With the arrival of this day, the shadow of the storm gradually crawled over the silent Europe and began to brew.
The first news captured by Victor was that a Catholic cardinal was invited to participate in the crown decision. However, on the second day after he set off for London, England, he was assassinated.
He was not a cardinal who was good at fighting. Although he was protected by the Knights and Ascetics and his route was kept strictly confidential, the final result was still...
destruction.
This assassination was full of suspense. Artluqi contacted Prince White Wing immediately, but received the same reply of ignorance.
On the contrary, because this crown decision involved the cooperation between the Church and the Magician's Association, a huge conflict arose between the Protestant and Catholic Churches.
Therefore, some people in the Magicians Association thought that this involved a power struggle within the church, so they simply kept silent and began to watch the fire from the other side of the river. However, the church did not hesitate to use this as an excuse to once again point the finger at Prince White Wing.
Prince Bai Yi refused to admit responsibility for the attack, but the two opposing forces naturally would not care about this, so the two sides started fighting.
Now is the beginning, and it is just a secret confrontation.
The rain fell mixed with the sound of wind, and the war seemed to have begun, but everyone seemed to be restrained.
Victor looked out the window, thinking calmly, and soon, on November 23, the second piece of news also flew to Cornwall.
The Magic Eye Collection Train appeared again, and serious conflict broke out on it.
This wouldn't be big news, but the problem was the owner of the train, Rita Rojian.
One of the twenty-seven dead apostles, he appeared in Germany yesterday and seemed to have left the train and was acting on his own.
For the Church and the Magician's Association, this was tantamount to another escalation of the situation, with more and more powerful people being involved. But for Victor, it also meant that the White Winged Prince could no longer bear it and began to consider Victor's proposal.
Moreover, since the spread of information is delayed, except for big news like the death of the Cardinal, which can be noticed by Artelucci on the same day, news like the Magic Eye Collection Train being attacked by a magician will generally not be noticed by anyone.
Just kidding, the Magic Eye Collection Train is attacked almost every time it appears.
However, this time, the owner, Rita Rojian, not only suffered a small loss, but also left the train and appeared in Germany, the center of the storm, which attracted people's attention.
Therefore, when the Magic Eye Collection Train was attacked, the time given by Altluchi was early October.
Victor didn't understand what the other person meant at first, until Artelucci said with a smile -
It is said that the magician who attacked Lita Rojian and caused her to be defeated was a man and a wolf, a golden wolf.
This made Victor slightly stunned, and then he had a bold guess in his mind - on the third day, November 24th, another piece of news came:
One of the twenty-seven ancestors of the Dead Apostles who had disappeared for nearly a hundred years, the Black Winged Prince Granthog Blackmoa, appeared in Northern Europe and encountered Solonia, one of the twelve monarchs who was recovering the cursed bodies there at the time. The two had a skirmish, and the result is unknown.
On November 25th, Victor once again received news and questions from Prince White Wing. According to the sources from the church, the Astronomy Department of the Magician Association seemed to have observed the release of Hei Ji's power in the Far East, but because it was short-lived, it disappeared again in just half a quarter of an hour, so they could not be sure.
In addition, Mei Lian, who buried the mechanism, has arrived in Cornwall, but nothing has happened here. They began to suspect that Cornwall was just a cover, and Altluchi, Victor and others had already fled away from the center of the storm and fled to the Far East, or secretly went there to carry out some conspiracy.
To this end, Victor confirmed something, looked at the panel in his system, and fell silent as he saw the prompt that Beowulf was still in a special state.
On November 26th, some factions of magicians who did not want to start a war began to warn the White Winged Lord to stop having the Dead Apostles from all over the world gather in Europe. Otherwise, this might lead to their Crown Resolution completely passing the resolution of the advocates of war.
Lord Bai Yi was also confused by this.
He also didn't understand why a large number of Dead Apostles suddenly began to pour into Europe in late November. Even many Dead Apostles in Northern Europe, like the Black Wing Prince, suddenly began to move.
He clearly hasn't contacted any of the ancestors yet, okay?
However, he could only remain silent and silently bear the blame. At this time, when all his dead disciples thought it was his appeal and fell into fanaticism, he came out to refute. That was not a good behavior, it was like stabbing himself in the back.
November 27th, less than seven days until the crown decision.
Victor stood by the window again, looking at the lightning and thunder outside, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Do you feel it, Your Highness?" he turned around and said.
"world."
“I was coerced.”
……
When everyone is forced, or unconsciously, to move in a certain direction.
That is the trend of the times.
It doesn’t matter whether you oppose or agree, because everything will be swept up by this trend and rush towards an unknown direction.
nobody.
No one can escape.
"Although we are not the center of the trend right now."
Victor gently dragged his head and leaned comfortably against the window, feeling the strong wind before the rainstorm.
"But at least, it should be soon, right?"
How long will you let me wait?
Victor thought so, calmed down, and held his breath.
So, two days later, when he saw a black crow arriving late, he knew.
Time is up.
"good."
"Not too long."
Victor looked at Van Phimm in front of him and chuckled.
……
The next evening, Artluqi woke up unexpectedly early and was fiddling with the books on the table with great interest.
Not only about androids and necromancy, this time, there were many more books on his desk about ordinary people and the East.
"What you've been researching lately is really messy."
Altluqi held her chest and fiddled with it for a while: "There is also an introductory book on finance..."
"You can't chew too much."
"That's true for the elites." He smiled softly as he was adjusting his windbreaker and said, "But I don't need to be that powerful, I just need to know a little bit."
"Same to you, Princess."
He turned around and patted Artluqi's head without any hesitation: "When you have time every day, you come to my place to look through these things. Why don't you pick a book and take it home to read it?"
