Heart of the Castle

Chapter 724 The Voice That Shocked the Nations

For many scholars and masters who study the history of the revival of the Kingdom of Arthur, they usually regard the "Protestant Declaration" event that occurred in the summer of 592 in the dawn calendar as a major turning point. ——An irreversible split occurred in the Temple of Radiance, and in the following years, it gradually evolved into a confrontation between the old and new religions.

Cardinal St. Nemok, who issued a manifesto through the divine power transmission network and later assumed the important role of the leading figure of Protestantism, was therefore called a sage apostle in Protestant religious books, and left a strong mark in history .

However, at the time when the manifesto was issued, the future sage was filled with complex and unspeakable feelings. Fear, confusion, fear and ambition burned into a scorching coal in his chest, which made him a little restless.Even the roll of parchment in his hand was soaked in sweat, sticking softly to the table.

After 120 storm altars throughout Northern County joined the divine power transmission network, it filled some gaps that existed originally, and at the same time effectively increased the efficiency of faith collection.After adding up the two temples, it has almost reached the belief penetration rate of three-fifths of the total population of Northern Border County. Even if there are many superficial believers among them, the sum is quite a huge number.

Since the Heart of the Castle has provided a large number of qualified clergymen who can perform divine spells, including hermits who are equivalent to full-time priests and priests who are equivalent to regional bishops, plus the help provided by the Sleepless Eye intelligence organization, by 592 of the Dawn Calendar In the summer, the believers of the two major temples were no longer limited to the North Border County.

The hermits wearing the robes of traveling priests hold wooden sticks and carry medical potions, and let their faith spread to all directions with their good deeds and footprints, including Westwind County where the demonic forces have declined, the second eastern county occupied by the Death Knights, and even Even the four southern counties and the farther desert country of Abraham are no exception.There are gathering places of believers established in secret everywhere, and even some larger gathering places have relatively simple earth altars and storm altars, and are closely related to local lords or knights, or at least have established a certain degree of worship. tacit understanding.

Both the Earth Altar and the Storm Altar are actually alchemy items from the Magic Tower in the Heart of the Castle. Although the distance is too far and the beliefs are scattered, these altars cannot form stable coordinates enough to transmit items and personnel, but they are only transmissions. There is no problem with a voice.Believers outside of Northern County often hold secret gatherings from time to time to listen to the voice of the oracle from the altar.

From early spring to midsummer, the two major temples of the storm and the earth have adopted a secret development method to develop believers. In some places—such as Xifeng County and the four southern counties occupied by demons, these beliefs are more inclined to semi-public gatherings; but in The two eastern counties and the desert country of Abraham tended to be more secretive underground organizations.Most of the believers of the Lord of the Earth are peasant families, and they whisper in rural farmhouses; the followers of the Lord of Storms are mostly poor traveling merchants and bards, and information and rumors are spread in all directions along the road.

However, at the end of midsummer and the occasional autumn wind, the same oracle came out from the altars all over the place at the same time. Except for the secret agents of the Sleepless Eye, all traveling priests, semi-public gatherings and secret organizations must be active. Organize believers, shallow believers, and people with faith tendencies to listen to the important declaration issued by the altar. Where conditions permit, they can even use a completely open form to hold large-scale gatherings, and strive to maximize the influence of this declaration.

Therefore, it is conceivable that the audience of the Protestant Declaration of Radiant Protestantism was not limited to the 30 people in North Border County, and at least 10,000+ people gathered around hundreds of altars in other places.These people are not all believers of the two gods, but people who came to watch the fun after the news spread. A large part of them held half-believing thoughts, wanting to see the miracles come and wait to see the jokes of the liars. The number of people is almost evenly divided.

The golden face of Flandara has risen above the height of the flagpole, and the morning light has dispelled the haze that shrouded the eastern sky at dawn. In about an hour, a religious celebration-style song will be played on the square of Green Castle. The symphony heralded the official establishment of Guangyao Protestantism today, wielding a sharp sword of purging against the already decayed old religion.

Dozens of priests holding horns, string bells, organs, and V-shaped double pipe flutes stood on both sides of the main building gate of the Green Castle. Some of them were from the crew of the Rimang, and some were from the kingdom's nobles who believed in the Lord of Radiance.Before putting on the golden half-cloak and white robe representing the clergy, Cardinal St. Nemok had personally baptized them, and in the name of the highest Protestant religious leader, admitted that they were protected by the Lord of Radiance and had The power to exercise power in the name of Flandala.

To the comfort of Cardinal St. Nemok, the last step of the baptism was successfully completed. Those priests who had just put on golden half-cloaks turned around, raised their hands, and then showed a beam of bright light like the morning sun.This is the effect caused by casting the first ring of divine spells—Flandara's Huguang spell, and it also proves that the Lord of Radiance has accepted these devout believers and recognized them as his priests.

