Chapter 201: Statue
"With pleasure."
Lu Yi smiled, stood up quickly and followed Callisto, and the two of them left the prayer temple one after the other.
Callisto seemed to have a clear goal in mind, and he took him through twists and turns to the central temple and headed towards the tall building.
The highest point of the Central Temple is the observation deck. Lu Yi was once taken to the observation deck by the cardinal, and Callisto also gave him a thick book full of handwritten notes at that time.
But that was Lu Yi Klein's experience. It was the first time for Lant Hobbs to step into the upper echelons of the Central Temple.
But this time, Callisto's target was not the top observation deck.
He stopped at the top staircase and motioned for Lant to follow him into the floor.
"This is my house of prayer," Callisto explained.
Lu Yi pretended to be enlightened, but the doubts in his heart became even greater.
If you just want to talk to him, why do you have to go to the prayer temple?
Callisto saw his confusion, smiled without saying anything, turned around and knelt gracefully before the faceless statue.
"Come, Rant, come to me."
Lu Yi knelt beside him and closed his eyes devoutly in a prayer gesture.
But the next second he heard Callisto's smiling voice: "Lant, open your eyes first."
Lu Yi obediently opened his eyes, but what he saw was a purple iris leaning against his knees.
Lu Yi's pupils shrank slightly and he turned his head suddenly to look at Callisto.
No, buddy, are you so brave?
His shock was so vivid that Callisto couldn't help but smile.
Callisto raised his hand, and a bunch of blooming irises suddenly appeared in his arms.
He held the flowers in his arms, his long platinum hair cascading down like a waterfall, his light violet eyes reflecting the irises in his arms in deep and light ways.
The stained glass window hanging high in front of them shone with the glow of the morning sun, and the colorful lights fell on Callisto's light hair, and the light danced on his extremely delicate features, revealing a compassionate and completely harmless divinity.
The inexplicable panic in Lu Yi's heart suddenly faded away.
Callisto said, "Lante, look at the statue."
Lu Yi blinked blankly and followed his gaze towards the tall faceless statue in front of him.
A faceless statue of the god of light.
It's very strange. This is the prayer hall of His Holiness the Pope. How could it not be able to enshrine a complete statue with the face of a god?
"Look carefully, not with your eyes, but with your heart, your spirit," Callisto whispered.
The weird feeling got stronger.
Lu Yi suppressed the confusion in his heart and looked at the towering statue with bated breath.
Callisto hadn't said anything to interrupt, so he hadn't looked away.
It was not until his eyes began to feel sore and even his tear glands began to react vaguely that Lu Yi finally noticed the abnormality.
The so-called faceless statue suddenly grew the face of Callisto! !
Lu Yi's eyes suddenly widened and his breathing stagnated.
"The statue—" he lost his voice.
Callisto remained calm, holding the flowers in one hand, leaning over and picking up the iris in front of Lant with the other hand, and then handing the lonely branch to him.
“Isn’t it beautiful?”
Lu Yi was speechless.
He knew all of Callisto's plans and that they were very big, but he never expected that Callisto had gone to such an extent as a mere human.
The statues of gods are replaced and the faith leaps.
He is a human being who is infinitely close to being a god, and this statement has never been exaggerated in the slightest.
"Rant, don't be afraid. Please take this bouquet of flowers and let me tell you the truth slowly."
Lu Yi took the iris hesitantly, held his breath and asked: "...What's the truth?"
Callisto raised his eyes and stared at the faceless statue, and said calmly: "The truth about the fall of the God of Light."
Lu Yi pretended to be so shocked that he fell to the ground and asked incredulously: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about?!"
"But didn't you hear it clearly?"
Callisto said as he slowly stood up.
His plain white robe trailed behind him, moving forward with him.
It swept across Lu Yi's robes and finally piled them under the statue.
Callisto reached out and gently stroked the white statue, his eyes lowered as if to hide his endless sorrow.
"Is it hard to believe? But this is the so-called reality."
Lu Yi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he said in panic: "But Your Majesty, the Lord God clearly sent down a miracle during the baptism ceremony last year! His traces, the miracles he left behind..."
"Yes, it is a miracle, but is it really a miracle of our God?" Callisto asked softly.
Lu Yi thought, why not? On the surface, he still looked at him in confusion.
"I don't understand, Your Majesty. I don't understand what you mean."
"It's very simple. I've told you clearly."
Callisto turned and looked at him, his voice clear and bright.
"My god is dead, and the human race has lost its protection forever. The one sitting on the throne is a false god whose purpose is to have fun!"
