A light blue teleportation light flashed, and Bishop Comosius stood in the secret teleportation navigation room. Arcane incantations were etched on every brick on the inner wall of the room with alchemy potions, and then gemstone crystal dust was filled into them.
, forming constant protective spells such as "avoiding detection" and "mage's chamber". Moreover, the entire room is a "teleportation circle", which allows Bishop Comosius to travel between the old and new continents across thousands of miles.
After gently pushing the door and leaving, Bishop Comosius used arcane magic very skillfully, moving the brick and stone walls to cover up the teleportation navigation room. There was a "Death Emblem" infused with miraculous power on the stone wall, which was difficult to detect with the naked eye.
There is not even a magical aura. But if someone other than Bishop Comosius touches this stone wall with violence, it will trigger the "Death Emblem" to burst out with terrifying lethality, blasting the offender into ashes.
Bishop Comosius walked along a dark corridor to his study. He turned around and closed the secret door of the bookcase. He knelt in front of the holy book as if he were normal, reading and reciting with an extremely pious attitude.
After a while, someone knocked on the door outside the study, and at the same time a voice came: "Your Majesty, the gentlemen who came to receive the blessing have arrived."
Bishop Comosius stood up and walked out of the study. Outside were several low-level priests. Everyone was wearing red robes from the mission academy. Their clothes were simple and simple. They only used a hemp rope as a belt around their waists, but everyone had short irons inserted into their waists.
Stick. It can be seen from the tiger's mouth of the palm and the shape of the shoulders that these low-level priests are warriors who are well versed in fighting.
Before the founding of the Greater Londinium Empire, the Missionary Academy served as an armed group of the Holy Lord Church, possessing a powerful and hierarchical army. During the Catastrophe of the Undead, the Holy Lord Church seemed to have become the main force on the Garad continent.
The guardian of human civilization. The Salvation Army led by the Mission Institute has brought together a large number of armed guards, combat priests, and defensive sergeants. Its military strength exceeds that of various countries that have survived the disaster.
Especially after the undead disaster, various countries in the Garad continent suffered varying degrees of losses. Although the land ravaged by the undead gradually recovered its vitality, when the various countries sent people to reclaim it, they found that lizardmen and goblins were following them.
Mushrooms grow like crazy after the rain, ogres and gnolls occupy the ruins of ruined towns, centaurs and orcs gallop in the wilderness, and the remnants of undead disasters such as ghouls lurk at the bottom of tomb wells.
At that time, almost everyone in the country, from kings and dukes to civilian serfs, put their hope in the Salvation Army of the Mission School. Even at that time, there were scattered spellcasters in the countryside, but the memory of the undead disaster made the world's
Magic, witchcraft, etc. are particularly taboo. They have fanatical belief in the Holy Lord and highly admire the miracles of the church.
The Salvation Army of the Mission School has also gradually transformed from an armed group that resists the disaster of the undead and protects human civilization to an army organization that destroys monsters and expands territory. It points its finger at all non-human monsters and is bound to spread the power of the Holy Lord.
To every corner of the world.
But when the Missionary School led the Salvation Army to march eastward, on the western coast of the Garad continent, there was a seaside fishing village called Camelot. A little boy was born, and in the rest of his life, it completely overturned Garad.
The pattern of the German continent.
The Mission Academy and the Salvation Army fought off monsters and opened up territories for human civilization, which also indirectly laid the foundation for the subsequent expansion of the Great Londinium Empire.
It's just that the relationship between the empire and the Holy Church is not very harmonious. Everyone knows that the founding emperor himself was guided by the Archdruid and had contacts with various spellcasters. The relationship on which the founding emperor made his fortune was
The city of Dinium was not greatly affected during the Catastrophe of the Undead. In its early years, it was regarded as a backward and slovenly barbarian by other countries.
The Holy Lord Church regards itself as the protector of human civilization, especially the Mission Academy and the Salvation Army. However, they are conquests and fights against various human countries, but they cannot find their own position. Moreover, the Salvation Army itself is not affiliated with any country.
, but it happened to gather believers from different countries.
This led to the rapid expansion of the Londinium Empire and the annexation of various countries in the Gallade Continent. The Salvation Army was actually dismantled to pieces in this way? The sergeants who fought together in the past were suddenly thrown into fighting each other and fighting each other.
On the battlefield.
Although the Mission Institute also proposed to join one of the parties, the Scribes Institute and the Charity Institute expressed opposition. The church's duty is to guide and save the lost people, not to get involved in their wars.
In short, under the circumstances at that time, the church kept an uncharacteristically low profile. It neither came forward to support any of the parties fighting in the mainland nor relied on its past reputation and prestige to mediate. Looking back now, perhaps the opportunity for the split between the three houses of the church had been laid at that time.
The reason was unknown later - it was rumored to be a personal vendetta, perhaps to eliminate the legacy of the undead disaster. The head of the Mission Academy, an earthly saint known as the "Spear of Mission", carried a church artifact of the same name, along with the Eye of Mystery.
