Chapter 70 From then on, there were gods (Please order first!)
Rhine, Rhine city.
Rhine Pope Lango, wearing a luxurious robe, was sitting in front of a huge round table with his eyes closed.
In addition to the high-back chair where he was sitting, there were four empty seats at the round table. In the center of the round table was a two-meter-high magic crystal. Lightning-like arcs of light were jumping in the translucent crystal.
Several priests were standing in front of the crystal and inspecting it. After a while, they all left, leaving one behind to report to Rango: "Your Holiness, the communication crystal is ready. You can contact the four cathedrals at any time."
Rango didn't open his eyes, but just nodded: "Let's get started."
"Yes, sir."
The crystal was activated, and the arc light inside the crystal became brighter and brighter, as if it would explode in the next second. This scene lasted for a total of five minutes. The arc light gathered at the top of the crystal and then shot towards the four empty seats. Not long after, four illusory figures slowly appeared on the seats. Three of them wore the same robes, which symbolized their identity and status, while the robe of the other one was much simpler, which naturally attracted the attention of the three people at the first time.
But they did not ask questions immediately, but first touched the chest of Rango who was sitting on the main seat.
"Your Majesty."
After getting a nod from Rango, the remaining three people turned their attention to the most unique person.
"Heri?" Bishop of the East asked first, "Why you?"
"Where's the One-Eyed Dragon?" Bishop of the North followed up, "I haven't seen him show off his eye in front of me for many years."
Bishop Nan did not speak, but he looked at He Li with curiosity.
"This..." He Li looked at Rango, who was sitting in the first seat, with some hesitation.
Rango said calmly: "Just to be frank, isn't it just for this matter that we summoned them?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the three bishops immediately realized that something was wrong with Corey, and their expressions gradually became serious.
"Yes, Your Majesty." After getting Rango's promise, Heri said to the three archbishops, "My Lords, I have brought you a sad news. The Bishop of the West, Cory Obote, passed away last night."
The three bishops did not speak immediately. They frowned. Although they had guessed this from Heri's previous reaction, they were still shocked when Heri said it himself.
"This is really... shocking news." Bishop of the North was the first to break the silence.
Bishop Nan, who had been silent before, also spoke up: "I guess he didn't die of natural causes."
"...Yes." Heri nodded, and then said with some difficulty, "Bishop Corey has passed away, and the eye... has also been lost."
There was another silence.
Bishop Dong gently rubbed his temple and said, "I suggest you make your words clear all at once, or I might kill you."
He Li's body trembled. He knew the style of the Eastern Bishop very well, so he quickly explained the whole story in the shortest time possible.
When they learned that it was most likely another body part holder who killed Corey and took away the eye, the three archbishops could not help but exchange glances. They understood why His Holiness the Pope was so anxious to convene this meeting.
If all this is true.
Then the guy named Ulu already has two body parts.
"I won't ask you whether you have caught that guy named Uru or found any clues about him." The Bishop of the East's tone has become heavy. "I just want to ask one thing. That guy named Uru has returned to Som City. You and Corey both know this, so why didn't you report it? Does Corey want to monopolize two pieces of corpse?"
Facing the questioning from the Bishop of the East, He Li did not dare to refute at all, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.
At this moment, Rango, who had kept his eyes closed, finally opened his gray eyes. He said in a hollow voice that seemed to not belong to this world: "It's meaningless to argue about that. The point now is that we have lost that eye, and there is a high possibility that we have an enemy with two body parts."
He paused.
"How to find and dispose of him and recover the two body parts is the key next."
Seeing that the Pope had made the decision, the Bishop of the East could not continue to question. After the four of them saluted Rango again, the Bishop of the North could not help but ask, "But I still can't figure it out. The priest named Uru only has one finger, right? In the ranking of the Forbidden Book, no matter which finger it is, it cannot compare to that eye, not to mention the one-eyed dragon... I mean, there should be a bigger gap in strength between Bishop Corey and him, so how did he kill Corey?"
"This is even more crucial." Rango looked at the Bishop of the North with his gray eyes. "At present, all our knowledge about the corpse pieces comes from the records in the Forbidden Book, but the question is, is what is in the Forbidden Book necessarily correct?"
