From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 469 Divine Will
Early morning on December 4th.

In a prosperous city more than a thousand kilometers south of the capital, Musciti, the local Church of Our Lady established its main monastery in a slum called "Lasoga".

A young woman wearing a black nun's uniform and a silver-plated cross on her chest was walking quickly towards the church.

The nuns passing by all bowed to the woman and called out respectfully:
"Sister Aurora, may the Virgin have mercy."

"Good morning, sisters."

Seeing this, Aurora also stopped and returned the greeting with a bright smile.

"May the Virgin Mary have mercy on you."

Immediately, she left under the respectful gaze of the nuns and walked into the church.

As soon as I entered, an old nun who had been waiting quietly at the door came forward, lowered her head, and whispered:
"Aurora, Abbess Batalia asked me to remind you that the Blessed Virgin Mary's Episcopal Church has arrived at the monastery and is waiting in the prayer room behind the church. Please go there quickly."

"Sister Cody, thank you for letting me know."

Aurora smiled and saluted, then continued to go deeper.

She walked along the aisle on the side of the church, then passed through a side door and entered the corridor.

After walking a little further, Aurora stood at the door of a prayer room at the back of the church.

She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

Tuk Tuk.

"Aurora, please come in."

An old female voice came from inside.

Aurora said yes and pushed the door open.

creak.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw the dim prayer room filled with white candles of various sizes, with flickering flames.

There were only four benches in the room, facing a bulletin board. On the wall behind the bulletin board, there was a relief of the Virgin Mary smiling at the world.

At this moment, there were nine high-backed wooden chairs placed behind the bulletin board, each with a woman sitting on it, wearing a black bishop's vestments and a tall hat with black stripes.

These female bishops were obviously old, with gray hair and wrinkles around their eyes. The youngest was over fifty years old.

The aura of the nine female bishops was like a deep pool, very mysterious. The archbishop sitting in the middle was at level 6, while the rest were all at level 5.

The abbess of the monastery, Ms. Batalia, stood respectfully beside the bulletin board. When she saw Aurora come in, she gestured.

Aurora nodded.

She knew that the nine people sitting on the stage were all members of the Virgin Mary Episcopal Conference, the highest level of the church. At the same time, they were also here at the will of the Pope to convey a secret mission to her.

She walked to the center and bowed to the stage.

"Aurora Lowry, the head of the Holy Sisters, meets the bishops."

"You're welcome, Sister Aurora."

At this time, the archbishop, a white-haired old woman sitting in the middle of the podium, spoke.

"To make a long story short, the purpose of our bishops coming here this time is to personally convey the Pope's intentions. She said that the angel of the Virgin Mary, Her Majesty 'Father Jiaoyi', gave us a divine decree in a dream, hoping that we would send people to the imperial capital of Musciti to assist the Imperial Crusader Mr. Gillan Iros to fight against the impending evil."

Hearing this, Aurora was stunned.

Assist Mr. Gillan?

Moreover, it was the angel of the Virgin Mary who personally delivered the divine will to the Pope...

It's taken so seriously!
Aurora couldn't help but feel a sense of honor in her heart, and was secretly proud of being a member of the "Hand of Dawn".

I have even more respect for Mr. Gillan.

"Although I don't know why this Knight Gilan has received the attention and respect of the angels of our sect, this is not something we should consider... Since it is God's will, we will faithfully carry it out."

The Archbishop said again.

"The Pope and the Bishops have discussed and decided that you, Aurora, will lead the members of the Holy Sisters to the capital, Musciti, to assist the Gillan Knight."

"Yes, Aurora understands."

The young head nun folded her hands on her abdomen and bowed her head slightly.

The Archbishop nodded and said:

"Sister Aurora, please be careful... As far as I know, the Mechanical Union, the Church of the Atonement, and even the Chamber of Commerce in the empire have all sent their armed personnel to assist the Gillan Knight. This is obviously a very serious matter."

"Aurora remembers the Archbishop's warning."

"Well, let's go."

"Yes."

Aurora bowed again before turning and leaving.

After she left the prayer room and the door clicked shut, the bishops on the platform began to whisper.

"Sister Bathilda, how much do you know about Gillan Iros? Why did the Empire let him take charge?"

A female bishop asked in a deep voice.

The bishop whose name was called was an old woman with wrinkles on her face. She thought for a moment and answered:

"It is said that this young man is the direct disciple of the 'White Sage' Para Celsus, and is also a mysterious person with amazing talent."

"Yes." Another female bishop nodded. "His public identity is just the Empire's Foreign Minister, but in fact he is quite extraordinary..."

"In the 'Six-party Gambling Fight' some time ago, he single-handedly defeated the representatives of the three major secret societies on the Federation side, and also killed a wisp of the will of the evil god's messenger 'Windmill Cat' Pal Solomon in the real film."

