On the History of the Pope's Death

Arnold easily felt his brother's depression and self-blame, and he stretched out his hand from behind to pull him into his arms.Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the body floating on the water, which was icy cold.

"Brother, it's not your fault." He whispered into Lucia's ear.

Lucia leaned back and leaned against Arnold's warm and firm arms, absorbing the faint warmth of his body from the close contact of his body.He nodded, and explained in a muffled voice: "I don't think it's my fault, it's just plain uncomfortable."

Arnold hugged him tighter and didn't speak again.

The two hugged each other quietly for a while.Lucia stood up straight, took one last look at Martin's pale face, turned around and pulled Arnold out of the dungeon.Martin plus the people who died in Rostock before, the dark mage must pay for it with his life.

Half a month passed in a flash.

The sunlight refracted into the temple through the colorful window lattices, reflecting dazzling light and shadows, but at this time everyone in the temple had no intention of watching.

Under the high dome, Cassandra smiled and put on Lucia the crown and sash that belonged exclusively to the Pope, and finally took the scepter symbolizing the authority of the Pope from the hand of the bishop next to him and carefully delivered it to Lucia hand.

"Under the witness of the God of Light, Lucia Brenda will become the new pope and lead the devout believers to the light!" Cassandra raised Lucia's hand and said solemnly to the people in the temple.

Standing in the temple, all the people knelt on one knee, clenched their right fists in front of their chests, and shouted loudly to Lucia: "Your Majesty Lucia."

Lucia looked at the dense crowd of people below, and felt that the weight on her shoulders was getting heavier.These people, no, this city will become his responsibility, a mission he must bear.Looking through the crowd, and meeting the eyes of Arnold who was standing at the back, Lucia curled the corners of her mouth and smiled faintly, at least he was not alone.

In the past half a month, the traces of the demons have spread all over the entire continent, and panic has quickly spread among ordinary people.The simplicity and urgency of Lucia's coronation ceremony this time is also inseparable from the severe situation.

Since Cassandra unloaded the burden of the Pope, her whole life has become much more relaxed. Now, his daily life in the Holy See is like a pension. He plays chess and drinks tea. Although he has no magic power, he is still leisurely. .Shaches has almost settled down in the Holy See, and Kleist's matter is also handled by letter.Both of them tacitly did not mention the matter of leaving, nor did they mention the relationship between the two, but the relationship between them was so harmonious and harmonious that it made people feel warm just looking at it.

Taking office during this special period, the things that Lucia needs to deal with every day can pile up into a hill. If Arnold hadn't helped share most of the burden, he would probably regret being the thankless pope.

That day, Lucia was reclined on the couch reading a book, and Arnold was helping him with business affairs. The atmosphere was quiet and beautiful.

"Your Majesty the Pope, King Sigal is here to visit."

Hearing the words of the attendant outside the door, Lucia put down the book in her hand, and couldn't help but think of the news she had read a while ago.

The former king of the Sigal Empire died of illness. The eldest prince, fifth prince, and seventh prince are all popular candidates for the throne. Among them, the eldest prince holds one-third of the military power, and the sixth and eighth princes all choose to stand behind him; the fifth prince is usually the most Low-key, but this time he can become a strong contender for the throne, which is inseparable from the strength of his own magister and the support of the Fidel family, one of the three dukes. As for the seventh prince Alves, the old king Benson is the favorite His child also holds one-third of the military power in his hands, and he also owns the royal family's dark guards.

Because Alves is a relatively big threat, the eldest prince and the fifth prince decided to unanimously get rid of Alves first.It did cause Alves great trouble at the beginning, but soon the eldest prince had an accident, and it was finally found out that it was the work of the demons.Once the eldest prince died, the fifth prince fought alone, and naturally lost to Alves. In the end, he was made a duke and sent to a remote territory.

The current king of Sigal is Alves, and Alves ascended the throne two days before Lucia was crowned Pope.

"Invite the king to the living room, I'll be there in a while." Lucia ordered the attendant waiting outside the door.

