The hall fell completely silent.
Just like the dullness and depression before a rainstorm, Aresis suddenly became extremely quiet.
The Pope remained as silent as a statue.
Merad stared at the glimmer of light on the floor, seemingly lost in thought.
Aresis stood there motionless, seemingly stunned.
I don't know how long it took before the Pope glanced at Mered with a deep look in his eyes.
Mered didn't say much, but he said a lot.
He never provoked, but after telling the truth calmly, something had to be done within the Holy See, especially the Pope.
This is also true.
The coronation of the Pope can greatly improve the will of the person being crowned. In this state, Aresis's will will be extremely focused from beginning to end. With absolute concentration, his reaction, speed, and even strength will be improved. There is a slight improvement, and in contrast, the physical strength that Aresis needs to consume will be reduced accordingly. Taken together, the coronation of the Pope is enough to significantly improve Aresis' combat effectiveness.
And such a coronation will also not be subject to any mental interference from the outside world.
There was no way Aresis would have been hypnotized on the night of Judgment Day.
But the impossible has become a fact, and naturally there is only one reason.
That is, there are betrayers within the Holy See.
Angel.
Angel, the dignified saint of the Holy See, whose status is second only to the Pope, betrayed the Holy See.
Even the Pope felt extremely heavy in his heart when faced with this news. He was still hesitating on how to deal with this matter. Merad had already told the truth.
Although he never named Angel, Aresis was not stupid, so how could he not guess who the betrayer was
Since then, the Pope must take action.
"Go and ask Angel to come over."
The Pope was silent for a while, and then said tiredly: "I want to see him."
Mered, who no longer belonged to the Holy See at this moment, glanced at Aresis.
Aresis stood there, expressionless, silent, and extremely quiet.
Mered shrugged and said, "I'll go right away."
He slowly turned around and left the hall.
The Pope squinted at his back and didn't speak for a long time.
This is a secret base set up by the Holy See outside Leki City. To be precise, it is a hidden church built on a mountain beach. The area is limited, so the building does not look majestic, but the momentum is extremely magnificent. The Pope is here. At that time, she lived in the largest hall in the church, but as a saint of the Holy See, Angel, who had too many choices, only chose a small prayer room.
There was a faint light burning in the prayer room, and the illuminated cross was flickering. Angel, dressed in a white dress, knelt in front of the cross, quiet and holy.
When the roar of awakening sounded, Angel just finished his prayer.
She opened her eyes, but her body did not move. She just quietly experienced the fury and resentment contained in that roar.
"Your Highness Aresis is awake."
A strange voice came to mind behind Angel. The voice was very soft, but extremely cold, and was extremely uncomfortable in human ears.
A slender figure shrouded in a black robe walked from the darkness to the candlelight. Intentionally or unintentionally, she blocked the door of the prayer room.
Angel stood up with grace.
Her voice was calm and calm: "So, His Majesty the Pope should have made up his mind."
The figure in the black robe was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes."
She paused and continued: "In our opinion, His Majesty has made up his mind."
"Why?"
Angel smiled and turned his head.
Behind the white gauze, her eyes were bright and clear: "Is it because you are here?"
"While I am here, Your Highness, you cannot leave. This is the will of the Pope. To a certain extent, this is also the attitude of His Majesty the Pope."
The figure in the black robe said softly.
"You're wrong, Rhea."
Angel sighed quietly: "This is the secret base of the Holy See. At least the surrounding area is within His Majesty's spiritual realm. He can sense everything here. Without his permission, it is impossible for me to leave or escape. Come on, he sent you here to monitor me because he wanted to test the attitude of other senior officials in the Holy See. So far, I think he has received enough feedback and it is time to make a decision."
Leya, who was dressed in black, trembled slightly.
Angel looked at her and said softly: "So you are not as important as you think."
Rhea.
The chief priest of the Divine Punishment Priesthood.
In terms of responsibilities, she is Angel's right-hand man, but in fact, she can be regarded as the most powerful person to check and balance the Saint in the Divine Punishment Priesthood.
