The morning light is just right and the sky is clear and the air is bright.

The streets of the Loren Imperial City were deserted, and the dense crowds almost surrounded the cathedral.

Today is the annual grand festival of the Loren Cathedral - the Pilgrimage Festival.

Countless tourists flocked here from all over the country, and there were even believers who came from other countries to listen to the preaching of the Holy Lady of Light just to catch a glimpse of her. It was a rare time when this medieval city planning needed to handle such a large flow of people.

At this moment, Li Cheng was gathering with a group of guild players at the corner of the outer wall of the cathedral. After counting the number of people one by one, he put his hands on his waist with some distress.

"Brother Ye hasn't come yet?"

Their guild accepted the outer perimeter guard mission issued by the temple, but some members have not yet arrived.

Ye Xiao has disappeared since he said he wanted to investigate the Paradise Square on Einstan Avenue two days ago. He didn't reply to messages sent in the system and he hasn't appeared yet, which made Li Cheng start to worry.

【You received a message】

The system's social message panel suddenly popped up. Li Cheng opened it with his mind control system and found a line of fluorescent blue fonts standing out on it.

[Midnight snack: I'm still dealing with the last investigation. The situation is a bit complicated and it's hard for me to make it here today. Sorry, Li Cheng, I'll treat you to dinner when I get back.]

After seeing the news, Li Cheng finally felt relieved.

He had enough manpower for the mission, he was just worried that something might have happened to Ye Xiao.

[The Saint's Dog 2: Brother Ye, I hope you're okay. Next time, tell me earlier so as not to make the bear brothers worry.]

[Snack: Sorry, it's my problem. Also, I'll give you a general point, please change your nickname next month, I don't dare to tell other players my president's name when I go out]

Ye Xiao was not in the Imperial City, so he could not send this message. Therefore, the person who was chatting with Li Cheng was Ella, who was bathing in the Holy Spring of the Holy Church.

Ella lifted up her slender calves and let the little nun Nia, who was sitting in the spring water on the other side, rub them gently. While looking at the message sent by Li Cheng on the social panel, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.

[The Saint's Dog 2: Since you are favored by the Saint, just let me be greedy for a while. I really don't have any other ideas.]

[Midnight snack: ...What the hell is pampering?]

[The Saint's Dog 2: Anyway, I'm glad you're alright. I won't bother chatting with you anymore. I'm going to the cathedral to see the Saint.]

Ella clenched her slightly wet silver hair into her little fist, and suddenly she had the urge to rush out and grab this guy's ears and give him a beating.

She thought about just confronting Li Cheng and telling him that she and Ye Xiao were actually the same person.

I guess her good brother’s expression will be very interesting.

But he also felt that if that happened, after Li Cheng recovered, he might not give up, but instead develop in a more bizarre and unrestrained direction.

As Ella was thinking, she felt something soft and comfortable against her back, and a pair of small hands touched her shoulders and kneaded them.

"Lady Ella, how is it going? Have you memorized the lecture notes?" Mino, who was massaging Ella's shoulders, asked softly.

"Hehe, of course." Ella smiled proudly.

Although Ye Xiao was in Hope Town, it didn't prevent him from finding a corner to read secretly.

Anyway, it’s impossible to memorize it.

After washing herself in the holy spring that seemed to sparkle with stars, Ella walked up the stairs.

The naked body was like a lotus emerging from water, with moisture still lingering on the fair skin.

The long, smooth silver hair faintly reflected the colorful light shining through the glazed windows. Except for the limited curvature of her chest, the girl's nearly perfect body curves stretched out in the mist.

After the purification ceremony, she changed her clothes and makeup, put on a complicated ceremonial dress, applied perfume and rouge, covered her eyes with white and gold silk, and then went to the chapel for a long solitary prayer.

After praying alone, he distributed the Holy Communion and sprinkled the holy water held by the accompanying priest to baptize the high-ranking clergy in the chapel.

However, when Ella looked at the holy water in the gilded cloud-patterned ceramic jar with tiny stars floating in it, she always doubted whether it was the water she used for bathing.

After all, it seems that holy water comes from the holy spring.

