The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

Just when Hecate dragged Gerald's body back to the battlefield and was about to reorganize the team and return to the camp, Selene and Gu Yinuo ushered in an uninvited guest.

To be precise, thousands of uninvited guests were ushered in.

They all lined up, holding weapons in their hands, wearing uniform light armor, and looked like soldiers, but the armor and weapons of Nagrand and Wilton have fixed standards, and Selene and Gu Yinuo also have It can be recognized that it is completely different from the one used by the team in front of us.

Selene also caught a glimpse of the flagpole erected behind the team. If they were not Nagrand's army or Wilton's army, why were they flying the flag of the Holy Church of Wilton?Selene quietly observed the team in front of her, and finally found another flag blocked by the flag of the Holy Church of Wilton.On the pure black background, embroidered with a straight pentagram, this is undoubtedly the flag of the Illuminati Church.

The Church of Light can actually organize such a regular army.This fact made Selene take a breath. Fortunately, Hussein chose this time to fall out with the Holy Church of Wilton, otherwise this might be the enemy she would face.

The person at the front of the line is riding a unicorn, holding a scepter in her hand. Her complexion is pale, and she wears a white robe similar to the priests of the Illuminati Church, but her robe is obviously much more delicate, covered with Intricate golden embroidery.

She nodded to Selene, lightly dismounted from the horse, and took two steps forward to make sure that Selene could understand her words without crossing the line before Selene expressed friendship.She nodded slightly, drew a pentagram pattern on her chest, and said gently: "May the light illuminate your way forward."

As soon as this sentence was said, and then related to her position in the team and her attire, Selene guessed her identity.

The person in front of him should be the Holy Maiden of the Bright Church, the person with the highest actual status in the entire Bright God Sect.The Pope of Wilton holds only secular power, and the Holy Maiden of Light listens directly to God's teachings and instructions. The turmoil in the Holy Church of Wilton in history has proved one point——from the perspective of the Pope and the Holy Maiden of Light. In times of conflict, the pious people of Wilton chose to obey the orders of the Holy Maiden of Light, and even the army itself might turn against the Pope.

Every year, the church selects three to four girls from ordinary families and trains them. Then, the previous Holy Maiden of Light receives instructions from the God of Light and chooses one of them as her successor.

Ordinary people may believe that the Holy Maiden of Light is really a servant chosen by the God of Light, but outsiders and people in power in various countries know that this is just a cover of the church. It's just an excuse for the church to act in the name of God, the church's external tongue, and the so-called successor chosen by her is just someone the church thinks is "obedient and easy to control".

It was precisely after reading this history that Selene thought of using "God's will" to bluff people.

The church claims that it is directly listening to the instructions of the God of Light from the Holy Maiden of Light, constantly interfering with the court and the pope trying to grab power, and once emptied the pope, the entire country is controlled by several elders of the church - of course However, what they said to the outside world was that "the God of Light asked the Holy Maiden of Light to punish and monitor this impious Pope for the people of the Holy Church of Wilton."

The conflict between the church and the court once plunged the Holy Kingdom of Wilton into a quagmire, until one day, Eleanor succeeded her dead father as the new pope. Too many forces have begun to spare no effort to clean up. Of course, the church will not be caught without a fight. Seeing that the church is going to suppress the Pope in the name of the Holy Maiden of Light, when the ministers in the court are sweating coldly for the new Pope, the light The saint chose to betray the church.

There was an uproar in the church, and they all thought about where they had wronged the Holy Maiden of Light. After arguing for several days, they failed to reach a result, because the Holy Maiden of Light did enjoy the best treatment in the church, and there was nothing to do. That is to occasionally convey the order of the church to the outside world and build momentum for the church.

They hurriedly stopped their quarrel and tried to save it, but Edith, the saint of light, did not waver at all, and stood firmly on the side of the court, that is, the pope, claiming that there were no pious believers in the church, and the will of the light god gave her It is to assist the pope in suppressing the church.

Now the church is speechless. If they resist, it means that they are indeed going against the will of God, and if they say that the Holy Maiden of Light has never had any way to hear the order of God of Light, it is tantamount to admitting that the Church Everything they do is fraudulent.

