I really only stop

……what?

Da Vinci's brain stopped working.

It's not that he didn't understand the question, but that he didn't expect the other party to ask this question at this moment.

As if quite satisfied with the funny look of the artist stunned at the moment, the smile on the corner of the Pope's mouth seemed to be brighter.Grabbing every word, he asked again:

【Am I handsome? 】

An obsession that is almost the same as the "Gold Medal Competition" between the three of them symbolizes this friendship and memory that is opposite but extremely harmonious.

After one person is missing, it is impossible to compete for the gold medal again.Again, this is my last chance to answer this question.

... Stinking old man Shengguang, I never imagined that you, who have always been stalwart and upright, would play such a despicable trick.

I thought what did you want to say to me in the end, if it was a question with an obvious answer——

"【……too handsome】."

——With a trembling tone, Da Vinci showed the most difficult smile in his life:

"Berendo, you are so fucking handsome."

【——】

There was no chance to talk anymore, and as the [Primary Healing] effect on everyone ended, the eternal figure in the sky completely dissipated in the flames.

As if all his strength had been taken away, the aged artist staggered a few steps.

But immediately, as if he was fighting against something, he stood up straight again with all his might.

Under the sea of ​​holy light that has not dissipated in the sky, it stood silently for a long time.

Chapter 843 People who were once confused

His Majesty departed.

After creating the miracle of the sea of ​​holy light and showing everyone what true faith is, that old body was completely engulfed in flames, and disappeared amidst the sobbing of the people as the holy light filled the sky.

As if shocked by the last words of the crown prince, [Holy Light] flickered for a moment, and finally disappeared into the void without saying anything.Dissipating with it, there are spiers of light standing everywhere.

The sky returned to its original color again, and the power of the holy arts returned to every priest. Everything seemed to have returned to its original state, but no one showed a happy expression because of it.

It wasn't just the silent clergy who were affected by the last lesson of the crowned one.

"..."

With a blank expression on his face, the emperor withdrew his eyes from the sky, and walked towards the desk full of documents, but paused for a while when he passed by Sutton who was still standing there, and patted him on the shoulder vigorously:

"Go back to the Sanctuary and discuss with the remaining sages about the unification of the 'Priest Guild'. This is the last edict. I believe you can complete it well."

"..."

The original slack eyes seemed to have been re-ignited to regain their brilliance. Sarton, who came back to his senses, nodded solemnly at the emperor, opened the holy teleportation array and disappeared in place.

"...Tesla, I think you should keep Sutton a little longer."

Seeing this scene in front of him, General Stormwind, who has always been taciturn, rarely frowned:

"I just witnessed what happened to that Crown Prince. Sutton just needs the support of us old brothers. I don't think it's appropriate to drive him back to work in the Sanctuary without even saying a word of comfort."

"No, you're wrong, Storm."

Looking back at the old brother who has been with him for many years, Mephis, who has always escaped, sighed slightly:

"Including Sutton, at this moment, all the clergy don't need any [comfort]. It is precisely because of this that His Majesty will directly urge Sutton to return to work—don't look at the usual inhumane Look, when we were adventuring together, which one of us has not been taken care of by His Majesty?"

"...Hmph, it's not just [all priests] who don't need comfort."

Without expressing any opinion on the comments of the Chief of the Imperial Capital, His Majesty the Emperor just sat down behind the desk piled up with documents:

"Mei Fei, Bao Feng, you are not allowed to go home today. There are so many materials about the so-called [Holy Light], even if you search for me word by word, you must dig out the flaws in it!"

... His Majesty is really angry this time.

From the emperor's paralyzed face that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, Mei Fei and Feng Feng exchanged a look, and sat down on both sides of the desk.

Your Majesty has done the best he can.

Leave the rest to us.

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Imperial capital, Claire's house.

Sitting next to Celica, when she heard the soft sound of the door closing, Nana quickly got up and looked at the two people who came out:

"Lu Xi, Miss Claire, how is Yuxia doing now?"

"I didn't intend to rest at all, and I didn't listen to people's persuasion, so I just flipped through books in the room."

Looking at Lu Xi, Claire sighed softly:

"According to Yuxia's request, I moved all the information I collected in the past two days to her room. Judging by the posture, it may take several consecutive nights to finish reading."

"...But don't worry, Yuxia is absolutely fine."

