse linen clothes, with flowers on her head and rice ears tied around her waist.
There are also various lifelike angel sculptures standing on the edge of the floating city, overlooking the world...
And these are just the tip of the iceberg of church architecture.
‘Big dog owner.’
Arturia subconsciously thought of her brother's words.
If he were here, he would definitely say this.
"Captain Richard! Her Royal Highness the Saint!"
In front of the heavy holy bronze gate, two teams of paladins guarding the church saw the leader and the saint arriving, and immediately saluted and said hello.
The knights are already familiar with the leader, and are looking more at the new saint.
She was wearing a light golden saint's dress with a waistband and a long skirt. Her already developed and graceful figure was vaguely outlined with curves along the stripes of the dress. Her skin was crystal clear, her figure was convex and backward, and her knee-length skirt was exposed.
A piece of pure white thigh.
She is pure and holy, and embodies the beauty of women everywhere, which makes the knights shine.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Captain Richard nodded gently to the knights and walked into the middle door of the church without any further pause.
Arturia followed the leader with light steps, not forgetting to nod politely and smile at the knights along the way.
Because she had absorbed the power of the saints of all ages during this period and completely digested it, her whole body naturally exuded a soft divine radiance. Even her hair was shining with luster, and she was extremely holy.
Finding that the knights were all staring at her, she waved to them. Her exquisite facial features and fair skin were flawless, and her elegant smile seemed to be clearer than spring water and gentler than the spring breeze, which made people feel sincerely.
Relaxed and enjoyable.
Her beauty and holiness shocked everyone's soul.
"This...is the new saint?"
"Kate Reinhardt, from the Kingdom of Falorland, is only 22 years old, very young."
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A young knight couldn't help but look inside the door. The saint had gone away, but he still looked at the beautiful figure reluctantly.
The guard captain immediately scolded with a straight face:
"Shut up and stop talking nonsense. Your Highness the Saint is someone you can talk about casually?"
The knights restrained themselves from talking and stood back up, but they could not help but recall the voice and smile of the new saint in their hearts.
She is so beautiful...
"I'm going to make you laugh. These silly boys can't walk when they see a pretty girl."
With the strength of Captain Richard, he could naturally hear the young knights behind him talking about the saint and shook his head.
Altria smiled, played with Liu Hai with her bare hands, and said a little playfully:
"I did it on purpose, to tease them."
Leader: "..."
I didn't realize that Kate still has such a bad taste.
"Let them go. If you smile at them again, I'm afraid their souls will be taken away."
Captain Richard glanced at the saint and said helplessly.
Kate's appearance and temperament are indeed too outstanding. Even he finds it amazing, let alone those young and energetic young people.
Arturia smiled and nodded, indicating that she would not do it.
After spending a long time with her cheap brother, she has been affected and sometimes becomes a little sinister...
The two walked towards the nave of the church.
This church is majestic and beautifully decorated. The skylight is inlaid with many small pieces of colorful stained glass, and the window lattice structure is wrapped in a round radial shape, resembling a rose.
Light pours in through the stained glass windows, making the white marble reliefs engraved with various saints' deeds and epic stories shine brightly. The various bronze statues of devils and angel sculptures on both sides of the corridor seem to come alive at this time.
Probably because too much power of faith has been accumulated, every brick and tile here is glowing with a faint holy light, giving it a sacred and immortal charm.
Arturia followed the leader through many corridors and halls, and met the old pope in the Hall of Light.
Pope Gregory II was a gray-haired old man with cloudy eyes and wrinkles on his face. He was wearing a gray priest's robe that had been washed a little white. He looked old and sleepy, as if he would die in the next second.
Will burp farts.
However, Arturia did not dare to look down upon him and immediately bowed slightly to salute.
"His Majesty the Pope!" x2
Gregory II sat on a high chair covered with scarlet velvet cushions and decorated with various ancient jewelry.
After hearing the sound, his eyes widened slightly, looking at the two of them, his cloudy eyes became brighter, and he said slowly:
"Kate, you are very good. You surpass all the saints in the past and are expected to become a god."
Captain Richard was shocked.
Kate unexpectedly refined the power of more than twenty saints, greatly increased her strength, and became a king. The top leaders of the church knew about this.
But she shouldn't be a demigod just yet.
The remaining power of the saints of the past generations in the inheritance crystal will be consumed by the new saint every once in a while, and then slowly restored and accumulated. Kate's dual route practitioners are not prioritized. Even if they absorb all these powers, they will not be enough to ignite the divine fire.
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But the Pope said that Kate surpassed all the saints in the past.
You must know that there are some amazing saints among the saints in the past. Currently, there are 5 kings and 1 demigod.
To surpass them all, you must at least be the best among demigods, close to the giants...
Arturia was slightly startled, her face was as usual, she looked at the white-haired old pope on the high chair and said:
"You flatter me."
She thought the old man might have seen something.
She transferred part of her power into the Holy Sword of Light and the Lion King. On the surface, she maintained a power of around level 34, but after all, she had ignited the divine fire, and it was difficult to completely cover up the aura of the divine fire.