After the people outside the door left, he lazily got up, tidied up his messy clothes, saw that Arnold also got up, and quickly stopped him and said, "You don't have to go, I'll just entertain him." Just kidding, Arnold Go, who will help him deal with those annoying official duties on the table.

Arnold knew what Lucia was thinking, and said with a smile, "My brother is also tired recently, so let me handle the official duties this week."

"Let's go, don't let people wait too long." Lucia knew that Arnold must be narrow-minded, and was worried that he and Alves would be alone.

When they arrived at the side hall, they saw Alves sitting on the sofa waiting.

"Alves." Although the identities of the two have changed again now, Lucia still likes to call him by his first name directly, rather than calling him His Majesty the King.

Alves didn't want his identity to become an obstacle between the two, he stood up and greeted Lucia with a smile, "Lucia, long time no see." As for Arnold behind Lucia, Alves just swept away Skip it at a glance.

They've only been separated for half a month, well, what's the matter with this sentimental tone after being separated for many years.Lucia secretly complained in her heart, but walked towards Alves with a gentle smile on her face, "Long time no see, please sit down."

After listening to Lucia's words, Alves sat down again graciously, with a lazy posture, and his brown eyes stared at Lucia opposite him without blinking.

"You have just been promoted, so there must be a lot of things going on, why did you come here suddenly?" Lucia looked at Alves suspiciously and asked.Thinking of his various affairs piled up recently, Lucia felt that Alves should be in the same situation. How come he still has time to come to the Holy See? He is not afraid that his throne will not be secure.

Alves leaned forward, looked at Lucia mournfully, and said in a sad tone, "Why, beauty Lucia doesn't welcome me?"

Knowing that Alves was just joking, Lucia smiled without saying a word, just looked at him gently.

If you want to act, you need someone to cooperate.Seeing Lucia's unmoved look, Alves put away his sad expression with some regret, and Alves said affectionately in a low voice: "If I say, I miss you?"

Lucia's eyes widened slightly, and she looked at Alves in surprise, trying to see signs of joking on his face.Arnold, who was sitting next to Lucia, knew what Alves was thinking early in the morning, and stared at Alves with deep eyes. Now he regrets that he was concerned about his brother's mood and that the Juggernaut beside Alves didn't kill him. He didn't know if his brother would notice if he attacked in the Holy See, he thought about a hundred ways to kill Alves, and Arnold's eyes on Alves became more dangerous.

The first thing Lucia did after being surprised was to turn her head to look at Arnold.

"Brother, what's the matter?" Arnold was brought back to his senses by the movement of his hand, and turned his head to look at Lucia.

What's wrong?It should be what's wrong with you, why don't you look so fierce when you're jealous!Lucia was startled by Arnold's suspected blackened eyes just now, and when she realized it, she quickly pinched Arnold's hand hard.

Lucia glared at Arnold, the warning in his eyes was obvious.

Arnold wrapped Lucia's hand into his broad palm and held it tightly.He looked at Lucia obediently, trying his best to appear harmless.

Now that Alves is still there, Lucia didn't talk to Arnold, he would look at him anyway.

Alves looked sourly at the interaction between the two opposite people, especially seeing Lucia's vivid and natural expressions towards Arnold, which made his heart throb with pain.

In front of me, even if I try my best, all kinds of shameless tricks can only make him show one or two different expressions occasionally. Words are special, but now he knows that what is truly special is that you can get all of his truth without doing anything.

As if he had lost all his strength, Alves struggled to bend a naughty smile, and said in a relaxed tone, "Beauty Lucia won't take it seriously. I'm joking." As if he was really just another The pranks, people can not see the slightest difference.

"It seems that my acting skills are not bad. I almost fooled you." Alves leaned back on the sofa, raised one leg, touched his chin and said, "And you are all together Well, I'm not going to be a meddler, it's not in my taste."

Lucia was angry when he saw Alves' stinky fart, this guy was born to beat him, and can this kind of joke be made casually?

Seeing Lucia's dissatisfied eyes, Alves put away his indecent expression, waved his hands and said, "Okay, I'm here for something serious."

