In the basement, standing in a musty environment, the Dragon Knight closed the book and rubbed his brows.
The disappearing content was not long, and he finished reading it in a few minutes. Of course, the reason why he rubbed his brows was not due to lack of energy, but just a habitual action when thinking.
If he hadn't seen it today, he really wouldn't have known that there was such a past event back then. There was actually no big problem with this mission. It was recorded in the data of 1972, just like other missions, it was unremarkable.
If it was anything unusual, it would probably be the Pope and the former head of the Knights Templar who went on an expedition together.
"Quinn asked me to read this past event. There must be deep meaning. Also, what kind of mission requires the deployment of two super masters, the Pope and the leader of the Templar Knights?" The dragon knight frowned.
With such a configuration, doing a certain task would definitely be a big deal.
However, the description of the mission was very ordinary, without too many words to describe it, and the Dragon Knight did not remember such an experience in the major events of the Holy See. He was not born 48 years ago, but if it was a big event, as the leader of the discipline group, he would not be unaware of it.
"The incident in February, and then more than a month later, Green Adolph died inexplicably. There must be a connection between the two events."
But what does this matter have to do with the betrayal of the fallen angels and the blood knights
The dragon knight suddenly remembered something, opened the book again, and looked at the first half of the mission: the cult used human blood as a guide to refine the resentful spirits and perform some kind of summoning ceremony...
"Refining the resentful spirit, refining the resentful spirit..."
Faintly, he felt like he had captured something.
"Zizzi, zizi..."
The incandescent lamp overhead suddenly made a sound, flickered on and off, and then went out completely.
The basement fell into darkness and silence, and the air was filled with a musty smell.
Phew... .
Bang!
A gust of wind blew in, followed by the slight sound of the iron door opening.
The basement, which was bright one moment, fell into darkness the next moment, so the dragon knight's pupils temporarily adapted to the darkness, which was when his vision went dark.
Someone came in and took advantage of his "blinding" to come to the basement.
"boom!"
The sound of clapping hands came from the darkness, and violent energy swept through the basement in an instant. The iron bookshelf collapsed and the papers exploded.
"snort!"
This was the cold snort of the dragon knight.
After palming each other, his pupils adapted to the darkness, and he saw a blurry human figure standing not far from him.
"ban!"
Without saying a word, the dragon knight fired a burst of mental power to imprison the opponent's Dantian.
He is a person with awakened spiritual power, and he practices the orthodox forbidden spells of the Holy See, a secret method exclusive to the Discipline Group. There are nine kinds of curse seals in total, which can block Qi, block mental power, and block body Qi and blood.
The opponent's luck blocked it, and the forbidden technique transformed from mental power still successfully penetrated the dantian, but the opponent was also a master, which offset a large part of the effect of the forbidden technique.
That's enough.
The dragon knight stretched out his left hand, and the Qi machine wrapped around the iron bookshelf beside him, compressing the steel into a spear shape. The hot Qi machine instantly heated the steel like a soldering iron, and refined it into a sharp war spear.
He came to the database to check information. Of course he would not carry a weapon with him. It was not necessary in the first place. As a dragon knight of the Holy See, how could he be ambushed at the Holy See headquarters
Faced with such an accident, he had no choice but to make a handy weapon on the spot.
The dragon knight was extremely fast, and his figure seemed to teleport in the darkness, appearing on top of the black shadow, stabbing down with his war spear.
Although he is a spiritually awakened person, he has profound attainments in fighting skills. He and the Blood Knight once studied fighting skills under Quinn for a period of time, and they often competed against each other on weekdays.
The Blood Knight is the number one person in the Vatican's fighting skills, a master of close combat, and can kill a terrifying existence with half a step to the extreme with three punches.
"when!"
There was a crisp sound of iron clashing, and sparks exploded in the darkness.
The opponent drew his weapon to block, using the most ordinary knight's sword, not a magic weapon. Every magic weapon of the Holy See is registered. Using a magic weapon is tantamount to exposing one's identity.
The dragon knight once again fired a forbidden technique. This time, it sealed the opponent's energy and blood. It was the same as the previous forbidden technique. It did not cause much hindrance to the opponent, but it also made his body stiff and his moves stagnant.
"Snapped!"
He hit the opponent's chest with a palm, sending him flying and hitting the wall, which made a muffled sound of explosion. At the same time, the dragon knight's spear had been thrown out, pinning the man to the wall.
The spear was cut off by the opponent's sword, and the opponent retaliated by throwing the knight's sword.
While the dragon knight dodged to avoid it, he heard the clang of the iron door, and the other party took the opportunity to escape.
He chased him out of the basement, followed the opponent's scent, and came to the archives, where he found the young administrator lying in a pool of blood at the reception counter.
A flash of anger flashed in the dragon knight's light brown eyes.
After leaving the library, the other party's breath moved toward the living area, and the dragon knight held on tightly.
The other party was very smart. After entering the living area, he did not blend in. Instead, he turned around halfway and headed towards the No. 2 Cathedral.
The dragon knight chased him, and when he approached Cathedral No. 2, he suddenly lost his breath. He chased forward for a moment and saw that the meeting hall next to the cathedral was brightly lit.
Pushing the door open, the Pope was discussing with everyone. In the hall were the cardinal archbishop, the deputy head of the Knights Templar, and the heads of various major departments, a total of twelve people.
They were all surprised when they saw the dragon knight pushing in in a hurry.
