Click——
A flash of lightning rips the sky, and the sound of thunder rings in the mountains. The big raindrops rush down, hitting the dome, eaves, windows, tree crown and the ground.
Torrential rain poured from the sky, thick rain like a hard wall.
Water splashes on the ground one after another, and the dense sound covers everything. The soil splashes with the rain, and the air smells of soil.
Although it is so noisy, it suddenly makes people feel a little quiet.
The headquarters of the Knights of the holy gun.
It's raining heavily outside the window. Many raindrops are splashing on the windowsill. Tiny drops of water are blowing into the room like fog, making people feel cool.
There were six people sitting at the table in the knight's palace at the moment, of whom Otis was at the top, three on each side, and farrera was among them.
"Is there any news from Shijian palace recently?" Asked Otis.
"No, HIBIS stayed in it all the time, never went out, and didn't respond to what happened the other day." A thousand horsemen answered.
"It seems that he is going to let the matter hang out and deal with it slowly when the heat is over." This is how one knight analyzes it.
"But wouldn't that affect his reputation?" So said a thousand horsemen.
"Maybe they don't care. Sibbis has been operating in the church for many years, relying on the relationship among students, colleagues, predecessors and so on to weave a thriving network of interests. These allies will not change their positions because of this small incident and reputation damage. And it's not the ordinary monks and nuns who vote in the general election, but the bishops who control the power and the high-level officials of the twelve palaces. "
"That's not good for us. We expected him to do something." A thousand riders sighed.
"Maybe he himself realized that no matter what he said at this time, it would be wrong to explain it."
There are a lot of knights in the order of the holy spear, but they are actually the confidants of OTIS. If sibes is the kind of wide spread, multi layout business model, then Otis is focusing on a few small but excellent diehard supporters.
These thousand captains and their subordinates were really the kind of people who could go through life and death for them, which also made him feel at ease.
The papal election will begin early next month. Among them, the right to vote are the bishops of various churches, the high-level officials of the 12th palace, and the captains of the three major knights.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the adjudication Department has no right to vote, which is a kind of restraint and protection. They will supervise the process of the general election and do not have to stand in line for it.
In terms of the number of votes, the bishops of various churches accounted for about 70% of the votes, while the twelve palaces accounted for about 20%, and the three major Knights accounted for 10%. Although the total number of bishops is large, their factions are scattered and unclear. They are more or less connected with the twelve palaces of the church. They know the general situation at present, but their position is not firm.
"But it's not totally ineffective. At least recently, many bishops from other places have visited the head of the head of the delegation to reconsider the future voting."
Several of them talked about the recent situation.
"What's the matter with pines?" Asked Otis suddenly.
"Archbishop pines has recently been in Aquarius as usual, with no special action. But a funny thing happened a few days ago. "
"Oh, yes." Several other people are also interested.
"It is said that a new member of the adjudication Department wanted to enter the inner palace and was stopped by the guards, but she took out the badge of the adjudication department."
"Ha ha, it's really interesting. I don't know what it means when I guess she's young."
"People in the adjudication department usually don't show their badges easily. Once they show their badges, they must have grasped practical evidence and are ready to kill people."
"I guess the guards were also angry and funny. Later, because she was young, she didn't pursue them specially."
"What happened after that?"
"After that? It seems that the nun was pulled into the inner palace and preached a lot before she was released. "
"However, thanks to this incident, many people have been secretly guessing whether there is something wrong with bines recently. It is not a good sign that she will be approached by the adjudication department."
"But it's a good signal for us. Originally, bines has a shallow qualification. Although she has the strength of series 9, she has not been promoted for several years and is not stable. In this way, I feel at ease to deal with HIBIS."
"It's much more difficult to deal with the crafty sibis than the simple bines. He will be the biggest obstacle for Lord Otis to run for the Pope. " Several Knights analyze the primary goal of the moment.
"But recently, he has been dealing with it passively, which makes us have no good way for a while."
