Chapter 1422 The Dark Side of Kama Taj (Second Update)

Lara Croft closed the thick file without finishing it, as if she had read a wonderful novel, and she was constantly looking forward to the sequel. The Holy See has always been the intersection of money and power. No matter how much money and wealth are denounced in doctrine, the conspiracy and rent-seeking of power flowing in the Vatican court can never leave the jingling gold coins. Otherwise, the Medici family would not have been able to give birth to so many popes. Even in this era when the influence and wealth of the Holy See has declined sharply, the Vatican still has unparalleled influence.

It is not strange to have heretical tendencies in such an environment. What matters is to what extent and what kind of heresy. ——Colluding with wizards is definitely the most serious form of heresy. Even the pope will be dismissed or excommunicated. Now she holds in her hand a document that vetoes the legitimacy of the Pope John XII and all subsequent Popes. Legitimacy document. Combined with John XII’s rich life of having affairs with widows, his father’s mistress, and even nieces, and even during his reign, which was called a “harlot’s regime,” this document may be able to slightly shake the Vatican’s view of the world of God. dominion.

But Lara Croft was not stupid enough to think that this document could overrule the rule of the Holy See. After all, Leo VIII, the "antipope" appointed by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I at that time, had been deposed, and Benedict V was deposed later. John XIII was supported by force by Otto I who led the army into Italy, and the ecclesiastical power The confrontation with the monarchy has begun. The "anti-pope" is the orthodoxy of the Vatican. The Roman people's referendum to elect the pope has no meaning.

The current Vatican is a neutral area, the product of peace, concessions, consultations and negotiations by many countries. Even if it is discovered that there are so many priests in the Vatican who like little boys, secular law cannot confront the divine authority and shake the sanctity of the Vatican. Just a document of unknown origin cannot do anything. Even so, these stories still fascinated Lara Croft. Her favorite stories were the hidden dust of history that was not recorded in stone tablets and documents.

But the file she has now is only the first half of the volume that has been sorted out, and the second half is still stored in the bookcase. She waited until the woman finished her cup of hot cocoa before climbing back into the sleeping bag. "I need to borrow your ball of yarn and your watch," she said, holding up her notebook. As early as when she moved the supplies here, Lara Croft made a note in her notebook because she had already envisioned that one day she would return to this bookshelf and read the file, "Can you help me?" Do I hold the other end of the ball of yarn? I’ll be back soon, I promise!”

The woman turned her silly glaring blindfold to Lara Croft, which made the latter feel cold in her heart.

"Of course." She said, "Can you bring me a bag of marshmallows when you come back?"

"If we can get out," Lara Croft said somewhat seriously. She didn't put herself in the position of that woman's guardian, or even deceive her because she was mentally ill. Lord Crawford's title and tutoring made her refuse to make promises she could not keep. "I promise you, I'll be back in three minutes. Once we get out of here, I'm going to buy you a bunch of marshmallows and fill your room with them."

Thanks to her excellent sense of direction, Lara Croft quickly found where she and the woman were originally stationed. Although she felt like she had walked a long way, in fact excluding those narrow stone passages and the gap between the two bookshelves, the straight-line distance between her and the woman would not exceed two hundred meters. She also found some supplies here that she had missed taking away due to panic - including a half-opened Ariana chocolate, a sealing gauze and a bundle of tape, as well as a small metal small ice ax hanging on her waist. Ring - Winston didn't know what kind of adventure his eldest daughter was going to participate in, so he entrusted the Royal Guards with the ice ax and ice ax accessories to be sent to Kama Taj. This metal ring was one of the many accessories.

Although it was useless, Lara Croft stuffed it into her pocket. These metal rings cast in one piece with special alloys are extremely strong and wear-resistant, and can even be used as safety hooks when climbing. Therefore, they are extremely expensive. Even if she is as wealthy as she is, she cannot just throw these things away.

"Well, you came at the right time."

Lara Croft picks up windproof matches in a shockproof box from the floor. The candlesticks installed on the bookshelves had been extinguished, and the entire row of bookshelves was shrouded in darkness. In fact, the library is not completely dark, it's just that there are too many candlesticks that have been extinguished. Whether they are ghost cleaners or giant robots, they are obviously not characters who can light candles.

The frost-covered hydraulics were undisturbed, and thick armor and a constantly running heating device prevented the hydraulic oil from condensing. The explosion-proof door slowly retracts into the wall, and the low temperature that can coagulate blood slowly flows outward from the gap in the door. When it encounters the higher-temperature outside air, it immediately condenses the remaining moisture into ice mist. Many magic props originally stored in the temples have been moved here. These collections are generally not used and are dangerous. Taking them away from the three major temples means that the emperor will disperse Kama Taj. The first step to regain power.

With the help of the Supreme Mage, this step was made smoothly and without any opposition.

The emperor was in no hurry to go down the passage and go deep underground. He first counted all the magic items, from the cursed Kadavus crystal, which was the size of a fist and carved into the shape of a skull, to the shadow scimitar that could cut the soul, to the fifteenth-century one that could make a person appear in different places at the same time. With the hands of the undead, he counted everything to ensure that none of the dangerous assets belonging to Kama Taj were missing. In view of the trouble those old guys from the mystic family caused him, the emperor would no longer treat them. Any tolerance, and at the same time will not give them any leeway in the evaluation - he does not believe that they have only slightly opened the defenses of the library, allowing those extradimensional spiritual entities who have always been thirsty for power to break into the real universe, and he wants to ensure that everything All within control.

In the past he had compromised on Qama Taj's thousand-year sovereignty, but not in the future.

A special knight corps will be stationed at Kama Taj for a long time, completely turning Kama Taj into a fortress, completely breaking up and reorganizing the power structure that was spontaneously formed due to the Supreme Mage's unwillingness to manage, and forming a system more suitable for the future. Vertical management system for war situations. In other words, Karma Taj will expand while laying off employees, cutting off the burdens of thousands of years to make it more flexible, and clenching its fists to make it more powerful - he was confident when he did this, because the Supreme Mage has already made those He was given a list of mystics stationed on outer planets to monitor the development of local witchcraft, as well as their secret contact information. Some mystics even fought in the interdimensional space for several years, carrying out the most radical and dangerous operations in places far away from the earth. theoretical research.

These people are the dark side of Kamal Taj, and they are also the emperor's confidence to win Kamal Taj. Except for Constantine, the commander of the guards, and Victor von Doom, the regent, no one can know the news. Even Master Hamil does not know why he has the confidence to put all the elders of the mystic family under house arrest, even at the risk of happening. Bloodshed. After confirming that everything was safe and sound, the emperor also breathed a sigh of relief to the old guys. He could temporarily confirm that those people would not destroy Kama Taj for their own selfish desires. In other words, they would still be alive before the Supreme Mage returned.

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