Embers of Embers

Chapter 138 The Night of Holy Advent
The demons of sin grew up in the shadow of God, so under the magnificent Cathedral of Saint-Naro, mortals established a shadow kingdom called the Temple of Stasis, where the demon hunters who fought against the demons stopped. .
"Do you know about the Night of Holy Advent? As a new patriarch, you need to know something about the history of your order, Anthony...Priest?"
"You'd better call me Father, Your Majesty."
The priest shook his head. He did not know the full picture of the night of Holy Advent, and he was also afraid of the name of the priest.
The melodious music in my ears became louder and louder, and the red light in the steel gap became brighter and brighter. However, the elevator still did not reach the bottom and continued to dive. In this claustrophobic darkness, the Pope's voice slowly sounded.
"Night of Advent."
He murmured and sighed.
"The night of the Holy Advent...
If the Kingdom of Heaven really exists, I am afraid that night is the closest we will get to it. "
The priest was silent. At this moment, he had a strange feeling. It seemed that the man beside him was no longer the Pope, but another strange thing had replaced him, talking to the priest here.
"You should know that we captured the last demon, sealed it with hot silver, and engraved it with holy words. The priests prayed day and night, trying to purify the sinful soul."
The voice became lighter, telling the old story in the dark abyss that gradually descended.
"We classified that demon as [Messiah] level, codenamed Holy Grail. According to the records in "Revelation" and our analysis, it is the source of the demon. As long as it is completely destroyed, the demon will The concept ceases to exist.”
The Pope said so, but he still had doubts in his heart, would the weird monster really die?
"But... human beings are greedy, Father Anthony, if we are really so holy, then there is no need for so-called gods to save us."
The cold iron surface reflected red light, and the lines on it were like winding blood lines. The priest looked at the darkness under his eyes, and the ancient and most evil secret was separated from him by a thin line.
The priest's breathing became rapid.
"We have been fighting the demon for so long that we have almost become another demon... It can be said that everything in the Evangelical Church is based on the secret blood technology of "Revelation" and on the demon."
"After killing the last demon, does that mean we will also lose this evil and powerful technology?"
The pope asked the priest. As he spoke, he took off his iron mask, hid his face in the darkness, lit a cigarette and smoked it. The firelight illuminated the surroundings but could not illuminate his face.
The pope's majesty was gone, he was just a sad man.
"Of course, no one knows whether this will happen, or even whether the concept of demons will really disappear. After all, everything changed on the Night of Holy Advent.
To be honest, the timing of our capture of the Holy Grail was really not very good. If we had captured the Holy Grail hundreds of years earlier...or captured it during the Eastern Expedition, it would have been a perfect era. Everyone wanted the demon to die. The Knights Templar bulldozed one city after another, and everyone was full of faith. Even if they lost all the skills related to demons and died like this, everyone would agree. "
Even today, it was still the most glorious era of the church, when everyone was as holy as a saint, and everyone believed that the world would become a better place.
“But unfortunately times have changed, Father Anthony, and the old days are gone forever.
Inverg invented the steam engine, the steam age was unstoppable, and the distant Far Eastern Empire also showed its majesty... For hundreds of years, the church has been relying on the threat of demons to secretly dominate the countries. Call them heretics, and fearsome witchers will knock on their doors.
We are the shepherds, they are the lambs, and every lamb is afraid of the sheepdog, right?
But now that those lambs have the power to fight against demons, battleships and cannons, not to mention Jiu Xia who is suspected of having the same skills to fight against demons, this is the first time that the status of the church has been shaken. "
The Pope whispered, throwing away the cigarette butt, and the glimmer of light fell and disappeared in the darkness.
Leaning next to the swaying steel, he slowly put on the iron mask. In the darkness, it seemed that they were the only ones left here. The whole world became so small, and only this forbidden story slowly flowed.
"At that time, the church was divided into two factions. On one side were the believers who were loyal to their faith. They believed that the mission given to them by God was about to be achieved, and they should kill the Holy Grail no matter what the danger. They were true fanatics, obsessed with faith, obsessed with It’s a bit naive.”
He smiled and continued.
"On the other side are the war faction. They believe that once the concept of demons disappears by killing the Holy Grail, all the demon technology of the church for hundreds of years will collapse. That is the power that the church relies on. In the torrent of this new era, , once these are lost, the church will lose the power to compete with other countries, and the sacred faith will be treated like a mascot."
