The loud bell of St. Will's Church's Big Ben rang a full thirteen times.
Under the dome of the majestic church hall, candles were burning brightly, and the girls in the choir, with holy faces, sang psalms praising the ancient snake.
Today is the Holy Day of the Ancient Snake Sect. It is the most sacred day in the whole year for the whole sect to thank the Ancient Snake for its blessings.
As usual, after the service in the church, Bishop Hami will take the priests, nuns, etc. to the streets and tour the entire city.
Reciting scriptures to the people, waving flower petals soaked in holy water, and delivering some interesting small gifts... The process of the parade is a process of popularizing the belief in ancient snakes, which is called the almsgiving ceremony. But Bishop Hami has other plans today.
In fact, just half an hour before, he had appointed Father Simon from the church to take his place in the Communion.
"Twenty years, twenty years! In the years since Yin Di was gone, not only has the faith of the Ancient Snake Cult not grown stronger, but now not many of the nobles and rich people in the city remember us."
Bishop Hami stood alone in the side hall of the church, looking at the main hall with sinister eyes.
There were many people there, but there were almost no famous people in the city that he expected.
There were still a few people who came to worship last year, but after the new head of the Kara family came on the scene, none of them came now.
"This is really unreasonable!"
How confident he was when he first came to Fanon City, now his mentality is so explosive.
After a while, the Pope in the capital of the Holy Kingdom will summon the bishops from all over the country to gather together. He doesn’t know what to do then!
Said that the dignified Ancient Snake Cult was squeezed out by a local warlock family and became autistic and lost its voice?
Hami couldn't help but squeeze his hands hidden under his priestly robe.
Da da da.
Regular and light footsteps approached. Hami turned his head and saw a nun with white cloth wrapped around her eyes walking towards him.
She stopped 3 meters away from Hami and knelt down on one knee.
A rare smile appeared on Hami's face, and his tone was a little excited: "Shani, is there a result in the puzzle? Is that little boy dead?"
Sure enough, it was him who had to save the lambs. It was no wonder that he went to the underground door of the church to get the divine object and suffered so much.
It's time to show God's grace.
The corners of Shani's mouth twitched slightly.
She knew that her Lord Bishop was a subordinate of the Capital Cathedral, he was eager to achieve great achievements, and he was squeezed too hard by the Kara family, but Lord.
Isn’t your performance contrary to the kindness in the teachings...
Suppressing her disrespectful thoughts, Sister Shani replied respectfully: "Bishop, the head of the Lin Yuan family has eliminated the Bone Mystery Realm and has now returned to the Kara family's manor."
Hami's eyes darkened, and his tall body swayed a little.
After a few minutes of slowing down, Hami took a deep breath and asked, "Is he injured?"
"It doesn't look like it, the clothes are still clean." Shani answered truthfully.
Hami was silent for a while.
"I understand. You continue to monitor his movements and let me know if you have any new information." Hami waved his hand weakly and said.
His face looked like he had aged ten years.
"Yes, Bishop." Shani retreated and left.
Originally, she wanted to say that since the whole city was rejoicing, the bishop should rejoice with the people and take the opportunity to make the alms ceremony bigger, but now it seems that she has forgotten it.
My own bishop must be in no mood to be happy.
…
The city of Fanon fell into a sea of joy.
The Bone Maze collapsed and disappeared, and a large area of Newman Street and the port came to light again. People walked out of their homes and poured into every street.
There were lights and colorful decorations everywhere and it was full of carnival atmosphere. People were shouting the names of the Kara family and praising the new head of the family for their feats. Everything related to the Kara family was being crazily sought after.
Guys with business acumen rush to produce products at light speed, including but not limited to woodblock prints, collections of deeds of past Kara family heads, history of the founding of Kara city, etc.
Because the Ancient Snake Cult was going to carry out a gift ceremony on the same day, a lot of people gathered at the door of the church. Some brave businessmen even set up stalls at the door of the church and started selling Kara family products.
This caused the scene to explode. Bishop Hami who was passing by was initially pleased with the popularity of the Ancient Snake Cult. Later, when he discovered the truth, he was so angry that he drove the merchants away and confiscated everything on the stall.
A holy fire burned it all.
Carla family estate castle.
The head of the family carefully knocked on the door of the head of the house.
"Come in." Lin Yuan said.
The little old man opened the door and stood solemnly in the center of the room, with his head lowered, like a child being trained.
Ever since the new head of the family, Wu Shang, eliminated the Bone Mystery Realm, everyone in the family has been completely convinced. Not to mention that through the mouths of the nine tribesmen who came back, they knew that Lin Yuan had transformed into a giant dragon thousands of meters tall.
Just outrageous!
All the old guys in the clan immediately stopped saying that Lin Yuan was young. He must be the most talented person in the world and the great head of the family, and they were very confident in their hearts.
"What's the matter?" Lin Yuan put down the book in his hand and asked.
He knew that if he didn't speak, the old guy in front of him might be able to stand there until night.
The patriarch's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum, and he rubbed his hands and said: "Great Patriarch, after you displayed your power and destroyed the Bone Maze, the whole Fanon City was boiling.
"After everyone discussed it, we all felt that Fanon City has been in panic for several months, and it is time to hold a celebration to appease people. So..."
"So you want me to host this celebration?" Lin Yuan raised his eyes and said.
