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Ambrose paused when he tapped on the table, "I haven't received any news from my side."
Since the Holy Knights took over the management of the Central Holy See, almost all of the Central Holy See is his eyeliner. If there is any change, his people will definitely send him news immediately.
Facing his somewhat cold gaze, the messenger couldn't help swallowing, and then explained: "The bishop was discovered when he left Shifer. In order to avoid causing panic, His Majesty ordered the secret to be released after he left. Arrested, and blocked the news, so there has been no change in the Central Holy See."
King Teresa is indeed a very cautious person, otherwise he wouldn't be sitting in that seat until today, which makes sense.
Ambrose gave a light "hmm" as he accepted the statement.
The messenger glanced cautiously at his slightly relieved face, and continued: "The king asks you to come to the palace as soon as possible after returning to Shifer to discuss this matter together."
"I see." Ambrose nodded slightly, the bottom of his dark blue pupils was deep, "I follow His Majesty's will."
After the messenger completed his task, he left quickly and wisely, leaving only the head of the Holy Knights and the Holy Son of Light in the box.
Ambrose turned his gaze to the Holy Son of Light, frowned suddenly, and said in a deep voice without beginning or end: "It's ahead of schedule."
He Yan nodded in agreement.
On the way back from the Forest of Eternal Night, he opened up memory sharing to Ambrose through the fusion of spiritual power.
But maybe because of the hidden rules, even if he fully opened his memory, Ambrose could not see the memories of their previous lives, and could only vaguely feel that they had a deep memory before. entanglements.
But although I can't tell the truth, with a man's IQ, he should be able to guess it.
In addition, he also told Ambrose everything he could reveal about the development trajectory of the world.
—Fortunately, these are not limited by rules.
As the prelude to the arrival of the dark gods on the continent of Deland, these magical energy from the gods will mutate. At the beginning, they can only infect monsters, but with the accumulation of mutations, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and they finally have The ability to infect other organisms.
In the original trajectory, the source of this variation did indeed start from the bishop of the Central Holy See.
But—that was supposed to happen two years later.
He Yan originally suspected that this was a trap set by King Delan for Ambrose, but after a little logical thinking, he overturned this guess.
The people's heart shake caused by the incident of the Pope of Light still has lingering power. Although the Teresa Empire appears to be stable, in fact the people still feel uneasy. What a storm of public opinion it will cause.
Although King Teresa is a politician who puts interests first, he is not a person who is eager for quick success. Even if he wants to do something to Ambrose, he will never choose this sensitive period that has just experienced a turmoil.
After returning to Shifer, keenly aware of the turbulent atmosphere, the head of the Holy Knights was not at ease leaving his Son of Light alone in the Central Holy See, so he took him to the palace.
Facing the Holy Son of Light who came together, King Teresa looked a little surprised.
Ambrose greeted him with a brief and forceful sentence: "His Royal Highness is superior to me in the art of light. I think His Royal Highness can go down and check the bishop's situation."
King Teresa looked at him for a few seconds, finally nodded, showing his usual gentle smile, "That's true."
The three of them soon came to one of the most closely guarded dungeons in the palace.
Not long ago, the Pope of Light was temporarily imprisoned here, and now a new priest has been replaced.
The situation is already evident.
The moment he saw the bishop, He Yan sighed silently in his heart.
Catalyzed by the advanced formation that contains the power of light in the dungeon, strands of black devilish lines loomed from under the skin of the tranced bishop, wandering around like evil poisonous snakes, and at the same time Fearing the power of the formation, he did not dare to break out.
A dark look flashed across Ambrose's eyes.
The "great changes will begin in the central Holy See" pointed out by the elf mother tree in the prophecy should refer to this moment.
Seeing this picture, the smile on King Teresa's face disappeared instantly.
He stared at the bishop who was almost completely dominated by the demonic energy, the muscles on his face twitched, and he said in a deep voice, "It wasn't so serious last night."
Under the watchful eyes of King Delan, He Yan used the power of light to check inside the delirious bishop for the last time, and confirmed that the devilish energy had completely invaded his blood, muscles and bones, and there was no possibility of pulling it out.
The last trace of luck was shattered, and King Delan's face completely sank.
In the end, in order not to cause panic among the people, King Teresa ordered that the bishop infested with demonic energy be secretly obliterated, and he searched the entire palace, the Central Holy See, and the Paladins, and uncovered a few more hidden strands. Extremely devilish.
After this round of rectification that was unknown to outsiders, Schiffer was very stable for a period of time. The royal knights patrolled everywhere day and night, and Schiffer's defenses became tighter than ever.
But the process of history cannot be stopped. Although patrols and on-duty without gaps can ensure the safety of the central capital, other cities are not so smooth. Although the order of martial law had been issued urgently, due to the lack of armed forces, there were still mistakes in the end.
