MTL - Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 905 887. Officiant

 “There is a dragon-patterned shield left there.”

 A Lothric knight who had climbed back onto the dragon's back saw the angle that had been ignored just now due to the increased vision, and shouted to the knight captain Lorenzo.

 “Just leave what’s left.”

Lorenzo also climbed onto his flying dragon deftly.

　　"No matter what we take, we must return to Lothric as soon as possible! Time is of the essence."

After Knight Commander Lothric finished ordering his men, he said to Lan En, who was riding a horse and standing next to the flying dragon.

"Please leave as soon as possible, Lan. We really need you to come forward as a witness."

The flying dragon began to tighten its muscles under the command, and its wings began to accumulate strength, preparing to fly into the sky again.

 The stone bricks on the bridge made a "clack-clack" collision and squeezing sound under the subconscious grip of the flying dragon's claws.

"I will go with you in the sky, beyond the gate of the Lothric wall, and when you arrive I will go down to greet them."

  Lothric soldiers and knights often patrol back and forth on this wide staircase.

 At the end of the bridge is the gate of Lothric City.

Lan En smoothed away his messy silver hair caused by the air flow caused by the flying dragon's wings, shrugged and said.

There was a low roar of a flying dragon on the city wall, and then the huge flying dragon flapped its wings, picked up all the dust on the ground under the city wall dozens of meters away, and then flew higher up in the city.

At this time, it was as if he couldn't see the cruel corpses on the ground, and then moved towards the empty bridge, hoping to get closer to the city of Lothric.

 “It would be best if we can get into the city as soon as possible.”

Lan En looked up at the abnormal sun.

And these pilgrims paid a heavy price in terms of death and injury, dragging their bodies that were about to turn into rotten wood and traveled long distances to this holy city that spreads fire.

There are also some decorative vegetation such as flower beds and green plants beside the stairs, but they have not seen sunlight for a long time, making these vegetation very wilted.

"Priest Emma is inside, and we have to inform her of what happened."

˜ is a more common combination in the castle defense system.

In a cruel and terminal world, one should not expect that there are any normal people left in it.

Qilin’s red crystal eyes blinked at Lan En.

But he only dared to kneel down on the roadside, for fear of blocking the way of pedestrians.

It's just that this world used supernatural power to enlarge the size of the city gate to this extent.

They moved forward silently, stumbling and hard, with only a few suppressed groans of pain occasionally coming out.

 After entering the city gate of Lothric, there is a wide staircase leading upward.

Lan En, who was following Lorenzo, also saw the pilgrims who had entered the city earlier.

 Under this "bloody eclipse", this silent progress is simply chilling.

And Lorenzo trotted down the stairs on the side of the city gate with the sound of his armor moving.

Lan frowned and looked around, and found the pilgrims who were still at the other end of the bridge, but were not involved in the riot because they were too far away.

He looked up the stairs. At the end of the stairs was a magnificent church.

On the outer wall of the front of the church, the power derived from magic or [miracle] forms a dial composed of illusory blue light to display the time.

He did not negotiate with the city gate guards, but directly rode the flying dragon and landed on the city wall above the city gate.

The towering gate, about thirty meters high, adopts a composite design of gate and opening and closing door.

Lorenzo in the sky is letting the flying dragon circle to keep up with the unicorn, which is not at full speed.

The stone turtle shells on their backs made them look like turtles wearing black robes in this posture.

 Due to the weakening of the initial fire, the difficult life has made people's need for faith become more intense.

“If I didn’t go to the New World, but came here directly after the war, I would have gone crazy, right?”

They seemed to feel that their status was low, and they just prostrated on both sides of the road with their hands clasped toward the top of the stairs, praying and begging.

"Dismount, I have ordered them to take care of your property."

 Just before leaving, he patted Qilin's neck as if out of habit.

Such humility made Lan En frown.

This idea suddenly came to the witcher's mind.

 Then under the command of the Knight Commander, the gate of Lothric opened with a bang.

 Lan En nodded indifferently.

Lorenzo nodded to the passing patrolling Lothric knights while quietly explaining the process of the trip to Lan.

Lan En shook his head, gently pulled the Qilin's mane, and ran towards the other side of the bridge, the majestic and majestic city gate.

With no roadblocks, the bridge was quickly completed by Qilin.

 Lorenzo arrived in heaven as promised.

 The three flying dragons took off one after another, leaving only a mess and charred corpses on the bridge.

So even though it was not an important day, there were already many people queuing up in front of this church, waiting to go in and worship.

 Most of them wore simple linen robes and short shirts, and their faces and bodies were very thin.

Most of the people who had not arrived in line knelt down outside the church and muttered something at the same time.