"No, no, no, how dare you trouble the family master. The family master's time is precious, so of course it cannot be wasted here. The family master only needs to show his face and say a few words at the opening of the celebration." The clan elder explained quickly.
"Oh." Lin Yuan understood.
Appeasing people's hearts is one thing, but showing the strength of the Kara family is even more important.
He has no opinion.
"You agreed?" the clan elder said excitedly.
Lin Yuan shook his head: "It will be later. There are still two mysteries in the city that have not been solved. When I deal with them tomorrow, it will not be too late for you to start the celebration."
The clan elder's nose flaring.
Young people are formidable, and the head of the family's calm demeanor makes him feel hot-blooded as he hasn't in a long time.
"Everything is decided by the head of the family." The clan elder suppressed his excitement.
"Well, if you have nothing else to do, just retreat." Lin Yuan said.
"yes."
The next day, to everyone's surprise, the new head of the Kara family neither practiced cultivation nor held a celebration, but took action again.
This time he went into confusion with only one entourage.
Common people, rich people, nobles... many people were waiting outside the maze. Bishop Hami received the news and secretly came to an attic.
He unscrewed the lid of a sacred object he brought from the church and dropped the strange liquid in his eyes. This allowed his eyes to finally penetrate the fog and see the scene inside.
"Let me see your strength." Hami muttered to himself as he stared at the young man strolling in the confusion.
Then he saw the giant dragon that penetrated the sky and the earth.
The flapping of dragon wings is like a storm, and the terrain is flattened with one foot.
Under the sharp dragon claws, he saw the main monster of this confusing place, a centipede several hundred meters long being pulled out of the soil.
The centipede roared loudly, and its blade claws scratched the dragon's nails to draw sparks, but Hami only saw sadness and pity.
Ten minutes later, the maze collapsed, and Lin Yuan walked out with a smile, heading to the last maze location.
"You can't just transform casually. Warlocks also have their limits." Hami took a deep breath and comforted himself silently.
Entering the last puzzle, Lin Yuan and the two came to a sealed room.
An ugly pig-headed man sat on the eucalyptus table, grinning with black teeth: "Dear guests, are you two here to participate in the game?
"I have a dice in my hand. You can guess the size. If you guess right, you can leave here. If you guess wrong..."
The pig-headed man smiled wider, revealing the remaining red flesh between his teeth.
Lin Yuan looked at it for a while, then turned around and said to Shi Ying beside him: "This puzzle is based on rules. I won't take action. You come."
Shi Ying's eyes showed interest: "Haha, this is interesting."
He walked up to the pig-headed man.
"Is it big or small?" The pig-headed man smiled maliciously and clenched his hooves tightly.
Snapped!
A dice bag stunned the pig-headed man. He let go of his hoof and let the powder from the dice fall to the ground. He looked at Shi Ying in disbelief.
"You hit me? You hit me!" it roared.
"I just hit you, what happened?"
Snapped!
Shiying laughed, jumped up and gave the pig-headed man a hard blow on his right cheek.
"I do not guess you guess guess?"
"Damn you! You are dead! You are absolutely dead!
"The pig-headed man was completely furious.
It had scarlet eyes. Under the power of a strange rule, Shi Ying lay on the eucalyptus table without any resistance, and then the pig-headed man wielded the big butcher knife.
The scene was once inappropriate for children.
After a while, the pig-headed man's teeth were stained with blood, and he looked at Lin Yuan, who had been watching the show, with a ferocious expression.
"This guest, it's your turn to participate in the game."
Lin Yuan touched his chin, "But he's still there."
The pig-headed man was stunned for a moment, and then he was shocked to see Shiying lying on the couch again.
But hasn't he been eaten by it?
"You don't even have the strength to kill people, and you still come out to engage in activities?" Shi Ying shook his head repeatedly.
The pig-headed man's cheeks were bloodshot, his nose was smoking, and he swung the butcher knife fiercely.
However, the same attack had no effect on Shi Ying, and the butcher knife directly shattered on the ground.
But the pig-headed man obviously will not let go of the enemy in front of him.
It also used dozens of methods such as biting, trampling, and puncturing. Shi Ying endured it and ridiculed her, but she managed to survive again.
In the end, the pig-headed man couldn't bear the shame and fear, so he hit the wall of the room and committed suicide.
"Is this the next level?" Shi Ying saw the game was over and jumped off the couch with regret and said.
"Probably so. The style of monsters in the puzzle is quite unified." Lin Yuan replied.
"That's pretty easy." Shiying said.
Lin Yuan agreed very much.
With no solution to the problem of adaptability, any instant death rule would indeed look like a joke.
An hour later, the last of the puzzles collapsed and disappeared.
Fanon City is completely safe.
In order to avoid being disturbed by enthusiastic citizens, Lin Yuan flew directly from the sky.
Just as he was passing a building, Lin Yuan was suddenly touched. He lowered his head and looked down, and happened to catch Bishop Hami's looking up eyes.
"Huh?" Lin Yuan was slightly surprised.
He remembered this tall Bishop of the Ancient Snake Cult.
You had a lot of ill will toward him before, why did your eyes become gentle now?
Could it be that he is also grateful for his contribution to Fanon City?
Putting aside some doubts, Lin Yuan continued flying.