The dangerous aura disappeared in a flash, and it seemed to be Lucien's hallucination, but the "Ring of Kangas" on his left hand reminded him that a strong man had indeed approached just now.
"Lucien..." Seeing Lucien staying there, Alfred was about to speak, but was stopped by the downward gesture of his right hand, so he stared with translucent eyes and didn't know why.
In such a sensitive situation, someone actually comes to this small church located in a civilian area in the east of the city. What is his purpose?
After a while, Lucien could no longer sense the dangerous aura, so he used the secret communication technique with very small fluctuations to say to Afris: "Someone approached just now, at least a high-level one, and now it seems that he has sneaked into the Church of Salvation.
Well, we can’t let Richard have any problems if we wait any longer.”
Alfred suddenly became excited. Are there any enemies? The presence of enemies means victory, and victory means spoils!
Raising his paw, Afris wiped away the saliva from the corner of his mouth.
Richard stood quietly in front of the cross, thinking about the conversation just now. The buds that had been hidden in his heart for more than twenty years seemed to be gradually sprouting under the sunlight. The chaotic and contradictory concepts in the past were sorted out and reshaped bit by bit.
With your own faith.
At this moment, he was calm and prayed: "If this interpretation of the "Holy Scripture" violates your teachings and will, then let the holy light engulf me. It means that my faith has been shaken by the fallen morning star.
, will surely fall into hell.”
Time ticked like water. Minute by second, Richard slowly became covered with a sacred and solemn light. Like a saint favored by the gods, he raised his head, opened his eyes, and painted on his chest.
Cross, with gentle and firm eyes, whispered: "You are one and ten thousand, the beginning and the end. I think I understand your teachings. God loves the world and redeems the world. The existence of religion is to defend faith, not to
Block belief. Everyone has the right to receive revelation from the Holy Scriptures. As long as the mind is pious, they can be illuminated by your spirituality."
Richard felt happy both physically and mentally. The dirt that had confused him for twenty or thirty years seemed to be evaporated one by one under the light of the holy light. His faith became more firm and pious, and the strength that had been bottlenecked for decades also seemed to be touched.
Arrived at the gate of level nine.
"This is all your gift, but the truth will last forever." Richard drew a cross on the holy symbol on his chest.
In fact, from Lucien's point of view, with Richard's piety in faith and his research on theology, if there had not been confusion and wandering for a long time, he would have been promoted to the ninth level long ago, and maybe he would have become a Holy Spirit priest, crossing the
Enter the realm of legend.
Richard stood up from his seat and signaled to the pastor in the church that the bishops could end their prayers and leave. He went to the garden next to him, breathing in the fragrance of flowers mixed in the fresh night air, feeling the beauty of life, and thinking about what he wanted to propose.
Program of the Reformation·And all these are given by the God of truth.
"No matter how dangerous the road ahead is, no matter how suppressed I am by the Pope and members of the College of Cardinals, I will complete and submit the program to the College of Cardinals and disseminate it to other clergy." Richard has no idea of independence and will also
His hope was placed on the reform within the church. Suddenly, he turned around with emotion and saw a cardinal wearing a bright red robe and a square hat walking towards him with a smile.
"Octave?" Richard recognized this as a talent he had cultivated when he was in charge of Lentate Abbey, the cardinal who was previously in charge of the Inquisition in the Diocese of Holm.
Octave is a very dignified middle-aged man with thick black eyebrows and a pair of sharp light blue eyes. He smiled and said: "You must have heard about recent events. I was a little confused, so I thought of looking for you.
Unravel."
"There is resentment in your heart, so you are going to blind your eyes?" Richard asked using scriptures from the Holy Scriptures. His expression was kind and had the power to soothe people's hearts.
Octave made the sign of the cross on his chest: "Yes, I am worried that I will be blinded by resentment, forget the original intention of serving the Lord, and be abandoned by the Lord. But, Mr. Richard, do we allow evil to dangle in front of us?
But if we tolerate it for various reasons, isn’t this a betrayal of the Lord’s teachings?”
"... Because of his faith, he was not afraid of the devil, ignored the flames, threw himself into the most dangerous enemy, and did not retreat..."
He also recited verses from the Holy Scriptures, with a slightly questioning look on his face, questioning himself and the church.
Richard shook his head: "What is evil? What is evil about the nobles you executed?"
"He listens to the 'mysterious voice', and he cooperates with magicians to make money." Octave's voice became louder.
Richard pointed to the "Holy Scripture" in his hand: "The Lord only told us not to be greedy, not to lie, not to indulge in lust, not to be indifferent to life, and not to be filled with pain and hatred. What did that nobleman not do?
?”
"He lied! Weaving lies and cooperating with the magician." Octave replied subconsciously.
Richard smiled: "Those who lie will not be able to ascend to the mountain of heaven, wander on the earth, and be harmed by thunder and lightning flames... This is the Lord's punishment for them. He has not said that he can ignore their lives."
."
"He cooperates with the magician and listens to the mysterious voice!" Octave didn't understand Richard's thoughts.
Richard said calmly and authentically: "The Holy Scriptures never say that you cannot cooperate with a magician, as long as the magician is not an evil person who violates the teachings of the Holy Scriptures."
"How could he not be an evil person? According to the Canon..." Octave recited the contents of the Canon.
Richard looked at him with a smile, making him stop talking before saying: "Since you follow the Canon, you must consider the wishes and ideas of the church. Why are you resentful?"
Octave said with joy on his face: "Yes, it is not the church or the Canon that is resentful, but those high-ranking His Majesty and Your Excellencies who have violated the original intention of the faith and revised the Canon many times. They have betrayed the Lord and have already
No longer able to effectively spread the Lord's faith, Mr. Richard, haven't you always disliked the Pope's revision of the Canon? I hope you can stand up and appeal to other clergy in the Diocese of Holm to awaken their numbness.
