Chapter 250
Eboden cathedral, prayer room.
The guard Knight watched the Farnesis up ahead, kneeling under the Holy Cross sculpture, waiting silently, like a stone statue in armor.
From dawn to the present, it has been nearly three hours. Farnesis, kneeling on the icy stone slab, still did not move. The drooping head and folded hands, the solemn atmosphere, reflected the candlelight on his cheeks, as if even time was stagnant in this brief moment.
"Bang——!"
The servant of lose one's head out of fear smashed open the door, and rushed into this quiet temple with panting: "Master Farnesis bishop , I have something to tell Farnesis bishop..."
The words and people stopped for a while, and the servant who had just reached into the door with one leg tremblingly stayed in place, and the sharp sword edge stopped there. In front of his neck, there was no tremor in the long and narrow sword.
"Master Bishop is praying for Eboden, no one can disturb." Under the helmet, the voice of the guard Knight was cold: "Who allowed you to come in?"
"I, I..."
"It's okay, let him in." Farnesis slowly got up, his gentle voice echoed in the narrow prayer room: "We are all sinful mortals, relying on The forgiveness of the Holy Cross can survive in the world. Tolerance is a gift and a virtue that the Holy Cross teaches us."
Knight, the guard who bowed his head and nodded, took back the long sword, and the relaxed servant hurried to it. In front of Farnesis, a "putong" knelt on the ground: "I'm sorry, but...this matter is very important, Lord Farnesis bishop, I tried my best to escape the catastrophe and ask you to report it!"
"And you are safe now. There is nowhere for evil to hide under the light of the Holy Cross." The gentle Farnesis gently patted the servant's shoulder and wiped the blood on his face with the palm of his hand: "Let's talk, what happened? What?"
"I... the priest of our church..." The terrified servant shuddered fiercely and looked towards the bishop with soft rays of light in front of him with that begging gaze. Adult: "There are two priests in the church, a new nun, both children, twelve or thirteen years old, one of them is the priest and the Qi Family.
The younger one.
The priest is usually not very obedient, and he likes to bully and tease believers who are not willing to donate money, but he is actually a good child; the older one is quite sensible, and the priest likes him very much. He often teaches him literacy and tells him about it. The story about the church saints;
girl is the niece of the priest. The poor people nearby know her. She has a kind heart. She always visits the homeless poor people in the relief center. We often ask us to look for her everywhere. The priest has told her several times, but she always refuses to listen, and she doesn’t want to speak up if she is beaten..."
"They are all good children, Holy Cross Bless them." Smiling Farnesis stroked his cheek patiently, listening to him muttering these trivial things: "I have a chance to bring them to the cathedral, I want to see them."
" You will never see them again."
Farnesis's smile froze, but the trembling servant was still saying: "They were all eaten by the priest...by our chubby one, The priest who is a bit greedy for money and always likes to drink red wine ate it!
Before that, he had a big mouth full of fangs and eyeballs on his face. , There are still six arms... and then bite by bite, Take them one by one and eat all the children!
I still remember him... how he pried open the child’s head and drank the child like soup..."
"Stop talking! You are already very tired and need a good rest. "Before the servant fell into fear again, Farnesis quickly interrupted him: "I will let someone prepare a room for you, rest in peace, and then pray to the Holy Cross!" "
"Yes, yes! "The servant who is about to be frightened dumbfounded looked towards the front, nodding blankly.
"Before that, tell me how is the priest now? "Farnesis asked softly.
"I killed him. "The servant somewhat absent-minded recalled: "Before he rushed out, he smashed his head with the sculpture of the Holy Cross, and his head full of eyeballs!" "
"Good job, the Holy Cross rewards your bravery-besides you, who else knows about this? "
"No one. "The servant shook his head: "I'm the only one, so I dare to come in and report to you so that you can..."
The cold and painful touch came from his heart, and his chest was too much. Dagger!
"You, why..."
"Go report this to the Holy Cross...No. "When the servant lifts the head again, he saw Farnesis with a frosty face: "You will take this secret with you and go to hell together!" "
The dying servant raised his trembling hands, as if trying to grab Farnesis' throat, opened his mouth desperately, and shouted with a grim expression: "You, you...you should go to hell!" "
"I am the servant of the Holy Cross. He can only judge my fate. "
The indifferent Farnesis stretched out his right hand, and pushed his servant who was still in Final Struggle into a pool of blood with a palm, watching him stare at himself angrily, his body gradually limp, no more convulsions.
From start to finish, the loyal guard Knight always guarded the gate without saying a word.
"You seem to be surprisingly quiet this time. "Farnesis took out the handkerchief and wiped the blood on his hands, and looked towards his guard Knight indifferently: "I thought you would be like the wandering wizard last time. What is your name..."
"Kalan. "
"You warned me that time, don't believe him-why didn't you advise me this time, or stop me? I can see that from the very beginning you don't really want me to cooperate with the Bellini family, and now something like this has happened... That Holy Blood Potion is not a miracle that cures all diseases at all. "
" is the curse that can turn humans into monsters. The guard Knight slowly raised his head: "And you spread this curse to the whole city with your own hands. Sooner or later, it will spread to more places." "
"You think I did something wrong, but you don't intend to stop me?" "
Guard Knight shook his head: "You are not a person who is keen on meaningless killing. Since you are unwilling to correct your mistakes, perhaps it is because there is a more noble purpose-I am your Knight. My task is to serve you. "
Farnesis smiled slowly, but there was a bit of fatigue in that smile.
"You are right, the whole thing at first is a mistake, a big To an irreparable error. "Farnesis looked towards the distance: "But in fact, it's because you don't know many things.
In the Holy Cross Church, there are many truths that have not been told to the world, even ordinary priests and priests are equally ignorant, and only after becoming a bishop can they be slightly exposed to some.
For example, why must a cathedral be built in every Duchy capital—is it really just to ensure the authority of the church, or to show the glory of the Holy Cross?
No, not only that, those churches are not just the pillars of our faith, they are fortresses, the forefront of war, and the last refuge to defend the faith and us humble humans!
The bricks and stones of the small sect hall and the walls of the town cannot resist those ancient Evil Gods. The swords and blazing flames made of steel cannot do this either-only those that have been poured for decades Even for hundreds of years, the cathedral, shrouded by the will of the Holy Cross, was able to block their footsteps!
In our eyes, preaching is just a sacred cause; but for the priests hundreds of years ago, it was a war! "
The guard Knight shook slightly:
"That...Now, are you also going to fight a war?" "
"Of course, since it is a war, we must do everything. "Farnesis stared at his guard Knight closely: "The Corona family and the nine-pointed star wizard tower think they are very smart, but they forgot where they took such things from - every place in Lotaire. The churches are the eyes of the Holy Cross, watching these people who are never grateful!
Since they have their selfish calculations, then we will also take advantage of their pride to purify the city, and then take the opportunity to destroy their holy grail!
I have a very clear hunch, this must be the real goal of the wizard tower! "