Chapter 209 The Great Sage of the Church of Steam

Author: Youdi Xunzong

Chapter 209 The Great Sage of the Church of Steam

In the Saint-Roselle Square, the sounds of flutes, violins, accordions, and lyres intertwined or overlapped, melodiously, and spread out. The steam-belching train passed through the crowded square, surrounded by flying white pigeons.

Get off and drive along the track to the back of the church and into the interior of St. Russell's Church.

The huge and complicated gears and levers are arranged in a special pattern, which looks chaotic and rough, but gives people a sense of sacred majesty.

This is the headquarters and temple of the Church of Steam, a place blessed by the gods!

Amidst the melodious sound of the whistle, the train slowly entered the station and stopped at the platform inside St. Russell's Church.

Archbishop Horamick Hayton, who was wearing a white priest's robe and a clergyman's bonnet, had been waiting on the platform for a long time. He looked at the three people walking off the train with a gentle and kind smile on his face:

"Sir Ash, Miss Audrey, please come with me, someone wants to see you."

"Who?" Yi Yan looked at Horamik calmly and asked.

Horamik looked solemn and said solemnly:

"This is Your Majesty the Great Sage."

"Great Sage." Audrey chewed the word carefully in her heart.

Within each major church, there will be a "triple crowned one."

In the Church of Storms, the triple-crowned person is the pope;

In the Church of the Night, the triple-crowned person is the Pope;

In the Church of the God of War in the Fusac Empire, the triple-crowned person is the Patriarch;

In the Church of the God of Craftsmen more than a hundred years ago, its triple-crowned person was also the Pope. But when it was renamed the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, its triple-crowned person was also changed to the Great Sage.

It is said that this reform was also proposed by Emperor Russell, who was the governor of the Republic of Intis at the time...

The girl's eyes flickered, looking at Archbishop Horamik who was leading the way, looking like an aristocratic lady who was inexperienced in the world, and asked curiously:

"Archbishop Horamik, it is said that the 'Great Sage' was invented by Emperor Russell. Is this true?"

"Yes."

Archbishop Horamik turned around, without any concealment, smiled and nodded:

"The Triple Crown of the Steam Church used to be the Pope, but under the strong suggestion of Emperor Russell, it was changed to the 'Great Sage', which continues to this day. In fact, the reforms originally proposed by Emperor Russell were far more than

These."

After a second's pause, Archbishop Horamik continued:

"In the complete proposal of Emperor Russell, the triple-crowned person is the 'Great Sage'. The Archbishop and Bishop are the 'Sage', the Mechanical Heart will also be changed to the 'Skitarii', and the Deacon will be changed to

'Priest', ordinary believers call them monks..."

"But in the end, this series of reforms failed to be implemented as Russell hoped."

"Why?"

Although she already had some guesses in her mind, Audrey couldn't help but ask.

"Because it's too complicated."

Horamik shook his head and said regretfully:

"In the early conception of Emperor Russell, he designed a large number of different types of titles and positions, such as saints, geneticists, logicians, and blacksmiths as high-level officials. And even among these four high-level officials, there are still

Subdivision, for example, the sages from high to low are chief hermit, master of doctrine, mechanical old master, acquirer of all things, eldest leader, data predator..."

"This is undoubtedly a genius idea, but the scale of the Church of Steam cannot adapt to such a huge internal structure. This will make the Church of Steam's stealing system too bloated, making it impossible to carry out effective management and actions."

"Great Emperor Russell also knew this, so he did not insist on carrying it out. He only left some of it, such as the triple-crowned 'Great Sage', who is also a saint."

"Of course, the original copy of the complete concept left by Emperor Russell is still preserved in St. Russell's Church. Perhaps one day, the Steam Church can implement this series of reforms as envisioned by Emperor Russell.

"

Audrey lowered her head silently, as if she had some realization.

There are many speculations about the Church of Steam and Emperor Russell, and the most mainstream one is that Emperor Russell and the Church of Steam parted ways for some reason.

Even Audrey originally thought that the reason why the Church of Steam did not implement Emperor Russell's reforms was because of the stiff relationship between the two parties.

