The undulating holy music under the towering curved vault finally came to an end. The twelve high-level priests wearing gold-rimmed red robes were pale and could hardly stand. The attendants and subordinate servants on the side hurriedly stepped forward to save them.
Hold on. These high-ranking figures are either the regional chief priests in the surrounding areas of Rushta, or senior scholars of the scholastic school. They have a grand and respected status, which can be said to be second only to those on the domes of the Temple of Fire.
Characters; matching their identities is their strength. Among them, Archbishop Christopher of the Cohen area, Anders the God's Favorite, and Sutton, the scholastic master, have already stepped into the side of truth and are only one step away from the Holy See.
——The residents of Rushta are accustomed to collectively refer to the eleven people on the dome of the Temple of Fire as those on the Holy Seat. Over time, this saying has been spread. In addition to these three people, the other nine people are also civilized.
In fact, people with their status seldom preside over sacraments or rituals in person, but occasionally they do it easily, and they are never as embarrassed as they are now.
"It's really breathtaking." The person who looked at this scene and spoke was Vala. People who have never seen this supreme being can hardly imagine that the person in charge of the entire Temple of Fire would be such a somewhat aloof person.
The kind-faced little old man, his beard and eyebrows have long been white, and his figure has shrunk a lot. He is wearing a red bishop's shawl with snow-white fur edges. His hands are trembling behind his back, as if a gust of wind can blow him down. But only those pair are deeply drooped.
Under his eyelids, the eyes that flashed with light from time to time and the clear lines around his pursed lips also proved that this old man who had controlled the temple for more than half a century was not that simple.
The world calls him the great priest who brought iron and fire. He is the only person among the Eleven Holy See who has experienced a complete holy war. There is a widely circulated proverb about him in Rushta - the Holy See will never be merciful, and he is talking about him.
His character is by no means as kind-hearted as his appearance.
He stood on the altar with two other people, and the person he spoke to was a woman on the left behind him. This woman was very tall, wearing a short white shawl, a high crown on her head, and holding a gun with a golden flame emblem.
The scepter and the long cloak have been dragged to the smooth ground paved with obsidian; her face is a bit too thin, and her cheeks seem to be chopped with a knife and an ax, so that the softness of the woman cannot be seen, and she looks too cold.
She has short platinum hair, tied in a long thin braid at the back of her head, hanging on her shawl. This woman is Sidney Metfalika, the third in command of the Temple of Fire, and Cruz
The fourth greatest expert in the empire, there are countless legends about her since the year of Star Gathering. It is said that she fought against the fourth wizard leader of the Buga people and lost only by a hair. Even though she lost, it was an honor.
Ordinary people often use the sharpness of a hawk to describe the sharpness of a person's eyes, but such words seem weak in front of this lady. Her eyes are not only sharp, but more like they have substance. They can make people understand just by looking at them.
What she means is that there is a ring of golden flames deep in her pupils, which is related to the divine power she possesses - the angel Akroma holding the holy sword - in terms of attainments in the holy word of judgment, no one in the empire can surpass her.
Everyone on the right, including Valla, had to admit this.
The other person next to Vala has extremely gorgeous decorations on his silk robes and a kind face. He looks more like a businessman. This person is called Caesar. He is ranked lower among the eleven people. His name sounds very domineering.
But his people worked diligently but did not achieve much in history.
Sidney remained silent as usual. Even if the controller of the Temple of Fire spoke in front of her, she had no intention of answering. It was not unreasonable for the world to call her the Saint of the Lion Temple.
But Vala admired her character very much. Compared with the era of the previous generation of great priests, because they had experienced the holy war, this generation of inheritors of the Temple of Fire generally looked younger - young people always seemed too radical.
, but not calm enough, with the exception of Sidney.
"His Majesty issued an edict on the 14th, and these people entered the city on the 17th. Those in the scholastic school responded most actively, the high priest." Caesar reminded in a low voice.
