Allendo released his grip on Ferdinand's neck and stood up straight. Ferdinand's breathing became smoother immediately, and he slowly regained consciousness after a while. However, Ferdinand, who had suffered a lot, Finally knowing where he was now, he stopped making any noise and lay obediently on the ground without daring to move.
Henry stood in front of Reid, his face turning red and blue. He wanted to continue shouting his ideals, but he was afraid of Ryan's all-pervasive magic, for fear of offending the young magician. Opposite Henry, Reid Standing there, his face was ashen, but his eyes were distracted, as if he was thinking about something.
The five people stood quietly in the room, no one spoke or moved, like five statues. Time passed quickly. After a while, Reid suddenly spoke weakly: "Henry , I don’t want to care about your affairs, and I can’t care about your affairs. You are the teacher’s best assistant, but unfortunately you care too much about power, and your abilities are not as good as an ordinary priest.”
Henry snorted from his nose but said nothing.
Reid continued, minding his own business: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for the teacher's body to recover. I saw him when I finished his hard training. At that time, his complexion was very bad. Unless he can get life, It is something that can be encountered but cannot be sought, otherwise Teacher...his time is running out."
"Now the daily affairs of the Bright Church are managed by you. This is originally the teacher's arrangement. I have nothing to say. In fact, your ability to handle these secular affairs is the best in the entire church, but I want to remind you a few words. , now mankind is facing a huge crisis, and when everyone is united, you are refusing to contribute for your own personal interests, and you are also trying to use this opportunity to restore the status of the Pope, but you don't know that this is a very stupid idea*."
"If the orcs capture this city, the Holy Alliance Empire will be wiped out, and humans will lose the territory in the north of the continent forever. At that time, humans will no longer have a strong political power, and will return to the situation a long time ago. Naturally, it will According to your wish, only when humanity is in disarray can the Church of Light be able to control everything as before. But have you ever thought that at that time, humanity's own safety will be difficult to guarantee, and who will conquer any legends? In fact, we don’t even know where the entrance to the so-called Netherland is.”
"And will the lords in the south really obey your arrangements? Are you afraid that you will become their puppet? With your current strength, even an ordinary soldier can knock you to the ground. Why do you To order others, we priests have never been combatants. Treatment, defense, etc. are our strengths."
"Hmph, who said that priests can only stand behind others." Henry responded disdainfully: "As long as I sit in Ibel's position, I can completely own it, and naturally I will be blessed by the gods, and naturally You can use the strongest power of order in this plane, which is the rule set by the God of Light."
"Don't you give up? Even if you really have it, how many times can you use it with your body?" Reid asked back: "With my teacher's power, I have only used it a few times in my life. You can use it one by one." Go deal with those lords. As long as they avoid you and send some soldiers, it will be enough to hold you back. Others believe in my teacher because he has been spreading the blessings of the God of Light throughout his life, rather than always trying to step on others. On others, Chapter 4, Section 9 of "Praise of Light" said that the north wind and the sun made a bet to see who could take off the pedestrian's cotton-padded clothes. The north wind blew with all its strength, but made the pedestrian wrap his cotton-padded clothes more tightly. , and the sun showed its kind smile, causing the warm pedestrians to take off their thick coats inadvertently."
"That's just a story made up by Bruce and Nebiro. Does it make sense?"
Red shook his head and looked at Henry with pity, while the latter responded with an unyielding expression. Seeing that he had no way to persuade Henry, Red could only sigh helplessly and said to Henry: " It seems that you will not change your mind, so you can take care of yourself. From now on, I, Red, will leave the Church of Light. I will not give up my faith, but I refuse to associate with you who have misunderstood the gods of light."
When Henry saw Red say this, he felt a lot more at ease. He was not willing to contradict Red with a strong tone to avoid causing trouble, but he always had to say a few words in the scene: "Whatever you want, Red, but since you want If you quit, you will never come back. Your strength comes from God's blessing. If you abandon the faith in your heart one day, you will naturally be abandoned by the gods of light. This is very fair."
"I'll take my teacher with me."
"Whatever you want, but you can't touch anything else."
