After drinking the divine wine, the pure white saint suddenly fell into a state of amber in pain——
All this was broadcast live by reporters immediately and spread throughout the Theocracy.
Combined with the serious expressions of the cardinals before and their actions that went against common sense in choosing not to drink, a terrible fact emerged from the hearts of those who saw all this...
"——It's an assassin!"
A reporter from Star Antimony blurted out: "Someone assassinated Her Royal Highness the Saint!"
What he said was just pure speculation.
Because on Star Antimony, it is normal for assassinations to occur at press conferences. Many spokespersons were suddenly killed at press conferences... The conflict between demonologists and alchemists on their side has already developed.
To this extent.
Some are blatant assassinations, others are to eliminate dissidents within the camp and then frame them on the opponent, and some are on the third level - considering the existence of the second level, they deliberately carry out blatant assassinations to disguise themselves as
The frame-up from the opposite side.
Anyway, Star Antimony's official intelligence department probably won't be able to find any results. After all, the intelligence department itself doesn't dare to offend anyone... Even Star Antimony's king only dares to get along with him.
Apart from anything else, what if you really find out something?
Then I'm afraid Star Antimony will split on the spot.
So in the end, no matter who dies, they will become cannonballs for the two camps to attack each other. People don't care about the facts at all...or the part they hope to be true is the fact they believe.
But the moment he said these words, his voice was also broadcast live along with the screen.
In this solemn election ceremony, people will subconsciously believe in the credibility of official reporters - after all, people with little literacy will probably not be invited to enter. Then their judgments are probably well-founded.
In an instant, the news of the assassination of the Saint spread throughout the entire Theocracy!
The second circle, inside a pub.
A dwarf uncle suddenly slammed the table and shouted loudly: "I knew it! Those people don't drink, it must be because there is something in the wine!"
The sixth circle, inside the guard cabin of the ruins.
The two elves looked at the screen in astonishment, the things they were holding froze in mid-air.
"...Is it fake? The saint was poisoned?"
"Is that... Tears of Time?"
The two murmured.
Eleventh Circle, in a lounge.
An older elf stood up and angrily scolded the youngest elf at the table: "The saint was killed. Is it your conspiracy?"
The young elf being questioned was sweating profusely: "Maybe... maybe... I seem to have heard of similar plans..."
He was once a member of the Controlled Fire and was proud of the organization he was a part of.
He believes that it is a progressive move to help the old-fashioned and decadent elves update the system. It can effectively reduce the elves' amber rate, which will undoubtedly benefit the Theocracy in the long run. However, he is currently unwilling to accept new things and is unwilling to give up the superiority of the inheritors.
There are too many old-fashioned things, so they are not understood by people.
But after hearing that Cardinal Loki had colluded with the Giants and actually seeing the evidence, the faith in his heart collapsed - so he withdrew from the Controlled Fire.
Later, he heard the gossip: It is said that Cardinal Loki was originally a giant, and was inspired by the candle to become an elf. Then everything is connected... If Cardinal Loki takes power, it will be equivalent to the giant becoming the pope!
He suddenly felt that he had been deceived - it would be better to let a human be the pope!
At least humans are pleasing to the eye, but giants are not only ugly, but they have also hunted and cooked a large number of elves. They have a deeper hatred for each other than the dwarves. In any case, it is impossible to allow a giant to become the new eternal pope and become the new eternal pope.
The strongest man in the world.
Especially after the Pope's Office announced the evidence of Cardinal Loki's contact with other giants, he became even more convinced that former Cardinal Loki finally chose the race of his origin between identity and race.
"It must be the giant's conspiracy!"
The young elf who originally belonged to Controlled Fire wiped his sweat and said firmly: "It must be the assassin invited by former Cardinal Loki! I have heard of similar plans before when I was in the organization..."
"You know why you didn't report it?!"
"I reported it! There must be more than a dozen similar plans like this, and no one knows which one is true, or which one is not true. You see, none of the cardinals drank, only the human did...
This has obviously been reported! You can’t blame me, and I’m definitely not the only one who knows about this!”
They started quarreling like this.
And such quarrels occur in every corner of the Theocracy - how high the proportion of members of Controlled Fire used to be, and how many people are now being questioned during the "Assassination of the Saint."
