Swan City, Glorious Church.
In the tall and spacious prayer hall, Archbishop Ajani is leading the believers to pray in accordance with the requirements of the ceremony.
Today happens to be Sunday, and according to church custom, all believers need to pray in the morning on this day.
Of course, no matter how big the prayer hall of the church is, it is impossible to accommodate all the residents of Swan City. Those who can stand in the hall to worship are basically the nobles of Swan City.
As for the civilians, they could only crowd in the square outside the church, on the street, or even in front of their homes.
As the prayer deepened, the white crystal scepter in Adjani's hand gradually bloomed with platinum holy light, which complemented the brilliant morning light, sprinkled the entire prayer hall, and continued to spread, coating the entire Swan City. Gathered a layer of divine brilliance.
At this moment, Swan City showed its most sacred side.
Under the radiance of such a vast miracle, hundreds of thousands of believers knelt on one knee, clasped their hands together, and praised the Supreme Lord of Radiance in unison:
"Praise my Lord! May your brilliance last forever and light our way forward!"
After the ceremony, everyone got up under the leadership of Archbishop Adjani, then cleaned up their mood and started a new day.
The nobles in the prayer hall also dispersed, and only Earl Schulz was left behind by Archbishop Ajani.
"My lord, Viscount Angelet hasn't returned yet?"
Earl Schultz shook his head and said: "Not yet, I have sent someone to look for it, I believe it will be soon..."
"Don't look for it, I'm already back."
As soon as the words fell, Colin strode into the prayer hall and said with a smile: "Sorry, Your Excellency, the archbishop, I came back late, and I didn't have time to catch up with the morning prayer on Sunday."
Adjani smiled slightly, indicating that the other party should not care, and then asked curiously: "Did you catch Lucien?"
Colin shrugged and said helplessly, "Hey, let him run away!"
Ajani nodded dubiously, and comforted: "If a sixth-level fighter wants to escape wholeheartedly, it will be difficult to keep him. However, you don't have to worry, I have already reported the matter to Yulong City, and His Holiness will send a holy The Templars are arresting Lucien."
Colin nodded, unwilling to say too much in this regard, and prepared to leave.
Seeing this, Adjani asked to stay, "Viscount Angelet, can you stay for a while?"
Hearing this, Ke Lin suppressed the doubts in his heart, nodded and said, "Okay."
Upon seeing this, Count Schultz saluted and said, "Master Guardian, Your Excellency the Archbishop, then I will go first."
"good."
Adjani looked at Count Schultz's figure in the distance, and suddenly smiled and said, "Your Excellency, Viscount, Earl Schultz's attitude towards you is really respectful."
Colin said indifferently: "I am now the Guardian of the North conferred by His Majesty, isn't her attitude taken for granted?"
Adjani looked at Ke Lin with deep eyes, and said, "So that's the case! I thought it was because of the Blood Cavalry Army 50 kilometers north of Swan City?"
Ke Lin's pupils shrank slightly, and he asked in surprise, "You know all of this?"
Adjani blinked, and said in a playful tone: "Yes, a pious bird told me."
That's right, when he realized that Earl Schultz might have bad intentions, Colin notified the Blood Cavalry to come to Swan City.
In his plan, if Earl Schultz, who was transformed into a blood descendant, failed to hold his ground under Lucien's coercion and chose to betray, then Colin would activate "Plan B" and let the Blood Cavalry Out to settle everything.
Fortunately, Earl Schulz did not disappoint Colin. In this case, Colin did not need to make a bloody effort to wash Schwanstein Castle.
It's just that he didn't expect that the blood cavalry army hiding outside the city would be known by Adjani.
Of course, Colin would not believe the nonsense that the so-called "a pious bird" revealed the trace of the Blood Cavalry Army. It must be a letter reported to the church by believers along the way.
To be honest, Colin has always admired and envied the church's intelligence capabilities. Of course, he is also jealous.
However, this also made Colin aware of a problem—would Earl Schultz also know the whereabouts of the Blood Cavalry in advance
If she also knew, the reason why she didn't betray Colin when she faced Lucien before was because of the blood, or because she knew that the Blood Cavalry Army was nearby. Once she betrayed, what would happen to the Schultz family , will only be destruction
Just when Colin fell into deep thought, Adjani's voice sounded again: "Your Excellency Viscount, what are you thinking?"
"It's nothing." Colin responded casually, and then asked, "You left me just now, what's the matter?"
"Please come with me." Adjani smiled mysteriously, passed Colin, and walked straight out.