The Pope sent her to keep an eye on Angel. This task has excited Leya for a long time. She even fantasized about whether she might become the next Holy See of the Holy See. But until now, she didn't know that the Pope's spiritual realm could cover all the time. here.
Thinking of some of her operations in the past few days, she looked a little pale for some reason.
Angel did not continue speaking, but turned around and looked at the cross in front of him, and said softly: "Which one is more important, the Saint of the Vatican or the Holy War Angel?"
Rhea didn't answer.
She didn't need to answer anything.
The Saint is second only to the Pope, and is naturally more important than the Holy War Angel.
But this is only superficial.
Within the Holy See, saints represent faith.
The Holy War Angel represents real combat power. In fact, which one is more important depends on the situation of the Holy See at that time and the will of the Pope.
Leya gritted her teeth and said respectfully: "His Majesty the Pope is fair."
"fair?"
Angel nodded: "Oh, fair."
"You did something wrong and must be punished."
Leya's voice was sinister.
Obviously, it is meaningless for her to say which one is more important. The most important thing is that Angel destroyed Aresis's coronation state, which directly led to Aresis' serious injury and the failure of the Holy See. Such a mistake was
is the most important.
"I never thought it would be like this."
Angel sighed softly, with a very complicated tone. It seemed like he was telling Leya, and also like explaining to the Pope. This was Angel's first explanation after Judgment Day.
Although the Pope is not in front of her, but in the other party's spiritual realm, Angel believes that he can hear everything here.
"Why?"
In the trance, another voice seemed to be heard, extremely distant.
Then Leya's voice thought: "Unexpected? What did you think at that time, Your Highness?"
"There's no point in talking about it anymore."
Angel smiled self-deprecatingly: "Even from our current position, there is no benefit to us falling out with Li Tianlan. Both His Majesty and Aresis have seen the huge interests of Europe after the Rothschilds were leaderless. Such interests are even They can be asked to abandon Eastern Europe, but in fact, with the relationship between Rothschild and the Beihai Wang family, even if Wang Tianzong does not show up that day, does Li Tianlan really dare to kill them?"
"To say the least, even if Paul and Jin Tong died, Li Tianlan and Zhongzhou would not be willing to make wedding dresses for the Holy See. If Aresis succeeds that night, Li Tianlan will definitely fall out immediately. Whether the Holy See can go out of Eastern Europe is a matter of course. question."
This question was also spoken on the night of Judgment Day.
But it was not recognized by the Pope and Aresis.
That's why she secretly took action to destroy Aresis' coronation.
What she wanted at the time was to prevent Aresis from completely killing Paul and Jin Tong. In her plan, after severely damaging Rothschild, she first stabilized Li Tianlan, and the two sides conspired in Eastern Europe, and then attacked Rothschild. It was the safest, but she really didn't expect what would happen next. Aresis, who was no longer in the coronation state, would be hypnotized. In the end, nothing was accomplished, and the Holy See was completely defeated.
This is really the worst outcome. Even if he and Li Tianlan fall out that night, that's about it.
"I'm afraid it's more than just that, right?"
Mered's voice suddenly sounded from outside the door: "I think the main reason is that Your Highness does not want to be an enemy of Zhongzhou. Your past is there, and your deep love is also there. In a certain assassin, if there is Choice, you will definitely not fall out with Zhongzhou, and you will not even hesitate to destroy His Highness Aresis’s coronation status, is that right?”
Angel turned around suddenly.
Under the tulle, her eyes fell on Mered's face, filled with anger.
Mered hesitated for a moment, then shrugged, bent down to salute, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, His Majesty the Pope invites you."
Angel's body trembled slightly and he was silent for a long time before he slowly said: "Let's go."
Rhea moved out of the way.
Angel walked out of the prayer room and walked towards the hall.
There is darkness ahead.
In the darkness, no one could tell whether the danger of fire or frost began to spread gradually, occupying her entire consciousness.
The church is getting closer.
Mered, who had officially separated from the Holy See, finally stopped.
He looked at Angel's back with complicated eyes.
In his sight, the fluttering white dress was completely swallowed up by the darkness in the hall.
Angel's face remained calm. He glanced at Aresis and then bowed slightly to the Pope.
