I really only stop

"Well, since that's the case, I'll take a rare vacation right and go to church with Yuxia."

The last one to make a statement was Claire, who was sitting next to Yushia, and she winked playfully at the Holy Maiden:

"With so many people by your side, don't you feel very safe?"

No one present knew how persistent Yuxia was to [Correct] before.Although she was acting as usual now, it was just a forced indifference. If it weren't for Lu Xi's support, her situation might be even worse than that of ordinary clerics.

In this case, everyone wants to be by her side as much as possible.

"...I told you I'm fine..."

Looking helplessly at the crowd, in the end, Miss Saintess accepted the kindness frankly:

"Then, my [safety (emphasis)] is up to you all."

"Well, leave it to us!"

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Walking on the street leading to the church, everyone could clearly feel the depression of the atmosphere.

It has been a whole day since the Holy Light descended, and even the dullest people slowly realized what happened now.

The clergy will be confused because of their wavering beliefs, and so will ordinary people.

Thanks to the previous world broadcast, the news of the upcoming [disaster] has become a fact known to everyone, and immediately, various histories buried in ancient books were brought to light.Many scholars rushed to work almost all night, summarizing the records of the disaster.

Ended the glorious era, caused a civilization fault, and the former civilization, which has much stronger power than now, has almost no power to fight back...

As facts buried by history surfaced one after another, the people all felt panicked.

Unlike the invasion of the Demon King Army once every 300 years, the enemy to face this time is far stronger than anyone imagined.According to the few words left in the data, all civilizations fell apart wherever the disaster passed.That is the true "enemy of all intelligence", which will bring endless destruction and nightmares to the world.

When a certain part of a sentence is proven to be true, people will subconsciously believe that the sentence is all true-the current scene is the best interpretation of this sentence.

Driven by the instinct of survival, people subconsciously pray to the only existence that seems to be able to contend with the disaster at present-the Holy Light.

It's not that no one questioned the toughness of the Holy Light's methods, nor did no one worry about the sudden arrival of the Holy Light.But under the shadow brought by the terrible term disaster, people desperately want to find light.

"...Who would have thought that the formerly prosperous imperial capital would turn into this in one day."

As a lady official who has lived in the imperial capital for a long time, Claire sighed slightly:

"First came the Holy Light, and then came the news of the impending disaster. Too much information broke into people's field of vision in one day. No one has experienced similar things. It is precisely because of this that people who are at a loss You can only pray to the existence that you seem to be able to rely on."

The two elements of peace of mind are to have repeatable experience and the confidence to bear failure.Obviously, in the face of strange and deadly disasters, people have neither of these elements.When it comes to confusion and uneasiness, all people and priests are the same.

"And it is my duty to wait for the royal family to stand up and guide the people at this time."

Seeing the cavaliers marching neatly on the street, Yuxia's frown was finally loosened:

"Father and Uncle Mephis have already taken action. As long as this most difficult first day can pass, people's lives will slowly return to the right track—"

"—Wait a minute! Don't touch that!!"

Before Yuxia could finish her sentence, a noise and quarrel not far away interrupted her.

PS: The one-night long talk between Claire and Yushiya is omitted because it is too close (seriously)

Chapter 837 Confusion and Answer

In the current bleak atmosphere of the imperial capital, any noise is conspicuous enough.Startled by the sudden quarrel, Nana shrank behind Lu Xi like a rabbit:

"What, what's wrong?! Is someone arguing?"

"Over there, the location is... [Spire of Light]."

The moment she saw the high tower, her face sank, and Yuxia whispered to Lu Xi:

"Lu Xi, without the aid of holy magic to strengthen my eyesight, I can't see beyond the wall of people. Can you see what happened in the crowd?"

"Well, I'll try."

He has already leaked out his background as a cadre of the Demon King's Army. In front of his own lady, Lu Xi no longer needs to hide his demonic existence.After strengthening his eyesight with the magic mark, Lu Xi easily saw what was happening in the crowd:

"The two clergy seem to be arguing, one of them is pulling the other, and the one being pulled seems to be touching the 【Spire of Light】?"

Seeing the pulled clergyman forcefully pushing his companion to the ground and reaching out to touch the Spire of Light, Lu Xi frowned:

"...I'm going to stop them."

Stop starting.

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"Listen! Erfan, you will regret it!!"

He heard the last persuasion from his friend who was pushed to the ground by his ears, Alfan gritted his teeth hard, resisting his desire to turn around and help him up.

If everyone stands still as they are now, more people will be in danger that they don't deserve.

The appearance of the imperial capital in front of him is the best proof.We are definitely not the only ones affected by the loss of the Holy Queen.

Trying to contact the Spire of Light, there must always be a clergyman who will be the first to stand up and do this.

As for the Holy Light's critique of the "Holy Code"...

Can't think about it!At this time, the most important thing is to recover the holy art! !

Forcibly letting his mind go blank, under the loud shouts of his companions behind him, Alfan gritted his teeth, and stretched out his hand to the tower of the Spire of Light——

"—I said man, it's immoral to run when you hit someone, and you'll have to pay."

"?!"

A male voice with a casual content but an extremely serious tone suddenly rang in his ears. Before Alfan could react to what was going on, his arm was firmly grasped, and he fixed it at the place a palm away from the Spire of Light. distance from the location.

how is this possible? !Just now there was no one by my side?

Although shocked in his heart, Erfan still struggled to stretch out his hand towards the direction of the Spire of Light, and roared unwillingly:

"Please let go of your hands, this is my own decision, no one else has the right to interfere!"

"No, this is definitely not a [self-made decision]."