Recalling the usual temperament when Miss Saint sent the two of them out of the room just now, Lu Xi shook his head:

"The last lesson that Berendo taught the clergy is not just in the name of faith. He told us what is persistence and what is strength with practical actions."

"...Well, His Majesty the Holy Light is really a very, very powerful person."

Different from her usual cheerful demeanor, Celica sniffed and nodded vigorously:

"—Because of this, we must not stop just because of his departure! Knowing this, Yuxia is working hard in her own way, and we must work hard, and we will definitely pay this debt Calculate it from the hands of that fake!"

Very Celica-esque approach to encouragement.As she said, although the panic and confusion caused by the coming of the Holy Light has been completely dispelled by the shining figure under the crown, this incident has definitely not come to an end.

Staring at the back of that person, the people who were once confused stood up from the ground again and continued to move forward.

Looking at each other, everyone nodded at the same time.

"The true identity of the enemy has been explained very clearly before—that is the true [Holy Light]."

Pushing her glasses, Claire took out the small notebook she carried with her:

"Judging from the available information, the Holy Light seems to want to gain control of the church. But why it wants to do this, we still don't know yet."

"[Control]? No, I don't think it's that simple."

Shaking his head slightly, Lu Xi frowned:

"It's okay to think so before, but after hearing the last conversation between Your Majesty and Shengguang, don't you think that Shengguang's previous performance was [too deliberate]?"

"...Too deliberate?"

As if reminded by Lu Xi, Nana took the topic thoughtfully:

"Well, I can understand a little bit of what Lu Xi means. Recall, everyone, when His Majesty told the true meaning of faith to people all over the world, Shengguang did show an emotion similar to [disappointed]. However, the closest His Majesty seems to have seen through its thoughts, and after hearing His Majesty's next words, Shengguang immediately fell into a strange silence."

"Indeed, looking back now, it's not so much the frustration of a failed plan, it's more like a deliberately staged emotion for a certain purpose."

Relying on her natural good memory, Claire quickly wrote down the conversation between the Crown Prince and Shengguang at that time:

"[Whether we choose to attack or obey you, your 'purpose' can be achieved]? This sentence is unpredictable."

Is it to collect the beliefs of the priests?Or is it fundamentally splitting the church?

On the surface, 'obedience to the Holy Light' and 'crusade against the Holy Light' are two completely opposite results.Of course, the real purpose of [Holy Light] is hidden in the overlapping ends of the two roads, but it is not easy to find the union from two seemingly irrelevant subsets.

Just when everyone was deep in thought, the door of the entrance suddenly creaked softly, and a familiar but slightly old figure appeared at the same time.

"grandfather?!"

Recognizing the identity of this uninvited guest at a glance, Claire hastily greeted him:

"Are you okay? Now that you're back in the imperial capital, why don't you tell me first!"

"Haha, grandpa is back."

Rubbing his granddaughter's hair soothingly, Da Vinci looked up at everyone, and took out a thin piece of paper from his arms:

"If you are thinking about the purpose of the so-called [Holy Light], here is a letter I signed for when I went out, which may be helpful to you."

"...That's right, it's a letter from [that guy]."

Chapter 844 A Long Letter

Da Vinci himself.

Old friend, when you read this letter, I should already be in the Holy Land of the elves, investigating the truth of the Holy Light.

Said it was an investigation, but the real purpose of this trip was to give others an explanation.

From the moment the Holy Light descended, all the priests have confirmed its identity, it is the real Holy Light, there will be no second possibility - this is what the priests are so disturbed source.

The fact that the existence of my own beliefs said that my previous beliefs were fakes would affect the clergy, I understood from the moment I heard the declaration.This is also one of the reasons why I still insist on going knowing that I will not get the second result in the Elven Holy Land. What I am looking for is not an answer, but a question.

(Handwriting that pauses, so the ink dots produced are clearly visible.)

Yes, old friend, I'm going to find a point that shows where the problem is.

There must be something strange behind the sudden arrival of the holy light, and many people feel this.However, the Holy Light disappeared without a trace after issuing the declaration, and we have no way of investigating such an existence.

The opponent is really too powerful, so powerful that you and I have never imagined it before.We can't make any guesses about such an existence beyond common sense, so we might as well reason based on facts.

What is the purpose of the other party's effort to do this?As it claims, it is for [fighting disaster]?