The Pope looked at him in silence.
In the near-solid darkness, the flickering light of the candle gradually expanded, and the Pope's voice sounded: "Angel, you did something wrong."
"Yes."
Angel was silent for a while: "I am willing to take responsibility, and..."
"call!"
The icy wind from the sea howled in with wind and rain.
A huge figure suddenly appeared next to Angel.
"Snapped!"
With a crisp sound, Angel's delicate body flew out directly, a trace of blood and teeth fell to the ground, and the gauze danced and fell in the darkness.
"boom!"
The whole palace shook violently.
Angel's body hit the pillar of the hall and slowly slid down.
Under the white gauze, the beautiful face of Saint Angel was somewhat blurred in the darkness, and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, which was shocking.
"Responsible?!"
Aresis's furious roar echoed throughout the hall: "How can you be responsible? What qualifications do you have to take responsibility?! Can you bear the responsibility for such a serious loss to the Holy See? You are a dirty and despicable woman. When you knew that you were not I should have convinced His Majesty to purify you when you were a virgin!"
Aresis stared at Angel and said with a vicious smile: "It's not too late now, you go die, bitch!"
... ...
The candlelight spread again.
All Aresis' roars were drowned in the candlelight.
Outside the hall, Mered slowly turned around and walked in another direction.
He climbed a hillside around the church and looked at the waves in the darkness. The wind and rain fell, and all the sounds became extremely messy.
Mered took out his cell phone and dialed the number.
The phone call was quick.
"done?"
The mysterious His Majesty's voice rang on the phone.
"Angel went to see the Pope."
Mered said respectfully: "From now on, there should be no saints in the Holy See."
The mysterious His Majesty smiled and said, "How will the Pope deal with Angel?"
"It depends on the wishes of all the higher-ups in the Holy See, but if nothing unexpected happens, the Holy See will purify her."
Mered whispered, after all, he had stayed in the Holy See for many years, and when he talked about purification, his whole tone was a little unnatural.
Purify.
This is the most cruel criminal law within the Holy See, and it is a criminal law that has never been seen in recent years. It is usually used to deal with heretics who have caused great losses to the Holy See. The Holy See will first inject an extremely precious drug into the person who is being purified. , this kind of drug will not directly improve the combat power, but it can make the injected person concentrate as never before, and the absolute concentration means that the other party will always remain awake, and the body will become more sensitive to external pain. Extremely sensitive.
Then the holy warrior will tie the opponent to the cross, ignite the flame, and burn the body with flames. The purified heretic will always remain in the most awake state, and will be tortured under the condition of extremely sensitive perception.
Burned alive.
This is purification!
His Majesty was silent for a while and then said: "It's really cruel."
“The majesty of God cannot be offended.”
Mered said something subconsciously. He shook his head mockingly and said softly: "Your Majesty, I don't understand why you are targeting His Highness Angel. If I hadn't exposed her tonight, the Pope might not have made up his mind to purify Angel. "
"You can't bear it?"
His Majesty's voice was a little playful.
Mered shook his head: "No, it's just..."
He smiled bitterly, but didn't say anything in the end.
"I'm not targeting her. In fact, if I reach the top of the Dark World in the future, the Holy See will definitely be one of my most difficult opponents. From this perspective, Angel's control of the Divine Punishment Priesthood is actually not a bad thing. She is a very kind woman, she can even be said to be innocent. She is worthy of the word saint. I have a good impression of her. Even with her existence, we will have less trouble in the future. After all, The way she is, she won't create too many fanatics that will cause headaches."
His Majesty's tone was somewhat emotional: "But these are things that need to be considered in the future. How can I care about the future now?"
"I have to solve the problem at hand. It's a very difficult problem and it's also very important."
"What trouble?"
Mered said subconsciously.
"Tell me, if Li Tianlan leaves Eastern Europe, who is the most qualified to take over Li Tianlan's position?"
His Majesty suddenly asked.
Mered was silent for a moment subconsciously, and His Majesty had already given the answer: "It can only be robbery."
