Chapter 399 Prelude to Chaos
After experiencing many things that happened some time ago, they more or less realized that there was something wrong with the gods they believed in.
This was also the reason why His Holiness the Pope chose to leave the church. Of course, it is not ruled out that He acted secretly according to the oracle.
In the days without His Holiness the Pope, the interior of the church did not look much different from usual, but it gave people a bit of a weird feeling.
At that time, they simply thought that there were too many things recently, people's hearts were floating, and there was no backbone of His Holiness the Pope to stabilize the scene, so this phenomenon occurred.
Unexpectedly, the interior of the entire Eternal Sun Church was almost hollowed out.
The evil god who dared to compete with the Eternal Sun had secretly extended his tentacles here.
More importantly, God did not give them the revelation they should have!
Does this mean that their God is no longer able to take care of what happened here?
The four surviving bishops had complex expressions and different thoughts, and there were shrill screams in their ears.
The stake of His Holiness the Pope is different from the ordinary stake. It will not burn the sinners to death easily, but will burn and roast everywhere from the outside to the inside, from the body to the soul.
Cleansing the soul and cleansing the sins are not empty words for His Holiness the Pope.
The two bishops who betrayed their faith did not withstand the stake for too long. After only five minutes, the shrill screams from their throats gradually became inaudible. Their bodies were completely burned clean, and their spirits turned into a wisp of light smoke in the golden flames.
When everything was over, Ross Hurley did not put away the stake, but looked at the other four bishops, "The more firm your faith in God is, the less likely you will be bewitched. Only those with unclean minds will be tempted to fall. They are your precedents. I hope I don't have to send you to the stake in the future."
"Praise the sun!" The four bishops bent down and said loudly at the same time facing the statue.
"The unclean seeds have begun to spread. Find them and send them to the stake one by one. This is the best loyalty to the gods."
Ross Hurley then taught them how to distinguish the pagans with polluted beliefs within the church.
They believe in the new sun, not the eternal scorching sun.
All they need to do is bring them to the statue, drink the holy water polluted by baptism, and then chant the church's classic psalms to praise the sun.
Any believers with impure beliefs will appear one by one in front of God.
After the four bishops left, Ross Hurley put away the stake and sighed heavily.
The ultimate is only a temporary solution.
Pollution is permanent. No matter how pure the faith is, it will be completely swallowed up sooner or later under the infection of the accumulated days.
And doing this on a large scale will also make the believers uneasy, which will give the evil god an opportunity to take advantage of it.
But it cannot be left alone, otherwise the rot will corrode the heart, and cutting flesh is always better than cutting bones.
If you want to solve this problem from the root, that is the business of the gods. What he can do is to ease the process as much as possible.
At least before the gods fall, their temples will still shine brightly.
Ross Heli was silent in the temple for a long time, until he felt something in his heart, and then he left the temple.
On the outskirts of the capital Trier, Bernadette, who had not yet entered the gate of Trier, sat in a carriage and glanced at Cattleya who was sitting quietly beside her, "You find a place to stay first, I will find you again when I have time."
"Where are you going..."
Before Cattleya finished speaking, Bernadette's figure had disappeared.
Looking at the empty seat, Cattleya sighed silently, pulled open the curtain, and the capital Trier was already in sight.
The carriage drove into Trier unimpeded, and Cattleya got off and walked along the street, feeling the unfamiliar scenery of her hometown while looking for a suitable residence on the street.
According to her original idea, she wanted to buy a suitable villa as the queen's place to stay, but now she is alone, it is more appropriate to live in a hotel temporarily.
Finally, she found a hotel with the best decoration style and a particularly grand appearance to live in. She deliberately booked only one room so as not to miss the opportunity to meet the queen.
When she followed the service staff to the outside of her room, the door of the room opposite opened, and a young couple walked out?
The man had dazzling blond hair, and his clothes and temperament made it obvious that he was from an aristocratic family, but he didn't look like someone from Intis.
The girl, wearing a black court dress that was out of tune with the style of Intis, and a small black soft hat, looked delicate and beautiful.
A very well-matched young couple.
Cattleya just took a quick look, then retracted her gaze, walked into her room, and closed the door.
