The Sword Master God's Journey to Face Slapping

In the dark night when only the disc-like silver moon hangs on the night sky, the night wind blows in the deep mountains and dense forests. The shadows of the trees are swaying and the fragrance of flowers floats, making it look more and more mysterious and gloomy. In the dense woods, at a glance, there is no depth. The bottomless darkness makes people panic for no reason, as if there is some frightening danger lurking in this deep darkness.

Looking up, you can see a castle standing on the top of the mountain behind a continuous forest. The clear light of the silver moon shines down, making the castle clearly visible. The pointed top is still in the Gothic architectural style, all of which can be seen in the silver moonlight, extremely clear.

At this time, the church's priests and knights who ventured into the territory of the vampires had just arrived at their predetermined hiding place. Because they were in the territory of the Vampire Clan, they were all very vigilant and on guard. As long as they survived this night, when the sun rose the next day, it would be the end of the Vampire Clan.

Because the title was black tulips, Catherine planted black tulips around the castle where she lived, covering hundreds of acres of flower fields. In fact, the planting of black tulips outside the castle did not go smoothly. A large number of tulips withered every day, which naturally made the flower fields untidy and ugly. Therefore, the gardeners in the castle needed to transplant the withered flowers away and plant fresh ones every day. .

Among the mountains where Catherine Castle is located, there is only a natural valley halfway up the mountain suitable for tulip growth. The terrain here is open and the sun shines during the day, making it a good place to cultivate tulip seedlings. In this valley, a large number of tulip seedlings are cultivated. When some of the tulips used as decorations outside the castle wither, flower farmers will transplant healthy new tulips from the valley and plant them in the flower fields outside the castle.

This valley is neither too far nor too close to the castle. As for this valley, which is only used to cultivate black tulips, Catherine cannot say that she attaches great importance to it, nor does she say that she ignores or indulges it. Generally speaking, it belongs to the one in the castle system. The arrangement is very inconspicuous, and when the first embrace ceremony is held on this day, according to the plan, the flower servants in the flower field will be transferred to the castle by Upton on the grounds of lack of manpower.

In this way, there will not be a vampire left in this valley, and no vampire will care about or visit this valley for a period of time. It will become a natural location for the church to hide its traces and lurk. In fact, the church does This valley was chosen as the location for a night of ambush.

"His Majesty the Pope, you should not take risks in person. It is too dangerous." In a flower field in the deepest part of the valley, Raymond, the leader of the fanatic believers, tried hard to lower his voice, but he still spoke in a low voice. His tone and expression showed his disapproval of the Pope's entry into the Vampire territory.

Although he was the main militant and advocated not to miss this rare opportunity and to seize the opportunity to attack the Vampires, he never thought of asking His Majesty the Pope to come to the territory of the Vampires in person and commit crimes against His Majesty the Pope. He was very worried about dangerous things. He didn't mean that he thought the vampires had any room for counterattack, but he simply thought that Your Majesty shouldn't take risks.

As the Pope, what Your Majesty should do is to stay in the Holy See and wait for them to send back the good news, rather than taking risks with them at this time. This is too frightening. If there is even the slightest mistake in the plan, His Majesty the Pope may encounter an accident in this ambush. And if the Pope makes even the slightest mistake, it is something that the church cannot accept.

The Church is different from the Vampire Clan. The Vampire Clan has a long lifespan and is an undead monster. Except for the newly promoted Black Tulip Duke, each of the Dukes has nearly a thousand years of experience, which makes them rich in experience, possessing many treasures, and mastering a lot of information. Against such a It is not easy for the vampires. Only His Majesty the Pope, who has received divine grace, can foreshadow the right path for the church.

And if the pope dies, even if a second pope comes to the throne in a short period of time, and God bestows divine grace to crown the pope, it will still take a while for the new pope to fully grasp the power of the church. During this transition period, This is the time when the church is at its weakest. The church has already learned a profound lesson about this matter——

Hundreds of years ago, the Pope often stood up and led the church's priests and knights to fight against the vampires. At that time, the Pope would fight bloody battles on the front line. Therefore, in the history of the church, several Popes died in battle. On the battlefield fighting the vampires.

And when the old pope died and the new pope failed to fully control the entire church, the strength of the church weakened to the extreme, and the vampires seized the opportunity to retaliate. If it had not been for the grace of God, the church would have been destroyed by the vampires on this continent. Uprooted. Therefore, having learned the lessons of those years, the church has been trying to protect the pope from leakage to make the transition of the pope smooth.

Regarding Raymond's unconcealed concerns and objections, the white-haired Pope Saint Ivan, wearing a white pointed soft hat and holding a scepter in his hand, smiled slightly. The smile on his face full of wrinkles and vicissitudes was kind and warm, full of tolerance and harmony. Compassionately, he said calmly: "If we can take this opportunity to weaken the Vampire Clan in one fell swoop, even if I die, it will not be a pity for me to die."

