Chapter 362

St. granburg.

Dada dada

The orderly and powerful hoofs of the Knights of light walked on the stone street of St. granburg.

The sun shines on the pale gold armor of these knights, showing fortitude, loyalty and determination.

The arrival of Clare, the leader of the Great Church in red, once again made countless believers boiling. Believers cheered on both sides of the street, looked at the majestic style of the Knights of light and the glory of the leader of the Great Church in red.

"It's the great leader in red!"

"The great leader in red!"

The red clad Archbishop from the distant Aurora light Empire, the aurora light cathedral with the most frequent miracles since the creator of light, finally came to St. granburg again after 17 years!

Bathed in the divine light of the bright creator for a long time, Claire seems to be closer to heaven as long as she can look at his glory in the eyes of believers, and the sin of opening the magic box of desire will be redeemed.

"The holy power of the church seems to be much weaker than it was more than ten years ago."

At the front of the Knights of light, Claire stared at the Cathedral of light in St. glanburg, with her gray eyebrows and a slight wrinkle.

The holy light of the church is most directly related to the number of believers and the degree of piety, which is also an important standard for the promotion of all clergy. Over the past ten years, the power of faith of the country's highest church has been weakened so much?

Well, there are only two possibilities.

The rise of a God has won people's faith.

The war caused a sharp decline in the population, resulting in a lack of faith.

As for people who have given up the belief in the creator of light, Claire never thought this would happen. After all, the creator of light is the only true God in the world!

"Cough."

Claire coughed uncontrollably.

This is the result of the two wars he participated in over the years to eliminate night heresy, calling the divine power of light again and again, releasing the great power that does not belong to the world, seriously consuming the vitality of his body, and he is in his twilight years.

"Archbishop, as usual, we have to go to St. granburg Cathedral first, bless the believers, listen to the Bishop's report here, and the king will take the initiative to visit later."

The judge on one side was reminded under the golden mask.

"Yes."

Claire responded in a low voice.

Although his body has been very weak, and the folds on his face are like old bark about to wither, he must maintain enough dignity in front of believers and keep a calm face in the sight of countless believers.

"Great Lord, please accept my confession!"

"The light is with you."

A devout believer stood on his chest with his hands in excitement, bowed his head and prayed, and even shed excited tears.

Soon.

The Knights of light came to St. granburg church.

The bishop and many clergy had been waiting in front of the church for a long time. After a short ceremony, Claire saw that many believers gathered in front of the church were not ordinary civilians, but almost all the nobles of the principality.

According to tradition, he needs to give a blessing of light to the people here on his first day.

It seems to see Claire's physical condition. The bishop seems to be calmly smiling at many believers, but he communicates with Claire with spiritual fluctuation.

"If it's inconvenient, why don't I do it for you?"

Claire looked at the bishop and shook her head slowly.

He opened his arms and called the great creator of light like embracing the sky.

Hum

The warm radiance is spread from the sky, so that people nearby are bathed in it. People are excited to witness miracles and contribute their pious faith.

After a long time, the ceremony was over.

Bathed in the light, the trees and vegetation are more lush, people's skin is younger, the pain disappears and cuts, and even the wound scars have been recovered.

Only Claire gasped.

The blessing ceremony once almost like breathing for him has become an incomparable heavy burden on his body whose vitality is almost exhausted.

In order to maintain enough solemnity, almost at the moment of the blessing ceremony, he took the Knights of light to the church.

The Party passed through the prayer room and came to the back room.

Claire leaned weakly against the animal skin chair and looked at the bishop of St. granburg and several high clergy.

He said slowly, "I came here once more than ten years ago. I remember that at that time, the faith here was sufficient, at least twice as much as now. Why does the holy light here decline so fast?"

Cough, cough, cough.

He coughed violently, gasped slightly, and looked extremely tired and sleepy.

"Forgive me for ignoring here because of the invasion of heresy at night over the years. Have all the believers here changed to the goddess of wisdom?"

According to the plan, after the new pope ascended the throne, he started a new round of Crusade in the night, but he didn't expect that the changes in the dark world and the invasion of the night led to the war to eliminate heresy and evil gods for more than ten consecutive years.

Because of the continuous wars over the years and the emptiness of the Holy See's financial resources, it is necessary to encourage believers to devote themselves again and again, and even sell the number of clergy.

This has also exacerbated some hidden contradictions.

But fortunately, the invasion of heresy at night was finally beaten back, and the land of the star curtain was quiet again.

"To be exact, it has been 17 years, 9 months and 21 days since you last visited St. granburg and presided over the ceremony of burning heretical books at the Gran Academy of natural sciences. As for the decline of the power of light here, it is not because of the goddess of wisdom."

The Bishop said slowly.

In Claire's eyes, he continued: "the goddess of wisdom has withdrawn from the Principality of Gran because she failed to participate in the struggle for the new king's throne, turned to several small principalities, and had a war with the divine forces in those small principalities. Now, although it has been stable, but also because of the massive loss of faith, her divine personality has fallen to a low level."

Huh?

Claire wondered, "then why does the light here weaken so much?"

"It's because the new king launched the three-year compulsory education! This was originally a good thing, but the king seemed very dissatisfied with the Holy See's support for Prince Ping. Therefore, in the compulsory education, instead of introducing the festival of light, he added the law of nature, the mystery of evolution and alchemy And so on, which also leads many children to be less pious about the creator of light than their parents. "

The Bishop's face was stiff.

He said slowly, "I'm afraid if it goes on like this, in a few years, Glen will become another Xilan. At that time, I'm afraid the holy light here will fall to the bottom of the valley."

"Be another Silan? No."

Claire shook her head and denied.

The bishop did not know the secret of the Principality of Ceylon, but he knew clearly that there was no second golden sword seat in the land of the star curtain.

"Tell me what the new king has done over the years."

In the eyes of Aurora's bright Empire, the principality is a wild, barren and remote place far away from the Central Plains, which belongs to the faith of gods.

Scholars were born in the era of the Black Death plague, which was the weakest era of the Holy See and defeated the dark world together with the Holy See. Therefore, the Holy See's attitude towards scholars is always the same as those heretical gods in the death swamp, thorn forest and Hengduan Mountains. Although they are not close, they can be used as tools.

As for atheism advocated by scholars.

In the view of the Holy See, this is not even heresy, but... Ignorance!

For half an hourglass, the bishop, from the perspective of the principality, mainly explained to Claire the achievements of King granchen over the years.

Claire frowned slightly and thought.

There was a brief silence in the room. After the bishop tried to stop talking several times, he finally couldn't help it and said slowly: "in addition... There's another thing. I haven't been able to report it to aurora in time because there is no clear evidence over the years. Please check it secretly."

"What?"

Claire asked.

Bishop of St. glanburg said slowly: "at the beginning, when his majesty Chen fled St. glanburg and was chased and killed by Prince Ping, it seems that there was an elite Vatican force that secretly helped him through the difficulties!"

He took a deep breath.

"But before that, the Holy See had a clear will to support Prince Ping."