Chapter 1883 Hall of All Sages

In the hearts of everyone, the sanctuary of the Holy City of Redemption is the most holy place, the most sacred place in the world, so the sanctuary should be majestic and gorgeous, so that anyone who sees it can feel the greatness and holiness of the gods from the heart.

However, in fact, the sanctuary of Marian Peak is very ordinary, just a simple house built of stones, with neither exquisite carvings nor gorgeous decorations on the surface, and it is built on the edge of a cliff, and it feels like it may fall off the cliff at any time.

Although many people have proposed to renovate the sanctuary over the years, even if they do not directly rebuild the sanctuary, they can also build a temple outside the sanctuary to wrap the sanctuary in it, protect it well, and show the mystery at the same time, but these proposals have been rejected by successive popes, and some proposals have even been directly identified as blasphemy. Naturally, those who proposed these proposals did not end well. Over time, no one has ever mentioned the matter of rebuilding the sanctuary.

Compared to this simple sanctuary, the sanctuary square built in front of the sanctuary is truly magnificent and majestic. The bricks made of polished blue-white jade transported from other places are neatly laid on the ground. At the edge of the square are the statues of the three goddesses carefully carved by more than ten sculptors. The statue of the Lord of Redemption in the middle of the square looks much simpler, but its significance is greater, because this is the statue of the Lord of Redemption carved by Saint Maria herself, and it is also the first statue blessed by the Lord of Redemption. It is said that everyone who completes the seventeen trials and comes down from the mountain to the square for pilgrimage in the great worship ceremony can obtain the revelation of the Lord of Redemption as long as they pray with all their heart.

However, there are very few people who can complete the seventeen trials and climb to the top of the mountain in the great worship ceremony. Most of them climb to the top of the mountain in the normal way, or even take a special carriage to the top. Such people are not allowed to enter the sanctuary square and can only worship in the small square outside the sanctuary square.

Normally, many believers would gather in these small squares for worship, but now all the believers who were worshipping were dispersed to the area below. The area starting from the small square was cleared, and only a few devout believers who had completed the trial were allowed to continue praying in the sanctuary square.

Although they were dispersed to the city below, these believers did not leave immediately, because even the most dull people could feel that something was wrong and something big might happen.

Among these believers, there were some well-informed people who found out the reason why the believers were dispersed and spread it.

"A meeting in the Hall of All Sages?" Everyone who knew about the Hall of All Sages showed a look of shock, and when other people who didn't know the situation asked, they did not hesitate to answer. For a while, various discussions arose one after another, and people made various speculations, saying all kinds of things, but the most people speculated that it was the Great Recovery Plan that had been circulating in the Redemption Order for several years.

The core of the Great Recovery Plan is to recover the cities occupied by the Abyss Vines. It has been circulating in the Redemption Order a few years ago, and judging from some policies issued by the Redemption Order in various places, it seems to be in the plan, but the final implementation of the plan is not particularly ideal.

Although some of the abyss vines in some cities have been purified and the cities have been recovered, the recovered cities are completely in ruins. It is very difficult to clean up the purified giant vines, not to mention rebuilding the cities. Moreover, the recovery process of each city requires a lot of manpower and material resources. In the end, the recovered cities are completely worthless, making this great recovery plan look more like a performance by the top leaders of the order. Therefore, some doubts about the great recovery plan have gradually begun to arise within the order. Some top leaders of the order will not openly oppose the great recovery plan, but will do some obstructive things in secret to create some obstacles to the plan.

As for ordinary people, the great recovery plan is too far away from them. They only hope to live a stable life in this world covered by ice and snow, and not return to the precarious life in the past. The great recovery plan has begun to affect their lives. The most intuitive manifestation is that the food quota and salary after work are reduced every day, so they don’t have much good feelings about the great recovery plan.

Now that the meeting is being held in the Hall of All Sages, they are looking forward to the content of this meeting and hope that the Pope can give up the great recovery plan.

Just as everyone was discussing the reason for the meeting in the Hall of All Sages, carriages drove up from the bottom of the mountain. Many people recognized the badges on the carriages. The people represented by these badges were all powerful figures in the Order of Redemption. Any one of them could cause a tremor within the Order by stomping his feet. These people usually stayed in the offices of key departments of the Order and rarely gathered together. Now they were all summoned to the sanctuary, which made everyone think about it.

Melina's carriage passed through the crowd in the city below and came to the small square and stopped in a corner. There was also a carriage next to her that had just stopped, and the three people in the carriage got off the carriage with her.

"Teacher, you have also been summoned." These people were all white-haired old men. They were stunned when they saw Melina, and hurried forward to salute. One of the old men in a blood-red robe asked respectfully.

These three ordinary-looking old men are the Holy Inquisitors with the highest authority in the Inquisition of the Order, and they are also students brought up by Melina. Although they look kind, countless heretics and rebels have died at their hands.

"Why are you here?" Melina couldn't help but frowned when she saw her students.

She knew very well that although the Inquisition was the most important institution of the Redemption Order, the power of the Inquisition was also very great. If the Holy Inquisitor found that the Pope had apostasy or heresy, he could even interrogate the Pope, because the authority of the Holy Inquisitor was personally established by the Three Goddesses, and he himself had divinity and the same status as the Holy Priest of the Three Goddesses. However, the Inquisition also had limitations, that is, they could not interfere in any church and government affairs. Their only role was to supervise the blasphemers within the order and the heretics outside.

Things like the meeting of the Hall of the Sages now should be related to the church affairs of the order, and the people of the Inquisition should not be involved.

"I don't know why? But we received the Holy Order from the Pope." The old man took out the Holy Order he received and handed it to Melina.