Vara nodded, of course he understood the hidden meaning of this sentence. Over the centuries, Cruz's imperial power finally reached its peak in the past hundred years. Sometimes he couldn't help but think, if he was born in his own country
How wonderful it must have been in the era before the teacher. At that time, the temple could not only develop its own power in small countries like Eruin and Antuobuluo, but also intervene in secular affairs. In the era of the most prosperous religious power, even the throne
The inheritance rights are all in the hands of the great priest, but what about now?
The old man felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
"After this, I'm afraid that His Majesty's influence within the temple will increase again, High Priest."
"I understand," Valla shook his head. The scholastics have always been closer to the royal family. They have been wanting to reform the academic affairs since the Year of Thunder. They have long begun to accuse him, the great priest, even though he was in the Holy War.
Afterwards, a group of people were purged, but this obviously could not stop those lunatics. The temple was indeed going to undergo changes, and he became more and more aware of this, but the authority to preside over the changes must not fall to those who formed cliques for personal gain.
Hands, otherwise there will be no tomorrow for the Temple of Fire.
He knew that Caesar's words were a reminder that he should not meet Her Majesty the Queen's request this time. Although the imperial power increasingly penetrated into the temple, the Temple of Flame still had the power to decide its own internal affairs. His decision was called that in vain.
It was as if the eternal Supreme One had stretched his hand into the interior of the temple, which had long aroused dissatisfaction among many of the eleven people. Today, he, Sidney and Caesar were the only ones present, which is evident from the fact that Sidney had no intention of fighting for power.
, Caesar was obedient, but others were obviously very dissatisfied.
"But that's the Azure Spear." Vala sighed. Their Queen was too difficult to deal with. Sometimes he wondered whether it was Cruz's luck or Yan's luck to have such a Queen.
The misfortune of the temple - the azure spear is a sacred object in the mortal world. The azure knight shattered the sky and brought the object of the second era. In the poem of Cangzhi, it is described as the hope of mortals, the holy object that changes destiny.
Gun - It is conceivable that if any temple possesses such a magical weapon, if it is recognized, it will greatly increase the prestige of the temple, and it is impossible for him to refuse it, both publicly and privately.
Caesar also closed his mouth. Of course he understood the meaning. He couldn't help but look back at his colleagues. Even Sidney, who usually had the same expression on his face, had a sparkling look in his eyes at this moment.
light.
After all, it is Holy Spear Cangqiong——
"It's a pity that the person holding the gun is a mountain man." Caesar thought with regret in his heart. If he hadn't already known that the holy gun was transported out of Eruin and had the owner before that, otherwise he would not have known it.
You must think that this was planned by the Supreme Queen; because as we all know, among the countries under the rule of the Temple of Fire, only the mountain people do not believe in the teachings of Gilt. They worship the spirits of their ancestors and nature, so they are
Call them barbarians, but they are such barbarians and are recognized by the Holy Spear.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, you are handing over a destiny-changing thing to a foreign race just to suppress the temple. You are playing with fire and harming yourself - how can a mortal control the future in his hands? The gods will definitely punish him." Vala.
I felt helpless in my heart and couldn't help but mutter to myself.
None of the three people spoke, silently watching the crystal in the center of the hall thinning layer by layer, and finally disappearing. The girl inside closed her eyes tightly, held a spear in her hand, and broke through the ice as if she had lost her center of gravity.
He knelt down on the ground, then fell down, unconscious on the ground filled with layers of magic circles.
Vala looked at the pieces of crystal fragments falling on the ground, and vaguely seemed to see the disintegrated temple. The scholastics no longer stood with them, and the local priests were also at odds. Williams' failure was even more serious.
It was a heavy blow to the prestige of the Templar Knights outside the empire. When he thought about that incompetent guy, he couldn't help but get angry. A dignified leader of the Templar Knights would fall into the hands of a junior. It was simply
It was extremely embarrassing, but it was a pity that it was not just his face, or the face of the Cecil family, but also the face of the temple.
