C2279 Demoness(last Part)

Bertrand?!

At this moment, the entire field had already fallen into a deathly silence. All the cardinals who were still trembling with fear and not daring to raise their heads suddenly raised their heads and stared at Bertrand, who was sitting on St. Peter's throne. They were all thinking in their hearts!

What the throne of St. Peter meant, they cardinals, could not be clearer. Although in the eyes of the outside world, this throne was only designed by Bernini, a wooden chair with a glowing shrine and ivory ornament on top of it, and a gilded bronze chair with two little angels on the back!

However, in the hearts of all the members of the Church, they understood that sitting on this seat meant that they had the key to open the kingdom of heaven, as well as the Pope's third crown! Furthermore, according to the legends, that wooden chair was the real throne of St. Peter!

In short, within the Holy See, only the Pope had the qualifications to sit in this seat. And once you sit in this seat, that would mean that from now on, you could be crowned as Pope!

However, the person sitting on this seat right now wasn't the Pope of the Fang Ji Sect, who had been recommended by one of the cardinals. Instead, it was the Grandmaster of the Knight Temple, Bertrand.

Could it really be that the Pope had fallen into a trap and given Bertrand too much power, causing him to be hot-headed and doing an irrational action, taking advantage of the current situation of a great enemy to take over the Pope's position?!

But according to that Pope Fang Ji's capabilities, he shouldn't have allowed Bertrand to snatch the seat so easily, right?

Moreover, if Bertrand really did that, then what was the meaning of the teachings of the Holy See? In the future, the position of Pope would no longer need to be proposed by Cardinal, and as long as you had sufficient strength, you could sit on it?

What was going on? Did Bertrand go crazy and take the Pope's place, or was there something else?!

"Bertrand, who gave you the right to sit on this throne? As for the Pope, where is he? " Anger flashed across Antonio's face as he saw the person sitting on the throne. He suddenly stood up and looked at Bertrand who was sitting on the throne. He reprimanded in a deep voice, "You are disrespecting my lord. You are a traitor to the Church!"

"Right now, His Holiness is not here. Before he left, he entrusted all the matters of the Church to me, allowing me to handle them." Bertrand acted as if he did not hear Antonio's rebuke. He continued to sit on his throne, looking down at the cardinals, and with a faint smile on his lips, he said indifferently, "As for the heretical name you mentioned, Bishop Antonio, I'm sorry to disagree with you. Now that I'm in charge of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal, what I decide is heresy. I have not decided, where does this name come from?"

"Great Grandmaster is right, the Great Grandmaster controls the Ecclesiastical Tribunal. If he doesn't make a decision, where did the heresy come from?!" "Antonio, since you are so disrespectful to the Grandmaster, I think you are the real heretic!" Without waiting for Antonio to speak, Rowan spoke up.

"Hahaha, our Church has fallen to such a state!" To think that even the position of Pope can be seized by others as they please! " Hearing this, Antonio laughed out loud in a hurry. His laughter was filled with sorrow as he surveyed the crowd and said indifferently, "There is an ancient saying in Huaxia that when the country is about to fall, there will be a demon. "Right now, the Vatican is surrounded by many demons, and there are countless of them. This proves that this saying is correct. With this many demons, our Holy See has no need to worry about not being destroyed by these heretics!"

As his voice fell, the entire hall became silent. Aside from Ruoruo, the rest of the cardinals revealed looks of sympathy. From the looks of it, everything was exactly as Antonio had said. The country was about to fall and the demons would appear!

Bishop Antonio, you have made another mistake. I did not take over the position of Pope, whether it was in the past, present, or future, he is the only glory of our Church. He is the only one that cannot be replaced, even if it is me, Bertrand, it is impossible to take over his position.

He turned to Antonio and continued, "As for the country demon that you spoke of, I agree with your words. But in my eyes, the country demon is not us, but people like you, the Bishop of Antonio. Without a person like you, my Church will definitely achieve an unprecedented unity and unity.

"Just where is His Holiness?" Let him out, I want to confront him face to face! " Antonio's eyes were almost burning with rage. He stared at Bertrand and and reprimanded him a few times. Then, he suddenly revealed a surprised look and asked with a trembling voice, "Where did the real throne of St. Peter go? Where did you get it?"

The moment he finished speaking, all the cardinals raised their heads and looked towards the throne under Bertrand! It was just as Antonio had said. On the bronze throne, there was no trace of the throne left behind by St. Peter. Because of the darkness from before, nobody had discovered it!

The reason why the throne of Saint Peter had such a unique meaning was because of this relic of Saint Peter's! In the legends, it was said that the wooden block held the key to opening the heaven. As long as one had this throne, they could ascend to the heavens!

To the Holy See, this was a very important treasure. Because of the existence of the relic of Saint Peter, the sects in the world recognized the orthodoxy of the Holy Church!

And now, the real throne, the key to opening the Kingdom of Heaven, had disappeared. How could this not surprise them?

"The key to opening the Heavenly Kingdom has already been taken away by His Holiness! If I wasn't taken away by him, how would I dare sit in this Supreme God Sage position, which only he is qualified to do! " As if he was not surprised by the others' discovery, Bertrand indifferently swept his gaze towards the crack and chuckled, "Now, do you all still think that I am an ambitious person, a traitor?"

When these words were spoken, the cardinals who had originally been in suspense let out a long sigh of relief. This relic of Saint Peter was extremely important. If it was lost, then it would be no small matter. Now that they knew that this relic was still in the custody of the Pope, it meant that the Church's orthodox position would not be questioned by anyone!

"Where is His Holiness? Let him out. I want to ask him just how we are going to face the current situation. Whether the glory of our Church is going to be destroyed, or whether we're going to go straight to the nine heavens, it's all in his thoughts!" Although his heart was slightly at ease, Antonio still did not give up on the idea of meeting with the Pope. He asked Bertrand in a low voice.

"I have already said that His Holiness is not here!" Bertrand spoke indifferently and slowly said, "And his journey is also for the glory of our Church. For the glory of our Lord, he has to do one thing!"

"What is more important than the invasion of the heretics? More important than the destruction of the Church?" Antonio's expression was gloomy as he asked word by word, "Tell me, where is His Holiness the Pope? What does he want to do?"

"I'm very sorry, Cardinal, you are not worthy of knowing about this!" When Bertrand heard this, the corners of his mouth gradually revealed a mocking smile, and he said indifferently, "I can only tell you this. Everything that His Holiness has done, there is no place to doubt.

"If you don't want to say it, I'll investigate it slowly! "I don't believe that you can do it so flawlessly. I only hope that everything will turn out as you said, that you won't usurp the position of Pope, and that your Temple Knight Regiment will be able to protect the Holy Church from this crisis!" Antonio's eyes changed as he heard this. He pondered for a moment and made a decision. He threw down the words and turned towards the door.

"I'm sorry!" However, before Antonio could take a step forward, the smile on Bertrand's face grew even wider. He continued, "From the moment you all entered, the church had already been sealed. The entire Vatican has entered a state of siege! Other than here, you have nowhere else to go! "