Tome of Blood

Chapter 609 -108- Subversive Murals

Santo, 3rd arrondissement, Rue Saint-Benedict.

The Templar Knights in silver armor were fully armed and had put the entire street under martial law. In the manor at the deepest part of the street, dozens of high-level priests were being led by several cardinals in purple and were being attacked by more than a dozen hunters in black robes. The Demon Knight protects and arranges a magic circle to isolate the inside and outside.

After a loud dragon roar, the silver-horned flying dragon belonging to the royal court descended from the sky.

Immediately afterwards, Charlotte, who was wearing a saint's robe, jumped down under the protection of Fabio, the deputy leader of the Templar Knights, and Aaron, the acting grand judge. Behind her, she was also followed by Sebas, Nice and the guards. stick.

"Your Highness the Saint!"

Angus, Grand Master of the Templar Order and Demon Hunter Cardinal Serena, who led the priests and demon-hunting knights in the manor, stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

Charlotte nodded slightly, and then looked at the huge gap in the center of the manor garden.

It was a black space crack, with purple lightning faintly moving inside. Around the crack, there were white-gold photons flying continuously, and golden runes and space fragments like broken lenses could be seen faintly. .

"How's it going?"

Charlotte looked back and asked.

Angus, the grand leader, said respectfully:

"It has been confirmed that this is indeed a space crack opened by Mirik's Shrine. However, we have not detected any fluctuations in the power of the artifact. We speculate that this is just a passage leading to the hiding place of Mirik's Shrine."

"Historically, the Third District once experienced a disaster of space collapse during the Rose Rebellion. It is also the place where the space power of the entire Holy City is weakest. Therefore...Ms. Serena and I deduced that perhaps the traitors were hiding. The land is also located here.”

"It's just that this crack is too unstable and may be at risk of collapse at any time, and we don't rule out the possibility that it is a trap, so we discussed and decided to use magical rituals to solidify it first, and then Ms. Serena and I Lead the team and enter to investigate.”

"Considering that the ritual of solidifying space requires a huge amount of sacred power, we plan to set the time for action tomorrow afternoon. We have already dispatched the twenty priests with the strongest sacred power in the Holy City. By that time By that time, the crack should be almost solidified.”

Charlotte nodded slightly.

Although Grand Master Angus said that this space rift was the hiding place of the traitors, it was only a speculation by him and Demon Hunter Cardinal Serena, but from Charlotte's perspective, she was very sure that this space rift was her. goal.

The reason was simple. Standing here, she once again felt the underlying threat.

It was a crisis she had sensed since she entered the Holy Capital, and it reached its strongest point after she moved into the Holy Palace.

However, after she successfully established contact with the faith network of the Holy Royal Court, this sense of threat was reduced, and after she destroyed the stronghold underground of the Tribunal, the sense of threat in the Holy Palace completely disappeared.

But Charlotte knew that it did not really disappear, but was "transferred" with the disappearance of Gregory XII.

And now, following the sensing in the dark, Charlotte can already make a clear judgment that the end point of the transfer of that "sense of crisis" is in this space crack.

Not only that, Charlotte vaguely felt a vague call.

It was the call of blood and the call of soul. It seemed that something important was calling her deep in the crack of space.

After thinking about it, she took steps towards the crack in space.

"Your Highness the Saint!"

Seeing Charlotte walking towards the space crack, the Grand Master of the Templar Knights and Demon Hunter Cardinal Serena were startled and shouted at the same time.

They subconsciously stepped forward and stood in front of Charlotte:

"Your Highness the Saint, this space crack is too dangerous. Even you must not enter until it is completely stabilized!"

Charlotte was noncommittal.

Of course, a mere space crack cannot hurt her who is already a demigod.

Of course, the clergy did not know this.

After she approached the space crack, she further confirmed her judgment, because she felt that the vague call became stronger.

Thinking of this, Charlotte looked at the crack and shook her head slightly:

"We can't wait any longer. Tomorrow is too late and there are too many variables. Let me give it a try."

After saying that, she stretched out her hand and pointed at the magical ritual that was being constructed.

Platinum-gold light erupted at Charlotte's fingertips, and then spread quickly, quickly wrapping the magical ritual.

In the eyes of all the clergymen, who were either shocked, enthusiastic, or worshipful, they saw that the divine magic circle being constructed was perfecting itself and lighting up in an instant.

Sacred runes rose up one after another, transforming into eight white-gold holy locks that locked the space cracks from different directions. Soon, the lightning and thunder space cracks became quiet, and the black cracks were covered like a calm lake. replaced by a white halo.

This space crack... was completely solidified into a space passage in just a few seconds!

Angus, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and Serena, the Demon Hunter Cardinal, looked at Charlotte with astonishment on their faces and were even more surprised.

Solidifying space cracks with sacred power is sacred solidification, which itself is one of the many high-level divine arts possessed by the Holy Royal Court.

But it was the first time for a person to perform such a spell that required at least dozens of high-level priests to work together for a day, even for legendary priests.

"Your Highness, your holy power is so strong... It is really rare in the world and admirable!"

Demon Hunter Cardinal Selina couldn't help but say.

Charlotte smiled and didn't comment.

Of course her holy power is strong. After all, she is now connected to Harald's faith network. Almost all of the holy power accumulated over thousands of years can be used by her. She can use as much holy power as she can.

