Make the dragon great again

Chapter 89 The Melancholy of the Saint
When Adrian's communication was progressing, at the other end of the Sirias continent, in the territory of the Holy Land on the western coast of the continent, several foreign priests, after completing their respective one-month intelligence investigations, went to Gathered near that coastal port once.

But at this time, there were only four people gathered together.

Matt, the senior priest who proposed to kill all the witnesses on the fishing boat, and another priest did not come here.

In addition to Saintess Alia, the other three priests joined forces to share the consumption of [God's Favor] and arranged a hidden barrier of isolation.

"Where are Matt and Sodam?"

The saint Alia, who was dressed as a merchant girl, asked the old priest Yoram who was the closest to the two when they went out.

Yoram, the oldest senior priest whose left hand has not yet recovered from the lightning strike, said with an ugly expression:
"They were exposed and captured by the Knights Templar of the Kingdom of the Holy Order!"

Yoram's words sparked a discussion between the other two.

"Exposed? Still arrested? This is impossible, right? This country of the Holy Order is very weak, and there are not many high-level bishops, and Matt is a high-level priest, which is equivalent to the diamond level that adventurers here call, Soda Mu is also an official priest, how could the two of them be caught so easily?"

"I found out that the bishop-level executives of the Kingdom of the Holy Order have been studying something called [Havel's Limit] at sea recently. At this time, there should be nothing in the Kingdom of the Holy Order that can threaten Matt and the others..."

Regarding the doubts of the two official priests, Yoram shook his head and said:
"We underestimated the country established by the Church of the Ancient Gods. Our judgment on them was wrong. Although they have few bishops and archbishops, they have a pope who surpasses cardinals!"

"What!" "Pope? Impossible!"

Pope, above bishops, archbishops, and cardinals, is the name of the Church of the Ancient Gods for the head of a religion and the spokesperson of the gods. It is rumored that he has power comparable to saints and angels!
It's no wonder that the two official priests were taken aback. Even in the Church of the Holy Spirit where they belonged, there were no saints sitting there, and no angels descended directly. A pope who rivals the angel of the saint?

At this time, the saint Alia, who had been silent all this time, immediately asked:
"What is the basis for this judgment?"

"Matt used [Divine Favor] once in the city to expose him, and then Templars came to take him away. Matt and Sodam had to resist. Those Templars couldn't stop them, but... ..."

Speaking of this, Yoram couldn't help showing a frightened expression on his face.

"...However, just as they escaped from the siege and were about to join me, a semi-illusory figure suddenly descended from the sky, using a completely unknown divine technique to absorb the remaining [divine grace] on Matt and the others. Completely disperse! Those templars who chased up called that figure the Pope, I was worried that using [Divine Favor] would also expose me, so even after the figure dissipated, I didn’t dare to go up to save Matt and the others..."

Several people fell silent.

Whether it was the loss of their companions or the knowledge of the existence of the Pope of the Church of the Ancient Gods, it was not good news for them.

After the atmosphere froze for a while, Aliya suddenly said:

"It doesn't have to be the Pope at the level of a saint and an angel."

Seeing a few people cast their gazes over, Aliya went on to say:

"If it is a holy angel level existence, the [divine power] on me will definitely be able to sense it, and if you want to dispel the [divine favor], a cardinal at the legendary level can do it."

Hearing this, the other three also settled their minds, and Yoram also said:

"His Royal Highness is right. It may be that there is only one cardinal-level existence in this Church of the Ancient Gods, so he will naturally become the Pope..."

This topic came to an end temporarily, and the four of them quickly shared their information with their companions, and together they pieced together the general appearance of the continent.

"It's very strange... There don't seem to be many traces of demons here. The most suspicious thing is the country of the holy religion."

Yoram frowned. According to their original prediction, this continent cursed by the devil should be a miserable situation where evil is rampant everywhere. Aside from some weirdness, this continent seems to be more peaceful than the Holy Spirit Continent where they were born.

There are no legendary wars, no battles between saints, people live ordinary lives, and the biggest threat to peace is not even those hidden dungeon forces, but the national battles between mortals...

As for world-wide catastrophes such as the advent of the ancient gods, the natural disasters of the undead, and the invasion of the abyss, they can only be seen in some myths and legends that have been handed down intermittently from distant times.

This "Devil Continent" actually seems to be more peaceful than the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit...

"Maybe, the country where we are located, established by the Church of the Ancient Gods, has blocked foreign intelligence? In fact, all the information we collected was castrated by the Holy See?"

They can only use this kind of argument to comfort themselves. They really can't accept that this legendary continent that is cursed by demons and should be in a miserable state of purgatory actually looks more like the Holy Spirit than the Holy Spirit Continent.

In order to prevent the two of them from leaking the information here and attracting the Templars to hunt them down, the four of them immediately removed the barrier and cleaned up the traces after exchanging information, and then quickly left and moved their positions.

On the way, everyone asked Aliya about her next course of action. After thinking about it, Aliya said:

"The Kingdom of the Holy Order can no longer stay here, at least not everyone can stay here. We have to divide into two teams, one team will stay around the country and continue to investigate the Kingdom of the Holy Order, and the other team will go further afield investigation."

Everyone agrees with this very much. Although they are unwilling to operate within the sphere of influence of a legendary strong man who is likely to be hostile, the current intelligence shows that this country is indeed the most worthy of investigation.

In the end, Yoram, who was still injured, and a priest decided to stay near the Kingdom of the Holy Church, while Aliya took another priest away from here.

After Yoram sighed in his heart for the abandoned Matt and Sodam, he asked:
"Where is Your Highness going to go? There are several countries in the north of this country, and a unified empire in the east. If you go southeast through a border province of the empire, you can reach a land called Quintus. The Great Swamp, where the climate is harsh and there are no powerful forces, but it leads directly to the other end of the continent, maybe there is the information we need..."

The implication is that it is recommended to go in this direction and avoid the large-voted countries that gather in the northeast.

"Indeed, we are going to the other end of the Roaring Mountain Range to collect different information from a place farther away..."

Arya agreed with Yoram's suggestion, but then said:

"However, we don't go to the Great Swamp. We go northeast, through that eastern corridor, and from there to the east of the mainland."

"why?"

Yoram and the other three were puzzled. Although there is no need to face the harsh natural environment in this direction, traveling through a number of countries with unknown conditions will increase unnecessary risks, which is even worse than facing the harsh natural environment. worse.

I saw Aliya took out a dilapidated book from her backpack, opened a page inside, and said:

"In the east of this continent, east of the Eastern Corridor, there is a human kingdom called Behemoth. Regarding the ancient history of this kingdom, I found an interesting place. They seem to have claimed to be some kind of human kingdom in ancient times. Descendants of gigantic creatures."

"You mean, that huge creature is a demon?"

Yoram thought about it.

Indeed, in all the records of the Church of the Holy Spirit, although the expression is vague, the fact that the devil has a huge body is the only thing that is clearly recorded.

"Maybe, but we don't have any other leads for now, do we?"

After the three of Yoram thought about it, they finally expressed their agreement. However, in fact, Aliya was thinking in her heart:

'Although the records of the various churches of the Holy Spirit have become vague and unclear, if my guess is correct, the mysterious ancient book I found in the family cellar described a kind of myth called [Giant Dragon] Creatures are very likely to be the truth of the so-called demons... and, that is also very likely to be the source of my family's abnormal blood...'

With complicated emotions, the saint Alia took a priest, separated from Yoram, and embarked on a journey to the eastern corridor of the mainland...

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To be continued, change first and then change.

(End of this chapter)