The interior of the church with gray exterior walls is still built according to a regular pattern. Rows of neat benches occupy most of the space. In front of the statue of God at the end, Father Lauren stood there with his eyes closed.
Caesar pushed open the door behind him, walked over slowly, and finally chose a bench in the middle to sit down.
"Send them away?" Father Lauren didn't even need to open his eyes or turn around to know who was coming.
"Ah, after sending us to the protected area, it seems that there are people from the Holy See lurking nearby. Is it really okay to just ignore it?" Caesar didn't understand the mystery behind his grandfather's actions, but he still obeyed unconditionally, "Shangguan Ce
He should have left, but none of the guys he brought this time are fuel-efficient." "You don't need to worry about this. Not to mention Bai Yu and the God of Death, as long as Miss Seven Sins is here, all the war fighters in this city will be safe.
No matter how hard you try, you can't win." He slowly opened his eyes, revealing his unwavering belief. He picked up a lit match in his right hand and ignited the white candles surrounding the statue. Lauren praised it so much.
Caesar was also slightly startled by such a person.
"Old man, do you know that woman named Seven Sins?" In the past, my grandfather would never show humility to the Pope, but today's performance is suspicious in every way.
Lauren blew out the half-burned match in her hand, turned around and said, "We, the Jones family, have been exorcists for generations, but we have only one object of allegiance, and that is the Holy See itself." "It means.
, no matter who becomes the pope, they can’t give us orders, right?” Caesar quickly understood the hidden meaning of this sentence.
"Almost, but it cannot be said to be completely correct. Our ancestors followed the first pope, Queen Caitlin, to establish the Holy See. Since then, generations have changed. Until now, after the Queen Caitlin who we want to be loyal to is no longer there, we have begun to be loyal to the Pope.
The Holy See itself, because it is a relic of Her Majesty the Queen, as long as it is beneficial to the Holy See, we will do it." A pious expression appeared on Lauren's face that was not old. In fact, Caesar knew it very well.
My grandfather was a pretend theist, and he would not respect the so-called gods at all.
"Wait a minute, does that woman named Seven Sins have anything to do with Caitlin... the Queen?" Originally he wanted to call her by her first name, but after seeing the sharp look in his grandfather's eyes, he reluctantly changed it with a shrug. Caesar vaguely felt
Today's grandpa has too much respect for the seven sins, which can be seen in many details.
Lauren did not rush to answer, but turned back and faced the tall statue.
"Queen Caitlin is a person with immortality. She is still alive, and now she is called the Seven Sins... The person we want to serve is still alive."
Behind him there was the sound of Caesar getting up. You can imagine the reaction of the grandson.
"impossible!"
"Are you so sure that there is no eternal life in the world?"
"It's simply ridiculous. What kind of ability can do it? Even the popes of all generations can't do such a heaven-defying thing." Caesar maintained a negative view, but was not firm. He knew that his grandfather would not do it.
Will speak freely.
"I don't know what kind of ability it is. The only clear thing is that Queen Caitlin needs to go through a long sleep to maintain her immortality." There is not much information about the Seven Sins, and Lauren has also passed it down from generation to generation through her own family.
He only learned about this matter through his verbal secret, "Then do we want to help?" Then thinking of the current situation, Caesar was a little confused about Lauren's calmness.
"No, although I want to protect the Queen from the bottom of my heart, it is not practical at the moment. First of all, our combat power is not enough. I am old, and you...have lost your strength. For the Queen, it may be...
It's a burden, and secondly..." Probably thinking of something unpleasant, Lauren sighed silently, "My son, my wife, your parents, lost their lives because of the loyalty passed down from generation to generation.
The same goes for you." "As I expected, my father and mother were killed by the Holy See. Including the accident of my mission, the information was also artificially modified." After saying this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Caesar's mouth.
, the lazy expression turned fierce for a moment, but soon returned to its original state, because Anna walked in.
"Grandpa, brother, what are you doing?" In a clear and moving voice, the girl tilted her head and looked at the two remaining relatives in front of her.
"Grandpa is chatting with brother, little angel, what's the matter, do you miss grandpa? Ah! That's so thoughtful..." He immediately put on an unimaginably funny expression, Lauren trotted over to please, and Caesar pouted.
, vaguely felt the fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from the foot of the mountain, "The eternal queen of the Holy See? Interesting..." The Holy See can't wait to reveal their ugly true face.
Halfway up the mountain.
