NABC Chapter 69 The Holy See of Light
Chapter 69 The Holy See of Light
Gilgamesh and Enkidu looked in the direction of Loki's voice.
Of course, they still couldn't see anything.
Even the gods cannot see clearly in places that are completely deprived of light, but compared to humans, they have the ability to function normally without relying on light.
The strong among human beings, such as Diarmuid who was forcibly pulled back from the kingdom of death by Enkidu, can also detect the situation of the people around them through the sounds in the surrounding environment and the strength of other people's breath.
But even if he is so powerful, he cannot live peacefully in this darkness.
Because not all the things that are indispensable to life have sound and can breathe.
In the past few days when the entire Effie Empire has been plunged into darkness, even Diarmuid, who is as strong as Diarmuid, is covered in bruises due to various bumps.
It hurt to touch him so much that he grinned.
In the same situation as him, there are also those knights of the Royal Knights.
Much less unfortunate than they are ordinary people who are not so sensitive or physically strong.
Those who take almost every step are cautious and trembling, for fear of stepping on something or stepping on the air. In this darkness, because they don't know what is ahead, they have broken their necks when they step on the air in just a few days. There are not a few of them.
For Enkidu, who has not yet adapted to divine power, the death of these people really makes him powerless.
This is only in the acropolis of the capital, which can be regarded as quite orderly, and in the town where the king sits, the living conditions of the people are already so bad.
They didn't even dare to think about what would happen in other cities.
He spent a lot of effort to manage the country and raised the status of the entire Effie Empire on the mainland. Enkidu's personality is not fierce, but he has feelings for the entire Effie Empire after 23 years. Here I am.
Even surpassed Uruk back then.
After all, Uruk is due to the presence of Gilgamesh, and the current situation of the Efe Empire is created by him.
From the sluggishness when he took over to the heyday after that, to now...
As for the consequences of losing the light, Enkidu only needs to think a little bit to know that people who cannot live normally in the dark will make plans to leave no matter how much they miss this powerful country and their homeland.
The Effie Empire is not the only country in this world, not to mention that other empires are not shrouded in darkness.
However, no matter how worried Enkidu was about the future of the Effie Empire, first of all, they had to deal with the god who suddenly appeared in front of them.
For the gods, their mental strength and perception of breath can make them walk on the ground in this darkness without being affected at all.
In this darkness, Gilgamesh and Enki could even clearly "see" the appearance of this god named Loki.
"It's not beautiful here at all." Loki looked around—even though he couldn't see anything, there was pity in his eyes, "Isn't it?"
Gilgamesh snorted coldly and turned his gaze away, obviously not intending to talk to Loki.
"It's really not very beautiful." Enkidu said so, without Gilgamesh's ridicule, he quickly found his previous role positioning, he looked at Loki, "but what does this have to do with Your Excellency?" ?”
"Maybe you know...I don't have a good relationship with Apollo." Loki shrugged.
"We don't know." Enkidu looked at Loki very honestly and replied.
"But I know you have a bad relationship with Apollo." Loki smiled relaxedly, "I guess you who have just stepped into the world of gods need some... help."
Enki knew that he found them when they were unlucky, and nine out of ten they would not be good people.
But they do need some help.
Just like Alikumon, they realized that the world of the gods was not as simple as they imagined after they became the main gods.
Even completely beyond their expectations.
Holding the power in his hands that involves the rules of the entire world, even Gilgamesh, who is known as the human being closest to the gods, was caught off guard.
In addition to the unbelievable power that the godhead brought to them, there was also a burden that made the human body somewhat unbearable.
Gilgamesh, who was created by Ali Kumon with the Godhead of Life, is okay, but Enkidu's body can't bear the huge pressure brought by the Godhead of Life—if it wasn't because the Godhead of Life was constantly repairing and improving his flesh .Physical strength, he probably died long ago because he couldn't bear the power of the godhead and exploded.
The benefits brought by the life godhead are indescribable, but it will take a long time for the body to gradually become able to adapt to the godhead through this slight change.
And during this period of time, it is obviously not a good thing to offend the Supreme God of Light.
They are now relishing the consequences.
Enkidu glanced at Gilgamesh and found that the other party did not express anything special, then nodded to Loki: "For example?"
"For example... let the light come back to Efe." Loki looked at Enkidu with a vicious smile.
On Apollo's side, the supreme god of light brought Rhea, the goddess of time, to the headquarters of the temple of light.
The God of Light who descended suddenly scared a group of high-level Holy See leaders who were quietly listening to the hymns in the hall of the temple.
