At the same time that Du Yuqi made a breakthrough in swordsmanship, the Holy Church also sent over the Golden Communion. This thing was a palm-sized box, wrapped in a layer of transparent plastic, and contained a silver plate. On the edge of the plate was a silver statue of a miniature angel, which looked like a handle. In the center of the plate was the refined Golden Communion, which was about the size of a quail egg and shone with a soft light. Regardless of the taste, it looked very good.
After resting for about an hour, Du Yuqi was invited over by Wu Nian. He was taken to walk around the temple for a long time, almost making him dizzy. Finally, he came to an underground meeting room. There were more than a dozen silver angel candlesticks in the room, which were lit with large tallow candles. The candles were burning brightly, illuminating the meeting room very brightly.
At this time, there were about twenty people sitting in the conference room. Lin and FIRE, whom Du Yuqi knew, were present. Their expressions seemed a little serious. After waiting for a few minutes, they saw red robes flashing at the door. Archbishop Richelieu walked in quickly, saluted slightly to everyone, sat down next to them, and raised his chin to signal a priest next to him.
Du Yuqi's heart sank when he saw this. Something seemed to be wrong. A top figure like Richelieu was present at the scene. This could only mean that the situation had deteriorated to a more serious level than he had imagined! Although he knew that the reward from the Holy Temple was not easy to get, he did not expect that it would be so difficult!
At this time, the priest slowly said:
"I don't want to hide it from you all. The Minsk Cathedral is now in a very dangerous situation. I'm sure many of you here already know the reason behind this. It's because the sacred barrier that protects us is fading."
"Why did our sacred barrier disappear? After a series of investigations, we found that a traitor had sneaked into the temple and entered the restricted area. He was carrying an ancient invitation letter with powerful evil power to the Abyss, and started an Abyss Party deep in the temple! All we ask of you is to clean up these evils and purify the filth under the temple, and then the barrier will automatically recover."
Suddenly someone asked:
"Isn't purification what the Paladins are best at? The enemy isn't attacking now, so you can just send out a few dozen Paladins to do it. Why do you have to spend so much money to send us there? Is the danger level down there far beyond your estimation?"
The priest shook his head and said:
"That's not the case. The enemy came here with a plan and was well prepared. So when we realized something was wrong, the Abyss Party had already been carried out to a very perfect stage. So in fact, the depths of the temple have already presented a semi-divided independent space state. In this case, it is impossible to send too many people in. Otherwise, it will accelerate the degree of space division and completely cause the sacred barrier to fail. According to the current assessment, at most only about ten people can be sent in, and anything can happen inside."
"So, when the number of people is limited and we don't know much about the specific situation, it's best to make up a team with a variety of professions. That way, no matter what situation we encounter, we won't feel unable to respond or helpless. Therefore, the entire team must have the most optimized configuration. Everyone here is a strong person we have selected. You all have made extraordinary achievements in your own fields and should be able to complete this mission."
At this time, another person shouted:
"Since the Abyss Party appeared right below the Cathedral, you should have a good understanding of it, right? So we need relevant information, the more detailed the better. Is it fun to keep it secret now?"
Hearing this person's question, the priest seemed to be in trouble. He hesitated for a while before saying:
"We will definitely not stay out of this Abyss Party, so the Holy Temple will still host this matter. It will be led by four Holy Knights. They are well aware of all the information and intelligence. If you have any questions, just go to them."
Obviously, such an answer was certainly not satisfactory. Even Du Yuqi shook his head slightly - were you kidding? Needless to say, the changes in the depths of the temple must be extremely dangerous. In this case, even very simple information would be of great help, and might even determine a person's life or death. The priest wanted to get rid of them with such a light sentence, how could it be possible?
Seeing that the people around him were already in an uproar, Archbishop Rizalius could only sigh, stand up, and say with his hands in the air, "If we don't give a specific explanation right away, all our efforts will be wasted."
"We are not deliberately trying to conceal this matter. It is related to the reputation of the Holy Temple. We understand your concerns. Therefore, if you want to know the details, you must swear a solemn oath not to disclose it."
As soon as the archbishop finished speaking, a hoarse voice said:
"I am willing to swear, but you must also send me the complete information. Fighting in a situation where everything is unclear, even if I die, I will not be willing to accept it."
Du Yuqi felt the voice seemed unfamiliar, and when he turned around he realized it was Lin's friend FIRE, whose Eastern name was Hailong. Once he took the lead, the others immediately expressed their opinions, obviously agreeing with what he said, and then began to swear at once.
After listening to this, Archbishop Rizal nodded slightly, turned around and walked out. The priests and others also left with him. Soon after, a group of ascetics came in one after another and distributed documents to everyone. Of course, Du Yuqi also got a copy.
This piece of information is a small book with a name consisting of four words: "The Bottom of the Temple".
The source of faith in the temple is the holy light, but the holy light is ultimately an illusory existence. Therefore, when it was first established, the bones and relics of the saints who passed away in the church were enshrined and buried, and then an altar for rituals was built on top.
Such a tangible existence is more conducive to the gathering of believers and the development of sects, so it has been vigorously promoted. Even in churches, this kind of belief and worship of holy bones is tacitly approved or even promoted.
However, things started to change gradually, as the believers had their own ideas. They began to think that the area around the holy bones could also protect ordinary souls. So believers who had the conditions wanted to bury themselves or their loved ones around the altar.