"That's it." A knight raised his hand. This is farrella, the knight who recommended himself to Otis some time ago.
"If the fire isn't big enough, add another one. At that time, the overwhelming public opinion will be formed, and we will see which bishop dares to stand on the side of Siberia. " He said slowly, then clenched the palm of his hand covering the armor.
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A few days later, there were more bad news about sibes in the holy mountain, such as that he raised * *, that he bullied the widows, that he suppressed his former teacher, and that he cheated in the examination of the priest.
The vivid descriptions of these rumors have aroused all kinds of attention in the ordinary church. Even these clergymen can't help whispering after tea and dinner, and their scope is getting wider and wider, and even began to spread from the headquarters to branches around the world.
"Hey, have you heard something about Archbishop HIBIS recently?" After the daily work, two young friars sat on the stone to have a rest. At this time, one of them suddenly talked about the latest news.
"Which one are you talking about? I've heard a lot of news recently. I didn't expect that the big man on it would be this kind of thing."
"Ha ha, who isn't, but he has been exposed recently. In my opinion, there are quite a few bishops who behave like this."
Although there are many details in these rumors, most of them are the past events of that year, and the parties and deeds are hidden in the time. Even if HIBIS explains himself, it is very difficult. And the general public don't care whether it's true or not, they only care whether it's interesting or not.
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Ten sword palace, flowing water palace.
HIBIS is still sitting on the bench beside the pool, eating sweet and crisp berries, listening to the people below report all kinds of recent rumors.
"Ha ha, that's interesting." There was no angry expression on his fat and white face, but some mockery.
"I'm still a little worried if Otis makes an armed raid and catches me first and tries me later. But now, it's fun to try to topple me with that. "
It's like a knight who is good at using a long gun suddenly changes his career, wants to make people collapse and yield with language, abandons his strong points, and uses his weak points to fight with an experienced opponent.
HIBIS called in two attendants, told them in their ears, and then let them leave the palace.
A few days later, there were more and more rumors and rumors about sibes. From the beginning of his promiscuous sex, to later he coerced the queen of a family, let their children instead of the prince. Later, it even came out that he even faked the extraordinary strength of series 8, pretended to use some extraordinary creation, and so on.
Recently, there was another incident. He said that he purposely drove the same group of clergymen who entered the lam Yeh palace to a remote Church in the mountains and struggled to survive for decades. His genius of that year still stays in sequence 3, which is very sad.
At the same time, more and more people are calling for a ruling, suspension and deprivation of all rights.
At this time, more people began to shout and March in the holy mountain, and their scale was bigger than before.
Aquarius palace, bedroom with setting sun.
The golden afterglow fell on the white sheet and covered half the body of a silver haired girl.
Lorraine hill was sitting at the head of the bed, spreading out the clothes he had just collected from the outside, then slowly folding them and putting them neatly on the head of the bed.
Click——
After a while, the door suddenly opened.
"Rochelle."
Polly ran in excitedly. She took the silver haired girl's hand and said excitedly, "don't fold clothes. Let's go out and have a look. Something big is going to happen in holy mountain today."
"What's the matter?" Lorraine Hill answered, but she folded her nun's dress and stood up.
"Something big happened. Many people hold torches and walk towards Shijian palace. It is said that they want to seek justice and defeat the evil Archbishop HIBIS."
She said while pulling the girl out, toward the mountain road.
It's getting late. The sun has set, only the blue and purple dusk is still in the sky.
The mountain road under the Aquarius palace is full of people. They are noisy and boiling. Many people hold torches to light up the surroundings, and then move forward slowly with the flow of people. It seems that there are at least several thousand people.
"Get rid of sibes!"
"He doesn't deserve it“
"Little man“
"The scum of the church!"
Some of them looked resentful and cried out, while others were excited and curious, and they were ready to see how it would end.
"Let's follow." Polly is not afraid of the high stage.
"Don't get too close. We'll just watch from a distance." Lorraine hill shakes her head. She thinks it's not easy tonight.
