The Cathedral of Luan is located in the oval square in the center of the city, this wide square is paved with neat white stone slabs, and there are twenty-two avenues that extend around it, like the trunk of a spider's web leading to all corners of the city, as a typical city of the Order State, the cathedral is also the administrative center of Luan, so it is the only large building in the center of the city, and there is no second building comparable to the church in the square for kilometers or even in the whole city - and now, Like the rest of the city, this once-glorious spire-domed church is shrouded in shadows of darkness and chaos.Countless walking corpse-like figures swayed and appeared on the avenue, shadows and eerie gloom, they were the citizens of Luan, the poor, the nobles, and even the monks and knights of the city guard, their faces stiff and their eyes blank, moving in the darkness towards the cathedral, like the eternal wandering souls and shadows of the legendary land of the dead.This scene was terrifying even to watch from a distance, let alone walking close and witnessing it with his own eyes from a distance, a well-informed person like Rao is Hao Ren couldn't help but feel a chill on his skin at this moment, and several members of the Sanctuary Investigation Team were even more nervous.Carasius drew a sacred symbol on his chest: "It must be the evil forces of chaos that have distorted these innocent citizens......
They have lost themselves. ”A knight of the Church drew his sword, but after drawing his sword, he felt helpless: "Don't let them defile the holy cathedral......
But there are too many of them!
”Yes, there are too many - everyone on the scene can see that the goal of these walking dead is the holy cathedral, and stopping them is everyone's first thought, but not one or two, but tens of thousands!
Maybe even hundreds of thousands!
Even if each of them had no power to resist, it would be impossible for a few knights and monks to stop them.Hao Ren looked at the cathedral in the center of the square with a solemn gaze, he knew that it was impossible to stop such a wave of "zombie tide" with the strength of his own people, and the current situation was only one way to stop those walking corpses before they entered the cathedral, and that was to forget their worries and simply blow it up before the church fell, but there was a problem with doing so, that is, Carasius might go crazy......
And just when Hao Ren was pondering the feasibility of solving a thousand sorrows with one shot, the corner of his eye suddenly saw a "walking corpse" in the square shake in place a few times, and then turned into a puff of black smoke as if evaporating and disappeared.Immediately after that, the second, the third......
More and more walking corpses seemed to be purified by an invisible force after approaching a certain area of the cathedral, and instantly turned into black smoke and collapsed into the air.This process reminded Hao Ren of the Chaos monsters that had been killed, and those monsters had also turned into smoke and quickly disappeared after being killed by the forces of order."
They can't seem to get anywhere within a hundred meters of the church."
Lily noticed the scene and muttered under her breath.Karasius had a hint of relief on his face: "The power of the great goddess is still left on the holy ground, and the church is still protected by divine grace. ”More and more walking corpses were purified by the invisible divine power around the church like moths to a fire, and it didn't take long for the black shadows that shook in the square to decrease by half, and the surrounding vision seemed empty.And at this moment, there was a faint glimmer in Hao Ren's afterglow, and he saw that something seemed to be shaking in the glass window on the side of the cathedral, and it seemed to be a figure."
There's someone in the cathedral!"
He immediately reminded him."
In the church?"
Carasius and an assistant bishop looked at each other, "Under the protection of the goddess, maybe you still have your sanity!"
”The crowd immediately ran towards the church, and they passed the sparse walking corpse in the square, which was still staggering forward, seemingly unaware of the people running by, and showed no intention of attacking, and Haoren and Carasius were able to reach the church gate without hindrance.But just as they were still a few meters away from the gate, a white light suddenly burst out of a long narrow window next to the gate, and exploded in front of Karasius in a warning manner.At the same time, a vigilant voice sounded out of thin air: "It is forbidden to continue approaching!"
”"We are high-ranking priests from the City of God's Grace!"
Carasius immediately stood still and exclaimed, "We have no ill will, we just want to find a place to settle and ask about something by the way!"
”"The City of the Gods?"
The voice in the church hesitated, apparently surprised and skeptical at the reply, and soon began to ask, "In front of the sanctuary of the goddess, lies bring tenfold punishment!"
Are you really from the City of God's Favor?
”Karasius was a little puzzled: "Is there something wrong with coming from the City of the Gods?"
I am Carasius, the High Bishop of the Icon Palace, if you don't believe me, you can consult the directory of high priests stored in your library, and I will stand here, and you can compare the portraits on the list!