It is not surprising that believers have such an idea, because even on Earth, the grass outside Western churches and the areas around Eastern Buddhist temples are recognized as the best burial areas. If you don't have very strong connections or pay a great price, you can't even think about having a place there.
Under this concept, the Minsk Cathedral is also subject to such troubles. It is built in the city. If it wants to obtain as many offerings and donations as possible from believers, it means satisfying the wishes of believers. Therefore, under the entire Minsk Cathedral is an extremely large cemetery. Over the long hundreds of years, more than 300,000 people have been buried there to rest!
There is a saying that goes, where there is light, there must be shadow, and light and darkness are always dependent on each other, and the two can never exist alone. So in fact, under the Minsk Cathedral, there are often undead creatures such as ghosts and wraiths, but they only appear sporadically and are then quickly purified by the priests.
However, it seemed that the traitor had planned this for a long time. He sneaked into the cemetery below and started an Abyss Party. Under the influence of the Abyss Party, horrible mutations occurred in the cemetery, and it almost turned into a ghost town!
At the same time, a sealed door appeared in the deepest part of the cemetery. It was the terrible aura constantly emanating from this sealed door that was constantly weakening the sacred barrier. Once this sealed door was completely opened, a large number of terrible monsters would pour out, and at that time even the entire city of Shatli might be destroyed.
This is not an exaggeration. The tragic incident of a sealed gate losing control and swallowing up a small town has happened many times in history.
Therefore, the mission of this trip is very arduous. Not only do they have to purify and kill the resurrected undead creatures in the cemetery one by one, but they are also responsible for destroying and closing the sealed door. At the same time, there are only about five or six hours left for the sealed door to be completely opened, so time is quite tight.
There are also extremely powerful awakeners in the Minsk Cathedral, why don’t they send out the awakeners?
This is because the sealed door has already passed its initial larval stage, and its spiritual tentacles have spread all around. It can not only continuously absorb the surrounding yin energy to grow, but also sense the movements in the entire tomb.
Therefore, for the Sealed Gate, which already has early warning awareness, once the awakened person enters the giant cemetery at the bottom of the temple, it will immediately sense their arrival. When facing such an enemy that it has no chance of winning, the Sealed Gate will immediately take emergency measures, erupting recklessly and completely destroying the situation.
Obviously, such a brazen outburst is undoubtedly unacceptable to the temple, because if it does so, it will be fine for those who know about it, but those who don't will spread the word everywhere, saying that a large number of undead creatures and monsters have appeared under the Minsk Cathedral, and it turns out that although it seems to be upright on the surface, it is actually a den of filth!
In fact, if this cemetery, which buried more than 300,000 people, was moved to other places, without the protection of the Minsk Cathedral, the number of undead creatures produced over the hundreds of years would probably be a hundred or a thousand times greater. However, rumors can spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. If a lie is told by a thousand people, it may become true. Therefore, the Cathedral cannot afford such a reputation crisis.
However, for the Sealed Gate, fresh flesh and blood with powerful strength is the most nourishing food for it, without a doubt. Therefore, it does not exclude outsiders from entering its territory, provided that the strength of these enemies entering is below the critical point of its tacit approval.
Therefore, under such circumstances, there is an obvious ceiling in the strength of the warriors entering the bottom of the temple. If they exceed this ceiling, they will hit their heads and will be directly passed.
After repeated measurements in the temple, it was determined that the ceiling should be the fourth-level strength, and the total number of people sent in at the same time should not be more than fifteen. At the same time, as the sealed door grows, its critical point is also constantly increasing. It is very likely that in another three hours, fighters above the fourth level will be allowed to enter, but that time is too tight.
At the same time, this book "Bottom of the Temple" seems to have been written a long time ago. It not only draws out the topographic map of the giant cemetery under the Minsk Cathedral in detail, but also clearly describes some undead monsters that may appear in it. Only the description about the sealed door is newly added.
Du Yuqi understood everything immediately after seeing this. Even if there was no Sealed Door incident, the temple often sent ascetics to clean the cemetery. This booklet "Under the Altar" should have been distributed to the ascetics, so the credibility of the information above was very high.
After reading the booklet carefully again, he waved to the ascetic monk next to him and asked him to take him to find the priest from before, saying that he had something important to discuss with him.
Du Yuqi's request was quickly met. The priest came out to meet him alone and asked Du Yuqi politely what he wanted.
Du Yuqi said very seriously:
"It's like this. This time the mission to the cemetery is very difficult. Several of my friends seem to meet your requirements better. With their participation, the chance of successfully completing the mission can be increased by at least several percentage points. Can the High Priest recommend them to the higher-ups?"
After listening to Du Yuqi's words, the priest shook his head and refused without hesitation:
"no."
Du Yuqi sighed. He was a man who was good at observing people's expressions. The priest rejected his proposal without hesitation. This was enough to show that the success rate was very low. However, Du Yuqi still said unwillingly:
"Why?"
The priest hesitated for a moment, then said simply:
"If it were someone else, I would just tell him that it's not possible, but Pastor Du, you have already proved your loyalty to the church, so I will tell you that we have also considered the friends you recommended, but none of them passed the preliminary selection because the influence of this matter is too great, so great that once it is leaked, it will affect the foundation of the church..."