"Don't underestimate Jie. He is in Eastern Europe, not just me. No one can let go. Jiang Shangyu can't defeat him. At some point, his deterrence is no less than that of Peak Invincible. If he wants to die, he is the only one." If you die, everyone can feel at ease."
"If Angel is purified, Zed cannot remain indifferent."
Mered groaned: "So Purify Angel, do you want to use the Holy See's help to get rid of Jie?"
"I said that, right? I said that I have a problem with Aresis, but in order to cooperate with the Holy See, I can only let you save his life. Just because he saves a life does not mean that he will live. Yes, I am borrowing the sword of the Holy See to get rid of Zed, and I am also using Zed’s edge to kill Aresis."
"Since we can cooperate with the Holy See, Aresis should die."
His Majesty said calmly.
"this... "
Mered hesitated for a moment: "Can Zed kill Aresis?"
Zed's evaluation in the dark world is extremely high. He is the only invincible assassin in the dark world today. However, his evaluation is not high on the sacred double list, and he has not even entered the divine list. However, Aresis is A true peak invincible state, even if he is seriously injured, Zed should not be his opponent, not to mention that he just left a bottle of potion for Aresis that can temporarily restore most of his combat effectiveness.
"I said, don't underestimate Jie."
His Majesty's voice was a little distant: "For now, it just depends on whether he knows how to let go."
"All right."
Mered smiled bitterly: "If Zed is lucky enough to kill Aresis, what about the cooperation between us and the Holy See?"
"What cooperation?"
His Majesty's voice was full of innocence.
Mered suddenly felt that the icy wind between heaven and earth was really cold, chilling to the bone.
"Conspiracy with the overall situation of Eastern Europe or something like that is something that the Holy See and other major forces are interested in. What does it have to do with me?"
His Majesty chuckled: "Look at the current Reincarnation Palace. They are cooperating with Tiandu Purgatory for the sake of the chaos in Eastern Europe. We are cooperating with the Holy See for the sake of interests, but these so-called interests are just words after all. Things that no one cares about except those who are persuaded.”
Meraid suddenly stopped laughing.
"The Palace of Reincarnation..."
He muttered to himself.
"What the Reincarnation Palace wants is the interests of the new era and Eastern Europe. She doesn't care. It doesn't matter who she gives it to."
His Majesty said.
"What about you?"
Mered asked.
"I?"
His Majesty laughed: "Why don't you understand? What I really want is the temple."
Now he has an invincible master beside him, and there are more than one.
But strictly speaking, the relationship between the two parties is not the kind of relationship that can be completely trusted.
His Majesty has no so-called foundation or background, so what he really wants is a foundation that can allow him to develop.
Eastern Europe has such a foundation.
But he cannot take away the five Eastern European countries.
He couldn't eat the snow country.
As for the territory outside the Snow Country and the five Eastern European countries, there is also constant entanglement.
In comparison, in the entire dark world, only the temple is the simplest, but the institution of the temple is also the most streamlined but comprehensive.
As a subsidiary institution of the Holy See, most of the complex internal entanglements are concentrated in the Holy See. The internal environment of the Temple can be said to be the simplest force.
This kind of foundation is what His Majesty needs most.
So he cooperated with Tiandu Purgatory.
Cooperate with Wang Qinglei.
Jiang Shangyu entered Eastern Europe.
Some of these cooperations have been implemented, and some have not yet been implemented, but it doesn't matter, because these, even if they are just cooperation intentions, can become bargaining chips in his hands.
He used these chips to convince Snow Country.
Then Mered showed his strength and convinced the Holy See.
The Snow Council will cooperate with the Holy See, and His Majesty will also cooperate with the Holy See.
As a result, what the Holy See got was the Snow Country and the broken but still bloated Polar Alliance.
But what His Majesty got was the entire temple.
Mered suddenly felt something was wrong.
This collaboration is simple and vague.
Snow Country spent most of the Polar Alliance's strength for this.
And the Holy See paid the temple for it.
So what did His Majesty pay
Your Majesty finally...
Seems like some saliva was paid
And it was Mered who paid for the saliva to convince the Holy See.
He held the phone in silence for a long time, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, is this a waste of money?"