Ah, calamity, this reason does make sense.The records in the data have proved how terrible the disaster was ten thousand years ago. In order to prevent the disaster from destroying the world again, the holy light needs the clergy of the church to fully believe in and obey it—very reasonable.As a clergyman, I am even willing to cooperate with such actions as Holy Light.After all, even the kids on the street know that 'the clergy are the heroes who protect the world', and every clergyman is willing to give his life for this.

However, there is a fatal incongruity among them - [Spire of Light].

Without any reliable verification measures, all priests can regain their power as long as they touch the tower.And this is exactly the opposite of the [full faith] declared by the Holy Light.

That's right, old friend, after reading this, you should have realized it too.

In the current situation, if a cleric wants to regain his power, he only needs to touch the tower to achieve his wish.After that, he does what he wants to do.

The holy light was obviously withdrawn in order to unite the power, but there is no restriction on the verification of the recovered power and the behavior of the priests afterward. Isn't this contradictory?

There must be a corresponding answer behind any illogicality, and from this, I came up with a rather whimsical conjecture.

Holy Light, the 'goal' that this powerful existence wants to achieve may not be [to gain the faith of the whole church to strengthen ourselves], but to allow us to [gain strength].

This is so strange that even I, who made the conjecture, couldn't understand the intention behind this behavior.However, this is by no means unfounded fantasy.

Think back, old friend.For the era named "Glory" ten thousand years ago, you and I should have done the most in-depth research.

Starting with the emergence of the so-called "God-given Documents", the power system of ten thousand years ago has undergone a leap-forward improvement, and after just 50 years of glory, disasters have come to the world, destroying everything that people in the past have created with their own hands. .

Although we don’t know the reason, can we think of it this way: there is some connection between the emergence of [Calamity] and the progress of many systems at that time?

It's not just a simple reason like "offended the gods" that only appears in fairy tales, but some kind of deeper truth that I can't figure out?

Now look back and look at the spire of light given to us by [Holy Light], as long as you touch it, powerful power is at your fingertips-how familiar, I don't believe it's just a coincidence.

Maybe you will say that this is groundless conjecture, and it’s okay to laugh at me as persecution paranoia, I will not deny it.Because, from the very beginning, I regarded the Holy Light as an "enemy", and all subsequent inferences were derived from this arbitrary starting point.

Well, exactly.The Light has been my enemy since the moment it declared the scriptures we've been clinging to to be bullshit.

As priests, what makes us stand in the world has never been the holy light, but the instinctive goodwill of "stretching a helping hand to those in need".

Writing down so much in a hurry is actually just a guess, and the details have to be verified in the Holy Land of the Elf.To have the opportunity to face the Holy Light, as the pope, I am truly unprecedented.

Because my identity is very sensitive, even if it is just a guess that spreads out, it will cause an uproar.So, don't show this letter to the second person yet. When I am sure of this conclusion, I will tell you with a code that only we know. who to tell.

Remember, if that signal appears, it means that I am sure that the key to solving the problem is 【Power】.Using this key word as a starting point, combined with other information, it may be possible to have a general understanding of what happened ten thousand years ago.My time and the materials at hand are far from enough, and it is already the limit to be able to do this.The rest of the work can only be done by you and others.

Be sure to jump out of the current limited vision and overlook the entire history of the entire world from a [global] perspective.This is not just a story belonging to a certain person. What we have to face is the power and wisdom far beyond the scope of cognition.Only in this way can we find the last chance of survival in the airtight conspiracy.

Old friend, I haven't asked you for anything in my life, and this is the most important one.

Well, there is a contact from the elves, I should go.

Just in case, let me tell you first, I think that kid Lucy is actually okay, not bad, and when he and Yuxia got into a relationship later, you can help me praise him more, there is no other meaning, just want to express Just a blessing.

After all, I watched Yuxia grow up. This child looks very mature, and in some respects she is no different from a child.She was indeed lucky to meet the right person.Now it seems that my decision to let her go around the empire was correct.Staying in a place like Sanctuary, it is impossible for Yuxia to grow to the point where she is now.I'm really happy to see her like this, and I'm so proud of her.

... Forget it, don't boast for me.Anyway, that stinky brat who is not boasting dares to treat Yuxia badly, and I, an old man, don't care about young people's affairs, so why bother to disturb the happy atmosphere at that time.