"They not only feel that they should keep the Holy Grail, but they should also use the power of the Holy Grail to firmly control the power of demons and mass-produce the secret blood. By then, there will be as many demon hunters as legions of demon hunters to conquer the Western world for us."
The demon slayer eventually becomes the demon.
The Pope began to hum as he spoke. He still remembered the fierce debate. Those war factions slapped the tables and chairs angrily, their faces flushed with excitement, and they were as enthusiastic as going to the dead, shouting the sacred words, just like that. It was as if they had returned to that era, rejuvenated.
Expedition!Expedition!Expedition!
"It's... really scary..."
The priest sighed. Just listening to the Pope's narration, he could feel the madness at that moment. His faith was torn apart by greedy desire, and no one could stay away.
"Subsequently, undercurrents surged within the church, and cardinals from the two factions were in tit-for-tat confrontation. This was the first time in hundreds of years that we were on the verge of a split. Should we say it is truly worthy of the Holy Grail? If captured, it would have such an effect, just like the underworld. It’s as if it’s destined.”
"In the end, the Pope made a decision. He chose to support the war faction... In fact, his decision was right. Yin Erweg won the Glorious War. The horror of the steam engine was obvious to all, and this technology was also obtained by Jiuxia in the Far East. Two The empire is slowly rising, and if we give up the power of demons now, we may be able to achieve God's mission, but this is also God's last glory, and we can't stand at all under that torrent."
The light under my feet gradually became clearer, as if it had reached the molten core of the earth.
“Sometimes it’s very helpless. You get what you want, but fate plays a trick on you.
Then the project of militarizing demons was put on the agenda, but humans are too greedy. They not only desire the power of demon hunters, they need stronger power...the power of the Holy Grail. "
The neglected past reappeared before the eyes, and the priest remained silent for a long time. Under the pope's words, even the most steadfast believers would be shaken.
"What would you do if it were you?"
Suddenly he asked.
The voice under the iron mask hesitated for a moment, and then laughed.
"I may promise them to conquer the world first, and then abandon the power of demons... But in fact, we all know that that thing has magic power. When you use it for the first time, you will be entangled in that destined fate. , there is no need to give up, no one will give up..."
That is an extremely sharp sword. As long as you hold it, you will be the monarch of the world. No one can refuse such a temptation, no one.
The elevator stopped suddenly, interrupting the conversation, and then the metal folding door slowly opened, and the stale air rushed in with the force of erosion.
The priest looked at the world outside the door. It was a huge palace with a curved dome in the dark depths above his head. The view was filled with ferocious and strange sculptures, but most of them were dilapidated. The ground was covered with rubble. There are also traces similar to blood stains.
But in this sealed underground palace, there is a breeze from time to time, as if the entire palace is some kind of living thing, it is breathing weakly, and the monks in gray robes stand in the palace, they work silently, Everything was so silent, even the sound of breathing disappeared, as if the sudden sound would wake up some kind of sleeping monster.
This is the Temple of Stasis, the residence of the Demon Hunting Order. It is located deep underground in the Cathedral of Saint-Naro. This is originally an underground cave. You can reach the Tiber on the surface along the underground rivers. The river was transformed into an underground military fortress in later years.
"This place was originally established as the 'Final Holy Land'. In the default setting, once the Seven Hills fall, we will withdraw here to serve as a shelter and a base for counterattack against demons. There are supplies here that can last for several years. And the secret blood production equipment is here, so as long as no one is dead, we can make a steady stream of demon hunters."
"But won't they lose control?"
The priest asked that the most dangerous thing about a demon hunter is losing control. For this reason, the church developed the Silver Bolt as a countermeasure, but under such circumstances, how could it be possible to achieve the level of craftsmanship of the Silver Bolt.
"Father Anthony, you still don't understand the meaning of this, do you know? The Silver Bolt has a final battle mode. As long as the Pope issues an order to activate that mode, the Silver Bolt will not be destroyed by the demon hunter... …Who cares if we lose control or not when we’re cornered?”
"It's a pity that no one could have imagined that the nightmare would erupt from this place of final battle, within the Stasis Temple."
The two of them walked on the gravel ground, which were all the remains of sculptures. As they moved forward, the priest could clearly see the huge buildings in the darkness, but most of them had collapsed. It seemed that monsters were fighting here many years ago. Generally, this underground kingdom was destroyed.
