Angel on earth

The Church of the Sun God usually builds cathedrals and monasteries separately.If the branch church’s finances allow, the cathedral occupies the center of the city, and the huge and complicated outbuildings are used for worship, office, charity, garrison and hospitality; the monastery is built on the westernmost mountain of the city, and the sun rises from the east every morning , the sun will shine on the white walls, reliefs and golden decorative flowers and leaves of the monastery for the first time.

There are chapels and bell towers for monks to worship in the monastery, which are generally closed to the public. Many of the nuns in black turbans and barefoot ascetics have never seen outsiders before they even reached adulthood.There is no need to worry that the new grassland is too flat. In many cases, a mountain with lush forests rising from the ground is the first gift a hard-working shepherd gives to the lambs.

Lieyang Cathedral is not only a church, but also the world's top university,

To maintain the operation of the church, the planning of festivals, the living of the Templars, and the residence of the noble pilgrims who are the seminary.However, the largest architectural space of the cathedral is not the main hall with an inner height of 67 meters, flying buttresses and arches extending to both sides with huge wings, but the Pantheon surrounded by arc-shaped wings.

Looking down from the sky, the Pantheon is in the center of this cross, and the six roads extending around it are like the wings of seraphs and the halo of the sun.

The four stone walls of the Pantheon are supported by 33 stone pillars up to 20 meters high, and each stone pillar is a lifelike statue of a heretical god inlaid with gold and silver.The pillars of the gate are thick and majestic. On the left is a horrible scene of hell, with tongues of fire, steel needles and devils of various shapes showing their teeth and claws. On the right are reliefs of angels supporting each other with compassionate faces. It stretches out lively again, and every feather is fully exposed.

The square four walls occupy a huge area, so it looks a bit chunky, but it is only a negligible mistake against the huge dome. The 66-meter-high dome is like a huge hemispherical cake upside down on a paper tray, with a rose-shaped eye window inlaid in the center of the top, and each piece of stained glass is huge and complete. When you look up at the sky at noon, you will see a round of magnificent sun.

The inner wall of the dome is covered with murals. From top to bottom, the sun god created the heavens to bless the people, all the miracles he performed on the earth, the history of the church, the glorious days of the saints, etc. Sinners and false gods who cry in the lake.There is no division in the murals, and all the scenes are integrated.

The mural was created two years after the end of the Second Jihad and 30 years after the temple was completed, and it was completed by the famous fanatic painter Leonardo di Siena of the Mithra dynasty.Siena became famous at the age of 13 with a "Rite of Spring" praising the saint Anna. He entered the Pantheon at the age of 22 and started painting at the age of 25. It took a full 40 years to complete this painting. "Lord of War" David slapped him into pieces at the place he reserved for himself, and together with those thick and solidified paints became part of this magnificent mural.

Mikhail was unarmed, wearing silver armor and a cloak, and carrying a helmet decorated with white feathers, and stopped in front of the main entrance.

The door opened.The nuns and priests behind them are like a black army, meandering around the corridors and open spaces around the Pantheon.He put the helmet he never wore on the ground and strode through the door.Behind him, "Master of War" Hill, "Red Moon Priest" Isabella, and "Summer Night" Jonathan entered in turn, and Jonathan gently closed the two huge stone doors.

All the saints guarding the holy city, except the "Lionheart Queen" Anna in the monastery, are all in this temple.

On the square platform made of white jade in the center, a throne as brilliant as an excalibur completes the tip of the cone.

Noren navigators believe that the square is the shape of the world.According to the records of the Sun God Book, in the beginning, the three continents were not floating on the sea as they are now, but tightly surrounded the Arctic Ocean at the top. In the battle of gods 3000 years ago, Mithra and the heretic gods shattered the land , Mithras was victorious, and his wrath separated them into three further continents and islands.Above the Arctic Ocean is where the kingdom of heaven is located, and now the heretics of the Abaddon Empire occupy the position closest to the top, just like those foolish people who proudly built the Tower of Babel, so the church has never stopped conquering it; the bottom of the four-sided platform Extending infinitely, it leads to the Kingdom of Death in the southwest, the reefs of the undead in the south, and the endless sea in the southeast, each of which leads to hell. One of the crimes of "fornicated witch" Candy Kane is to claim to pass through The endless sea can reach the "heaven on earth".

At the Pope's feet, white, red, gray, and green long carpets rolled down the four steps respectively, among which the red one was facing the gate, all the way to Mikhail's feet.

On the steps stood the "Armed Prophet" Constant wearing a black priest's robe.He is a handsome young man with curly brown hair draped over his shoulders. He has a humble and polite face, but when he has to, his thin body will bulge his muscles to stretch the black clothes, and his face without a smile is like cast iron. Casting, he drew the spear and sword of the Heroic Spirit and wiped out the rebels.

