The Path of Ascension to the Priest

The Pope's order came so suddenly that Audrey was unprepared. When she saw the blond bishop walking past her with the Pope's Knight of Light, she raised her hand and grabbed Tang Qiu's arm.

The Knight of Light paused, turned his head to look at Audrey, frowned and shouted, "Audrey presiding judge."

Audrey didn't even look at him, she just stared at Tang Qiu, and whispered, "Don't forget what you promised me just now."

Tang Qiu gently pushed her hand away, pursed her lips and smiled, leaned close to Audrey's ear, and said softly: "The agreement is cancelled, of course, if you are really unwilling, then catch me again."

Audrey's face darkened bit by bit.

"I hope you can still have this opportunity." Tang Qiu blinked at her, then walked past her and followed the Knight of Light. After leaving the trial hall, the smile on her lips slowly disappeared.

pope……

An old man who has been in a high position for a long time but has deep thoughts.

What is more important to him than paving the way for the Holy Son? Tang Qiu had several guesses about the Pope's sudden approach to him, but in the end he denied them one by one.

The Bright Knight leading the way stopped, turned sideways to Tang Qiu and said, "His Majesty the Pope is waiting for you inside, Bishop Grace."

Tang Qiu came back to his senses, thanked the Knight of Light with a smile, then calmed down and walked into the living room.

The hall was empty, and the crisp footsteps were very clear. Tang Qiu stopped before reaching the steps, bowed gracefully to the Pope sitting on the throne, and his clear voice became softer due to the slowed down speech rate. , "Good day, His Majesty the Pope."

The Pope, who was closing his eyes to meditate, slowly opened his eyes and looked down at the blond bishop at the bottom of the steps. In recent years, he has rarely been in charge of the church affairs of the Holy See. Except for the change of the cardinal, he did not have too many changes in the personnel below. Followed.

If it wasn't about Eden, he wouldn't be in the mood to deal with a bishop in this situation.

Apart from his outstanding appearance and extraordinary temperament, the blond bishop didn't seem to have any special features. The Pope withdrew his scrutiny, raised his hand to press his forehead, and replied in a low voice: "Good boy, did Audrey make things difficult for you?"

Tang Qiu shook his head slightly, and replied succinctly: "The presiding judge Audrey just asked me to understand something."

The Pope didn't speak, but closed his eyes slightly, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became silent.

Tang Qiu frowned indistinctly, and he was already prepared that the Pope would ask her about the Goss Empire, but judging from the Pope's attitude, he didn't seem to have that intention.

Tang Qiu waited patiently, with various thoughts in his mind. After a while, the Pope finally spoke again, "What do you think about what the Black Witch has done?"

"Darkness cannot dispel the light. I believe the Holy See will allow the light to cover the Startu Continent again."

"The suffering is only temporary. The Goddess of Light is merciful to her believers, and the darkness will never hide."

The rather official answer did not fluctuate the Pope's mood. He hummed lightly and finally got to the point, "Do you have a deep friendship with the Elven Queen Delphine?"

"She is currently leading the clan in the Goss Empire."

Tang Qiu's heart moved, he lowered his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then replied: "It's just that we met a few times, did she actually go to the Goss Empire?"

The Pope raised his hand, and a ray of white light brought a piece of parchment to Tang Qiu. He leaned on the seat, stroked the power ring between his fingers, and said slowly: "The elves and werewolves are against the Holy See because of their greed. They were hostile and even initiated several wars on their own initiative, but after all, I couldn't bear to see their lineage being swallowed by darkness."

"Vogt proposed to me before that you should be sent as an envoy to negotiate with werewolves and elves. As long as they still miss this continent and are willing to fight against the Black Witch with the Holy See, the Holy See can forgive their previous sins."

The Pope raised his eyelids, glanced at Tang Qiu, and asked, "What do you think?"

How about asking her?The corners of Tang Qiu's mouth curled up slightly. If Faye and Delphine heard the Pope's words, they would probably sneer. She sighed softly from the bottom of her heart, but with a decent smile on her face, she nodded. Said: "His Majesty the Pope is tolerant, I am willing to negotiate with werewolves and elves."

She agreed without hesitation at all, which surprised the Pope. He paused as he stroked the power ring, raised his eyes and looked at Tang Qiu again, and said, "Give you two days to adjust, and I will send a The Cardinal is with you."

Would you like to send a cardinal to accompany her?Tang Qiu frowned, and then opened it again. After she nodded in response, seeing the Pope raised his hand to indicate that she could step back, she bowed and turned to leave.

Dazzling light from outside shone into a third of the hall. When Tang Qiu walked to the door, golden sunlight enveloped her, and her blond hair glistened under the light, as if blending with the light.

Sitting on the throne, the Pope looked at Tang Qiu's back and frowned little by little.

He turned the power ring between his fingers and didn't know what he thought of. He turned and looked at the statue of the Goddess of Light behind him. The statue was only one-tenth the size of the square outside, but the details were more lifelike than any other statue.

The Goddess of Light raised her hands upwards, and on it was a pure white staff, which was engraved with delicate and complicated patterns, but the place where the gems were inlaid on the top was empty.