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated. Mobilizing holy power also requires spiritual power, and that is not her own power, so mobilizing it consumes more mental energy.

The space crack solidified in an instant, and even with the body of a demigod, Charlotte felt a little tired.

Of course, just feeling a little tired does not affect her strength.

"Let's go, we will go into the gap to explore now."

Charlotte said.

After that, she took the lead and walked towards the stable space channel.

Grand Captain Angus and Demon Hunter Cardinal Selina were stunned for a moment, but they quickly reacted and quickly summoned other high-level clergy to follow.

A white-gold light flashed.

Soon, everyone's figures disappeared in the soft light.

The familiar feeling of weightlessness came, which was the "five senses disorder" of traveling through space.

When the perception was completely restored, everyone found that they had come to a solemn and solemn palace.

This is a very magnificent palace, magnificent and sacred, but the clergy widened their eyes, and even Charlotte was slightly startled.

"Holy... Holy Palace? Isn't this the Holy Palace? Are we teleported to the Holy Palace?!"

Deputy Captain Fabio looked incredible.

That's right, the Holy Palace.

The familiar columns and the identical palace structure all showed that after everyone passed through the space crack, they actually returned to the Holy Palace and came to the main hall of the Holy Palace - the Temple of Creation.

But Charlotte soon noticed the difference.

Outside the tall and magnificent stained glass windows of the palace, it was not the garden scene she was familiar with, but a vast expanse of white.

Not only that, the sculpture of the God of Creation enshrined in the center of the temple also had subtle differences.

There were many more exquisite patterns on his holy robe, and when Charlotte saw those patterns clearly, her eyes quickly became strange.

That... was a pattern composed of crosses and roses.

Charlotte was not unfamiliar with those patterns. It was the emblem of the First Legion led by Harald when she traveled through time and space and led the Free City Alliance to defeat the Old God. It was the legion emblem designed by Harald based on the holy emblem that Charlotte deliberately erased.

In the later era of blood descendants, it once had a more resounding name, but it was eventually buried by the obliterated history-the blood descendant of the kingship, the emblem of the Kirali clan.

"No, this is not the Holy Palace!"

Grandmaster Angus also soon discovered these differences. He frowned and looked at the decorations on the statues of the Lord God, his expression unable to hide his anger:

"This is not the holy emblem of our Lord, this is a statue that blasphemes our Lord! This is probably the base of those apostates! This must be the blasphemous statues worshipped by those apostates!"

After that, he stepped forward, clenched the holy emblem of the cross in his hand, and said angrily and piously:

"Praise the Holy! The glory of our Lord cannot be offended. I, Angus, swear here that these apostates who blaspheme our Lord will pay a heavy price for their evil deeds!"

As soon as the voice fell, the white-gold light bloomed in his hand, and the holy emblem in his hand radiated a sacred light. At the same time, the statue of the Lord God in front of the palace was also shrouded in holy light.

Points of photons flew up from the statue, as if responding to the oath of Grandmaster Angus, flying around him, and then... covering him.

For a moment, everyone felt that the holy power of Grand Master Angus seemed to have improved.

Angus's angry expression suddenly turned into astonishment.

"Holy oath? What's going on?! This... isn't this a blasphemy against the statue of our Lord? How come the oath of the Grand Master actually took effect directly?!"

The other Templar Knights who entered the palace together also widened their eyes.

Holy oath!

It is the highest oath made by devout believers in front of the statue of the Lord God. It has the strongest constraints on the Miria continent, and will also receive the Lord God's affirmation and the return of holy power!

Making such an oath requires not only the piety of the believers, but also a way to "reach the heaven directly", that is, there must be a statue that is recognized and blessed by the Lord of Creation.

The stronger the blessing of the Lord God, the easier it is for believers to make a holy oath in front of the statue.

Grand Master Angus made a sacred oath with a casual roar of anger...

This only means one thing - the statue of the Lord God in front of him, which is regarded as blasphemous by the clergy, is more recognized by the gods than those enshrined in the real Holy Palace!

Or to put it more simply, it is easier to resonate with the divine power and is more...orthodox...

The priests and knights who entered the temple were basically high-level priests, and their grasp of doctrine and divine power was stronger than that of ordinary priests.

They soon realized this unbelievable fact that was absolutely shocking to the priests, and their expressions became shocked and subtle.

A statue with a holy emblem that is completely different from the Creator God is actually closer to the gods than those real statues!

"No... Impossible... This is impossible!"

Grandmaster Angus also widened his eyes, and even his tall figure staggered.

"Saint... Saint Lady! Lord Angus, Lord Selina! Quick... Look at these murals!"

A trembling voice came from the other side, with endless fear and confusion in the hoarseness, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound, and saw that on one side of the palace, a high priest was trembling and pointing at the relief murals on the wall.

His face was pale and terrified, as if he had seen something horrible.

Charlotte also looked over.

She saw the most eye-catching relief in the mural at a glance.

It was a tall young man with a cross and rose symbol painted on his cloak, and there was a faint bite mark on his neck. He knelt on one knee and worshiped the throne not far away, with admiration and gratitude between his eyebrows.

On the throne, the woman with her legs crossed rested her chin on one hand and held a goblet in the other, her posture lazy yet majestic.