Strictly speaking, Cardinal St. John Louis is not the real leader of the Knights of the Holy Fire. Like Cardinal Vasco da Gama, both of them were specially appointed by His Majesty the Supreme Pope to participate in this operation. They are the principles of the Holy Light. The real core figure of the Holy See. , as for the real leader of the Holy Fire Knights, the fifth-level Holy Knight Commander Stacey Debyunia, who holds the title of "Lady of Flame", is currently carrying out her mission with a gloomy look on her face.
Although she is called the "Saint of Fire", in fact, Stacey is no longer a "Saint". She married into the Duan family, a wealthy empire, more than 20 years ago, and now she is a noble lady. The strength of the Countess.
In the Holy Light Holy See, only ascetics and fanatical believers will be completely abstinent, and even ban all sexual intercourse and emotions. As for the saints of the past, they will become very good marriage tools, and the Holy See will arrange to marry those with high status. , or they are families or big shots with outstanding strength and power.
Although the retired saint's identity as a spy for the Holy See is no longer a secret, and the turmoil between the empire and the Holy See has long been known to everyone in the upper class, it is still possible to bring a saint with the principles of the Holy Light into the world. Marrying into the family still has a very special meaning, and it can also be called an honor to be proud of. And as long as the Empire and the Holy See do not officially fall out, then this honor and some of the privileges that come with it have extraordinary value in the eyes of many people.
The situation of Stacey Debyunia is a bit special. Although she is the 751st Saint of the Holy Light, she entered the Holy See when she was young and was selected by the Holy Light to become a candidate for Saint. Before. He is already the legal heir of a hereditary noble and holds the formal title of viscount.
It is precisely because of the dual status she holds. Her dual identity allowed her to be accepted by the empire and the Holy See more easily. It has become the dividing point for compromise between the two parties, so he can serve as the leader of an extremely special legion like the Knights of the Holy Fire, instead of being under house arrest in a castle and palace like other saints of civilian origin. This living ornament often dies prematurely or in accidents for no apparent reason. The Holy See will never provide any protection to a saint who has lost her value.
However, at this moment, Stacey Debyunia's face was full of gloom. Her hard work, the cornerstone of her glory and status. Her Knights of the Holy Fire now existed in name only. In the peninsula rainforest, just the attack on Bloodblade Peak of Thousand Needles Canyon had already resulted in unprecedented tragic casualties. Later, in the rainforest field battle with those chaotic race coalition forces, although they had the upper hand with the help of balloon airships, one of the all-flying troops The shortcomings were also exposed. Those young masters and ladies who usually regarded military orders as nothing matter ignored the orders and drove their own airships to pursue the enemy wantonly. Some even regarded this war as a travel excursion and went on as they wanted. As a result, the miasma of the Hell Abyss struck, and nearly half of the members of the Holy Fire Knights were corroded and demonized. Become an ugly monster that can be seen everywhere in the maze.
The high-ranking bishops and cardinals will naturally not care about such "small" losses. They are also accompanied by their trusted troops, and their overall combat power has not dropped much. From the beginning, they did not expect the combat effectiveness of the Holy Fire Knights. And as long as you can get that thing in the end. Such huge achievements will easily cover up all guilt and losses. Compared with King Solomon's treasure, even one-third of the Holy See's military power is very worthwhile. What's more, these people who died are basically the future of the imperial nobles. Their deaths were not entirely a bad thing for the Holy See.
But as the officially appointed legion leader of the Knights of the Holy Fire, Stacey's guilt is as inevitable as steel poured into iron. There won't even be a chance to explain the quibbles. Any accidental injuries to these young masters and young ladies will trigger a storm of parental accountability, which is a loss to the establishment. Not even being able to hand over a decent corpse to their family, the Holy Knight Commander no longer dared to imagine what he would be like when he returned...
"Perhaps, my only chance is to get that thing with my own hands. It is not Archbishop St. John Louis, not Cardinal Vasco da Gama, but me, Paladin Captain Stacey Debiunia, who gets the abyss contract. Go up, when the time comes, not only will I not be punished, I am afraid that even the Pope will personally commend me... No... maybe... I can have another choice... The Abyss Contract is a annihilation project created by twelve magical emperor beasts. Divine tool, if I own it, do I have anything to be afraid of..."
He took a few deep breaths to disperse the sudden guilt in his heart. However, the grown-up Holy Knight who once had the identity of a saint did not pray to the great Lord of Holy Light to forgive his sins. .
"This must be a reaction after being eroded by the abyss' breath..." The Holy Knight Commander comforted himself, but his eyes involuntarily glanced at a legion chariot in front of him.
Legion tanks are powerful weapons on the battlefield. Before the appearance of the dwarf steam tanks of the Kuxiong Principality, they had always been the invincible kings who ruled land wars. This kind of steel monster driven by magic crystal has the same appearance as a heavy carriage, but it is indestructible and has infinite power. The legion chariot driven by supercharged magic energy can easily crush any formation and defense line, and at the same time open a radius of up to Fifteen meters long, the defensive power is comparable to that of a fifth-level earth-walking dragon's magic shield, which protects important personnel or warriors in the shield from any harm.