Among all the newly promoted priests of Guangyao, a short and fat figure with chest and belly is particularly conspicuous. The clergy attire of the Shining Temple is known for its solemn style. It had a strange effect on his body, wrapping him like an overcooked large egg.

However, none of the people present laughed at the funny image of the dumpy man, because just seeing his tearful image made him the most excited among the group of 40 new pastors, not to mention He was still wriggling his lips, dedicating sincere praises to the Lord of Radiance.

Humpty was justifiably excited that after more than 30 years of bluffing for a living, Babruppa was finally christened by a cardinal, worthy of his much-proclaimed title of "pious" up.It was comparable to the time he heard that he had been appointed regional director of the Sleeping Eye intelligence organization and received a valuable knighthood.

"Thank you, Lord of Radiance, thank you, Your Majesty the Regent!" A high-pitched and trembling voice came from Babrupa's mouth, and then cheers rose like a sea tide, drawing a new chapter for the baptism ceremony of Guangyao Protestantism that was not prepared in advance. , but a perfect full stop.

According to the teachings of the Lord of Radiance, Flandala, the baptism ceremony is held at the same time as the sun rises and lasts for half an hour.After the ceremony, the square fell into a new round of busyness. Hundreds of Greencastle servants and guards removed all kinds of religious items used in the christening ceremony as quickly as possible, and then moved tables, chairs, flags, Carpets, flowers and other things shuttled back and forth, adorning the entire square in a colorful and gorgeous way.

On the easternmost side of the square is a temporary high platform, on which is the Iron Throne of Her Majesty Queen Fleischer I. Eight iron guard knights in gray armor are already facing each other on the steps of the high platform. Standing by the sword; on both sides of the high platform are the viewing seats for noble lords and famous knights. There are four neat rows of high-back seats on the left and right. There was a long row of tables with flasks of water, quills, parchment and inkwells, and small triangular flags with the family crest on them.

The seat of Leviston, the chief minister of the Kingdom of Arthur and the guardian of the whole realm, is located at the foot of the high platform where the throne is. The Griffin Banner exudes a certain awe-inspiring majesty.Next to the golden griffon banner are two never-before-seen banners, the insignia being the greatsword of the stars piercing through a black sun and the seven-stringed lute illuminated by a sunbeam.

"It's the cursed black sun and the melody of light." A nobleman from Northern County whispered to his in-laws from the royal capital of Fermeyer, "The former is the family crest of Sir Rodriguez, and the latter belongs to Rui. Sir Strubinson."

"Sir Rodriguez is a majestic Earl with a sword. He has the family coat of arms and the corresponding title, but Rist Robinson..." The nobleman of the capital showed a sarcasm smile, and the answer was almost only Companions who are close at hand can hear, "When will a clown jester be able to obtain the title of a kingdom?"

The chirping laughter sounded almost as if it had been cut by a sharp knife. "It's really sad to hear these words." Director Bamilian's soft tone was no more than ravings, but it made the royal nobleman feel as if a bucket of ice water was poured on his head. The chill pierced the bone marrow like a needle.

"My lord... I, I don't... I mean, you, you misunderstood."

"Hey, you really don't need to apologize to me, the poor man." The smile of Manager Bamili Yang can be called the embodiment of the word "sincere", and at the same time he stroked his plump cheeks with powdered powder, "I The title of the Duke of the Kingdom was originally a joke made by His Majesty the former King Fidel, which is well known in the entire capital of Fermeyer. But..." The eunuch showed a pointed expression, and turned towards the audience He pursed his lips, "With all due respect, Sir Rist Robinson is young and energetic, and he may have some objections to your statement."

The royal nobleman really wanted to say the bold words "So what?", but the gaze of the court chief made him dispel this thought, he closed his mouth tightly without saying a word, and then bowed deeply.

The small episode near the auditorium hardly attracted the attention of anyone except those involved, especially the members of the Radiant Mission. When the Protestant Declaration was about to be released, it was definitely not just Cardinal St. Nemok who felt uneasy. The bishop alone, wearing a full set of knightly heavy armor and a full-faced helmet with a tuft of peacock feathers on the head of the Shining Protestant Apologist Knights--the same is true for the head of the Bright Flame, Triunicion, the sword-wielding archduke The standing posture is like a taut bowstring, the right hand is suddenly raised, touching the golden flame-shaped knight order badge on the chest; .

"But he just needs to stand like this, but I still have to read the declaration of the founding of Protestantism that is thousands of words..." Cardinal St. Nemok sighed silently in his heart, and his eyes returned to the parchment in front of him. Every word on it was so familiar that he could recite it with his eyes closed, but when he saw it, he still felt a very strange sense of strangeness.