Red nodded and said to Ryan: "Let's go." After that, he turned and walked out of the room. Ryan and Allendo followed closely, and Ferdinand, who was lying on the ground, waited until the three of Ryan After leaving, he immediately jumped up, and then without rushing to Henry, he whispered: "Would you like..."
"Forget it, after all, his status is quite special, but if he can really leave, it will save me a lot of trouble."
"That… "
"The "Praise of Light" must not be taken away by them. Now you personally lead the people and go to the worship hall with me to guard. If I guess correctly, that book is the source of Ibel's power, and most of the great prophecy is also You will understand it from the book.”
Reid walked through several corridors and came to a courtyard. He walked straight to the stone table in the center of the courtyard and sat down. Then he pointed to the other stone chairs beside him, followed closely by Ryan and Allendo nodded slightly and sat next to him on the left and right.
"Whatever you want to know," Red said to Ryan, "I'll tell you."
Ryan shook his head and said softly: "We only know that you are our friend. As for other things, we don't need to know."
Reid sighed and said to Ryan: "Thank you, but I still want to say it out so as not to hold it in and feel uncomfortable."
Allendo patted Red's shoulder gently, comforted him and said, "Then just vent it out.
Red smiled gratefully at Ryan and Allen, and then said with a painful face: "Actually, as long as you connect them together, you will understand them all. Henry is the assistant of my teacher, Master Ibell, and he is very popular with him. Basically, all my teacher's affairs in the Church of Light were left to him to take care of. Now my teacher is seriously ill, but this Cardinal Henry is addicted to power and can't extricate himself. He even wants to restore his former power. The title of Pope.”
"pope."
"Yes, Ryan. A long time ago, the Pope was the common ruler of all human kingdoms because he represented the will of God. However, things have changed and it is no longer appropriate now. Hey, I really don't know where to start talking about these messy things. rise."
"It all starts with the book "Praise of Light". After the Sunrise Battle 200 years ago, humans defeated the undead army. A high-ranking priest, Bruce Nebiro, was later one of the seven heroes. , when he saw the devastation on the continent, he vowed to travel throughout the entire continent of Eslar and spread the blessings of the gods of light to every corner."
"More than ten years later, when master alchemist Jie Xi, a student of Grand Master Mellen, led everyone to build the city of Fernando, Bruce Nebiro returned to the city. At this time, after experiencing various hardships, he Not only did he fulfill his previous wish, but his strength also increased greatly. He had the ability to talk directly to God, and was awarded a powerful magic weapon by God, which is the great prophecy.
"In order to commemorate the pastor's more than ten years of hardship, people built the Cathedral of St. Nebiro and used it as the headquarters of the Church of Light. Bruce Nebiro became the first archbishop of the Holy Alliance Empire. Accompanying this Bruce, Archbishop Nebiro, throughout the entire continent, there is only one book, a book filled with the blessings of the gods of light, "Praise of Light."
"Bruce, after Nebiro's death, this book was kept in St. Nebiro's Cathedral. Any priest who believes in the God of Light can refer to it. As long as you get the test of this book, you will have something like To Bruce, the power of Nebiro, such as the powerful demon of order, the great prophecy."
"The same goes for my teacher. He was just an ordinary priest who went out to practice asceticism, just like Bruce and Nebiro. No one knows what his experience was, not even me, his only student. I won’t tell you, but soon after returning to the imperial capital, my teacher Ibel passed the test of that book, gained great power, and naturally became the new archbishop.”
"Now, Henry Cardinal also has such thoughts. Unfortunately, he has already tried it, and it doesn't work at all. However, this did not make the ambitious man retreat. Instead, he took advantage of the country's crisis to prepare Furthermore, this time the Church of Light refused to help defend the city because he was behind it, and others didn’t know this, but they thought it was my teacher who had other ideas.”
"Then why doesn't Master Ibel come out to stop it?"
Reid smiled bitterly and said: "This great prophecy is so powerful that even the level 9 Frost Bone Dragon can be easily destroyed. However, every time this magic is used, it will cause huge damage to the caster's body." , my teacher is so old, there is no way he can withstand the backlash of that demon, but the situation was critical and he couldn’t care so much.”
"This is probably also a rule set by the God of Light. After all, this demon is invincible in this plane, so of course it must be restricted."