After half a month of calm, finally, in a small town near the edge of the Teresan Empire, the first large-scale infestation of demonic energy broke out. The fact that the demonic energy began to infect human beings was completely exposed to everyone. before.
Shifer immediately sent troops over to quickly suppress the turbulent town.
However, this outbreak was just a signal. Immediately afterwards, similar incidents broke out in various places. The power of the central capital was limited, and a large part of it had to be reserved to defend Shifer, and it gradually became a little powerless.
The Central Holy See and the Paladins were also naturally swept into this turmoil. Most of them stayed in Shifer to protect the safety of the central capital, and a small number followed the royal family's armed forces to various places for support, which was a bit stretched.
In the face of the large-scale eruption of demonic energy, even the Holy See of Light and the Paladins, which were in full bloom for a while, seemed insignificant and powerless.
It's just that in fact, the two leaders of the Central Holy See and the Paladins are not as devastated as the outside world thinks.
Although in people's subjective cognition, demonic energy is a representative of evil, in fact, these demonic energy entering the human body will not cause death.
They will only change the human body in a brutal way, making their physique more suitable for containing the darkness, and laying the foundation for future practice of dark power.
Of course, this is the result of the successful transformation. If the transformation fails, the end will be those irrational monsters that have caused panic all over the continent of Deland.
In detail, nine hundred years ago, when the Goddess of Light came to the continent of Delan, she did the same thing.
Before the appearance of the goddess of light, there was no such thing as light art on the mainland of Delan.
After the goddess of light discovered the land of Deland, her companion phoenix held the "seeds" of light and scattered them all over the land of Deland.
These seeds, which were later described as "gifted by gods", fell on the living beings, and they would merge into the living beings' bodies, forcibly transforming their physiques.
Creatures that are successfully transformed will more or less show an affinity for light art; as for those that fail to transform, those who are lucky can still remain as they are, and most of them suffer irreversible damage to their bodies, resulting in a greatly shortened lifespan .
Then the Goddess of Light bestowed the classics of various levels of light art as a gift from the gods for believers to practice.
It's just that history has always been written by the victors. In the mythical volume of Delan Continent, the cruel side of this transformation process has been quietly hidden, leaving only the part that can sing praises for future generations to circulate.
On the battlefield of the gods, there has never been a distinction between good and evil, there are only winners and losers, and endless struggles.
And this kind of struggle is definitely not something that the puppets of the lower planes can stop by themselves.
So looking at the turbulent Delan continent, although He Yan was a little emotional, his emotion was limited.
Facing the unchangeable trajectory of fate, all he can do is to remove himself and his partner from this turmoil.
In the second year after the first eruption of demon energy, it happened to be the eve of the Holy Son of Light's succession as Pope, and Shifer, who had been struggling for two years, finally fell.
It was a demonic attack on an unprecedented scale, and Shifer's impenetrable defense system was torn out of a gap almost instantly.
It was also in this war that the Dark God, who used magic energy as a pathfinding stone, finally revealed his true body for the first time on the continent of Deland.
The gods came in person, and under the pressure of the power of the gods, the Central Vatican, which had lost contact with the Goddess of Light, was almost powerless to resist. Although in the end, the Holy Son of Light managed to retain most of the power of the Central Vatican with a fragment of an artifact, but The Holy Son of Light and his contracted knight—that is, the head of the Holy Knight Order—unfortunately fell in this war.
After the tragic World War I, the God of Darkness established the Holy See of Darkness on the Continent of Teresa, opposite to the Holy See of Light, and developed his own beliefs.
Under the oppression of the form and the thirst for power, many people who were successfully transformed by the magic energy chose to become believers of the God of Darkness, and the era when the Teresa Continent was monopolized by the Goddess of Light came to an end.
After several decades, many gods came to the continent of Deland, wanting to get a share.
However, those are later things.
On the second day after the fall of Shifer, no one noticed that two tall and short figures in cloaks appeared in a nearby flower, passing through countless towns, towards the forest of eternal night. direction close.
Since the turmoil began, people have become more and more cautious as the order has fallen into chaos. This kind of people who hide their identities can be found everywhere in Deland, and no one is interested in taking a second look at them.
At this time, the Teresa Continent had just emerged from the harsh winter, and there was still a hint of chill in the air, which was constantly torn against the vitality of Haruhi.
The sunlight is very weak, and when it falls on people, it can only bring a little warmth.
The two walked in the Forest of Eternal Night, which was full of tall trees, but their footsteps seemed very leisurely, as if they were not at all afraid of this terrifying place that was rumored to have devoured countless lives.
The tall one took off his hood, revealing his deep and handsome features, and his light golden hair looked especially soft under the sunlight.
He reached out and took off the hood of his shorter companion, revealing a delicate face with dark pupils.
If someone sees these two faces, they will find that these two people are the Holy Son of Light and the head of the Holy Knights who have fallen on the battlefield.