Chapter 970： Night

The magic car still drove smoothly on the wide street leading to the Obsidian Palace.

The light from the magic crystal street lamp was passing backwards from the car window.

The seat beside him was empty and there were no traces left by anyone. There seemed to be only two people in the car from beginning to end, a devoted servant responsible for driving, and an emperor duke in charge of power.

Pei Dinan looked deep, his spiritual power diffused, but he did not perceive any residual magical fluctuations around him, and he could not even feel the remnants of the breath of life. He looked at the attendant on the front seat again. I didn't know what happened just now, but it seemed to feel the master's gaze after coming to him, so he asked, "Sir, what happened?"

"...No, it's nothing." Duke Peinan said in a deep voice, and at the same time reached out and touched the seat beside him-the leather seat was cold and cold, and there was no temperature left.

The old prince's face immediately became more gloomy, his eyes showing a thoughtful look, and outside the car window, the flashing neon lights and the faint music sound suddenly appeared, briefly attracted Peidenan's eyes.

The afterglow in the corner of his eyes saw the scene outside the car window. He saw several tall buildings rising out of the left car window. The spires of the Church of St. Yolem are looking out from above the buildings, and the car window On the right is where there is Ang Salon-the magic car just passed by the entrance of the salon, and the noise is reaching his ears through the car window.

"We just passed where there was the Ong Street?" Peininan's pupils shrank slightly, and he immediately looked up and asked the cronies who drove in front.

"Yes, sir," the attendant replied immediately, "we have just passed where there is Ang Salon-it will be a while before Obsidian Palace, would you like to take a break?"

"..." Perdinan was silent for two seconds, then shook his head, "No. Speed ​​up, we will reach Obsidian Palace as soon as possible."

Although the servant felt a little strange, he did not raise a question, but immediately ordered: "Yes, sir."

The black magic car speeded up on the streets with few pedestrians at night. After some time, the towering silhouette of the Obsidian Palace finally appeared in Peidenan’s sight, and the old Duke’s heart was still haunted by the uneasiness. Mu Dunit's strange and unexpected visit revealed the inexplicable words that the other person said to himself, but when he saw the minaret and the wall of the Obsidian Palace, his slightly uneasy heart gradually calmed down.

The guards on duty late at night inspected the vehicle and verified the personnel. Duke Pedinan stepped into the palace. Under the leadership of a female court officer, he walked towards the private parlor of Rosetta Augustus.

"Did Ms. Diana not be on duty tonight?" He looked at the female officer who was leading the way in front of him and asked casually, "She is usually responsible for this time."

"She has another job," the female officer replied respectfully, "Your Majesty's orders."

"Huh." Peinan simply responded without speaking.

As he passed the last arch leading to the inner court, he raised his head and glanced at the already familiar roof and columns-the classical polygonal pillars supported the corridor leading to the inner court. The tops of the pillars extended in four directions The beams depict reliefs of heroes, and near the arches, all beams and sculptures are connected and decorated with gold, and black and red drapes hang down from both sides of the arches, majestic and solemn.

It's like the throat of some kind of beast. Only a mortal can build his house like this, can he symbolize the majestic imperial power.

Pedenan suddenly had some unreasonable sighs in his heart, then he shook his head and stepped across the door.

...

In Rosetta Augustus’ private meeting room, the lights are bright and the slight aroma breathes up the spirit of every visitor, and there is a gentle sound of the music that I don’t know from where it sounds, so that people who step into it don’t know Unconsciously relax.

The talented imperial ruler was sitting on his favorite high-back chair. When Peininan stepped into the room, he was looking down at a thick and thick book, looking like he was absorbed. Look.

"Your Majesty," Petinan stepped forward to salute Rosetta. "I'm here."

"Oh, Petinan-you came earlier than I expected." Rosetta looked up and saw a smile after seeing Petinan. He stood up while holding a page of bookmarks in the big book in his hand, and then put it Set it aside.

