13 Mink Street

Just as the adults present were about to salute, they found two rows of armored knights coming out from both sides. Their appearance brought a strong depressive and murderous aura.

The leader of the second knight order and two deputy leaders, the leader of the third knight order and two deputy leaders, the leader of the fourth knight order and two deputy leaders...

From the second knight order to the twelfth knight order, one principal and two officers, and the commanders of the active commander level all entered the arena at this time, even the commander Da'an who was supposed to be coordinating the battle with the coalition forces in the desert right now , also in this column.

This scene is like a coup d'état.

However, no one will really diverge to such an outrageous point, because even if there is a coup d'etat, it is impossible not to notify them first. .

The Cult of Kosmos is not the kind of small church with a messy organizational structure, which can be successfully overthrown by a certain powerful figure leading his men towards the core area with a single blow.

What's more, in addition to the first knight order, 11 knight order commanders staged a coup together. No matter how powerful the subversive force is, it is impossible to make such a big scene.

But this sacrificial ceremony, which had already been overstated, was immediately endowed with a more special meaning and influence because of their appearance.

The commanders did not have their weapons on their bodies. After standing still, they crossed their arms in front of their chests.

The rest of the adults followed suit and said in unison:

"Meet the great priest."

"Meet the great priest."

The high priest just smiled and waved his hands, and said, "Okay, let's go to the square."

After finishing speaking, the high priest walked out from the crowd first, followed by three cardinals including Crede, followed by Foden and others, and the rest of the adults followed. After going out, they were also lined up on both sides, as if acting as a guard.

This made it difficult for Morbitten outside to arrange his subordinates for a while, so he had to signal the original high priest and guards to be farther away, and only he himself could stand obliquely in front of the high priest and lead the way.

The sacrificial square is some distance away from the office shrine, but since the chief priest did not take a carriage, the rest of the people could not take a means of transportation, so they had to follow the chief priest on foot in sequence.

This is the first time that Karen visited the core area of ​​the Holy See in a relaxed mood. Buildings full of order and cultural atmosphere stand here. It can be said that every corner is the precipitation of history, and every mural has its own meaning. allusion.

Even if you don't go back to the gods of the last era, the famous anecdotes in this era are enough to fill the brains of the most experienced tour guides.

However, Karen also heard the communication between Pu'er and Kevin when the high priest appeared on the stage.

Therefore, Karen also had some doubts when his eyes swept across the back of the high priest in front of him.

Originally, he thought that the high priest was suppressing Tiranus in the same way as he suppressed hunger addiction, but seeing Kevin's "feedback", it seemed that this was not the case.

But now the adults around are very close, it’s not convenient to communicate carefully, and you can’t set up an isolation barrier to whisper in such an occasion, let alone communicate in “cat and dog language” naively, which one is not guaranteed? The adult has a wide range of interests and hobbies, and also learned animal language.

Everything in the sacrificial square had already been prepared, and those who were not qualified to enter the office temple to rest, all stood in the outer circle early, and sensibly vacated the inner circle.

There are no seats, and the organizational form can be called very loose, but people at this level can quickly find their station without relying on the identity tags arranged in advance.

At the same time, the diplomatic ambassadors of various religions to the Cult of Kosmos were also invited to watch the ceremony.

Recently, large-scale activities of the Cult of Kosmos have been organized more frequently, but everyone is not desensitized, but pays more attention to it.

From the top of the square, a crystal-clear phoenix appeared. Three figures stood on the phoenix. They were representatives from the temple, and the oracle was in the center.

The oracle was a woman, wearing a purple mask, her face was invisible, but Karen knew the two beside her, Siti and Rohan.

Wu Kongjia once teased that those who are willing to go out and run now are all "lively and active children".

The three elders landed, and the huge phoenix condensed into a cloak, which fell on the oracle, making her look extremely noble and mysterious.

Pu'er, who was sitting on Kevin's back, stretched out his paws and pressed the hood on his head.

Hmph, Ben's hat is more expensive than yours.

Also, it takes time to make the cloak, and my great-great-great-great-niece hasn't done it yet.

Kevin's attention was still attracted by Norton, and he didn't bother to instigate Pu'er to avenge his revenge.

Little Kangna was a little disinterested in the serious and solemn atmosphere here, but she also knew that she could no longer run around at this time, so she could only take out a tomato from her schoolbag, and gnawed it with both hands.

Standing beside her was a female adult. She was the third in command of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was similar in rank to Karen, but she did not use spells to modify her face. She looked more than sixty and very kind.