"As the future leader of the Dead Apostles, you don't have to be proficient in everything, but you must at least understand their importance."
"Tsk, then it's better to let you study it. It's enough to have one person who understands this principle."
Artluqi pouted in dissatisfaction and narrowed her eyes at the hateful hand: "Have you become more and more disrespectful to me recently?"
"Have it?"
Victor blinked innocently and chuckled, "I think the princess comes to me more and more often."
This is not an illusion.
That day, the food that Victor fed to Artluchi and the so-called "anchor" theory were obviously unable to convince the other party and suppress a certain uneasiness.
what is this.
Dependent?
Well, we cannot be narcissistic. To be precise, in this high-pressure and extremely tense world environment, we have become more aware of his importance.
Ouch, thinking this way feels even more narcissistic.
Victor smiled slightly, looked at the puffed-up girl, and said simply, "Okay, get ready to go, Your Highness."
"Germany."
……
The launch of the Grand Resolution actually does not seem to have a big impact on magicians as a whole. After all, as a top-level, top-secret meeting, every magician knows the name of the Grand Resolution, but only a few can participate.
Therefore, most magicians only care about the results. If it weren't for the fact that the decision on the crown had plunged the whole of Europe into the turbulent Dead Apostles, most magicians probably wouldn't even have noticed the time of the opening.
With the upcoming Crown Decision, the most notable change in London is the sudden increase in the number of agents of the Church, as well as people who obviously belong to other forces, such as alchemists who obviously belong to the Atlas Academy.
Among the solemn agents, some bishops nodded, while others simply snorted, as if they turned a blind eye.
In response to this, the magician's monarch and the participants all chose to watch coldly.
There was no other reason. There was a rather divisive contradiction within the church at that time.
That is, due to the failure of the previous operation, whether to continue to invest and add actions against Altluchi.
Before this, the old religion advocated the elimination of all heretics, and focused its efforts on individuals, such as targeting Altruci, while the new religion advocated targeting groups, such as the forces of the White Winged Duke. They had never paid much attention to targets that did not pose a threat, such as Altruci and magicians.
In other words, the former pay more attention to symbols, and their devotion to faith is mainly reflected in elimination, and they eliminate one as soon as they see it. However, the faction headed by Protestantism pays more attention to reality, giving priority to eliminating the existence that poses a greater threat to themselves and the people, and does not care much about those who pose a smaller threat.
In addition, there are many neutral parties, but none of them can come to the fore. As far as the church is concerned, it is not a question of who is right or wrong, as they are all devout to the Lord.
The worst that can happen is that you target Altluchi and I target the White Winged Prince, and we each fight our own and develop a so-called tacit understanding.
But this time was different. Originally, the New Church was happy to see the actions of the Old Church against Altluki. They didn't care, but they didn't try to hinder them. They also contributed their own strength, such as the choir. But who would have thought that this group of people who were more likely to cause trouble than to help, set a trap set by the entire church with all its strength, and not only did they let the other party escape, but they also survived, which awakened the "national consciousness" of the dead apostles.
If Altluci really cooperates with the White Wing Prince, the Dead Apostles will be unified.
What about us?
Should we stick together or not?
Let’s not stick together… If others stick together, we might suffer if we don’t.
Let's band together. The conflict between the two sides is irreconcilable. Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about whether to cooperate with the Magic Association. One of them advocates the elimination of magicians, and the other one actually wants to cooperate with magicians?
Of course, this is not the main contradiction at present.
The main reason for the current tension between the two sides in the church is that in this "Old Church" action, why did the Protestant cardinals lose? !
The most infuriating thing is that they want an explanation from the old church, but the old church also feels aggrieved!
If your cardinal hadn't known about it and kept it a secret, would he have gotten away with it? And would he have had another "White Winged Lord" among the Dead Apostles?
And it would be fine if you didn't report it, and it would be fine if you lost to Arteluqi, but the problem is, the one you lost to wasn't Arteluqi, right? !
A cardinal died at the hands of a newborn patriarch. Are you a loser? ! He deserved it, didn't he?
In fact, there are many churches with different ideologies and hostility towards each other, but in the inner world, everyone shares a common foundation called faith, so they can barely be considered a family.
Now, more and more Dead Apostles around the world seem to have found their target, and are beginning to unite and pour into Europe.
It is impossible for the church not to be anxious.
So, another contradiction arose. The old religious faction complained that the new religious faction was not doing its job well. You ignored the small threat, but now it’s good, so tell me what to do.
As for the Protestants, they scoffed at this. People who are not police officers will never know how tight the police force is. All you bastards do is catch a few wanted criminals every day, or bite anyone you see, and then spread the word about your piety and greatness everywhere. Don't you see that the areas under your jurisdiction are infested with Dead Apostles?
In this way, the two sides are friendly and believers in the same Lord, while at the same time tearing each other apart and declaring that the other side’s doctrines are idiotic.
The attack that happened not long ago pushed the emotions of both sides to a peak and almost led to the split of the church on the spot.
Fortunately, the Pope gave the order.
As the only person in the world who can listen to oracles, his orders are the faith of all believers.
He declared that the attackers were not believers.
The decision on the crown position also requires participation.
This eased the conflict between the two sides once again, and led to the crown decision.
Not only that, this time the Protestant representatives, one of whom is a cardinal, also came with a mission, which is...
"Our intelligence has confirmed that the new White Knight was originally a magician."
"Not only that, based on the information from the current survivors, we are very sure that he is a magician from the Clock Tower, or in other words, a magician who is about to become a student of the Clock Tower."
investigation……
The...identity of the new White Knight.
Chapter 95: Announce to the world: In the name of the magician!
"Teacher, the information you requested."
There was a knock on the door, and a kind old woman wearing a green shawl and a pair of reading glasses put down the book in her hand.
"Put it there."
