Sword of Daybreaker

Under the continuous adjustment of the Theocratic Council and the strong management of the Cecil Empire, the clergy in the city are now accustomed (or have to get used to) some things that in the past seemed unthinkable, such as the various churches The "church area" where the temple is centrally set up and managed in a unified manner, such as the law that "no priest may convey oracles without authorization without the approval of the Supreme Government Office", and...

The two real leaders of the Church of the Holy Light went to the church of the God of Business to "stop".

As the most influential and powerful "first sect" in the Cecil Empire, and as the "progressive sect" among all sects that first carried out system reforms and most actively supported the Empire's New Deal, the Church of the Holy Light has always been in the Theocratic Council. There are extremely important seats in the China Council. Those monks and nuns who have been personally trained by Wright and Veronica are also an important source of talent for the Theocratic Council. After all, the Council is an organization that needs to deal with religion. In addition, it also requires a large number of professional theologians who truly understand religion, and in this regard, the most trustworthy is the Church of the Holy Light, which has undergone a deep transformation.

With such a relationship, the Church of the Holy Light has actually become the "state religion" of the Cecil Empire in a sense, and it is also the "model unit" officially certified by the Theocratic Council, although Gawain always insists on a line, that is, "No. Recognize any religion as the state religion of the empire", but after all, he needs an obedient "agent" to help manage the various sectarian forces in the empire. The Church of the Holy Light is his natural choice, while Wright and Veronica are two reliable 's followers responded well to his expectations.

They have won the common respect of many church administrators in the city with their excellent personal ability and charisma, and have maintained a delicate balance and stability in the intricate power relations in the church district. They have allowed the various actions of the Theocratic Council This last one is particularly difficult to implement without resistance among the major churches, while minimizing resistance from all sides.

With the Theocratic Council and the Imperial Royal Family as the backstage, it is not difficult for Wright and Veronica to step into the church of other gods, but when they step into this church, they must let the Archbishop of the God of Commerce accept it, even Showing a relieved expression, this is enough to explain a lot of problems.

The heavy wooden door of the side hall was opened again, and Wright, who was wearing a simple robe, and Veronica, who was holding a platinum scepter, appeared in front of Gawain. In a mess, he shook his head after a moment: "The damage is really serious... but there is no supernatural power left."

"We have already confirmed this. There are only traces of pure physical damage left at the scene, which is actually a good thing," Gawain nodded, "There is no residual divine will, which means that the state of the corresponding **** is still stable, at least not crazy out of control. Symptoms, these disruptions may have been a simple catharsis or some kind of...signaling."

Veronica nodded lightly, then looked at Archbishop Boris who was standing aside: "Your Excellency, can we check it out in the side hall?"

"Of course," Boris, who was slightly fatter, nodded in agreement immediately. He knew that the "Virgin Princess" in front of him was here in the name of the Theocratic Council to deal with the incident, and that His Majesty the Emperor had endorsed it on the spot. No pressure, "Since the vision occurred, we have blocked the entire corridor area, and the scene here is still in its original state."

"Very good," Veronica nodded, and then thought for a while, "In addition... there is a slightly presumptuous request for Your Excellency Boris, can you avoid it for a while?"

This request is obviously a bit unexpected, and it is inevitable that someone like Boris who has always been kind-hearted has a weird look on his face: "This... I need a reason, Your Highness Veronica, after all, this is the place to be. the sanctuary of my Lord."

"This is just out of respect for the gods and considering your own safety," Veronica looked into Boris's eyes solemnly, and asked the archbishop of the God of Commerce to avoid it in the Church of the God of Commerce. Of course, this request sounds a bit unreasonable, but she has a good reason, "We now suspect that the state of the kingdom of the gods is abnormal, and the next investigation is very likely to touch on the 'secret' in this regard, you are the **** of business Devout believers, it is precisely because of this relationship that it is necessary for you to remain evasive in subsequent investigations."

Archbishop Boris's expression suddenly changed slightly.

