The rising sun shatters the darkness!

Chapter 298 Bishop (asking for monthly ticket)

White three rings?
This person is...

In the public toilet cubicle outside the Judgment Office, Xu Shu, who had just finished relieving himself, was slightly stunned. After a little thought, he remembered the name.

That morning, shortly after leaving the Heroes Society, Bishop Yu Mingluan mentioned that he would send people to clear out the remaining elements in the Heroes Society ruins at six o'clock in the evening.

The news was extremely confidential. Apart from the archbishop himself and Xu Shu, only one person knew about it. That person was Bai Sanxiang, the supreme commander of the local Judgment Bureau.

It seems like a long time has passed now, but when I think back on it, it feels like just days ago.

Well, it doesn't seem like it.

It was yesterday.

I just went to open "Legend" during the day yesterday, and then encountered a lot of things at night.

First, after leveling up in the hotel, he was accidentally beaten by his subordinates Tang Ying and Song Yuchun. Then he met Song Nanshou, the elder of the Song family who deliberately set up a trap and wanted to kill Song Yuchun.

After narrowly defeating Song Nanshou, they encountered members of the Baidi Army and the Star Society who were lurking here and colluding with the Esoteric Sect while tracking down the "Impermanence", and forced them to reveal some information.

And on the second day, which is today, after helping Gu Pan and the others out of trouble, he just killed a chosen one in the ruins.

So many things happened in just two days, which made Xu Shu feel as if he was in another world. He was unfamiliar with the name Bai Sanxiang and it took him a while to remember it.

"By the way, according to the role of senior prosecutor assigned to me by the Archbishop, Bai Sanxiang is also my immediate superior at the moment."

"Why is he the one to inform me?"

"And the Archbishop?"

"Why did Bai Sanxiang ask me to meet him at the Dawn Church instead of the Judgment Department?"

Xu Shu instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Fortunately, the Dawn Church is not far from here.

The Arbitration Department is located to the north of the Astronomical Society.

The Church of Dawn is naturally located in the east, at the easternmost part of the open square, where it greets the rising sun every morning. It is a magnificent building with an ancient shape, like a medieval palace.

It took Xu Shu more than ten minutes to cross the square at a very slow pace.

The square was full of people and it was very lively. Some of them formed an area and hugged each other to do the friction dance, some sat on the ground in groups to listen to lectures and preaching by volunteer pastors, and some were wandering singers who played guitar and sang by themselves, attracting the crowd's onlookers and cheers, and so on.

It was the most pleasant evening time, shortly after dinner, and the residents in the safe zone were full of enthusiasm and hope for life.

Xu Shu walked through the crowd with no expression on his face, absorbing a lot of popularity. He walked up the steps silently and arrived at the main entrance of the Dawn Church Hall.

There are several priests here, who are enthusiastically seeing off a middle-aged couple who have come here to confess. They are chatting as they walk and the two sides are having a great time, as close as sisters.

When the latter left, he did not forget to donate generously and put a considerable amount of money into the "donation box" engraved with the church's holy emblem - those who came to the church at night were all quite devout believers.

Seeing Xu Shu standing not far away, one of the pastors walked over casually, looked at Xu Shu, and suddenly exclaimed: "Child, you look very familiar to me! I often see you nearby, but you never come close. Now you finally take the initiative to approach God's dwelling place. I guess the glory of the Lord has attracted you! Can I spend a few minutes of your time to introduce you to the original Creator, who is as great as the sun?"

Uh... this guy is not just a priest of the Dawn Church, he is also a member of the Holy Templar sect...

Father, I'm sorry, but I have to be honest with you. Your exaggerated behavior reminds me of the cultist I just killed last night. Really...

Xu Shu figured it out quickly and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

As an ordinary citizen living in the outskirts of the city, he had never been to the largest local church, Dawn Church.

There is a smaller church on the way to school, but I have never been inside, so it is impossible for the other party to find it familiar.

Out of politeness, Xu Shu did not expose the other party's clumsy rhetoric, but after a moment's consideration, he said, "Hello, I am not here to believe in religion, I am here to find someone."

“The Lord is everywhere. As long as you are willing to get close to the Lord, the Lord’s glory will descend upon you, whether you believe it or not. I once walked forward in a daze, not believing in the existence of the Lord. Later, I fell into darkness until the Lord personally pointed me out and let me see the real miracle! The Lord will guide you as well, but you haven’t really felt it yet.” The pastor smiled and made up a personal experience.

After a long speech that seemed to be muscle memory, the pastor then kindly asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Xu Shu wanted to say he was looking for Bai Sanxiang, but after thinking about it, he changed his words and said, "I'm looking for Bishop Yu Mingluan."

The pastor was visibly stunned, and then he said somewhat unnaturally: "I guess the person you are looking for is Bishop Tyson."

"What Tyson? I'm looking for Yu Mingluan."

"Got it. Come with me. I'll take you to see Bishop Tyson! By the way, your name is Xu Shu, right?"

Xu Shu was a little surprised. This person obviously didn't know him, but he could actually call out his name.

"Yes," he replied without denying.

"Then please follow me."

