Chapter 211 Holy Light Ritual Array

In the Holy Light Ritual, Richard watched helplessly as the shadow of the Dragon of Light slowly emerged. The pressure that was like the gaze of a god loomed over him, causing his breathing to become a little rapid.

He could feel the presence of the Dragon of Light, high above him, extremely powerful, staring indifferently, just like the two gods of the elemental world.

But He is not exactly the same as the two gods. The presence of the Dragon of Light is much weaker than that of the two.

Richard could even observe his surroundings under the pressure of the Dragon of Light. He found that he was the only one who could sense the gaze of the Dragon of Light. The rest of the people, including the Saint Dong Luo, could not sense the existence of the Dragon of Light.

The Dragon of Light’s gaze did not last long, disappearing in the blink of an eye. If Richard had not just returned from the Elemental World and was particularly sensitive to the gaze of the gods, he would have even thought it was his illusion.

“Dragon of Light, I pray to you to grant me a ceremony to praise you and open the way for singing your praises.”

Dong Luo finished chanting quickly, and a white halo magic circle slowly took shape in front of her. She lifted her hood, turned around and said with a smile: “The ritual is complete. The holy light ritual array can last for a week. During this week, anyone can use the holy light ritual array for testing.”

Zach pointed at himself and asked in confusion, “Anyone? Can we do it? I remember that your Holy See has always claimed that the Holy Light Ritual Array for assessing priests and nuns can only be used by people from the Holy See.”

“Yes, to be precise, only those who believe in the Dragon of Light can use it.” Dong Luo said with a smile: “After all, the Holy Light Ritual Array is used to select priests and nuns who serve the Dragon of Light. If people who do not believe in the Dragon of Light are selected, it would be too embarrassing.

Therefore, in the early stages of the construction of all holy light rituals, a faith array to test faith will be set up around them. Only those who pass the faith array test will be qualified to use the holy light ritual array.

However, the assessment array is the assessment array, and the holy light ritual array is the holy light ritual array. The two are separate and do not interfere with each other, and can operate independently.

I only set up the Holy Light Ritual Array, and did not set up the Assessment Array, so the Holy Light Ritual Array can be used by everyone.”

“If that’s the case, then I’d like to give it a try.” Macedonia poked his head out curiously and said, “I’ve always been curious about whether I have a talent for divine arts.”

Iluna glanced at Macedonia and said sarcastically:
“What if you have a talent for divine arts? What would you like to do? Go to the Holy See to become a priest, and reunite with your true love who informed on you and caused our mission to fail?”

“Of course not. My loyalty to the Silver City is stained with the blood of my comrades. I have long forgotten about love and affection.

If you, Big Sister, hadn’t mentioned him, I wouldn’t have thought of him at all.

I just simply want to know whether I have divine talent or not.”

Macedonia shrugged, ignoring Iluna’s suspicious look, and asked Dong Luo: “Lady Saint, please let me try.”

“No problem.” Dong Luo nodded, took a step back, put his hands together and clapped them twice. Immediately, a slowly rotating glowing ring appeared at the location of the Holy Light Ritual Array.

Dong Luo said: “Put your hand into this ring, recite the spell silently, and the ring will rotate and the ritual will take effect.”

After Dong Luo finished speaking, he took a step back, gave up his position, and let Macedonia take over.

Richard took a step back and came to Dong Luo’s side, watching curiously. He also wanted to know how the holy light ritual array that could select priests and nuns worked.

In Richard’s conjecture, the Holy Light Ritual Array was probably similar to the wizards’ talent crystal ball, and would display the talent of the recipient in some way.

But when Macedonia put his hand into the holy light ritual array, Richard realized that he had underestimated the Holy See. The forces that took the faith route were different from the forces that attributed their power to themselves, such as the mages.

Just after Macedonia put his hand into the ring, an angel the size of a palm appeared out of thin air in front of Macedonia.

The angel circled around Macedonia and finally stopped on Macedonia’s head and projected three different words in front of Macedonia.

[Brave]/[Humble]/[Honest]

The first brave quickly lit up, and a picture emerged in front of Macedonia.