She stretched out her hand, touched little Kangna's head, and smiled at Karen:

"My granddaughter is the same age."

Karen smiled politely back at her.

Little Kangna took out another tomato from her schoolbag and handed it to her: "Sister, eat it."

"I've eaten it, and it tastes really good," the woman said.

"Bring it to my sister's granddaughter."

"OK, all right."

The woman took the tomato, put it into the cuff of the robe, and said to Karen, "It's really well grown."

Of course she could tell that it was a bone dragon, and this was not a secret among the higher echelons of the church.

Karen was about to reply, but found that there seemed to be some changes ahead.

The change was not big, because a ray of light appeared on the sky curtain, as if a huge gap had been divided into the sky, and the gap gradually opened to form a light curtain.

In the center of the light curtain, the shadow of a huge building appeared.

The building is familiar to Karen, and she recognizes it right away:

"Fortress Ogurev."

Many adults present began to meet eyes, because they didn't know whether this was considered as a kind of established program.

Karen didn't know either, he wasn't surprised by the arrival of the head of the Knights, but would Fortress Ogurev also appear here?

Theoretically, Fortress Ogurev is the military castle where the Cult of Order monitors the reverse flow of the void, and it is the first line of defense to prevent those void monsters from entering the world.

Its coordinates have always been erratic, and every time it is sent to it, both sides need to cooperate to establish a new coordinate system.

But this time, it somehow made it appear here. Although it didn't really come, it really only needs to be echoed here in the sacrificial square.

Kevin finally took his gaze away from the high priest and turned to look at the fortress.

It remembered that at the celebration banquet, Ogurev's eyes once fell on him.

Soon, the Ogurev Fortress in the light curtain turned its position, and a group of defenders led by the fortress commander Punk saluted the high priest.

It feels like it's been arranged long ago.

But this is a sacrificial ceremony, and it's not the birthday of the great priest. Is it necessary to specially arrange such a long-distance garrison to meet in the air?

The other adults may still be puzzled, but Karen has already seen from the posture and movements of the garrison that this should be a temporary arrangement, like a cover to cover up the sudden appearance of the fortress.

In other words, this was not planned in advance, but the Ogurev Fortress... got out of control.

It was not the defenders that were out of control, but the fortress itself.

Karen left his position and walked inside. He walked to Foden's side.

Foden was not at all surprised by Karen's arrival, but just nodded silently. Karen understood, walked back to his place, and left with Little Connor Kevin and Pu'er.

Although the ceremony has not officially started, Karen's work is coming. As the second in command of the Whip of Order, such an "accident" suddenly happened, and it must be dealt with. Foden can't move lightly, pay attention to his gaze There are too many, and Ogurev Fortress is very urgent, and the ordinary Minister of the Whip of Order is not suitable to investigate, so Karen can only come forward.

After walking a certain distance, looking back, the light curtain was gone, and the phantom of Ogurev Fortress naturally disappeared, replaced by hundreds of Cinderella flying from all directions, creating a beautiful round shape. Beautiful scene.

Xiao Kangna expressed emotion: "It turns out that Sandy has so many."

Pu'er corrected: "But Shandi in the monster beast center in our region is unique."

"Yes, that's right!"

Xiao Kangna often goes to the monster clinic where Ashley's parents work, and plays with the monsters every time she goes there. She likes Sandy very much, although Sandy is afraid of her.

After all, as a bird and monster, sharing the same birdcage with a dragon with noble bloodlines, the pressure is really not acceptable to ordinary birds.

But this does not prevent Little Kangna from having fun with her. Every time Sandy flutters her wings in fright, she happily picks up the feathers on the ground and takes them home.

As a bone dragon, she has no dragon scales, so she has a special hobby for collecting things like feather scales.

Karen got into his carriage, and after the door closed, Karen looked at Kevin and asked:

"Did you find anything?"

"Woof!" (He is Tyranus.)

Karen sighed and said, "I'm talking about the phantom of the fortress."

There seems to be something wrong with this dog's focus.

For Karen, what state Norton is in, as long as he and he are not open and honest, it is not a serious matter.

He didn't even mind the High Priest's status as the "Son of God". Anyway, in his cognition, the image of the High Priest had already been fixed.

"Wow woof."

"There is a problem with the formation of the fortress? It shouldn't be so simple, but if there is a problem, why does it echo here?"

"Wow woof."