For ordinary middle and lower-level priests, belief may be a simple and pure thing. They know very few secrets, so they can accept God's will more without distraction. However, a high-level priest like him cannot embrace it so purely own beliefs. Since the establishment of the Theocratic Council, high-level priests like him have been obliged to receive a certain degree of "training" to understand the trend of thought and the knowledge of the gods within a safe range. This training process has screened out a large number of unsatisfactory standards. The "conservative priests" of the clergy, and those who pass the screening, such as "progressives" like Boris, must always keep certain guidelines and "taboos" in mind throughout their lives as priests.

"Keep your distance from your god, distance will protect your mind," Wright broke the silence in a low voice next to him. The two-meter-tall strong man looked quite oppressive when he stood in front of Boris, but his His tone was warm and smiling, and his words were very convincing, "Worship requires isolation, and 'understanding' is a weapon to pierce faith. Your Excellency Boris, unless you are ready to face the last test. Be prepared, or it's best not to be curious about our investigation process."

"...I see," Boris' face changed twice, of course he could understand the meaning of Wright's words, and as a sensible and intelligent man with flexible standards of piety, he only needed two seconds to weigh up and come to the right Conclusion, "I'll be waiting outside, call me anytime if you need anything."

After finishing speaking, the archbishop turned around and left the side hall, and Amber finally seized the opportunity to ask Wright: "What did you mean by what you said just now? The gods are going around and around..."

Wright opened his mouth, but before he could figure out how to answer, Gawain said next to him: "It means that we suspect that Buffal has been attacked by Ms. Ye, and it is very likely that something more shocking will be investigated later. , a devout believer can't stand this stimulation, considering the face of the **** of business, the sect of business and the brain of Archbishop Boris, he'd better not watch it here."

"Oh, I understand when you say that," Amber waved his hand when he heard this easy-to-understand explanation, "I'll let the family avoid it during the autopsy, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand the excitement..."

Veronica looked strangely back and forth between Gawain and Amber several times, and finally couldn't help frowning: "Sometimes I'm really curious about how the two of you usually communicate."

"It's not easy to make such a sigh of dignified 'Ophelia Norton'," Gawain couldn't help but waved his hand, "Let's not talk about that, let's see what else is valuable here. The clues. Veronica, you are an expert in the field of gods, can you see anything?"

Veronica didn't say a word, but first took the platinum scepter and walked around the entire side hall, and after seeing all the traces here, she thoughtfully came to the end of the side hall, raised her head and looked at The "Icon" placed here.

The icon of Buffal, the **** of commerce, stands here quietly, on the top of a platform carved out of granite. His image in the world is a middle-aged man with a peaceful face, wearing a gorgeous robe. In his hands, he holds gold coins and balances that symbolize wealth and transactions.

Like other churches in Loren (except for the sect of the Holy Light, which has undergone a deep transformation and abandoned idolatry), the followers of the **** of commerce have done their best to shape the image of their god, and the icon is thus lifelike. , with an indescribable calm and majestic aura. Of course, this majestic aura probably has something to do with the glowing runes around the icon...

Veronica stood quietly at the foot of the icon, looking up at the god. As the leader of the disobedient, she certainly didn't have any reverence when looking at the icon. Some were just calm and as a researcher. The color of exploration.

"This is the icon of Buffal. For thousands of years, mortals have used this image to describe the **** of commerce in their hearts, so presumably this is also his true appearance in the kingdom of God..." Gawain came to Veronica Beside him, he looked up at the sculpture and said casually, "Is there any problem with this icon?"

"There is nothing wrong with the icon itself, but the icons in the cathedral often have a real mapping relationship with the corresponding gods, so generally speaking, when there is a vision around the icon, clues are often presented on the icon. ," Veronica replied softly, her body had a thoughtful look on her face, and in the remote hinterland of Gondor, deep underground in the Tarash Plain, her huge server array as the main body has also been dedicated to A thread was drawn to deal with this not-so-trivial matter in front of him, "But it's very strange... There are no abnormal cracks on the icon, no signs of ablation or deformation, and Buffal's face is not abnormal at all."

