Chapter 229: The Senate

"Haines, congratulations on the success of your operation in Sierra Leone." A short figure stepped out of the shadow of the pillar, its back a little stiff, and its voice sounded as if it had been fished out of icy water.

The wheelchair's motor stopped abruptly, and Haynes stopped at the table. He noticed that at the oval wooden tables filled with the members of the Senate, behind the huge pillars, several mysterious men dressed in monks' garbs stood with their heads bowed, their faces covered by wide pointed hoods, like stone statues in an ancient castle, cold and eerie.

"High Priest of Petain?" Haynes recognized the master of the voice, who was Pétain, the chief high priest of the Priesthood Council of the Restoration Order.

The Priesthood and the Deacon's Department are two of the major bodies of the Restoration Order, one responsible for internal disciplinary supervision, member review, rune development, etc., and the other responsible for external operations, infiltration, assassination, and so on.

If you look at it from a corporate perspective, then the priesthood is the administrative department, and the deacon's department is the business department.

At the head of the two departments, there is also a senatorial council. The Council of Elders is responsible for the planning of major events and the overall direction of the Restoration Society, and can be regarded as the highest authority of the Restoration Society, and can be regarded as the board of directors of the company.

"Unexpectedly, even the High Priest of Petain came." Haynes had a faint smile on his face. He waved at High Priest Petain, "The last time we saw each other was ten years ago. ”

The face of the High Priest of Petain was hidden in the shadow of the hood, and the expression was invisible, but the voice was still very distinctive, cold, thin, and harsh.

"I remember the last time I saw you, you were lying in a hospital bed, covered in gauze, and half your life was lost......," said the high priest of Pétain, "I didn't expect that we would meet again in ten years, and we would be in the Eagle's Nest." ”

"Yes, after the spy island incident back then, the 'God's Light' plan fell through, and I thought you, the big steward of discipline, were going to kill me as punishment." Haines still had that kind of light smile, bent over the wheelchair slightly, and said, "Thank you for your mercy." ”

The priesthood and the deacon's office rarely interacted with each other, and the two bodies often only exchanged information, and if the deacon's office was not wrong, the priest's council could not interfere in the deacon's operations.

"You don't have to thank me for this, it's the decision of the Senate......," said the High Priest of Pétain's laughter, "but today the situation is a little different, perhaps it is your plan that has left a legacy that has caused this situation today, and I have lost four of my men and nearly twenty guards in South Africa......"

"Wait......" Haynes interrupted Petain, "I think there's one thing you have to figure out, Mr. High Priest, that I have lost a lot more than you this time. An alchemy channel that has been opened to the underworld of Heim, you don't know how valuable it is, right? It took me three years to blackmail a degenerate dwarf, and it took another five years to give him five billion dollars to buy expensive alchemy equipment at all costs, and the passage that was established was destroyed because of one of your radical actions, and I haven't settled this account with you yet. ”

"The reason why today's situation is caused is not all the hidden dangers you left behind in the spy island? I'm just trying to figure out what happened for you! ”

"So, I have to thank you?" Haynes said coldly, "I'm very strange, who revealed the ghost's information to you?" Could it be that you've been watching me all along? ”

The High Priest of Pétain snorted lightly and said, "There is an old saying in Chinese that if you want people not to know it, you can't do it unless you don't ...... it."

"Enough!" The old man at the head of the elliptical table suddenly interrupted the two: "Today's meeting of elders is not for the two of you to settle old accounts. ”

He turned to look at Haynes and changed his face to a kind one, "Dr. Haynes, please come to the table." ”

"Yes, it's my pleasure, Mr. Oliver." With his right hand on his left chest, Haynes saluted Oliver, the president of the Senate, and then calmly drove the wheelchair to the table and sat quietly.

The face of the High Priest of Petain changed, and it was a compliment and a great honor to be able to sit with the members of the Senate at the oval table, which represented the core of the power of the Restoration Order.

Clearly, Oliver, the old man, was pleased with the results of Haines' recent actions.

There were twelve chairs at the oval table, and on the chairs were all old men with white hair, some even bald, who, unlike Haynes, were all dressed in toga robes, with a buckle of gold on their chests and embellished with Atlantean patterns.

Haynes sat in his wheelchair and bowed slightly to the men.

These were all old acquaintances of Haynes, and they all greeted him in the same way.

"Everyone is here, and I think we can start the meeting now. This is the first time in 10 years that we have reconvened the Council of Seniors, and the people sitting at the table are all old acquaintances, but perhaps some of us are not familiar with the members of the Council of Leaders, so I will introduce them one by one. ”

Of course, this sentence was addressed to the several priests standing by the pillar, and in addition to the high priest Petain, there were also the three highest-ranking senior priests in the Restoration Priesthood, except for the senior priest Green, who was seriously injured by an arrow from Michelle, a presbyterian demon hunter knight of the Presbyterian Order, at the dock of the CMC company in South Africa.

"The Elwinson Family ......"

"Cook Lang Drag Reduction ......"

"Yamamoto Family ......"

……

Each of these patriarchs represents a large Atlantean pure-blood family, which is like a member of parliament, and they are the symbol of the surviving descendants of Atlantis around the world.

Every time he touched a patriarch, he would raise his right fist and show the silver ring on his index finger, a thick and simple ring, and a different totem on the huge ring surface.

This is their family badge that has been passed down for 10,000 years, representing honor.

"I'm afraid you'll all be surprised to gather here today, the Senate hasn't met for ten years, and the affairs of the Restoration Society have been handed over to High Priest Petain and Dr. Haynes, but there seems to have been a lot of turmoil lately, and I've got a very important piece of information, and I have to restart the Presbyterian Council again......"

After introducing the high-ranking old guys at the table, Oliver, the uncollected chairman of the Senate, spoke.

"In Sierra Leone, we have lost a lot of manpower, and our guardian suzerain, Fafnir, of the Atlantis Divine Domain, has just been resurrected and has been hit hard, I would like to ask Mr. Haines now, if you went to the Banana Islands to search for the dragon cocoon, did you have any results?"

"Living up to the trust, I have found the dragon cocoon, which is currently in a safe place. But......" Haynes stopped talking.

"But what?" Hearing that the dragon cocoon had been found, Oliver's face relaxed slightly, and after hearing the "no more than ......" in the back, he seemed to be very concerned.