"Well, I'll listen to the chief."
"Then I remembered that I was the chief of the college." Lorraine Hill felt Polly's head a little angrily. This schoolgirl seems to be more lively recently.
After a little talk with Polly, she turned her eyes to the distance again. It was the direction of Shijian palace. At this time, it was dark, as usual.
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The crowd on the mountain road is like a fire dragon, swimming forward slowly in the night, and it is getting thicker and longer.
During the period when the Pope was not elected, the church seemed to be leaderless, and people from all walks of life were bold. With their intentional or unintentional promotion, more and more people participated in this event.
Hearing the noise outside, bishops from all over the country who participated in the election meeting came out of their houses and looked down at the flame dragon from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside.
"Go down and have a look, my Lord." An accompanying minister asked the old bishop in front of him.
"Let's go and have a look and see how HIBIS explains it." With the help of a pastor, the 70 year old bishop also set foot on the path between the mountains.
Outside the chant palace, several white robed priests also looked at the distant lights.
"No, this time." A woman with light red hair like sunset said.
"It's funny." Another blonde responded, holding a scepter of feathers and notes.
"Iris, don't be embarrassed. We won't laugh at you for sure." The woman with rosy hair said so, and then giggled.
"At the beginning, among our sisters, now you are the highest in position and superclass. I am still in the seventh place."
"Zhuya is fighting again. How do you want us Series 6 to live?" Several women nearby also followed suit.
Although they are not young, these women used to study together in the holy mountain, and they always have a good relationship. They come here every two years. This time, it's just in time for the papal election, and iris is now the scepter priest of the holy song palace.
"Is Julia still bishop of Hopland?" Asked a woman with black hair.
"Yes, life there has been quite smooth, except a few years ago." Zhuya responded.
"It was very noisy that time. I heard that several major chambers of Commerce in hoplaner were engaged in shopping, and the whole city was almost destroyed by fire burning, ship bombing, and magic statue sweeping. Later, frost rose sent airships to help."
"Well, the right and wrong are complicated. Well, I used to watch those children grow up, and then there was only one left. " Zhuya seemed to think of something and sighed.
"Well, let's not talk about that. Let's go and have a look. Maybe the church will change this time." After zhuya finished, he took a few people behind him and jumped off the cliff. Then several golden balls of light rose from the night and floated directly to the direction of Shijian palace.
Ten sword palace, flowing water palace.
At the moment, rows of guards of gold armour had gathered and stood in the courtyard of the palace. They were holding prismatic shields and hidden gold spears, and long swords were hanging around their waists. The number of them was about 3000.
"My Lord HIBIS, I have all the guards in place. Please give me your order." A captain of the guard reported out loud, looking solemn.
"Well, it's hard for you. Let 2000 people divide into several teams to protect Shijian palace, and the other 1000 people stay in the courtyard and support at any time."
"Don't hurt those who go up the mountain. I know it's hard, but you should do well. If you get hurt tonight, I'll send someone to treat and take care of you. You don't have to worry."
"I'll take care of you." Then he read out the names of the captains and patted them on the shoulder to reassure them.
A few people yelled, then walked out quickly and took teams of people to set up defense in Shijian palace. Among them, more than 300 priests participated in the treatment for these guards at any time, and even opened the isolation barrier.
After seeing these people disperse, HIBIS patted the huge seat under him, and then the four guards raised him together, in the same posture as a sedan chair in the East, and sent the Archbishop to the high platform in the main entrance of Shijian palace.
HIBIS looked at the people at the bottom of his side, and when he saw that everything was in order, he nodded slightly. Then he sat down in his chair and closed his eyes.
He had expected what would happen tonight, and now it's the most critical moment.
Let me see. I want to see how you are going to defeat me, Otis. If you can't kill me today, I will make you regret and suffer for the rest of your life.
Under the ten sword palace, the surging crowd slowly moves forward, and the mountain road is also full of people who have been waiting for a long time. They wait quietly to see how the farce will end tonight.