Chapter 243 [Listening]
When Bishop Fig of the North saw Pope Rango sitting on the throne through the projection again, he felt dazed.
Under normal circumstances, bishop-level meetings should be held once every five years. After all, a meeting consumes a lot of communication crystals, so each meeting will not last too long.
But since the death of Bishop Corey of the West, their meeting will soon become a regular monthly meeting.
So when they were summoned again, the four bishops looked at each other, wanting to see if another unfortunate person had gone to see Corey. After seeing that everyone was alive, they turned their attention to Pope Rango again.
I don’t know if hosting such a regular meeting every month has greatly consumed Rango’s energy, so that there is an indelible trace of fatigue on his face.
And it was indeed the case. Rango didn't even wait for them to salute, and said directly: "Something happened to Shengyin."
...Holy sound?
The four bishops were even more surprised because this was a place they had never paid any attention to.
"The Lord of Holy Sound... is also dead?" asked the Bishop of the South.
The word "也" is very scary.
Fortunately, Rango shook his head and said, "That's not the case. The Lord of Holy Sound is different from the God of Lyra. Apart from the gods themselves, there is no power in this world that can kill the Lord of Holy Sound."
“I see.”
The four bishops felt relieved.
"But Shengyin is about to destroy the country."
Bishops: "..."
Rango rubbed his nose with a headache: "Let's take a look at the specific situation now."
After saying this, the four Rhine clergymen who had been waiting behind the bishops placed the prepared materials in front of the bishops.
The bishops immediately began to browse while listening to Rango's calm words.
"To put it simply, someone played the Seven-tone Divine Song at the ceremony, and used it to sever the connection between the Lord of Holy Sound and Holy Sound. Although the Lord of Holy Sound was not harmed, the players of Holy Sound have mostly disappeared."
The four bishops became more and more frightened as they watched.
Bishop Bei was the first to finish reading, and looked up at Rango: "What's the situation with Shengyin now?"
"Riots, riots in many places." Rango did not speak. The assistant priest beside him stepped forward to explain, "The two Taichu families with the highest status in Shengyin were not spared. In fact...the situation over there was the worst. That's why the two Taichu families sent a letter to Your Majesty for help, hoping that we would send troops to help quell the rebellion."
The Bishop of the North nodded, thinking that it was no wonder that His Majesty was the first to know about the situation of Holy Sound. You know, from a geographical point of view, he was the closest to Holy Sound among the four churches.
As for the fact that the Holy Sound would cause riots, the Bishop of the North was not too surprised. After all, the Holy Sound was essentially slavery, and the player was the whip that controlled the slaves.
And now, the whip is gone.
But it disappeared in this way...
At this time, the Eastern Bishop Rocky had also finished reading the information and asked Rango: "Should we send troops?"
Bishop Bei asked, "Do you want to help them put down the rebellion?"
"No, what I mean is that we can send troops to take over Shengyin's land under the pretext of suppressing the rebellion." Rocky said with a beaming face, "I am willing to lead the charge!"
Bishop of the North: “…”
"It's meaningless to capture Holy Sound. We don't have that many knights to garrison there." The new Bishop of the West, Heli, said, "Besides, the Lord of Holy Sound has only temporarily lost contact with Holy Sound, he is not dead. Once He regains contact, will you go to face the Lord of Holy Sound?"
Rocky thought about it and felt that what Heli said made sense, so he nodded: "Then let's go fight Lyra, the God of Lyra is dead anyway."
Everyone: “…”
"The era of expanding territory is over, Rocky." After being silent for a while, Rango finally couldn't stand it anymore and knocked on the table, asking Rocky to be more restrained. "And this is not the point I want you to see. The point is that the source of all this trouble, the player of the Seven Tones... is not dead. It was confirmed by the Holy Sound that he is on the run, and..."
Rango paused.
"He took the piece of Visas' body from the Holy Sound."
The four bishops quickly fell silent.
Visas's...body parts.
Lost another one?
Bad memories came flooding back one after another.
"Do you think Uru is involved in this?" Bishop of the North immediately guessed what Rango meant.
"It's hard for me not to think in this direction." Rango said, "Although there is no clear evidence, first it was us, then Tianqin, and now it's Shengyin. And most importantly, we haven't found Uru yet."
The bishops grew serious.