Ke Lin was curious, so he followed suit step by step.
The two walked out of the prayer hall, then walked down the spiral staircase, and came to a dark corridor.
There were guards in full armor every few steps on both sides of the corridor, and they all bowed their heads when they saw Adjani.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, a steel gate appeared in front of my eyes.
The guard in front of the door saluted Adjani, and then opened the door.
"Viscount Angelet, please." Adjani gestured for Colin to go first.
Colin smiled slightly and strode forward.
The space inside the door is wider than Colin imagined, but it’s a bit too empty. Except for the sculpture of the Lord of Radiance in the center and the small pool in front of the sculpture, there is nothing else, which makes people wonder, if it’s just for Put these two things, why dig such a large space underground.
Looking around, Colin didn't see any light source, but the entire space was filled with holy light, and darkness couldn't hide here.
Boom!
After Adjani came in, the iron door closed again.
Colin turned his head and asked, "What is this place?"
Adjani didn't answer, her eyes were a little blurred, she didn't seem to hear Colin's question, she just walked slowly towards the statue.
Colin frowned and followed.
Arriving in front of the statue of the Lord of Radiance, Ajani prostrated herself on the ground devoutly, praying silently.
Ke Lin had no choice but to kneel down on one knee in front of the statue, but he couldn't help looking at the pool in front of the statue out of the corner of his eye.
The pool is not big, about three meters in diameter, and the water inside is also very shallow.
However, he was surprised to find that the pool was not ordinary water, but more like holy water!
Gulp...
Colin couldn't help swallowing quietly.
After a while, Adjani finished praying and stood up again.
Colin immediately asked, "Is there holy water in it?"
Adjani stared at the faceless statue of the Lord of Radiance, and said without turning her head, "No."
Collin was a little disappointed, and asked again: "Then what is this?"
Adjani finally turned around, with inexplicable meaning in her eyes, and said softly:
"These are the accumulated power of faith."
"The power of faith?" Colin knew for the first time that faith could be realized.
"Yes.
The gods protect humans with great power, and humans serve the gods with faith.
When everyone prays to our Lord, they will generate the power of faith, and these powers of faith will be accommodated by the glorious cathedrals in various dioceses and brought together in this space similar to ours. "
Colin rubbed his chin, stared at the swaying water in the pool, and asked, "Then what's the use of these powers of faith?"
Adjani shook her head and said: "The priest's cultivation requires the power of faith, but we only need a very small part of it. Most of the power of faith is what our Lord needs."
Colin nodded thoughtfully, and asked again: "This should be the secret of the church, why did you tell me this?"
Adjani did not answer this question, but said to herself: "Did you know? The power of faith gathers in this space, liquefies in the holy pool, and is then absorbed by the Lord through the statue."
"So?" Colin was a little confused.
Ajani pointed to the pool in front of her, and asked in a deep voice, "Look, has the 'water' in this pool been absorbed?"
Colin narrowed his eyes and looked at it for a while, and found that the 'water' in the pool did not decrease, but continued to increase.
Because today is Sunday, Archbishop Ajani just presided over the morning prayer in person, so the power of faith surged, and the pool was quickly filled, and then—
overflowed!
"What happens when it overflows?"
"The liquefied power of faith will disappear after leaving the holy pool."
Sure enough, Colin saw that the "water" disappeared after overflowing.
This time, he also realized that something was wrong.
Since the Lord of Radiance needs these powers of faith, how can he allow these powers of faith to overflow and not collect them
"Is there something wrong with this statue?" Colin guessed.
Ajani shook her head, and said in a deep voice: "The holy pools under all the glorious cathedrals in the northern region are like this, even the holy pools under the Holy Light Cathedral in Yulong City... the same, the power of faith has not been collected , but overflowed the holy pool and wasted it in vain."
Colin narrowed his eyes, and asked solemnly: "I still want to know, why did you show me these?"
What Ajani exposed to Colin, if it were to be leaked out, it would definitely trigger a crisis of faith!
The Lord of Radiance has stopped accepting offerings from humans, what exactly does this mean
Adjani still didn't answer this question, but asked instead: "Do you know why the black emperor was killed three hundred years ago?"
Ke Lin's heart moved, and he said, "Could it be that he discovered this secret?"
"Yes." Adjani nodded, "However, what really sounded the death knell of the Black Emperor was a sentence he once said."
"What did he say?"
"He said… "
The expression on Adjani's face suddenly became extremely complicated:
"The god is dead!"
(end of this chapter)