"The last pope was a waste. After the decision, he was completely ignored. At that time, those war factions held power. Their minions were spread across various industries. Without their nod, the pope could not even leave the Cathedral of Saint-Naro."
"The entire church became a machine for those war factions, and then he performed the forbidden ritual again... The secret blood originates from demons, and depending on the strength of the demons, the secret blood extracted is also different."
He stopped and looked at the priest, and at that moment they both knew what was happening.
"They usurped the power of the Holy Grail and stole its blood to refine it."
What a blasphemous act, the invisible big hand strangled the throat, and even the heartbeat became heavy.
"I didn't have that much power at the time. These were later dug out from the mouth of the previous pope. They found a group of demon hunters who were named angels and continued to degrade the power of the Holy Grail. Finally, There was some kind of plan to imitate the Holy Grail.”
Walking into the dilapidated palace, the honors of the past are no longer there, the so-called faith and gods have been smashed to the ground, and the fear and madness of that night remain everywhere. Even after so many years, the priest can still smell clearly To the erosion that fills the air.
"right here."
The two stood in the center of the palace. It was a deep well with an unobservable depth. There were complicated alchemical inscriptions on the edge of the well wall. Now this is lost knowledge. I am afraid no one can understand its meaning. Below is endless darkness, like an abyss.
"This is the well of sublimation, that is, it refines the blood of monsters into secret blood. Of course, it can do this because countless alchemists have continuously improved and optimized it for hundreds of years. It is a pity that alchemy The teacher also disappeared in history..."
"I don't know the full picture of that plan, but this is where it all begins."
The pope looked into the deep black well, where all the events of Advent erupted, and out of the darkness something abominable crawled out.
"According to what I later learned and speculated, it was here that the War Faction conducted the first experiment to imitate the Holy Grail. It was also during the experiment that Reverend Lawrence rebelled. The Holy Grail and the imitated pseudo-Holy Grail were all out of control. Everyone present at the time was directly Faced with the impact of that erosion, she was completely demonized... There is no time to save."
The purpose of the war faction, the conspiracy of Dean Lawrence, and human greed, all mixed together to create a big mistake.
"The great divine descends here."
The Pope looked at the huge and ruined palace, looking from one end to the other.
Even if you haven't experienced that, you can still imagine the brutality of the battle when looking at the ruined palace, and you can still hear those angry roars in a daze.
"Originally, the dome of the Stasis Temple contained enough gunpowder to blow up the entire Saint-Naro Cathedral. It should have been activated when it lost control, burying the entire Stasis Temple, but it was not detonated...
The high-intensity erosion spread directly to the surface, covering the entire seven hills. The demon hunters of Medanzo who were guarding the outside came in. They fought with the demons crawling out of the lift shaft at the gate of heaven... …”
The Demon Hunter of Medanzo, who was guarding the outermost perimeter, was the first to notice the situation.
"It was really a long war, an underground war. The Demon Hunting Order was disbanded after the Night of Holy Advent. We braved high-intensity erosion to explore the battlefield, and then spent several years accelerating the erosion, until last year we quietly The stagnant palace is back under our control."
That should be the time when the evangelical church was closest to the apocalypse in mythology, but this apocalypse did not originate from external forces, but from themselves.
One mistake after another led to today's situation. It was not until a few years after Advent that the Evangelical Church arrived at the Well of Sublimation despite the erosion of oppression and successfully recovered the Holy Grail.
So all this is really as recorded in the book, demons breed from the shadow of God, and the most terrifying demon out of control in human history also originated under the sacred Cathedral of Saint-Naro.
"Many problems also occurred in the subsequent processing, such as the loss of the Holy Grail."
This was a mistake made during his tenure, and he has nothing good to say about it.
"For this kind of [Messiah]-level containment object, our usual way of dealing with it is to forget it. All information about it relies on memory, and no written records are allowed.
Under the circumstances at that time, the church could not bear the Second Advent, so we protected the Holy Grail. In order to conceal it from others, we smuggled it to the Viking Kingdom, and then set off from the Viking Kingdom to the far north, where We once built a monastery in a cold land.
It is a restricted area of ​​life, with only a few devout priests there all year round, and the Holy Grail will be transported deep into the underground ice until our church recovers and is able to handle it. "
The Pope said as he took up his robe. The white robe outlined a somewhat thin body, and the arc extended like the spine of the sword.