He then thought of the little Count Tonigel of Eruin, the rumored grandson of Sword Saint Darus, and couldn't help but muttered: "Why is it this guy again? He is really haunted."
Caesar heard this low murmur from the side and couldn't help but shuddered and his face changed. Of course he still remembered the drastic changes forty years ago and the decline of the temple, as if it was because of that injustice.
He looked at the great priest beside him and suddenly thought that the reason why the great priest so readily agreed to Her Majesty the Queen's conditions was probably not just because of the Azure Spear. He suddenly remembered that as early as
During the royal banquet last week, Her Majesty the Queen seemed to have vaguely revealed the background of the newly promoted countess and her relationship with Count Tonigel of Eruin.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but almost shed a cold sweat. He quickly tensed up his face, as if he was afraid that the supreme being next to him would see his thoughts.
But Valla didn't pay attention to him at all. Instead, she turned her head and said to Sidney: "Sidney, take the count down to bathe and freshen up. Be nice to her."
Priestess was stunned for a moment, then nodded coldly.
…
The girl was dressed like a princess, with a baroque-style light yellow dress wrapping her up. Her long fiery red hair was flowing down, like flowing scattered flames. Her slender neck and weak collarbone were exposed in the air, and she looked like a girl.
A thin mithril necklace passes through a flame diamond and clings to it, with the flowing amber color reflecting the healthy skin. The fluffy skirt is covered with rose-like pleats, with multiple folded sleeves and inner
The tulle lining and the huge bow on the chest almost made her look like an exquisite doll. The corset that tightly framed her almost broke her waist, leaving her breathless. Qian was a little at a loss.
Looking at all this, his amber eyes were filled with uneasy light.
The experience she had experienced this day seemed like a weird dream to her. She dreamed that she was sleeping in a huge piece of amber, during which she experienced many things and saw all kinds of strange scenery - but most of the time,
She was covered with black cloth, or locked in a box and kept out of sight. Occasionally when she felt uneasy, a voice would chat with her, but the number of times was not particularly high. The person in the Azure Gun
The young lady was so proud that she wanted to come to a conclusion in two sentences to prove that she was a fool.
Then she 'saw' herself being transported into a magnificent temple, where many priests were performing a ceremony around her, and her ears were filled with the low hum of chants, and then
, and then she felt as if she had woken up, and there was a lady in a white divine robe guiding her hazily, and then the lady asked several maids to serve her to bathe and change clothes; she had never experienced such a scene in her life.
Almost petrified, she tried to escape several times, but was stopped by the lady every time. The strength she was proud of was as weak as a child in front of the opponent, vulnerable
. She remembered that each time the other party looked at her intently and recited a prayer casually, and then it seemed as if an irresistible pressure fell from the sky, penetrated the dome of the church, and was directly exerted on her body, making her unable to move.
.
At this moment, she was sitting on a long-backed chair - the chair was extremely luxurious, almost like a carved wooden throne. Even in the lord's castle, she had never seen such a beautiful chair -
- Staring blankly at herself in a long floor-length mirror in front of her, although the beautiful person inside didn't look like her at all; several maids surrounded her, dressing her up carefully, Qian knew she couldn't resist,
Just let them play around like a puppet.
Several maids looked at their new master and compared the beauty in the mirror. They carefully combed her long hair, put on sparkling earrings, or whispered, and occasionally let out a low laugh, which made her smile.
She has a fever on her face. She still hasn’t figured out what exactly this place is, why she came here, and why she put on such weird clothes. She deliberately wants to contact Oweina, but the azure woman
The young lady in the gun seemed to have another important matter today. The questions in Qian's heart fell into silence. Fortunately, she felt that she could still feel the presence of the Azure Spear, which made her feel a little more at ease.