However, the invincible legion tank also has one and only shortcoming, which is its high cost and extremely difficult manufacturing process. The entire continent has the ability to produce legion tanks and large-scale magic tools with hardware equipment. There are no more than five workshops, no more than 20 master-level craftsmen who know the complete production process, and only three great magisters who can carve the relevant magic array diagrams. Even the Holy Light Church, which has infinite foundation, does not have more than double digits in total number of legion tanks. This is still the result of hundreds of years of accumulation. As for the dwarf steam tanks, which have the same type and function as legion tanks but are far inferior in all aspects of capabilities, the Kuxiong Principality has at least 700 of them. And this number continues to increase at the rate of one car every three days.
On this legion chariot, which is one of the Holy See's trump cards, stands a thick wooden pillar. There is a girl in white clothes and skirt tied to the wooden pillar. Look carefully. What this girl is wearing is actually a glorious robe with golden threads and holy patterns. In the entire Holy Light Holy See, there are only three female priests qualified to wear this kind of holy white robe, and there are only three in the entire Holy See. Just an active saint.
The status of the saint is high. In the minds of some low-level believers, the glorious saint, who symbolizes purity and redemption, is even above the supreme pope, who has a high status but feels unreachable. She is given to the world by the Lord of Holy Light. The most precious treasure. But at this moment, the active saint was like the filthiest witch, tied to the wooden frame in humiliation. Covered in blood and mud. However, what is even more terrifying and cruel is that there are hollow silver tubes one foot long and as thick as a finger inserted in many places on her body. Although the inserted locations are not fatal, they are where blood vessels converge. The blood of the saint gushed out from these silver tubes and sprinkled on the metal iron plate specially placed on the roof of the chariot.
With such a terrifying amount of bleeding, even a strong man with a strong body would bleed to death within a few minutes. However, a dozen high-ranking priests surrounded the legion chariot, taking turns to use it on the saint every half minute. A holy light healing spell that replenishes life. Sustaining the saint's life...and pain. This torture method is comparable to the most cruel and perverted torture, but what is even more incredible is that the saint's blood fell behind the metal iron plate and instantly turned into red light and evaporated. Then the iron plate slowly lit up with red lines one after another. Looking more closely, there are already many lines like this, and they are gathered into a map. It is actually very similar to the maze map that the elf girl Luna Moon Shadow drew casually before. However, the smart map can only draw the areas that one has personally set foot on, but the maze map drawn by the saint with blood. But it has covered most of the maze area, and there is even a golden pattern in it. It leads straight to the center of the maze.
The saint who was tied to the wooden frame suddenly groaned. Her voice was so weak that it was almost lighter than the breathing of ordinary people. However, this soft sound still attracted the attention of Stacey, the leader of the Holy Fire Knights. Pay attention, she looked at the girl on the wooden stand, with a hint of unbearability in her eyes, and said softly: "Christina... don't hate us, if you want to hate us, hate the dirty and evil blood flowing in you. In fact, you should feel lucky. If your dirty bloodline can help us escape from this maze, or even find the evil magic weapon that must be destroyed or sealed, then the sins on your body will definitely be cleansed. "No, maybe your soul will be forgiven by the Lord of Holy Light in the end."
After hearing these words, the tortured saint's body suddenly twitched a few times, then she raised her head with all her strength, slowly opened her eyes, and said softly: "Please... please... Please... Tutor Stacey... Please... please... let go... please, Tutor... please... let go of my... child... "
If Goron were here, he would definitely show a very special expression when he saw the face of this saint. He might be angry, sad, might go crazy, or cry bitterly... This woman has a deep hatred for Goron. It has such a powerful shock, because she is the culprit who changed Goron's life, because she is the one who led the terrible "fairy tale" into the rainforest and into the Black Hand Village. The one who was released by Goron, but used The girl who repays the fire of hatred, the young priestess Christina.
"Don't be stupid! Christina! You don't have any children at all! You are simply a holy virgin! Those memories of having children are all illusions, illusions! It's me! It's me who brings you back to reality! Yes I will allow you to become a pure and noble saint despite your fatal stain! You cannot forget these things even if you die!"
The female knight captain's breathing was rapid. "Children" was obviously a very taboo topic for her. The extremely weak Christina had lowered her head at this time, as if she had fallen asleep or was dead. However, at this moment, a young knight suddenly ran over and said excitedly to the knight commander: "Sir! The second seal, the soul crystal of Krusu Kazan, King Solomon's subordinate demon, was sealed by We found it!"
The Holy Knight Commander immediately had no time to care about anything else, and hurriedly replied: "Then what are you waiting for! Why don't you summon that dirty demon out quickly, and then kill it! The only way is to find and destroy all those damn dependent demons , can we escape from this damn maze!" (To be continued...)