Chapter 220: Fierce fighting, sacrifice, Rand's strength is expanding

The top professionals are really troublesome.

The Crimson King with blond hair, red eyes and red clothes is like a single blooming flaming flower in the hall of the Torch Church.

In other words, she is a flame that never stops burning.

Karin stared at the enemy who were ready for battle with her fiery red eyes.

The Pope has made adequate and targeted preparations.

Burning a top-level professional to death is actually not as easy as it makes these people make it seem.

And she needed to be fully alert to determine the location of the burning flame. The Pope had even installed a crossbow in the church.

When the giant high-speed crossbow arrow shot towards her, it took her a lot of energy to resist.

Karin knew very well that she must not show any signs of fatigue, otherwise these hungry wolves and evil demons would bite her without hesitation.

However, even if she was targeted like this, even if she was attacked with siege weapons.

She still didn't think she would lose.

At most she'll get hurt a little, but she'll definitely be the winner in the end.

Now, she has to solve the biggest trouble first.

The reason why the Pope can become the Pope is naturally due to his strength.

And Karin knew very well that in order to deal with her, several sacred artifacts of the Torch Church would definitely be used by the Pope.

The eternal flame of cleansing, and the shining crown.

They represent the two properties of flame, light and heat.

The Eternal Flame of Purification is a short spear with an everlasting flame burning at the tip, and the Shining Crown is an ordinary-looking crown.

If the two are used together, they can greatly increase fire resistance, allowing the wearer to ignore most of the natural flames in this world.

Even the magma erupted from active volcanoes may not necessarily cause harm to the wearer.

But not the flames that Karin had ignited.

Moreover, due to the heating of the air by high temperature, even if the Pope is equipped with a divine weapon and has extremely high resistance to fire, the resistance of his mouth and throat is still insufficient.

In other words, he was still unable to speak or give orders.

Without a commander, the actions and advances and retreats of these high-level professionals, who were not particularly coordinated to begin with, became less orderly.

Moreover, these high-level professionals were also holding their breath, as the high-temperature air made it impossible for them to breathe.

The Pope finally couldn't hold back any longer and took action.

The Pope holds the pistol of the Eternal Flame of Purification, which has a flaming tip.

After several high-ranking Torchlight Church paladins rushed over to disrupt Karin, light filled the entire space.

The bright light created by the Shining Crown not only emits light that illuminates the night, but also dispels sounds, smells, and even paralyzes the body.

It makes a person suddenly lose all five senses and even lose control of his body.

Then there is the Eternal Flame of Purification. Although the Pope is not an expert in javelin throwing, as a high-level professional, he can still achieve a simple hit within this range.

The high temperature of the gun tip can vaporize almost all known substances.

Although Karin's resistance to fire is very high, her body cannot withstand a direct hit.

Karin already knew this and had been prepared for it, but faced with the combination of the two artifacts, there was still not much she could do.

Karin's response strategy was simple: she burned the church's support columns.

The Pope is not a professional javelin thrower. Although he is a high-level professional and his physical fitness is not bad even at his old age, he is not an expert in javelin throwing after all.

At this time, the Torch Church still stood, and the central cathedral that had witnessed countless rises and falls collapsed.

The smoke and dust raised by the collapse, as well as the fallen bricks and collapsed stone pillars, buried everyone in the venue.

This of course also affected His Holiness the Pope's aim.

However, the control brought by the Shining Crown cannot last long. If you do not launch an attack, it will be almost impossible to find an opportunity next time.

The Pope still threw the pistol.

The flaming pistol pierced through the fallen roof debris and collapsed stone pillars.

Even if it is a stubborn stone, if it is hit by the spear head of the Sin-Cleaning Flame, it will immediately melt and create a big hole.

However, the falling buildings still affected the direction of the Eternal Flame of Washing Sins.

After all, only the tip of this pistol has high temperature.

If the gun body is hit, it will still be affected.

In the end, the sacred weapon of the Torch Church only passed in front of the Crimson King, leaving a red mark in front of Karin's beautiful red pupils.

“That’s enough.” Although the power used was fire, Karin’s voice became increasingly cold.

Since the planned final kill failed, it would be almost impossible for these people to win.

Perhaps a siege by enough top-level professionals could really defeat the "King."

However, with the Torch Church after the split and the ability of this Pope, the number of top-level professionals that could be gathered was obviously not enough.

The temperature in the air was getting higher and higher, and the hair of most people present had already been burned off.

Some high-level professionals who lacked resistance and were not fast enough to escape had already turned into ashes.

The Pope did not reply.

In this kind of place, it was obvious that Karin was the only one who could speak.