Gao Yan, who was wearing a white mask, was suddenly wrapped in a tattered gray cloak, shrouding his body in it. The long knife in his right hand was aimed at Bai Yu's location.
"A mere ordinary exorcist, you don't take me seriously enough." Luo Minmin was more angry than eager to fight, "Let me see what you are capable of." "You are too easy to be fooled.
You must be angry." Bai Yu scratched the back of his head, but in fact he had tensed up the nerves in his whole body, carefully guarding against Gao Yan's surprise attack. He didn't want to be killed by the exorcists of the Vatican here for no apparent reason.
"Here we come." Qi Zui seemed to be very calm and unhurried, her eyes were fixed on the opponent's movements. The moment Gao Yan rushed over, she was ready to defend.
Gao Yan's steps became quite light and he chose to stab him from the front with his knife.
"Is it a frontal thrust? Is her ability to enhance the power of the thrust? It doesn't look like..." Luo Minmin calculated the opponent's speed and possible destructive power in her mind, and the sickles in her hands instinctively swept out, but
, unexpectedly, the sickle blade cut into Gao Yan's body easily.
"That's an illusion." Qi Zui suddenly turned around, and another figure exactly like Gao Yan appeared behind the three of them, targeting Bai Yu who was blocked at the back.
"Is the illusion in front of you a bait?" Now that he had been discovered, Bai Yu was not too panicked. The Seven Sins beside him had moved between the two of them, and his right hand turned into a hand knife and slashed out. Strangely, this time, it was easy again.
Penetrated the opponent's body.
"This is also fake." Qi Zui finally realized that the opponent's ability was a bit tricky. He expanded his body's perception and captured the flash of spiritual energy. "It's from above!" Above the heads of the three people, they wore white masks.
, Gao Yan, wrapped in a cloak, was getting ready to fall.
"She has no way to escape!" Luo Minmin waved the sickle, preparing to launch the strongest blow, but the next moment, she and Qisui both felt an obvious disharmony. Just now, Gao Yan above was indeed
I was right, but within just one second, both of them had the feeling that Gao Yan above was just a phantom!
"I won." The voice came from behind. Phantom, who had been penetrated by the Seven Sins just now, was standing next to Bai Yu, with the long knife in his hand pressed against the opponent's neck.
"This feeling... seems to be real..." Bai Yu did not dare to act rashly. The cold touch on his Adam's apple was too real. He was sure that the guy next to him was the real Gao Yan.
"My misfortunes and ghosts can create two spiritual clones, and they can exchange places with my true self at any time. After exposing the little trick, you may think it's nothing more than that." Gao Yan, under the mask, explained with a hint of ridicule.
Of his own abilities, "But just such an ability has already defeated you." "Even if you kill him, you won't survive." Luo Minmin was obviously furious and made a mindless threat.
Sure enough, Gao Yan smiled unmoved: "However, my goal was achieved. The person you wanted to protect was killed by me. From the beginning when you were deceived by my ability, you lost. Losing means...
Can you bear the price of Bai Yu's death?" As the central figure, Bai Yu's whole body was cold at the moment, and he wished he could stay away from the long knife pressed against his neck, but his slightest movement would cause Gao Yan's tip to turn.
, and finally gave up helplessly.
"In a head-on conflict, it's impossible for me to defeat the Seven Sins, not even the God of Death."
"What do you mean, are you looking down on me?" Luo Minmin shouted unhappily. Has she become more and more like that stupid Luoliya recently? Bai Yu thought so.
"Just like the guys sent by the Holy See this time, they can't defeat you from the front, but they will use various methods that you can't guard against. They can defeat the enemy head-on with powerful force. But what if the opponent chooses to surprise you from the darkness?
Are you still confident that you can protect Bai Yu?" He slowly pulled the blade away from Bai Yu's neck and put it back into the scabbard. Gao Yan also released his disastrous fighting mode, "I'm just using myself as an example to remind you.
"If Shangguan Ce and his subordinates want to take action against you, they cannot challenge you openly. A small oversight will cause you to be completely defeated." "Why did you come here to warn us? You are not from the Holy See."
Human? Originally, using your ability, you can catch us off guard." Bai Yu quickly distanced himself from us, touched his neck and asked in confusion, "You don't look like you are going to betray me.
Holy See." "It's just out of personal grudges and dissatisfaction with their actions. You don't have to think too complicated. You can even suspect that this is a trick of mine. I have said everything I want to say. It's up to you.
Come on." Then, he retreated into the woods and quickly disappeared.