"Ogurev also participated in the design of the Holy See's internal formation? What does this have to do with the fortress? Does the formation still have a kinship relationship, will it get close spontaneously?"

"Wow woof!"

"You said that Ogurev has a habit. He likes to integrate a part of himself into the building as the core when building?"

Karen thought for a while and asked:

"Does that mean, Ogurev's restlessness, he's coming back?"

The unborn child in Marvalho's wife's womb had given that restlessness.

If this incident is of the same nature, does it mean that the return of the branch god of order is imminent?

Little Kangna asked curiously: "Isn't that the god on our side is coming back?"

Pu'er patted Xiao Kangna on the head, and said, "If that's the case, then why did the God of Order choose the stupid dog to come down, wouldn't it be better to switch to another branch of God?"

Hearing this, Kevin puffed out his chest, it was proud.

After the carriage drove out of the gate of the Holy See, Karen released the black crow, and then the carriage headed towards the Whip of Order headquarters.

At the gate of the headquarters, Scarlett, the head of the Dinger District, had already brought a group of people to salute Karen when he got off the car:

"Meet the minister."

"Walk."

Karen went straight to the headquarters, and many office personnel along the way directly merged in. The message in the black crow has been very clear: the whip of order is going to check the Ogurev Fortress.

You just need to tell the people below what you want to do, and then the people below will spontaneously arrange and cooperate.

The teleportation circle inside the headquarters was ready. When Karen entered, the priest in charge of maintaining here notified Karen that the connection with Fortress Ogurev had been completed.

Transmission is on.

Karen came to Ogurev Fortress, accompanied by the priest of the Whip of Order, and began to coordinate various affairs in teams, from the basic account review to the re-inspection of the array layout, all had to go through it once.

This is the power of the Whip of Order, and it is also the initial responsibility. After all, such a thing happened, you must check from the highest standard to see if your Ogurev Fortress is going to apostate.

Punk had been waiting for Karen for a long time, and he and Karen were walking side by side in the square.

"It's the problem."

Punk pointed to the statue of Ogurev in front of him.

"Out of control?"

"It's not out of control, but since a while ago, it has begun to show more and more spontaneous movements, but we have checked, and there is no sign of being manipulated by external intrusion."

"Why didn't you report to the top?"

"This is my dereliction of duty."

Punk admitted the mistake.

There was a reason why he didn't report, but he couldn't tell Karen.

Because if you look at the operation log, you can clearly see that he directly manipulated the sculpture on the day of the celebration banquet at the Ogurev Fortress.

This kind of deep-level manipulation is not in compliance with the regulations, and it is not to cast the statue's gaze to the void for warning, but to observe it at a close distance.

The target of the observation is you, Karen.

The person who ordered him to do this was Foden the Whiphand.

Because the memory was cleared, Punk didn't know exactly what was observed that day, but since Karen was still standing here and was confirmed as the second successor of the Whip of Order, it must be that no bad results were observed.

But his behavior was a little embarrassing.

Really investigate, can you confess Foden? Don't you want to provoke the relationship between the top leader and the second leader of the Whip of Order?

Even if the second in command knows that the first in command is investigating him, the second in command will pretend not to know, and then they will kill themselves more tacitly together.

However, with this inspection, his unauthorized manipulation will definitely be called out, but he has made up his mind to conceal it.

"Are you hiding something?" Karen asked, "Do you know how the out-of-control behavior of Fortress Ogurev will affect the Cult on this occasion?"

"I... don't know the details, but I know it will be serious."

"After the sacrifice is over, the investigation report will be submitted to the chief priest."

"I know, so I will cooperate with the investigation."

Karen frowned slightly, but it was not good to continue to ask questions at this time. After all, this is a fortress, not his own interrogation room of the Department of Discipline.

"Is this the most serious out-of-control behavior?"

"Yes, in the past, only the defensive layout here will be changed, but this time, the coordinates of the fortress have been moved."

Karen lowered his head and said to Kevin and Pu'er, "Go and check."

"Wow!"

"Meow!"

The evil knight charged.

Punk raised his hand, signaling to lift the restraint around the statue, but he soon discovered that the dog could just jump out of the restraint every time, and his speed of breaking the restraint was not as fast as that of others.

Kevin climbed up the statue with Pu'er, and then came to the top of the statue in one breath. The image of Ogurev is also bald, and the top of the head is inevitably a little too smooth, which caused Kevin's dog's paws to almost slip off.

"Stupid dog, what's the problem?"

"Wang."

