The Martial God Statue Cracked!

Every morning, many believers of the God of War come to the temple to pray. The vast majority of these believers kneel on the ground in the center of the square outside the temple, facing the Martial God Temple.

The moment the young dragon, riding a pure-blooded Golden Dragon, descended from the sky, it shook not only the clergy of the Martial God Temple, but also the many Divine Knights clad in silver-white armor and red cloaks, as well as the numerous believers kneeling on the ground.

The pureblooded Golden Dragon Griffin landed directly at the main entrance of the Martial God Temple, while the other four Pure-Blooded Dragon landed on either side of Golden Dragon Griffin.

The enormous dragon body exuded a terrifying dragon aura, and its cold vertical pupils swept over the crowd kneeling on the ground before its gaze fell on the temple clergy and the priests of the divine court.

If the clergy here dare to attack Your Highness Lucia, they would not hesitate to destroy this temple and turn the Martial God Temple into ruins in their rage.

With the Dragon God backing Your Highness Lucia, destroying a temple is no challenge for them.

"Human, watch your words. Before His Your Highness, you so-called cardinal of the temple are like an ant."

Don't say that someone as insignificant as you has no right to judge or punish His Your Highness. Even the God of War you worship has no right to judge or punish His Your Highness!

The pureblooded Golden Dragon Griffin raised its claws and slammed them down on Cardinal Floyd of the Martial God Temple.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding temple knights drew their swords.

The other four pureblood Giant Dragon Roar, and flames ignited on their massive bodies.

"You dare to draw your swords against His Your Highness? Your actions are a declaration of war against our Dragon Clan!"

"Griffin".

Upon hearing the words of the Golden Dragon Griffin, the young dragon, about to enter the Martial God Temple, instinctively turned around and shook its head at Griffin.

Griffin's dragon claw stopped less than a meter away from Cardinal Floyd of the Martial God Temple Arts.

"Human, thank His Highness for Your Highness mercy, or you would have been dead just now."

Griffin retracted his dragon claw, and the golden magic circle shimmering on the Golden Dragon claw slowly dissipated into specks of light.

The young dragon breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this; she didn't want to drag Dragon Island into the conflict with the temple because of her own affairs.

Cardinal Floyd's face was extremely grim. In all his years as a cardinal, he had never suffered such a humiliation! His status meant that even the highest-ranking officials of Anselm Province, as well as marquises and counts, would treat him with respect and even bow to him.

Today, however, first, an unknown, somewhat dull and simple-minded little girl descended from the sky in a high-profile manner, looking down at him, questioning him, and even daring to judge him! Then came this despicable pure-blooded Golden Dragon in front of him, who actually called him, a cardinal, an ant!

In the eyes of this cardinal, the so-called pure-blooded Golden Dragon was nothing more than a winged lizard. If only this golden lizard had appeared here today, he wouldn't mind leading the Knights of the Martial God Temple to slaughter it!

"Desecrating the God of War! Even a pure-blooded Golden Dragon will pay the price!"

The Golden Dragon Griffin glanced at Cardinal Floyd with his cold, vertical golden pupils, but said nothing.

Cardinal Floyd's hands clenched so tightly they made a cracking sound.

Impersonating the emperor of the Farolyn Empire, even with the protection of Pure-Blooded Dragon, will still result in death!

He'll deal with this silly girl first, then he'll deal with the golden lizard later!

Suppressing his anger, Cardinal Floyd flicked his cloak and turned to look at the young dragon. "You want our god to judge us and see who is guilty? I will grant your wish. If you are guilty, I will personally send you to the gallows!"

"Sure, as long as you have the ability to take responsibility for killing me."

The young dragon smiled. In Lance's words, she was no longer the same as before; she had evolved from living by eating Field Mouse to being able to go into the sea and catch fish.

Furthermore, she was originally Imperial Daughter of the Farolyn Empire, and her identity was not only that of Imperial Daughter of the Farolyn Empire, but also Your Highness Little Regent of the Holy Light Domain Empire, the strongest empire in the Holy Light Empire, and the king of the Saint Blue Kingdom.

At the same time, she also holds a certain status on the other side of the abyss.

We won't go into the Abyss, since humans and the Abyss are hostile forces.

If she is Amethyst Dragonling, then she has a certain status on Dragon Island.