I vaguely heard a few words of conversation from the young couple outside.
"It's really interesting."
"What do you mean?"
"It means something very interesting."
Cattleya frowned slightly. What kind of conversation was this? It made people look confused.
People who are good at making riddles are annoying. They always like to be mysterious and can't speak a complete sentence.
She didn't think too much. She came to the window sill, opened the window, leaned forward slightly, and looked at this city with a very different style.
The customs and habits of Intis are different from those of other countries, and the buildings here are also very different. It is said that when Emperor Roselle was alive, he once promoted national reforms in one fell swoop.
But with his sudden death in the White Maple Palace, the later Soran family made every effort to revise the various laws and traces of existence left by Emperor Roselle.
This back and forth led to the polarization of the architectural style of Intis. In addition, the people of Intis are free and have strong personalities, so they do not have a unified style like other countries.
Cattleya looked at the distance for a while, then lowered her head and looked down at the street.
The young couple who had just passed by her were strolling on the street. The girl was walking into a clothing store to choose clothes, and the man stayed in a cafe outside the clothing store, ordered a cup of coffee and waited.
I don’t know if it was her illusion, the man seemed to be looking at her, but when she looked over, the man was slowly sipping the fragrant coffee.
She looked a few more times, and after confirming that she was seeing wrong, she moved her eyes away and looked at a judgment square in the distance.
Intis has always had a tradition of executing criminals in front of ordinary people.
But the scene of today's execution was a bit strange. The eight prisoners were all believers of the Eternal Sun Church, and they were wearing white robes issued by the Eternal Sun Church.
And they were tried and executed for blasphemy.
The firewood pile began to burn, and the raging flames quickly devoured the Eternal Sun Church believers who committed sins.
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At night, Cattleya was in the room and had not waited for Bernadette, but heard new movements across the door.
She was not a person who liked to eavesdrop on other people's privacy, but the movements and voices across the door were very loud.
After listening for a while, Cattleya understood what was going on.
Tonight she happened to meet a patrol team coming to this hotel to check for suspicious people. According to the description of the two soldiers, they were looking for a priest who escaped from the church.
Dongdong.
Cattleya's door was also knocked, so she had to open the door and go out to cooperate with the investigation and questioning.
"If you encounter anyone suspicious, remember to report the news. If the news is true, you will receive a considerable reward."
The two patrol soldiers continued to knock on other rooms, looking for people one by one according to a portrait on hand.
"It seems that there is a serious problem inside the Eternal Sun Church. It's a coincidence that you came." The man suddenly spoke.
"Your luck has always been good." The delicate girl spoke calmly.
"I will take this as a compliment to me." The man said, turning to look at Cattleya, "Madam, are you new to Intis for tourism?"
"Yes."
Cattleya nodded lightly, without the desire to communicate, and closed the door.
After a brief episode, everything returned to calm.
I thought tonight would pass like this, but in the middle of the night, Cattleya, who was lying in bed and unable to fall asleep, suddenly sensed the breath of the queen and got up from the bed.
But what surprised her was that the queen's breath was emitted from the house opposite.
Could the queen have walked into the wrong room?
After a slight hesitation, she pushed open the door and walked to the door of the opposite room.
Looking up, the room was brightly lit, and three figures were faintly reflected.
The most familiar figure was the queen she had been waiting for, and the other two figures should be the young couple.
The queen knew them?
They were discussing something, shouldn't I disturb them at this time?
So as not to make the queen feel that she was immature, too clingy, and had not grown up.
When Cattleya was very emotional, the queen's voice came from the room, "Do you want to stay outside the door until dawn?"
Cattleya did not hesitate any more, pushed open the door that was not closed tightly and walked in, then walked silently behind Bernadette and stood there, without saying anything, but just glanced at the young couple with curiosity.
"You should have met today, right?" Bernadette said to Cattleya again: "Hasta and Sharon, they are from Backlund in Loen, and they are my friends."
"Cattleya, the queen's follower." Cattleya made a brief introduction.
Hastur naturally recognized this Cattleya, the admiral of the star who roamed the sea, Huang Jiajia, also known as Xingjiang.