Kevin poked the statue's head with his dog's mouth, then turned sideways, put his dog's ears on it, and after listening for a while, it raised its head.

"Wow woof."

"Did you hear the heartbeat meow?"

At this moment, the entire fort suddenly trembled.

Karen immediately asked, "What's going on?"

"Could it be that the people in your system made a deviation when checking the formation?"

"No, they are professionals."

These temporary subordinates were selected by him from the headquarters, so how could they make such a low-level mistake.

"Kach... Kacha... Kacha..."

The statue of Ogurev began to turn.

"Spontaneous, no one manipulates it," Punk said.

The statue faced the boundless void, and in the eyes, a star-like brilliance suddenly appeared, and then projected into the distance.

It looks like it's actively performing probing work.

On his head, Kevin yelled, "Wow, woof!"

"Who's manipulating it, Ogurev meow?"

"Boom!!!"

A muffled sound like a heavy hammer came, and the defensive barrier of the fortress was erected, blocking the invasion of sound waves.

However, the Whip of Order Priest and many garrisons present subconsciously covered their chests. Without the defense of the fortress, the hearts of many people here would burst directly in this round of terrifying turmoil .

Karen was not affected at all. He immediately looked along the position where the statue had been observing, and found that the originally endless void seemed to be cut off with a knife, and a huge oval curved surface appeared.

Countless void monsters are running away in a panic, and many of them have no time to escape, and are directly sucked in and annihilated.

These void monsters are the natives of this special area, and the fortress usually captures them and sends them to the rear for research or sale.

Back then, when Karen participated in the selection here, there were spirit-type monsters as "examiners" here.

But now, each of them is like a lost dog, the number of which is astounding.

You know, because of the long-term "overfishing" of the Ogurev Fortress, the number of monsters here has become more and more scarce, and the rest will hide deeper;

This time, it really means that the fish pond has been subverted, and even the aquatic products hidden in the deepest part of the mud have been forced out.

However, these monsters were just fleeing for their lives, and had no intention of attacking the fortress. It seemed that after so many years of "friendliness", they also knew that it was impossible to break through this fortress.

In the past, Punk would definitely order the fortress to attack or fish, but this time, he was also at a loss.

Because in that huge cross-section, a big tree appeared. This big tree was so tall that it was unimaginable. It seemed that only one world could bear and support it.

At this moment, Kevin, who was at the best viewing angle on the head of the statue of Ogurev, stared wide-eyed:

"Wow!"

"The tree of life?" Pu'er immediately asked, "Shouldn't the tree of life be in the Garden of Life of the God of Life Sect?"

That place, equivalent to the Temple of Order of the Cult of Order, is an independent world supported by that tree.

"Wow woof woof!"

"The tree of life is the body of the first-generation god of life, and the second-generation god of life is also conceived from the tree of life?"

The God of Life Sect has two orthodox gods. The first generation of God of Life belonged to the eternal camp. After the eternal camp fell into decline in the confrontation with the light camp, the God of Life Sect gave birth to the second God of Life. He joined the light camp.

Although this kind of horizontal jumping method is very shameless, it also prevents the Life God Sect from being completely liquidated as the last defeated party.

However, the relationship between the god of order and these two gods of life is very bad, which is clearly recorded in the myths of various religions: there was a battle between the god of order and the two gods of life, and the latter two gods joined forces. Not an opponent of order, he was forced to hide in the tree of life to escape.

It is also recorded in the mythological narrative of the God of Principle that the God of Order once asked the God of Principle how to break the tree of life. I don’t know if it is true or deliberately concealed. The answer given by the God of Principle is not feasible. sex.

In the end, the God of Order still failed to make the two Gods of Life become specific fallen gods.

But the enmity was completely settled. In the confrontation between the order of this era and the light camp, the God of Life Sect firmly stood on the side of the light camp.

It's just that during that period, the Kosmos, which won the confrontation, was busy implementing the "Order Regulations" and building an order system, so there was no war to exterminate the religion.

However, Protaras also forcibly obtained many serial technologies from the God of Life Sect. Nowadays, there are shadows of life in the monster breeding, priest training, and pharmacy of the God of Order.

Pu'er stretched out his paw and pointed to the distance: "In front of that big tree, is there a person meowing?"

...

"Who is that?"

Karen asked.

Punk: "I... I don't know."

Although the figure is extremely huge, but it is very vague, I only know that it is a person, no, the existence with such a stalwart body cannot be a person, it must be a god!

At this time, standing here in the Ogurev Fortress, the huge cross-cut picture I saw was like a dynamic oil painting.