Constant held the hard-shell parchment Sun God Tome in his hand, and his humble and ethereal chanting sound echoed gently under the dome:

“Everyone must be subject to the superior authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and every authority has been appointed by God; whoever resists will bring the punishment upon himself.[1]

"I tested you with fortune and misfortune, and you were called only to Me."[2]

Mikhail looked up, his head drooped slightly, he stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, and said loudly:

"Peace in the Lord, Your Holiness the Pope. Mikhail Ivanovich Kupala, who ended the Siegfried Federation campaign on July 1498, 7 in the Holy Calendar, came back to command."

Gregory VI, who has just entered middle age, sits on the No. 70 first-order throne, wearing a triple crown, a scepter in his left hand, and a holy grail in his right hand. He wears red and white luxurious robes, countless gold and silver Jewels adorn the crown to the feet.Sunlight poured down from the stained glass windows on the top, and the pope was as majestic as a sacrificial object.

"Please stand up, Mikhail." The Pope's voice was soft and gentle, "There are only us brothers and sisters here. You can call me Gregory, and you don't need to kneel to me."

Mikhail put down the other knee too:

"There is a time for everything, and there is a time for everything in the world[3]. I haven't agreed yet, and the time has not yet come."

Out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Isabella and Hill talking secretly.He has no pupils, and pale blond bangs hide his drooping cheeks, so no one can catch him peeking.Mikhail has always been the most well-behaved and pure child. Even if he said rebellious words, no one thought that he would be distracted from worship.

Gregory was silent for a moment, and did not speak again.After Isabella finished the last sentence with Hill, the latter nodded, and she took a step forward, bowing to salute.

"What is it, Isabella?"

"Micah and Candy Kane have entered the country." Isabella said respectfully, "At noon yesterday, a fire broke out in Caesar's Port, and all the local churches and monastery buildings collapsed. One monk and two priests died, and there were no civilian casualties. But the bronze snake statue in the church square was destroyed. According to Father Pascal, Micah directly killed two priests in the church and monastery after crossing the square. When he left, the whole bronze statue was melted into copper water, and the death The monk died because he stepped into the copper water and fell forward."

"Leave this matter to Hill." The Pope looked at her gently, "He was your good brother, and we don't want you to get his blood."

Isabella nodded silently.Mikhail was still kneeling on the ground, seeing Constant smiling a little hypocritically on the steps.In fact, Constant's smile has always been the same, and the curvature has not changed at all, but Mikhail can see it.

Jonathan sighed.Not to mention being in the temple, in fact the church has always asked believers not to sigh, but to face the cruelest life bravely and positively.But Jonathan seems to have not come out of his identity as a bard hundreds of years ago. Even during the festival, he would use an old wheel to clean his violin. At most, he would move out his lute, which was not broken by filling the cracks with divine power. , and it is normal for a bard to be melancholy all day long.

He said: "It's hard to tell the truth, but I still say it. - Your Highness Kupala, do you think you are more innocent than us? Do you feel that you are a victim and deceived? You actually feel that you have nothing Mistakes, even making friends with heretics is a good sign, right?"

Mikhail looked up at him, remained silent, and the youthful spirit of "at least better than you" could be vaguely read on his expressionless pretty face.

Jonathan shrugged his shoulders, the white robe he rarely put on was a little baggy, it was clear that he was a slightly plump man who looked kind and amiable.

"It is true that we have been deceiving you, but it is also for your own good. From the moment you opened your eyes, we educated you to be a good person. At the beginning, everyone had great differences on the way of teaching, but soon we found that you She is an extremely stubborn child with her own ideas. Although she looks weaker than all of us, this appearance is also one of the reasons why Isabella and the others hesitated. You have already shown that you should be a child of God at the age of 14. Some talents, Hill didn’t want to wait any longer, so he took you to the duel in the Dome of Radiance. It was too late for others to know, so we could only work together to cultivate you. The result is still very exciting, you are more powerful than we thought Pious, if Isabella hadn't insisted you go to Potosi—"

Isabella suddenly raised her head and gave him a sharp look.A look of wanting to tear him apart flashed away, and Mikhail could see it clearly.

The author says:

[1] Romans 13:1~2

[2] Quran 21:35

[3] Ecclesiastes 3:1

Leonardo di Siena, taken from the first and last names of Michelangelo's parents, is just a fictional character.The Pantheon is a tool hall that will appear later, so the introduction is a bit cumbersome. There is a reference to the Pantheon in Rome.