The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In anyone's heart, the sanctuary of the Holy City of Redemption is the holiest place, the most sacred place in the world, so the sanctuary should be majestic and gorgeous, so that anyone who sees it can feel it from the heart To the greatness and holiness of the gods.

However, in fact, the sanctuary on Marian Peak is very ordinary. It is a simple house made of stones. There are neither exquisite carvings nor gorgeous decorations on the surface, and it is built on the edge of a cliff. Likely to fall off a cliff.

Although many people have proposed to renovate the sanctuary over the years, even if they do not directly rebuild the sanctuary, they can build a sanctuary outside the sanctuary, wrap the sanctuary in it, and protect it well. It is mysterious, but these proposals have been rejected by successive popes, and even some proposals have been directly positioned as blasphemy. The people who made these proposals naturally did not end well. Over time, no one mentioned the matter of rebuilding the sanctuary. .

Compared with this simple sanctuary, the sanctuary square built at the front of the sanctuary is truly gorgeous and majestic. Bricks made of polished blue and white jade transported from other places are neatly laid on the ground On the edge of the square are statues of the Three Goddesses carefully carved by more than a dozen sculptors. The statue of the Lord of Redemption in the middle of the square is much simpler, but its significance is greater, because it is the Lord of Redemption carved by St. Mary Anlia. The statue is also the first statue to be blessed by the Lord of Redemption. It is said that every person who has completed seventeen trials and descended from the mountain to the square with a prostration ceremony can obtain the revelation of the Lord of Redemption as long as he concentrates on praying.

It's just that there are very few people who can complete the seventeen trials and climb to the top of the mountain with a prostration ceremony. Most of them climb to the top of the mountain in the normal way, or even take a special carriage to the top. Such people are Those who are not allowed to enter the sanctuary square can only worship in the small square outside the sanctuary square.

Normally, many believers gather in these small squares to worship, but now these worshipers have been dispersed to the area below. The area starting from the small square has been emptied, and only a few devout believers who have completed the trial are allowed Prayers continue on the sanctuary square.

Although they were dispersed to the urban area below, these believers did not leave immediately, because no matter how stupid people are, they can feel that something is wrong, and something big may happen.

There are also some well-informed people among these believers who found out the reason why the believers were dispersed and spread it.

"A meeting in the hall of all sages?" Everyone who knew about the hall of all sages showed a look of shock, and when asked by other people who didn't know the situation, they didn't hesitate to answer. There are all kinds of speculations, but the most guessed one is the great recovery plan that has been circulated in the Redemption Order for several years.

The core of the Great Recovery Plan is to recover the cities occupied by the vines of the abyss. It has been circulated in the Order of Redemption a few years ago, and judging from some policies promulgated by the Order of Redemption in various places, it seems to be in the plan, just a plan The final execution was not particularly ideal.

Although it is true that some abyss vines in some cities have been purified and the cities have been recovered, the recovered cities are completely in ruins. It is very difficult to clean up those giant vines that have been purified, let alone rebuild the city, and every city The recovery process required a lot of manpower and material resources, and the eventually recovered city was completely worthless, which made this recovery plan look more like a performance by the higher-ups of the abbey. Therefore, the abbey also began to gradually criticize the recovery plan. With some voices of doubt, some high-ranking members of the religious order will not oppose the Great Recovery Plan openly, but will secretly do some obstructive things to create some obstacles for the plan.

As for ordinary people, the Great Recovery Plan is too far away from them. They only hope to live a stable life in this world shrouded in ice and snow, instead of returning to the precarious life of the past, and the Great Recovery Plan has already begun to affect When it comes to their lives, the most intuitive manifestation is that the food quota and salary after daily work are less, so they don't have much favor for the big recovery plan.

Now that the Hall of All Sages is meeting, let them begin to look forward to the content of this meeting, hoping that the Pope can give up this great recovery plan.

While everyone was discussing the reason for the meeting in the Hall of Sages, one after another carriages came from the bottom of the mountain, and many people recognized the badges on the carriages. The characters represented by these badges were without exception the real members of the Order of Redemption. Any powerful person who stomps their feet can cause a shake in the congregation, and these people usually stay in the offices of various key departments of the congregation, and they rarely gather together. Now they are all summoned to St. Therefore, this made everyone think about it.

Melina's carriage passed through the crowd in the city below, came to the small square, and stopped at a corner. A carriage had just stopped beside her, and the three people in the carriage got out of the carriage together with her.

"Teacher, you have also been summoned." These people are all gray-haired old people. They were stunned when they saw Melina, and hurried forward to salute. One of the old people in a blood-red robe respectfully asked.

These three seemingly ordinary old men are the most powerful holy adjudicators of the religious court, and they are all students brought out by Melina. Don't look at the kind appearance of the three, but they actually died in their hands. There are countless heretics and rebels in the world.

"Why are you here?" Melina frowned when she saw her students.

She is very clear that although the Tribunal is the most important institution of the Redemption Order, the Tribunal also has great power. If the Holy Inquisitor finds out that the Pope has committed apostasy or heresy, he can even interrogate the Pope, because the Holy Inquisitor's position The authority was established by the three goddesses themselves, and they have divinity in themselves, and have the same status as the priests of the three goddesses, but the trial court also has restrictions, that is, they cannot intervene in any religious and government affairs, and their only role is to supervise the congregation Blasphemers within and heretics without.

Things like the current meeting in the Hall of Sages, logically speaking, should be related to the religious affairs of the order, and people from the court should not be involved.

"I don't know why? But what we received was the Holy Order from the Pope." The old people each took out the Holy Order they received and handed it to Melina.