The current head of the Cardinal Council, Cardinal Laurent Nicholas, frowned and said, "Dragon Knight, what do you want?"
The dragon knight stood at the door, covered in silver armor, with bright blond hair and a tall and tall figure. The light shone on his stern face, and his whole aura suppressed everyone except the Pope.
He did not answer the cardinal's words, but frowned in thought.
If the unknown assassin did not have special escape skills, it would be impossible for him to escape from under his nose, and if he had, he should have been lost when he left the archives.
Most likely, that guy is hiding among these people.
"If you do something under my nose, even if you are half a master, I will catch you out." The Dragon Knight snorted coldly in his heart. He strode into the meeting hall and reached out to hold down the deputy leader of the Knights Templar. , Messer Oliver.
"Let me see your chest."
Everyone present was weak, and the Dragon Knight’s first target was Messer Oliver. Only he, the top S-class, is qualified to fight with him.
Messer Oliver looked at him blankly and said, "Why?"
The dragon knight ignored him and moved his fingertips, cutting the clothes on his chest into rags, exposing Messer Oliver's hard and big chest muscles.
not him? The dragon knight frowned.
"Everyone, take off your clothes." The Dragon Knight said loudly.
Everyone was stunned.
The red archbishop asked again: "Dragon Knight, what are you..."
"I encountered an assassination in the archives. I followed the assassin's breath and came here, but lost his trace. He received a slap from me and could not erase the injury on his chest in a short time." Dragon Knight said.
"Do you suspect that we are assassins?" Everyone in the meeting hall understood, and their expressions suddenly changed slightly.
"They actually suspected us of being assassins. What did they think we were?"
"So you tore off my clothes because you thought I was an assassin? Kyle, that's too much."
"It's simply arrogant to suspect us of being assassins in front of the Pope."
To them, the dragon knight's suspicion was indeed insulting.
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Please ask them to cooperate." The Dragon Knight did not waste any time and directly asked the Pope for instructions.
The Pope is sitting in a high place, as he is accustomed to do. The Pope of this generation is not "people-friendly". Ever since Dragon Knight joined the Holy See, his impression of him has been in one word: high and above.
"This discussion is over. Please step aside. I have something to say to the Dragon Knight." The pope's voice was calm and filled with unbreakable majesty.
The dragon knight frowned slightly. Since the Pope said so, it was hard for him to refute.
The people left, the door closed, and only the Dragon Knight and the Pope were left in the meeting hall.
"Did you notice something?" the Pope asked.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but the dragon knight felt that his gaze was particularly sharp, and he pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I feel that the reason why the blood knight betrayed the Holy See is not that simple. The blood knight is loyal and devoted his life to the Holy See. He will never do it. Betrayal. Today I..."
He told the Pope in detail what happened in the database, including the note left for him by Quinn Adams.
"That's it." The Pope nodded: "So, do you want to know the truth back then?"
The truth of that year...
Facing the Pope's calm gaze, the Dragon Knight nodded.
"Back then, I dealt with a cult incident with Green Adolphus. In that incident, the cult leader summoned the evil god..." the pope said, "that was a very terrifying Yakuza master. I worked together to... Green struggled with it for a long time. Green was defeated and his soul was defeated. I tried my best to kill it and took Green back to the Holy See. But when I was treating him, I unexpectedly discovered..."
After a pause, the Pope said solemnly: "The evil god is not dead, it is lodged in Green's body. I tried my best to get rid of it. More than a month later at night, Green was controlled by the evil god and sneaked into my palace. It wanted to assassinate me. But it underestimated my strength and I countered it."
The Dragon Knight's pupils shrank, was this the inside story of Green Adolph's sudden sacrifice? Recalling the unusual parts of that mission to suppress the cult, and corroborating the words of the Pope, everything makes sense.
No wonder the Pope and Green Adolphus need to join forces, because the other party is a Yakuza.
"After discussing with Quinn Adams, I imprisoned Green Adolphus in Purgatory and kept him under strict supervision. But we still underestimated the evil god. It did not leave the Holy See with Adolphus and has always been hidden among us."
It took the Dragon Knight a long time to digest this shocking news. He stared at the Pope: "Why don't you make this public?"
"It's not that simple. The evil god will bewitch people's hearts and lead them to corruption. When I looked back, many people in the Holy See had been bewitched and corrupted by it. So over the years, I watched with cold eyes and investigated secretly. The most important thing is, We have to find out its true identity. Otherwise, we will treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and we will only alert the snake. Even the best friends in daily life may be slowly decaying in their hearts."
"Is the previous red archbishop a degenerate?"
"Yes." The Pope nodded: "Evil gods are attracted by powerful souls. The fallen ones in the Holy See refine fallen angels just to satisfy their desires. Now you know why I didn't track down the extremely Yin place and let Pace be refined. Let’s make it a fallen angel. Not long ago, I sensed the aura of a fallen angel and thought the time had finally come.”
"Blood Knight!" Dragon Knight Kyle shouted softly.
"You finally understand, yes, the evil god resides in the blood knight. It is lurking around us as a loyal servant of the Lord and one of the two knights of the Holy See."
"Is there still any of his followers in the Holy See?"
"You don't need to worry about this. I will investigate it myself. The most urgent thing is to catch the Blood Knight. He was injured by me last time and it will be difficult to do it in a short time. But if he continues to cultivate and gain momentum, he will definitely become a big problem in the future. .”
The dragon knight clenched his fist and put it on his chest: "Your Majesty, I understand."
This volume is almost finished.
(End of chapter)