The "golden wisdom" Mikosi broke out in an earth-shattering decisive battle.
Although both sides had different opinions on that battle, the world regarded it as the "spear of mission" and "golden wisdom" that perished together. The founding emperor himself expressed dissatisfaction with the church's approach and also issued the "Disarmament Decree" against the Holy Church.
", prohibiting churches from having private armed forces and armies.
There was not much hindrance in the implementation of this law, because at that time the Missionary Academy not only lost a saint on earth, but the Salvation Army existed in name only. There were a group of clerical priests in the Scribing Academy, and the Charity Hospital was responsible for treatment and relief. No one would take the initiative to resist this law.
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Besides, the decree could only disarm people on the surface, but it could not prevent devout believers from mastering miracles. The empire was quite tolerant in this regard, and several emperors later became believers in the church.
Since the founding of the empire, the three houses within the church have gradually drifted away from each other. The School of Scribing and Charity has a rich heritage, but the School of Mission has become worse with each passing day. However, in recent years, the situation has changed again. Today, His Majesty the Emperor is very interested in mission.
The missionary church attached great importance to it and opened up dioceses, allowing those frustrated armed guards in the missionary college to become regional bishops and recruit guards belonging to local dioceses and chapels.
It was also during this period that Count Comosius Crimson changed his identity, from an armed priest who returned from his adventure in the New World to the bishop of a parish within the empire. This place was only a few hundred miles away from the city of Londinium, and there were many royal relatives around.
The estates of respectable people such as state relatives and business tycoons.
As a local bishop, Comosius had easy access to local celebrities. He held consecration ceremonies every week to bless these celebrities and gentlemen and heal their bodies and minds without charging any money.
Of course, these decent gentlemen will donate part of their weekly income to the local parish to express their devout beliefs.
Bishop Comosius asked the junior priests to entertain him first. He went to the room in the chapel where various ritual utensils were placed and took out a large golden cup, which was an indispensable vessel for the consecration ceremony.
I saw Bishop Comosius pour the fragrant red wine into the gold cup, and then took out a sharp fine gold dagger. After cutting his wrist, the bleeding did not stop, only a drop of mysterious blood slowed down the wound.
Slowly gushing out, accompanied by the blasphemous mantra of Comoxius, the blood beads showed an evil red light.
It is obviously a filthy and evil force, but in the chapel, which is shrouded in "sacred magic" and full of miraculous miracles, there is no conflict or incongruity at all. The blood beads are so pure and flawless, as if they are gems thrown into the mortal world by the Lord himself.
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As the blasphemous mantra faded away, the blood droplets dripped into the golden cup of red wine and melted away in an instant, making the red wine in the cup bright and clear.
Bishop Comosius looked at the golden cup of red wine and was very satisfied. Then he straightened his priest's robe and walked to the chapel hall with the golden cup in a dignified manner. At this time, the hall was already filled with believers, all of whom were local celebrities in luxurious clothes.
They are highly respected in their respective fields, and some are even influential in the Senate.
In the consecration ceremony, Bishop Comosius first preached the teachings of the Holy Scriptures, and then led the believers to sincerely pray to the Holy Lord and send miraculous blessings.
Of course, ordinary people cannot experience miraculous blessings. Bishop Comosius must guide the miraculous power and bless it in the golden cup of red wine. Each believer who comes can get a small sip and drink it.
Afterwards, it is guaranteed that the pain will disappear on its own, and all evil and misfortunes will be far away.
Although in the eyes of the mage, the series of rituals and blessings taught by the Holy Lord are, in the final analysis, to exert long-lasting buffing effects on others. The miraculous power is dispersed to everyone, which is nothing more than increasing insignificant spell resistance and treating some minor illnesses.
Sickness and pain.
But these local celebrities don't care at all about the effectiveness brought by the congratulatory ceremony. With their financial resources, who doesn't have a bunch of magic items? Although the red wine at the congratulatory ceremony is indeed very delicious, which makes people speculate that Bishop Comosius
Have you mastered some secret brewing recipe?
The gold cup was passed to the hands of celebrities and gentlemen. Bishop Comosius had a holy face and took the trouble to wipe the rim of the cup one by one with a clean towel. This attitude was even more obedient than the servants at home, allowing everyone to be immersed in the congratulatory ceremony.
During the trip, experience the fragrance of wine lingering in your mouth, and the miraculous power flowing throughout your body.
The congratulatory ceremony is always appropriate and beneficial, and will not make the participants feel a little cumbersome or anxious. After the ceremony, everyone comes to the courtyard outside the chapel to chat casually, and recently, a social circle of local celebrities has gradually formed.
"Your kindness is the road to the Kingdom of God." Comosius said to a nobleman, his eyes did not turn to the box of gold coins as a donation.
