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The black-armored knight led the way, his iron boots making crisp sounds as they stepped on the white stone steps. Lilith followed his shadow and walked up step by step.

It was strange indeed. Lilith had been in Goletia for so many years and had been to High Court several times for various reasons. However, it was only today that she set foot on the most famous and important landmark in the empire, the Temple of Light, for the first time.

The white stairs seemed to have no end, climbing all the way up, and each step was extremely wide. Even a tall person like Lilith with long arms and legs had to take two steps before stepping onto the next step, which made her sigh that worshiping gods was actually a physical job. The clouds and mist moved, and the setting sun behind them fell out, suddenly illuminating the white stairs with a rosy glow, as if they were on fire. Lilith, who was originally staring at the stone steps, was dazzled and simply turned her head to look around.

This place is not the same as Mary described - Lilith thought to herself. She did not see the slovenly monks kneeling on the long steps, and naturally she did not see the bishop and priests distributing the Holy Communion to them.

Besides them, the only ones left on the long stairs were waves of Knights of Light stationed on the platforms at every other step.

The black-armored knight leading the way had to step forward and show his emblem to the knights of light whenever he reached a platform before he could continue moving forward. Even so, the looks from those people were full of scrutiny and vigilance.

That kind of look made Lilith feel a little annoyed, so every time she made eye contact with those Knights of Light, Lilith would stare back at them, looking them up and down, and stare at them until they turned their eyes away first.

"I'm so sorry, Miss Lilith." After walking to the middle of the two platforms away from the Knight of Light, the Black-Armored Knight turned around and apologized to Lilith, "It's not usually like this here."

"Is it because Her Royal Highness the Princess is here?" Lilith had just finished a stare-eye exchange, her eyes were sore from staring.

"No, it's His Majesty the King himself who is here today," the black-armored knight explained.

Lilith nodded suddenly, that made sense. No wonder the temple was cleared out and there were sentries every three steps. Those ascetic monks must have been driven away to avoid offending the King.

But after walking up two more steps, she suddenly asked, "When did His Majesty come?"

Ian and Lucas behind him raised their heads at the same time when they heard the voice.

"After lunch." Fortunately, the black-armored knight had a good memory and gave a very specific answer. "When His Majesty the King showed up, the city bells had just rung twice."

Two o'clock... Did I faint at that time? Lilith's face became more and more solemn. She turned back and exchanged glances with Ian Lucas, and had some bad associations...

"Please go faster, I have to see Catherine soon." Lilith looked up and said. The black-armored knight nodded without asking any more questions, turned around and sped up.

"Could it be related to that king?" Lucas was too embarrassed to speak all the way, but now he couldn't hold it in any longer and chased Lilith to the same step and asked in a low voice. "After all, not everyone can command the Knights of Light."

"Hush!" They were getting closer to the next wave of Knights of Light. Lilith quickly shushed him. Only after they passed by again did she speak, "We're not sure yet."

She whispered as she looked at the temple. Its size was indeed as grand as Mary had said, with white spires stacked one on top of the other, almost connected to the beautiful clouds in the sky. If it was really as they thought, then would Lyrael be here?

Thinking of this, Lilith couldn't help but slow down her pace and turned back. They were almost at the end of the long steps. The crowds in the square in front of the temple were so small that it was a bit distorted. Just standing here, one could overlook nearly half of the city of High Garden. The so-called sacred feeling was probably created by this sense of distance...

Lilith didn't look at her any further. When Ian stepped onto the same step as her and looked at her with an inquiring look, Lilith quickly asked in a low voice, "Are you familiar with the road here?"

Hearing this, Ian also looked up and forward. The colorful glazed windows above the temple were still shining as he remembered. He nodded to Lilith.

"It seems that there are not so many Knights of Light ahead." They were about to finish walking up the long stairs and could already see half of the gate of the temple in front of them. At this moment, the sun was almost completely sinking below the horizon, and the vision became dim.

"Find a chance to take a walk around and see which temple the king went to." Ian heard Lilith whisper as he stepped onto the last step.

"Her Highness Catherine is not in the main temple at the moment, but is practicing with the gods’ favored ones—"

The black-armored knight guided several people to turn, but when he looked back, he saw the black-haired boy among the three quietly withdrew from the team and entered a very inconspicuous path. The black-armored knight paused, but said nothing, pretending not to see it and turned around to continue leading the way.

Lilith and Lucas looked at each other, pretended nothing happened, and continued to follow the knight.

There were more clergymen in white robes on the road. Lilith secretly observed them. Most of them had no expression on their faces. Even if several people were walking together, they did not communicate with each other. They just lowered their heads and walked in silence. In such a large outdoor area, there was no sound when people came and went, only the lanterns in the hands of those white robes made occasional sporadic sounds when they were shaken.

"Why haven't those gods' chosen ones set out yet?" Lilith asked, looking at the flickering lights of the white robes.

"First, those favored by God were not very active in responding to the call. Moreover, the church claimed that those favored by God were followers of the God of Light. They were bathed in God's grace and had finally grown to this point. They must have enough personnel to protect them." The calm black-armored knight's voice was now more emotional. "They said they only trusted the escort of the Knights of Light, and the church claimed that it would take time to mobilize the Knights..."

It seems that the so-called assistance is not sincere. Lilith sighed secretly. She could imagine how overwhelmed Catherine is now.

The black-armored knight turned again and led the two into an outdoor corridor. Lilith heard the sound of a fountain nearby and couldn't help but turn her head to look outside the corridor. This seemed to be the temple garden that Ian had mentioned. It was also pure white. Early spring had not yet arrived, and there was not much green in the courtyard. There were only long shadows of the trees, intertwined with the stone sculptures in the courtyard, and there was a bit of ghostliness in the dimness, without any of the sacredness in the daytime. As Lilith looked at it, she suddenly felt her heart pounding.

"What's wrong with you?" Seeing Lilith suddenly raise her hand to cover her heart, Lucas nervously stepped forward to support her elbow. Could it be that Lyriel? !

The black-armored knight in front also stopped and looked over when he heard the sound.

Lilith looked a little dazed. After about half a minute, she slowly put down her hand and said, "I'm fine... I don't know either."

She didn't know how to describe it to her companions. This was the first time she had such a feeling. It wasn't painful or itchy, but just at a certain moment, she felt as if a corner of her heart was gently, gently pulled?

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"No, no..." From the deep darkness, faint suppressed sobs were heard.

Then the smell of blood spread.