The souls suggested to His Majesty the Pope to restore the original Canon.!
"What if His Majesty the Pope is unwilling?" Richard had just experienced a lobbying session, so he was very keenly aware of the strangeness in Octave's words.
"If he is not willing, we will elect a real His Majesty who can represent the Lord's will. I think many members of the College of Cardinals have similar views!" Octave said with excitement and enthusiasm. "In my heart
, you are such a candidate!”
"Don't be used by others. Our correct approach is to return the right to interpret the Holy Scriptures to every devout believer and be justified by faith!" Richard shook his head and rejected Octave's invitation.
Unexpectedly, Richard's idea was more radical than his own. Octave was stunned for a moment, and then started to persuade again.
But Richard, who had just strengthened his faith, was like a stone that was inaccessible to oil and salt, and would not accept any opinions that were not in line with his own reform program.
Finally, Octave lowered his head in frustration and said: "Then I'll take my leave now. I hope you can figure it out in the future. We welcome you to join us at any time."
We? Richard frowned and saw that Octave had turned around and left without saying anything more.
Watching Octave step into the cloister, Richard continued to improve his reform program with his hands behind his back.
At the end of the corridor, Octave suddenly stopped, with a ferocious smile on his face, and a brown scroll containing terrifying power appeared in his hand.
"Dead people are often easier to take advantage of because they can't speak!"
"Richard who died at the hands of the magician was more likely to stir up conflict than Richard who was alive!"
The scroll was torn open by him, and the eternal flow of power suddenly broke out. Richard and the area around him were immediately dyed in the gray of nothingness and death. Under the nine-ring magic "time stop", everything seemed to have stopped.
Octave once again took out a black scroll and tore it open. The inexplicable magical power surged towards Richard. It would remove the effects of all supernatural powers below the legendary level on Richard, even the "legendary level"
"Artifact" also has a certain chance of being destroyed.
Nine-ring magic "Great Disintegration"!
Just when Octave took out the last magic scroll "Ultimate Destruction Sphere", he suddenly saw a figure emerging in front of him, pointing a finger at him.
Bang bang, all the magical items on Octave's body were shattered, the cardinal's robe turned into light spots of different colors, and even his physical body "evaporated" into a layer of "mist" composed of various elements.
Caught off guard, he was immediately hurt, and his body and soul seemed to be frozen.
Lucien's "Elemental Order" became more perfect after the new alchemy initially explained the outer electron exchange, and its power was once again enhanced. When used with the strength of seven rings, it has an effect close to that of nine rings.
Although the magical array of the "Church of Redemption" covered up most of the magic fluctuations, Lucien, who was very close, still recognized the nine-ring magic, so he came to the rescue. However, using legendary magic would definitely break through the magical array.
The blockage allowed Rentat's legendary powerhouses to sense it, so they did not use it.
Lucien hated Octave's wasteful move of using two nine-ring scrolls. High-level scrolls are much rarer than alchemy items, because there are not many materials that can carry high-level magic, and even more suitable for writing scrolls.
There are few, and disposable scrolls are not as good as alchemy items that can be used repeatedly. Unless they can only be made into scrolls, magicians would rather find more materials to refine items. Even "rich men" like Lucien
"There are no high-level or above scrolls on him now, Octave is simply throwing money at people!
Lucien pointed his hand again to use the curse spell to reduce Octave's magic resistance, and then used the petrification spell to make him into a statue, and then took him back and tortured him slowly.
At this time, a figure suddenly jumped out from the shadows. The long sword in his hand had the smell of eliminating extraordinary power, and it struck Lucien who was caught off guard.
Octave actually has a companion, a heavenly knight with the "elimination" bloodline!
Moreover, he is also Lucien's "acquaintance", Lund, the former night watchman captain of the Alto Inquisition!
For some reason, Lunde, who had been promoted to a sixth-level heavenly knight, recognized Lucien's identity. With his will, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic in his heart. Was he finally going to kill this abominable enemy?
I believe that with his elimination bloodline, Lucien's spell trigger ratio will be lifted!
The long sword struck Lucien, but it was like hitting a bubble. The strange smile on Lucien's handsome face slowly dissipated.
"Oops, illusion!" Lund's heart tightened, and he quickly returned his sword to defend, but a huge creature suddenly appeared behind him. Its translucent amber eyes looked at him intently and seriously, its mouth opened, and a cold and paralyzed dragon appeared.
The breath spurted out.
The pressure from the top creatures made Lund slightly distracted.
Next to Octave, Lucien's figure emerged and rushed towards the eighth-level cardinal who had just recovered.
Octave recognized that Lucien had used "Bale's Transformation Technique" and subconsciously sneered in his heart. A magician transformed into a celestial knight. Isn't this taking advantage of his weaknesses and avoiding his strengths?
Therefore, he set up a magical defense in front of him, preparing to block the attack and then launch a counterattack. As long as he could escape, he would slander Richard for colluding with the "Fallen Angels"!
He clenched his fist with his left hand and swung it out fiercely. A faint silvery moon light mixed with black and white and gray solidified flashes. Octave's eyes widened and he was shocked to see that his defense was shattered like paper under the bombardment of Lucien's left fist.
"What's this?"
"Am I dreaming?"
In shock, Octave was hit hard on the side by Lucien's left fist. His teeth flew out, blood spurted out, and he fainted.
If Lucien hadn't stopped his hand in time, this punch would have caused his brains and blood to fly together, turning milky white into dark red.