The golden eyes of the God of Light swept across the people in the hall of the temple who seemed to have been pressed the pause button. Everyone felt that something had been purified in their hearts, and the burden on their bodies disappeared completely.
This sense of relief suddenly released their emotions that had been suppressed by the sudden accident. These bishops all reacted, and they still couldn't believe it, but because Apollo could never make a fake belief that belonged to them. But they had to admit this fact that made them somewhat suspicious.
It has been 300 years since the new God of Light ascended to the supreme position.
The Pope of the Holy See of Light has changed five. Today, 300 years later, after the God of Light brought divine punishment to the Effie Empire, he appeared in the Temple of Light.
And compared to the previous gods of light who descended on a phantom or avatar, Apollo's actions made the believers feel more proud and glorious-he came to the temple of light with his real body.
In the eyes of those believers, this is almost the highest affirmation of their pious belief.
Now, these bishops were not jealous at all of the knight dispatched directly from the border town and praised by the God of Light.
Apollo's gaze swept over the group of believers who knelt quietly on the ground, but couldn't restrain their excitement, and finally fell on the white-haired old man who also knelt on the ground as he stepped down from the main seat.
It's the Pope.
Apollo waved the scepter in his hand, causing the Pope to stand up.
The Pope stood up, trembling slightly with excitement, but he didn't dare to look up at Apollo.
Apollo looked up at an elevation angle of about thirty degrees above the main seat behind the pope.
"Take it down." Apollo ordered without taking his eyes off the huge crystal.
The Pope froze, looked up at the God of Light, and followed him to the huge white crystal.
It floats above the main pedestal, and only the most devout believers of light can see the true appearance of the huge white crystal.
Since the Holy See of Light appeared on this continent, it has risen and fallen countless times, and everything has changed. The only thing that has not changed is the crystal that has existed from beginning to end.
It is said that from the beginning, this crystal was not even as big as a fist, and it continued to grow larger as time went by, just like witnessing the history of the Holy See, growing with the changes of time with the Holy See.
This stone has been called the stone of inheritance by successive popes. It is this crystal that selects the successor of the pope for the Holy See of Light.
Only those with the most pious faith can see this crystal, and only those with the most pious faith can touch this crystal.
But almost every pope will not touch this meaningful crystal, they think it is a kind of blasphemy.
Even the previous popes tacitly did not mention the existence of this crystal to the outside world, and the gods of light, whose renewal speed is not too slow, even if they spread the faith, they never spent too much time exploring the secrets of the believers.
Because believers who can generate the power of faith are usually quite devout.
In the cognition of the gods, these believers will dedicate their lives and souls because of their words, and they will not hide anything from them.
Even if the God of Light accidentally learned of the existence of the Stone of Inheritance, he was not at all curious.
There are so many spiritual things in this world, a crystal is really not such a surprising thing, not to mention that the rumor of this crystal sounds quite useful to the gods of light.
They are also busy with many other things, and they don’t have much time to take care of human affairs. They will only show signs and perform miracles when there are problems with their beliefs. As long as there are no more problems with their beliefs, they will not take care of humans too much things.
Even things from the Holy See.
Countless years have passed like this, the Holy See has been raised like this, and it has developed quite well.
Naturally, the gods of light will not twitch their brains to intervene in the affairs of the Holy See, they are too busy with their own affairs.
Apollo couldn't see the crystal either, but he knew of the existence of this thing through the information left to him by Alicumon.
The Pope would not take the initiative to touch that crystal, but if it was an order from the God of Light, he would execute it without hesitation.
The old man's movements are vigorous, his movements are like the wind, and he doesn't look old at all. He directly stepped on the throne where the believers usually kneel down, raised his hands high, and reached out to touch the crystal that was the size of two adult heads.
However, with this touch, countless messages suddenly entered his mind.
Fortunately, this old man who has served the God of Light for many years has extremely strong mental power, and those messages just made him dizzy for a while.
The Pope shook his head and came back to his senses.
There was a look of horror in his eyes, and a flower with no aesthetic feeling appeared on his wrinkled face.
The Pope looked at Apollo, and tentatively asked with uncertainty: "You..."
Apollo nodded and replied, "Let's go."
The Pope couldn't help shivering when he thought of the messages and images that had drilled into his mind before.
He finally understood why the headquarters of the Holy See of Light was always built in the same place. Even in history, once the old site of the Holy See of Light had sunk into the sea, the pope seemed to be in a daze. A group of magicians were called to separate the sea water, and the earth magicians joined forces to continuously build up the area, and finally built the headquarters of the Holy See of Light in the middle of the sea.
Excluded is the reason why the Stone of Inheritance is always at the headquarters of the temple, I'm afraid there are other reasons-the taboo that human beings cannot touch.