After completing this tedious preparation ceremony, the clergy spread out from the surrounding gates and went to the square to prepare for the preaching ceremony of the pilgrimage festival.

And Ella had to kneel before the faceless statue wearing a shepherd's robe and mutter a prayer to herself.

Fortunately, this prayer only needs to be whispered softly without being heard by others, otherwise Ella's messy prayers like "Good morning, good afternoon, and good night, God of Light, please let me go" would be shocking to others if they heard it.

After completing all this, Ella came to the ceremony hall at the main entrance under the protection of a group of templar knights, servants, and priests.

The wide gate is connected to seventy-seven stone steps, and beyond the stone steps is a circular cathedral square covering an area of ​​nearly two square miles.

At this moment, melodious and magnificent sacred music was played at the right time. A crowd of nearly one million people was surging in the square, and looking around, there were densely packed heads everywhere.

Even if all the Templar Knights belonging to the Holy Temple of Loren were dispatched to maintain order in the square, their conspicuous white armor would be just a drop in the ocean in the crowd. No wonder the Holy Temple had to issue missions to entrust the Adventure Guild to help.

The white-bearded High Priest Evans stood at the door of the hall, leaning on a ceremonial staff and waiting for Ella's arrival.

"Are you ready, Priest Haiweier?" Evans smiled kindly.

Ella looked at Evans' face. The corners of his eyes were full of wrinkles, and some light brown spots on his skin seemed to announce his vicissitudes of life.

But in Ella's mind, those dark brown eyes overlapped with the eyes of the Templar Knight that Ye Xiao saw in the cabin last night.

This resemblance...is it a coincidence?

Ella couldn't be sure, because there was a long gap in time between the blood-stained face of the young Templar and the old face of the current high priest, and she couldn't be sure whether the two were the same person.

However, she still stared into the eyes of High Priest Evans and replied calmly: "I am ready, High Priest."

"Very good, may the great God of Light bless you." The high priest nodded, and joined the team of priests accompanying Ella, leaning on his staff.

Ella took a deep breath, and walked out of the door to the sound of magnificent music and the dazzling sunlight.

Chapter 43: Two Priests

At the same time, Ye Xiao followed the bustling crowd in Hope Town through the white stone path towards the tall tower he saw in the night last night.

On top of the tower, which seemed to be made entirely of brass, was a huge round clock with three large holes on the white dial, through which countless golden gears could be seen running.

Under the high tower, there is also a huge square. Of course, the square of a small town is far smaller than the square of the Loren Cathedral, but at this moment, there are more than 20,000 residents of the town, including those alchemical puppets. Just looking up at Ye Xiao who is standing in the crowd, there are countless heads.

He stretched his neck, trying to look at the steps on the gate of the tower as if the neck of a duck was lifted up. Ella was being admired by countless people over there, and he was just a curious spectator here.

But I couldn't look at it anymore after a while, after all, helping Ella with the handouts was the most important thing.

What happened last night seemed like a non-existent dream. Ye Xiao did not receive any questioning from the guards, and no one even knocked on his door until morning.

Gratia followed Ye Xiao with sleepy eyes, exuding her usual lazy aura, making everyone around her want to yawn.

"Are you really a believer of the Demon God of Greed? Are you sure you are not a believer of the Demon God of Sloth?" Looking at the little maid who was still squinting her eyes, Ye Xiao asked unhappily.

"How could I be that guy... How could I believe in a god other than Lord Mammon?" Gratia pouted, "I just didn't sleep well."

"You followed me here when you didn't sleep well. Why don't you go back to sleep?"

"I want to see it too. They said there's some kind of celebration going on."

"Why are you joining in on the celebration of other gods?"

"You too!"

"I am different. I am following the orders of Lord Mammon."

"Then... so do I."

"Who would believe you? What did you use to communicate with Lord Mammon? That little wooden statue?" Ye Xiao said jokingly, "It's so funny."

"You..." Gratia was so angry that she felt depressed.

This guy Ye Xiao is deceiving her again. If she says in anger that she can communicate directly with Mammon, Ye Xiao will judge that she is at least a high-level believer.

Although even Ye Xiao would definitely not directly guess that it was the devil himself, but after estimating that it was a high-level believer, he would definitely be more cautious.

