After drinking the divine wine, the pure white saint suddenly fell into a state of amber in pain——
All this was broadcast live by reporters immediately and spread throughout the Theocracy. .
Combined with the solemn expressions of the cardinals and their unsense choice not to drink, a terrible fact emerged from the hearts of those who saw all this...
"——It's an assassin!"
A reporter from Star Antimony blurted out: "Someone assassinated Her Royal Highness the Saint!"
His words were just pure speculation.
Because in Xing Antimony, it is normal for assassinations to occur at press conferences. Many spokespersons were suddenly killed at press conferences... The conflict between demonologists and alchemists on their side has reached this level.
Some are blatant assassinations, others are excluding dissidents within the camp and then framed to the opponent, and some are on the third level - considering the existence of the second level, so A deliberate and blatant assassination disguised as a frame-up.
Anyway, Star Antimony’s official intelligence department probably won’t be able to find any results. After all, no one in the intelligence department dares to offend anyone... Even the king of Star Antimony only dares to make peace with him.
If nothing else, what if you really find out something?
Then I’m afraid Xing Antimony will split on the spot.
So in the end, no matter who dies, they will become cannonballs for the two camps to attack each other. People don't care at all about the truth...or the part of themselves that they wish to be true, which is what they believe to be the truth.
But the moment he said these words, his voice was also broadcast live along with the screen.
In this solemn election ceremony, people will subconsciously believe in the credibility of official reporters - after all, people with little literacy will probably not be invited to enter. Then their judgment is probably well-founded.
In an instant, the news of the assassination of the Saint spread throughout the Theocracy!
The second circle, inside a tavern.
A dwarf uncle suddenly slammed the table and shouted: "I knew it! Those people don't drink, it must be because there is something in the wine!"
Sixth Circle Ring, inside the caretaker's cabin of the ruins.
The two elves looked at the screen in astonishment, and the things they were holding were frozen in mid-air.
"...Is it fake? The saint was poisoned?"
"Is that...the tears of time?"
The two murmured murmured.
The Eleventh Circle, in a lounge.
An older elf stood up and angrily scolded the youngest elf at the table: "The saint was killed, was it your conspiracy?"
He was questioned The young elf was sweating profusely: "Maybe...maybe...I seem to have heard of similar plans..."
He was once born in Controlled Fire, andBe proud of the organization you work for.
He believes that this is a progressive move to help the old-fashioned and decadent elves update the system. It can effectively reduce the elves' amber rate, which will undoubtedly benefit the Theocracy in the long run. It's just that there are too many old people who are unwilling to accept new things and are unwilling to give up the superiority of their inheritors, so they are not understood by people.
But after hearing that Cardinal Loki had colluded with the Giants and actually seeing the evidence, the faith in his heart collapsed - so he withdrew from the Controlled Fire.
Later he heard the gossip: It was said that Cardinal Loki was originally a giant, and he became an elf after being inspired by the Candlestick. Then everything is connected... If Cardinal Loki takes power, it will be equivalent to the giant becoming the pope!
He suddenly felt that he had been deceived - it would be better to let a human be the pope!
At least humans are pleasing to the eye, but giants are not only ugly, but they have also hunted and cooked a large number of elves. They have a deeper hatred for each other than the dwarves. In any case, it is impossible to allow a giant to become the new eternal pope and the strongest man in the world.
Especially after the Pope’s Office released evidence of Cardinal Loki’s contact with other giants, he became even more convinced that former Cardinal Loki finally chose the race of his origin between identity and race.
"It must be the giant's conspiracy!"
The young elf who originally belonged to the Controlled Fire wiped his sweat and said firmly: "It must have been invited by former Cardinal Loki. Assassin! I heard about similar plans before..."
"You know why you didn't report it?"
"I reported it! There must be more than a dozen similar plans, and no one knows which one is real, or none of them are real. You see, none of the cardinals drank, only the human did... This has obviously been reported to the police. ! You can’t blame me, and I’m definitely not the only one who knows about this!”
They started quarreling like this.
And such quarrels occur in every corner of the Theocracy - how high the proportion of members of Controlled Fire used to be is now questioned at the time of the "Assassination of the Saint."
