Chapter 218 Mutation Ritual
The towering angel statue stands quietly in the center of the square in the core area of the Vatican, with its wings spread out, blocking out the sky and the sun.
The posture of holding a sword in one hand and holding up the book of law in the other hand symbolizes the dominant position of the Gospel Church for countless years. It is irreplaceable and full of majesty and sacredness.
A large number of figures in white robes are now surrounding the statue, kneeling in prayer.
It is neat and dignified, revealing the beauty of order. When looking down from the sky, it is all white and appears very solemn and dignified.
The only one standing was the new Pope.
He was a bald man who looked to be in his forties, with a hooked nose and sharp eyes. One hand was quietly stroking Andy's head in front of him, and the other hand was clasping a rosary.
Like the others around him, he was reciting the scriptures of the Gospel Church.
Besides, a large number of extraordinary people were watching this seemingly ordinary but actually extraordinary scene through the TV screen.
The devout will pray along, and the lay believers will remain silent at this time, but at the same time, there are also many people who look at this scene with sneers and disdain.
However, no matter how disdainful they were, they never took their eyes off the grand scene.
And when a pure and flawless white light was born, an instinctive awe emerged involuntarily from the hearts of these people.
The white light came from the gap between the Pope and the boy's head. After it was born, it slowly spread to his entire body.
Against the backdrop of the night, the scene was very obvious, and Andy became hazy and illusory, as if he could disappear into light at any time.
This is how the ceremony should have gone.
The kingdom of heaven has been closed for a thousand years, and not only have the angels stopped walking on earth, but all phenomena related to it have disappeared.
Therefore, when the Son of God was received into the kingdom of heaven, people were actually unable to see such a soul-stirring scene.
Most of them end with the contemporary Son of God turning into a ray of light, rushing into the sky and disappearing.
However, this ceremony was an exception.
After covering Andy's entire body, the holy light did not stop. Instead, it spread out from his body, continuously permeating everything around him.
The surface of the square, the towering statues, the Pope, the large number of believers kneeling on the ground... everything you see seems to be covered by a sacred filter.
The scene was spectacular, attracting countless exclamations and joyful glances.
And when a warmth like a breeze extended from the visual senses and spread throughout the audience's body and mind, many people were so excited that they burst into tears.
"Praise the Gospel! Praise God!!"
In the Japanese-style hall of Kozia's house, someone couldn't help but shout, and the whole person seemed very fanatical.
A dull roar sounded in the heart of Sister Lily, who was sitting in the first seat.
"Cult?"
That was the giant who called himself Prometheus.
"Orthodoxy."
Lily, who was educated by nuns since childhood, corrected it with her mind.
The giant appeared at the beginning of the ceremony, which is about half an hour from now.
The time is not long, but not short either.
Because she was communicating with him all the time, the girl no longer felt the panic she had at the beginning.
This is mainly because of the condition shown by the giants.
Although the voice is terrifying, there is no hostility in the words, and the temperament can even be described as gentle. The slightest contact is enough to make people let down their guard.
More importantly, Lily found that the other person was not much different from a blank sheet of paper.
This giant with a mysterious origin didn't have much memory of the past! It even took a long time to think about its own name, and it was still uncertain, let alone any hostility or purpose.
Because she suspected that the existence of the giant was related to Andy, the girl deliberately let it watch the ceremony scene on TV.
As a result, the other party focused on the "atmosphere" of the entire church and did not have any special attitude towards Andy at all.
This can't be fake.
Because Lily didn't think that the other party needed to pretend in front of her.
Although no figure could be seen, the aura carried by the voice silently revealed that it possessed some kind of powerful and unknown power.
A very terrifying power.
"How can it be orthodoxy to interfere with the minds of mortals with a power that does not belong to mortals?"
The loss of memory obviously does not affect the giant's perspective on the problem.
The nun didn't know what its specific status was, but through this sentence, the other party's position was clearly revealed.
"Because we believe that well-intentioned interference is good in most cases."
She answered like this.
The other party hummed when he heard this and didn't say anything else. It was unclear whether he was thinking about the meaning behind these words or not making any comment.