The pope looked calm and was not afraid of death. On the contrary, he took it indifferently, so it was not an exaggeration to say that he regarded death as if he were at home. Including him, in fact, all the people in the church who ventured into the territory of the vampires were actually prepared to fail and lose their lives here. It is most useless to only plan for success without planning for failure.

Seeing that Raymond and the others were frowning slightly, with an extremely worried and difficult-to-speak look, the Pope smiled calmly and kindly: "Don't worry, my successor was decided three years ago. He has done a good job in the past three years. I think even if he takes over the position of Pope, he can still help the church to smoothly pass the transition period."

"I am old, and I may be called by the Lord to leave the world in a few years. Let me do one more big thing before I die. If it succeeds, it means that I have greatly weakened the power of the blood clan for the church and earned a bright future for the church. If it fails, the church will immediately shrink its territory and get through this most difficult period."

Raymond's lips moved. He was a believer discovered by the church during the old pope's reign. He also grew into a fanatic step by step under the pope's teachings. He was favored by the Lord and became the strongest knight in the church. For him, the pope is not only a wise man who must be respected and obeyed, but also a teacher who teaches him to grow. In public and private, he does not want the pope to be born.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, things won't come to that. The blood clan's defense is so sparse, and they have already been corrupted from the inside. They must not have thought that we would hide here tonight. By tomorrow morning, the blood clan's strength will be only 80%. Under the holy light, we will be able to wipe out all the blood clan in the Duke of Black Tulip Castle in one go."

Reluctant to hear the Pope mention his death in such a bland manner, nor to hear him explain the situation as if he was explaining his funeral, Raymond spoke in a deep voice, hoping to convince the Pope with a confident tone, let him believe that things are not that difficult, on the contrary, the situation is actually very good, and they have a high chance of success.

The Pope sat behind a bunch of black tulips, and heard the words with a kind smile and shook his head slightly, but did not say anything more, whether it was agreement or refutation. He gently stroked the top of the scepter in his hand, where a bright and dazzling gem was inlaid, full of the power of holy light, it was the treasure of the church, and possessed powerful strength.

Let him do one last thing for the church before he is too old to lift the scepter. It is the most appropriate time to choose this time. The church has a mature and suitable successor, and he is not old enough to be buried in the cemetery. If it succeeds, it will naturally benefit the church if it takes action against the blood clan at this time. If it fails, it will only bring forward the situation that may be experienced in the future.

A new pure-blooded duke has been born in the blood clan. As time goes by, the strength of this new black tulip duke will become stronger and stronger, which will break the balance between the blood clan and the church. Before the blood clan takes action first, the church must take the initiative and remove some of the blood clan’s forces first, so as to continue to maintain the balance between the church and the blood clan.

Of course, if the strength of the blood clan can be greatly weakened, it will be a good thing. In any case, the price paid by the church will not be too high, and the situation it faces will not be too harsh-as long as there are no major accidents.

The knights who came from the church dispersed in the valley and alerted the surrounding situation. Even if this flower field is temporarily vacant, they are always alert to the approach of blood clan. Surrounded by many church saints, the pope, who was in the innermost circle of the guard, suddenly stood up, his eyes, which had seemed a little turbid and old, were shining brightly, and he shouted loudly: "Beware! There are vampires approaching!"

The pope was under the protection of several fanatics. He raised the scepter in his hand and chanted loudly: "God, your loyal believers pray for your favor! Holy light shines!"

The next moment, a ball of light the size of a human head slowly appeared on the top of the scepter, with bright and dazzling holy light. After the pope waved his hand lightly, the ball of light suddenly flew into the air and exploded, illuminating the dark and deep valley in an instant, and the dazzling light was brighter than in the daytime.

Under this dazzling holy light, the traces of the lurking vampires were exposed, and the original plan to ambush and attack was instantly defeated. If sunlight is just disliked by the vampires and weakens their strength, then holy light is no different from sulfuric acid to metal. The strong and burning holy light will corrode the flesh and blood of the vampires and make them fall into the fate of being truly purified.

"It turns out that His Excellency Pope Saint Ivan came in person. If we had known this earlier, we would have opened our doors and territory to welcome His Excellency the Pope to visit the vampires." A blood mist floated in and hovered in the darkness where the holy light could not shine. In the blood mist, a palm-sized, crystal clear bat like a fine blood jade was flying around, with a silky and low voice.

The solemnity on the Pope's face became even more serious, because this vampire was not the black tulip Duke Catherine he expected, but another old rival of the church: "Duke of the Rhine?" This is the number one duke of the vampires and the most feared enemy of the church.

"It's not just Rhine who comes to encircle you." A low, magnetic voice sounded, and five majestic and terrifying blood mists spread over, with a tendency to surround the valley. It turned out that all six dukes of the blood clan except Catherine showed up.