"Just let her go like this?" Luo Minmin asked unwillingly.
"She is not hostile." Qi Zui shook his head, also talking to Bai Yu.
"I know, otherwise, my head would have been chopped off long ago. Go back. It seems that we need to pay more attention to the Holy See's affairs this time." Could it be that the Holy See would really kill him at all costs and take back the Holy See?
Qi Sin? Bai Yu glanced at Qi Sin beside him, and the latter nodded calmly to show comfort.
"Can't I live a peaceful life for a few days?" Bai Yu, who was wailing in his heart, finally returned to his apartment safely. When he walked in, he saw Luoliya standing uneasily in the living room and sitting on the sofa.
Another uninvited guest.
A god of death.
"Sister..." Luoliya seemed a little afraid of the other party.
"Enemy, or... your friend?" Bai Yu poked Luo Minmin next to him with his arm.
"I don't know." She whispered perfunctorily, and then took a step forward. Luo Minmin recognized the Death God sitting on the sofa, and Zhuo Ling, a sergeant from the Blood Crow faction with herself, "Why are you here?"
"I received an order to crusade against the LV3 disaster, so I was sent to deal with it." Zhuo Ling had an ordinary face, stood up, and met Bai Yu's eyes, "It must be Bai Yu, the host of Taotie, between us
It's our first meeting. It's a pleasure to meet you. Before I came to the world, I participated in the attack on the sin of jealousy. It's a pity that I left without seeing you." A few words of indifference made Bai Yu stop.
Stay close to the past.
"You...are the God of Death who attacked Wen Jing before?"
"That's right." The frank admission made Bai Yu confused, "Then you show up here and you also want to attack me?" Zhuo Ling shook his head dully like an emotionless machine, "That's not my fault.
As part of the mission, I attacked Shayin before just because I judged it to be extremely harmful. As for you... Taotie is in a sealed state and is very stable. There is no need to do anything extra." "Ha, you said it as if you were a messenger of justice.
, you Gods of Death are full of such weird guys." So far, Bai Yu has seen almost none of the Gods of Death that can be considered normal. Of course, they are all monsters that have died once. The word normal does not seem to be suitable for this purpose.
on them.
Luo Minmin ignored Bai Yu's complaints, but walked straight in front of the other party and said seriously: "The Holy See has sent an exorcist crusade team consisting of several people to arrive here. One of them may still have seven...
One of the original sins, one of their targets is Bai Yu. It's impossible for the higher-ups not to know about it, right?" "Every move of the Holy See is under our surveillance, so I'm afraid they know about it." Zhuo Ling waited for Luo Minmin's next words.
"Then don't you know the seriousness of the matter! This is a provocation to our Hades Army! Guaranteeing Bai Yu's safety is the consensus of several major forces. Now, the Holy See wants to break this tacit agreement and prepare to use force. Is it possible that those above
Are the big shots ready to let things go?" After experiencing Gao Yan's incident, Luo Minmin vaguely realized that she alone and the seven sins of unknown origin might not be able to perfectly protect Bai Yu, and more combat power would be needed.
"Are you saying that we should apply for support from above to protect this human being?" Zhuo Ling pointed at Bai Yu, and his unwarm tone made Bai Yu understand that in the eyes of the other party, human beings are worthless.
.
"Isn't it? What on earth are the people above thinking!"
"The person who is thinking about what is on earth should be you, Luo Minmin. You are so rude for this human being. What are you thinking about? The strange thing is not the Hades above, but you, Sergeant Luo Minmin." Zhuo.
Ling's words brought an abrupt end to Luo Minmin's rage. The expression on her face was strange, one of confusion and panic.
She is afraid.
Afraid of some kind of change inside.
"My judgment is that the Calamity White Lian we are going to hunt down this time will interfere with the balance of this area. The priority is to kill it. As for the Holy See...as long as they don't start a large-scale war, they are not within the scope of our responsibilities."
After saying that, Zhuo Ling nodded slightly towards Bai Yu, "By the way, I drank the yogurt you put in the corner of the refrigerator. Thank you for the treat." "Hey... you're welcome... wait, I used that as a midnight snack.
Yes! You bastard God of Death!" "Sorry, my name is Zhuo Ling, not a bastard. I still have work to do, so I won't bother you." Before Bai Yu could continue to curse, Zhuo Ling had gone away, leaving a group of people behind.
Luo Minmin has a complicated expression on her face.
"Am I the strange person?" I kept asking myself, but I couldn't find an answer that relieved me.