There is a huge and empty space under the Holy See, and the shape of the space is exactly the same as the inheritance stone, which is not very round.
Now, the Pope finally knows why the Stone of Inheritance keeps getting bigger.
Because the space below is also constantly expanding due to the increase in the number of demons.
The Pope was not sure how big that space was for a while, he only knew that the building of the Holy See headquarters was located in the center of the dome of that space.
And directly below the Holy See, there is a stone statue, simple and unsophisticated, the pope can clearly feel the ancient historical atmosphere exuding from that statue with a light glance.
The place below is better called purgatory than space.
Countless monsters and evil creatures from the beginning fought each other in Purgatory, and after the fighting, new demons were bred.
That space was occupied by the stinking blood and corpses of demons, and the only thing that was clean was the area around the statue.
It was precisely because of the blank space in that area that the Pope saw that the ground below was not the land, but a thick and powerful layer of divine power of light.
The power of light enveloped the entire huge space, leaving those demons nowhere to escape.
However, this space cannot limit the proliferation of demons. Perhaps one day, the divine power of light will no longer be able to contain the increasing number of demons, allowing them to break through the blockade and break out of the ground, pulling the whole world into a hell of blood and darkness.
"That place is too dangerous, my respected God of Light." The Pope said respectfully, with obvious anxiety in his tone of vicissitudes, "Those monsters can be controlled by the temple..."
"Any monster there can easily slaughter the entire Holy See." Apollo interrupted the Pope's words and repeated: "Let's go."
The Pope looked up at him, sighed, and said nothing more.
Rhea stood behind Apollo and watched everything happen quietly, feeling that the children of Zeus are really excellent.
Kind, kind, and powerful.
In order to save the living beings in this world, he even did not hesitate to expose the reality that he knew her and had a good relationship with her.
Rhea sighed like this, feeling that she would have to work harder when she was needed later.
God knows that Apollo is just trying to get the inheritance for himself.
Apollo, who was completely ignorant of Rhea's psychological activities, just stroked the small ball exuding a gentle breath in his hand, and carefully sorted out the information in the small ball again, just in case.
The Pope led the God of Light and the God of Time through the bishops and left the hall.
There are a lot of materials stored in the cellar of the Temple of Light, which are used to prevent sudden disasters and for disaster relief.
The Pope never knew that the cellar of the Vatican headquarters was so deep—he never went down, and this temple was built thousands of years ago, and it has been constantly renovated and repaired over the years, but no pope has ever made the decision to move .
The Pope led Apollo and Rhea to the bottom of the cellar, stopped, and tentatively reached out to touch a stone brick that was completely different from the surrounding bricks.
Suddenly, a pitch-black entrance appeared in front of their eyes, and a thick stench rushed towards their faces, so thick that it was almost suffocating.
The quick-responsive demon rushed up directly from the passage.
Almost instantly——Apollo reached out and pinched the demon's vitals, his hand shone brightly, and directly crushed the crystal nucleus on its body.
However, this was just the beginning. At the moment Apollo killed the evil creature, countless black shadows rushed out of the passage with a strong fishy smell, howling sharply, and the sound alone made everyone in the cellar The stone tiles are somewhat peeling off.
"Rhea!"
As soon as Apollo spoke, Rhea had already imprisoned time.
The God of Light killed the terrifying demons that came out of the cave one by one. After being familiar with the vitals of these types of demons according to the information given by Ali Kumon, Apollo finally completely relaxed.
——It's not doubting Ali Kumon, but worrying that Ali Kumeng will be donkey by others.
But now he is relieved.
After Apollo cleaned up all the demons who rushed out but were trapped in the space of stagnant time because they couldn't find their way, he turned his head and looked at the stunned Pope, "I'll go in with Rhea, you close the passage mouth, and then go to call someone to clean up here a little..."
The God of Light pointed to the juice and wreckage sprayed out by those monsters. Because of his previous relationship with Ali Kumon, he habitually reminded the Pope, "Remember to purify first."
The poor old Pope nodded blankly.
Apollo looked back at Rhea.
The God of Time didn't seem to be struggling at all, but nodded to him, looking at him with loving eyes.
Rhea felt that Apollo was really an excellent god.
Much better than Zeus.
At least in her impression, no god would remind their followers how to avoid unnecessary risks—even she would not, or in other words, have no such awareness at all.
This soft-spoken goddess is born with a different brain circuit from other gods. Although she cannot be gentle and amiable to humans, she is full of praise for other gods.
All in all, she appreciates what Apollo has done.
Apollo got goosebumps all over under Rhea's loving gaze, and glanced at Rhea suspiciously.