"Something happened to the transportable ship. It sank. The influence of the church is no longer what it used to be. Those countries paid no attention to our warnings. Only then did I realize that I was powerless. I only learned about it from subsequent intelligence. Transported to Inverg.”
Both the Holy Grail and the False Holy Grail were lost. The advantage was that the Pope did not have to worry about a second outbreak on Advent Night for the time being. The disadvantage was that the church was indeed already in decline, and the outbreak on Advent Night only accelerated everything.
"Then...why should we disband the Demon Hunting Order? Logically speaking, aren't they the biggest contributors? They controlled the erosion."
The priest shook his head. He clearly knew that every witcher did not die well, they were all dead.
The Pope seemed to have known for a long time that the priest would ask this question, and had already prepared his words in his mind.
"During the subsequent processing, the Holy Grail was still intact. The demon failed to escape, but the pseudo-Holy Grail escaped... It was an artificial Holy Grail, an artificial natural disaster. It was the first time that humans had such complete control over the power of demons.
It has always been demons that corrode human wills, occupy human bodies, and transform us into demons. According to the remaining documents, the pseudo-Holy Grail seems to be doing the opposite... Of course, I don't know the specifics. I know. Most people are dead. "
The Pope is not a person who has completely experienced the Night of Advent, but the power he now possesses allows him to see the situation more clearly. After all, he is the shepherd now. Unlike the waste who took office, this King of Kings The emperor stepped on the blood-stained red carpet and put on the sacred crown.
"Human beings have successfully usurped uncontrollable power, and this happened hundreds of years ago. They were able to control the demon hunters at first, but on the night of Holy Advent, everything went out of control. march.
We know too little about the artificial imitation of the Holy Grail, so little that we can only judge it based on the way the Holy Grail is contained.
It is extremely communicable. When the demon hunters enter the Saint-Naro Cathedral, they may be spread and become the medium for the pseudo-Holy Grail to escape. It is even said that some of them have already been one of the experimental subjects. "
More information disappeared with that burning night, and the church's knowledge had a huge epoch on that night. Even what the Pope said now was extracted from the brain of the previous Pope.
"Of course, part of the reason is that the demon hunter rebelled."
The priest was stunned, would an absolutely loyal demon hunter rebel?But weren't they the biggest contributors to the Night of Holy Advent?
"To be precise, the demon hunters of the Shang Da Feng branch rebelled. We found many corpses when clearing the battlefield, but there was no body of the Shang Da Feng demon hunters. After the Holy Night, they also had an affair with the Lawrence Cult. They disappeared mysteriously together."
Dean Lawrence was also named an angel, so there was no need to say more in the name of Shang Da's salary. Both of them knew what happened.
"That should be the only right thing the last pope did. He immediately took the Heart Network offline and kept the entire Stasis Temple silent. Then he signed the order to massacre the demon hunters. We are still chasing him to this day. Kill them."
He continued talking. In fact, it was more than just talking about the past. It was more like he was confiding his secrets and unbearable emotions.
The massacre order was issued immediately, and most of the fleeing demon hunters were stopped at the Seven Hills. Most of them died under the siege of the Templar Knights, and only a few managed to escape.
Suddenly a door blocked the way for the two of them, and heavy chains sealed it tightly. There were still scars on it from the night of Holy Advent, and it had long lost its original appearance.
The Pope slowly stretched out his hand and touched the cold door gently. For a moment, the priest even felt that he had seen it wrong. He actually felt tenderness in this person.
Although he had a pleasant conversation with the Pope, the priest knew very well what kind of person the Pope in front of him was. He held all the power and refused to share it with anyone. In order to do this, he secretly set off a cruel massacre. .
But he suddenly remembered what those people said about the Pope.
Those who are dying say that the Pope is a pitiful man. Only those who lack trust in others and have no sense of security can hold power so firmly in their hands, just like those who hold the sword tightly on the battlefield. Knight, only when you hold your hand tightly until your fingers turn white can you clearly feel that your life is in your hands.
The Pope is such a person. Even when he was in the heavily guarded Saint-Naro Cathedral, he never lowered his guard. But in front of this door, he suddenly took off all his armor and allowed his emotions to surge.
"Please lend me your sword."
He stretched out his hand. Although he wore the cold iron mask, the priest could feel the sadness flowing quietly. This kind of person would actually be sad about a door, or what is behind the door.
What would that be?
His beloved woman?Family members you can’t let go of?Or is it an ideal that has been buried long ago?