As Rango spoke, he raised his finger slightly, and everyone in the venue except Rango and the projections of the four churches retreated, leaving only one person and four shadows.
The bishops knew that His Holiness was about to say something that could not be recorded.
"A long time ago, the leaders of the four orthodox religions did a deduction. They added up all the rules about corpses recorded in the Book of Taboo and combined them together to judge Visas' true strength." Rango said slowly, "And in that deduction, we came to a conclusion, that is, with only the abilities recorded in the rules, Visas is just a powerful pollutant full of rules. He is still stronger than everyone, including us, but this level alone is not enough to be a god."
The three bishops exchanged glances.
"Do you think that those corpses contain abilities and rules that are not even recorded in the Forbidden Book?" Bishop of the North said after a moment of contemplation. "I remember that Cyclops... Corey also expressed this view. According to him, his eye can see more and farther than I can."
Bishop Dong said, "But that's just speculation, isn't it?"
He Li really didn't want to respond to Bishop Dong's words at this time, but he knew it was his turn.
"No...Now, the guess is going to be confirmed."
He Li glanced at Rango, and after Rango nodded, he performed some operations over there, and then a new projection appeared on the magic crystal.
That was Corey... dead Corey to be exact.
The three experienced archbishops couldn't help but stare with their eyes wide open at such a miserable sight.
Bishop Nan couldn't help but murmur, "His death was really... not very natural."
The Bishop of the North looked at Heli and asked, "Is there any problem with this? As far as I know, there are at least ten kinds of magic or divine arts that can cause this kind of damage."
"The problem is..." He Li said softly, "This is already the body we are repairing using the [Divine Art: Miracle of Life]."
The three bishops' eyes widened immediately.
Of course, they knew what the magic of [Miracle of Life] was. It was the most powerful magic of life in the world. No matter how badly injured someone was, as long as they received this magic, they would be healed. Even a broken body could be restored. Although it could not bring the dead back to life, it could ensure that the dead would have a complete body for burial. Every bishop and every pope in Rhine would be baptized by this magic after death.
It never fails.
Until... today.
"What's going on?" Bishop Dong asked immediately, "Where did the missing part go? No, that's not right. Even if it is really missing, [Miracle of Life] can make it grow back."
"That's the problem," said Heri. "We have used all means, but we can't find where Bishop Corey's missing flesh and blood is. The [Miracle of Life] can't make him grow new flesh and blood. It's as if the lost flesh and blood no longer exists in this world. At the same time, this world... won't allow it to grow again."
The spacious conference room fell into deathly silence again.
Everyone understood what He Li said.
There is no doubt that this is a [rule], and it is a [rule] that has never been recorded in the "Book of Taboo".
"Why is this happening?" Bishop of the East asked again, "Is it from that finger? But shouldn't it be [Termination] or [Disturbance]?"
Rango said calmly: "That's why I said that what is recorded in the Forbidden Book is not necessarily all."
At this time, Bishop Bei, who had been silent for a long time, looked up at Rango and slowly said, "Your Holiness, I want to ask a question. Although I don't know if this question is offensive or inappropriate, since the matter has become so serious, I still want to know the answer."
Rango looked at the Bishop of the North with his gray eyes. He seemed to have guessed what the Bishop of the North wanted to say, but he nodded slightly: "Ask."
"Visas... who exactly is he, and what exactly has he done?" The Bishop of the North asked the doubts that had been weighing on the hearts of everyone present for many years. "We only know that he is the enemy of the gods, an existence similar to an evil god, but he is different from the real evil gods in the esoteric religion, so..."
Rango raised his hand and interrupted the Bishop of the North's question.
Then he closed his eyes again, as if recalling something.
The projections present did not dare to disturb and just waited quietly.
It was unknown how long it had been before Rango slowly opened his eyes. That hollow tone still did not sound like a voice from this world.
"I don't know what Visas is, I just know he did one thing."
"A long time ago, there were gods in this world."
"But after he showed up."
"Only the gods."
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