Gregory II still looked drowsy. It seemed that the temperature was a bit cold in winter. He pulled up the small blanket on the back of the chair and put it on his knees, and said in a slow tone:
"Kate, if you succeed in becoming a god, will you protect the church and protect believers across the continent?"
Captain Richard subconsciously held his breath.
Artoria said seriously: "This is exactly what I am pursuing!"
The pope's eyes were cloudy and he couldn't see any emotion. He said, "What priesthood are you planning to gather?"
"Light, order, justice, hope!" Artoria said without thinking.
These four are all important priesthoods with a bright future. If any one of them is deduced to perfection, it is expected to have strong divine power.
When Gregory II heard her words, he nodded slightly, opened the space in front of him with his dry palm, and took out the crystal ball inherited from the Saint.
The power of the saints of all ages in the crystal ball has been exhausted, leaving only a trace of brand as a seed, but the massive power of faith inside it is still there, brilliant and brilliant, like a vast golden ocean.
The pope threw the inheritance crystal ball to the saint and said:
"Then this will be kept by you from now on."
Artoria held the crystal ball in her hand, a little surprised.
After she accepted the inheritance of the saint, the eternal crystal ball was immediately recovered.
As the "supreme holy object" of the church, it is not something that the saint can keep.
Captain Richard opened his eyes slightly, hesitated a little, and said:
"His Majesty the Pope, this..."
This eternal crystal ball stores one-third of the total power of faith accumulated by the church over the past fifteen hundred years.
The "Eternal Crystal Ball" itself is also a treasure, so precious that ordinary demigods can't even afford half of it if they lose all their money.
If the second path can be passed, this eternal crystal ball is a ticket to becoming a god. Any king who gets it will definitely become a god.
Thanks to the tragedy of Storm War God, otherwise the church would have just thrown out this eternal crystal, and the whole continent would have been filled with blood, and a lot of kings and demigods would have died...
Is it appropriate to hand over such a supreme holy object to a newly appointed saint?
The Pope naturally understood Captain Richard's hesitation, slightly tightened the blanket and said slowly:
"It's no problem keeping this thing with Kate's power."
The group leader stopped talking.
Artoria held the pale golden eternal crystal ball in her hand, feeling a little confused and said:
"His Majesty the Pope, what exactly is this crystal?"
Eternal crystal, she had never heard of this material.
She had tried to transfer the power of faith in the crystal before, but failed. She knew very well how difficult it was to transfer and store the power of faith, and it was even harder to absorb it.
The Pope said: "Correspondingly, you have guessed that the Eternal Crystal is a fragment of the Godhead. To be precise, it is a divine object polished and processed with the fragments of the Godhead as the main material."
Arturia's cherry mouth opened slightly, she was surprised, but she felt it was reasonable.
Besides godhead, what else can store such a huge power of faith?
Captain Richard sighed:
"It's a pity that the fragments of the godhead obtained by the church are too mutilated and cannot be used to confer gods. Otherwise, Captain Lewis would have..."
"Ahem!"
On the high chair, the old pope suddenly coughed, and a sharp light flashed in his cloudy eyes.
At this moment, the laws of time and space shook slightly, the world became black and white, and everything within sight seemed to be shorter!
This breath is fleeting.
Captain Richard knew that he had said the wrong thing. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead and his face turned pale.
Arturia's eyelashes trembled, and the fleeting breath made her feel suppressed, and the divine power in her body was stagnant and not functioning smoothly.
She was a little surprised by the old pope's strength, so she missed a "Level Detection".
She also met the Pope last time, but that time it was just a clone with the power of an ordinary king.
This time it should be the main body, right?
[Gregory Ladd George Mountbatten...blessed by the Broken Kingdom of God...blessed by the power of faith...pseudo-god level (pseudo-sixth level)...]
Artoria: "..."
(??_??)?, What is the pseudo-god level?
It should be inferior to the true God.
Better than the demon giant?
It also feels a little wrong...
Arturia was full of doubts, but it was hard to ask questions, so she remained silent.
Moreover, the old pope's reaction just now was a bit excessive. Captain Richard seemed to have violated some kind of taboo when he mentioned Louis, the God of Storm War.
There was silence in the hall, and the atmosphere was a bit depressing.
Captain Richard lowered his head and looked frightened, like a child who had done something wrong.
The old pope did not scold him. He sighed, became sleepy again, and said:
"Kate, is the Archduke Conor your cousin?"
It feels like I'm changing the subject.
Artoria thought in her mind and nodded: "Yes."
"Do you have a good relationship?"
"Yes."
"You like him very much?"
"Forehead……"
Artoria choked for a moment, her pretty face blushing slightly.
Although she quickly calmed down, her strange behavior was still noticed by the group leader and the old pope.
Captain Richard frowned slightly.
Saints are generally required to be virgins and must be single during their reign.
The aristocratic circle is already very chaotic. Archduke Conor and Kate are just distant cousins, who can get married in many countries. Blood is not a constraint. If the two have a relationship, once it is leaked, it will be a scandal to the church.
Religion needs to consider secular influence. The image of a saint in the eyes of the world must be holy, beautiful, and righteous...
