Release that Witch

"Ha ha ha..." Heather laughed out. "It is impossible to expect the chess piece to be completely obeyed. It will be consistent with our ultimate goal. No matter where he is playing, as long as he constantly consumes the warrior. Anyway, gray The fort is the last kingdom of the plan, and there is still time for them to kill. Last time Roland Wimbledon did not reject our pills? It would allow Tefko to give more pressure to the West, and he might accept it. ”

That being said, the open face of the Queen of Waters still makes Meien somewhat unhappy. After all, this piece is personally selected by him. If Tefko still does not fight with Garcia after occupying other sites in the Grey Fort, but the squadron keeps confrontation, the squad will not achieve the desired results. It seems that there are some other means that must be taken.

"The West Side is still waiting for the news of the ambassadors to come back and make a decision," he said. "Come here today, the two adults should follow the plan, I have to go to the Hermes office."

"Oh, yes," Heather seemed to realize that "Today is the day of transformation? How many people apply to participate in the conversion ceremony?"

"This is the secret of the institution." Mayn stood up and walked out of the Chamber without looking back.

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After a long dangling ladder down to the bottom of the cave, the Archbishop crossed the white grindstone as smooth as a mirror and walked deep into the body.

Unlike the usual quietness, today's organs are quite lively. A group of judges who have passed the review are waiting outside the agency. Most of them are entering this place for the first time, and they are looking around curiously. Seeing Mayn, everyone is straight and clenched, punching, "Bishop!"

He smiled and nodded. These squadrons are the elite warriors of the church. They are not convinced of the devoutness of the gods and willing to sacrifice the transformation of the gods. They understand this before submitting their applications. Even so, they are still willing to give this great honor. And give up life.

Under the eyes of the warriors, he passed through the third level and came to the front of the secret area. The pope's bodyguard has been waiting here. They bowed and then pushed the metal door behind them.

Mayn followed the guard into the door. From here on, it is the heart of the Hermes institution, and all research and inventions of the church are carried out here.

There was no torch in the secret area, and his vision suddenly turned black. After a little adaptation, a narrow passage appeared in front of him. The walls and roof of the passage are made of iron, and the two sides are inlaid with fluorescent stones. This strange stone is a kind of stone of the gods. After being contaminated with blood of the evil beast, it can emit green fluorescence.

A cage is placed at the end of the passage. Walking into the cage, the guards pulled down the organ, and the chain at the top of the head made a creaking sound, which was particularly harsh in the silent passage. Accompanied by this sound, the cage slowly sinked into the hollow of the ground, and then Mein suddenly opened his eyes.

An extremely empty underground space is in front of him.

No matter how many times this shocking scene is seen, it will make his heart feel small.

According to common sense, the cave buried in the ground should be dark and stretched out of the fingers. Here, the entire cave is illuminated by the light of the stone of the gods, and the stone of the gods is like a prism that rises from the ground. Form a cluster of crystal flowers. The smallest prisms also have body thickness. The big ones can be surrounded by more than ten people, and the height is uneven. The highest one is almost straight to the top of the cave, which is higher than the tower of the Temple of Hermes.

They also have different colors. The most dense cluster of sacred stones is lavender, with several clusters changing from dark blue to light green, the smaller ones are white, and some prisms that just emerge from the ground. Body, almost close to transparency. The brilliance of the purple god's stone is the most conspicuous, especially the one that transcends the tower of the sky. The brightness is close to the full moon, so that the bottom of the hole can be faintly seen without the help of a torch.

Under the influence of such a dense and massive stone of punishment, the interior of the mountain is in a region where magic cannot be effective. The stone of the gods sold by the church is also extracted from here.

The cave space is large enough to accommodate five or six Hermes cathedrals, and they did build a building identical to the cathedral and named it the sacred sanctuary. But compared to the church on the top of the mountain, this look looks old. Mayn can see from midair that there is a black iron gate on the mountain wall behind the temple, which is the entrance to the foot of Hermes, connecting the old holy city. Therefore, this ancient building is, in a sense, the body of the institution. It existed before the establishment of the new holy city.

It took a quarter of an hour for the cage to reach the ground. Mayn stepped out of the cage, finished his robes, and followed the messenger to the temple.

The conversion ceremony was held in the first floor of the hall.

After entering the hall, the bishop felt that the light was no longer the faint blue-violet light, but the orange light from the burning of thousands of candles. On top of the head is a three-story tower-style candle chandelier. There are also many candlesticks around the hall. It looks like numerous stars are shaking. Thanks to the fire, the chill in the cave was dispelled a lot.

The man standing in the middle of the two conversion tables is the supreme leader of the church, Pope Oberlin. He wore a bold red-rimmed robes and a golden gemstone crown on his head. He was carefully inspecting the conversion equipment and making final preparations for the ceremony.

"The Pope," he stepped forward and bowed in front of Oberlin, kissing his fingers.

"Get up, boy," the Pope's voice was hoarse and slow. "There are no other people besides the guards, and there is no need to pay attention to the cumbersome etiquette."

"Yes," Mayn stood up and couldn't help but look awkward. The look of his knees was much older than he saw last time. His face was covered with deep wrinkles, his skin was unhealthy white, slack and dull, densely packed. The brown spots are very eye-catching. The bishop’s eyes were hot. “You... hard work.”

"This is a trace of time," Oberlin said calmly. "No one can fight against time. I have little life, I am afraid I can't see the day when humans defeated the devil, so I don't have to bear the unknown pain." You have to continue fighting until you finally defeat the enemy or be defeated by them."

And once again, we will be completely destroyed, and Mayn nodded. "I will do my duty to the last moment."

“Very good,” the old man smiled. “You have done a very good job recently, and added more than a thousand trials to the church. There are also 62 applications for this conversion, which is the most recent in the past.”

"Your Majesty, can you tell me how many gods are we going to defeat the devil?" Mayn hesitated for a moment and asked, "About the devil, all the information I know comes from the holy book. The records on it are not complete, there is no record of their origins, and there is no record of the number and methods of warfare. I know that these secrets must wait until the pope is qualified to know, but..."

Oberlin reached out and stopped his words. "You are too anxious to have children, you have to be patient. It won't take long for you to take this crown and become the next pope. All the doubts can be in the temple." I found the answer in the collection at the top. Now I can only tell you, the more the better." He gasped. "In addition, although I am looking for you not to convert the ceremony, but since it happened, this session of transformation It’s up to you to try to host it. If I look at it, it’s a bit of accumulation for the future... cough... experience.”

Mayn patted the Pope's back and waited for him to breathe a little, then he bowed his head: "Follow the command, kneel down." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point, your support, It is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read.)