hunting light

All previous popes were jointly elected by three types of people: the cardinals within the Holy See, representatives of civilian believers, and members of the royal families of major religious countries.

In this group, the bishops occupy the majority of the seats, and the representatives of the believers the least.Although the number of members of the royal families of various countries is small, some of their ancestors have been blessed by the Holy Lord because of advocacy, so one vote can cover multiple seats.

A ready-made example is the ballot in the hands of the Duke of Oran.

Coleman's ancestor was once one of the four guardians of the Holy Lord, who was favored by the Holy Lord and bestowed with holy light.The papal election votes in the hands of the Coleman emperors of all ages can be worth ten seats, and they are the most important votes among the royal families of all countries.

This ticket should have belonged only to the emperor.However, when Felix IV offended and inherited the throne, in order to appease and make up for Crown Prince Anthony, the Congress and the royal patriarchs unanimously decided that the pope's vote should be inherited by Crown Prince Anthony.Uncle Felix graciously agreed.

"They took the crown that belonged to me, stuffed me with this thing, and sent me to Fryer like a beggar." The Duke of Oran stared at the golden card in the box.

It is just a card made of white sand gold, with exquisite workmanship, without any anti-counterfeiting marks.But the ten seats it represents, at a critical moment, can send an inferior candidate to the Pope's throne.

"The archbishop expresses his most sincere gratitude to your lord for your support." Carol took the box from the Duke of Oran himself, with great trepidation, "No matter what the outcome is, we will keep this kindness in our hearts and will repay it sincerely. "

The bishop of Fryer Star will take this ballot and rush to the Holy See of Xilin as quickly as possible to go to the Pope's election.

"Will we win?" Leon stood side by side with Ian, watching Bishop Carol's shuttle rush towards the airport.

"The Holy Lord has arrangements for everything." Ian said.

"Did you say these words smoothly, or do you really believe them?" Leon couldn't help asking.

Ian couldn't help laughing: "I really believe it, Leon. Especially after experiencing the incident in the deep sea, I feel that the Holy Lord is omniscient. Wherever the Holy Light goes, everything is within his vision. "

"It doesn't feel good to be peeped." Leon muttered, "Then he also saw your deal with us. Doesn't this violate the doctrine?"

"Yes." Ian's voice was hoarse, "I did this out of expediency, but I'm not proud. If the Holy Lord punishes me for this..."

"I will protect you." Leon suddenly said firmly.

Yi An looked at the boy, slightly surprised.

"I will protect you, Ian." The young man's eyes were deep and determined, his eyes were like two clusters of ice and fire, "It doesn't matter if it's the Holy Lord, or anything else. As long as they want to hurt you, I will protect you at all costs. I swear !"

At this moment, Ian felt that his heart was soaked in the hot spring, and every blood vessel was filled with honey.

He put his arms around the boy's shoulders.

The birth of a pope is never easy.

The first round of voting ended, and the three candidates were deadlocked.Archbishop Ronning, who was the main battle, had the highest number of votes, but he did not exceed 40% of the total votes.

As a result, the Holy See will have a second round of voting only a week later.

The Vatican army only stopped the artillery fire for 24 hours for the old pope who had retired to the Lord, and then continued to attack the third line of defense of the Atlanta army.

This time, the Holy See Army met with extremely tenacious resistance from the Atlanta Army.

The combat system "Valkyrie" temporarily launched by the Atlanta Army was finally able to resist the invasion of the Holy See Army's "Holy Light" system.Their formation was finally no longer messy, and the counterattack became orderly.The confidence of the soldiers has returned, and the public's support for this war has returned.

On the day of the second round of voting, the Atlanta Army won its first victory on the battlefield, defeated the Sixth Army of the Holy See Army, and pushed the enemy back tens of thousands of miles.

This directly led to the results of the second round of voting, and Archbishop Xiali became the person with the most votes.But his vote still did not exceed 40%.

"I heard that the 'Valkyrie' system is a backup system found by the Atlanta Department of Defense from an immigrant ship salvaged from the ruins of a nebula." Leon read the news, "They found that the age of this system and the 'St. The "Light" system is the same age, and many authorities are independent, and do not accept instructions from the "Holy Light."

"But I heard that 'Valkyrie' was not originally a combat system." Sang Xia said, "I heard from my father and his adjutant that the system was launched too hastily and there are still many loopholes. It will be sooner or later that the 'Holy Light' breaks through. thing."

