The headquarters of the Church of Light and Night is located on a hill east of Leyte City, the capital of the Leyte Empire. Sitting on the mountain and looking at the sea, the scenery is amazing.
A staircase of nearly a thousand steps hangs down from the top of the mountain. Legend has it that there are 999 steps in total.
The color is also very meaningful.
Because the stairs are made of dark black ink jade and white marble, which is similar to white marble.
On both sides of the long staircase, there are countless statues made of marble. The life-size statues of God's favored ones who have made great contributions to the Church of Light and Night stand here.
The long ladder connects the temple complex on the top of the mountain. From the bottom of the mountain, it becomes thinner and thinner as you go up in the field of vision, and finally becomes a straight, black and white long line.
But Mark suddenly looked a bit like a cobra?
Before coming here, Mark had another daydream.
The same nightmare, the same loss. If he hadn't prepared a lot of ectoplasm decomposed from the demon general on the ship, just this lack of ectoplasm would have been enough for him to die suddenly before he got here.
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The [Mechanical Ascension] was placed in Helena's exclusive dock for the Cult of Mechanicus for safekeeping, while Conrad stayed on board.
Mark openly took Helena to the foot of the mountain.
There are also two churches of light and night standing side by side at the foot of the mountain, both of which are not small in size. No matter which church is, it has an exaggerated size of 100 meters long, more than 40 meters wide, and 50 meters high. They are for ordinary people to worship.
When Mark and the two walked towards the mountain road, their unusual style of painting immediately attracted the attention of the guards.
[Occult scholar] has long become a sensitive word among the repeated orders of the church’s top leaders.
It's not that it's bad, but the guards should give a grand reception once they meet him.
When Mark appeared in the square in front of the stairs wearing a black robe unique to mystical scholars and a six-pointed star emblem, a group of three knights immediately came trotting towards them.
Their arrival did not excite the nerves of other believers around them too much. After all, they were wearing white attire with gold embroidery. They had no armor and only wore a thin sword that was more commonly used in ceremonial occasions.
The three knights bowed slightly and saluted together. The etiquette alone was impeccable. The handsome young knight in the lead said: "Hello! Dear mystical scholar, I am Alger Ham. I am glad to serve you. May I ask?
Your Excellency, do you have anything important to do when you come to the Great Cathedral?"
"Hello! I am Carbine Cthulhu, and I came to the Great Temple of the Night by invitation." When Mark spoke, his heart was actually twitching crazily. It always felt like this was another social death experience.
He vowed not to use such a nonsense pseudonym next time even if he uses a pseudonym like "All good names are taken by dogs". Besides, there is no guarantee that he can really contact the "Old Master" in this world. He always calls him directly.
Cthulhu is the god's name. If he really travels through time and space and comes to beat him, he will go crazy.
Well, crazy in every sense of the word.
At this time, the three people's faces showed subtle expressions of winning a big prize. This time, the three knights bowed together and saluted: "Your Excellency, we have been waiting for you for a long time."
Mark expected that the other party would attach great importance to him, but he never expected that he would attach such importance to him.
This knight named Alger made a gesture towards the distance that outsiders could not understand, and the atmosphere of the entire square suddenly changed.
From several guard rooms around the square, silhouettes of people turned into black streams of light and shot out.
Many tourists who were sightseeing suddenly noticed that there were some night guards around them, wearing uniforms with black background and gold trim.
The epaulette on their left shoulder is quite wide, and a small black cloak hangs down from it, covering it to the elbow of their left hand.
As soon as these night guards appeared, they began to disperse the crowd.
"The distinguished guest of the Lady of the Night is here, please evacuate immediately. Thank you for your cooperation." They drove away tourists and troublemakers with stern faces and stern expressions.
Of course, this will inevitably lead to curious looks from passers-by.
In just a minute or two, not only did the crowd disperse from Mark's front to the steps, but there was also an exaggerated carpet that was over a hundred meters long and five meters wide.
Others have a red carpet, but the goddess of the night has a black carpet.
The carpet appeared almost out of thin air. Before Mark could react, it emerged from the ground of the square.
Under Alger's guidance, Mark stepped on the carpet, giving the illusion that he was stepping on black velvet.
Twelve night guards were fully armed on both sides of the carpet. They held a long-barreled revolver in their right hand and a dagger about 40 centimeters long in their left hand. They faced each other with the dagger facing the sky at a 45-degree angle.
Lift to form the classic 'Sword Gate'.
When Mark walked past with Helena, he raised his daggers to show that he was opening the door to welcome guests.
