Vol 3 Chapter 440: God's punishment
The God of War ceremony is the most important ceremony in the entire Northern Principality Federation.
Basically, every child born in the Commonwealth of Northern Duchy can get various strength enhancements and gains in this ceremony. Because the God of War ceremony is performed during the coming-of-age ceremony of all children in the Commonwealth of the Northern Principality, the God-of-War ceremony is also called the "God of War ceremony". Compared with this, the coming-of-age ceremony held by children from other countries and empires is simply weak. .
Of course, it’s not that other countries and empires want to follow suit. It’s just that the God of War ritual is indeed non-replicable and unique. At least, no blessing from any **** can permanently enhance a person's strength and potential, and even have a profoundly beneficial impact on his future. People from the Northern Principality Federation also formally rely on this to make this country with a deformed federation rank among the super-first-class kingdoms.
Located in the core center of the entire Northern Duchy's federal territory: the Marz Cathedral, where dozens of God of War ceremonies are held every day. According to the comprehensive evaluation of the potential and achievements of all young people who successfully arrived here after participating in the tour of the Principality, the scores of the comprehensive review are different. The level of the ceremony hall where they hold the God of War ceremony is also different, and most people can use it. The ceremonial halls are all level two, that is, normal level.
Only a small number of people are eligible to use the Level 3 Ceremony Hall. As for the Level 4 Ceremony Hall, only those genuine talents with extremely good assessments are eligible to use it. This rule, even the internal clergy of the God of War Church, has no right to change or conceal it.
Even if it is the only son of the Pope, Mulu, the ceremonial hall he used at the beginning was only Grade II.
And the Marz Cathedral, there are forty-nine ceremonial halls in total. Each of the seven ceremonial halls has a theme style, with two first-level ceremony halls, two second-level ceremony halls, two third-level ceremony halls, and one fourth-level ceremony hall. There are seven themes in the 49 ceremonial halls, which symbolize the seven clergy areas of war: battle, war, strategy, conquest, killing, glory and destruction.
But according to Andrew, after the fall of the second-generation war **** Argus. The priesthood of the God of War was broken into five big pieces and six small pieces.
The complete Godhead mastered by the God of War, Marz, is battle and war, and there is another third of conquest and killing. And the other main **** of the same war clergy system: the goddess of victory Vinnas, the complete deity that he masters is strategy and glory, and there is also a third of the gods of conquest and slaughter. As for the remaining one-third of the gods of conquest, killing and complete destruction, it fell in the hands of the **** of destruction, Bodias.
In other words. Marz is not actually a true God of War. His claim of claiming to be a **** of war is merely deceiving his followers. Because of this, the relationship between the Church of God of War, the Church of Victory, and the Church of Destruction is very unharmonious.
However, in addition to the seven themed ceremonial halls, there is also the largest ceremonial hall: the Hall of the Gods of War.
This ceremonial hall is also called the Chamber of Deputies. In addition to holding the God of War ceremonies for the saint son and saint woman, it is also a place for discussions when the Federation of the Northern Principality holds a meeting.
original. Every day, there will be countless people lining up to perform the God of War ceremony in the ceremony hall.
But with the arrival of the saint. And the preparations for the saint’s **** of war ceremony have begun. Forty-nine ceremonial halls have stopped performing the **** of war ceremony. All young people who arrive at the Marz Cathedral to prepare for the **** of war ceremony must wait until the saint’s **** of war ceremony is over. It can be done as a way to show their respect for the **** of war and the respect for the saint.
The Hall of God of War, located in the middle of the seven theme ceremony halls. In other words, no matter which ceremonial hall the believer who accepts the God of War ceremony goes to, he must follow the road to the Hall of War God. In the absence of the Federal Conference of the Northern Duchy and the ceremony of the God of War of the Son and the Saint. The Hall of the God of War is in an open state, and all believers who perform the ceremony of the God of War will arrive at the Hall of the God of War. All need to worship the statue of Marz in the Hall of the Gods of War.
But today is different.
Because of the closure of the other seven themed ceremonial halls, only the Hall of God of War is still open, but the surrounding area is obviously extremely tight.