"What do you think the Holy Lord is?" Leon lay on the grass outside the teaching building, looking at the calm clear sky.

This place is far away from the battlefield and the Holy See. If you don't read the special news, you won't even feel the turmoil in the outside world at all.

"I think he is a top-level quantum computer." Sangxia lay down next to him, "The real mastermind behind the scenes is the people from the Holy See. Whoever becomes the pope will get the key to this computer. Then you can pretend to be a god to give orders and do whatever you want. That's why those archbishops fought their heads to be the pope."

"Many people on the Internet speculate like this." Leon thought about it, "But, I think he is a person."

"A human? The kind with flesh and blood?"

"Yes." Leon said, "For some reason, I think he is a real person."

Sang Xia disagreed: "No one can live for so many years, Leon. Unless he keeps cologne himself. But there is a problem. The body can be copied, but what about the mind and personality? Moreover, human beings are not that powerful."

"Yes," Leon murmured, "Human flesh and blood are doomed to have limited abilities..."

The third round of voting was held in a stalemate.And just when everyone felt that there was still no result to be selected in this round, a new pope was born.

Archbishop Alfonso Franco won with 41% of the vote!

"The Duke of Oran voted for Franco?" Archbishop Ronning yelled at his subordinates in his private lounge in the Holy See's Great Hall, "And you all swore to me before that he would vote for Xiali?"

"In fact," the subordinates said with difficulty, "in order to thank the disciples of Archbishop Xiali for saving his son, the Duke of Oran gave his vote to Xiali for his own use instead of voting for him. Archbishop Xiali voted in the third round. and gave those ten seats to Franco..."

Archbishop Franco became Pope Alfonso II.When he was standing in the square to accept the worship of the people, he also deliberately shook hands and kissed his cheek with his old friend Xia Li.

"We have a new Pope!" Father Ian Mitchell was wearing the most solemn white robes and a crown, watching the live broadcast of the Pope's canonization with the Duke of Oran and his son who were also dressed in the same costumes.

"Thank you again for your support, Your Excellency the Duke." Ian bowed to the Duke of Oran in salute.

"Our cooperation has had a very good start, Father." The Duke of Oran smiled. "For this reason, it is not a big deal for me to accept questions from the person in the Champs Palace."

"From now on, everything will change rapidly." Ian said, turning his gaze to Leon who was listening attentively. "In order to create a more stable and better future for the children, I think everything is worth it."

The blond boy's figure was as straight as a sword, his eyes were white and shining, and his young and handsome face was shining like jewel powder.

In November of 14740 in the new calendar, the new pope issued his first military order: ordering a ceasefire on the front lines and peace talks between the two sides.

In December of the same year, the peace talks between the Holy See and the Atlanta Federation failed, and the two sides began a long confrontation with sporadic exchanges of fire.At the same time, the area already occupied by the Holy See army became the new state of the Holy See.

At the beginning of the new year, Alfonso II appointed an administrator and an archbishop to the new state.Archbishop Chali became the Apostolic Archbishop of Simpang.Although he failed to become the pope, he was the religious leader in this administratively independent small state and had his own temple.

In May of 14741 in the new calendar, Archbishop Xiali went to Simpang to take office.Bishop Carol ended his tenure on Fryer ahead of schedule and became one of Xiali's entourage.

Ian did not succeed Carol as the new bishop of Fryer.After all, he was too young and his qualifications were too low. Even if he had summoned the Holy Light, he couldn't be easily promoted by the Holy See.

The Holy See sent an older bishop to take Carroll's place.

"Every time I see Bishop Joseph falling asleep, I worry that he won't wake up again." Leon complained to Ian.

Bishop Joseph, who is almost 180 years old, basically came here to provide for the elderly. No one expected this old man who dozed off at every turn to do any feats.

As a result, Father Yian, who was promoted to be the secretary of the bishop and the cardinal, logically became the real person in charge behind the scenes, and became the uncrowned king in the religious field of Fryer Star.

In November 14741, the first sea puppet wounding incident finally occurred in the southern hemisphere of Star Fryer.

In December of the same year, there were as many as six incidents of sea puppets hurting people, resulting in four deaths and dozens of injuries.

At the end of December, Fryer's anti-smuggling team intercepted a fleeing smuggling boat and seized twelve pairs of sea puppets locked in black water tanks from the boat.They are all adult sea puppets and have entered the estrus period, and many female sea puppets are pregnant with fertilized eggs.

The smuggler confessed under torture, and people from all over the world offered high prices in private to buy sea puppets.Among the delivery receipts provided, there are several orders from the imperial capital of Byron Kingdom.