"Have you heard about Greta before?" Alves asked in a rare and serious voice.

Lucia nodded because she didn't understand, and didn't understand why Greta was suddenly involved.

"After Greta's accident, I went to look for you, but you had already returned to the Holy See at that time, so I never had a chance to talk to you." Alves picked up a glass of water from the small table next to him, took a sip before returning Slowly continued: "Greta was planted under the vine."

*Vine is a weird plant that grows in the dark place of the extreme north. It has no attack power itself, but its seeds are frightening.Once a person swallows the seeds of the *vine, it will use human body as nutrients, sprout and grow extremely quickly, making people feel the pain of being torn apart by the *vine.The more hair a person has, the faster and more luxuriantly the hair vine will grow inside him.

Although he knew the news of Greta's death, Lucia was focused on Cassandra's safety at the time, and did not inquire too much about her situation.Hearing the *vine suddenly at this time, even though Lucia is now tough-minded, she couldn't help but feel startled, and the *vine is not exclusive to the demons, so it is debatable to say that Greta was harmed by the demons.

"Have you found out who did it?" Lucia asked with a frown.

Although Lucia didn't show it, Arnold knew that his brother's psychology might have begun to doubt him again.His eyes were half closed, and his long eyelashes concealed the calculation in his eyes.

"The traces of the attacker are well hidden, and there is no clue at all." Alves said, looking at Arnold next to Lucia with meaningful eyes, "If you want to attack so quietly, that person is likely to be A space mage may have a precious space movement scroll."

Arnold didn't react when he heard the words, as if Alves didn't suspect him.Then Lucia's heart tightened, and he echoed dryly: "It's very possible," and then said unconsciously: "There are quite a few space mages on the mainland, and it's still very difficult to find out based on this clue." .”

Alves watched Lucia subconsciously defending that person, and felt that the smile on the corner of his mouth could hardly be maintained.Before he said anything, Lucia couldn't wait to get rid of Arnold. It turned out that he was the one who couldn't see clearly.Thinking of the nobles who have been actively trying to squeeze people around him recently, maybe it's time for him to consider marrying a wife who doesn't hate him.

When he spoke again, Alves still had the sourness on his face, but he tried hard to put it down, "I'm here to discuss another matter with you besides Greta." Rubbing the porcelain white cup in his hand Alves frowned slightly and said, "Recently, the activities of the demons in Sigal are much more frequent than in other parts of the mainland. There has already been a large-scale emigration of the population. Have you received any reliable news?"

"A magister in the Holy See, a red-clothed archbishop, was controlled by a dark mage half a month ago. He sent me a message, only the time and place, the Hill Mountains a month later." Lucia thought for a while before telling Asia the information. Elvis.It stands to reason that there is a holy city between Sigal and the Hill Mountains. If the demons have any conspiracy, it should be more reasonable that the Namivega Empire at the foot of the Hill Mountains has frequent activities.

Alves was also puzzled when he heard the words, but seeing Lucia's troubled expression, he couldn't help explaining: "Now the demons are in the dark, and we are in the light. The best way is to stand still and use the plan. When the time comes The trip to the Hill Mountains, I hope you can take me with you, this matter is about Xigal, you can't exclude me."

Lucia looked at Alves' persistent gaze, knowing that it was useless not to let him go, so she could only nod helplessly in agreement.

Brother and Alves didn't know why Xigal's demons were active, but he knew it clearly.On the surface, the activities of the demons are a struggle with humans, but in fact they are cutting off his influence bit by bit, and his influence in Xigal is undoubtedly the most.Thinking of Lance, Arnold snorted coldly in his heart, his eyes squinted, and a sarcastic smile flashed in his eyes.

There were only nine days left before the time the dark mage said, and Alves sent a message to mobilize several teams of elite mages and swordsmen from Sigal, asking them to rush to the town under the Hill Mountains to station in advance.

