Chapter Twenty-Five: The Stone of Light
To Bishop Olufi, it seems that he has inadvertently stumbled upon a great conspiracy involving the Holy See, the O'Bright family and the Rey III behind it, and even the Imperial Army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the ancestor of the O'Bright family, Franco O'Bright, was a fanatic of the Lord of Light, life, honor, and prestige ...... He could sacrifice everything for the sake of the Empire and the Holy See, but no one could say which of them was more loyal to the Imperial Emperor or the Holy See.
In the honeymoon period between the Empire and the Holy See, this problem can be said to not exist, but in the current situation where the Empire and the Holy See are at odds, the attitude of the O'Bright family is likely to be an important weight affecting the balance of the scales.
And Bishop Olufi was sure that the Soul Blade was absolutely related to the edict given to him by Archbishop Ista, but what bothered him was that there were still too few clues at hand, and he was not sure what the connection was.
The most troublesome thing is that they are now on the territory of the O'Bright family, although the intelligence shows that the O'bright family is only here and his old butler, but Olufei does not dare to underestimate the hidden power of this family that has been inherited for 2,000 years in the hereditary territory.
After all, two thousand years of time is enough to arrange many unknown tricks on his own territory.
Should the O'Brid family take this opportunity to suppress it, or should they be courted? Bishop Olufi paced back and forth in the church, calculating in his mind what to choose in the best interests of the Holy See.
"Has the news returned to the Imperial Capital?" Bishop Olufi asked, suppressing his anxiety and asking Priest Dylan.
"It's been passed back, Lord Bishop. Presenter Dylan, who had calmed down, bowed his head and replied obediently.
"Transmission of the Light?" Bishop Olufi asked.
"The Light is transmitted. The news should be on Master Ishtar's bookcase by now. Stroking the holy book on his hand, Priest Dylan replied with great confidence.
The transmission of the Holy Light is the highest method of transmitting information at the disposal of the Holy See, as long as the message can theoretically be delivered instantaneously within the continent - since the Cataclysm, this method has been confined to the interior of the Eastern Empire, and the Bavarian Mountains, which have destroyed the Duchy of Bavaria, are a natural barrier through which the transmission of the Holy Light cannot pass.
The extremely fast speed of the transmission means that it comes at a great cost, costing one Light Stone for each Light Transmission. Just as the magic crystal can quickly replenish the magic power of magicians, the Holy Light Stone can quickly replenish the divine power of clergy, and is an extremely important strategic resource for the Holy See.
Unlike the Magic Crystals, which are produced in specialized veins of magic stones, each Holy Light Stone is condensed by the Holy See by collecting the power of faith from the faithful of the faithful. Before the Cataclysm, no more than 100,000 Holy Light Stones were newly generated in the entire continent every year, but after the Cataclysm, as far as the Eastern Empire is concerned, this number has dropped sharply to 30,000 per year, which means that the believers in the Empire who truly believe in the Lord of Light are far from being as optimistic as they imagined, and this production has a tendency to decrease and decrease, which is also the most worrying thing for the Holy See Empire Branch.
Especially after Cardinal Ishtar was anxious to open up contact with the Holy See headquarters ten years ago, and spent two-thirds of the Holy Light Stone inventory of the Holy See Imperial Branch at one time but still failed, the situation of the Holy See Imperial Branch became even more precarious, and it was from that time that some secret forces began to gradually rise.
"Why is it so important that Lord Ishtar is so slow to reply? After waiting for more than three hours, Olufei could no longer suppress his anxiety.
In order to send the information back to the Holy See as soon as possible, Bishop Olufei did not hesitate to spend a precious Holy Light Stone, but the Imperial Capital Branch of the Holy See did not respond for a long time.
Could it be that Archbishop Ishtar decided that such a message was not worth the cost of the Holy Light Stone and decided to reply in the traditional way? The fastest way to get here from the Imperial Capital would have to wait at least three days. Why the great Holy See has begun to become so calculating like a philistine, Bishop Olufi thought sadly.
Or maybe something happened to the Imperial Capital Branch of the Holy See? Bishop Olufi shook his head slightly, trying to get this ominous thought out of his mind, he felt that the current situation of the Holy See was not so bad as that.
Just when Bishop Olufei was restless, the holy book that Dylan had been holding in his hand suddenly emitted a soft light, and a note fell from the holy book with the light, and was grabbed by Dylan's hand.
"Light Transfer!" Martina exclaimed.
"It's finally here. Hurry up and show me. Olufi quickly walked over to Priest Dylan and held out his hand.
But Presenter Dylan did not seem to hear it, and there was a strange expression on his face, as if he was surprised, but also a little frightened, and the hand holding the note even trembled a little.
"What's going on?" the hand stretched out for a long time, but he didn't see Dylan give him the note, and Bishop Olufei noticed that Dylan's expression was wrong.
"The Light Relay did not send a reply from Archbishop Ishta, but said that the next patriarch of the O'Bright family, Count Raphael O'Brid, the eldest son of Duke Bridon O'Brid, had suddenly led an elite Order of Snow Wolf Knights to the north of the empire an hour earlier. The target should be this - the small town of Frosacken. Arch Dylan wiped a cold sweat from his head and handed the note to Bishop Olufi.
"Snow Wolf Knights, that's the private soldiers of the O'Bright family! Raphael, as the head of the imperial capital's defense, dared to leave the imperial capital with his private soldiers?" Martina asked in disbelief.
"I think I have the understanding of Rey III. After quickly sweeping the handwriting on the note, Bishop Olufi said lightly, "No matter how bold the O'bright family is, they don't dare to fight the Holy See and the Empire at the same time. ”
"Does this mean that the O'Bright family has decided to turn against the Holy See, or does the Emperor want to take this opportunity to use the O'Bright family to weaken the Holy See?" Precinct Dylan muttered.
"At least Raphael is coming for us, isn't he?" said Bishop Olufi, leaning back in his chair. In his opinion, Raphael's goal was clear, but he wondered why the O'Bright family reacted so quickly, and so quickly above the Holy See. At this time, it was only five hours before he found the fragment of the "Soul Blade".
This just means that there is indeed something here that is also attracting the O'Bright family, could it be a fragment of the "Soul Blade"?
Regardless of how the O'Bright family learned of this news - after all, the small town of Frossaken was the territory of the O'Bright family, and it was to be expected that they would have a well-developed intelligence network here - the problem was that the O'red family was able to send the news back to the imperial capital in just five hours, and assemble a snow wolf knight who was good at marching in the snow, and then mobilize the private army with the consent of Rey III. This also illustrates the attitude of Rey III on the matter: acquiescing and happy to see it happen.
In contrast, the Holy See has not received even a simple reply, and the decline of the Holy See in comparison between the two is understandable.