This is the staff left by the first Pope, known as Cynthia's Staff.

After the jihad ended, the gemstone on the top of Cynthia's staff disappeared. The first Pope once predicted that the gemstone would return to the staff one day in the future and reunite with the staff to guard the continent of Statu.

Including him and the last two Popes have been waiting for this day to come, but Cynthia's staff was so quiet that there was no movement.

Is it because the position under them was "robbed"?The pope slowly withdrew his gaze from the staff, leaned on the chair and looked at the void quietly, his eyes were deep.

In this case, then it is up to him to return the Holy See to the Protoss.

When Tang Qiu came out from the Central Holy See, Mario was waiting outside. Seeing her take the initiative to meet her, he said in a low voice, "Archbishop Ruisi is waiting for you."

Tang Qiu nodded, and followed Mario into his carriage parked by the side of the road.

There were people from the court wandering around, and they retreated unwillingly after seeing Tang Qiu get into the carriage.

In the carriage, Reese was staring outside with her chin propped on one hand. When she heard the movement, she raised her head slightly, watched Tang Qiu come and sit down opposite her, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why does the Pope want you?"

Tang Qiu leaned against the wall of the car and said calmly: "The Pope sent me to be an envoy to negotiate with the elves and werewolves."

Reese frowned, with a subtle expression, "What does the Pope mean?"

Want to reconcile with the elves and werewolves?It's not like a decision the pope could make.

Let the Holy See take the initiative to seek peace from other races?It's ridiculous.

Seeing Reese's expression, Tang Qiu knew that she was going wrong. She shook her head slightly and explained: "The Pope unilaterally forgave the werewolves and elves and asked them to participate in the battle to expel the black witch."

It wasn't a summation, it was more like sending her to give orders.

Reese's face darkened, and a trace of anger was suppressed in her voice, "Are you sent to die?"

With the hostility of werewolves and elves towards the Holy See, after knowing what the Pope meant, they were so angry that they tore up the envoy who went to negotiate.

She said grimly, "I'll find a bishop to replace you."

Tang Qiu raised her hand to press Ruisi's shoulder, and shook her head at her, "No need." She paused, and added: "Don't worry, I can solve it myself."

Ruisi frowned, thinking of Tang Qiu's hidden cards all the time, the worries in her heart dissipated a little, she was silent for a while, and said lightly: "Then I will ask Mario to lead someone to protect you."

Tang Qiu did not refuse this time, and responded directly with a smile, "Okay."

The carriage swayed and arrived at Ruisi's manor after a while. Tang Qiu followed Ruisi out of the car. When the two walked to the manor, she suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, the Pope is planning to send a red-clothed archbishop Walk with me."

Ruisi paused, narrowed her eyes slightly, and asked, "Who are you sending?"

Tang Qiu shook her head, "The Pope didn't say anything." She thought for a while, and then said, "I suspect it might be Archbishop Vogt."

The pope said that it was Vogt's proposal to negotiate with the werewolves.

Reese sneered, "Is the Pope eager to make room for the Holy Son to cultivate his followers?"

What is the Pope's intention? Tang Qiu didn't have an accurate guess, but when it came to the Holy Son, she asked with a puzzled look: "Why hasn't the Holy Son left the customs yet?"

How long has it been since all the bishops were left in the central Holy See, waiting for the Holy Son to go out and cooperate with him to suppress the dark forces outside.

Ruisi's expression was indifferent, she raised the corners of her mouth, and said with a hint of sarcasm: "Who knows, he always can't seize the opportunity."

The Pope gave everything to the Son, but unfortunately, he was not born for this position.

Without the escort of the Pope, the Holy Son can only be a pope with a name but no authority. Of course, no one can say for sure whether he will be able to ascend the throne smoothly.

The two days given by the pope passed quickly. Mario had already prepared Tang Qiu’s convoy according to Reese’s instructions. On the night before the departure, the bright knight beside the pope came to Reese’s manor to give Tang Qiu Qiu sent a letter of appointment.

Mario took the letter to the garden and handed it to Tang Qiu. Tang Qiu put down the cup in his hand, opened the letter and took out the parchment inside. After scanning ten lines at a glance, she was stunned.

Seeing that her expression was different, Ruisi frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tang Qiu read the contents of the parchment again, and said with a strange expression: "The Pope sent Cambecas to go with me to negotiate with the elves and werewolves."

"Cambecas..." Reese couldn't figure out what the Pope's intention was. "Does the Pope really want to negotiate with werewolves and elves?"

Tang Qiu put down the parchment, pondered for a while with downcast eyes, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Since Cambecas is walking with me, I am looking forward to this negotiation."

Reese glanced at her, "What do you mean?"

Tang Qiu waved to Ruisi, beckoning her to come over, and then whispered a few words in her ear.

Ruisi's expression moved slightly, and she looked at Tang Qiu suspiciously, but she didn't say anything, but rubbed the cup in her hand and fell into deep thought.

Tang Qiu picked up the cup and drank tea, with a faint smile on his brows. Canbecas dared to leave the Central Holy See, so she let him see how dangerous the outside world is.