The offspring of the royal black Lance.

Execute her? With so many identities, let alone a mere temple bishop, even the temple Pope would have to consider the consequences if he wanted to execute her.

Not to mention that the Invincible Under Heaven Lance would stand up for her.

Kill her? Who dares?

The young dragon exuded an aura of dominance over the world.

She was no longer the Amethyst Dragonling who lived by eating Field Mouse. Ugh, she had never eaten Field Mouse. For a moment, Cardinal Floyd, standing opposite the baby dragon, saw a domineering aura emanating from her!

But in the blink of an eye, the seemingly naive girl opposite him suddenly seemed smug.

What responsibility would I bear for killing you?

"When I die, all the Martial God Temple in the Four Regions will disappear from the human world. Not only that, all the clergy of the Martial God Temple will also die violent deaths. From then on, there will be no more Martial God Temple in the human world!"

The young dragon suppressed its smile and said seriously.

The Holy Light Empire might not dare to do such a thing, but Lance dares to. If she dies, Lance will definitely take his anger out on the entire Martial God Temple.

It would not be an exaggeration to describe the scene after her death as a river of blood.

"!!!"

Cardinal Floyd intended to mock the young dragon, but before he could finish speaking, his gaze suddenly shifted to the back of the dragon. From behind the dragon, he saw a pair of cold, golden-red vertical pupils larger than the sun and moon! Behind the pupils was only darkness.

What's going on?! How could he see such terrifying vertical pupils?! Was he under Illusion Art?

He shook his head and looked behind the baby dragon again, but there was nothing there.

Was he seeing things? "Who... who are you?!"

"Emperor of the Farolyn Empire! I allow the people of the Empire to have faith, but I will not allow those despicable clergy who have lost their ideals and faith to use the power of the gods to fool the people of my Empire."

True clergy should not have any desire for power, much less the idea of wanting to be above others, manipulating believers, or using believers to satisfy their own desires.

"For a clergyman like you, believers are merely your weapons."

"Nonsense!" Cardinal Floyd shouted at the young dragon, a rare hint of panic flashing in his eyes.

Suppressing divine authority with imperial power is blasphemy. Everything he did was to uphold divine authority and the divine might of the God of War, not to satisfy his own selfish desires!

This damn guy slandered him and defamed him!

"Whether it's nonsense or not, let the God of War judge."

After speaking, the young dragon turned and stepped into the Martial God Temple.

The tall and majestic statue of the God of War stood in the center of the temple. This God of War was not Valkyrie, but a male deity clad in Divine Armor armor. The God of War held a spear in his left hand and a sword in his right, and a winged tiger stood beside the statue.

broken.

It wasn't Valkyrie Elder Sister Sophia, how am I supposed to complain?

The young dragon was dumbfounded when she saw the Martial God Statue. She thought the God of War was the Valkyrie Sophia, but the statue in the temple was not Valkyrie Sophia at all, but a male God of War.

The young dragon's confidence suddenly diminished.

Her once brisk walk slowed down, and her momentum waned.

Cardinal Floyd, who was following behind the young dragon, keenly noticed this and sensed that the young dragon's aura was gradually weakening.

His demeanor gradually became more assertive and confident as he walked.

The Golden Dragon Griffin, worried about the young dragon, transformed into a dragon-human form and followed him into the temple. The knights of the Martial God Temple, in order to protect their bishop, sheathed their greatswords and entered the temple.

Some believers also came to the temple entrance.

The young dragon stopped less than five meters away from the Martial God Statue, and looked up to meet the Martial God Statue's gaze.

The statues in all the temples in the human world are magical; no matter what angle you look at them from, it's as if you are staring right into their eyes.

Cardinal Floyd approached the young dragon. He had been intimidated by the dragon's imposing presence, but now, seeing the dragon's apprehension, his aura grew even stronger.

"Didn't you want my God to punish me? To judge me? Now my God is watching over you and me from the altar. Now you can ask my God to appear and judge who is guilty."

If you cannot invoke the power of our gods, even with the protection of Pure-Blooded Dragon, you will not leave Anselm Province unscathed today.

The children of Anselm Province who worship the God of War will not allow anyone to slander or blaspheme the valiant and mighty God of War who fights to protect humanity!