But if I don't refute it, I can only sulk.

Gratia couldn't help but curse in her heart, this bastard insisted on using this method.

"Then you watch first, I have something to do over there." Ye Xiao suddenly said.

"Huh? Where are you going again?"

"Aren't you here to watch the fun? Why do you care about what I do?"

"I...I don't feel safe if I don't follow you!"

"I feel insecure when you follow me." Ye Xiao said with disgust, "Back off, back off, you must not have taken a shower last night, you stink."

“Huh!???” Gratia raised her arm and sniffed. How could she smell…

When Gretia realized that she had been tricked again and looked up, Ye Xiao was nowhere to be seen.

"Bastard!!!" Even with her upbringing, she couldn't help but curse out loud.

After shaking off the little tail, Ye Xiao hid in a corner near the square and took out the lecture manuscript that Ella had handed over earlier from his space ring.

He had long realized that Gretia had been following her on purpose, but he was not sure what the other party's purpose and identity were.

He might be a spy sent by Mammon, or he might be someone who wanted to secretly influence his actions... But he and Mammon were on friendly terms after all, so he couldn't just kill someone else with one sword.

Therefore, he just tried to avoid Gratia in many actions.

As for the other party being Mammon himself...that's unlikely.

Although he was somewhat confident about his handsomeness, he was not so confident that his charm was so great that a demon god who had only met him once would follow him everywhere.

As he thought about it, his eyes scanned the manuscript.

At the same time, Ella in the church also read the opening words of the pilgrimage ceremony.

The saint bathed in the sun stood above millions of people, and her ethereal and pleasant voice spread to every corner of the square through a giant magic circle.

"May the great God of Light bless you all. In the name of the Holy Cathedral of Loren, we respectfully welcome all visitors."

"I, Ella Haiweier, as the master of ceremonies, the chosen one of my Lord, and a believer of light, am here at this grand gathering with great trepidation to spread the teachings on behalf of my Lord."

The noisy crowd immediately fell silent, and everyone looked up at the holy figure on the platform with wide eyes.

Under the towering church, the light reflected by the glazed windows engraved the beautiful figure of the girl deeply in the eyes of everyone present. Her voice, which sounded like the sound of nature, lingered in everyone's hearts, and it was like a spring breeze even on a slightly cold autumn day.

Even the birds flying across the blue sky couldn't help but stop on the wall, as if they were intoxicated by this sacred atmosphere.

The square, which was packed with millions of people, was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Ella paused for a moment, waiting for the customary applause after introducing herself, and suddenly realized that this was a missionary activity, not a New Year's Eve party, so she continued to recite the next paragraph with a little embarrassment.

It was my first time reciting poetry in front of so many people, and I felt a little nervous.

【You received a message】

[The Saint's Dog 2: The Saint is so beautiful, I took a picture of her with the Crystal Retention Crystal]

[The Saint's Dog 2: [View image]]

[The Saint's Dog 2: You have to come back and treat me to a meal]

Damn Li Cheng!!! Ella almost got a stitch in the side in front of millions of people, and immediately set this bastard to do not disturb in her mind.

Fortunately, she had been through many storms before, and she quickly adjusted herself and continued to recite her prayers.

On the other side, Ye Xiao stared at the manuscript intently and turned the pages steadily, while a fierce noise came from the crowd in Hope Town.

It seems that the protagonist here has also appeared.

He wished he could create another clone to see which big brother from another world was the one who claimed to be about to become a god.

Unfortunately, his combination of three has somehow degenerated into one combination of two, and he can't come up with a third one.

However, the inability to see does not prevent the ears from hearing. A cold and familiar tone suddenly reached Ye Xiao's ears.

"On behalf of the society, we welcome everyone from Hope Town."

This made him a little surprised. Could it be that this was someone he knew?

Just when Ye Xiao was unsure and was about to take a look, the other party's next sentence decisively dispelled his doubts.

"I, Freya Arendelle, will serve as the chief celebrant during this grand event."

Damn it, we know each other.

Ye Xiao didn't believe that he would happen to meet a sister with the same voice and name here.

“And I invite you all to join me on the path to godhood.”

Chapter 44: Flesh and Blood, Weakness

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