If Uru is involved in this, then the problem will be very serious indeed.
If that were the case, wouldn’t Ulu have… four body parts?
"It's not just four pieces of corpses." Rango said, "Although we don't know if the Seven-tone Player is him, even if he is not, but just his accomplice, he is still a very powerful person. According to the Holy Sound, he is very likely the last and most powerful Seven-tone Player in the world."
The more the bishops listened, the more troubled they became.
The original Uru was troublesome enough to deal with.
Now there is another accomplice of the Seven-Tune Player?
Shengyin, what is this?
Feed the food directly into your mouth?!
At this moment, even Fig, who was always calm, couldn't help but complain in his heart.
But soon he felt something was wrong.
That's not right, why is he complaining?
Logically speaking, shouldn't Rocky be the one yelling and cursing here at this time?
Why didn't I hear his voice?
Fig looked at Rocky. The latter was sitting quietly and was terrifyingly honest. This made Fig even more puzzled.
Rocky has been silent since Rango mentioned Uru.
Is this what happened?
Before he could ask further, Rango spoke again: "But there is good news. The player is seriously injured. It is impossible for him to survive. If he wants to survive, he can only continue to use the power of the seven notes. But in that case, his seven notes can't do much, and the holy sound has already bitten him."
Fig looked at Rango again: "Does Shengyin still have the power to pursue?"
"There are still some places in the mainland that have not been completely affected." Rango said, "They have also transferred people back from the Land of the Oath."
The Promised Land...
Bishop Nan said: "If I remember correctly, this should not be allowed, right?"
"It is indeed not allowed." Fig nodded and said, "This is a contract with God. The garrison in the contracted land cannot be withdrawn under any circumstances. The eight major churches... even the four major secret sects must abide by this. In theory, as long as there is nothing wrong with God, it cannot be violated, but..."
It just so happens that there is something wrong with God.
"Two months ago, Tianqin withdrew from the Land of Oath." Rango said, "And now, Shengyin has done the same. The Oath Servant are not happy, but there is nothing they can do. Shengyin just wants to capture the Seventh Tone Player."
"Also for the corpse?"
"No." Rango shook his head. "It's for the notes. I've said before that the player has the last and most complete golden seven notes. They regard it as a fire, so they will do anything for it."
"So they don't know about Uru?"
"Well, I don't know." Rango nodded slightly, "So, this is also our chance. The two Taichu families have already promised that as long as we help them get the seven notes back, they can give us the body parts."
"They have a good plan," said Bishop Nan. "Things that have been thrown away can still be traded."
"They can't take out anything else." Feige said, "And we can use their tracking to find Uru and bring back the four body parts."
At this time Rocky suddenly said: "If that's the case, I'm willing to lead the team!"
There was some excitement and anger in Rocky's words, and he looked like he wanted to kill Uru first and then quickly, which made Fig look at him again.
"No." Rango rejected Rocky's proposal. "There are too many corpses on his body. If we face him head-on, there will be too many uncontrollable factors. So continue to use the Devourer and let Shengyin's people provide the location. We will follow up with the Devourer."
"If we follow up with the Devourer..." Bishop Heri of the West was a little worried, "Will it hurt the people of Holy Sound... Sorry, I don't have any more questions."
"If it really comes to that, it's their own problem," Figg said. "But if the Devourer accidentally follows them to a crowded town, it won't be a good scene, and it's very likely to affect our own city."
"It doesn't matter." Rango said calmly, "According to the report of the Holy Musicians, the Seven-tone Player is now at the border. His next target seems to be... Wildfire."
"Wildfire?" Bishop Bei narrowed his eyes slightly. "That's fine. If it's a place controlled by the cult, it's normal for anything to happen."
Seeing that the plan had been accomplished but he had done nothing, Rocky couldn't help feeling anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
Because the Devourer is the only creature in the world that can ignore the power of Visas' corpse.
The reason why Rhine can possess so many body parts is that he has the power to control the Devourers. Over the past thousand years, they have used the Devourers to hunt down the holders of body parts countless times, and they have not failed once.
This time will be no exception.
"Now that we've made the decision, let's not delay any longer." Rango looked at Figg, "Figg, your area is the closest, so you will be in charge of controlling the Devourer. Remember, I must see those four pieces of corpse. I don't care about the rest."
