"Is that the royal capital?" Fang Qingrou said as she looked through the carriage window at the towering city wall in the distance on the carriage that had been driving for two days.
"It's spectacular, isn't it." The Pope smiled and said after hearing Fang Qingrou's words. Char was his younger brother, and Fang Qingrou was Char's daughter. This made him feel a sense that as an elder, he had to take care of the younger ones.
Feel.
"It's indeed spectacular." Fang Qingrou nodded.
In a world with magic, the thickness and height of the city walls are much higher than the ancient city walls in the real world. Of course, there will be no such exaggeration as in the novel that everything can be seen at a glance and inserted into the clouds.
.
Based on visual inspection, Lu Qing felt that the city wall of the royal capital was only about thirty-five to forty meters high. A powerful extraordinary being like Myron Knight could even jump directly from the ground to the top of the city wall.
However, this does not mean that the defensive capabilities of the city walls of the royal capital are weak. After all, there are very few extraordinary people who can reach the level of Myron Knights. In addition, with the magic towers built at intervals on the city walls, anyone who attacks the city will
Everyone will pay a heavy price for this.
However, this city wall is more of a symbolic meaning. After all, there is only one kingdom, Fanhuspan, in this dream world. The only threats it faces are those who believe in the void, except for the polluted area around the edge of the holy tree.
Became a believer.
Thinking like this, Lu Qing soon saw the carriage drive into the city from the city gate. Perhaps because of the upcoming Holy Tree Festival, the whole city exuded a different atmosphere than when she left.
For people in this world, the annual Holy Tree Ceremony is probably the same as the Chinese New Year, but she doesn't know the specific customs here.
After all, Lu Qing has only entered this world not long ago. Although she has read many books, her understanding of the Holy Tree Festival is limited to what she should do as a psychic.
Shaking her head, Lu Qing withdrew her gaze, sat quietly in the carriage and waited.
It didn't take long for the carriage to arrive at the entrance of Manulife Sam Church. The Pope stopped the carriage here, then looked at Lu Qing and said, "I'm going to the church to prepare for the ceremony the day after tomorrow, so I'll take my leave first."
"I'll go back to the fortress and come over later." Lu Qing nodded and responded. She is now a qualified psychic. She also needs help with the preparations for the Holy Tree Ceremony.
The news that Her Royal Highness the Princess became a saint of the Macro Sam Cult will also be spread after this year's Holy Tree Ceremony, but what happens after that will not be clear until it has something to do with her.
Before entering the dream world, Lu Qing, Fang Qingrou, Muir, and Hao Meng speculated on the plot of this dream world. They thought they were going to stop the Guiji Sect's conspiracy at the Holy Tree Ceremony. Who would have thought that after entering, they would be the main force?
The goal turned out to be to heal the sick sacred tree.
But is the holy tree really sick? Lu Qing looked out the car window. In a place very far away from the royal capital, even with an eagle eye, he could only see the vague appearance of the tall trees, and the emerald green that almost covered the entire sky.
The branches don't look sick at all.
...
Back in the castle, Lu Qing first asked people to arrange the residences of Fang Qingrou and Hao Meng, and then received a summons from the king and queen.
She didn't have to think about what the king and queen wanted to ask her for. Most likely they were asking her how her days were going, what things she had encountered, and then expressing their longing for each other after not seeing each other for a long time.
The facts were indeed as she expected. After arriving at the king and queen's room, the three of them first exchanged greetings with each other, and then asked her about her experiences these days.
According to Lu Qing's guess, they probably already knew what they had encountered in the past few days. After all, the Guiji Sect had made such a big noise, how could they not investigate it?
After spending nearly half an hour, this exchange that made her extremely troublesome came to an end. However, it was not time to rest yet. After a little tidying up, Lu Qing took Knight Myron to go
Went to the cathedral.
She did not call Fang Qingrou and Hao Meng, because the Pope said that it is best not to bring non-Vatican personnel into the preparations for the Holy Tree Ceremony. As for the Knight of Myron, there is no way. As a guardian knight, he must protect him at all times.
Beside Lu Qing.
........
At the same time, in the cathedral in the royal capital, the Pope, who was walking in the corridor, suddenly stopped and turned to look at the shadow at the corner of the corridor: "Come out, Lin, your breath is leaking too much.
"
"I leaked that on purpose." A woman wearing a gray and black gown came out of the shadows and said, but her slightly pale cheeks did not look so convincing.
"Are you injured?" The Pope frowned subconsciously, then relaxed slightly and said, "What happened?"
"I've been exposed." Lin said with a bitter tone: "They know there is an undercover among the senior officials, they just don't know who it is. But the fifth one died a few days ago, and I became the one under suspicion."
"It's okay, as long as you are still alive." The Pope rubbed his forehead, and then asked seriously: "Do you have any information?"
Lin was exposed in a hurry, and the Pope did not expect her to have any important information. However, after he asked the question, Lin's answer was far beyond his expectation.
"The Guiji Sect wants to make a big move on the day of the Holy Tree Ceremony. They have been preparing for this plan for a long time." Lin said with a serious tone, looking at the Pope.
"Have you heard about that plan?" The Pope asked immediately after hearing Lin's words.
"No, I only know that Number 2 of the sect has been urging Number 3 to collect something called blood stones a long time ago, and recently, they finally collected all the blood stones."
He had carefully studied those magic formations at that time and knew what those magic formations did, so he also knew how many blood stones the Guiji Sect needed.
However, during this period of time, the Guiji Sect has been attacked by all major forces in the kingdom, and its scope of activities has been greatly reduced. How can it be possible to collect the blood stone demand that requires the population of four small towns to meet?
"..."
Hearing the Pope's question, Lin pursed her lips and said after a moment of silence: "Those Guiji believers, they carried out a massacre on their own people to gather the blood stones that they could not gather...
..."
"This..." The Pope's eyes widened, completely unexpected that Lin's answer to him would be like this.
"This is really more surprising than when I heard you say that the Guiji Sect was going to make big moves..."