For a moment, Karin felt uncomfortable.

It is the power of the blood of nourishment, and—

Sacrifice.

Karin said in disbelief: "You actually plan to betray the Torch Church."

The Pope still cannot speak, so he cannot talk about his own mental journey or the ingenuity of his plans like the villains in story novels and picture books.

Therefore, there was no chance for Karin to delay time.

As a saint, as the Crimson King, and as a senior Torch Church member, Karin is very familiar with the tricks of the cultists.

But she really didn't expect that the Pope of the Torch Church would actually place the cult's altar in front of the statue of the Torch Goddess in the hall of the Central Cathedral.

Below the floor where Karin was standing was the altar of the Blood of Suffering, the greatest enemy of the Torchlight Church in the past.

Just now, in the battle with Karin, the high-level professionals who died were all offered by the Pope as a kind of sacrifice to the great Blood of Nourishment.

Normally, it is impossible to send a "king" who still has free will and is not physically weak to meet the evil god with just an altar and a few silently recited words of sacrifice.

But too many high-level professionals died in the previous fight with the Crimson King.

And these professionals were all sacrificed as sacrifices to the great blood of nourishment.

Such a large number of high-quality sacrifices have attracted the attention of this evil god.

The rewards for the sacrifices were also all used by the Pope on the altar.

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The passage to this god's kingdom has been opened.

The evil god is always ready to devour more sweet sacrifices.

The Crimson King felt that he was being targeted.

Due to the previous attack by the Flame of Sin, her vision was damaged and she could not see the enemy's position.

But she could still roughly sense the enemy's position, but there was nothing she could do now.

She made many plans, but she never thought that she would become the sacrifice.

However, as a king, even now that the sacrifice has begun, she can still do something.

For example, further warming.

This place has completely turned into purgatory.

Many high-level professionals turned into burning torches one by one.

The Eternal Flame of Purification was held in Karin's hand.

In her perception, there were no living people here anymore. The church had collapsed, and the stone pillars and bricks had shattered due to the high temperature.

As for the religious paintings, wallpapers and curtains that were originally used as decorations, they had long since turned to ashes.

But she was ready to attack again.

Perception of the direction in which the Pope is located.

Karin tightly grasped the spear with the flame of sin-cleansing burning on the tip, and threw the spear.

In the 332nd year of the Holy Calendar, the Central Cathedral of the Torch Church, which had stood on this land for more than 300 years and had once served as a torch in the hearts of many people, was completely destroyed.

According to preliminary judgment, this place was invaded by the Nurturing Blood Sect, and a large amount of fire residue and evil power residue were found at the scene.

I believe that the Pope of the Torch Church led the church's warriors in a fierce resistance.

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Rand now completely confirmed that the hideout had the ability to smelt metal ore and produce tough, high-quality ironware.

So the next step is to further expand the development of the haunted iron mine.

Before, when there were no blast furnaces, it was a loss to vigorously develop the Haunted Iron Mine, but now, it is time to move forward.

Unfortunately, Rand cannot show off such technological progress to outsiders.

Moreover, there is still room for development of the blast furnace in the hideout, as steel, an iron-carbon alloy, cannot be produced at present.

But for now, high-quality iron ingots are enough.

At least plate armor is now qualified for production.

In addition, Taner used a mysterious method unknown to Rand to convince Bishop Kahn to establish preliminary cooperation with the den even though the den was still full of doubts.

Although all parties are very vigilant and the cooperation takes place in a holiday villa rather than a hideout, it has finally begun to move forward.

A team of paladins from the Torch Church will soon move in.

The Paladins of the Torch Church and the White King's Guards are of the same specification, that is, there are 12 Paladins and 24 Knight Servants, a total of 36 people.

Each paladin has three horses, and each knight's squire has two horses.

This is undoubtedly a horrific expense, but their fighting power is worthy of such a price.

As a result, Rand's guards expanded again, and now there are 122 knights.

The Torch Church at the resort is located not far from the church school being built by Rand.

The specifications for the renovation were specified by Bishop Kahn himself.

Specific matters concerning cooperation in all aspects were handed over to Administrator Ellie.

Tanner was given a leave of absence by Rand.

Rand himself was preparing to go to Full Moon Territory.

Fenris was injured, and Rand planned to go and see for himself.

Also, he planned to give these two generals a holiday.

They have been leading troops in battle for too long. It doesn't make sense that only the soldiers should have a holiday while the generals don't.

If a person's nerves are always tense, problems will arise. Rand himself has learned a little bit about military command over the past two years, so there shouldn't be any problem if he temporarily takes over the work of these two people.

(End of this chapter)