A huge tree spread out countless branches, and in front of the big tree, there was a figure of a god.

"Zi la...Zi la...Zi la..."

Suddenly, terrifying thunderbolts flew from all around, and one of the thunderbolts even exploded on the fortress, but it was offset by the fortress' defense.

And those void monsters outside the fortress were not so lucky, many of them were hit by the thunder and annihilated directly.

However, no one knew exactly where these thunderbolts appeared from.

Karen immediately pointed to Scarlett standing in the distance, and ordered:

"Report the situation here to the whipman immediately!"

"Yes, Minister."

Punk also enters the commander role here: "Distance change measurement."

"Report, no change in distance."

"Damn, how is it possible!"

No change in distance?

Karen asked, "Isn't it moving?"

Punk shook his head and replied: "It may not be moving, but the fortress we are in is always moving."

But the distance still hasn't changed.

Karen said seriously: "But this is definitely not a phantom."

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain those swallowed void monsters and the thunder that is now running around.

Punk nodded and said, "Yes, Minister, this is definitely not a phantom."

...

On the statue's head, Kevin turned the dog's head, and then, the dog's eyes revealed the luster of wisdom.

Sitting on it, Pu'er felt at first that an invisible wind was blowing over her body, but the next moment, she immediately felt a drastic change, she...was getting old.

Although she is not young, because of her bright fingers and turning into a cat, she can continue her life, but this kind of aging will accelerate her process, and even make her directly enter decline.

"Oh, stupid dog, stop!"

Kevin immediately closed his eyes and shook his body.

Pu'er immediately jumped off it and exclaimed, "Time?"

Kevin nodded, and after breaking away from Pu'er, it opened its dog eyes again and looked at the huge cross-cutting picture.

Its sight penetrated endless distances, and even touched the rules of time. Then, it saw a picture that no one in the fortress could see.

Because this picture originated from the past and will appear in the future, not in this time.

The distance will not change, because what spans between the two parties is not distance, but time.

Kevin saw the tree of life, it was not lush and lush, but it looked extremely decayed, as if its long-term imprisonment had drained all its vitality, and you could even "smell" the corruption with your eyes.

A huge figure with a bald head, wrapped in branches, appeared in front of him.

Ogurev!

In Ogurev's eye sockets, the terrible thunder is overflowing, and his divine body is suffering from the torture of the thunder.

This is also the source of those thunders, but they don't flow out from the present, but after traveling for an unknown amount of time, they come from the past to the present.

On the branch behind Ogurev, there are two flowers, which seem to be the only remaining vitality of this huge tree of life. In these two flowers, Kevin sensed the breath of God.

Two gods of life!

And in other positions of the tree of life, there are protruding decayed nodules, and there is a faint divinity in each nodule, which made Kevin perceive the clarity of the same kind.

Not dogs... but gods.

Suddenly, as if sensing the visit from the "future", the two flowers began to close, and there were sounds from the dense nodules on the branches of the tree of life.

It was as if the evil spirit had finally noticed the fresh blood food, and it was arousing the deepest desire in his bones.

Even Ogulev's fingertips moved.

A voice came from Ogurev's divine body:

【"Coming."】

...

Karen looked at Punk and asked, "There is one thing, I hope you can answer me, what is the mission of Fortress Ogurev?"

Punk was silent.

The Ogurev Fortress is to monitor the void counterflow space and prevent the monsters here from making trouble after escaping. For this reason, a statue of Ogurev was built here, using his eyes to conduct a more comprehensive inspection, and never miss a single one. .

This is an open secret.

But at this time, faced with Karen's question, Punk didn't know whether he should answer it or not.

"I hope you can answer me truthfully, this is very important, Commander Punk, what is the purpose of the existence of Fortress Ogurev!"

Punk looked at the huge statue in front of him, sighed, and said:

"This is a secret that can only be conveyed in one direction when each generation of fortress commander takes over. Of course, it must be clear at the higher level. If you go to investigate, Minister, you will be able to know it with your authority.

I can also tell you now:

The true mission of Fortress Ogurev is,

Monitor here,

prevent……

prevent……

prevent……"

Obviously, this word is a bit difficult for Punk, including the following words, and it is also very difficult to say it, because it violates the consistent belief principles of the priests of order, so it will be kept strictly secret from the outside world. Punk became the commander here. When passing on this secret, he was shocked and puzzled for a long time.

"Prevent... Lord Ogurev's return!"