For elves who are lazy and introverted, they rarely experience violent mood swings.
Today is undoubtedly an exception.
Visibly, the entire Theocracy was in chaos.
At this moment, the magic mirror of the Eleventh Circle started to move spontaneously. Faces that were either frightened, angry, curious, sad, or shocked kept appearing in the mirror and disappearing again and again.
A blond young man wearing a monocle touched his chin and stood in front of those magic mirrors.
He was wearing a pure white suit with dark golden runes on it.
Behind him, there was an angel with closed eyes, a pair of white wings behind him, and his skin shining with pure white light.
The angel's appearance was half like his own.
And, apart from having pure white long hair and a more feminine and soft face, it is almost identical to Aiwass when he was seventeen or eighteen years old!
"Is this Loki's conspiracy?"
The young man murmured to himself: "It doesn't feel like his style, it's a bit rough... Could it be Moria? That guy?"
[Moriarty? 】
A mechanical and echoing voice came from the angel behind the young man.
It asked questions, but did not open its mouth.
"Well, it is indeed possible."
The young man nodded, as if talking to himself, and as if explaining to the angel behind him: "Morrie That's what Artie's guy's plans tend to be - he doesn't coerce someone or trick someone into action. He just puts the right people in the right place... He tells those people what they really want to do. things, and then give them the power to do so.
“Everyone acts in his own interest, but in the end the combination always works to his advantage. That's why I admire him - he's different from his teacher Loki. That guy Moriarty knows very well what kind of plan has the lowest probability of failure. ”
[What plan?]
The angel continued to ask.
It has a strong desire to know everything in the world, like an inexperienced person. Children.
“Heh. "
The blond young man sneered: "Of course it is a good plan for everyone. "
The young man said, raising his hand.
A crutch appeared in his hand with a twisting streamer. He held the cane tightly, and then moved down a little.
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The dark golden ripples spread out slowly from the "monitoring room" like water waves
No matter whether it was the elves walking outside or the ones guarding the door. The Pope's guards were completely unaware of the young man's existence and the occurrence of the water wave.
The water wave continued to spread outward until it suddenly stopped after touching something.
"Found it. ”
The young man suddenly said.
At this moment, the magic mirrors reflecting the faces suddenly adjusted their pictures and focused on a certain person. All the screens , all turned into full-coverage surveillance from all angles
It is the vampire writer in prison!
“Let’s go, [Ai Hua]. Si].
The young man spoke softly and ordered: "Let's go meet him... He should be the last remnant of Loki in the material world." He is now half in the material world and half in the dream world. Whether he takes a step forward or a step back, he is a difficult opponent, but as long as he continues to be stuck here, he can't do anything. "
[Are you going to kill him, Jacob?]
"DefinitelyDon't kill. If he really wanted to kill him, it would actually give him relief. If Loki is really put into the dream world, he will probably become an apostle after he completes himself under the hands of the candlestick. When we talk to him, his status will always be different. Locking him in the material world would bring out the best results.
"The Theocracy secretly imprisoned him without killing him or releasing him. I'm afraid they had this idea in mind. Although they didn't realize what Cardinal Loki was really afraid of. ..."
[Hui Tiansi, is that right? He actually wanted to die, but the Theocracy didn't know? ]
"Yes, you guessed it right. So smart, [Aiwass]."
Jacob leaned on his cane and praised casually: "You are getting better and better." He understands people better."
He adjusted his tie at the collar with his other hand and chuckled: "Let me tell Lord Loki first... about the prediction of the assassination of the saint. It’s something other than that.”
On the other side, the elves also quickly sorted out the “truth.”
As early as last month, there were rumors in the church. It is said that the lunatics of the "Controlled Fire" sect have obtained a special poison that can cause the originally normal elves to fall into a state of amber, and make the condition of the elves that have already begun to amber rapidly deteriorate.
The rumors were aroused at that time, and even caused a strong panic within the Theocracy. Rumors spread everywhere that he had been poisoned by a madman who controlled the fire, and the unexpected deaths of several Amber Nuggets were believed to be strongly related to this incident.
But later with the death of Cardinal Loki, the "Controlled Fire" lost its leader and therefore died out. This matter gradually faded out of people's sight.