"This shows that although the vision occurred around the icon, it was not initiated by the 'master' of the icon. At least the force that caused serious damage in the side hall was not released through the medium of the icon," said Lei on the side. Fei nodded, some of his knowledge in this area was also from Veronica, and the other part came from the research of the Theocratic Council in recent years, "The traces in this hall may indeed be a signal, but it is not Unleashed on us by Buffal, the **** of commerce."

"Then Ms. Ye," Amber said casually, but his eyes fell on the large and small cracks in the surrounding ground, "Unfortunately, this signal is too abstract, who can understand this mess... If it really doesn't work, Let's print all the traces here, and go back and find a few experts in linguistics and cryptography to spell it out?"

"Don't be so troublesome," Veronica shook her head, "I've already started modeling."

"Ah?" Amber was startled, "Modeling? What model?"

Veronica did not explain, after all, it is difficult for her to explain to a layman how the computing array left in the Gondor era was constructed and simulated complex geometric deformation. All scanned into my mind, and transmitted the data to the Ophelia matrix located under the deep blue well. Now this huge graphic data is being continuously spliced ​​and reorganized in the matrix to try to construct a meaningful pattern. This The process is similar to what Amber suggested, but it is obviously more efficient.

Gawain probably guessed what Veronica was doing, he waited patiently, and after a while he couldn't help but ask, "Is there a result?"

"Not yet, I tried to piece together words or pictograms from these traces, but..." Veronica shook her head, but she stopped suddenly in the middle of her words, and then her face became very strange, "Ah this..."

The corner of her mouth trembled, her neck stiffly turned her head, her eyes fell on the icon of Baufar, the **** of commerce, and then the corner of her mouth trembled again.

Gawain has never seen such a humanized look on the face of this "Virgin Princess" for so many years!

He and Amber said in unison, "What did you find?"

"Maybe... the answer is simpler than we thought," Veronica sketched in the air next to her, and the holy light floating around her gathered at her fingertips, and quickly condensed and combined in mid-air. It became a three-dimensional model of those dents on the floor of the side hall. "The simple and intuitive result is in the blind spot of everyone's thinking."

Amber blinked at the projection of the holy light that Veronica made, but didn't understand it for a long time: "Who knows what you say, isn't this thing... ah?"

She suddenly understood, and so did Gao Wen next to her.

"This is Buffal's face," Gawain twitched, almost unable to believe what he saw, "a face as big as this side hall, the whole thing was slapped on the ground..."

This is really a simple and intuitive result, but a stubborn man like Rao Shi Wright couldn't help but look astonished in front of this result: "So the messy traces in the whole room are actually a face that was slapped on the ground?! Wait, Although it does look similar, there seem to be many differences in the details, such as…”

"That's not a difference, that's being beaten crookedly. Do you recall that the face under your fist looks like this?" Gawain couldn't help covering half of his face. He has a wide range of knowledge and can make a landslide in front of him without changing his face, but now he realizes that a certain hidden ancient **** may be a powerful character far beyond his imagination. Thinking of the work, "But there is a broken sunken mark next to this face, which looks a bit incomprehensible..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Amber on the side suddenly coughed twice: "Cough, I may know what this is."

Gawain glanced at the guy in surprise, and then saw that the other party swiped twice in the air, and pulled out a short staff from a shadow crack. Split structure, half black and half white, like a double-headed warhammer.

Amber held this copycat version of the shadow scepter and waved it twice in the air, gesturing at the vision of the holy light that Veronica cast in the air: "Look at this sap, the end of the hammer hit the ground, right? Just this shape?"

"You said it was a 'sap' just now!" Gawain blurted out, "This thing is obviously a scepter..."

Amber plausibly said, "Do you think Lady Ye used this thing to do what a scepter should do!?"