The most prosperous capital of the Holy Mecia Empire is undoubtedly the City of Psalms located in the Great Plains of Psalms, but when it comes to the holy land of the Church of Holy Glory, one has to mention a small rocky city located on the northwest side of the empire, surrounded by many steep mountains.
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The place where the gods came to the world——[Gansavaram]
This city is very small, with mottled and low walls covered with moss and traces of weathering. There are no traces of magic on them. The buildings and sculptures in the city also generally show a yellowed ancient texture, except for the church in the center of the city.
Maintained spotless whiteness.
It is such a small and humble city, but it is a holy place in the hearts of countless believers of Shenghui Church, and it is also the only place where every pope takes over.
Simply because this place once welcomed the arrival of ‘gods’, and it was also the place where the first Holy Glory Church was built.
For thousands of years, although this holy city is slightly dilapidated, it still attracts thousands of devout pilgrims to come to worship. Even if the road here is dangerous, they are still unstoppable, just to see with their own eyes this land touched by the gods.
The place on earth.
However, due to its special status, only truly devout believers can be allowed to enter.
At this moment, Pope St. Messia III was alone in the papal prayer room deep in the church, facing the altar. The pure and flawless light contained in the golden cup was holding the silver-white light on his chest with one hand.
Holy symbol, silent prayer.
He has been a little uneasy lately, and a strange feeling of distraught has always lingered around him, and he can't get rid of it even if he prays to the gods.
This is a very dangerous sign. As one of the strongest people in the Yaer Continent, this sense of danger almost means that some kind of huge disaster is about to strike.
For this reason, he left all mundane affairs behind and came here specifically to pray to the gods for guidance.
"The Lord we believe in, the Lord of billions of radiance..."
"You are the beginning, you are the end..."
"May your glory spread throughout the world, and may your way be on earth as it is in your country..."
Under the slightly dark towering dome of the prayer room, a hazy and white halo is cast from the panes of three huge arched gemstone windows behind the altar, which are more than ten meters high and depict sacred scenes, shrouding the young pope's eyes.
On his body, his figure with his head bowed in prayer looked particularly holy.
This prayer seemed to attract the attention of the gods. As St. Messia III continued to pray, strange power emitted from the light on the altar in front of him.
The bit of holy white light in the Holy Grail began to gradually brighten, and the warm and sacred aura enveloped the whole body of Saint Mexia III, as if to drive away all the abnormalities in his body.
But at the next moment, a change occurred that almost horrified Saint Mecia III.
The three huge gemstone windows suddenly turned black as if they were soaked in ink, and nameless darkness surged out of them. They surged, crawling through his white papal robes embroidered with gold patterns, towards the little light above the altar.
Cover and go.
Saint Mecia III immediately wanted to stop him, but he was shocked to find that he seemed to have become an ordinary person in the darkness, unable to sense any sacred power.
In his helpless gaze, the dense darkness gradually enveloped the light. Even though that little bit of holy white light tried hard to pierce through countless layers of darkness, it was still gradually extinguished under the seemingly endless erosion of darkness.
The next moment, Saint Mexia III suddenly woke up and realized that everything just seemed to be just an illusion, there was no darkness, and the light above the altar in front of him was still softly lit.
However, under the triple crown on his head, his golden hair was soaked with sweat and hung down slightly sticky.
"The darkness of the end..."
There was a trace of lingering fear in his eyes, and Saint Mexia III let out a sigh of relief.
That was not an illusion, but the guidance provided by the gods.
Although the radiance of God exists in every church, the first church is different, a mystery passed down from generation to generation by each pope.
Slowly walking out of the prayer room, the young pope frowned.
Although there have been speculations, this does not mean that the problem has been solved, or that it just let the shepherds know that the wolves are about to arrive.
There was even an almost blasphemous thought in the deep corner of his heart that he did not dare to think about.
In the scene of revelation just now, does the extinguishing of the light mean that even the ‘gods’ cannot protect themselves?
"Yanile."
St. Mexia III called in a low voice, and the next moment, a blond young man wearing a cardinal's robe and his eyes the color of holy white appeared in front of him.
"His Majesty the Pope——"
The latter saluted the Pope, but neither his expression nor his voice showed any emotion, as if he had lost all his emotions and desires.
"The day of judgment is approaching. How is your condition now?"
After looking at Yanile, Saint Mecia III suddenly asked in a somewhat confused manner.
"After becoming a saint, my strength has completely surpassed the ninth level, but I still cannot truly reach the realm of legend."
The latter was not surprised by the Pope's question, and he explained his feelings calmly.
"There is no road ahead. Some of the rules of this world seem to be missing, and a large part is missing. Even the power of faith cannot sustain me in the saint state for a long time.
If this part of the rules cannot be completed,"
"good."
Nodding, the Pope ended the topic.
This is the natural chasm that stands in front of all professionals who try to break through the legend. After countless years of research and speculation, the conclusion that the rules are missing is also one of the conjectures that modern ninth-level professionals cannot break through the legend.
However, this conclusion also has obvious problems.
A magical construct that has lost some of its parts is still unable to operate normally. How can such an extremely sophisticated existence as the rules of the world still maintain normal operation even if part of it is missing?
Unless, the rules are not missing at all, they are just 'hidden', but are actually still functioning.
The existence that can do this can only be a truly legendary powerhouse.
And this leads to a dead end. It is almost impossible for a ninth-level being to see through the hidden methods of the legendary strongman.
But now, there is not much time left for them.
Before the day of judgment recorded in the Holy Scriptures arrives, if no one in the Holy See breaks through the legend, then it will have no choice but to perish.
Suddenly, in the distant sky, a stream of holy white light suddenly flew into the church, then hovered in front of the Pope and dissipated, revealing one of the silver-white bright holy emblems.
Taking it with a frown, the Pope glanced at the urgent information in it, and his expression became a little more gloomy.
A strange disaster suddenly broke out in the Holy Mecia Empire without any warning. An amorphous existence that came from nowhere invaded many cities in the northwest and southwest of the empire.
They are extremely plastic, and usually appear in the form of a series of weird, super-visual conceptual aggregates, and can disappear temporarily and become invisible. If they still have some aura that can be sensed, they may even be mistaken for some kind of weird event.
The low-level clergy scattered in the four places are already seeking support from the Holy See. These existences spread extremely fast, and they can infect ordinary people in an incomprehensible way and assimilate them into one of them.
Several archbishops currently in the empire have been alerted and are fighting against him with all their strength.
What can be determined at present is that this is an ancient foreign existence, and the holy power has a very good effect on it. However, because it spreads too fast and its own power is very strong, it requires the holy power of a high-level priest to be decisive.
Governance role.
Faced with this sudden disaster, the defenses of many cities in the empire have become weak.
"Yanile, you should go to the City of Judgment immediately, find the source of the disaster as quickly as possible and eliminate it. I will try my best to stabilize the situation during this period."
With a gloomy face, the Pope gave the order as quickly as possible, and then the two figures disappeared instantly.