False God
Lu Yi remained silent, vividly displaying the image of a panicked Son of God.
Callisto suddenly tore off his calm mask and pressed on, "Can't believe it? But Lanter, my dear son, you must accept this cruel reality.
"The gods are dead, the Church is just a paper tiger, and the entire Isaiah continent is just a sweet pastry on the table of those arrogant false gods. We can no longer stand on this tightrope.
"He has lost his patience. Sooner or later, we will lose everything we have. Whether it's lovers, close friends, subjects, or anything else you care about."
Lu Yi's eyes dodged, and he stuttered, "...So you chose Him?"
They all knew who this He was referring to.
But Callisto smiled suddenly.
"Oh……"
"hehe……"
He laughed louder and louder, and more and more intensely, until he was so excited that his whole body began to tremble slightly.
He laughed so hard that his waist was bent, and his long platinum hair covered a little of his face. It seemed that this was the first time that Callisto lost his composure in public, losing all the dignity and arrogance of a Pope.
The intense laughter was mixed with a few barely perceptible sobs at the end, as if he began to cry silently at the end of his laughter.
In the empty hall, the only sound was his laughter, except for the dead silence.
The laughter was hoarse and difficult to stop. If Lant had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that such a voice came from His Holiness Pope Callisto, who seemed perfect to outsiders.
Lant was speechless and could only stare at him in a daze.
At the end, the laughter stopped abruptly, just as suddenly as it appeared at the beginning, without any warning.
Callisto stood up very slowly, as if he was carrying a heavy burden that he could not bear.
He was overwhelmed and couldn't breathe. His messy hair revealed the redness at the corners of his eyes, and a strange light flickered in his sparkling purple eyes.
"Rant, you are wrong." said Callisto.
"I have always chosen the human race."
"If the human race is abandoned by the gods, then I——"
“Then you will become a new god.”
Become the new God.
Lant's breathing stopped and he stared at Callisto blankly, unable to react for a long time.
Becoming a new God, what courageous words.
After a long while, he said in a dry voice: "Your Majesty, why are you telling me this?"
Callisto finally revealed his purpose.
He looked deeply at Lant and said, "Because I need your help, Lant."
"You're the only person I can trust."
"But Your Majesty, aren't you worried that I will betray you? After all, you are fighting against a god!" Lant said excitedly.
"That's a god, and I'm just an ordinary human!"
"No, you are not an ordinary human." Callisto shook his head and denied, "You are the Son of Light chosen by that false god, and also the Son of Darkness chosen by Him. Your power is far stronger than you think."
"From the beginning to the end, you are my only choice."
Lant opened his eyes slightly, "Your Majesty..."
Callisto stretched out his hand to him, and there seemed to be fragments of light dancing on his white fingertips.
"Why aren't you worried about betraying the human race? Because you are Lant.
"It was before the danger that I resolutely rushed to Rosaichao's Rand.
“It was Rand who stubbornly chose to cure the disease ahead of time, between life and death.
"How can I not believe you?"
Lant took a deep breath, slowly stretched out his hand and placed it on Callisto's palm.
"You succeeded, Your Majesty. I am willing to serve you."
Callisto smiled, "In life or death?"
Lanter replied firmly: "In life or death."
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[“…It’s really wise for him to be the Pope.”] Lu Yi couldn’t help but complain, [“Callisto is definitely a rare pyramid scheme leader, he is so good at bewitching people!”]
[“Such acting skills, such details, and the grasp of emotions and human nature, Ares should really record it and study it repeatedly.”]
857 asked in confusion: [61 Are you praising Kaka? ]
【“What else?”】Lu Yi asked back, 【“I really admire him.”】
[“I’ve told you before, 857, a gentleman is judged by his deeds, not his heart. No matter what Callisto thinks, as long as his actions are worthy of his status, he is worthy of respect.”]
857 was confused by his attitude and asked in confusion: [Wait, I don't understand. Is Kaka an enemy or a friend? ]
[“When we have a common enemy, we are friends.”] Lu Yi replied.
857 thought deeply, [When there is a conflict of interest, then we are enemies? ]
[“Bingo!”] Lu Yi laughed, but the smile never reached his eyes.
[“Although I don’t hope for such a day…”] Lu Yi said softly, [“But the arrival of that day seems inevitable.”]
Callisto is not the only one who covets the throne of god.
After all, they are just ordinary people.
Lu Yi stood in front of the central temple and looked up at the center of the top floor of the temple, as if he could see the faceless statue through the layers of stone walls.
That statue belonged to Pope Callisto.
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