After confirming that the pope really listened to his words, he led Rhea into the passage.
The passage was closed after they entered, the Pope straightened his expression, and left the cellar holding his nose.
He felt that the cellar had to be cleaned up before the God of Light came out—and the smell that made people feel bad.
It seems that a few magicians from the wind and water systems have to be called in, the Pope thought, all these things must be cleaned up, and then burned, and nothing can be left behind.
In the underground space.
With the help of Rhea, Apollo who paused time, killing these demons is as simple as chopping melons and vegetables.
Thanks to the tricky Alikumon's idea, Apollo thought so happily, and snuffed out the vitality of the last demon.
Rhea seemed to consume a lot, but compared to the consumption of divine power, the dirty environment here and the stench that almost knocked out the gods were the real reasons why the goddess looked so pale.
Apollo's filthy feet stepped into the circle that was so clean that it made people flustered for no reason.
A pure force of light swept the entire space, cleaning up all the filth produced by the dead demons, even the dirt that Apollo and Rhea accidentally got on.
There was only a pale light left in the entire space, a God of Light, and the Goddess of Time whose complexion had recovered a little.
Apollo lowered his head and stroked the green ball in his hand. The familiar gentle divine power seemed to have sensed the shock and slight uneasiness in his heart, wrapped him up completely, and comforted him little by little.
——It feels good to be wrapped up, as if Ali Kumon is still by his side, hugging him tightly at this moment.
Apollo was a little unhappy that Alicumon was not by his side at such an important time.
It's like regretting that I was not by his side when I knew that Alikumeng had also received the inheritance of the God of Creation.
"Riya, if that human opens the channel and I haven't moved, then you leave first." Apollo didn't turn his head, he just said that, he wasn't sure how long the inheritance would take, and then he paused slightly, "By the way, help me Go find Ali Kumon, and tell him to come and wait for me if he has time."
Rhea froze for a moment, then nodded.
Apollo took a deep breath, kissed the little ball, hesitated for a while and didn't put it into the space, but still held me tightly in the palm of his hand.
He looked up at the statue, and vaguely felt that the faceless statue was also looking at him, as if he was judging something.
Apollo stretched out a hand, and touched the cold idol according to the meaning in the ball given to him by Alicumon.
The message Ali Kumeng left for him indicated that the real inheritance began after all the demons were killed, and the previous ones were just a test of strength arranged for those who accepted the inheritance.
As for what the so-called real inheritance would be, Ali Kumon didn't know either.
Because Goddess of Destiny said that the bastard who was Guangming Creator and God of the World back then hid alone and tossed about the inheritance by himself, and was not at all gregarious. After passing his own inheritance test, the God of Light smiled so meanly that he didn't reveal a little bit.
Having said so much, it can be summed up in three words.
do not know.
But the Goddess of Fate was a chatterbox, and she told Ali Kumeng at the end that she had tried her best to get the news of the inheritance from the God of Light.
The other party only told the stages of those demons under her soft and hard foam, and the most important thing was not to say.
However, she emphasized that the God of Light is a scumbag, and the final inheritance will probably be a mess.
But no matter how bad it is, once you get the completed inheritance, the benefits will be huge.
Even though Ali Kumon revealed those difficulties, Apollo didn't think there was any problem at all.
He never lacked confidence.
Apollo never even thought about the possibility that the inheritance would fail.
——Even in order to obtain the information of this inheritance, Apollo would not give up this inheritance easily.
You must know that Ali Kumon is still in the Dark Temple. Just thinking about this, Apollo feels that his whole body is full of fighting spirit.
When he got the inheritance of light, Lucifer would not be able to dance no matter what.
And Enkidu and Gilgamesh who escaped by chance...
Apollo squinted his eyes. He said that he would kill these two, and when he became the God of Creation, even Enkidu would not be able to get any benefits from him.
Thinking of this, Apollo opened his palm and fitted the entire palm to the cold statue.
at the same time.
In the acropolis of the capital of the Effie Empire, Loki confirmed cooperation with two new gods promoted from humans.
And in the dark territory, in the temple of Ishtar, Ali Kumon reached a consensus with Ishtar.
Although it is impossible to pry into the secrets of the Ishtar Temple.
But Lucifer, who saw the movement of the Effie Empire shrouded in darkness, still laughed happily. His voice was low and deep, and it reached the voice that had returned to his temple and was trying to talk to the increasingly silent Abel. Hidden in the ear.
"Let's gather the dark gods of battle." He said, turning his eyes to Enkidu who was staying in the small acropolis next to the capital of the Efe Empire. "There is something to do soon."
☆, Tully