In the picture, a large group of Macedonians dressed in clothes of various colors stood in front of the raging fire, protecting a figure in a white priest robe behind them.

In the air, a voice exactly the same as Macedonia’s echoed out of nowhere.

“You once stood against all light for the person you love, but you were betrayed by him in the end. If you were given another chance, would you continue to protect him knowing that you would be betrayed?”

Faced with this question, Macedonia fell silent.

He thought for a while, took out his pipe, took a deep puff, blew out a big smoke ring, and said in a hoarse voice: “Yes, he betrayed me, but the person who is loved has the right to make mistakes. I hate him, but I also feel guilty and love him.

If I were given another chance, I would still stand in front of him bravely and withstand all the pressure for him.”

As soon as Macedonia finished speaking, a white light suddenly flashed, and then the young angel suddenly raised the lightsaber in his hand, slashed at Macedonia through the air, and cursed: “You are lying! You are dishonest.”

hum.

A dazzling white light flashed by, and of the three lines of words “Brave”/”Humility”/”Honesty” in front of Macedonia, the two lines of words “Brave” and “Honesty” were the first to dim, leaving only the word “Humility” tottering.

“This…” Macedonia fiddled with the pipe in his hand, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.

He laughed at himself and said, “Tsk. It seems that I don’t care as much about the hatred I had in the past as I thought.

I thought that as a free and easy-going person like me, I must have let go of what happened in the past.”

There was a snap.

As soon as Macedonia finished his words, the last shaky word “humility” shattered in mid-air, the halo on his hand quickly dissipated, and the angel following him disappeared.

Dong Luo covered his mouth and said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Macedonia, it seems that you don’t have the talent to become a priest.”

“Oh, spare me. This ceremony is not fun at all.” Macedonia shook his shoulders and said unhappily, “You are simply making your deepest secrets public. I can’t tell the truth when you are watching me.

I was caught off guard. If I could do it again, I would be mentally prepared and would definitely be able to detect my divine talent. Little Saint, can you let me try again?”

“Unfortunately, no.” Dong Luo flatly refused: “Everyone can only enter the Holy Light Ritual Array once a year. If the challenge fails, it means that the person entering the ceremony does not have the talent for divine arts.

If you want to challenge yourself next time, you will have to wait another year.”

“That’s good. This means that I am not destined to be a traitor. I was born to stay in the Silver City.” Macedonia smiled indifferently. He stretched out his hand, pointed at the glowing magic circle, and said, “Who else wants to enter the Holy Light Ritual Array? Let’s play.”

“Let me do it.” Before anyone else spoke, Iluna swung her arms and walked to the Holy Light Ritual Array. “Because of the special profession of my family, I have never even experienced the talent test of mages and wizards, let alone this. I have seized many novels from the Holy See in the past. The protagonists in the novels always attract the attention of the Dragon of Light in the Holy Light Ritual Array, become the savior of the world, and then capture those evil and beautiful female mages and make them nuns in their own monasteries.

I want to see if I can attract the attention of the Dragon of Light like the protagonists in those novels.”

As Iluna spoke, she reached her arm into the magic circle. A bright silver light flashed, and the same subtitles appeared again, with six large characters floating in front of Iluna.

Moderation/Generosity/Tolerance

The angel appeared again, but this time, there were obviously many more black marks on its wings, as if they had been burned by flames.

Iluna raised her head and looked at the angel from afar. When the angel looked at Iluna, he actually flapped his wings and took half a step back as if he was a little afraid.

The angel raised the lightsaber in his hand and pointed it at Iluna. In front of Iluna, a picture was slowly unfolding. In the picture, many indistinct humanoid shadows ran forward from behind Iluna and rushed towards a dark cave that was gradually expanding.

In the air, Iluna’s own voice rang out.

“Once, you were forced to sacrifice your brothers and comrades who followed you because of the wrong information provided by some high-ranking members of the Gray Pigeon Army.

For the sake of the greater good, you swallowed your anger, bore the infamy, and endured it for a long time. After the incident, you secretly retaliated against the high-level officials who passed on the wrong information, violating the laws of the Silver City State, killing three people and seriously injuring six.

