" The Holy Lord City has fallen, and His Majesty is enraged, determined to rebuild the glory of our Church with the blood of Werewolf! Lino City, being the closest city to the Holy Lord City, should fully support His Majesty's decision and provide ten boys and girls for this conscription..."
The distance was too great for Norton to hear them.
But his nose could detect a familiar fragrance in the air.
Even at this distance, he could still accurately detect the familiar scent of blood, which was surprisingly strong. It even held a faint allure for Norton on the clock tower.
Norton's crimson eyes were fixed on the five hundred Holy Knight at the city gate. A feeling of longing arose from within him, making him somewhat restless.
The last time he absorbed the power of those Holy Knight, he instantly entered a growth state. If he could absorb all five hundred of them, would he directly become his complete form?
Although Norton didn't know exactly how many stages Vampire's growth involved or what kind of creature it could become, he did know that it was very beneficial.
The only problem is that he can't beat Norton!
Even one would be difficult, let alone five hundred!
The only certainty is that these Holy Knight are indeed unable to locate themselves on their own. Otherwise, they would have already stormed into the city and killed Norton.
Norton suppressed his overwhelming desire.
He is an immortal being, and there is absolutely no need for him to put himself in danger in order to accelerate his growth.
Hide, hide until the end of time, hide until the Church is destroyed, then he can make a powerful comeback and become a terrifying Vampire Progenitor!
Norton inexplicably felt himself ignited, though he didn't know what was so igniting about simply hiding, but he felt more ignited than Bo!
Given his long lifespan, Norton has chosen to continue playing it safe.
However, the situation changed far beyond his expectations.
The Holy Judgment Order did not even stay in Lino City for a single day before taking two hundred missionaries from Lino City to serve as logistical support and heading towards the Holy Lord City.
The people of Lino City were abuzz with discussion. The poor had never seen Holy Knight before, but they had seen Church Knights.
Therefore, based on the Church knights' ideas, they began to speculate on various possibilities for this battle.
The fall of the Holy Lord City was a huge topic of conversation in an era when news didn't circulate much.
Although Lino City is still under epidemic prevention and control measures, people still gather together every day to discuss their speculations with great interest.
Even Church members themselves have had their say on this incident.
"These damned Werewolf are utterly filthy! How dare they invade the Church and even breach the Holy Lord Cathedral! This is an insult to the Church! How dare they defile God's holiness with their unclean bodies?"
"No need to worry. With the Holy Judgment Order in action, these Werewolf will have no chance of survival. However, spies from the Boya Empire within Lino City have been making frequent moves lately, but His Majesty Adam has instructed us to keep quiet, which may trigger a new round of war."
"There is even less reason to worry. His Majesty Adam possesses unparalleled power. If his Boya Empire dares to harbor any ill intentions, the Holy Judgment Order can travel thousands of miles to slaughter its royal family members."
Since these remnants still harbor treacherous intentions and want to restore the Ancient Holy Noah Empire, then they should be prepared to be completely slaughtered by my Holy Lord Church!
In the pavilion of the back garden of the Lino City Church, three archbishops in purple robes sat calmly on the stone steps, sipping their tea. Each held a son in his arms, their hands moving freely as they spoke, yet their faces were filled with a holy, almost prayerful expression.
They were indeed praying.
The high-ranking members of the Holy Lord Church, due to their excessive power, coupled with environmental pollution and an extremely oppressive living environment from childhood, have developed psychologically unhealthy traits, much like those of low-ranking missionaries such as Norton.
However, missionaries from lower classes like Norton often develop a dull, cold, and indifferent personality due to their upbringing.
Priests and bishops, on the other hand, often have eccentric and tyrannical personalities and various disgusting fetishes because they have been subservient to others for many years and are frequently subjected to severe punishments.
In order to legitimize these disgusting fetishes and to beautify their own image, more than three hundred years ago, the Church began to glorify various behaviors that were done to satisfy their strange fetishes as a kind of sacrificial activity that imitated God's behavior, calling it 'pilgrimage'!
This certainly has its origins; after all, the God described in the Holy Covenant was far more adventurous than they were. How could such imitation of God not be considered a form of ritual expressing one's inner faith and devotion?
So they weren't venting their perverted fetishes, but simply performing a ritual to express their boundless worship of the holy God!
Archbishop Duoxia sat there, his kind face filled with the holiness of a priest.
The Werewolf incident in the Holy Lord City was of great importance; otherwise, the three purple-robed archbishops wouldn't have been here.
After all, the Werewolf had indeed damaged the Church's dignity and defiled God's holiness. However, compared to the events in the Holy Lord City, they were more concerned with what His Holiness Adam had found in the Holy Lord City.
The Werewolf infant was a secret that Karl's father and even the lower-ranking bishops of Lino City were not qualified to know, but it was no secret at all to the archbishops who were only one rank below the pope.
" Werewolf have always looked like Werewolf, so how come they were able to give birth to a human baby this time? The Church has studied the issue of Werewolf mating, but let alone producing any deformed offspring, they have even had difficulty conceiving. What is it in the Holy Lord City that could cause Werewolf to give birth to such a freak?" Archbishop Milio picked up the pastries on the table and then reached down.
He likes to use pastries...
That pungent, alluring smell was incredibly addictive.
"In short, it can't possibly be a coincidence or mutation. Judging from the reaction of the Werewolf clan in the Holy Lord City, it's clear that this mutated Werewolf is of great concern to them. It's even enough to make these Werewolf, who live in factions, completely abandon their clan mentality and spontaneously gather together." Archbishop Ethan let out a long sigh, then stood up, put his arm around the boy in front of him, and approached the edge of the pavilion.
With a slight push, he sent the boy in his arms tumbling down from the pavilion, which was more than ten meters high.
"Ahhh..." The boy's scream had barely begun when the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground followed.
Archbishop Ethan disliked using the same thing repeatedly.
The bloody carnage downstairs did not affect the three archbishops present in the slightest. On the contrary, the horrifying scene made Archbishop Milio take a deep breath.
The boy was frightened.
Archbishop Duoxia glanced at Archbishop Ethan with a dark look in his eyes; he seemed to be deep in thought.
"There are also Werewolf tracks Lino City, and they seem to be monitoring us. Werewolf are gathering in Holy Lord City now, but they're here, while there are no Werewolf tracks outside the Holy See where the mutated Werewolf are located. So I think these damned things are very likely to target this place next, not the Holy See."
Archbishop Ethan extended his hand and said, "If that's the case, perhaps there's another possibility."
"What?" Archbishop Duoxia picked up the pastries from the table, kindly put them into the boy's mouth, and said calmly.
"The source of the mutation that enabled them to mutate is now in Lino City."
Archbishop Ethan's words caused Archbishops Duoxia and Archbishop Milio to frown.