Heart of the Castle

Chapter 718

If it were a secular person who used a nightmare as an excuse to convince Trinishion, head of the Oita Knights of the Sword of Condemnation, splitting his head in half with a single sword would be his best end.However, the identity of St. Nemok Cardinal is different. He is a high-ranking priest who is blessed by the Lord of Radiance, Flandara. Nightmares should never happen to him.

For a person like the Cardinal of the Radiant Temple, the dreamland can only be a peaceful sacred temple, where the soul and body are bathed in the brilliance of the golden sun, and the melodious hymns are echoing in the ears, it is simply a dream. A supreme enjoyment like a gift.

However, this does not mean that horrible things will never appear in the dreams of high-ranking clerics. Religious classics have repeatedly mentioned the legend of the pope or cardinal waking up from nightmares. .This kind of dream is usually called a black dream, and whenever a black dream appears, it often indicates that the gods are giving warnings and orders to the high-ranking clergyman, and what follows must be a series of events within the church. A brutal and merciless power struggle, followed by purges and purges.

Interestingly, the party who announced the occurrence of the black dream does not necessarily mean the winner. This may be related to lies, fraud or misunderstanding. After all, the black dream only occurs in the mind of the individual. Apart from the description of the person concerned, No one knows what the dream is like.

After St. Nemok Cardinal described in detail the dream he saw in his coma, Triunician frowned and fell into deep thought, and St. Nemok Cardinal had a similar expression to him.The sudden silence ruled the small cabin for 5 minutes before it was broken by the heavy exhalation from the head of Oita.

"My lord cardinal, this means that you announce the arrival of the black dream, and you have received the revelation of our Lord Flandala in the dream?"

"I'm sure this is a nightmare. It's the first time I've encountered a nightmare since I dedicated myself to my Lord Flandara 30 years ago." Cardinal St. Nemok replied carefully, " I can clearly recall everything that happened in the dream, I was struggling to climb the winding stairs of the Holy Mountain, His Majesty Pope Nicholas suddenly appeared and his blood-stained eyes, the shadows under his feet were like a rotten stream Spreading, the darkness flooded the holy mountain, covered the sky, and finally turned the whole world into an abyss of purgatory."

"My lord Flandala! This is really terrible!" Due to the agitation of his mood, Triunicion's left arm moved involuntarily, and the sharp pain that followed made him unable to hold back his teeth.

"That's right, Brother Treuni, so we must find a way to prevent such things from happening!" Cardinal St. Nemok said sonorously, "The Temple of Glory is no longer the passionate, vibrant, thriving and powerful religion it used to be. Now, if the source of all this comes from our Pope Nicholas Sheng Huaiyuan, then he will become a stumbling block hindering the development of the Temple of Glory, and must be removed at all costs!"

"Get rid of...His Majesty Pope Nicholas?" Triunicion even forgot the pain in his left arm due to the excessive horror, "My lord Cardinal St. Nemok, this is the craziest plan I have ever heard! Have you forgotten, His Majesty the Pope is a legendary powerhouse! Moreover, he also has four major Apologist Knights and the Council of Glory, and any power from any of them can crush you and me into dust!"

"That's right, but that was when my lord Flandara was still protecting him." The flush of excitement on Cardinal St. Nemok's cheeks not only did not fade with the passage of time, but even his eyes were like It sparkled like burning flint, "The black dream is a sign, a warning, and a sacred mission entrusted to me by my lord Flandara. Brother Treuni, if you have not forgotten, His Majesty Pope Nicholas was still When he was a bishop of the diocese, how did he unseat His Majesty the former Pope of the Temple of Glory and then crown him?"

"It's...it's the black dream!" Triunicion felt a tremor, and his right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, hoping to draw strength from it and keep his heart from beating so violently. "His Majesty Pope Nicholas was inspired by the black dream, and as a bishop of the diocese, he overthrew the rule of His Majesty the Pope and the Glorious Council at that time, and then launched a bloody purge."

"It seems that the Sword of Condemnation is not a group of bloodthirsty fanatics as some people say. Brother Treuni, I am afraid that you have spent a lot of time studying religious classics." Cardinal St. Nemok He nodded happily and said, "That's right, the last time the Black Dream appeared was when our His Majesty Pope Nicholas rose up. Although there were no legendary powerhouses among the four Knights of the Temple of Glory at that time, However, there are as many as five sword-wielding princes and heavenly knights. His Majesty Pope Nicholas's divine presence technique for the first time is far from proficient. Wei, how did it turn out?"

"No apologist knight dared to draw their swords against the glorious phantom of the Lord of Radiance. They all stepped aside, revealing the former Pope who is still on the throne but has lost the protection of our Lord." Triunician After reciting a short paragraph of records in religious books, his expression gradually became agitated. "My lord Cardinal St. Nemok, do you mean that if you return to the Holy Mountain, you will be able to reproduce the scene that overthrew the previous Pope?"

