"Something about the Bretton Family? What is your relationship with Scarlet Sword? " Mortaris looked at the two masked men in front of him with a look of surprise. He then raised his eyebrows and said, "No, when Eluria was in trouble, you were still very young. Could it be that child named Lolo? It seems like that child has made some powerful friends after leaving home."
"Hey, old man, we're the ones interrogating you now, not you. If you don't answer honestly, we'll turn you into Aruba later." The president of the Magic Association looked eager. Clearly, he was not joking.
The old bishop shook his head. "I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. I don't know much more than you do."
"How is that possible? Do you think we didn't investigate you? At that time, you were already a favorite of the Pope. In just six short years, you were promoted from the lowest clergy to a bishop. This kind of promotion speed is very rare in the history of the Church. This shows that Venner the Fifth trusted you enough. There was no reason for him to hide the matter of the Bretton family from you."
"It's a pity. If you wanted to know about something else, I might still be able to help you. However, that incident was classified as an S-rank secret, which means that apart from the Pope, the Chief Judge, and those who participated in the previous operation, no one has the right to know about this matter. Even if you try to beat around the bush, you won't be able to," Mortaris said calmly.
D 'Idarion had a' you're kidding me 'look on his face. "S-class sequence? Are you kidding me? It's been more than two hundred years since an S-Class sequence has happened in the Temple. "
"Strictly speaking, it was 269 years ago. The last time an S-Class sequence appeared was 269 years ago. There was a riot in the abyss, and a giant crack about five kilometers long and two kilometers wide appeared in the southwest of the Dawn Continent. Tens of thousands of underground creatures swarmed into the Dawn Continent from that crack. In order to seal that crack, a cardinal and five ninth-grade holy knights died in battle. One of the nine sacred artifacts, the Reverse Cross Spear of Longinus, was also broken in that battle. The Church took another 80 years to repair it. Well, this is the destructive power of an S-Class sequence event."
At this point, the old bishop raised his head and said in a sincere tone, "Both of you are undoubtedly masters, and if I'm not mistaken, your backgrounds are not simple either. However, I still have to give you a piece of advice. Being listed as an S-rank by the Church is not something you can touch. The Temple of God is determined to get that girl. Her fate was decided from the moment she was born, and this matter will not change according to anyone's will. You may be able to protect her for a while, but can you protect her forever?"
"Why not?" Your Honor, the future Supreme Magus, said calmly.
"An individual's power cannot compete with an entire force, not to mention the Temple of Light, which is a monster that has existed for thousands of years. What you have seen is just the tip of the iceberg. Do you really think that the Paladin Order and the Court of Heresy are the strongest forces of the Temple of Light?"
"Oh, what else does the Temple have?"
However, at this time, the old bishop closed his mouth again. D 'Addarion snapped his fingers and said, "I see. This old thing still wants to come to Aruba."
"Faith, faith is the most powerful weapon of the Temple. The number of believers in the human world has exceeded two-thirds, and there are many foreign races who believe in the gods. This is the foundation of the Temple in the mortal world, and it is also the most powerful weapon in the world. If this power is used well, it can easily destroy a country. You mages are indeed very strong, but with all due respect, your strength is not pure enough. Although you also have the Magic Association as a unified governing body, you lack common beliefs among yourselves. Every mage has his own interests to consider. Powerful mages work for different countries and forces, and sometimes even fight each other on the battlefield. Unless the human race is facing a major crisis, most of you will not cooperate with each other."
"I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Shouldn't people live freely?" D 'Addarion took out a handful of popcorn and said, "And who said that we don't have common beliefs? Our common belief is the pursuit of freedom. If the price of being strong is losing freedom, we might as well be ordinary people."
Morteris smiled. He did not want to get entangled in this kind of thing with Addarion. Both sides had different values, ways of looking at the world, and different perspectives. Even if they quarreled for a whole day, there would be no result.
"Tsk, tsk, you're really making things difficult for me. After chatting for so long, you haven't provided me with any valuable information. Are you the kind of guy who says he doesn't want it, but is actually secretly looking forward to being punished?"
Cold sweat trickled down Morteris' forehead. As the confidant of the Pope and the number one figure of the Church in the South, the old man had a lot of secrets in his hands. When he was kidnapped, he was already mentally prepared. Morteris believed that his faith was strong enough, so he was not afraid of the other party physically torturing him, but when it came to Aruba … The old bishop could only try his best to explain, "I really don't know much about what happened to the Bretton family back then. Even with my current level, it is difficult for me to get access to the files of S-rank events. However, on the night before the disappearance of the Scarlet Sword, something unusual did happen in the shrine. The nine sacred relics that were enshrined in the Golden Temple lost their light together and became extremely dim. I happened to be cleaning one of the sacred relics at that time, so it left a deep impression on me."
"At that time, I could feel that the Holy Power on the Ancient Great Axe of Niebuhr had completely disappeared. This strange anomaly lasted for a full quarter of an hour, after which everything returned to normal. However, I was already terrified at that time. I have never heard of such a thing in the history of the Church. The existence of the sacred relics is to destroy evil. In fact, the more powerful the evil monster, the more unparalleled power the sacred relics can unleash. I reported this matter to the higher-ups immediately, but only a cardinal came to ask me about it and recorded the time of the incident. After that, there was no further news. This is really all the information I know about the Bretton family."
Rob and D 'Idarion exchanged glances, and the latter then released a soundproof barrier. "What do you think?"
The future Supreme Magus Your Honor said, "Most of it should be the truth, but he must have hidden something. It may not be related to the Bretton family, but it may be more important. However, I don't care about this part of the content. I have no more questions."
"Then leave the rest to me. Tsk tsk, this is a rare opportunity. Although the main purpose of kidnapping this old thing is to lure the rats in the gutter out, since he has already been kidnapped, it would be a pity not to extract more value from him."
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