For elves with lazy and introverted personalities, they rarely experience violent mood swings.
Today is undoubtedly an exception.
Visible to the naked eye, the entire Theocracy was in chaos.
At this moment, the magic mirror of the Eleventh Circle started to move spontaneously. Faces that were either frightened, angry, curious, sad, or astonished kept emerging from the mirror.
disappear.
A blond young man wearing a monocle touched his chin and stood in front of the magic mirrors.
He was wearing a pure white suit with dark golden runes on it.
And behind him, there was an angel with closed eyes, a pair of white wings behind him, and his skin shining with pure white light.
The angel's appearance was half like his own.
Moreover, apart from having pure white long hair and a more feminine and soft face, it is almost exactly the same as Aiwass when he was seventeen or eighteen years old!
"Is this Loki's conspiracy?"
The young man murmured to himself: "It doesn't feel like his style, it's a bit rough... Could it be that Moriarty guy?"
【Moriarty?】
A mechanical and echoing voice came from the angel behind the young man.
It asked questions but did not open its mouth.
"Well, it's indeed possible."
The young man nodded, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was explaining to the angel behind him: "The plans of that guy Moriarty are often in this style - he does not coerce someone or trick him.
Someone takes action. He just puts the right people in the right place... He tells those people what they really want to do in their hearts, and then gives them the power to do it.
"Everyone is acting in their own interests, but in the end the combination always benefits him. That's why I admire him - he is different from his teacher Loki. That guy Moriarty, very
Know which plans have the lowest probability of failure."
【what's the plan?】
The angel continued to ask questions.
It has a strong thirst for knowledge about everything in the world, like a child who is not deeply involved in the world.
"Ah."
The blond young man sneered: "Of course it's a good plan for everyone."
The young man said and raised his hand.
A cane appeared in his hand with a twisting stream of light. He held the cane tightly and then lowered it a little.
Dark golden ripples were like water waves, slowly spreading out from the "monitoring room".
Neither the elves walking outside nor the papal guards guarding the door were aware of the young man's existence or the occurrence of the water wave.
The water wave continued to spread outward until it suddenly stopped after touching something.
"found it."
The young man suddenly spoke.
At this moment, the magic mirrors reflecting the faces suddenly adjusted their images and focused on a certain person. All the screens turned into full-coverage surveillance from all angles.
——It is the vampire writer who was imprisoned!
"Let's go, [Aiwass]."
The young man spoke softly and ordered: "Let's go meet him... He should be the last remnant of Loki in the material world. He is now half in the material world and half in the dream world. Whether it is a step forward or a step back, it is
A tough opponent, but as long as he continues to be stuck here, he can't do anything."
【Are you going to kill him, Jacob?】
"Definitely not. If we really kill him, it will actually give him relief. If we really put Loki completely into the dream world, he will probably become an apostle after he completes himself under the hands of the candlestick. Then we and
When he talks, his status is always one level lower. Locking him in the material world will actually bring out the best effect.
"The Theocracy secretly imprisoned him without killing him or releasing him. I'm afraid this is the same idea. Although they didn't realize what Cardinal Loki was really afraid of..."
[Hui Tiansi, is that right? He actually wants to die, but the Theocracy doesn’t know? 】
"Yes, you guessed it right. So smart, [Aiwass]."
Jacob leaned on his cane and praised casually: "You are getting more and more understanding of people's hearts."
He adjusted the tie at his collar with his other hand and chuckled: "Let me tell Lord Loki first... the unexpected incident of 'The Assassination of the Saint'."
On the other side, the elves also quickly sorted out the "truth".
As early as last month, there were rumors in the sect. It was said that the lunatics of the "Controlled Fire" sect had obtained a special poison that could make the originally normal elves fall into a state of amber, causing the elves that had already begun to amber to freeze.
The elf's condition deteriorated rapidly.
At that time, the rumors were aroused, and even caused a strong panic within the Theocracy. Rumors spread everywhere that they had been poisoned by a madman who controlled the fire. The accidental death of several Amber Nuggets was believed to be related to this incident.
Things are strongly related.