”The voice in the church hesitated again, and became more stern: "The city of gods has long been ......
How could there be any high-ranking priests coming out of there at such a time!
”"What's going on in the City of God's Favors?!"
Carasius was startled, and he heard the creepy message from the other party's few words, "What do you mean?!"
”Instead of answering, the people in the church questioned, "You don't even know this?"
Then your identity is even more suspicious. ”"No, we are indeed from the City of the Divine Favor, but we have been away from there for more than a month," Karasius knew that the situation might be beyond his expectations, and quickly explained, "We are a survey team that set out from the City of the Gods to the Ansu Continent more than a month ago in accordance with the personal order of His Majesty the Pope, and our trip is well documented, the investigation team suffered an accident on the Ansu Continent, so that it only returned today......"
"Investigation team?
”The people in the church finally seemed to be a little convinced, "It seems that there is such a thing......
However, it is said that the investigation team was hit by a storm before it reached the Ansu Continent, and the last news the Sanctuary received was a communication from them to call the police.You escaped?
”It seems that the matter of the Sanctuary Investigation Team is not a secret here, and the people in the church are also priests with a certain status in the church system, and he even knows this information."
Blessed by the Goddess," Karasius couldn't help but chant, "we were lucky enough to survive the Chaos Storm with the help of a local leader, but we lost the Hammer of Light, and we were cut off from the Sanctuary to send back news of our rescue. ”The people in the church were silent for a moment, as if in thought, and after a moment said, "You don't seem to be the minions of the Nightmare.Wait a minute, I'm going to tell the Bishop, don't trespass on the church—the church's indiscriminate defense has been turned on, and trespassing will be attacked. ”Then the sound fell silent, and Hao Ren and his party waited patiently outside, and after a few minutes, they heard footsteps coming from behind the gate.There was a faint glimmer of light circulating on the door of the church, and a gap opened in the defensive circle covering the entire building, and the door opened, and a middle-aged man wearing a white robe with a broad and square face appeared in the doorway.The middle-aged man looked at the few people standing at the door, and he noticed that several of his subordinates led by Carasius were wearing the costumes of the priests and fighters of the Holy Realm, but the clothes and armor were mostly torn, which matched the other party's description of the wreck of the Holy Hammer, but the three people standing next to Carasius Hao Ren, Lily, and Di were a little puzzled to him.Not to mention that their dress is different from that of the Holy Domain, even in the secular kingdom, they can be regarded as fancy dresses, although the cloak and hood of the dark are slightly better, but they are also a typical ...... that are easy for people to call the police when thrown on the street" They are from the Ansu Continent, "Now the situation is unknown, even these survivors hiding in the church may not necessarily be completely trustworthy, and even if they can trust, there is no guarantee that there are no eyes and ears of the dark minions near the church, so Karasius is very careful to consider what should be revealed," Emissaries of the kingdom of Taros, I can vouch for their reliability.Can we go in now?
”The middle-aged man stepped out of the way, revealing the dimly lit assembly hall inside: "Come in, while the second nightmare hasn't started yet." ”As everyone entered the church, Carasius frowned and looked at the drowsy hall, which was originally a place of worship for the faithful and clergy, and was lit all year round, but now all the lights seemed to have been removed, and even the magic array at the top of the church remained silent, and the faint Mithril lines intertwined into obscure patterns on the vault of the hall, making the entire assembly hall look gloomy and oppressive.Between the rows of benches, the High Monks saw many huddled figures.How many survivors seem to be hiding in the church?"
Why don't you light the lights?"
Hao Ren felt that it was very strange to be so dim in a shelter, so he asked casually.The middle-aged man who led the way sighed, "The light in the darkness will attract those unclean things, and our sacred crystal reserves are limited and cannot withstand much consumption. ”Carasius glanced at the middle-aged monk, "What position do you hold in this church?"
”"I am in charge of the archives of the Lune Cathedral, and I am now a full priest," replied the middle-aged man, "and you can call me Bernstein." ”"Where is the bishop of the district?""
Bishop Holzman and the other evacuees are in the dungeon, the adults suffered a spiritual backlash from the last time they fought off the nightmare, and now they need to recuperate, and the affairs of the earth are in charge of the lower ones for the time being.Of course, you can go to him. ”Carasius nodded slightly, and said no more.All doubts will be known when you see the principal here.
(To be continued.) )