At the thought of reading the declaration of the establishment of Guangyao Protestantism in front of nearly half a million listeners, even though Cardinal St. Nemok had hundreds of sermons, he felt his legs go weak.You must know that even for a large-scale evangelistic activity on the Holy Mountain, it is already quite large if there are 50 or 5000 believers present. The scale of tens of thousands of people almost only appears at the celebration once every ten years. Incidents almost always result in double-digit casualties.

Seeing that Cardinal St. Nemok was about to collapse, Vice Archbishop Beria, who had already had a similar experience, patted him on the shoulder, and said to him as calmly as possible, "May the Lord of the Earth, Bessie, Moss bless you, St. Nemok, calm down, this kind of scene is not something to be afraid of. In the future, it will definitely not be uncommon to preach through the network through divine power transmission. Your Excellency Levi even proposed that our three churches hold a joint What about the celebration idea?"

"My lord Flandara..." Cardinal St. Nemok couldn't help moaning. You must know that due to the need to compete for believers, even churches of the same camp, the relationship between each other is definitely not harmonious, although There will not be a life-and-death war between the light and dark camps, at least there will always be bloodshed and friction. "This is unbelievable! Your Excellency the Regent...how could you have such an idea? Isn't he the God of the Earth?"

"Your Excellency Leviston is the patron of His Majesty Behemoth, the lord of the earth." The vice archbishop of Beria corrected seriously, and then glanced at the tense expression of Archbishop Bovais because it was also the first time he participated. "...and also the patron of His Majesty the Storm Lord Pasalis."

"Your Excellency the Regent is favored by two gods at the same time?" Cardinal St. Nemok finally squeezed out his fear with surprise, "As far as I know, this... such a thing has never happened in history. .”

"So Your Excellency Leviston made history." The voice of Vice Archbishop Beria carried a sense of certainty, which subtly calmed Cardinal St. Nemok's mood.

A surprisingly majestic and high-pitched horn sounded, and Iron Fist Knight Dragoonsun appeared on the rooftop of the second floor of the main building of the Green Castle like an iron golem, holding a huge and simple horn, and the notes he played were like A string of muffled thunder rolls across the sky.Taking this as a signal, the forty newly promoted priests of Guangyao each raised their musical instruments, and the humming horns responded first, followed by the string bells and the organ playing a sacred, solemn tune full of a certain heavy feeling, the word V The melodious sound of the double pipe flute finally joined the chorus, and the sound of singing hymns suddenly echoed among the many towers of Greencastle.

At the same time as the horn of victory sounded, Cardinal St. Nemok's mind went blank. He couldn't remember when Her Majesty Queen Fleisher I of the Kingdom of Arthur was at the head of the Knights of the Iron Guard, the Marquis of the Sky Knight Osiris. Escorted to the Iron Throne; I can't remember when the important ministers of the round table council headed by Levi Stern took their seats in the auditorium; Only then did I realize that the square had become completely silent before I knew it. Thousands of people were standing around the square holding their breath, ready to listen to their declaration of the founding of Protestantism.

"Flandara, the Lord of Glory, with a golden face that roams the land... please bless me... bless me!" Cardinal St. Nemok prayed silently in his heart. the first time.As he prayed wholeheartedly, the fear and anxiety in Cardinal St. Nemok's heart gradually disappeared, and his gaze soon became steady and resolute.Just when Vice Archbishop Beria wanted to remind again, the cardinal who had already decided to defect from the Temple of Glory suddenly stood up, strode forward to the center of the square, and put his hands on the Altar of Glory that had been built overnight .

"Loyal subjects of the Kingdom of Arthur, all bright-minded people in the kingdoms, please listen to me! I am St. Nemok, one of the four cardinals of the Temple of Radiance, and I want to reveal a terrible fact to you. The Shining Temple that originally believed in Flandara has fallen into a rotten giant that is rampant in darkness, and the light of the golden sun has long been eclipsed on the holy mountain!"

The square was silent for a few seconds at first, and then there was an uproar. The people watching the excitement and the Greencastle guards were of course extremely surprised. The noble lords and knights in the audience were also whispering to each other. Vice Archbishop Beria, who established the manifesto, opened his mouth even more, with an expression of disbelief all over his face.

"God of War Barud," Li Wei clicked his tongue and said, "It sounds like this is not the establishment of a new sect, but the feeling of preparing to fight to the death."

"This is really a call-to-action full of fighting passion. It is powerful and courageous." Bamilian, the court chief, spread his hands softly and said, "However, in this way, I am afraid that we and His Majesty Pope Nicholas from the Shining Temple The contradictions between them are completely irreconcilable, and the hope of joining hands to defeat demons in the future has become very slim."

(End of this chapter)