The priest could not guess. He could only hand out the sword respectfully, and then watched the man who was supposed to recite the Holy Word swing the sword with thunderous force.
It was a sword light that even the priest could not see clearly. It was like divine punishment, and it did not allow for rejection or struggle. Rather than swinging the sword, it was more like he was giving an order to strike. Under that order, all materials could only respond. fracture.
The next moment, the heavy shackles broke apart and hit the ground, bringing up bursts of dust.
The priest took the sword blankly and looked at the neat cross section of the chain. He never thought that the blade in his hand would be so sharp.
He suddenly understood why the Pope allowed him to enter the Cathedral of Saint-Naro with weapons. This man didn't care whether he was armed or not, because he himself was the most dangerous weapon.
"Let's go."
The Pope said emotionlessly and pushed open the dusty door.
Different from the mystery in imagination, behind the door is just a quiet rotunda without too many decorations. There are just coffins lined up in the rotunda, one after another, sealing the dead souls one after another.
The coffin was so heavy, with holy words and crosses on it, trying to suppress the remains in the coffin, hoping that they could sleep forever.
"Please bow and observe silence, Father Anthony."
he said suddenly.
The priest looked at the Pope, then bowed his head in obedience.
Inexplicable sadness filled this small place, like invisible gas, filling everything little by little, swallowing the two of them completely. The emotions fermented, rose, fell, and fluctuated in this darkness.
There was less than half a minute of silence, during which the Pope just stared at the coffins coldly, with sadness or joy that no one could tell.
"these are……"
asked the priest.
"The last secret blood, this will be the cornerstone of the new order."
The Pope pushed aside a coffin beside him. The heavy stone bricks seemed to weigh a thousand kilograms. After pushing away, the huge erosion instantly oppressed the priest. Even though he was so determined, several things flashed through his mind in an instant. Some of the unclear fragments are memories and some are hallucinations.
"long time no see……"
The Pope sighed.
Inside the coffin was a highly damaged corpse. The flesh and blood were intertwined with silver-white metal, and the bones had grown abnormally. The ferocious appearance made it difficult to distinguish his human form. Instead, it would be more appropriate to describe it as the corpse of a demon.
"This is...a witcher."
After a brief shock, the priest slowly revealed the identity of the corpse, and then looked at the coffins surrounding the rotunda.
This is a cemetery, a cemetery for witchers.
"On the night of Holy Advent, the demon hunters of Medanzo suppressed the demons into the Stasis Temple. The other branches of demon hunters who arrived later also joined the battle. They completely sealed the Stasis Temple. All escape routes have been cut off, except for the gates of heaven.”
The Pope talked about the unknown battle to the death.
"The fighting lasted for months, yes, months.
The previous Pope ordered the Temple of Stasis to remain silent. He did not activate the final battle, which resulted in all demon hunters being bound by the Silver Bolt. In order to kill those demons, these demon hunters were completely demonized, and the hot silver destroyed them. bodies, but the erosion released by the Holy Grail kept saving them.
The demon hunters fought with only their consciousness, and in the end the fight turned into a cycle of death. The remaining erosion and the powerful vitality of the demon continued to resurrect the corpses of both parties, so they fought, died, and woke up again. "
The whole world trembled slightly with the Pope's words. Just listening to the words, the priest could imagine all that. The dead would never find peace, constantly wake up, fight and die again.
"In the end, it was a civil war between the demon hunters. They killed those monsters, and then they killed their teammates. After all, they had been completely demonized. In those days, even though they were so far apart, you could still see each other in Saint Na The sound of fighting from hell was heard in Luo Cathedral."
Looking at the body that was twisted beyond recognition, the Pope slowly closed the coffin.
"Small half a year had passed when we arrived at the depths of the Stasis Temple again. It was here that we found Yanar. He had been completely demonized. His entire body was twisted and growing, occupying almost half of the rotunda, but He did not launch an attack, but he actually remained conscious under that level of erosion. Instead, he explained everything about the battle in detail to the people who came in. The defection of Shang Dafen's witchers was confirmed from his mouth."
The priest suddenly felt a little panicked. He suddenly felt that he was not capable of taking on the position of dean. There were legends buried here one after another.
"He said he wanted to meet me, the new pope, and that twisted body gave me a big hug... In fact, we both knew what the ending was. During the hug, I gave him the sword made of holy silver. He didn't resist, he simply died."