With the front of the book facing upwards, Pei Dinan saw the gold stamped words on the corners of his eyes: "Society and Machine"-he recognized the book, in fact he had read many of its contents. Rosetta Augustus ordered people to print a batch of copies of this book and gave it to some nobles and officials. As the most noble representative of Emperor Tifeng, Duke Pedinan naturally had this honor.

This book is from Cecil, but Peidennan has to admit that many of the above can be inspiring, and he was also impressed by the many concise "principles" that no one has thought about. However, at this moment, when he saw the book placed on the coffee table, he recalled a part of the contents of the book in his heart, but felt a period of uneasiness...uneasiness.

But now is not the time to think deeply about the "Cecile way of thinking" in the book. Duke Pedenan turned his attention and looked at Rosetta: "Your Majesty, you called me into the palace late at night..."

Rosetta Augustus looked away. The few attendants and high-ranking female officers in the parlor immediately retreated silently. After only two people remained here, The ruler Feng nodded to the Grand Duke and said in a deep voice: "Malm Dunit was called by the Lord tonight-something about four hours ago."

Peinan's breath suddenly suffocated, he felt his heartbeat suddenly paused for half a beat, and all the uneasiness accumulated before finally concealed in series, and this short-term change did not hide Rosetta's eyes, the latter immediately cast his attention "Pei Di Nanqing, your reaction is a bit wrong-what do you know?"

"Your Majesty," Petinan took a light breath, his expression very serious, "I saw Malm Dunnet tonight-just on the way to here. But he appeared very strange, the whole process... full of violations Harmony."

"Tell me details at once," Rosetta said immediately. "All details."

"Yes," Peininan nodded and began to talk about his strange experience. "It should have happened an hour ago, when I passed the'Salon' in Fannang neighborhood. There were no witnesses except me, then... …"

The narration process did not take much time. Peidennan restored all the details of his strange experience in a concise narration as much as possible, and as his words fell, Rosetta’s eyebrows were already tightly wrinkled, and his look became Extremely serious.

"That might be an illusion, or some kind of'projection' that directly affects the mind," Perdinan said in his own guess, "regardless of which one, the situation is very severe-the anomaly of the Ares Church has spread to its At the top, if Pope Malm Dunett has all become the source of the mutation, then the response plan we have set may be..."

Rosetta suddenly interrupted Petinan's words: "Have you ever thought that this anomaly did not spread to the uppermost layer, but originated from the uppermost layer at the beginning?"

Perdinan's eyes widened a little, and then he quickly fell into contemplation. After a short thought, he looked up: "Your Majesty, the call of Lord Malm Dunnett... is that exact? Are there more details? ?"

"The news has not been made public. At present, only the Great Church and you and I are aware of this matter. As you know, according to the tradition, the Pope of the Church of God’s Church will report to the royal family for the first time regardless of any reason to ensure the stability of the situation. At this point, the Great Church still fulfilled its responsibilities this time, but the situation after that was somewhat wrong," Rosetta said to Pedinan. "After the news of the death of the Pope, the Great Church rejected the royal family. The normal process of sending representatives to perform ceremonies for the body without giving any reason, and they also closed the communication channel with the Obsidian Palace."

"They closed the channel of communication with the Obsidian Palace?" Pedenan was amazed. "Now there is the Great Church..."

"Diana is trying to investigate, and I'm waiting for her news," Rosetta said. "And I'm calling you to prepare for a worse situation."

"More...bad situation?"

"The priests and ascetics of the God of War are the most powerful of all the clergy, and the recent changes in the situation have made them too nervous," Rosetta said slowly. "The Royal Knights and the Obsidian Imprisonment Already prepared in the vicinity of the Great Basilica, St. Yolem’s Ares Church, and St. Martim’s Ares Church, but we have to make further plans.

"If, as you and I have discussed before, the gods of war are likely to be collectively out of control and crazy, then they are likely to take actions that are more crazy and unpredictable than normal humans, and facing this threat in the urban area is A challenge, the young Hadi Lun may not have the experience to face that complicated situation.