Cardinal St. Nemok nodded reservedly, "If everything goes well, that's right." His tone then became worried, "But now there is a big variable, Brother Treuni, that variable It is the commander-in-chief of your Knights of the Sword of Condemnation, His Excellency Ingram Siegfried, the legendary powerhouse."

"Headmaster Ingram is absolutely loyal to the Temple of Glory. Cardinal St. Nemok, I dare to guarantee it with my life. You shouldn't doubt his loyalty." Triunicion hurriedly argued.

"Ah, Brother Treuni, I don't doubt the loyalty of His Excellency Chief Ingram, but as I just said, can he put his loyalty in the right place? Is it loyal to my lord Flandara? Or loyal to His Majesty Pope Nicholas who swore to protect it? And the black dream... this reason is probably a bit far-fetched for him."

Triunicion once again fell into deep thought, "It is indeed possible that Chief Ingram will not easily believe in such a reason as the Black Dream, but the Cardinal, if he just boarded the holy mountain to confront him, wouldn't he even Is it impossible to convince your Excellency, the head of the regiment, even with the divine presence technique?"

"God's Presence?" Cardinal St. Nemok showed a bitter smile, "It's a coincidence that His Majesty Pope Nicholas five years ago used the reason of improving the combat power to use it that could only be performed by His Majesty the Pope himself. The know-how of the divine presence technique has been awarded to the bishop of the diocese. As a cardinal, I have naturally mastered the casting skills of this top-level divine technique. Because the divine presence technique summons the source of light bestowed by our Lord Flandala Power, if it is fully exerted, it is probably no different from the breath of the legend."

Triunicion's expression seemed a bit unbelievable, "You actually used this method to seal off this possibility early? The wisdom of His Majesty Pope Nicholas is simply... simply..."

"It's as wise as a god, or as cunning as a devil." The smile on Cardinal St. Nemok's face widened into a wry smile, "Lord of glory, if the black dream happens when we are envoys to the Kingdom of Arthur Before, I was afraid that I had to risk my life to venture into the holy mountain. Fortunately, we are thousands of kilometers away from the holy mountain, and we are in the airship Rimang. As long as we want to There is no way to cover up the news, even if something happens, it is impossible to immediately pass it to His Majesty the Pope."

"There are only a few means of long-distance communication. I will pay attention to it and make sure that no one—or living people—can send any news to the Holy Mountain before the Rimang lands." Triunicion said murderously. Guaranteed to say.

"That is to say, until the Rimang returns to Green Castle, we still have a whole day to plan how to complete the mission bestowed by our Lord." Cardinal St. Nemok rubbed his hands, his expression mixed with excitement and excitement. Uneasy.

"Do you mean to delay time?" Triunisian shook his head dissatisfied, "My lord cardinal, with all due respect, even if you can delay it for a day or two, so what? You can't use such In a short period of time, the divine presence technique has been deduced to a higher level, and it is even more impossible to obtain a force strong enough to fight against the commander-in-chief Ingram."

"Who said you can't get power? Isn't there two legendary powerhouses here?" Cardinal St. Nemok pouted his mouth outside the porthole and said, "plus the black armor next to the Griffin Lord Li Weiston Knights, the prestigious Marquis Osiris, the green lion, the young man in white robes who holds the holy sword Light of Dawn... this power can at least deter the other three apologists from acting rashly?"

"It's not difficult even to defeat the three Guardian Knights." Triunisian raised his chin proudly, "Only our Knights of the Sword of Sin can withstand the top power among so many heretics .”

"Brother Treuni, this haughty tone is one of the main reasons why the Shining Temple is gradually isolated." Cardinal St. Nemok warned, "If you don't want the development of the Shining Temple to stagnate, it is best It's better not to say such provocative words."

Triunician's expression was very reluctant, but he finally nodded, "I understand, Cardinal... No, you should be called His Majesty Pope St. Nemok."

A blush quickly flashed across the face of Cardinal St. Nemok, "Don't say that, Brother Treuni, I just got the revelation of the black dream. Waiting for the dictatorship of our Lord Flandara. Now, I would like you to explain to Captain Jon, and ask him to delay the Sun's return to Greencastle as much as possible without arousing suspicion. ?"

"As you wish, Cardinal St. Nemok." Triunisian saluted with his right hand on his chest, then opened the wooden door of the cabin, and strode out.

Cardinal St. Nemok heard the sound of Triunicion's footsteps going away, his body suddenly seemed to have lost most of his strength, and he collapsed on his bed, muttering to himself, "My dream It is a black dream, and the prophecy of the black dream is bound to come true, so I bear the sacred mission bestowed by my lord Flandara, so the winner... must be me!"

(End of this chapter)