Chapter 660 Oracle

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Inside the Silver Fort, Amber brought some materials that Gawain needed.

"These things are not difficult to find - although they are kept secret from the outside world, they are not secrets in the hands of the former palace advisers," Amber couldn't hide the smugness on his face. About Veronica..."

Gawain took the sorted rubbings, his eyes slowly moving between the lines of text.

"Veronica Moen has a strong talent for magic and spirituality since she was a child, but she was almost declared dead by doctors and priests when she was born," Amber said casually while looking at the document in Gawain's hand , "She had no heartbeat when she was born, as if she was stillborn, and suddenly appeared alive an hour later.

"Later the Holy Light Church explained this as 'divine grace', and it was the power of the God of Holy Light that allowed this baby with a strong affinity for the Holy Light to survive. This sounds completely deceiving, but the doctors couldn't explain it either. This phenomenon can only be recorded as 'God's Grace', which is also one of the factors that later Veronica Moen converted to the God of Holy Light...

"Before the age of six, Veronica often fell into a coma without warning. Despite many examinations, and all the doctors and priests declared that the little princess was in good health, she often passed out, so before the age of six she passed out. They hardly ever left the room, and they needed to be watched by a maid 24 hours a day.

"There seems to be no doubt about her conversion to the God of Light - at the age of ten, Veronica Moen went to church with other members of the royal family. During the process, she showed a very high spiritual talent and affinity for the Holy Light, and attracted the attention of St. Ivan III. After that, she gradually showed an interest in the Holy Light, and later went through several years of study , understanding, coupled with a large number of contacts and negotiations between the royal family and the church, both overtly and secretly, this princess 'converted to the Holy Light', when she was sixteen years old.

"The whole process seems to be a very normal, negotiated deal, and Veronica's role in it has never exceeded her duty."

Gao Wen turned over a page of documents in his hand and said indifferently: "As an ancient soul who has lived for a thousand years, she has sufficient patience and wisdom to make all her actions without any doubts, of course her 'conversion' process is not without any doubts. anything suspicious."

"It makes sense, I think so too," Amber nodded with his arms crossed, "Then do you think the records of her coma before the age of six have something to do with her 'soul parasitism'?"

"The brain of a girl under six years old should not be able to carry a high-level soul. These records confirm that Veronica's description of herself is true, at least part of the evidence," Gawain put down the materials in his hand,

"Anything else besides that?"

"There's only so much information on record," Amber spread out his hands, "How about it, do you think this 'disobedient' is a big risk? Do you want to continue investigating the maids and doctors who took care of her back then, and who taught her court scholars? Many of these people are still in the Silver Castle..."

"No need, excessive investigation will be too offensive, and presumably nothing will be found," Gawain waved, "The situation is similar to what I expected, some evidence can support Veronica's words, but it will never appear. Additional evidence to reveal her secrets...but it doesn't affect our cooperation with her."

"She does seem to be fulfilling her promise to stabilize the order of the believers in the city, and as of this morning, she has assisted the White Knights to enter the Holy Light Cathedral smoothly. Regardless of her identity, she can play a really big role. ."

The White Knights have entered the Cathedral of Light.

According to the plan, this means that the dominance of the Northern Church has been handed over - the White Knights representing the Southern Church will become the controllers of the Cathedral, and the Patriarch of the Southern Church, Wright, will, with the assistance of Veronica, With the support of the "Oracle", enter the Great Hall of Light and become the common leader of the North and South churches.

The northern church will undergo reforms in this process. First, the high-level ruling structure of the church will be changed. The title of "pope" will be abolished and replaced by the position of "great patriarch" of the southern church. to replace the previous bishopric structure.

After that, the doctrines and precepts of the northern churches will be gradually replaced by the doctrines and precepts of the southern churches. At the same time, many "holy orders" executed by the northern churches in the past, including indulgences, forced conversions, and heresy inquiries, will also be combined. abolished.

For the northern church, this change is about to turn the world upside down, but all this will inevitably be carried out, because all this is an "oracle", which is conveyed by the God of the Holy Light to the last Pope, St. Ivan III, through the living saint. An oracle recorded by Ronica, discussed by the Cecil Empire's consuls and high-level councillors, and approved by the leaders of the Empire.

Gao Wen lowered his head and looked at the other documents on the table. Amber quietly disappeared, but his breath remained in the study. Outside the window, outside the Silver Fort, a melodious and solemn bell was ringing.

The bells shrouded the Cathedral of Holy Light, and the holy shimmer rippled between the spires, vaults, and columns of the church, and priests, priests, baptized knights and devout core believers stood quietly among the columns. , standing outside the Great Hall of Light, listening to the melodious sound of the bell, nervously and with a trace of anticipation waiting for the end of the "Holy See Conference".

The white knights from the south guarded the intersections and gates of the cathedral. These tall and mighty clerics were silent and solemn. The surface of their armor and warhammers floated, as if they were full of coercion like the legendary warriors of the kingdom of heaven. Their faces were hidden in the sky. Under the fully-covered helmets, only indifferent gazes seemed to come from the gaps in the crystal goggles of those helmets, scanning the crowd gathered around the church. Other than that, these steel warriors did not have the slightest movement or conversation. .

Those low-level priests and believers who are not qualified to enter the Great Hall of Light or even the main building of the church are full of awe at this moment. In the eyes of these people, the holy light around the White Knights and their silent and majestic temperament are obviously receiving divine grace. performance - these must be the most devout and powerful believers, otherwise how could they have such a lightcast body?

