Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 222 41

   The pirate's words made Pope Fao silent.

   It can be seen that he is very entangled now, probably because he has admitted Black's ability, but he is hesitant about whether to hand over a hidden worry in his heart to him to solve.

   After all, this way of doing things is not in line with the code of conduct for the believers of the Holy Light.

   even goes beyond the bottom line of a sincere believer.

   But after witnessing the things in the abyss with his own eyes today, and feeling the distorting power that can easily shatter the minds of mortals, the Pope's worries have grown heavier.

   Whether in the name of salvation or in the name of faith, he must make a decision immediately.

   So after several minutes of thinking, the old man removed his hand from the holy thing.

   He made a religious gesture on his chest, and after a low prayer, his expression became serious, and he said to the old lich and pirate in a deep voice:

   "What I'm going to tell you next is confidential information that only a few archbishops and I know about in the Church of the Holy Light. Just like what little Drake said.

   Once this matter is disclosed, it is likely to affect the foundation of Holy Light’s righteous faith.

   Therefore, I ask that both of you must keep it secret.

   until it is satisfactorily resolved. "

   "If you're going to keep a secret by yourself, the best thing you can do is, don't tell him."

   The old lich shook his head as soon as he heard that this had something to do with secrets.

   He took a step back and said to Fao and Black:

   "After confirming that the darkness beneath the Tirisfal region has been eliminated, I will begin to investigate other dark things scattered across the land.

   I have called the members of the Council of Tirisfal, and they will soon be in Dalaran, and I must announce to them what I have found, and seek their help.

   Since this matter is the internal affairs of the Holy Light Church, I am a sensitive lich, so I will not participate.

   In the eyes of the Holy Light fanatics, a creature like me that transcends life and death is also an evil that will be destroyed. Of course, if the two cannot solve this matter in the end

  My comrades and I are happy to lend a helping hand. "

   After finishing speaking, the old lich nodded to Fao and the pirates in style, tapped his staff, and summoned a portal to Lordaeron.

   This is a shortcut for Blake and the Pope to get out of here.

   With the delicate spellcasting of the lich, he could ensure that after they finished talking about the secret, the portal would still be in effect, and he himself waved a hand to open a magic gate leading to Dalaran, intending to leave.

   "Hey, Merry."

   Black shouted to the old Lich:

   "Don't forget what you promised me, and teach her well."

  The lich waved his hand without looking back, indicating that he knew.

   In the next instant, his figure was engulfed by the arc of teleportation. After the light dimmed, only the Pope and the pirates were left on the hillside.

   And a silly little murloc.

   On the side of the rock, holding his dagger, stared at the sentry and swayed from side to side.

   "Don't worry about Merry's indifference, Your Majesty."

  The pirate grinned, took off his pipe, and while refilling the pipe, said to the Pope:

   "After that old guy changed his career to a lich, the mortal's emotions became more indifferent. The so-called "crossing the gate of death, you must leave something behind, that's what it means."

   That doesn't mean he's a badass.

   He is just no longer a good guy in the general sense, and you can continue to trust him. Of course, don't leave it to him to do things like salvation.

   Who knows what's going to happen to his dead lich brain all of a sudden. "

  Black took out the hilt of the flaming long sword with the pipe in his mouth, and injected magic power slightly.

   swish.

   A tumbling flame surging turned into a scorching sword light, igniting the tobacco at the top of the pipe, and dissipating with the magic power, the worn sword hilt turned around in the pirate's hand, and he put it back into his pocket.

  Tsk tsk.

  Tip the cloth magic lighter, who knows who uses it.

cool!

   Pulling demeanor +1000!

   "Speak, Your Majesty, you are an elder, and I will listen patiently."

  The pirate leaned against the tree trunk beside him, picked up his pipe, puffed out a puff of smoke, and made a "please" gesture to His Excellency the Pope.

   Now that he has been open and honest, the latter has no hesitation.

   After organizing the language, he opened his mouth and said:

   "As you said, little Drake, in fact, before today, I have heard of, and even personally encountered, a similar dark force, and it was shown to me by one of my best students.

  The difference is that you told me that this power is called the void, and it comes from the abyss.

   And my student told me that it came from the creation under the light, from the shadow that coexisted with the light, and she also developed a very dangerous and delusional dark teaching. "

   The Pope turned the rosary in his hand, which was a unique movement of the old man when he was thinking and remembering. He sighed and said:

   "My student's name is Natalie Selling."

   "Before the orcs rushed into Azeroth from the Dark Portal, she was one of the bishops of the Church of the Holy Light in the Kingdom of Stormwind. She was a very holy and fanatical priest, and she believed in the Holy Light.

  She once presided over the Holy Land of Light at the Northshire Abbey, trained many excellent pastors for the church, and often healed diseases for the people near the abbey for free.

   She is respected in the Kingdom of Stormwind. Although she is still very young, many members of the church believe that Natalie will eventually become the Archbishop of the Kingdom of Stormwind.

   That is what everyone expects.

  I thought so too, until the outbreak of the First Orc War.

   That war destroyed a kingdom, displaced countless people, and changed the fate of many people, including my poor student. "

  Black is listening carefully.

   Although he already knew the story.

   The Pope paused, he took a deep breath, as if to prevent some kind of sadness from spreading, and continued:

   "Natalie lost a lot in that war, seeing her friends killed by orcs, and the monastery that she called home destroyed.

   She saw villages burnt by orcs, people slaughtered, and cities razed to the ground.

   She did everything she could to treat every injured person she encountered.