The eight gates of the Hall of Wars all have a team of twenty God of War knights standing guard. As for the knights and priests of the **** of war who patrolled the periphery, the number was even greater. It can even be said that the entire God of War church has been dispatched at this moment, so that Emily's God of War ceremony can proceed smoothly.
On the way to the Hall of the Gods of War, there are exquisite flowers and trees artificially trimmed and sculptures of various knights and warriors. From this point, it can be seen that although the Church of God of War also has its own priests of divine art, it is essentially more focused on the profession of hand-to-hand combat, which is completely different from the Church of Victory-the goddess of victory, Vinna The followers of Sri Lanka pay more attention to the development of tactics and strategy. Their church profession has a more balanced development, ranging from long-range attacks to close combat, which is very consistent with the impression of the godhead of "strategy."
A special guard composed of more than one hundred ares knights is slowly moving towards the gate of the Hall of Wars.
In the middle of this team, is the newly promoted saint Emily of the God of War Church.
Originally accompanied Emily to the Hall of the Gods of War at this time, there should be eight God of War maids and the black-robed priest Mulu. But at this moment, following Emily were two priests in black robes who covered their hoods and put their hands in their sleeves, and could not see their identity and gender at all.
This kind of behavior is very impolite in the Marz Cathedral.
Under normal circumstances, any guard who patrols the Marz Great Sanctuary has the right to ask the priest to lift his hood for identification purposes. But this time, the hundreds of God of War knights around had taken a reckless attitude towards this situation, and had no intention of identifying each other. This made the God of War knights standing at the entrance of the Hall of War feel a little puzzled.
It’s just that even Saint Emily didn’t say anything, so naturally other people wouldn’t say anything.
Looking at this large-scale team slowly moving forward, the pope of the Ares Church immediately took a number of internal clergy and the Ares Maid to greet them. But when he saw that there were no eight God of War maids arranged by himself in this team, and even his son Mulu was not present, his brows wrinkled slightly, and there were even a few points in his pupils. Surprised, and the eyes of the two black-robed priests who followed Emily were also full of doubts and unkindness.
Andrew and Sean. Naturally, all of this can be seen in full view.
They also clearly saw that the pope was secretly observing the hundreds of warriors scattered into eight groups around him. But from the look in his eyes, it was obvious that the result was disappointing, because he didn't see those war knights who had secretly trusted in him in this team. It's just this state, but it seems that he raised his head as if he had made some determination. He straightened his back.
"My Lord Saint." The pope, who is not too old, said in a deep voice. His tone has a sense of majesty consistent with his status, "The Hall of God of War is the most important core forbidden area of the church. You not only come here with such a big fanfare, but you also put up this kind of battle array. Do you want to be disrespectful to our lord? ?"
"Then, my lord, please tell me." Emily's voice is cold, which fits the image of the so-called saint. It's just that her tone and attitude are obviously not quite like a new saint. "What are so many Ares knights and battle priests doing outside the Hall of War? Who arranged them here, and who is disrespectful to our lord?... Could it be that the Pope wants to replace our lord? ?"
"Your Royal Highness!" The pope's voice became extremely low, and it seemed that full of anger was about to erupt. "They are the guard knights of the Marz Cathedral, and they are responsible for the entire Marz Cathedral. Safety! Today is because your God of War ceremony will be held here. So I specifically asked them to come over to protect..."
"No need." Emily said lightly, but she interrupted the Pope's words mercilessly. "The safety of the Great Sanctuary is more important than my personal safety. Whether it is the saint son or the saint woman, they are just containers for the coming of our Lord's will. We are only symbols, but not the only ones, nor everything. On the contrary, Mar The Erz Great Sanctuary is the most important core. This is the holy place of authority that symbolizes the supremacy of our Lord! Let them all return to their posts. My safety and security will be taken care of by my guard."
"Your guard?" The pope grinned angrily. "I don't know who your Royal Highness is referring to the guard?"
"My Lord Pope, are you too old-eyed to see it?" Emily sneered mercilessly, "If this is the case, then I think you should give up the position of the Pope."