After being wiped out by Eleanor's troops, the church lost its previous power and power, but Eleanor did not embarrass the truly innocent devout believers, nor did she place her own people in the church. She arranged for the rest of the people to come from various places. The church absorbed believers into the Church of Light, and then solemnly asked Edith: "Please carefully select the most suitable candidate for this country, and let the future saints of Light do the same. Don't be afraid, I Will always be your most loyal supporter."

"Don't put yourself in chains. Don't be anybody's puppet."

Before every Holy Maiden of Light receives the scepter that symbolizes the highest glory of the Sect of Light, she will receive these two instructions from her predecessors.These two sentences are probably only known to the saints of light, because the light god religion itself is their shackles, devout believers are the puppets of the light god, as long as they say it, it is tantamount to announcing their betrayal.

But they have always maintained this tacit understanding. No one has revealed this secret. Only by standing in the position of the Holy Maiden of Light can they do what they want to the maximum and have true freedom.

In the subsequent development of the Holy Church of Wilton, the Holy Maidens of Light have made great contributions, but every time they talk about this, they just smile and say, "This is the will of the God of Light."

Eleanor, who had been Pope for 30 years, announced her abdication at her 60th birthday party in favor of her nephew Harris.Harris is a serious and rigorous young man. After the guests dispersed, he went to ask his aunt Eleanor about what kind of conditions she offered back then, so that Edith risked his life to betray the church and help the court.

"I gave her freedom." Eleanor said lightly to her junior about the secret that had been guessed for nearly 30 years, "everything she did after that was not because of my order, but because of her own free will."

Another 30 years later, before the 90-year-old Eleanor died, she asked Harris to do the last thing for her, which was to write down this story in detail, and then spread it as much as possible, even to the streets and alleys. Playing children will know the complete ins and outs.

Harris himself was puzzled, and the ministers and the priests of the church also advised him not to do this. Harris still tried his best to fulfill this last wish for Eleanor, and soon understood Eleanor's intentions.

There is no secret in this world that will not be spread unless everyone who knows it dies.After Eleanor took office, the story of purging the church has become a folktale of countless versions, which has been chewed back and forth for almost 30 years. After the detailed version was spread, the direction of the people changed immediately, and those who believed it became more and more convinced. Those who don't believe it also feel that the church and the court are so frank, there will be no dirty deeds in it, and my previous suspicions have misunderstood them.

The hidden dangers of rumors that had plagued the church and the court for 30 years were completely eliminated. Until today, the subjects of the Holy Church of Wilton still look forward to the appearance of a Pope like Eleanor, who can, together with the Holy Maiden of Light, bring this The country led to a brighter place.

But even Elinor, there are things she didn't expect, for example, Selene was lucky enough to read a book about the love story between Elinor and Edith that was handed down from Wilton to Nord through the hands of Penglai merchants. mainline novel.

Now that she saw the real Holy Maiden of Light, Selene had to cough twice, reminding herself to push all the plots in her mind aside, and talk to this Holy Maiden of Light with respect.

"I would like to ask first, what is your purpose?" Selene carefully observed her eyes.The Holy Church of Wilton and Nord have no disputes on the surface, but they can’t be said to have a good relationship. Almost all the soldiers in the barracks followed Hecate to fight on the front line, leaving only a few hundred people. If she The thousands of soldiers behind them suddenly started to attack, and Selene might not be able to support Hecate to bring the troops back.

"You must know my identity, but you don't know my name yet." The Holy Maiden of Light stood there with a smile, and it was obvious that she was trying to make herself look non-hostile. "I want to wait until you hear, you'll see why I'm here. My name is Phoebe."

Selene, Hecate, Phoebe.

If the first two names can still be said to be intentional by a father who is obsessed with the myths of the Northland, then in a country far away from Nord and whose cultures are so different that they cannot understand each other at all, such a name appeared. The person with the name came all the way to Selene, so people have to wonder if this is a coincidence.

"Please don't worry, Your Majesty the Queen of Nord." Phoebe's voice was always gentle and bright, as if she was reciting a hymn in the holy scriptures of light, "I came here to help you because I followed the will of God."

God's will.Selene knew that this was purely her own psychological problem, but she still felt that the other party was lying when she heard the words "God's will".