But later, with the death of Cardinal Loki, the "Controlled Fire" lost its leader and therefore ceased. This matter gradually faded out of people's sight.
No matter how radical the ideas of the "Controlled Fire" are, and how dangerous their agitation is, they are a group with clear demands - they are essentially the radical elves who want to elect Cardinal Loki as the pope. And they go one step further.
The purpose is to promote professional progress in the church from top to bottom, so as to smooth the status gap between these low-level elves and half-elves and those "inheritors" with long heritage.
In the final analysis, their purpose is ultimately a political purpose; and their political purpose is ultimately for their own interests.
With the death of Cardinal Loki, they are destined to be unable to accomplish their previous goals. This organization was originally composed of Cardinal Loki's fanatical followers, and it is impossible for them to choose the next leader before March 3.
leader and elected him a cardinal.
Naturally, Cardinal Loki cannot seem to be bothered by preparing an alternative plan "if I am no longer here" - only when there is no other choice can the "Controlled Fire" willingly dedicate himself to this end.
But now, the facts are right in front of us——
All the elf cardinals did not dare to drink the wine. No matter what the saint's motive was for taking a sip of wine, there can only be one fact.
That is, the radical remnants of Controlled Fire contacted the assassins and assassinated the Eternal Saint who was about to be elected as the eternal Pope!
Although the papal election ceremony theoretically requires the selection of three candidates, and then all cardinals vote in real name. But basically, the eternal saint is elected in each generation... Therefore, it is also possible to directly regard "Pure White" as the next generation of pope.
no problem.
——Then rounding it off, the Pope was assassinated!
As long as you are an elf, you will never dare to do such a thing.
Because all elves know the authority of the Holy See and the power of the cardinals...
as expected.
In less than half a minute, these top healers in the world stabilized Her Majesty's condition.
Cardinal Europa claimed that the coagulation phenomenon caused by poisoning is actually reversible and can be recovered within a few months;
Cardinal Matilda claims that she has technology that can reverse Ningpa to a certain extent, but it will take some time;
Cardinal Dominic claimed that the saint's condition has stabilized and her life is safe;
Cardinal Belisarius claimed that he had checked all the wine glasses and found that only the Virgin's cup was poisonous, and that the poison was the "Tears of Time" previously used in the controlled fire;
Cardinal Galatea claimed that she confirmed that no one had ever left here and that all candidates for sainthood were pure and sinless.
"Search all the rooms near the ceremony hall, and I will search all reporters! Send out the Pope's Guards to check for suspicious road fluctuations in all aspects!"
Although Siegfried still didn't understand what was happening, he still issued martial law very professionally.
And only ten seconds had passed.
Miss Alice first encountered the suspicion of the Pope's guards because of her overly frightened expression, and immediately discovered that the "photographer" following her was just a carefully crafted shadow shell.
“This is technology from the assassin organization ‘Eagle Eye’!”
Cardinal Favrner confirmed.
Aiwass watched all this with drunken eyes.
He felt like it was happening in a dream, a very unreal feeling.
Aiwass instinctively felt something was wrong.
The cardinals seemed to have rehearsed it in advance - the amount of information they gave was too useful. Generally speaking, in such a chaotic environment, it is very normal to start an argument. It should be a lot of people making a fuss.
The group is like a repeater that keeps giving out worthless information.
But he didn't know what he should do at this moment.
He moved closer to Gray, who was still covering her eyes in pain, and softly comforted:
"——Would you like dates?"
At this moment, Gray suddenly grabbed Aiwass's wrist with his backhand.
Her wrists were so strong that she didn't look like a drugged person at all.
"I've... almost recovered."
Gray said this and reluctantly moved his hand away.
Only then did Aiwass notice.
It turns out that the traces of Gray's amber were not enlarged at all.
——It even shrunk part of it!
"The papal election ceremony is very sacred... It must be held in its entirety and cannot be terminated due to my personal reasons. But I have considered that if I am not here, I am afraid that any cardinal elected as pope will cause controversy..."
The saint's voice reached the ears of all reporters very clearly: "I propose that Aiwass temporarily elect the pope on my behalf. If the election is successful, he will be the 'acting pope'. As a human cardinal, he will not affect the interests of any sect.