The local nobleman pinched his beard and said: "I am also helping Bishop Comosius take in orphans and help the poor. Because since the bishop came, the farmers and servants in this area have become much more obedient, which makes us can't help but
Sigh, it turns out that devout faith is the foundation of morality~"
Comosius replied piously: "Everyone should find their own position and work hard, so that the world can be better."
"Yes, yes... Mr. Bishop, I recently heard some news from my friends in the Senate. You must tell me the truth!" the local noble asked: "I heard that His Majesty the Emperor plans to rebuild the Mission House to save the world.
Jun, have you heard about this?"
Comosius still had a humble face: "With His Majesty the Emperor being so wise and powerful, how can it be the turn of the missionary academy to 'save the world'? We will unite around His Majesty the Emperor and dedicate ourselves to the cause of the empire!"
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In the afternoon, the local nobles and celebrities had already left. Bishop Comosius came to the alms hall not far from the chapel, and he could hear the sound of children playing in the open space in the distance.
A large number of displaced orphans were taken in here, and Bishop Comosius used donations from local nobles and celebrities to pay for the adoption of orphans, which earned him a high reputation.
It’s just that no one knows that the bones of the children that Bishop Comosius claimed to have sent to reliable families were buried under the relief hall. This is the blood bank that Comosius Red Count carefully designed for himself. Every adopted child
Children are all the fine wine he has aged and stored in his cellars, and will be used to suck blood when they are fed to the best condition.
"Did the ceremony go well?" At this time, a beautiful girl came forward. Ten years later, her appearance has hardly changed, and she is still young. Her brown hair, which has been changed by magic to cover up, occasionally shines in the sun.
Blue gloss.
"It's going very well. They have become addicted. As long as they are held three or four more times, they can be turned into my dependents." Comosius smiled: "At that time, I will be able to use this group of people to use my influence.
Infiltrate into the Imperial Senate, attract more nobles and celebrities, and gradually expand the size of my family."
The divine girl asked: "But you are not the head of the Mission Academy yet. As long as the spear of mission is still in the hands of the Scripture School, whoever you choose to be the capital of the Academy will not be able to convince the public."
"It won't take too long. I have already cooperated with the Eye of Mystery to take advantage of the leader of the scholastic academy to go to the New World and seize the Spear of Mission." Comosius replied.
The god-born girl looked curious: "That old man who is the head of the Scriptural Academy? I have seen his blessing ceremony in the Great Cathedral. Are you sure you can defeat him?"
"Don't worry, many bishops in the Scribes have long been dissatisfied with him for letting the New World church reform. He has made many enemies both internally and externally, and the Eye of Mystery will even have legendary mages involved!" Comosius said: "As for me, I just need to push for the final step.
step."
The divine girl asked: "Then do you want to take Salemi with you? He can already use the Evil Sword freely and can cause greater harm to the church priest."
"That's natural. Otherwise, why would I bother training him and feeding him blood?" Comercius was about to speak when he suddenly turned his head: "You kid behind the tree, what are you eavesdropping on?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a child under the apple tree not far away turned around and wanted to run away, but Comosius raised his hand to stop him.
Comercius and the god girl came to the child and saw that the child had large snake scale-like birthmarks from his cheek to his shoulders, as well as ugly scars that looked like they had been burned by fire.
"Sodifen, why are you running away?" Comosius asked, raising his hand to hold the child's shoulder, with a slight force of his fingers, he felt pain like needles. He looked a bit inexplicable with Dr. Olenso.
With a god-like face, Comosius had never had a good impression of this child and did not kill him outright, just because of other reasons.
"It hurts, it hurts!" The child named Sodifen quickly shouted: "I was wrong, I was wrong, the number of orphans found for the bishop last time was not enough... But you can't blame me, our area has already
There are not many orphans left, and they are all taken care of by you, oh! I was wrong, I was wrong!"
Bishop Comosius said in a gloomy tone: "Don't rely on your cleverness to act arrogantly in front of me. Tell me, where are you going to find a child for me next?"
Sodiphon replied: "Perhaps there is only the city of Londinium. Bishop, have you forgotten? My mother is a prostitute in Londinium. Don't look at the so-called City of Ten Thousand Cities. It is filthy inside."
This is a dirty deal. There are too many poor families. As long as you are willing to pay some money, I promise to get you dozens of children!"
"I will consider it." Comosius let go of his hand: "Now, keep your mouth shut and go somewhere else. If I find you eavesdropping again, it will be your turn next!"
Sodifen quickly turned around and ran away, acting like a naughty child. Comercius stared at his back and said to the divine girl: "Are you sure that he is the reincarnation of the soul of the Son of the Holy Scale?"
"Yes, it's just that he has not recovered his past memories, and there seems to be something else mixed in his soul." The divine girl said: "The soul of the Son of Saint Scale is not so easy to control, regardless of your blood magic.
, arcane magic or miracles may not be able to turn his soul into your own use."
Comosius smiled and said: "Don't worry, this kid was defeated by Olanso, and he may have some unique opportunities. I will observe him for a while and train him into a weapon of revenge in the future!"