Using the effect of completely magically strengthening physical fitness, Lu Xi easily suppressed the priest who was not good at strength:

"I've seen people's expressions when they make major decisions. No matter what, it won't be like yours now, with the ruthlessness and confusion on your face that pushes you to a dead end."

"—That's right, Erfan!!"

Yi Gulu got up from the ground, and the clergyman who was pushed down by Erfan hurried over:

"Have you forgotten? Sanctuary has not officially announced that the one that was the Holy Light yesterday morning! Touching such an inexplicable tower under such circumstances, what is in your head?!"

"Don't lie to yourself, Dominique!"

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Lucy's iron-like palm, Alfan turned around and glared at his companion named Dominique:

"Is that the holy light itself? Don't you, me, and other clerics still know?! The situation is already obvious! The holy light clearly issued a declaration to let us touch this tower!"

"..."

Speechless to refute everything Elfan said, Dominic paused, hesitated and said:

"But... the scriptures..."

"...don't think about that anymore."

The previous anger disappeared in an instant, Erfan slightly looked away, and said forcefully:

"Holy Light clearly shows that it is not something we should believe in. After all, we believed in it as the teaching of Holy Light in the past. Now that the Holy Light itself has appeared in the world, we should naturally...follow him."

He may not even believe these words, but contacting the Spire of Light is the only way currently facing the clergy.

Contact means following in the footsteps of the Holy Light, while refusing can only be transferred to other professions - neither is an easy option, and either means that the past life no longer exists.

It can be said that from the moment the Holy Light came and denied the Holy Scriptures, the church in the past has existed in name only.

Perhaps what the clergy are waiting for now is the Pope's announcement of the well-known result.

"...Dominique, and this unknown gentleman."

After a long silence, Alfan said with a lonely expression:

"You guys just let me do what I want. I don't know if it's right or not, but someone has to do something."

"..."

Not only Lu Xi and Dominic, but also the surrounding crowd fell silent.

Holy light, disaster...all these happened without warning, not only Alfan, who can say that he can always insist on doing the right thing.

Unlike before, the silence did not last long this time.

"Hey! Look at the sky!"

I don't know who yelled such a sentence, but before the words fell, the clear sky instantly became as deep as the night.Immediately afterwards, endless holy light filled the sky in the form of aurora, which looked as perfect as a shining veil.

Everyone will never forget what this magnificent abnormality in front of them represents.Yesterday morning, following such a scene, that great existence suddenly descended, kicking off the prelude to the Holy Light incident.

Just one day has passed since that upheaval, why did the holy light appear in the world again?What kind of news will it bring this time?

Under the anxious gaze of the people, the aurora laid out in the sky drifted slowly, gathered, and finally formed a face that everyone was familiar with.

"Hello everyone, I am the current pope of the Holy See, Berendo."

Briefly but full of majesty, he announced his name, and His Highness gave a high-level summary of the reason for his presence here:

"After the Holy Light came yesterday, as the Pope, I immediately went to the Holy Land of the Elf to find out the situation related to it. Among them, my most important task is to judge the authenticity of the [Holy Light], and now, the answer has been Appeared."

“[Holy Light is real].”

Word by word, the pope declared:

"There is no doubt that it is a glorious aggregate, an existence that was born directly from the origin of the world."

"At the same time, it is also the origin of all holy arts."

Chapter 838 Then Disband It

After the pope announced that conclusion, the night and the aurora dissipated at the same time, and the sun once again sprinkled on the earth, but it could no longer make the people bathing in it feel warm.

The Light is real.

When the answer that everyone already knew well was uttered by the pope, all the priests, whether they wanted to touch the Spire of Light or doubted and hesitated about it, seemed to have their souls taken away. I froze in place.

If there was even a little bit of hope in everyone's hearts that "the Holy Light is a fake", the conclusion that the pope said at this moment completely extinguished this candle-like fantasy.

No miracle happened, as everyone intuitively realized, there was nothing false about the identity of the Holy Light.

At the same time, this also means the end of the [old belief].

The existence significance of the holy scriptures is denied, and the holy light declares to take over all the authority of the church.

Starting today, the church will completely change from the previous model to a power group that completely obeys the command of the Holy Light.

In any case, the old road of "reaching out without thinking to those in need" has come to an end.In order to unite all forces, the church in the future may become a highly obedient army-like organization.

Some people are overwhelmed by it, and some are disheartened by it.However, the clergy who are willing to regain their strength and at least contribute to the war against disaster still account for the majority.

They walked out of the churches in various places in silence, and gathered towards the spire of light that was as bright as a torch.

【...I have to say that the priests really trust you, His Majesty the Pope. 】

Standing behind Berendo in the face of the Pope, even Shengguang couldn't help expressing such emotion:

[It’s just a few words, the effect is better than the miracle I spread yesterday.Sure enough, humans still want to believe what they believe. 】

"Aren't you what people believe too?"

He didn’t look back because of the Holy Light’s words, the Pope just watched the realities of the world presented by the Holy Light’s authority:

"Actually, I really want to ask you one thing. Since you have such powerful power, I wonder if you can completely erase the "Holy Code" in the minds of us priests? That is what caused the priests to If the root of the confusion remains, it will not be conducive to your direct guidance in the future."

[Erasure the scriptures directly?What an interesting thought. 】

Looking at the pope's back with a little surprise, Shengguang didn't seem to have expected that such a vicious trick was hidden under his kind appearance:

【I'm glad you can think about me so much.It's just that I don't have the ability to directly investigate or even interfere with people's thoughts. Because of the disaster, all my authority on the soul level has been lost in nothingness.For me now, the mind is an absolute forbidden zone.If it weren't for this, things wouldn't be so troublesome. 】