Lily didn't think about the other person, but turned her attention back to the TV in front of her.
Of course she takes it very seriously that the giant in her dream has come true.
But we couldn't get any useful information from the other party.
Then we can only look at Andy.
Although the giant himself did not have any special attitude towards Andy, this matter was obviously related to Andy.
Moreover, as the ceremony was unfolding, the giant's voice was heard. Is this phenomenon a coincidence?
Or, could its awakening be related to this ceremony?
There's no way to be sure, but you can never go wrong if you observe everything on TV carefully.
The family members around were also watching attentively at this time. The previous emotional excitement had calmed down with the passage of time.
But the light spreading from Andy did not go out. Instead, it became brighter, making the scene on TV look like a white curtain.
Although it is not dazzling, it makes it difficult to see any details.
Until a hazy angel figure descended from the sky and reached out to grab the vague outline of someone's shoulder.
Instantly, the light from the TV screen overflowed, extremely dazzling, and then suddenly went out as if the power was cut off! The people in the room were caught off guard.
But before they could get up to check, the black screen of the TV lit up again.
The scene that was revealed remained the same, except that the black-haired Holy Son was no longer in the core area.
"Is it over?"
The ugly man sitting next to Lily asked in confusion, "Andy was taken to heaven?"
The answer to this question is actually obvious.
Lily did not respond. The family elders sitting around her stood up one by one with a sense of loss. They were dazed, as if they had experienced an unforgettable baptism and could not hide their trance.
This is actually also related to Andy's departure.
After all, no matter what, he is the biggest and only supporter of the Kozia family.
Now that this patron has passed away, although his legacy still exists and nothing unexpected has happened, it still makes people feel complicated.
The girl, who is the head of the family, didn't have such thoughts.
It's not that she didn't care whether Andy left or not, but because at this moment, the giant who called himself Prometheus was telling her something that others didn't notice.
“The environment around you is changing.”
"change?"
“It’s become clearer.”
"…What does this mean?"
"I'm not sure, I think you should know better than me."
The girl's mind moved when she heard this, and she immediately thought of the rituals buried deep throughout York.
The ceremony was basically completed, but because she didn't understand the most core knowledge, she couldn't start it at all.
But now it seems that maybe that knowledge was not the key to unlocking it?
In other words, even if she didn't understand, it wouldn't affect the formal operation of the ceremony? If so, it would explain why Andy didn't care about this.
But……
"Is this change synchronized with what happened just now?"
She couldn't help but ask.
"Yes."
The dull voice responded from the bottom of his heart, "And at the same time, a special situation also occurred to your Holy Son."
"What special situation?"
"He seems to be getting stronger."
"seem?"
"I can't be sure. The time was too short and I wasn't there. I can't see it clearly."
Upon hearing this, Lily did not ask any more questions, but stood up hurriedly and ran to the most important place in the Kozia family.
It was a study room and the heart of York's rituals.
The study was empty, with no other furniture inside, only a desk placed in the core.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
On this desk, there was a huge yellowed map that looked like parchment.
The surface of the map is filled with various lines and marks corresponding to the world's geography, and at first glance there is nothing special.
But with a quick inspection, one could find a five-pointed star pattern quietly lighting up in one of the corners.
That’s the range where York is.
The girl was not surprised to see this, because the pentagram was already lit when the ceremony was completed.
It's just that the brightness is not so... obvious? After observing it carefully for a few times, she found the difference.
Before, only the lines of the pentagram were lit, but now, the empty space inside it also lit up!
This seems to mean that the ceremony has been fully initiated and its influence has begun to radiate throughout York?
The girl breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face involuntarily.
Although there had been some speculations before because of the giant's words, speculation is ultimately not as clear and inspiring as facts.
After all, this means that the things she had spent a lot of energy and time on before were not in vain!
"strangeness."
The giant Prometheus seemed to have seen something unusual and even sounded puzzled.
“I woke up from here?”
"I guess so."
Lily answered, and then couldn't help asking, "Don't you even remember how you woke up?"
"My mother's name seems to be Clymene, who is related to the ocean."