The young dragon turned its head to glance at Cardinal Floyd, then looked away, took a step forward, and was about to kneel down on one knee to use the Summoning Divine Art to communicate with the God of War.

However, just as she knelt down on one knee, the Martial God Statue, which was originally facing the young dragon, suddenly moved with a loud bang. Without any external interference, it shifted one statue position to the left. Cardinal Floyd was standing in the central hall of the temple, saw this scene and his eyes instantly showed disbelief and horror. He trembled all over as if he had been electrocuted.

This... this... how is this possible?! The Martial God Statue has been in the temple for over a hundred years, and this has never happened before. Without the priests' permission, the Martial God Statue Martial God Statue of War has moved one position to the side on its own. What else could this be but a divine manifestation?!

Why would a statue be moved one position to the side?

The moment this question arose, Cardinal Floyd's gaze suddenly fell on the baby dragon Lucia.

It's her!

He had seen it clearly just now. This girl was about to kneel down on one knee to pay her respects to the Martial God Statue. However, just as she made the gesture, the Martial God Statue suddenly shifted one position with a loud bang, as if... as if... as if it refused to accept the girl's bow! There are two explanations for this! First: This girl is someone rejected by the gods!

The second possibility is that the Martial God Statue dared not accept the girl's bow! Of these two possibilities, he was more inclined to believe that the Martial God Statue was rejecting the girl!

But his intuition told him that perhaps the second possibility was the real reason why the Martial God Statue had shifted one position! Cardinal Floyd's forehead was covered in beads of sweat, while the worshippers of the God of War who had been watching the young dragon confront the cardinal at the temple entrance knelt on the ground the moment the statue moved.

The temple knights of the Martial God Temple knelt down on one knee, staring at the Martial God Statue in disbelief.

They also vaguely guessed the reason for the shift of the Martial God Statue, and their guess was similar to that of Cardinal Floyd.

Those who are rejected by the gods have no right to enter the temple.

If we rule out that possibility, then there's only one possibility: the girl, the God of War, dared not accept her greeting. Griffin, in his dragon-human form, revealed an excited look in his golden vertical pupils. He was indeed someone favored by the Dragon God.

Even the God of War dared not easily accept the Your Highness's salute.

The young dragon, who was about to kneel on one knee, was dumbfounded when it saw the statue move sideways. What was going on?

Why is the statue moving on its own?

She didn't do anything.

She was originally going to kneel on one knee, but she suddenly remembered what Lance had said: as Amethyst Dragonling, she did not need to kneel before other gods because she was a dragon.

All you need to do is kneel and worship the Dragon God.

But then she remembered her identity as Imperial Daughter; Imperial Princess Lucia of the Empire was a human being.

Kneeling on one knee to worship the God of War seems reasonable, doesn't it? The statue moved on its own, so why shouldn't I move too? With that thought, the young dragon shifted sideways, returning to the Martial God Statue Martial God Statue, meeting its gaze, and then once again assumed the posture of kneeling on one knee. Boom—

The Martial God Statue moved one statue position to the side again, returning to its previous location.

The young dragon was dumbfounded.

What does this mean? This war god doesn't want to hear her accusation against Cardinal Floyd? Is he protecting his own?! Well, then she's determined to file this lawsuit!

She walked back to her previous position, and then the statue on the altar moved sideways again.

The young dragon shifted its position, going back and forth five or six times. Finally, the young dragon became impatient. "How can you do this?! You're bullying a child! I just don't want to be an emperor controlled by the temple's clergy. Why won't you let me complain?!"

"Since you're so protective of your own, I'm going to complain to the Valkyrie!"

Click—

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the Martial God Statue on the altar.

???

!!

Good heavens!!! The Martial God Statue is cracked!!!

The young dragon was startled by the cracked Martial God Statue. What happened? How did the statue crack? She instinctively turned to Cardinal Floyd: "When you were preparing the materials for carving the statue of the god, were you not careful? Otherwise, how could the statue have cracked?"

Thump—

Cardinal Floyd knelt down, for at the moment the statue cracked, a message flashed through his mind: [No clergy member of the Martial God Temple may interfere in the affairs of the Farolyn Empire! Furthermore, no one may show disrespect to the girl before them!]

Not only Cardinal Floyd, but even the kneeling Templar Knights all had this message in their minds.