"How can it be so amazing?!"

"No wonder the Empire values ​​him so much..."

"Pala is dying, so this Mr. Gilan has a great chance of inheriting his teacher's position and taking on the responsibility of the empire."

"The next mysterious chairman?"

"Then why does even the Holy Mother Angel care so much about him? What do you sisters think about this?"

"My dear bishops, I have a guess."

At this time, Ms. Batalia, the abbess of the monastery standing nearby, suddenly spoke.

The bishops looked at her. "Batalia, you can say whatever you want."

The Archbishop raised his hand and spoke softly.

The dean nodded and said respectfully:
"Is it possible that Mr. Gillan Iros is a favored one of Our Lady of the Lord... This can also explain why the Pope was quite respectful when addressing his name."

"Ok?"

All the members of the bishops' conference were shocked.

They began to discuss in low voices again.

The leading archbishop took a deep breath and looked thoughtful.

“It’s not impossible.”

Those favored by God are those who are blessed and cared for by God.

Most of the gods’ favored ones throughout history have passed the test and eventually ascended to become apostles.

That is, an angel.

"Compared to other ancient and great Hour Masters, Her Majesty the Virgin ascended to heaven for a very short time. Like Her Majesty the Flood in January, there is only one angel under her seat."

The archbishop said solemnly.

"There are three vacancies for the position of our Lord's Apostle. If he is impressed by Gillan Ilos's character and talent, it is very likely that he will be regarded as God's favored one."

"Perhaps, in the distant future, Knight Gillan Iros will really ascend to heaven, and even become a new angel under the Virgin Mary..."

"From now on, the attitude of our Holy Mother Church towards them should change and we should treat them with more kindness."

"Yes, Archbishop Muir."

...

...

That afternoon.

Aurora, who was fully prepared, led a group of more than fifty holy nuns out of the monastery's underground secret passage.

The members of the Holy Sisters of the Church are all devout nuns who are proficient in mysticism and soul magic. Most of them are level 2 spiritualists, and a few are level 3.

Aurora, the team leader, is a 4th-level Kyuubi.

The group will travel along the underground secret passage, and in a secret room at the deepest part, they will be teleported through a magic circle engraved on a stone slab and directly arrive at the outskirts of the capital, Muse City.

After that, walk into the capital and go to the central triumphal area to meet up with the Gilan Knights.

It all went smoothly.

As the magic circle in the secret room emitted a gray light, the Holy Sisters completed the long-distance transmission and appeared on the banks of the Baiwei River outside the capital.

A three-meter-high stone statue of the Virgin Mary stands on the roadside. In front of the statue are fire basins, bouquets of flowers, fruits and other miscellaneous items left by individual believers when they passed by.

"Sisters, we have arrived near the capital. Please follow me closely."

Aurora turned around and said gently.

The nuns were very quiet and murmured their agreement.

Then, Aurora walked at the front of the team and headed towards the Eighth Bridge not far away.

But just when the Holy Sisters had walked about a hundred meters away from the stone statue, an inexplicable cool breeze blew over.

Whistle…

The nuns in the team all felt a spiritual warning, and a sudden palpitation arose.

"Captain Aurora!"

"Um?!"

Aurora's face changed slightly.

She seemed to feel that a pair of invisible eyes were sweeping across the Holy Sisters with malicious eyes.

"This is... the power of divination!"

"Be careful! An unknown force is targeting us!"

Her reminder had almost just sounded.

Aurora was shocked to see that the surrounding countryside was suddenly filled with gray fog.

The gray fog grew thicker and thicker, obscuring the bridges, rivers, city clusters in the distance...even some passing carriages, cars, and pedestrians, all of which disappeared.

In the fog, only these Virgin Mary nuns were left.

beep--

Beep beep beep——

An eerie recorder sound rang out from the gray fog.

Then, Aurora's pupils shrank.

Because she saw that the members of the Holy Sisters around her all had expressions of despair, as if they were the true feelings expressed by a dying person in his last moments.

Skeletons dressed in gorgeous costumes twisted their bodies in strange ways, walked out of the gray fog and approached the nuns.

Click, click, click.

But in the blink of an eye, these costumed skeletons were so close that they surrounded them.

"Ah!" A nun was unable to dodge and was hugged tightly by the skeleton.

Then there was a bang.

They both turned into gray mist and disappeared.

When Aurora saw this scene, a secret she had learned when she was studying the mystical texts diligently in the past flashed through her mind.

"The Ascended One under the sceptre of 'Spirit King' Loser, 'Gentleman Yuwei' likes recorder, drama and the art of death. He can create illusions to take the living away from the earth forever..."

"The alter ego of 'Gentleman Yuxi' has arrived?!"

Aurora's pupils shrank.

(End of this chapter)