The glorious barriers that had been shrouded in the Cathedral of Holy Light for several days began to gradually decompose, and countless light golden particles escaped from the layer of the constantly melting energy barrier, fluttering and dissipating deep in the night. In the gradually dissipated barrier, the melodious bells were still ringing.

The bells are melodious, like an invitation.

Gao Wen and the two guardian dukes stood in the square in front of the church area. Looking at the scene in the direction of the church, Duke Bodewen frowned slightly: "Strange... The priests should have walked out of the cathedral at this time to meet the believers... Why is the church area so quiet?"

Gao Wen looked up and saw that the church area maintained a strange quiet and solemnity in the drifting holy light dust. He could not see the bishop and the high-level priests appearing, but only saw some ordinary priests and servants running around between the buildings. Some panicked figures could be seen in the corridors on the upper floor of the cathedral. The situation was indeed abnormal.

Just as the three of them were guessing what was going on in the church, the solemn and heavy door depicting many miracles and runes was finally opened.

However, what came out was not a group of priests composed of bishops and high-level priests, nor was it a Pope Saint Ivan III, but Veronica Moen, wearing a plain white dress. She slowly walked out of the church, walked towards Gauwen and others, holding the platinum scepter that originally belonged to the Pope.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the moment I saw the "saint princess", Gao Wen felt a hint of dissonance. Although Veronica still looked the same as last time she met,... he always felt that there was no inconsistency between the other party.

This feeling is indescribable, and it is quickly shocked by an astonishing news-

"The Pope's crown has been summoned by the Lord, and the bishops have been martyred in the divine submission ceremony." Veronica said in a quiet and calm tone with a gentle expression as always.

Gao Wen and others were stunned for a moment.

... Someone was indeed shocked, but what was surprised was the people outside the church - as soon as the gate opened, the pope disappeared...

"All... martyrdom?" Bai Dewen seemed unable to believe his ears and stepped forward and asked, "Is it the magical submission technique on the spot? Something happened?"

"The power of God's submission is beyond the reach of ordinary people. The Pope's crown is too old and has not been able to persevere until the end of the ceremony. In order to prevent the ceremony from getting out of control, the bishops sacrificed themselves as containers," Veronica said, while slightly opening her body, "The cathedral has been opened, and the Great Hall of Light still maintains the scene at that time."

This means inviting three people to visit.

Berdevin and Victoria looked at each other, hesitated for a moment and then walked towards the main entrance of the church. Gao Wen woke up from a brief shock and thoughts. In an instant, countless speculations and thoughts emerged from his mind, but they all gathered into a deep look that looked at Veronica.

The saint princess just kept her calm expression and responded calmly.

Before turning back to the church, Veronica noticed some changes outside the church area-

The streets were filled with soldiers of the Cecil Legion. The Ansu King Banner above the Silver Fort in the distance had disappeared. Over the main tower where only the royal flag was allowed to be hung, the Cecil sword and the plow flag were illuminated by a beam of light and fluttered in the wind in the night.

Thinking of Gao Wen? Cecil herself, the expression of the saint princess finally changed a little. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "What happened in the city?"

"There is a lot of change. The power of Ansu has ended, but it is a peaceful evolution," Victoria said in a cold voice. "The current owner here is His Majesty Gowen? Cecil."

"I will explain it in detail to you," Gowen said to Veronica. "A lot of things have happened, and we all need to sort them out slowly."

Veronica lowered her head, drew the emblem of the Holy Light on her chest, and said softly: "I have converted to the Holy Light and no longer an Ansu princess. The alternation of royal power has nothing to do with me... This matter is the most important thing after surviving this city."

Gao Wen looked at her for two seconds, but said nothing, and walked towards the church not far away.

In the Great Light Hall, the power of the Holy Light has calmed down, and the hazy holy light condensed into a sea of ​​clouds again, slowly floating over the hall. The Pope's Holy See is now empty, and there is no one left in sight. All the traces that can be found in the entire hall are only a dozen piles of embers surrounding the Holy See - those gray-white ashes are distributed at the key nodes of the Divine Descendation Technique, and they are all the residues of the former bishops' group.

This seems to be a trace left by the surging holy light burning the human body, and there is no sign of fighting or invasion by foreign enemies in the entire Great Light Hall.

However, the two dukes Bedevin and Victoria, who are about to begin to rebuild order in the city and are responsible for maintaining stability in the core area of ​​the empire, only felt a headache at this moment.

At this time, they couldn't help but envy Wales, which had withdrawn in time, and even couldn't help but have divergent speculations - Could it be that His Majesty the King had known about the shocking changes that occurred in the cathedral, so he pulled away so resolutely?

"Gods..." Bo Dewen's face looked extremely ugly, "I would rather deal with those crystal cluster monsters..."

Victoria glanced at him quietly, and her voice was calm: "Do you want to guard the city again?"

"I don't mean that..." Berdevin waved his hand immediately, then looked up and down at Victoria, "Why didn't I find out before that you can still sarcastic people?"

"Just curious, ask," Victoria said casually, then looked at Veronica, "that is, there are no bishop-level clergy in the cathedral now? How many senior priests are left?"

"The bishops' corps have indeed been martyred, but the high-ranking priests have not been damaged, and the church functions can still function normally," Veronica said, while slightly raising the platinum scepter in his hand. "I have been recognized by the platinum scepter, and I can temporarily manage the cathedral. But now the royal power has changed. The order of Saint Sunil needs to be reorganized, and believers also need to seek peace in a new environment. Many things may require me and Gowen? Cecil... His Majesty can decide."