But Audrey also knows that if the relationship between Emperor Russell and the Church of Steam is really that bad, the Church of Steam will definitely try its best to erase the traces of Emperor Russell in the history of the Church of Steam and deny his contribution. But Steam

The church obviously did not do this, and even its church was still named 'Roselle'.

Judging from the words of Archbishop Horamik, even in the later years of Emperor Russell's life, the relationship between the Steam Church and Emperor Russell seemed to be far less bad than outsiders had speculated.

But even so, it is an undeniable fact that many people in the late Emperor Roselle rebelled against each other. Although the relationship between the Church of Steam and Emperor Roselle was not bad, it can be seen from the fact that they did not help in the end that Emperor Roselle may have done something.

Something they found difficult to accept.

Audrey followed Ember and Archbishop Horamik through the corridor. The walls on both sides were painted with huge murals in bright colors. The murals told about the miracles of the 'God of Steam and Machinery', which were the legends of all ages.

The contributions made by the Pope and the great sages to the church. Audrey even saw the murals related to Emperor Russell above...

Finally, they came to the huge door tens of meters high, and to the most sacred and magnificent temple of the Church of Steam.

The great sage of the Church of Steam is among them!

Horamik stopped, still with a kind and gentle smile on his face:

"Sir Ash, you have to walk the next road by yourself. I will wait here for you to come back."

The only person the Great Sage wants to see is Hu Yan.

Audrey obviously knew this too. She took a step forward and said softly:

"I'll wait for you here."

Boom!

The huge door dozens of meters high slowly opened with the sound of gears turning. Audrey subconsciously raised her head and looked at the over 100-meter-high dome inside the huge hall, deeply realizing her own insignificance.

Amidst the roar of gears, the ember stepped into this temple, which symbolizes the most sacred place of the Steam Cult.

The giant pillars over 100 meters high on both sides seemed to be welcoming waiters. The gears above were constantly rotating, and the levers were pushed over and over again, seeming to be playing a symphony of welcome.

boom!

The door behind him suddenly closed with a loud noise.

But Yi Yan didn't answer. He just walked step by step towards the high platform in front of the temple.

On the high platform, a figure seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

It is said to be a human figure, but it is not a human being, but a puppet composed of countless gears, screws, chains, bearings and other mechanical parts. It has the appearance of a human, but it is only an appearance. Ember has seen Horami before

The dolls are made by Ke, but the dolls he makes are often covered with a layer of "human skin" to make the doll's appearance closer to the original body.

But the doll in front of him has obviously not undergone similar 'transformation', and instead presents a completely original style. His mechanical head wears a triple crown inlaid with sapphires, emeralds and other gems, and wears a bright red papal uniform.

He was wearing a robe and holding a strange-shaped scepter that was also made of mechanical parts.

And these are the standard three-piece set for the Triple Crown of the Righteous God Church!

Tread! Tread!

Ember approached step by step, and finally stopped three meters in front of him, and asked politely:

"Great Sage?"

The doll nodded slightly. Its head, which was made up of a large number of mechanical parts, seemed to want to show as much kindness as possible, but in the end, what it showed was a strange smile that was slightly scary and ferocious.

With this weird smile, he took the initiative to walk down the steps, came to Ember, and introduced himself with a smile:

"First meeting, Lord Ash, I am the great sage Caul, Belisarius Caul."

His voice was extremely stiff, with no emotional ups and downs, and was no different from the mechanical voice that Yi Jin imagined.

"Great Sage Caul?"

There was something strange on Yu Yan's expression, and Leng Buding suddenly asked:

"What is your relationship with Emperor Russell?"

There was a strangely complicated expression on Kaul's face, and he sighed softly:

"He...can be considered my friend. My name is related to him."

After a pause, Kaul spoke with a slightly nostalgic tone and his obvious mechanical voice without the slightest emotion:

"He once told me that I would one day become a great sage. Late in his life, he came to me and said that he needed my help and hoped that I could build him a set of armor that would one day save him from permanent death.

Liberated from sleep."

"Then you did it?"

Ember asked with interest.

He was not in a hurry to talk about business, but instead started talking like he was chatting with friends.
To be continued...