At the end of the carpet is a middle-aged Judge of Light standing with his hands behind his back.
Alger, the knight just now, is here to complete the handover.
The judge in front of him has a well-combed back hair and a face with gentle and friendly facial lines. He is wearing a black tights and a wonderful black leather armor. In addition to wearing a
The same sword and revolver, and an unlit lantern.
"Welcome, distinguished guest of the Church of the Night -" he said the first half loudly, and the second half in a whisper: "Your Excellency Mark Destiny!"
Mark bared his teeth and thought: I knew it...
Sometimes fate is a circle.
You go around in a big circle, but you can't escape even if you want to.
Mark can decide his future, but he cannot solve his past.
Since the original owner was born in the Church of Light and Night, this bloodline and this evil fate cannot be easily shaken off.
Without reaching out to hit the smiling man, Mark nodded slightly: "Thank you, this is also my honor."
"Hello! My name is Abner Miller. Next, I will guide you to the Great Cathedral." Abner made a gesture of invitation.
Looking at the long mountain road in front of him, Mark was still at a loss for the first second.
Soon, he won't have to think about it anymore.
After he followed him up the first step, a solid black mist suddenly rose under the feet of Abner, him, and Helena who followed.
The black mist not only supported their feet, but also thoughtfully raised handrails that were half a person's height around them.
As soon as Mark and Helena grasped the handrail, the magical escalator automatically moved up smoothly along the railing next to the ladder.
Abner was quite proud: "The Lady of the Night can do anything."
"indeed."
"Well, it's a bit offensive to say this. This time, you have won the favor of Lady Night. Unfortunately, Lady Light has some opinions on you. So if you meet a high-level priest of light later and find that the other party is a little rude, please be sure to
Respond with tolerance."
A drop of soybean sweat ran down Mark's forehead.
If he could, he really didn't want to see the relatives of the original owner. Not to mention whether it would reveal the truth or something, just because his family is the Illuminati, he jumped to the dark side... He couldn't be sure whether his old man would want to be beaten to death.
he.
The lyrics were just like that, he couldn't just change it to 'To the whimpering and roaring in the light' on the spot, right?
This operation has no taste whatsoever.
All the way up to the top of the mountain, Mark glanced at the tall and glorious Great Cathedral of Light. He knew that he would have no chance of being there in this life.
He fled into the darkness without looking back.
The Great Cathedral of Night is simply a black replica of the Great Cathedral of Light.
In appearance, the two are exactly the same, the difference lies in the material.
The entire outer wall is made of black jade that is similar to obsidian. From a distance, you can feel a cold breath. From the grand main entrance, under the gaze of 36 night guards, you follow Abner into the Great Temple of the Night.
, this feeling is really a bit subtle.
"In front of you is the main altar of the Lady of the Night. Mr. Destiny, your entourage, why don't you come to the side hall to rest first?" Abner suggested gently.
"Okay." Mark nodded to Helena.
Helena obediently left with Abner.
Waiting in front of the main hall is...
"Hello, distinguished Lord Destiny. I am the highest spokesperson of the Lady of the Night in the mortal world [Whip of the Night] Sigourney Knight. The Lady of the Night has issued an oracle. As long as you join the Church of the Night, you are
Her favorite family member." Signi blinked: "And we will become colleagues."
The muscles at the corners of Mark's eyes twitched subtly.
According to common sense, taking refuge in the most powerful Gemini goddess in the world is a sure-fire deal.
It's a pity that Mark has his own ideas.
This is not only the advice of Mr. [Arrogant], but also his own judgment.
Before he came, he checked the gift of the God of Knowledge and found the saying "thousands of years". Some secret techniques were recorded in the book, but were crossed out. The reason is that this secret technique is based on the teachings of a certain god.
power, and that god has fallen.
Mark also found out that in the past millennium, the largest sect in the world was not the Church of Light and Night.
Who is it? This information has become taboo and has been erased from the history books.
If there are no accidents, next year will happen to be the beginning of a new millennium.
The Gemini Goddess showed up like this and generously won over a young rookie like him. Do you really have any other ideas?
Mark reproduced a little embarrassedly: "The world is so big, I want to go out and see it."
Knight was not angry, but showed a smile on his face: "It's okay. The Lady of the Night also ordered that as long as you are in the realm of the night, you are our most distinguished guest."
Mark breathed a sigh of relief.
Next, it’s time to sell crabs.
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ps: Today there are 4 updates with 11,000 words. Let’s do this today and worry about it tomorrow.