In an instant, the Pope's face flushed red, and he pointed directly at Emily and shouted: "Presumptuous! Even if you are a saint, you have no right to intervene in political issues within the church. I am the Church of the God of War. The pope was appointed by my lord. This is my lord’s recognition of my pious belief!... Emily, are you trying to rebel?"
"Don't buckle me these hats, because it's meaningless." Emily still made an understatement, not taking these accusations from the pope to heart. "If you say, my lord is only because of your piety. Recognizing your pope’s position, then I think my presence is enough to replace your position.... In that case, there is no difference between having you and without you, you can retreat."
Speaking of this, Emily’s gaze has passed directly over the Pope, and then fell on the people behind him who belong to the highest authority in the various departments of the God of War Church. However, her eyes were still extremely cold, especially when she saw one or two indifferent-looking Mars servants following these people, Emily's inner anger almost reached its peak.
"You don't need to guard here anymore, just go back to your post." Emily suppressed the anger in her heart forcibly, and glanced slightly at the God of War knights guarding the Hall of War who hadn't clarified the situation. At the same time He whispered, "Before you leave, please inform others by the way."
All the God of War knights looked at each other, but no one left. They obviously didn't understand what was going on. Of course, the most important thing is that Emily's current order is a leapfrog order. According to the church rules of the God of War, this is not in compliance with the rules, so it is normal for these Ares knights not to obey the order.
Sean and Andrew, staying silent the whole time, did not speak.
Andrew didn’t speak because he didn’t have any good feelings for the whole Church of God of War, and even Marz did not have any good feelings. In his opinion, Marz is not even as good as his previous two Gods of War. At least the churches of those two Gods of War did not have so many messes. So he worried. Once he speaks, he can't help but slaughter everyone in the Church of God of War.
And Sean, the reason why he didn’t speak was just to see Emily’s driving ability. He wanted to know whether Emily had the ability to control a church that had been completely formed. But judging from the current situation. Emily's strength and control of things are very good. So far, everyone has fallen into Emily's rhythm. From this point of view, it is no coincidence that she can control such a large mercenary group.
"Huh, Lord Emily, please stop at it." The corner of the pope's mouth was slightly raised, his face was somewhat contented, "Your current behavior, but you are not worthy of the title of'saint' at all. .you……"
"Today. This is the second time I have heard this." Emily interrupted the Pope's words mercilessly again. "The waitresses you sent under house arrest and watch over me did the same with me. Said."
Hearing this, the Pope’s face suddenly changed: "Muru! What happened to you Mulu!"
"Muru?" Emily tilted her head, and then smiled with an expression of sudden realization, "Do you think that ugly devil-like scumbag? He has been insulted by my lord's **** for insulting me? Punished.... Not only can't even my lord's kingdom of God enter, but even his soul may not have any gods willing to accept it. Oh. By the way, your eight female waitresses also end up in the same way."
"You!" The Pope's face became very ugly. "You killed my son?"
"Not only do you have bad eyes, but also ears?" Emily said faintly, "I said, he has already been punished by my lord. ... And this is the end of disrespect to me. And , Didn’t I tell you earlier? Because of my appearance, you are no longer the most pious believer. I am already enough to take your place."
"Hehe, then I ask your Royal Highness to prove it." The pope took a few deep breaths in succession. Nonsense such as "women", but in another extremely calm way to let Emily prove the piety of both parties.
In fact, whether a believer is sufficiently pious about the **** he believes in is not only known to the believer, but only the **** who listens to his heart can know. So the pope asked Emily to prove that his beliefs are not as good as Emily. This is not known to anyone except Marz, who knows it. At least Emily is obviously unable to prove the authenticity of this kind of thing. .
And if Emily cannot prove it, then the Pope will obviously have better means to combat Emily’s prestige.
If Emily has the matching ability to control a mercenary group, she can compete with the two saints for a long time, and even after the two saints die one after another, they will be annexed for the first time while still firmly controlling the entire God of War church. With more than two-thirds of the power, it can be said that the power of the Pope of the Church of God of War is definitely above Emily. At least, definitely above Emily without the help of Andrew and Sean.
