Seeing that Irving still looked confused, King Rayev XXIII stood up from his seat and extended an invitation.

"King of Wells, I want to take you to a place, but you can only come with me alone."

one person?

Without thinking much, Owen immediately turned to the two guards behind him and ordered: "Wait for me here."

"As you command, Your Majesty." Mapel and another guard nodded in response.

Following Laev XXIII out of the reception room, the two of them came to a room deep in the church. There were many Templars guarding the door. It should be a very important place.

"Open the door." Layev XXIII ordered one of the Templars.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Pope."

The Templar knight made a knightly salute, then turned around and slowly pushed open a strong and heavy iron door.

"Come in, King of Wells."

Rayev XXIII led Owen into the room, and the door was then closed again by the Templars.

As soon as he entered the room, the first thing that caught Owen's eyes was the ancient books placed on the bookshelf against the wall. They were all bound with parchment paper. They were very old and of immeasurable value.

Some important books are also chained to the bookshelf with iron chains. They can only be read on site and are not allowed to be taken out.

In addition, there is a stone statue standing in the center of the room. It is not the common goddess statue in church halls, but the image of a kind-faced man wearing a robe and holding a staff in his hand. The top of the staff is inlaid with a stone about two diameters in diameter.

Ten centimeters, crystal clear, glowing with faint silver light.

For some reason, Owen would see multiple double images as long as he stared at the crystal ball for more than five seconds. He speculated that it should be a synthetic magic stone with special effects.

"This is the church's forbidden library," King Laev XXIII introduced.

Noticing that Owen was attracted by the stone statue in the center of the room, he continued to explain: "That stone statue..."

"I know." Owen responded quickly, "This is Saint Laev, the founder of the Rumichalean Cult, right?"

This stone statue is completely carved based on the exquisite illustrations in the holy book. The shape is chosen from the posture of Saint Laev calling for everyone to unite to fight against vampires.

Owen looked through the holy book and was deeply impressed by the illustrations on it, so he knew the identity of the stone statue.

"That's right." Layev XXIII nodded with satisfaction.

Then, Owen glanced around at the large number of books here, and then turned to look at Laev XXIII.

"Pope, did you bring me to the Forbidden Library to view the documents here?"

"No." Laev XXIII shook his head slightly, "The books here are certainly important, but what I want to show you is something else."

Another thing? Owen was puzzled. Is there anything else here besides books?

"What is it?" he couldn't help but ask.

"King of Wells, please wait here for a moment." Layev XXIII said in a mysterious manner.

After speaking, he walked to the stone statue of Saint Laev, closed his eyes, raised his head, clasped his hands on his chest, and began to pray.

"Great saint, please listen to me..."

Before he finished speaking, the figure of Laev XXIII disappeared from Owen's eyes without any warning, just so suddenly.

Huh? Where are the people? Is it dark magic?

Seeing this situation, Irving was suddenly at a loss. He hurriedly looked around and called out: "Pope?"

There is no reason for Rayev XXIII to harm Owen. There is no doubt about this. He may have done so deliberately to hide some secret.

At this moment, the crystal ball on the top of the staff in the hand of Saint Laev's stone statue suddenly emitted a strong silver light. Affected by this, the surrounding space became distorted.

what happened?

Unable to understand the situation, Owen subconsciously took a step back. The bookshelves against the wall gradually became curved like waves in his eyes.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for a while, the crystal ball quickly recovered its light, and the Forbidden Library returned to normal.

As soon as he returned to normal, Owen immediately looked around to check what changes had occurred in the Forbidden Library.

Strange! It feels like the Forbidden Library is much wider than before. Is it an illusion?

"King of Wells, I am here." The voice of King Laev XXIII came from behind the stone statue of the saint.

Following the sound, Owen found that Laev XXIII was standing next to the door of a secret passage leading deep underground, smiling at him.

There was no door there originally. It was obvious that the strange situation just now made this secret passage appear.

Without thinking much, Owen took steps towards Laev XXIII.

When passing by the stone statue of the saint, he specifically raised his head to take another look at the crystal ball on the top of the staff.

The function of that magic stone should be related to space scaling, which can reduce the space of the forbidden library, thus achieving the effect of hiding the entrance to the secret passage.

It seems that the level of magic stone technology of Caleb Holy Theocracy cannot be underestimated.

"King of Wells, please follow me," Layev XXIII raised his hand in a gesture of invitation, "What I want to show you is below."

Since Laev XXIII didn't explain anything, Owen didn't take the initiative to ask, and followed him into the secret passage and walked deeper underground.

The deeper you go, the colder the underground becomes, making people shiver uncontrollably.

As I was walking, I noticed a faint white light coming from below, and Layev XXIII issued a reminder: "We're almost there."

The two of them involuntarily quickened their pace.

After passing through the last door, Owen's eyes suddenly opened up, and he came to an open underground space, illuminated by light magic stones, and there were also bookshelves filled with books.

When I arrived, there was already someone here. She was a beautiful woman, no less beautiful than Angelica. She was wearing red clerical clothing. Her status in the church should be the same as Cardinal Terembe whom she had met before.

"I have seen His Majesty the Pope."

The female cardinal first bowed lightly to King Laev XXIII, and then turned her attention to Owen with a smile on her face.

"You must be the King of Wells who has just arrived in the Holy City. When we meet you for the first time, I am Cardinal Freya Lutis."

"Oh!" Owen reacted suddenly, "You are the rumored Saint of Caleb, Cardinal Lutis. You were disrespectful just now."

This is the legendary saint who possesses the magical powers of the six basic elements of wind, water, earth, fire, light, and darkness. Although she rarely appears in public, there are various rumors about her in other countries.

"You're welcome." Freya smiled, "Since His Majesty the Pope personally brought you here, it should be to see that thing."

As she spoke, she looked deep into the underground space.

Owen also looked forward and saw an exquisite fire altar inside, with a golden flame suspended in mid-air burning brightly.

Just looking at the flame from a distance, Owen could feel an incredible warmth filling his whole body.
Chapter completed!