So the Lothric knights patrolling here are also responsible for maintaining law and order, and Lorenzo must also lower his voice to prevent information from leaking. But facing Lorenzo’s arrangement, Lan also lowered his voice and whispered with minimal lip movements.

"Are you mistaken? This should be the White Church. You also found the red worm pills from the Netherworld Church on those attackers. Are you going to tell the priest about it now?"

 “There is a difference between a priest and an archbishop.”

Lorenzo explained as he climbed the stairs.

The White Sect is the oldest and largest sect in the world, and its main **** is generally believed to be Lloyd, the **** of law and class. King Gwen's uncle.

 The history of this belief is almost as old as the Age of Fire.

 Has already covered all human countries.

 Such a huge organization has already prepared regional divisions and power divisions.

The archbishop of the Netherworld Church is a high-level official in the church, and the priests of Lothric are also high-level officials, but they are just equivalent to managers of different dioceses.

 Equal status, not subordinate to each other.

Hence, it is different from Lan En’s previous estimate. The Church of the Darkside is suspected of participating in the riots and supporting the riots, but it does not mean that the priests are suspected.

 On the contrary, in the three-pillar structure of Lothric's royal power, the relationship between knights and priests can be said to be "close".

“Your Majesty doesn’t know why, but some time ago he insisted on transferring the ownership of the large library that contains a huge amount of precious knowledge from the royal family directly to the hands of the sages. This makes us and the priests very uneasy.”

Lorenzo cryptically explained the reason for the "close" relationship between knights and priests.

 Fortunately, given Lan En’s level of political history, he could easily understand it.

One of the three-pillar structures received a huge amount of resource tilt for unknown reasons, while the other two began to huddle together for warmth under a sense of crisis.

From this point of view, the priest is indeed a character worthy of the knights' trust.

 But after all, why didn’t Lorenzo go to the top of the Knights directly under him?

Due to lack of information, Lane and Mentos were unable to draw reasonable conclusions.

 And thanks to Lorenzo's status as knight commander, the two of them entered the church unimpeded.

This church fits Lane's stereotype of architecture in this world.

Gothic buildings are always filled with various reliefs and patterns, as well as broad and heavy flags hanging from hanging points on the dome.

 A gentle breeze can make these wide hanging flags make a "whistle" sound.

And the old woman wearing a hooded robe sitting at the main seat of the church is undoubtedly the priest of Losric.

She saw the two people who entered the door, and quietly handed over the task of preaching to the lower-level priests behind her. She waved her hand to Lan En and Lorenzo covertly.

Hinted for them to follow him to the corner of the church to talk.

In the corner where the candlelight cannot shine, although there are many believers praying devoutly in the church, this corner does not attract anyone's attention.

“I think you should have received news about the riot on the bridge entering the city?”

 Lorenzo first asked respectfully.

 “Yes, I heard that.”

There was no emotion or anger in the voice of the officiant, just the voice of an ordinary old woman.

“The sound of the horn summoning dragon knights for reinforcements can hardly be ignored, as can the flapping of the wings of the two flying dragons.”

 “What, is it a famous knight who is going crazy there?”

 “It’s worse than that, Priest Emma.”

Lorenzo whispered as he took off the shield from his back. He only had this dragon-patterned shield on his back, and the rest were hung on the flying dragon saddle and brought back to the Knights' dragon training ground.

With his iron-gloved hand, he turned the side of the shield with the golden dragon pattern upwards and handed it to the officiant.

 “Much worse.”

　　After seeing this magical blue shield, Priest Emma’s breathing paused obviously.

 Later, Lorenzo told her about the riot that took place on the bridge outside the city.

 Mainly focusing on the enemy's understanding of the flying dragon, as well as targeted equipment, these are the worst signs.

 —A sign that the Knights of Lothric have been betrayed!

 “You mean, the deep church”

The officiant said with difficulty, holding the red worm pills handed over by Lorenzo in his hand.

“They should have also betrayed Lothrik, the gods and the royal family.”

 Lorenzo pulled Lan to his side.

"I also brought witnesses to prove what I said. The Church of the Deep has united with a certain magician force to target Lothric."

 “This is really disappointing news in these difficult times.”

Priest Emma sighed.

“His Royal Highness is still delaying spreading the flames. He is hiding in the palace and does not see others. You are right to come to me first at this time, Lorenzo.”

“The leader of the Knights is now facing pressure from both directions, and he probably no longer has the energy to deal with these things.”

 “I don’t understand.” Lorenzo’s voice was muffled. "If the prince is unwilling to pass on the fire, then isn't it okay to drag the prisoner to the throne? Why does His Highness delay even this?"

 (End of this chapter)