The smoke and dust brought by the meteorite has finally dissipated, and the noise on the street has gradually subsided. The injured have basically escaped from the dangerous situation because they have received powerful treatment, but some people still die, causing occasional cries.
In St. Sean's Church, Father Cali finished his confession, stood up, and turned to look at Lumian, who was sitting in the first row and watching him quietly.
Lumian laughed and asked casually:
"Is there any use in confessing now?"
Without waiting for Father Cali to respond, he added habitually:
"You should know very well that your fate of death has been determined, and you will not live for a few days."
Father Cali's dark brown face showed a bit of paleness, and his voice was relatively calm and he replied:
"If confession is useful, it is no longer confession."
After saying this, he seemed to relax a little:
"I repent because I want to repent, not to exchange repentance for understanding or the chance of salvation.
"Looking back on what happened before, I did make a lot of mistakes. I was too eager to gain a higher status and too eager to be recognized by you people in the Northern Continent, so that I was blinded by desire and listened to the devil's bewitchment."
Hearing this, Lumian sneered:
"Is that really the case?
"Is it really desire that has blinded your mind?"
Seeing Father Cali's slightly confused expression, Lumian leaned back on his chair, looked at the Holy Emblem of the Sun and said:
"It is the desire to gain a higher status and be recognized by the people of the Northern Continent that forces you to cooperate with Tewanaku, forces you to become a resentful spirit as the priest of the Eternal Sun, forces you to accept the temptation of the devil, and forces you to play with little boys.
Of?
"No, it's your own choice."
Father Cali's lips moved, as if he wanted to refute, but could not form the words for the moment.
Lumian smiled and further said:
"There are still many people in this world who desire higher status and are eager to be recognized by certain groups. A large part of them just work hard to make contributions, work hard to purify evil, and never have any communication with the devil. I hope
They use normal methods to get what they want, even if they fail again and again, they cannot fall into the abyss.
"Obviously they have the same desire, why can they control themselves but you can't?
"It's not desire that blinds your mind, but your mind that chooses to fall."
Father Cali was suddenly speechless.
Lumian smiled and sighed:
"A relative of mine once said to me:
"Strong desire is the source of human progress, and it is also the devil that drags humans into the abyss. Whether it is good or bad, light or dark, depends on ourselves and a certain thought at that moment."
Father Cali, whose face became increasingly pale, lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice:
"I'm guilty..."
Lumian put his hand on his left chest and his expression calmed down.
He looked at Father Cali and laughed at himself:
"I also have strong desires, and everyone has their own strong desires.
"If having strong desires is sin, then you are a sinner, I am a sinner, and we are all guilty."
Father Cali's expression was dull for a while, then he slowly turned back.
He knelt in front of the altar again, looked at the huge sun holy symbol, and said in a low voice:
"You are not guilty. Strong desires are not sin, but I am the real sinner."
He lowered his head, letting his body gradually fade and become transparent.
In this way, Father Kali showed his "Wraith Soul" form in front of the Holy Emblem of the Sun.
The cold and gloomy atmosphere then dissipated, touching the holy symbol and altar.
The entire church swayed slightly, and the sunlight-like radiance emanated from the altar, the holy emblem, the stained glass surface, and the religious murals, quickly traveled around, and gathered at the spherical dome.
A brilliant and magnificent golden light beam descended accompanied by a chant-like voice and fell on Father Cali.
Father Cali, who turned into a resentful soul, was trembling slightly but did not avoid it.
In the blazing sunlight, his body gradually melted and quickly turned into ashes.
Lumian looked at this scene without any expression on his face.
He was neither happy nor sad.
When the sacred light from the dome faded and only candlelight remained in the church, Lumian was still sitting in the first row, silently looking at the place where Father Cali was purified, and did not leave.
After an unknown amount of time, Camus and Ruiya walked into the church after completing the disaster rescue.
Camus visibly breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Louis Berry sitting in the first row.
He showed a slight smile and said:
"We are still not calm enough and easily panic when things happen. We just wanted to help the injured and trapped people. We never thought that people like Father Cali, who were damned but not yet dead, would suddenly go crazy and think about pulling more people.
Some people buried him with him, but fortunately you are here."
Ruiya looked around and said:
"Where's Father Cali?"
Lumian looked at the front of the altar and answered straightforwardly:
"After he repented, he purified himself with the help of the spirituality accumulated in the church itself and the specialness of the holy symbol."
Ruiya was silent for a moment.
After a few seconds, she opened her arms slightly and said loudly:
"Praise the sun!"
Then, Ruiya sat on the first row of seats on the other side of the aisle, clasped her hands, lowered her head, and began to pray seriously.