The priest shook his head and muttered something to himself, then quickened his pace and took Xu Shu through the huge and sacred hall, turned into three small doors in succession, and walked in front of a blond old man who was dozing off.

After giving the other person a reminder and waiting for him to wake up, the pastor said in a very humble tone: "Elder Demi! It's time to wake up!"

Demi turned over from the couch, muttering something like "Praise my Lord" several times before he opened his eyes and looked at the pastor with a hint of reproach: "Damn it, Aierlan, I've told you so many times that you must ring the doorbell when you enter the house. It's polite! And what do you mean by wake up? You disturbed my confession just now. Damn it, if you dare to break in without knocking next time, I will take off my leather boots and kick your ass hard."

His expression was very serious, as if he had not been slacking off just now, but was praying devoutly even in his dream.

Ai Erlan said hurriedly: "I'm sorry, elder. I will correct it next time!"

"You should ask the Lord to forgive you, not me! What is it?"

"The senior prosecutor Xu Shu that the bishop mentioned has arrived."

"...Why didn't you say so earlier? Okay, get out now."

Elder Demi's eyes widened with anger, and he drove away the Irish priest who was leading the way. After the other party closed the door, he showed a kind smile to Xu Shu: "Hello, my name is Demi Kangjilu, the three-striped priest in charge of guarding the entrance to the Holy See this week. The one in the Judgment Department has been waiting for you for a long time. Come with me."

Xu Shu didn't know what to say for a moment. This Elder Daimi was obviously not a local and should have come from the Western Theater Command.

Although the language used is the current common language of Earth, the tone is still a little strange.

Finally, Xu Shu said succinctly, "Okay, thank you," and followed.

"My spoken English is very poor, I hope you don't mind too much." Elder Demi noticed some of Xu Shu's expressions and explained.

Xu Shu nodded and thought, "Three-marked priest? Does that mean a third-rank priest?"
Isn't the third level of "Shepherd" called Cardinal? Why doesn't he just call him Bishop XX, but has to use such a strange name as Three-Striped Priest?

Since everyone was relatively unfamiliar with each other, Xu Shu felt it was inappropriate to ask, so he did not say much, but there was one thing he still had to understand clearly.

Elder Daimi took out the key and opened the large iron door behind him. Xu Shu took the opportunity to ask, "What does it mean to guard the Holy See?"

Elder Daimi said casually: "It seems that Gilbert has not told you everything. The Holy See is the joint trial body of the three churches of the Sun, Moon and Star. It is not here, but underground. Come with me, he will tell you the details."

"Oh."

Xu Shu nodded, and then he remembered a very small thing.

Yu Mingluan has a foreign name called Gilbert Tyson, but he never mentioned this. Instead, Xu Shu knew about it through the "Sky Eye" of the Conquest mode when he first met Yu Mingluan.

He vaguely remembered that the archbishop at that time was still a burly man with a long beard like a bearded man. Xu Shu initially thought that he would roll up his sleeves and swing a 62-jin water-ground Zen stick to hit people. But for some reason, when they met later, his temperament changed drastically, he became gentle and refined, and looked like a qualified priest.

Strange... While thinking, Xu Shu followed Father Demi into a long corridor with luxurious decoration.

There are many doors on both sides of the corridor, each of which is decorated quite luxuriously and inlaid with diamonds of various sizes.

Xu Shu's comment on this is that it is flashy but not practical - this kind of diamond can be artificially synthesized and its value is far less than gold. At least even to this day, "alchemists" still cannot refine other substances into gold, and can only extract it from gold ores.

When they came to the last side door with a special symbol painted on it and a depression in the middle that looked like a large brick, Elder Demi said, "Stand back."

After saying that, he waved his hands, muttered to himself, and gusts of cold wind began to blow around him. His expression became somewhat painful, and the side door also made a buzzing sound, as if it was opening very slowly.

Xu Shu frowned slightly, and suddenly felt something spiritual, so he activated his "spiritual vision".

In the blurry void, two "people" nearly three meters tall, made purely of smooth white bones, were seen pushing the door in front of them like giants pushing stones.

The door seemed very tight. The two skeleton giants had hideous and distorted expressions. They used all their might and pushed the door open only a distance of less than one centimeter in a minute.

As if they had noticed Xu Shu's gaze, the two white-bone giants were stunned for a moment, then they slowly turned their heads and looked at Xu Shu, with the spiritual fire in their eyes glowing green.

"..."Xu Shu also looked at the two skeleton giants silently.

“……”The two white-bone giants also looked at him silently.

The two sides confronted each other for several minutes.

Until Elder Demi shouted breathlessly: "What are you doing? Why don't you push? Why don't you push? Push it quickly!"

Only then did the two skeleton giants retract their gaze and continue to do their hard work.

"Elder Demi, you...you are not a cardinal? You are, a gatekeeper?"

A question mark popped up above Xu Shu's head. He didn't even need to ask about this ability. It was too obvious. He was not a "Cardinal" but a "Gatekeeper" at the third stage of the "Psychic".