The imperial capital was shocked, and the news even reached the Holy See of Xilin.The Pope immediately urged Francis IV, hoping that he could try his best to cooperate with the Fryer government's autonomy, and let them clean up this blasphemous creature with all their strength, so as to control the biological disaster within the Fryer area.

In January 14742, the Duke of Oran, as the governor of Fryer, finally obtained the emperor's personal approval order, and joined hands with the imperial frontier garrison to create a sea and land light armored guard.He finally had an armed force at his command.

This team is responsible for searching and cleaning up sea puppets around the world, and is also responsible for rescuing ships and people under attack.

The difficulty and danger factor of fighting sea puppets is classified as level IV, so most of the team members are military academy reserve students and volunteers.The 14-year-old Alpha's eldest son, Leonard, the Duke of Oran, joined the team as the youngest volunteer.

In 14743, the Holy See Army and the Atlanta Army broke out another fierce conflict on the front line, and the war escalated again.

In July of the same year, the "Holy Light" system broke through the "Valkyrie", and the third front of the Atlanta Army was defeated.

In February 14744, the federal government of Atlanta surrendered to the Holy See and announced its reconversion to the Holy Light.Countless people cheered on this day, and countless people cried bitterly on this day.

"We are once again enslaved by that light." Someone wrote in grief and indignation, "Who said that only light is salvation, and darkness is not a sanctuary?"

By 14745, under the strong "persuasion" of the Holy See's army, several countries that were far away from or even separated from the Holy See reconverted one by one, and accepted the archbishop sent by the Holy See of Xilin as their pope.

The vigorous jihad has basically come to an end.The Holy Spirit Tower lights up again, and the Holy Lord bestows new blessings on the world.

That's a technology that could prevent a very troublesome genetic disease.The research and development of vaccines has been lingering at the bottleneck for more than 30 years, until the Holy Spirit Tower gave the answer.

"Tens of millions of newborns have gained a new life! Tens of millions of families have regained their light!"

The media bombed around the clock, every church was overcrowded, and the holy light stands were sold out.

"Father," Leon asked the Duke, "do you think that the Holy Master himself solved this medical problem, or did he just choose to announce this technology at this time to prove his strength again?"

The Duke of Oran threw a newly forged saber to his son, and he also wielded a smooth saber.

"Is it important?"

"Important." Leon clenched his saber in both hands, his eyes determined, "This is related to whether he is saving or ruling."

"Since you can ask this sentence, you already have the answer in your heart."

The light of the knife swung by the Duke rushed towards him like a shooting star, and the young man roared to meet him head-on.

When the swords struck each other, a string of golden sparks exploded.

***

New calendar 14746, June, Fryer star equator, Baiqi Bay.

The sea in the autumn storm was as dark as midnight, and a fishing boat that had lost power and made an emergency landing on the sea was being caught in the palm of the hand by the boiling waves and thrown around.

The surviving crew members huddled in the captain's cabin, their faces full of despair and fear.

The waves that washed over the fishing boat receded, and the densely packed black water monsters were exposed to the white light of the lightning.

They climbed onto the fishing boat one after another, dragging their long tails and crawling around, shedding slippery slime.They burrowed into the fish room, chomped and ate, clawed at the door and glass of the cabin, and neighed sharply at the humans hiding inside.

The warning lights flashed, and the system kept urging: "The inclination of the hull has reached the warning line, please be prepared to abandon the ship and escape!"

But this storm-swallowed sea area is full of swarms of man-eating sea monsters, and the ship is abandoned, and there is no way out.

"...Please grant us light, please bless us to survive the disaster..." The captain's youngest Omega son was kneeling on the floor and praying.He insisted on going out to sea with his father, but he didn't expect that the boat would be trapped by the storm in the sea area where puppet infested.He's only 16 years old, he doesn't want to die yet...

A light shone on his face through the window covered with puppets.

The boy jerked his head up.

A Kun-type fighter jet broke through the rain clouds and galloped in. The spotlight penetrated the heavy rain and locked on the fishing boat that was about to capsize.

The photophobic sea puppets immediately dispersed and hid in a dark corner where the light could not reach.

The rear hatch of the fighter plane opened, and a silver-blue streak shot straight towards the fishing boat.Even in the violent turbulence, the people in the captain's room could feel the shock of the ship.

On the deck covered with sea puppets, a soldier in a light combat mech stood steadily in the rainstorm.