He should have been waiting for a long time, that ordinary death, dying peacefully with the demon hunters who were fighting together. It is hard to imagine what a strong will it was. Until the last moment, he still chose to die in a human way.
"Priest Lawrence took away the Book of Revelation. I have never seen that book, but judging from the data, that book records everything about demons. It is extremely corrosive. Just reading it will drive you crazy, so The church has never made a copy... To be precise, it cannot make a copy at all. Only a few alchemists know the content, but they were near the Well of Sublimation at the time."
"We have the equipment and a complete logistics system to make the secret blood, but the key technology has been lost. We cannot extract the secret blood. At this critical moment, the technology has undergone a major rupture."
"What about the secret blood of the new order? Industrialized weapons like Yin Erweg?"
The priest asked. Without the support of the secret blood, it seemed that they could only do this.
But the Pope smiled, and the laughter was a bit cruel.
"No, we still have secret blood, isn't it right here? It's just a little less, but it's still enough to arm a new religious group."
He gently stroked the coffins one after another. Even today, so many years later, those burned embers still have value and continue to burn.
Just like a grave robber digging a grave, the restless secret blood is still dormant in those long-dead bodies.
"This is also the reason why we chased and killed those demon hunters who escaped from the Seven Hills. They have secret blood in their bodies, fresh secret blood."
"From these burning embers a new Order will rise."
The woman's shallow chanting sounded slowly, so abruptly.
The priest looked at the tombs. He didn't know if it was an illusion or reality. The coffins were shaking slightly, and then the bloody arms lifted the heavy coffins one after another, like the dead digging up the soil, and they came out of the hell again. Li is back, but it continues in a secret blood way.
"There are still many doubts about the entire Holy Night, and what I know is only part of it, so the first task of the new church after its establishment is to continue hunting down the surviving demon hunters."
The Pope said slowly.
"Those survivors are cowards and sinners. The secret blood they carry is our last supply. Moreover, Reverend Lawrence is also a demon hunter. He is also on the hunting list. If anyone really knows about the night of Holy Advent, As for the truth, only Dean Lawrence can find him. It happened that the Heart Network of the Temple of Stasis observed him again a few days ago, and his location is Yin Erweg."
"Of course there are the false Holy Grail and the Holy Grail. Those two things may overturn the history of mankind, and they must be found and recontained as soon as possible."
Recalling the scene at that time, in the rotunda, the demonized body grew like a dead tree, with branches of flesh and blood covering most of the rotunda. At that time, Nayar seemed to be embedded in this big tree of flesh and blood. middle.
That was the information Yanal gave him. That guy persisted in living until now just to tell himself that.
"Yanar knows who the demon hunter who implanted the false Holy Grail is, and when disposing of the body, we did not find his body... he is still alive."
"The primary goal is to find him, right?"
the priest asked cautiously.
The Pope nodded.
"This was our mistake and we are going to fix it, no matter the cost."
After closing the door again, there was already a bit more light in the dim space when he came out. It seemed that the monks in gray robes had lit the lights, and more functions were restored one by one. It seemed that it would not take long for the stasis temple to be restored. will run again.
"Do you think this palace is alive?"
Suddenly the Pope asked. He raised his head and looked at the deep dome. It was slightly twisted in the darkness, not like a rock, but with a texture like flesh and blood.
"living?"
The priest didn't understand what the pope meant. Seeing him like this, the pope didn't continue, but sighed.
"Actually, I am very grateful to the Night of Holy Advent. That night, the entire church's top leadership was shuffled, and most of the people in power turned into monsters. Instead, I was supported after that... In fact, they also wanted to use me as a puppet. Treat them the same, but Father Anthony, this is a new era."
He looked at the priest, and there was a light flickering in the darkness.
"All the older generation died, and the new fertile soil was left to us... I am a restless lamb. I long for a bigger pasture, a pasture that only belongs to me. How could I be willing to hang my head and let them slaughter me? ?”
The sound was like a hammer, every word and every sentence was filled with iron-blooded coldness, painfully hitting the eardrums.
"I was thinking, I'm going to be the pope, the supreme pope, the emperor of emperors.
There is no faction of war, no faction of belief, no disputes or entanglements, and everyone is absolutely subject to one will, an absolute will. "
Seine Lothair stared at Father Anthony and gave an unquestionable order.
"The demon must be eradicated."
Under the steel mask, little bits of blazing white flames rose in the darkness of the eyes, like a rising sun, illuminating this deep and desperate hell.
(End of this chapter)