In Leo's impression and perception, the churches of the Church of the Hill King are all majestic buildings made of huge rocks. When people stand in front of the church, they will feel awe from the bottom of their hearts, as if the gods are right in front of them.

, but the church of the King of the Hill in front of me is just an ordinary red brick house, not much different from other houses around it. The only thing that can identify it as a church is the Holy Emblem of the King of the Hill on the top of the church.

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"Although I already knew that the Church of the Hill King was severely suppressed by vampires and werewolves in Yasha County, I didn't expect that it would be suppressed so severely." Leo was surprised to see the humble church in front of him.

The description of the Church of the King of the Hill made me wonder: "Does the King of the Hill allow such a church to exist?"

"Of course it's not allowed. The King of the Hill has never acknowledged this church." Sylvia chuckled: "Their external name is the Self-Study Association of the King of the Hill Believers."

"Believers' Self-Study Society?" Leo couldn't help but smile when he heard this retro name, and walked into the simple church.

Just like the simple appearance of this church, the interior decoration of the church is also very simple, without anything gorgeous, only a few holy emblems representing the King of the Hill and statues of the King of the Hill.

The interior of the church is relatively empty, with rows of chairs neatly placed. Under the statue of the King of the Hill at the front is a pulpit. Several braziers are hung around the pulpit, and some wood with a special fragrance is lit on them.

The firelight inside was reflected into the church through the bronze mirrors around the basin, making the church appear less dim.

At this moment, a regular sermon meeting is going on every night in the church. There are not many people attending the sermon meeting. According to a rough count, there are only a dozen or so people, sitting loosely throughout the church, and among these dozen people there are many

Most of the people were sleeping, and only a few people listened carefully to the sermon on the stage.

Although there were very few people listening, the white-haired clergyman who was preaching on the stage was not scorned. Instead, he spoke affectionately about the readings in the Holy Book of the King of the Hill as if he were in a cathedral that could accommodate thousands of people.

The teachings and stories seem very boring.

Leo and Sylvia did not interrupt each other's sermon. After entering the door, they found a relatively remote seat to sit down, and then focused on the preacher.

When they saw the preacher clearly, Leo and Sylvia let out an unexpected low cry at the same time. Although the meaning of their voices was the same, the causes were different. Sylvia was because of the other's

identity, and Leo because of the other party's status.

"He is St. Francis." Sylvia came to Leo's side and whispered the identity of the preacher.

"St. Francis?" After being reminded, Leo also showed a look of surprise on his face, and he was no longer so surprised by the strange state he just saw from the preacher.

Just now, Leo felt a strong sense of threat from the preacher. It was obvious that the preacher had the power to threaten his life, but the strange thing was that Leo scanned his situation through the spiritual network, and the result he got was that this person was just

An ordinary person's body functions are not as good as those of ordinary people even because of his age.

But it was such a person who made Leo feel a strong sense of danger, and even made him want to stand up and leave immediately.

Leo didn't know who St. Francis was or what his status was in the Church of the King of the Hill, but he knew that anyone whose name was marked with a holy word by the church was definitely at the top of the church.

For the clergy of the church, canonization and non-canonization are completely different things. Uncanonized clergy are just lambs of God. The higher level are the shepherds of God, while canonized clergy are God.

The incarnation of Jesus Christ has a status even higher than that of the Pope, so for a long time the church would only canonize dead people, not living people.

But the change in identity is only secondary. The real change is the inner power. According to the handwriting records of the tower wizard, the canonized clergy can summon the power of the gods at any time, and the power of the gods he summons is complete and cannot be ignored.

The clergy who were weakened and canonized during that period were equivalent to gods.

Sylvia seemed to see that Leo didn't know what St. Francis said, and said: "St. Francis is a well-known ascetic preacher in the Church of the King of the Hill, and he is also the best herbalist expert in the world.

He found fifty-nine kinds of very precious herbs, and based on these fifty-nine kinds of herbs, he developed more than 300 prescriptions with different effects. These prescriptions are all very common, and even the poor in the slums can afford them.

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"Is this why he was canonized?" Leo asked.

"Of course not." Sylvia smiled, looked straight, and said: "He can be canonized because he is the only one in the King of the Hill Church who can get the answer of the King of the Hill every time he prays.

A clergyman." As she spoke, she added: "Logically speaking, he is the first candidate to be the next pope of the Church of the King of the Hill. He should stay on the Holy Mountain of the Church of the King of the Hill and should not appear here.

, the environment here is very weird, even a saint like him will be greatly affected when praying for the power of the gods."

Although the two people spoke not loudly, they could still be heard clearly by some people with keen hearing in this relatively empty and silent room.

St. Francis, who was originally concentrating on the sermon, turned to look at Leo and the others, nodded to them, and then returned his attention to the sermon. He continued to describe the teachings of the Church of the King of the Hill and answered questions for the believers below.

questions raised.

At this time, Sherf walked in from one side of the room, saluted to St. Francis who was on the podium, then glanced around the church, followed the wall and walked to sit on the chairs next to Leo and Sylvia.

He lowered his voice and said, "You came earlier than scheduled."

"The agreed time?" Leo was stunned for a moment. When he saw the invitation, he only saw the address on it, but not the time written on it.

"What do you want from us?" Sylvia asked on Leo's behalf.

Sylvia looked at Sylvia and then at Leo, and found that Leo did not reject Sylvia's suggestion of using the word "we". He couldn't help but frowned, but he quickly returned to his normal expression.

, said to the two of them: "There is indeed something I want to ask you for help with, but it's not me, it's Lord St. Francis."

At this time, St. Francis on the podium began to recite prayers. Sherf held his hands together and made a prayer costume. Although Sylvia was not a believer in the King of the Hill, she still prayed the same prayer as Sherf.

action.