Melina took a look and found that the holy decree was not only stamped with the holy seal of the pope's redemption, but also the holy seal of the three priestesses. The authority of this holy decree is second only to the oracle, so Even if the three holy adjudicators were puzzled about their participation in the meeting, they couldn't refuse.

"Come with me!" Melina exchanged the holy decree for the three of them, then gave an order, then turned and walked towards the top of the sanctuary.

Although she still doesn't know what the content of the meeting is, the fact that the Pope brought in the Tribunal made her faintly feel that it should be related to the duties of the Tribunal, which means that it is very likely to be related to heresy and blasphemy against the rebels. .

Although the Order of Redemption is the master of this world, and the Sanctuary City of Redemption and Repair controls more than 90% of the world's population, there are some people who did not wait for the salvation of the Order of Redemption during the long disaster, but After taking another path, they believed in some unknown ghosts and snake gods, and some even directly believed in the abyss vines, and these heretics did gain some abilities, but their bodies would mutate when they acquired abilities, and these heretics also It is extremely deceptive, and has created a lot of blasphemers in the shelter managed by the Redemption Order.

Before the congregation began to implement the Great Recovery Plan, the congregation's main energy was used to extinguish these heretics and blasphemers, so the power of the court could be said to be the greatest at that time, and an inquisitor could even mobilize a legion to assist He completed the elimination of heretic strongholds, and now the trial court still has a lot of power, but it is obviously much smaller than before.

A group of people came to the entrance of the sanctuary, and outside the sanctuary stood four holy knights of grace wearing a full set of redemptive armor. Their tall figures of nearly six meters made them look like giants. It is the majesty displayed by the Lord of Redemption in front of the believers.

There are only fourteen divine grace paladins like this in the entire Redemption Order. They were the most devout paladins before they received divine grace, and each of them had completed the most severe redemption trial among armed priests. Praying in the Divine Grace Church, only those who have received the divine grace can leave, while those who have not received the divine grace will die in prayer.

The biggest change of the paladins who have received divine grace is their stature. Each of them will become more than five meters long. At the same time, their strength and physical strength will also increase to an incredible level. Their powerful strength allows them to easily split steel to create Chariots, tough bodies so that they do not have any weapons made by disasters, and they can also cast some magical powers beyond imagination, so these holy knights of grace are the most solid cornerstone of the order, unless there is a catastrophe Otherwise, the paladins of grace will only be stationed in their temples around the world, and only the holy city will have four paladins of grace permanently stationed.

The four Divine Grace Paladins did not prevent the four of them from entering the sanctuary, but when Melina came to the front, they unanimously gave a knightly salute to Melina to show respect, which made the three who followed Melina A look of envy appeared on the face of the famous holy adjudicator. In the entire Redemption Order, apart from the Pope, the only person who is eligible to be saluted by the Holy Knight of Divine Grace is Melina.

Just like its simple appearance, the interior of the sanctuary is also extremely simple. The hall is just a different hall, and directly in front of the hall is the only statue of the Holy Trinity Redeemer in the entire order.

If you see this statue of the Holy Trinity Redeemer for the first time, you will feel that the shape of this statue is very weird. The body part of the statue is not bad. It is a normal goddess shape, but when it reaches the head, it is divided into three parts. It is divided into the heads of Victory, Civilization, and the Goddess of the Lantern, and then on top of the heads of the three goddesses is the head of the veiled Redeemer.

Although this statue looks weird, the person who sculpted this statue was St. Mary Anlia, so this statue has an extraordinary statue and also has very mysterious power.

It is said that a sculptor once wanted to restore this statue in other places, but no matter how superb the sculptor's carving skills were, the sculpture would eventually fail, as if the statue itself had a unique characteristic , so all other statues of the Redeemer and the Three Goddesses were carved separately.

There are a total of four rooms around the hall, from left to right, they are the Hall of the Sages, the Pope’s Bedroom, the Pope’s Office, and the Spiritual Prayer Room. They are very simple, and those who have never seen the sanctuary may find it hard to imagine what their holy place is It looks like this.

After the four of them entered the hall, they came to the statue of the Holy Trinity Lord of Redemption, prayed devoutly for a while, and then turned and walked towards the opened hall of all sages.

Melina had entered the Hall of Sages three times in the past, so she was not curious about the furnishings inside. The Holy Inquisitor who followed him looked around curiously after entering the Hall of Sages like three countrymen.

The decoration in the hall of all sages is very simple, it is a big round table. What is really attractive is the row of head portraits on the surrounding walls. They said that leaving a head portrait here is their lifelong pursuit, but it is a pity that the last statue was left 40 years ago. After that, no one in the congregation left a statue here, even the former teacher Zong didn't stay either.

However, some people in the congregation had discussed that perhaps only Melina in the congregation could leave a statue after her death. Yes, if you want to leave a statue here, the first prerequisite is that you have died.

In addition to these statues, the most eye-catching thing in the room is the head of a male figure drawn in charcoal on the wall facing the door. The head of this figure was painted by St. As for who this avatar is, some people speculate that it may be the lover of St. Mary Anlia, but this has never been confirmed, and even St. Mary Anlia has designated such rumors as blasphemy. People who discuss this speculation have been extremely criticized. Severe punishment, and this also made this avatar even more mysterious, and eventually became the biggest mystery of the entire order.

Although there are only a handful of people who have seen this portrait in the congregation, there are people who know of such a portrait all over the congregation. Many people are curious about what this avatar looks like, including three members of the Inquisition Chamber. The holy adjudicator, so after they entered the hall of all sages, they only glanced at the statues of sages and sages, and then fell on the huge sketch head on the wall.

After seeing the head portrait, the three of them were a little disappointed, because they found that the man drawn in this sketch looked a little ordinary, not the kind of man with extraordinary appearance or majestic temperament they thought, but the disappointment also made them more curious about this man.