Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 453 Mission
Under the personal guidance of the Pope, the Third Prince and Coyote Twelve went down along the secret passage and entered the secret room hidden under the Holy Metropolis Cathedral, which was built by the Pope of the Church of Ashes who had fled here at that time.

The secrets passed down in the secret room are secrets that only the most devout believers can know.

This was originally a vague definition, but after successive popes took the throne, they gradually clarified the standards for "the most devout believers."

The Pope, the Archbishop, and every Inquisitor.

Apart from these identities, anyone attempting to trespass will be sentenced to death.

And these regulations have now been personally informed to the Third Prince and Coyote Twelve by the Pope.

The two of them sat in silence, which was not a good sign.

Perhaps it won't be long before they are secretly executed for "knowing too much."

"This is out of consideration for the safety of both of you."

The Pope suddenly explained, "The token you carry was given to you by baptism, right?"

"I found it on the ground. Maybe one of the judges made a mistake in his haste and accidentally lost the token."

Of course, it is impossible for the Third Prince to reveal the baptism. Given the Pope's methods, anyone who has anything to do with this matter will probably not have a good ending.

The Pope just looked at the Third Prince deeply and stopped asking questions. "There are mechanisms here that were carefully researched by the craftsmen of the Embers Empire. Even if you use the token to come here, if there is no one to guide you, you will only die under the mechanism. This is not what I want to see."

During the conversation, the two judges walked into a compartment similar to an operating table, one on the left and one on the right. They put their hands into the grooves of the instrument, and the metal probes pierced their arms. The brilliant golden light was drawn into the instrument along with the blood. The rotation of the gears caused a roar, and the platform that received energy slowly rose, and a road leading to a deeper place appeared in front of them.

"Third Prince, please follow me."

The Pope left the inquisitor and his entourage outside and allowed the third prince to go forward alone.

The Third Prince used his eyes to stop Coyote Twelve who was about to take action, and took the initiative to follow the Pope's footsteps.

Going down the spiral staircase, the secrets of the Holy City Cathedral were slowly revealed to the Third Prince. The vast underground space was empty, but in the center of the space there was a raised stone platform with a magnificent throne sitting on it. The walls of the space were covered with lifelike murals.

The third prince examined the mural carefully, trying to memorize its contents in his mind.

"That's what was cut out of Genesis."

The Pope took the initiative to speak, "Before the Sun King left the empire, he actually left nothing behind."

The third prince quickly found where the story began. It was a throne almost identical to the one on the stone platform, a throne that belonged only to the Sun King himself.

In the mural, a believer is prostrating himself devoutly before the throne, listening to the guidance of the sun.

"The Sun King predicted his own departure and told this secret to one of his most trusted apostles. He sensed that his life was about to end, and he also foresaw that the void demons that continued to multiply in the Land of Eternal Night would eventually return to the real world, and by then, human civilization would be destroyed."

"This is why the Sun King explored the outer galaxies at all costs at the end of his reign."

The third prince soon figured everything out.

When discussing this matter with Duan Mingyuan before, the latter also had doubts about whether the Sun King was still alive.

He also gradually understood the story on the murals and the reason why the Sun King was so anxious. After the establishment of the Embers Empire, He continued to select apostles from humans, hoping to cultivate a successor who could inherit His will. However, as time went on, the Sun King discovered that although humans had a similar appearance to Him, they were ultimately just defective products.

Their lifespans are short, and even those few apostles who can touch the secrets of energy stop here.

It was also during this period that the fleet that was constantly exploring outside the galaxy brought back an important message. They discovered a unique energy on a planet several star regions away from the Embers Empire.

There are also humans living and multiplying on the planet. That special energy protects them and keeps the humans on that planet away from the invasion of darkness.

"The planet mentioned in the mural is the Blue Planet."

The Pope said, "As a distinguished guest who has come all the way from Blue Star, I am willing to share this important secret with you to express my gratitude to you."

"How can you be sure that the mural depicts the Blue Star?"

After the turmoil in the court ended, the third prince obtained all of the first king's memories and learned many unknown past events.

At least in the memory of the First King, the first contact between Blue Star and Universal Company was the arrival of the Cosmic Relations Coordination Department, which was delayed by a thousand years than the content on this mural.

"Because the seeds left by the Sun King have blossomed and borne fruit, and he has come to me in person as predicted... This is a very special planet, and it was once the closest place to the Land of Eternal Night."

After the refugee team of the Embers Empire evacuated, the Pope's think tank proposed many planets that could accommodate them, where the land was fertile and the resources were abundant. However, the brave people of the Sun King chose this dangerous place. After the Sun King left, they still had to follow the will left by the Sun King and seal the void demons and darkness forever in the land of eternal night.

"Do you really think that Mr. Duan Mingyuan's strength is just a coincidence?"

the Pope asked rhetorically.

After meeting him, he realized that Duan Mingyuan's exploration and control of energy had reached an unprecedented level, especially when he witnessed with his own eyes how easily the other party could change the form of the sun's energy, it was as if the Sun King had come back to the world.

"In my opinion, there is no similarity between the teacher and the Sun King."

"They certainly don't bear any resemblance."

The Pope shook his head. "But this does not prevent him from shouldering the mission given to him by the Sun King from the moment he was born. Don't you understand? This is fate. No matter what kind of family he was born into on Blue Star or what kind of life he experienced, he will come here at this critical time point."

He is very good at speaking, and his tone is passionate and contagious.

The Pope's fanatical look gave the Third Prince a bad feeling.

When the other party mentioned his fate, the Third Prince suddenly understood why the Church of Embers launched a war against the Wizard Star.

It has nothing to do with the Void Demon at all.

What the church really wants to do is to have the sole right to interpret destiny.

However, in the realm of prophecy, the witches of the Wizard Star have gone too far, and due to different beliefs, they can often see a completely different destiny trajectory from that depicted by the Church of Embers.

"Yes, his destiny is to seal the Land of Eternal Night once again. This is the mission entrusted to him by the Sun King."

(End of this chapter)