Camus didn't know for a moment whether he should sit down or continue to stand.
Lumian glanced sideways at him:
"Have you put away Rheasa's extraordinary characteristics?"
Camus was silent for a while and then said:
"Put it away."
"Where's Maisro's?" Lumian retracted his gaze and looked at the Holy Emblem of the Sun again.
"I don't know where." Camus replied.
Lumian said calmly:
"It should be in the area where the meteorite hit directly."
Camus was stunned for a moment and said:
"The purpose of that meteorite is to take away most of the dead people?
"Is the power of 'Dream Festival' so strong?"
"Stronger than you think." Lumian said in a tone of discussing tomorrow's weather, "Leasa and Maslow are both members of the royal family of the 'Spiritual Religion', and General Queraril knows their identities.
I also know that Reasa came to Tizamo Town to complete the task given by the royal family’s senior officials.”
Camus's expression changed a few times, and he sighed slowly and long:
"Even if you don't say this, I will not resent or hate Captain Reasa. He has really saved me several times, and this time he did not openly betray me, but betrayed the patrol team. My feelings for the patrol team
The sense of belonging is not that strong.
"Now, I am very relieved that he is not a traitor."
Lumian smiled in a provocative tone:
"It's also a good thing for you. There is a deputy captain position in the Palos Port Patrol Team, and your competitor is dead."
Camus was not provoked and smiled bitterly:
"I'm planning to leave Matanibon.
"Thank you for your generosity. I have almost saved enough money to advance to Sequence 6. Rather than searching outside, it is safer and easier to go back to the family and contact the main branch.
"After all, the patrol team is not a big organization. It reaches the limit at Sequence 6. If you want to advance to Sequence 5, you have to cooperate with the 'Spiritual Religion Group', the 'Rose School', the Eighth Bureau of Intis, the 'Eternal Fierce Sun' Church, and the Mother Goddess Church.
Establish close ties with one of them, or become a confidant of General Queraril. Why should I choose it when I have the surname Castilla?"
If you really want to be accepted by the royal family of Castile, the upper limit will be much higher... Lumian laughed and said:
"I thought you had lost your secret love and chose to stay away from the place where you were sad."
Camus suddenly choked on his saliva and coughed several times.
After Rhea finished her prayer, she and Camus left the Saint-Sean Church.
Lumian was still sitting in the front row, as if enjoying the empty environment.
After a while, Amandine, wearing a black hunting suit, appeared at the door of the church.
"Why are you the only one here?" the girl muttered.
Her eyes looked around, as if she was looking for something.
"Why are you here?" Lumian asked casually.
Amandine sat next to him and said with a smile:
"I wanted to secretly see if Robert would come to see Father Cali, who was about to die, but I only saw you."
"Father Cali purified himself. Robert should have never been here." Lumian said truthfully.
"That's it..." Amandine felt a little regretful and disappointed, "If you really want to beat Father Cali, it shows that he is still a man..."
Lumian did not respond to the girl.
Amandine faced the altar and the holy symbol and said a simple prayer.
After completing this matter, she turned her eyes slightly and asked with implicit expectation:
"Will there be another 'Dream Festival' next year?"
"Yes." Lumian didn't hide it.
Amandine's joy suddenly appeared between her brows and the corners of her mouth:
"Is that black tomb still there? Can I still gain extraordinary power by touching it?"
"Okay." Lumian turned his head and looked at Amandine with a smile, "But the outsiders participating in the 'Dream Festival' next year will be more powerful and terrifying, surpassing the evil rag dolls, crystal skulls and people you have seen.
Leather man."
Amandine's expression suddenly collapsed:
"Is that so? Then I can find an excuse to stay in Palos Port during next year's Dream Festival, and drag my father and mother along with me."
"Have you been back to Palm Manor?" Lumian asked instead.
Amandine said "Hey" and said with a smile:
"I went back and took a look. I didn't want to disturb their pretense of affection, so they came out again."
She paused and asked with shining eyes:
"Besides touching the black tomb, is there any other way for me to improve my rank?"
"Buy the formula and drink the potion. You can choose one of the three paths of 'Sleepless', 'Corpse Collector' and 'Warrior'." Lumian did not hide the corresponding occult knowledge and said while thinking, "And, the essence
It wasn't the black tomb that gave you extraordinary power, it was that figure..."
At this point, Lumian was suddenly stunned.
Amandine, what is the relationship between Robert and the Hades?
Normally, gifts are given to believers by gods or angels, but Amandine and Robert don't believe in the underworld at all, and they don't even know about each other's existence.
Applying the situation of various secret organizations, according to the custom that Franca occasionally mentioned, Amandine has to call the Hades "teacher"!