"I wanted to save you some face, but since you don't cherish it, then you can't blame me." Emily shook her head gently.
"Have you also asked His Royal Highness to certify." The pope still kept smiling.
As a result, Emily stretched out her right hand gently and pointed at the Pope, with a soft voice like singing: "My lord said that any existence that dares to violate her will is a hypocrisy and will be punished by burning with a sacred fire... ...If the heart is good, then it will be purified of evil; if the heart is evil, then it will be...death."
As Emily’s words fell, the surrounding air began to become extremely depressed.
It is as if there is a real awe-inspiring will coming.
Of course, this is not that Marz’s will is coming, but Andrew is exuding his dragon power.
There has never been an ancient dragon in this place for tens of thousands of years, and the people around them have no experience in fighting against dragon creatures that have dragons, so they don’t know what the so-called dragons are like. of. They only knew that after Emily's words were finished, they only felt a fear and tremor from the soul, which made them have an urge to kneel down and worship at this moment**.
The face of the pope became particularly shocked.
Because he not only felt the appearance of this awe-inspiring breath, but at the same time he felt that his body was getting hotter and hotter. But all of this has completely surpassed his cognition. Although as the pope, he does possess some very unique God of War magic arts, but now, even if he roars in his heart and even starts to perform magic arts with gestures, all None of his magic skills appeared on his body.
Finally, a few seconds after Emily finished speaking, the flame suddenly ignited from the pope, igniting him into a human-shaped torch in just a second.
The pope uttered crazy screams and even wanted to take steps, but Andrew, who was standing next to Emily, just took a step forward, and the pope was just as if he had been cast by a shaping technique. Set in place and completely immobile. The only thing that can make a move is his extremely crazy and tragic cry and cry for help.
But in this image of God's wrath, no one dares to act without authorization, let alone save people.
So, after the flame burned for just three seconds, all the flames suddenly disappeared.
If it were not for the pope, who disappeared in front of everyone out of thin air, and there was some gray powder left on the ground, no one would dare to believe what he had just seen. It took only three seconds before and after, as the spiritual leader of the God of War Church appointed by Marz, it disappeared completely. If this is not a divine punishment, no one knows what can be called a divine punishment.
Of all the people present, except Emily, Sean and Andrew, no one's face is good to see.
Even if it was the hundreds of Warlord knights who followed Emily, even if they had seen this scene for the second time-the first time was when Sean found out and was sent by the Pope to monitor Emily, and then Those ares knights who secretly took refuge in the pope who were turned into ashes by Emily-but their faces were really ugly.
Because of Emily’s behavior at this time, no matter how many times she sees it, all the believers who believe in Marz will have only shock and fear in their hearts.
"It seems that our pope is not only a false believer, but also a very evil person." Emily said lightly. "It seems that we need to thoroughly investigate how this false believer has concealed the truth from our lord. Became the Pope.” At this point, Emily looked around for a while, and then said in a deep voice, “What are you still doing here? Didn’t you hear what I just said?”
All the God of War knights dispatched by the Pope to perform guard work suddenly hit a spirit, and after saluting Emily, they immediately turned and left here.
Looking at the departure of the God of War knights, Emily glanced at the so-called high-levels again, and said in a deep voice: "You guys leave too, I don't need you."
So, each of these so-called high-level managers was relieved as if they were relieved, and saluted Emily as well, and then left here with the God of War maid beside him.
In an instant, only Emily, Sean and Andrew were left in the Hall of War.
As for the hundreds of Ares knights who followed Emily, they naturally took over the defense of the Ares Hall and closed all the eight doors at the same time. They had already received Emily’s order before that. During her God of War ceremony, no matter what sound they heard, they could not open the door of the Hall of War without Emily’s permission, otherwise they would be punished by God. .
Seeing that all the preparations are in place, Emily looked at Sean and said softly, "Thank you, Lord Sean."
"Well, let's start." Sean nodded softly.
Then Emily raised her head and drank the awakening potion that Sean had obtained from Oscar, and at the same time kneeled in front of the statue of Marz, and began the prayer work of the God of War ceremony.
Or……
Started hunting job belonging to Sean. (To be continued~^~)