Melina took it and looked at it. She found that the Holy Order was not only stamped with the Pope's Holy Seal of Redemption, but also with the Holy Seal of the Three Holy Priestesses. The authority of this Holy Order was second only to the Oracle, so even if the three Holy Judges were confused about their participation in the meeting, they could not refuse.

"Come with me!" Melina exchanged the Holy Order with the three people, then gave an order and turned to walk towards the sanctuary.

Although she didn't know what the content of the meeting was yet, she felt vaguely that the fact that the Pope had also brought the Inquisition into the meeting should be related to the duties of the Inquisition, which meant that it was very likely related to heresy and blasphemous rebels.

Although the Order of Redemption is the controller of this world, and the shelter cities maintained by the Order of Redemption control more than 90% of the world's population, during the long disaster, some people did not wait for the Order of Redemption to save them, but took another path and believed in some unknown monsters, and some even believed in the Abyss Vines directly. These heretics did gain some abilities, but their bodies would undergo terrible mutations while gaining abilities, and these heretics were also very persuasive, creating a lot of blasphemers in the shelters controlled by the Order of Redemption.

Before the Order began to implement the Great Recovery Plan, the Order's main energy was used to extinguish these heretics and blasphemers, so the power of the Inquisition was the greatest at that time. An Inquisitor could even mobilize a legion to assist him in completing the elimination of the heretic strongholds. Now the Inquisition still has great power, but it is obviously much smaller than before.

The group arrived at the entrance of the sanctuary. Outside the sanctuary stood four Grace Paladins wearing full sets of redemption armor. Their height of nearly six meters made them look like giants. To some extent, they were the majesty of the Lord of Redemption displayed in front of the believers.

There were only fourteen Grace Paladins like this in the entire Redemption Order. Before they received grace, they were the most pious paladins, and each of them completed the most rigorous redemption trial among the armed monks. After that, they prayed in the Grace Church. Only those who received grace could leave, and those who did not receive grace would die in prayer.

The biggest change of the paladins who have received the grace of God is their stature. Each of them will become more than five meters tall. At the same time, their strength and physical strength will also be enhanced to an incredible level. Their powerful strength allows them to easily split the steel chariots. Their tough bodies make them not have any weapons made by disasters, and they can also perform some divine arts with unimaginable power. Therefore, these paladins of grace are the most solid foundation of the order. Unless there is a large-scale rebellion, the paladins of grace will only be stationed in their temples around the world. Only the Holy City will have four paladins of grace stationed permanently.

The four paladins of grace did not stop the four people from entering the sanctuary. When Melina came to them, they all gave Melina a knight's salute to show respect. This made the three holy judges behind Melina look envious. In the entire Redemption Order, the only person who is qualified to receive the salute of the paladins of grace, except the Pope, is Melina.

Just like its simple appearance, the interior of the sanctuary is also extremely simple. The hall is just a different hall. In front of the hall is the only statue of the Holy Trinity Redeemer in the entire order.

If you see this statue of the Holy Trinity Redeemer for the first time, you will feel that the appearance of this statue is very strange. The body of the statue is still good, with a normal goddess shape, but the head is divided into three parts, divided into the heads of victory, civilization and the goddess of lanterns, and then on the top of the three goddesses is the head of the Lord of Redemption with a veil.

Although this statue looks very strange, the person who carved this statue is Saint Marianne, so this statue has an extraordinary statue and also has a very mysterious power.

It is said that there have been sculptors who want to restore this statue in other places, but no matter how superb the sculptor's carving skills are, they will eventually fail to carve, as if this statue itself has a unique characteristic, so all other statues of the Lord of Redemption and the three goddesses are carved separately.

There are four rooms around the hall, from left to right, namely the Hall of All Sages, the Pope's bedroom, the Pope's office and the prayer room. They are very simple. Those who have not seen the sanctuary may find it difficult to imagine that their holy place looks like this.

After the four people entered the hall, they came to the statue of the Holy Trinity Redeemer and prayed devoutly for a while, then turned and walked towards the Hall of All Sages, which had been opened.

Melina had entered the Hall of All Sages three times before, so she was not curious about the furnishings inside. The Holy Judges following behind her looked around curiously like three country folk after entering the Hall of All Sages.

The furnishings in the Hall of All Sages were simple, just a large round table. What really attracted people was the row of portraits against the wall around it. These portraits were all saints and sages recognized by the Order of Redemption in the past. For the devout believers of the Order of Redemption, leaving a portrait here was their lifelong pursuit. It was a pity that the last statue was left forty years ago. After that, no one in the order left a statue here, not even the former pope.

However, some people in the order discussed that perhaps only Melina in the entire order could leave a statue after death. Yes, if you want to leave a statue here, the first prerequisite is death.

In addition to these statues, the most eye-catching thing in the room is a male head painted with charcoal on the wall opposite the door. This head was painted by Saint Mariannelia herself, but Saint Mariannelia did not say who this head was. Some people speculated that it might be Saint Mariannelia's lover, but this has never been confirmed. Saint Mariannelia even defined such rumors as blasphemy. Those who discussed this speculation were severely punished, which made this head more mysterious and eventually became the biggest mystery of the entire order.

Although there are only a handful of people in the order who have seen this head, people who know that there is such a head are all over the order. Many people are curious about what this head looks like, including three holy judges of the Tribunal. So after entering the Hall of Sages, they only glanced at the statues of saints and sages, and then fell on the huge sketch head on the wall.

After seeing the portrait, the three were a little disappointed, because they found that the man in the sketch looked a little ordinary, not the kind of man with extraordinary appearance or majestic temperament they imagined. But the disappointment also made them more curious about this man.