The maids surrounding her are all cute and cute, obviously carefully selected, but most of them have long or short red hair of different shades, and their origins and bloodline can be understood at a glance. Qian
Looking at these people of the same race that she had never seen before, and hearing them talking softly in her ears, it was really difficult to get rid of them and get angry at the moment, so she could only be patient - of course, this was something she understood.
, the somewhat too strict Priestess is still standing guard outside.
"My Lord Count," a round-faced maid said in a somewhat envious tone: "You are truly our princess, the most beautiful girl among the mountain people."
"What... did you call me..." Qian was not very good at dealing with strangers, but she couldn't help being surprised when she heard this sentence, and asked this sentence almost in a daze.
"By the way, Lord Earl, you don't know yet - you are the only earl personally consecrated by His Majesty the Emperor in the past few hundred years. Your fiefdom is said to be the most beautiful piece of land in the kingdom, among the four borders.
On the wild edge——"
"Yes, yes, I have seen the maple forest there before. Oh my god, it is so beautiful. I can see that His Majesty admires you very much," the maids chirped, "The key is, you are still close to us mountain people.
The land of Wallach, the mountains, I really dream of going home to see it."
Qian was confused. She looked at these girls inexplicably, not understanding what they were talking about. She was born in Chablis, and there were many mountain people there. When she was a child, she seemed to have heard about the hometown of the mountain people.
——Legends of the mountains of Wallachia, but those were all distant dreams. When she listened to them talking about fiefdoms, His Majesty, and Lord Counts, she felt that her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't think of anything for a while.
.
But she could see that these girls admired her sincerely, and they chattered to her: "Your Majesty, I heard that your Majesty intends to dedicate the autonomy of that land to you after you bear the sword and pledge your allegiance."
It belongs to you - that land is in your hands, it is equivalent to returning to the hands of our mountain people. For thousands of years, the independence and autonomy that our mountain people have dreamed of can finally be realized in your hands!"
The girls were discussing enthusiastically, but as they talked, their voices gradually became deeper and deeper.
The situation of the mountain people in the empire is not much better than that in Eruin, or even worse. The Cruz people regard them as barbarians, and the nobles capture the mountain people like they are catching wild beasts - the men and women of the mountain people.
Once they are driven out of the mountains and forests, they will be locked in a cage like wild beasts, driven away from their homes, and sold to various places. Those with better conditions can become servants of the nobles, and most of them die in some unknown mine.
among.
Who is willing to leave their hometown? However, the history of mountain people’s resistance has become a legend centuries ago. Within the empire, except for a few clans attached to the empire, most of them hide in the mountains and forests and live their lives.
They live like wild beasts. But even the remaining ones are inferior to others and may be captured at any time for various reasons and become slaves.
These seemed to be the common experiences of these girls. There was a moment of silence in the room. Several girls couldn't help sobbing. The round-faced maid choked and said: "Your Majesty, do you know that today because of you?
——We mountain people no longer have to leave our homes and families, nor will we be hunted down by the Cruz people like wild beasts. My lord, your reputation will definitely spread throughout the mountains of the empire, and one day you will definitely be a mountain warrior.
People’s hero——”
Akane opened her mouth.
She felt that she must be dreaming. She couldn't help but grab the armrest, as if she wanted to stand up unsteadily - the glass shoes under her feet were really unaccustomed to her, and she walked like a puppet -
The maids on the side quickly supported their swaying Princess, to prevent her from stepping on her skirt and falling to the ground. This was not something that had never happened before. But Qian looked around and finally asked calmly.
: "I don't quite understand what you are talking about. Lord, where is he...?"
"Lord, aren't you?"
Qian shook her head vigorously and was about to retort, but at this moment someone knocked on the door outside, and then Sidney's voice came in: "Count Mitra, if you have finished dressing up, someone wants to see you."
The maids suddenly became quiet, and each of them seemed to have suddenly turned into a puppet, because they understood that only who would be here at this time.
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