"You are ready, when the situation is necessary, we may need to protect the knighthood-of course, that is the worst case."

"The situation may develop to this extent?" Peininan frowned, his expression solemn, "Knight Guardians only act when the emperor is threatened with destruction in war..."

"If the largest sect of the empire is completely out of control in Aldnan, then the situation will not be much better than the attack on the imperial capital during the war," Rosetta said slowly. "I don't want things to go that way...but unfortunately The Church of God of War appears to have deteriorated, the time is too short, we don’t have enough time to prepare, and we can’t directly take more drastic action against the church until there is solid evidence and a full name...you have to have something Prepare, Pei Di Nanqing."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Very good, then let's discuss some details..."

...

Quietness and darkness covered the deepest part of the Great Church. On the corridor leading to the inner sanctuary, the candlelights in countless niches had been extinguished. The radiance that once shone to the sanctuary disappeared, leaving only a row of candles hanging from the top of the corridor It provides the least amount of light, so that this long corridor will not fall into darkness completely.

According to the sacred books of the Church of God of War, this candlelight in the alcove leading to the internal sanctuary will only be extinguished when the highest person of the church, the god's spokesperson, is called by the Lord.

They will extinguish for ten days and nights until the new church leader accepts the enlightenment, completes the test, and succeeds in receiving the pope's scepter before being ignited by the "God's Flame".

In the dreary corridor, the heavily armed Holy Knight stood silently between the pillars and the niches. The combat priests and high-level priests guarding the gate stood like sculptures in front of the gate.

In the early winter, the mist had shrouded Aldnam, the starlight could not penetrate the clouds and fog on the plain, and the emperors under the night seemed darker, but for the priests in the Great Church, the The darkness is even worse than the imperial capital outside.

A breeze blew through such a dark corridor, crossing the sights of the guards of the Holy See.

No life reaction, no leakage of magic, and almost no perceivable heat fluctuations-the elite transcendental guards in the corridor crossed the line of defense under their eyelids and entered the internal sanctuary without perceiving the uninvited guests. The deepest prayer room.

The prayer room of Malm Dunit was empty, and only a faint oil lamp illuminated the center of the room. In this dim light, a figure in black hair and black clothes emerged from the air.

Diana lifted the hidden effect of the curved light field. On the premise of maintaining a precise perception of the surrounding environment, she began to look at this not-so-large room.

As expected, the corpse was no longer there, and most of the time it had been "purified" by the flame.

No matter how the former Pope died, what remains of twisted horror remains, it must now become a handful of ashes and a ray of smoke.

But this does not mean that no clues will remain in the prayer room.

Diana looked around quietly and pressed her hand to the forehead. With a very weak mechanical sound, the skin on her forehead suddenly cracked a gap, and part of the "crane" was pushed back by the deformation device. Some The precise structure of shimmering light shone out of it, and rapidly flashing rays began to scan the entire room.

At the same time, the dark-haired maid's long eyes also became cold and cold, and the photosensitive unit deep in her pupils adjusted slightly, and began to carefully record all the traces that were scanned.

Under the detection of scanning rays, large areas of the whole floor and walls, furnishings, and even the roof are full of fluorescence!

It was a trace of blood splatter, a scary residue that only appeared after the blood of an adult’s entire body was smeared. Although the priest responsible for dealing with this had already wiped out the blood that was visible to the naked eye with alchemy potions and magic techniques, however Their treatment obviously couldn't escape Diana's sight.

Suddenly, Diana's gaze stopped.

She looked at the small platform on which the oil lamp was placed. On the facade below the platform near the ground, a faint line of letters that had been smeared with blood was reflecting into her sight in a fluorescent form.

"Respectfully pray, pray for mercy, and have the holy will... as you wish."

(Friendly push book, "We Wild Monsters Don't Want to Die", fantasy classification, brain hole direction, the above and the following are omitted, and we sacrificed to heaven.)