In the entire church, Leo was the only one who did not pray under the leadership of St. Francis. He sat back on a chair and looked quietly in the direction of the podium, while his eyes activated the power of the Eye of Truth.

In his eyes, St. Francis, who was just an ordinary person a moment ago, has erupted with strong energy fluctuations at this moment, and it is not just the energy fluctuations, but the energy itself, which is a more advanced life energy, the abyss.

The snake's eyeballs shrank completely in this energy fluctuation, and its chaotic stomach radiated a sense of hunger, as if it regarded this energy as some kind of dessert.

Leo suppressed the desire to rush forward and devour this energy, and calmly watched the changes in St. Francis through the Eyes of Reality. It was obvious that St. Francis was communicating with the King of the Hill at this moment, obtaining energy blessings from him.

, and this energy can help him show the majesty of a god in front of believers.

At the same time, Leo's mental network suddenly felt a strange energy body coming from outside the church. The energy fluctuations on this energy body were vampire energy, and his energy fluctuations were very strong, and he had actually reached the level of a sixth-level psyker.

However, compared to the Dawson that Leo had seen before, the energy of the strange vampire outside was obviously more frivolous and scattered. This undoubtedly showed that the power of this mysterious vampire was obtained through shortcuts.

However, even if the power is obtained by taking shortcuts, power is power. With the power equivalent to that of a sixth-level psyker, coupled with the additional blessing of this weird place in Yasha County, I believe that with the extraordinary power of the dark world of Cash Velen,

Look, there shouldn't be many people who can compete with it.

This mysterious vampire did not enter the church, but just stood outside the church, at the edge of the energy radiation of the King of the Hill, looking like he was monitoring or observing.

Because Leo did not conceal the energy fluctuations of the mental network, the vampire also sensed the existence of the mental network, but he didn't seem to know what the function of the mental network was, and just regarded it as another energy wave.

Didn't care.

After St. Francis's prayer ended, the energy on his body quickly disappeared, and everyone recovered from the state of prayer. The vampires outside the church also turned into a ball of blood mist, rising into the sky.

rose and disappeared into the night sky.

"Hey! This is an unexpected gain." Leo muttered in his heart at this time, because the mysterious vampire knew nothing about Leo's spiritual network, so he used the original power of their vampire to turn into blood mist and fly away.

During the process, Leo's mental network was not dispelled at all, which allowed Leo to easily obtain the process of using this blood mist method, as well as the process and details of using the blood clan's power.

With these things, Leo can be sure that he can definitely imitate the same power and display the same ability through the power of nightmare.

Just as Leo was carefully memorizing all the information he had collected, the believers in the church had stood up one after another, walked to the podium, received a piece of Holy Communion from St. Francis, and then made a respectful pilgrimage to St. Francis.

After bowing, they left the church one after another. Soon, only four people, including Saint Francis and Leo, were left in the church.

"Hello, Mr. Leo Dodd, I have wanted to meet you for a long time," St. Francis walked to Leo's side and said very kindly: "Your wizard's potion has stumped me.

I haven't found any solution so far, but even so, I found some useful potions that just solved one of my earlier problems."

"Hello, Lord Forsis." Leo was not used to dealing with such clergy, and he didn't know how to address these clergy, so he could only use the most commonly used term "Your Excellency." However, judging from the looks of the people around him, he

The title seems to be wrong.

St. Francis raised his hand to stop Sylvia and Sherf's intention to correct the title, and then smiled and said to Leo: "It's been a long time since anyone called me Your Excellency. This title makes me feel that I am still an ordinary person. I am very special."

If you like this title, please call me that, Mr. Leo." Then, he turned to Sylvia and said, "Your Majesty, can you allow me to talk to Mr. Leo alone?"

"Of course." Even though Sylvia looked so relaxed and casual when talking about St. Francis just now, she was still a little nervous when she actually came face to face with St. Francis.

When Leo heard this, he looked at Sylvia and smiled, as if he was laughing at how she was still a close lover just now, but as soon as he turned around, he bought her.

Sylvia naturally could see Leo's thoughts and turned her head to the side in embarrassment, looking out of sight and out of mind.

Leo turned his head and asked Saint Fusius: "Should we talk here, or..."

"Go to my office upstairs!" St. Francis suggested. When Leo nodded in agreement, he asked Sherf to entertain Sylvia, and then led Leo through the small door on the side of the church and boarded the

We walked up the spiral staircase to a cubicle next to the small door and arrived at the office on the top floor.

After St. Francis opened the office and led Leo in, he motioned for Leo to feel free, then took off the complicated clothes worn during religious ceremonies, put on a simple black robe of a priest, and then sat opposite Leo, with an expression on his face.

He said somewhat seriously: "Actually, I didn't know your whereabouts, Mr. Leo, in advance. After Knight Sherf arrived and mentioned you, I realized that you had also come to this city, so I invited him in such a simple way.

Come on over."

Leo also asked curiously: "Excuse me, why did you invite me here?"

St. Francis was silent for a moment and said: "This invitation is not because of church affairs, but a personal invitation from me."

"Is it for your personal affairs?" Leo was stunned.

"You can say that." St. Francis thought for a moment and said, "I mainly want to ask Mr. Leo about No. 9 Golden Oak Street."

"No. 9 Golden Oak Street?" Leo showed a slightly puzzled look on his face. After all, it is a bit puzzling that a religious saint with a high status in the Kingdom of Maris would be interested in a haunted house on another continent.

At this time, Leo's eyes suddenly fell on an oil painting on the wall. This oil painting looked very old. It showed a young ascetic supporting an old ascetic walking in the wilderness, and the young ascetic
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