"We can talk now," Gao Wen said immediately, "if you have no objection."

"Okay," Veronica nodded slightly and looked at the two guardian dukes, "The two grand dukes can wait temporarily in the lounge."

Gao Wen saw that the "saint princess" seemed to have something to communicate with him privately, so he said to Bedwin and Victoria: "You might as well go back to the castle to rest first, and talk about something tomorrow."

"Okay." Victoria nodded and said briefly, then took the seemingly worried Duke of Berdevin and left the cathedral together.

It was not until he came outside the cathedral and came to a place where the holy light could not shine. Bodwin couldn't help but look back and said to Victoria: "Do you think this is strange? Saint Ivan III is indeed old, but it is not enough to be able to support the magic of God... and all the bishops' corps are martyred? Although I believe that their faith is indeed pious to the point where they can be martyred at any time, no one survived a ceremony of God's ritual... It was a coincidence."

"It's true," Victoria said, "but there is no clue."

"His Highness Veronica must know more..." Bedwen stopped talking, "but she didn't seem to be going to say it, at least not in front of us."

Victoria was silent for a moment, then turned around and looked in the direction of the cathedral.

Fine snowflakes escaped from her hair, and her voice came from the breeze: "But overall, this is a good thing."

Bodewen was stunned for a moment, his expression became subtle. After a few seconds of silence, he showed an expression of not knowing whether to cry or laugh: "Yes, good things...but there are too many things happening at the same time, which really makes people unable to relax."

"The turning point of the times...is probably that."

In the cathedral, Gawain and Veronica stood in the Great Hall of Light. The former looked around a little uncomfortable: "Are we just talking about it here?"

"Please rest assured, there are no extra eyes here," Veronica said in a gentle tone, "including the eyes of the God of Light."

Gao Wen looked at Veronica deeply: "This sentence sounds...it's not very pious."

Veronica just smiled and gently raised the platinum scepter in her hand: "The platinum scepter representing the bridge of the will of the God of Light has been under my control, and no one who believes in Him will question my piety."

"But I don't believe in Him," said Gowan. "Saint Ivan III died of God's despair? Is the Bishops really martyred?"

"They gave their lives for their faith, by definition, naturally martyrdom," Veronica said calmly. "Will you still regret their death? As a ruler who is about to reshape the national order, the sudden decline of the church should be a good thing for you."

In everyone's normal impression, words like this will never come from Veronica, but from the mouth of this devout "saint princess"!

Gao Wen stared into the eyes of the saint princess. He could finally confirm that the incongruity he felt in Veronica was not an illusion, but that incongruity did not appear today, but a kind of incongruity that always existed in this saint princess and was always hidden by her.

But for some reason, the special aura on Veronica seemed particularly obvious today, and Gao Wen happened to be quite sensitive to something "inhuman" so he noticed it.

He looked at Veronica's eyes and felt like he was staring at a doll, a heterogeneous aura that was very similar to humans but was very similar to humans, which was so obvious at this moment, and this doll-like characteristic... he vaguely seemed to have felt it in the other party before.

"I don't want to play the puzzle anymore. Who are you-you know what I mean-and what exactly do you want to do?"

"Have you ever heard such a sentence..." Veronica smiled slightly and said word by word, "——Humans will always exist, even if they disobey the gods."

"The plan of the disobedient!" Gao Wen blurted out. He was finally shocked. This shock even broke his indifference that he had maintained until now. "How could you... know this sentence?!"

The devout Saint Princess is actually an insider who disobeys the plan? Why did she know? She has obtained ancient knowledge? Is there a heritage of disobeys the plan within the Moen royal family? Or is there an ancient survivor like Carmier?

One question exploded in Gao Wen's mind, and what surprised and confused him the most was a disobedient (if Veronica was a disobedient) who became a "devoted" believer of the God of Light and a senior member of the church - but if he imagined it carefully, he suddenly felt that such an expansion was quite in line with the meaning of "disobedient".

An organization that can slice God and study power extends its strength to the most pious church. The disobedience component is indeed not low...

"The plan of disobedience has never ended. As long as human beings continue, we will not stop," Veronica said under Gao Wen's gaze. "You don't have to be so surprised - isn't there already a living disobedience by your side?"

"Carmire..." Gao Wen frowned, "So who are you?"

"This question is not very important, but if you are curious, I can tell you a name," Veronica whispered, "'We', once called Ophelia Norton. You may not know this name, but you must know this last name."

"Norton? The surname of the royal family of Gondor?" Gao Wen opened his eyes wide, and suddenly felt that the information he had been exposed to today was too much. "Ophelia... I really don't know much... but what do you mean by 'we'?!"

"This involves the division and reorganization of the soul, and some secrets. I'm not sure if you should know about it now. As for the name Ophelia? Norton... you can ask Carmier after you go back, and he should give you the answer that satisfies you."

Gao Wen could see that the disobedient person in front of him who was "Veronica? Moen" did not trust him completely and did not intend to tell all the secrets, but he did not forcefully ask, but asked: "What do you want to do when you tell me this?"

"Do something against the gods," Veronica smiled and gently raised the platinum scepter in her hand, "for example... let the Holy Light return to the mortal."
Chapter completed!