   But her personal strength is ultimately limited.

   And the power of the Holy Light, before the appearance of the Paladins, was indeed not often used for combat.

  Natalie wants to save her beloved country, but she can't.

   That pain broke her.

   After she was brought back to Stratholme, I saw the broken light in her eyes, and I knew that my former disciple had died on the battlefield.

   What exists in front of me is just a frustrated person whose past has been destroyed.

   After returning to the northern border, she began to use the power of the Holy Light in battle uncharacteristically, and firmly believed that to defeat the orcs, she must first understand their dark power.

   For this reason, she secretly learns the magic of the warlock in private, just like you are doing now. "

   The Pope glanced at Black, and the pirate shrugged and said:

   "I'm not stealing my studies, Your Majesty, I'm studying aboveboard. Well, well, don't show that stern expression, Your Majesty, you go on.

   I won't interrupt. "

   "I'm telling you Natalie's story, not just asking you to help her, Blake, but I want to use this example to tell you not to go too far in the shadow of warlock magic."

   The Pope persuaded and continued to tell the story of his disciple.

   He turned the rosary and said:

   "Natalie's learning has progressed quickly. She believes that the orc warlocks have borrowed power from other places, and relying on pure warlock magic, they can't break the protection of the Northshire Abbey.

  So, she secretly went to the Stormwind Kingdom occupied by the orcs, looking for the dark artifacts of the warlocks on some battlefields contaminated by dark magic.

  I heard that Natalie captured some orc captives on the battlefield, and used some cruel methods that the Light Walkers should not use, and forced them to ask their secrets about the dark artifact.

   She learned that the orcs had used an otherworldly blade in their **** ritual.

   It is said that the blade can manipulate the shadow itself.

  My disciple was very worried about the existence of such a blasphemous weapon, she continued to trace its whereabouts, and in a letter to me, swore to destroy it in the name of the Holy Light.

   At that time, I felt that my disciple had gone too far on a dangerous road.

   I asked the spies at Ravenholdt Manor to bring my disciples back to the northern border, but before the assassins set off, Natalie took the initiative to return to Lordaeron.

   She told me excitedly that she had found the weapon and took it back from a group of orc warlocks. "

   The Pope clenched his fists in pain and said:

   "She showed me that dark blade like a happy little girl.

   She told me she couldn't destroy the dagger yet, at least not yet.

   She said, how can a man defeat a force she does not understand? In order to destroy that dark artifact, she still needs to understand and learn a lot.

   I should have stopped her.

   But Natalie assured me that she would destroy that weapon of darkness. She was so determined, and the light shining on her body seemed to tell me that my disciples were still walking on the path of holiness.

   So I.

I made a mistake.

   I allow Natalie to continue working on it.

   But soon the church members reported to me that they saw Natalie in the dark, alone in the church, talking with the dagger in her hand.

   As if a spirit body was talking to her, teaching her some dangerous knowledge.

   I immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

  The power of that weapon can disguise the appearance of the Holy Light to elude the detection of a priest like me, and it is more dangerous than I imagined!

   But by the time I found Natalie, my disciple had left. She seemed to have a premonition of my move, or that the evil thing had informed her in advance.

   She only left one sentence for me. "

   The old Pope turned the rosary in his hand, and he repeated the words of his disciple, saying:

   "She said, I know there's a price to do this, and there's always a price to walk in the shadows, but I've made a decision. Allow me to put on this black coat, and I'll use it to guard the light."

   "Sounds like a hero."

  The pirate smoked his pipe and said:

   "But I know that those of you who believe in the Holy Light will call this behavior 'fallen'."

   "Natalie is a hero born in the Holy Light, no one can denigrate this!"

   Pope opened his eyes and said to Blake:

   "Before the Second War, Natalie and her fanatics were hunting orcs on the battlefields of Stormwind.

   But some of the methods they use go beyond the limits of cruelty. I am now very worried about whether my disciple has crossed that taboo.

   More importantly, Blake, you have no faith, and you cannot understand what kind of impact a shadow that can coexist with the Holy Light will have on your faith once it is revealed.

   It will destroy the very foundation of the Light Faith.

   In peacetime I would love to discuss this doctrine of light and shadow with Natalie, but not now!

   This is what I want you to do, Blake.

   Go to Duskwood and bring back Natalie and that dangerous dark artifact, and bring her back into the light before she is completely lost in the allure of the Void.

   She didn't know what kind of power she was dealing with. "

   "Well, actually, I think Archbishop Natalie probably knows that she's using Void power."

  The pirate straightened up and said to the Pope:

   "But since I am a Templar Assassin, and now the Pope has given me a mission, I must complete it. It just so happened that I kept an eyeliner in Dusk Forest, so it shouldn't be difficult to find her.

   But before I go, Your Holiness, let's discuss the 'remuneration' I need. "

"what do you want?"

   asked the Pope that a pirate took out a strange holy symbol from his pocket and threw it into Fao's hands, he said:

   "You know what this is, right?"

   "This is the holy emblem of the Church of the Storm."

  Fao looked at what was in his hand and said:

   "It is the religion established by the tidesages of your Kul Tiras kingdom. There are many believers on the sea. Is there any problem with it?"

   "It's fine."

  Blake grinned and said to the Pope:

   "But this is what I want in return.

  Your Majesty, I need you to launch a holy war on the religious level to completely destroy the influence of the Church of the Storm on the sea!

  I want you to use the power of your faith to send all the pagans in my hometown into their tide hell.

I mean

   Not one left! "

   (end of this chapter)