The other party did not answer her question, but continued: "My grandmother is Gaia. If I remember correctly, she controls the earth."
The girl had never heard of Clymene, Gaia, or the like, just like the name Prometheus.
But she just thought it was because she was too young and ignorant, so she didn't doubt anything.
"so what?"
"The land beneath your feet is close to the sea, and the ritual on the map is buried deep in the earth. If you say this is related to my awakening, then it is somewhat related, but it is definitely not the main reason - and."
It paused for a moment, then said hesitantly, "And I seemed to be dead, how could I be alive?"
Lily obviously had no answer to this question.
But now she could see some clues.
Before this, the other party had basically no memory, so she regarded him as a blank sheet of paper.
But now, this giant, whose voice was only heard but whose figure was not seen, obviously recalled more of the past! Why is this happening?
Considering what happened during this period, the girl naturally placed her suspicion on Andy.
When Andy was baptized, the giant's voice sounded, Andy was taken to heaven, and the giant's memory began to revive.
In fact, when she thought about it carefully, it seemed that the time when she had the dream of the giant was not the night when the ritual framework was completed.
But after Andy became the legendary follower...
"Could this be related to his rising status in the church?"
A guess was born.
But because there were too few clues, the nun couldn't be sure of anything.
Just when she was thinking about asking Prometheus carefully if he remembered any more information, something unexpected happened -
The five-pointed star that lit up on the yellowed map actually began to expand! This expansion was extremely distorted.
The five tips seemed to be pulled by some force and began to fly rapidly in their five corresponding directions.
And its "trunk" continues to grow in the process.
The coverage area spanned the entire territory of York, the countries of North Africa, and even spread to the oceans and land outside of Africa! Sister Lily was stunned.
Because in her opinion, this phenomenon is something that is simply impossible to happen.
The pentagram corresponds to the main trunk of the ritual buried in York, and that trunk is specifically made up of a large amount of resources and extraordinary power.
It is physical and immovable, like a built underground structure.
But now, the building is actually expanding! ? "Is the map broken?"
The girl's mood eased somewhat after she found an explanation with difficulty.
However, this explanation proved to be incorrect.
Because then a subordinate came hurriedly and reported a piece of information to her.
A large number of roars inexplicably originated from the border around York, and were spreading in all directions like thunder!
The sound was accompanied by continuous vibrations. Although not strong, the range was so large that the entire land plate seemed to be unstable! The nun was completely confused and didn't understand why this happened.
You know, the Pentagram Ritual was created with all the resources of York...
If the empire had not purged most of the extraordinary families in the territory before this and left all the proceeds from the confiscations to her, it would have been considered fast for her to complete this task within ten years!
But now, this difficult ritual is actually expanding rapidly? Where does the power to drive growth come from?
Where did the "physical rules" that solidified the ritual architecture go? Could this phenomenon also be related to Andy? There were too many questions, which completely broke the girl's understanding of the extraordinary, making her trance and even think she was dreaming! But this was obviously not a dream.
Because a familiar yet unfamiliar figure flashed in front of her right afterwards, which made her shudder and become extremely sober in an instant.
“You, you are——”
"Lily Cozia?" the other party asked back with a gloomy expression, which immediately calmed the girl's panic.
"Yes, Your Majesty," she responded respectfully, becoming very alert inwardly.
Because the person who appeared in front of her was the emperor of the empire!
Logically speaking, because of Andy, the emperor should be one of his own.
But looking at his expression, she couldn't be sure of this.
But what relieved Lily was that the other party did not make things difficult for her afterwards.
Although he had a gloomy face and seemed to be in a very bad mood, he just gave her a few words of advice and left decisively.
He came in a hurry and left inexplicably, leaving the girl very confused.
What made her even more confused was the other party's instructions.
"The ceremony in York was arranged by the Emperor, not Andy... Why did she ask me to lie like that?"
The girl was a little nervous as she asked the unknown giant in her heart.
But before the giant could respond, the appearance of a figure disrupted her thoughts.
Because he was still the emperor.
And as if he was repeating himself, he asked the same question as before.
"Lily Cozia?"
(End of this chapter)