No matter how radical the ideas of Controlled Fire are and how dangerous their agitation is, they are a group with clear demands - essentially they want to elect Cardinal Loki as pope. Radical elf. The further purpose is to promote professional progress in the church from top to bottom, so as to smooth the status gap between these low-level elves and half-elves and those "inheritors" with long heritage.
In the final analysis, their purpose is ultimately a political purpose; and their political purpose is ultimately for their own interests.
With the death of Cardinal Loki, they are destined to be unable to accomplish their previous goals. This organization was originally composed of fanatical followers of Cardinal Loki. It was impossible for them to choose the next leader before March 3rd and elect him to become a cardinal.
Cardinal Loki naturally can’t be too bothered to prepare an alternative plan “if I’m no longer here” - only when there is no other choice can “Controlled Fire” be willing to do this. Give of yourself.
But now, the fact is before our eyes——
All the elf cardinals dare not drink that wine. No matter what the saint's motive was for taking a sip of wine, there can only be one truth.
That is, the radical remnants of Controlled Fire contacted the assassin and assassinatedThe eternal saint who is about to be elected as the eternal pope!
Although the papal election ceremony theoretically requires the selection of three candidates, and then all cardinals vote in real name. But basically, in every generation, the Eternal Saint is elected...so there is no problem in directly considering "Pure White" as the next generation of Pope.
——Then rounding it off, the Pope was assassinated!
As long as you are an elf, you will never dare to do such a thing.
Because all elves know the authority of the Holy See, and even more so the power of the cardinals...
As expected.
In less than half a minute, these top healers in the world stabilized Her Majesty's condition.
Cardinal Europa claimed that this coagulation phenomenon caused by poisoning is actually reversible and can be recovered within a few months;
Cardinal Matilda claimed that her Bian has the technology to reverse Ningpa to a certain extent, but it will take some time;
Cardinal Dominic claimed that the Saint's condition has stabilized and her life is safe;
Cardinal Belisarius claimed that he had checked everyone's wine glasses, and only the Virgin's cup was poisonous, and the poison was the "Tears of Time" used in the previous controlled fire;
Cardinal Galatea claimed that she ensured that no one had ever left this place and that all candidates for sainthood were pure and sinless.
"Search all rooms near the ceremony hall, and I will search all reporters! Send out the papal guards to check for suspicious road fluctuations in all aspects!"
Siegfried Although he still didn't understand what was going on, he still issued the martial law order very professionally.
Ten seconds have just passed.
Miss Alice first encountered the suspicion of the Pope's guards because of her overly frightened expression, and immediately discovered that the "photographer" following her was just a carefully crafted shadow shell. .
"This is a technology from the assassin organization 'Eagle Eye'!"
Cardinal Favna confirmed.
Aiwass watched all this with drunken eyes.
He felt like it was happening in a dream, a very unreal feeling.
Aiwass instinctively felt something was wrong.
The cardinals seemed to have rehearsed it in advance - the amount of information they gave was too useful. Generally speaking, in this chaotic environment, it is normal to start an argument. It should be a bunch of people making a fuss, like repeaters, constantly giving out worthless information.
But he didn’t know what he should do at the moment.
He approached Gray, who was still covering her eyes in pain, and softly comforted:
"——Would you like a date?"
And that's it. At this moment, Gray suddenly grabbed Aiwass's wrist with his backhand.
Her wrist is so strong that it doesn’t even look like itDoesn't look like a poisoned person.
"I have... almost recovered."
Gray said this and reluctantly moved his hand away.
It was only then that Aiwass noticed.
It turns out that Gray’s amber traces have not expanded at all.
——Even shrunk a part!
"The papal election ceremony is very sacred... It must be held in its entirety and cannot be terminated due to my personal reasons. But I have considered that if I am not here, I am afraid that any cardinal elected as pope will cause controversy..."
The saint’s voice reached the ears of all reporters very clearly: "I propose that Aiwass temporarily elect the pope on my behalf. If the election is successful, he will be the 'acting pope'. As a human cardinal, he cannot would affect the interests of any denomination, acting solely as my agent prior to recovery
" - Raise of hands in disagreement. ”
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