However, what surprised the group leader was that the Pope did not criticize or admonish Kate, but nodded slightly, with a kind smile on his wrinkled old face, seeming to be very satisfied with the new saint.
Leader: "..."
The sun comes out in the west?
I don't understand, I don't understand.
The old pope smiled and nodded, saying:
"Richard, take Kate to Secret Room No. 01 and let her receive the knowledge of the second path."
"yes!"
Captain Richard was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped, but he still immediately accepted the order.
Are the knowledge from the second path also given?
There is an unwritten ban within the church that strictly prohibits the saints of all generations from obtaining the knowledge of the second way. Although it has been decided to let it go under some pressure, it should still have to undergo a series of tests.
Kate has just joined, has almost no achievements, and her qualifications are also an issue.
Moreover, loyalty should not be tested?
Captain Richard had too many doubts in his mind, but he refrained from asking and left the hall with the saint.
The two men retreated.
After walking out of the Hall of Light, Artoria asked:
"Captain, you just mentioned the Godhead Fragments and Storm God of War, right..."
"Stop it!"
Captain Richard immediately interrupted the saint's words, with a serious look on his face, "Stop talking. I don't know much about what happened back then, so I won't talk about it."
Artoria: "..."
Maybe there is some secret behind the death of Storm War God.
Moreover, she had a vague feeling that the church was not monolithic. There were serious differences between the top management and various factions. There might also be some old grudges and secrets involved. The water inside was a bit deep...
In the bright hall, the old pope still sat on the high chair and closed his eyes.
Suddenly, the shadow beside the door frame flickered, and a figure slowly stood up from the ground.
He was wearing a black priest's attire that was rare within the church. His face was mostly covered by a hood. He had a slender figure, a silver cross hanging around his neck, and patterns of dark gold scepters and silver scales on his clothes. His breath was cold.
This is the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition, a terrifying man known as the "Dark Pope".
He said in a slightly hoarse voice:
"His Majesty the Pope, do you really want to do this? It doesn't have to be a saint to become a god."
The old pope closed his eyes, wrapped himself in a small blanket, and said:
"Maybe. If you can let others become gods, will it still be the Church of the Goddess of Light?"
"This is not the most important thing. As long as the true God exists, the church can continue to be glorious. I think the name of the Church of the God of Storms is not unpleasant. It was originally called the Church of the Goddess of Light, but it was to compete with the Mother of Darkness who believed in demons."
The presiding judge said something that seemed very treasonous to outsiders.
However, this was the thinking of many people at that time, and it almost led to the church split and civil strife.
"More than 1,500 years is too long, and false beliefs have become true." The Pope said calmly.
"There's no need to take advantage of her. I can't trust her. She's only been a member of the church for a few days?"
The presiding judge said coldly, pointing the finger directly at the new saint.
"If not, the church will be divided and have civil strife."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The presiding judge really wants to say, if there is a division, then divide, the winner is king, cleanse all the losers, and the church can be unified again.
But these words undoubtedly angered the Pope, so he refrained.
The Pope knew that many people within the Holy See disagreed with his decision, including the presiding judge. He sighed in his heart, sat up straight, and took out a letter from his pocket with his dry palms.
"Look, Archduke Connaught's letter shows that it is not without benefits for the church to elect Kate as a saint."
The presiding judge took the letter, read it carefully, and then fell into silence.
After a long time, he said softly: "I understand, I won't support or block it."
The content of Connaught's Letter is very simple.
If the church supports his cousin's canonization, he will support the church and go all out.
Everyone would be moved by the King of Stars' strong support, and the church would not dare to ignore it.
Now Ren is already one of the most powerful overlords in the Saigon continent. He stomps his feet and makes the entire Central Territory tremble.
He is the youngest powerful person.
Son-in-law of the Feuerbach family.
At the same time, he is the successor of the Conqueror and the man of the Night Woman.
He has a relationship with Hades.
He was also able to talk to the Sword Master of the Sky.
He also has a close relationship with the Natural School, and is the vice president of the Demon Hunter Association...
Therefore, after learning that Archduke Connaught was willing to support the church, the presiding judge's attitude changed.
He didn't know that behind Renn there were Blood Queen Audrey and Demon Queen Lilith, otherwise he would be even more surprised.
The presiding judge looked at the old pope, folded the letter carefully, and said:
"You have convinced me, but it is hard to say for others. There are also careerists within the church."
If the second way hadn't been blocked, the church, which holds the huge power of faith, would have been in civil strife long ago.
Who doesn’t want to become a god? Who doesn’t want to live forever?
Gregory II shook his head and said:
"Let them be, if something goes wrong, you will have to bear the consequences."
The presiding judge didn't reply and his body slowly faded away.
Something is going to happen.
The Pope no longer suppresses the conflicts between the parties, and it can be expected that conflicts will break out soon.
After a while, silence returned to the bright hall. Only the drowsy old man sat on a high chair, stared at the sculpture of the goddess, and let out a long sigh.
"The higher up the church, the less faith there is, and how many sins are prevalent in the name of God."
If you're tired, just let the kids do whatever they want.