In the Great Hall of Light, Wright was standing in the center of the hall. In front of him was the only remaining high-level priests in the Church of Holy Light, while Veronica, the living saint of the Northern Church, was standing beside him, the Virgin Princess. Holding the platinum scepter representing the "Bridge of God" in one hand, with the other open, he said in a gentle but unquestionable tone: "...the devout and venerable St. Ivan uses his lofty sacrifice in exchange for us. Come the mercy of the Light, and a new oracle reveals the right path to us...

"...The oracle has appointed our new leader. He was born from the light and came to us following the path of the Holy Light. What he did was the true path of the Holy Light...

"... That terrifying and blasphemous disaster was a test and a warning to us, because we had misunderstood the nature of the Holy Light's will before, so we had to accept such a test and use it to reshape our faith...

"His Majesty St. Ivan left this world because he took the blame for us, but also because of his great sacrifice, the Holy Light called him in advance, and before he left this world, through his mouth, These truths convey to us..."

Veronica's voice echoed in the Great Hall of Light, and the high-ranking priests listened quietly until the voice fell, and these people did not question, but praised in unison: "Praise the Holy Light, praise the Lord, Praise our new guide and protector, praise Wright Aveken..."

Wright raised his warhammer aloft in praise.

An unprecedentedly holy, unprecedentedly powerful light descended from the sky, penetrated the sea of ​​clouds of holy light at the top of the Great Hall of Light, and enveloped Wright.

The high-ranking priests in the hall were touched and praised again, and this time in unison, it seemed that there was more sincerity...

"Go away," Wright put down his warhammer amid the radiance, "Go and deliver this good news to the believers, there will be no turmoil, no one will be abandoned or unfairly judged, and the Holy Light still protects everyone. "

The church attendants opened all seven doors of the hall, and the high-ranking priests in the Great Hall of Light left one after another. Soon, this holy hall became quiet.

Wright sighed softly: "...In the end, they still have a 'lord' to praise..."

"After all, it needs to be done step by step. The Northern Church has survived on this land for seven hundred years, and its devout beliefs are deeply rooted. We can't let them leave the Lord at the beginning," Veronica said softly. "What's more... we all know that the 'Lord' really exists."

Wright glanced at the "disobedient" and nodded slightly.

Whether it is Gawain who supports the Southern Church, Wright who promotes the new doctrine, or the disobedient who oppose God, they have never denied the real existence of "God".

The existence of God is an objective fact of this world. Disobedients are not atheists from the beginning, and they are most feared for this:

They acknowledge the existence of gods, and they try to fight gods on this premise.

"Using the new concept of 'Will of Holy Light' to gradually replace the original title of God of Holy Light, and to implement the true way of Holy Light in the process, this is indeed a relatively safe plan, but also beware of 'Holy Light' The concept of "will" has become a new shackle..." Wright said in a deep voice, "You haven't thought about this, have you?"

"If the old belief system and teachings don't change, the shackles won't change. Just changing the title of a god cannot fundamentally liberate people's hearts. We all understand these simple truths," Veronica said with a small smile. , "But it's these fundamental changes that we're going to make, aren't we?"

Having said this, the disobedient paused and continued to say calmly and indifferently: "So it can be understood in this way - if everyone realizes that the extraordinary power of the Holy Light belongs to everyone, if everyone realizes that every Individuals are free to think about doctrines, and everyone only regards the gods as a spiritual sustenance, not as the supreme discipline shackles and masters of their own destiny, then even if everyone still believes in the God of Light, this shackle is also It's already unraveling, isn't it?"

Wright quietly pondered the deep meaning of Veronica's words, and only raised his head after half a minute: "Is this some kind of research conclusion of your being a 'disobedient'?"

"For the time being," Veronica smiled, "but it can't be considered the final conclusion... Maybe the day when mortals can directly confront the gods, really until we find the kingdom of gods and gods. One day, we will be able to understand what the gods are and how they operate, and on that day, we will be able to find the final conclusion."

Wright pondered for a while, but did not continue to ask, but mentioned the actual problem at hand: "The reform of the northern church will start from St. Sunil, and the first step, I will build it here in the way of the southern church. A set of priests structure, in which key positions are assumed by priests who have been mobilized from the southern church, what advice do you have in this regard?"

"The old bishops' conference has disappeared, so you won't be hindered at this level, but when you start to touch the interests of the middle and lower priests, you will inevitably encounter resistance - but the more the middle and lower priests, the more The more secular ways can be used to solve it, the more human weakness they have, money, violence, disintegration, psychological offensive, all these means will be effective for them, rather than leaning towards 'divine nature'.

"Secondly, you have to make sure that there is enough force to sustain this whole process, the white knights are strong and their force is suitable. Please don't be merciful, the situation in the north is different from the south, there are a lot of extremely stubborn conservative priests, They will not tolerate your kindness.

"Finally, for the vast majority of believers, the power of the word 'oracle' is infinite. Make full use of these two words to make them believe and follow. In the northern region, this method is most effective. But pay attention , don't abuse these two words, 'doing convenient things in the name of God' is a huge temptation, if you indulge in it, you will be no different from the original northern church, and you will fall into the shackles of the gods unknowingly."

Wright nodded slightly.

Veronica's suggestion was similar to what Gawain told him in private, but it was more detailed and more in line with the special situation in the northern region, which might prove that the "disobedient" in front of him was worthy of cooperation.

"Oracle..." Wright muttered softly, sighing slightly, "Then we need to further strengthen the glorious image of Saint Ivan III..."

"In order to make our reform more unimpeded and make the 'Oracle' more orthodox and convincing, a noble sacrifice is essential." Veronica said quietly, turning her head and looking at the hall The empty sanctuary in the center.

"Glory to the dead, since the Pope has been honorably summoned by the Lord, then we can confidently and boldly attribute all righteousness to him..."

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