Seeing that Rango had made a decision, the four bishops immediately touched their chests in greeting, and Fig also assured, "I will not let you down, Your Majesty."
Rango nodded and said, "It has been confirmed that the body part that Shengyin lost was the ear. His rule is."
“【Listen】.”
…
The border area.
A very special place.
Because this place does not belong to any church, it is also called the land abandoned by God.
Only a very few people know its origin - the dividing line between orthodox Buddhism and esoteric Buddhism.
On one side of it are the two major orthodox churches of Holy Sound and Rhine, and on the other side is the Wildfire Esoteric Church.
Such a special geographical location naturally doomed the place to be in disorder. Many heretics wanted by the Orthodox Church and leaders of the secret religions traded and lived here.
Most outsiders cannot survive more than three days here.
And right now, in the eyes of the tavern owner Tim, there is such an outsider.
He was wearing a robe that didn't fit his body at all, as if he wanted to cover his entire body, which made him look a bit mysterious.
But in Tim's eyes, this is a fat sheep that is extremely tempting.
Because Tim had seen his face when he came in.
He has a delicate face and pale complexion, like a pretty boy fleeing from war.
Tim guessed his identity.
The little priest of the Rhine.
This feature is too obvious.
Tim then served the young priest three glasses of wine with ease, and then said with a smile, "Please enjoy your meal."
There were certainly problems with the wine, but they were not the kind that were visible at first glance.
Tim knew that the priests in Rhine had the ability to detect poison, but it didn't matter, because the three glasses of wine were fine individually, but together they would be poisonous unless they were drunk in a specific order.
And only Tim, who makes these wines, knows this order.
Therefore, the young priest in front of him either had to not drink at all, or drink only one glass to survive.
But Tim knew he would not do that, because the little priests who escaped from the Rhine always trusted the Rhine's magic.
"Come on, little fat sheep."
Tim watched the young priest pick up one of the wine glasses, take a sip, and then slightly raise the corners of his mouth.
But as he picked up the second glass, Tim's smile disappeared.
Because the order is correct.
...Damn, is this guy so lucky?
He cursed in his heart.
But I didn’t think too much about it. After all, the three cups were drunk in order, and although the probability of encountering it was very low, it was not completely impossible.
So, Tim picked up his folding carving knife and started cooking for the little priest.
Anyway, he has plenty of tricks up his sleeve, so he's not afraid that the young priest won't obey him.
However, whether it was the steak that was half normal and half poisonous, the cutlery that would only take effect when touched by saliva, or the folded napkins, all the little tricks were naturally resolved by the other party.
Only then did Tim realize that what happened just now was not a coincidence.
This guy knows everything!
But how did he know?!
There are several of these methods that Tim has not yet used.
How on earth did he see through it? !
"You told me that."
The light voice woke Tim from his thoughts. He looked up and found that the young priest was looking at him with a smile. Before he could react, the young priest spoke again.
"You poisoned me four times, so that counts as four lives," he said. "One life is worth one thousand gold coins, so just give me four thousand gold coins."
Tim narrowed his eyes slightly.
He grabbed the folding meat knife on the chopping board and smashed it in front of the young priest with a bang.
"Don't think you're amazing just because you have some tricks." Tim said coldly, "Do you know what my knife is used for?"
"The meat cutter?"
"Yes." Tim walked up to the young priest and looked down at him. "When it is folded, it cuts beef, but when it is unfolded, it cuts human flesh... Do you want me to unfold it?"
The young priest smiled: "Is that so..."
Tim snorted coldly and was about to make a few more threats when there was a loud "bang".
Several beams of light shot in from outside the tavern.
The young priest just slightly turned his body to avoid the beams of light.
But Tim didn't react that quickly, and his outstretched hands were smashed instantly.
He fell to the ground with a scream, and then saw more than a dozen mages entering from the blown-up gap.
…What on earth is going on? !
"That's how it is." The little priest said with a smile, "That's how life is. You never know which will come first, an accident or tomorrow."
Tim stared at the young priest blankly.
The young priest picked up the meat cleaver that had fallen on the ground, and then opened it with a "clang".
The blood-stained and rusty blade reflected Tim's terrified face.
"bring it on."
Bai Wei said with a smile.
"Let me get used to this new body."
(End of this chapter)
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