Your revenge was not over, but was stopped. Although you saved your life under the protection of some people, your career was cut short.

Today, if I give you another chance, would you choose to forgive…”

“Forgive? That’s my comrades’ business. My job is to send them to see my comrades.” Iluna’s eyes were stern and she said coldly:

“I killed three people and seriously injured six people. That was my limit at the time. The other six people who killed my troops were unscathed.

If I were given another chance, I would just be more careful and kill them all.”

As soon as Iluna finished speaking, moderation, generosity, and tolerance dimmed at the same time, and the angel in the sky spontaneously combusted and disappeared in an instant.

“Tsk.” Iluna frowned and looked at Dong Luo. “It seems that only those saints who don’t fight back or talk back are qualified to be nuns and priests of the Dragon of Light. It’s really not easy for you to serve the Dragon of Light. You can’t even think clearly.”

Dong Luo replied with a strange expression: “That’s not entirely true. The Dragon of Light supports revenge within a reasonable range. Justice is also within the scope of the Dragon of Light’s divine authority.

It’s just that your revenge obviously went beyond reasonable limits.”

“Who stipulates that it is reasonable?”

“The law, or rather, the secular world that is above the law. That is the opinion of the majority.”

“Then this world is too tolerant to those who make mistakes. I cannot accept it. I have my own world.”

Iluna waved her hand, and a ball of fire appeared in her hand. The fire turned into an angel, and she crushed it.

“As expected, your Holy See is not suitable for me. Next. Okay. Zack, you come.”

“I’m not coming.” Zach was using the mouth of his pipe to press against Macedonia’s pipe, using the heat from the fire to light his own pipe. He waved his hand and said, “I’m not going to do it. I have no interest in magic.”

“real or fake?”

“real.”

“Liar. Bah. Hypocritical.” Iluna looked at Zack with disdain.

“Well, to be honest, I can probably guess what problems I will face after I go up there, and I also know that I will definitely not pass the test, so I won’t waste my time.”

Zach patted Richard on the back and said, “You’re the only one left. Go ahead.”

Richard’s back shuddered, and he looked up. Iluna, Macedonia, and Zack were all staring at him, and Dong Luo was also looking at him with curiosity and expectation.

“I… I won’t go either.” Richard smiled bitterly in his heart. He had too many secrets in his heart, and he couldn’t guarantee whether the test he was facing would expose his secrets.

If during the test, the fact that he was the real target of the Stigmata Shackles, or what happened in Saint Laurent Prison, was exposed, he felt that he would most likely be in great danger.

“Come and play for a bit.” But Iluna didn’t seem to want to give Richard a chance to refuse. She grabbed Richard’s hand, pulled it hard, and then patted Richard’s back with her strength, pushing Richard to the side of the Holy Light Ritual Formation. “Quick, test your divine talent! You are different from us, you are still young. If you have the potential to be a priest, you can go to the Holy Church tree and try it out, instead of hanging yourself on this tree in the Silver City.”

“Okay then.” At this point, if he continued to refuse, he would seem guilty. Richard could only take a deep breath and pray that the image that would appear later would be blurry so as not to expose his secret too much. He nervously reached his hand into the halo.

Buzz… With a crisp sound, the halo began to rotate.

But then, numerous pitch-black chains suddenly penetrated Richard’s body and locked the halo tightly.

With a click, a white light flashed and bounced Richard away.

“Be careful.”

Richard took two steps back before being caught by Iluna.

Dong Luo saw this, covered his mouth and exclaimed: “Ah! I forgot. Teacher Xiao Li is a stigma mage, with angel stigma shackles on his body.

High-ranking angels are servants of the Dragon of Light and represent the will of the Dragon of Light. The stigmata is their highest level of punishment. Those who are locked by the stigmata cannot become priests.

If you want to know whether Teacher Xiao Li has divine talent, you must first remove the shackles of the stigmata. “

“So that’s how it is.” Richard heaved a sigh of relief. “Then there’s nothing we can do.”

But just as he finished speaking, he saw a golden text appear out of thin air on his retina. The text, like the writing of a god, was deeply embedded in his mind.

[Are you willing to give up everything and walk the path of faith again?]

(End of this chapter)