Xu Shu had met a transcendent being of this path before, the head maid of the three-corpse body of Su Ji Herrera. She was the second stage “Necromancer” of this path!
Damn, is it possible that the cultists have even infiltrated the headquarters of the Church of Dawn?
The Director of the Judgment Department, Bai Sanxiang, also rebelled?
Xu Shu was startled and was about to reach into his crotch, preparing to rub out a golden spear to protect himself.

Elder Daimi wiped the sweat off his face and said, "There are not so many masters of the Shepherd Path. The number of cardinal seals is very small. Most of our church will choose to change their profession after accumulating enough."

Although he looked breathless, he did not show the panic of being exposed at all. Instead, he looked as if it was a matter of course.

This caused Xu Shu to pause slightly.

Judging from this person's expression, the situation seemed not as he had imagined.

what happened?

He didn't need to ask. Elder Demi was a very enthusiastic person. He took the initiative to say, "Huh? You should know that you can wash away the original curse and re-enter the extraordinary sequence, right?"

Xu Shu sighed. Of course he knew about this, but wasn’t the key point whether to change jobs or not?

Elder Demi added, "You have to wait a little longer. Gilbert is not here and I don't have his key. Even if I want to open the door, it will be difficult. I have to wait for someone to come and repair it. But I'm afraid I'll have to go through the two women in the future."

He was naturally referring to the other two churches, the Church of the Mother Goddess of Life representing the moon and the Church of the Stars symbolizing the stars. The main professions in these two churches are "nuns" and "witches".

Key... Upon hearing this, Xu Shu first breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes fell on the brick groove on the door.

After a brief hesitation, he took out a black book from the lace inner library and said, "Elder, let me try."

"What can you do? I can't even push it open! I tell you, this door can't be opened just by strength. It's useless even if you are a strong man!" Elder Demi said, and still commanded the white bone giant to take two steps back and prepare to take a breath.

Xu Shu walked up and printed the black book on it, and found that it fit perfectly!
There was a click.

A sense of relief appeared, as if a key had been inserted into the bottom of a keyhole. The two skeleton giants pushed the door open a crack with all their might, but Xu Shu stretched it wide open and finally opened it completely, revealing a deep, dark hole inside.

"Uh, he actually gave this thing to you?" A trace of surprise flashed across Elder Demi's face.

This black book was naturally given to Xu Shu by Yu Mingluan, who said it was the "Book of the Holy Word" that could save his life.

However, Xu Shu had never used it before, and he didn't know how to use it. Therefore, when he was fighting desperately with the God's Chosen Edric, this special magic tool that could have been used to kill a third-level master instantly was not used.

But I didn't expect that I would be used as a key here.

Elder Daimi sighed and said, "Strange, what does Bishop Tyson want to do? Can this thing be given away casually?"

The Book of the Holy Word, which is the key to open the door of the Vatican, cannot be given away casually. Xu Shu naturally realized this at this time. This thing is probably not just a simple curse tool.

He was curious: "Elder, can you tell me the details of this?"

"Forget it. It's hard to say. Since he gave you this thing, you should ask him for details. I can't just go in casually. Just walk to the end here. Bishop Tyson is waiting for you downstairs."

Elder Demi had a weird expression on his face, with the words "I'm unhappy" written all over his face, but he didn't intend to explain further.

Xu Shu looked at the cave entrance, a little hesitant.

Could this be another trap?

Now when he saw words like "underground" and "hole", he almost had a special reaction.

But the archbishop left all the keys to me, and I feel like the trap is not set up like this... Elder Demi doesn't look like he has the brains to set up any traps...

After waiting for a while, Xu Shu looked at the door, walked into the corridor, and found that the door closed with a click. At the same time, "The Book of the Holy Word" returned to his hands. On the inside of the door, there was also a brick-like groove.

Seeing this, Xu Shu felt a little relieved and walked down the passage.

After walking about a hundred meters deep, a door appeared in front of us. Behind the door was a brightly lit underground hall. From the layout, it looked a bit like a court.

Surrounding it are bookshelves filled with books, and next to each bookshelf there is a passage that leads to everywhere.

The hall was empty except for a burly man in a red robe sitting on a long chair with a thick book on his lap, which he was reading by candlelight.

As soon as Xu Shu came in, the man raised his head and revealed a familiar face.

"Archbishop?" Xu Shu asked hesitantly.

Judging from his appearance, this person is Yu Mingluan.

But when did he turn into this bearded man?

Isn't this what it looks like when you first meet?
The man sighed, "Are you here? Close the door."

Xu Shu did as he was told and looked at the other person with scrutinizing eyes.

Then, the man tore off a thin mask on his face, revealing his original, relatively serious appearance of a middle-aged man. He twisted his neck and said, "Sit down, what are you looking at? I am Bai Sanxiang. Lao Yu asked me to bring you a message."

"What?" Xu Shu asked.

Bai Sanxiang imitated the tone and said hesitantly, "He said he didn't break his promise. He said two days and nights, so it was two days and nights, not a minute more, not a minute less!"

When Xu Shu heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Now it can be completely confirmed that this guy was indeed entrusted by Yu Mingluan.

Wait, two days and nights?
Xu Shu's expression froze on his face instantly.

(End of this chapter)