In the bitterly cold northern territory of the Rose Empire, heavy snow had already arrived early, dyeing much of the scenery pure white.
To the northeast of the capital of the Rose Empire, there is a special city.
The dazzling light golden shield seemed to completely cut off the city from the outside world, wrapping the entire city from the moat.
The fluttering white snow fell on the light shield, was absorbed by it, and turned into water droplets that flowed into the city's moat.
Passing through the barrier, a unique warmth dispels the cold, and all kinds of beautiful flowers bloom here.
The travelers' thick clothes became a burden here, so they quickly took off their clothes and smiled happily with the other travelers.
In the center of the city, there is an incredibly large church. Its scale is no less than the palace where the royal family of the Rose Empire lives, and it is even larger.
The church is made of gold and white. In front of the church, there is a lifelike statue of a goddess with her hands clasped together, looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, and her white wings spread. On the left and right are two angels, half-sideways, bending over and praying to the goddess.
The front of the church, at a glance, looks like a space shuttle pointing to the sky.
The top is flawless gold, with a cross on top. No, it’s more like a white cross star surrounded by countless halos than a cross.
A huge pendulum clock is inlaid in the middle of the front of the church. The peculiarly shaped golden hands point to the golden numbers on the white dial. The hands and numbers emit a strange light. Even against the light, the low contrast between the gold and white colors can still allow believers in the distance to see the time on the dial clearly.
The lower part of the church is naturally an arch for people to enter and exit. The huge arch under the pendulum clock is extremely holy. There is a small door on each side, corresponding to the two angels praying to the goddess.
This is the holy city of Hrogig, and this church is the Spear Cathedral of the Goddess Cult.
In the past, there was a lot of traffic here, and there was an endless stream of believers going to the Spier Cathedral to worship.
Today, it was very quiet, with all the believers gathered around the church but not approaching.
They were all dressed in clean clothes, from head to toe, leaving no corner untouched, and everything was cleaned.
Up to this point, they had been fasting for a whole month, so devoutly, just to witness one thing together.
At this time, inside the church, a mature woman was praying to another statue of the goddess inside the church.
She was wearing a pure white dress that matched the Goddess religion, and a white veil on her head. The veil was held down by a red necklace that looked like a teardrop, and hung down to the purple-blue bangs in front of her forehead.
"Lady Saint, the final practice ceremony has been completed. Please board the carriage and start your world tour."
"I see. I'll be there right away."
After receiving the response, the believers slowly retreated, leaving only the saint.
The last scene of a series of tedious rituals came to an end. The Saint of the Goddess Church, Fengyu Helarola Ajel, slowly opened her eyes and looked up at the towering statue of the Goddess in front of her, as if she could hear the statue whispering to her.
The Goddess Church has a tradition that when the Saint of the main church has been in office for twenty years, she will set out to tour the various Goddess Church churches in this world and comfort the people of this world.
When she returns to the holy city of Helogig, she will return the power given to her by the goddess and the rights given to her by the church, and pass them on to the next generation of saints.
To put it simply, the Goddess Cult prefers little loli to be the saint, but Feng Yu is too old.
Although the next candidate saint of the Goddess Church is not here now, the saint's tour takes time, and during this period, they will do their best to find her.
If you can't find one, then find a suitable candidate for the Saint before she comes back.
Standing up slowly, Feng Yu knew that her time as a saint was running out. Now, the power of holy light in her body had reached its peak.
If she fails to pass on this power to her successor after returning from her tour, the power of holy light in her body will gradually weaken with the goddess's gift, causing irreparable losses.
Feng Yu wanted so much to use this power to help people in need again, but time waits for no one. In this case, he could only spread the holy light in his body as much as possible on the road to bless everyone.
Walking on the red carpet and passing through the spacious hall, Saint Feng Yu, escorted by the priests of the Goddess Church, boarded the white carriage pulled by a unicorn.
The followers of the Goddess Cult gathered around and knelt down to worship the Saint.
When the goddess is away, the saint acts as her spokesperson. If you pray sincerely when the saint leaves the place where the goddess lives, your wish will come true.
This is a custom passed down from ancient times.
The believers knelt down before the carriage and watched the saint leave Hrogig. They did not stop praying until the saint had completely left the city.
This is an opportunity that only comes once every twenty years, and they will maintain this state until night falls. Even if it is just a little more chance, they hope that the goddess can hear their true wishes.
In a dark corner of the holy city of Heluozhig, a man wrapped in bandages witnessed all this.
“No accidents, we set off on time.
Stupid Goddess Cult, instead of spending so much time on meaningless prayers, you might as well go to work. Only work can create a truly happy life.
Well, let me show you that the Saint of the Goddess Church is actually no different from an ordinary mortal. Let me break your pathetic fantasy of wanting to get something for nothing.
However, not now, we must hand that thing over to the generous Gao Fang, so that the matter of [Gate of the Abyss] and the death of Tu Jing and the others can make progress. "
After saying this, the black shadow with nothing in his hand completely disappeared into the darkness of the street, accompanied by a sneer at the Goddess Cult.
Right now.
In a certain forest, a blond man in a crimson cloak, an orange-haired girl, and a harpy girl with feathers on her arms were subjugating monsters.
The huge lizard monster rushed towards the blond man, but the man just stood there, took a deep breath, then swung his sword forward, and the huge lizard monster was easily cut in half.
The orange-haired girl clapped her hands, happily approached the blond man, and made somewhat ambiguous gestures.
"As expected of Lord Vokris, you defeated such a powerful monster with just one strike."
The harpy girl with blue wings raised her wings to cover the ugly shackle marks on her neck and approached Vokris cautiously.
Before she could open her mouth to comfort Vokris, she saw that Vokris's previously calm smile turned extremely serious.
In Walkris's system interface, a task exactly the same as Yang Yu's popped up.
[Special emergency mission: [Save the Saint]
Someone is planning to attack the Saint of the Goddess Church. Please save the Saint of the Goddess Church.
Mission requirements: Successfully rescue the Saint of the Goddess Church and help her complete her pilgrimage.
Failure condition: Death of the Saint of the Goddess Church
Mission reward: ?]
(End of this chapter)