Here, Lucia also summoned one-third of the elite of the Holy See to set off with him.This time, Sandy and Jocelyn were left in the holy city by him, in case the information was a trick of the demons to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Leaving them and most of the personnel can guarantee the safety of the holy city to a large extent.

The sky in June is light blue, like a piece of clean velvet trimmed with yellow gold.The breeze blows, raising the fresh breath of grass and trees, and making people's mood clear.

It had just rained the day before, and when Lucia and the others set off, it was a sunny morning after the rain, and they could still smell the slightly fishy smell of mud in their breath.They set off five days ahead of time, and it only took half a day on the road. After reuniting with Alves' team, the extra time would allow them to figure out the surrounding terrain and make some simple deployments.

The Hill Mountains are located in the southeast of the Holy City and are the dividing line between the Holy City and the Namiwija Empire. It is more than 2000 meters long and nearly 300 meters wide. It is composed of 67 peaks. The highest altitude is more than 7000 meters. People can climb to such a high place, so the Hill Mountains will become one of the most mysterious places on the mainland.

Lucia and the others made their final rest in the village of Moer on the north side of the Hill Mountains. There are 67 mountain peaks. The dark mage was vague, and Lucia didn't know which mountain he was referring to. It was unwise to disperse people to investigate, so they could only stay where they were, hoping that new information would emerge.

As a result, they stayed in Moer Village for more than a day, and they didn't see anything unusual, let alone any new news.

The population of Moore Village is very small, and the whole village lives a peaceful life at the foot of the mountain, with a simple and peaceful beauty.Lucia and Arnold walked side by side on the path paved with bluestone slabs, looking at the towering peaks not far away, and the lush trees above covered people's sight.It was breakfast time at this time, and everyone in the town was preparing breakfast. The chimneys on the roofs of every house were emitting white smoke. Lucia stared at the misty smoke and felt a flash of inspiration.

"Arnold, I know where to go." Lucia dragged Arnold and walked back.

He didn't know what was going on, but an intuition told him that it was there.Of the 67 main peaks in the Hill Mountains, there is only one that is shrouded in mist all the year round, and it was there that Arnold met his mysterious senior.As someone who has read the original book, Lucia knows that Arnold also has the blood of the demons, and his predecessors must have something to do with the demons.Thinking about it this way, Lucia became more and more sure that the place the dark mage was talking about was that special mountain.

After going back, I would like to talk about my own thoughts, of course omitting Arnold's part, and only talk about the special features of that mountain.Although there is no basis, Alves still chooses to believe in Lucia, after all, there are no other clues now.

Standing again at the place with deep memories, Lucia felt a little overwhelmed for a moment.More than ten years have passed, and this mountain has always stood here.The lush trees and the misty forest are exactly the same as in the memory, as if the time went back to that time, when he was young, he pulled the little Arnold to stand in this place.

Lucia looked up at the majestic mountain in front of her, and seemed to see two figures, one big and one small, one black and one white, gradually walking into the green.He subconsciously turned his head to look at Arnold beside him. At this moment, Arnold also turned his head. Their eyes met, and the corners of their lips curled up into smiles. The arcs they outlined were strikingly similar.

Alves stood on the other side, watching the interaction between the two, he had already guessed that Lucia had reservations about the main peak before, at least he and Arnold must have experienced something, but now he has He has learned that some things cannot be forced, and now he only feels regrets about the things between them, but gradually he will no longer be jealous and heartbroken.

He drew out the sharp long sword at his waist. The black blade gleamed coldly under the light. Holding the sword, he took the lead and walked towards the mountain where the road ahead was unclear. go in."

Lucia pulled Arnold to quickly follow up with Alves, and said to him with a smile, "Let's open the way. I've been here once, so I have some experience."

Alves took a step back, letting Lucia and Arnold walk in front of him, "Then you go first."

Behind them was the team that followed this time, only about 30 people, ten of them were brought by Alves, and the other twenty were elites from Lucia's knight guard.No one has set foot on this main peak for so many years. Weeds, vines and shrubs are everywhere, and there is no so-called road at all. The team can only move forward slowly in a single file.