Divine Flame Crystal

Chapter 389 City of Paradise

The Church of Light once artificially created a city of heaven. No one knows where it is because no one has ever been out. Legend has it that it is a sacred and peaceful place, full of faith and yearning for the afterlife. This city is deeply influenced by the teachings of light, especially the understanding of heaven. It is not only an ideal place in terms of material, but also a spiritual refuge.

Some say that the city of heaven is located on a high mountain, symbolizing its distance from worldly filth and troubles. The city walls are tall and strong, and even seem to cover the sky. The walls are decorated with exquisite reliefs and murals, depicting biblical stories and images of saints. They are not just symbols, but the protection of heaven constructed by magic circles, sacred and inviolable. The city gate is wide but closed. To the outside, it symbolizes the acceptance of all souls seeking salvation, and to the inside, it is a door that will never be opened.

The center of the city is a magnificent cathedral, with its spires pointing to the sky, symbolizing people's reverence for God. The interior of the church is richly decorated, with stained glass windows transmitting mysterious light, revealing a sacred atmosphere. The choir's singing echoes in the air, interweaving with the prayers, forming a sacred music.

The streets are wide and clean, lined with stone houses with red tiled roofs, and small gardens decorated with flowers in front of each house. These houses are the homes of the citizens and a haven for their souls. There are monasteries and charitable institutions in the city, and monks and nuns seem to be busy with spiritual practice.

The market was prosperous, but transactions were based on fairness and honesty, reflecting the society's moral values. Artisans worked in their workshops to create exquisite works of art, such as gold and silver jewelry, fabrics, and sculptures, which often had strong religious themes.

In such a city, people's life pace is slow and orderly, and every day is filled with fear of God and expectation of the afterlife. Education is mainly concentrated in church schools, where children learn reading, writing and theological knowledge to cultivate them into devout believers.

The surface of the Heavenly City is a city with highly prosperous spirit and material, a utopia where order and harmony coexist, and it is the yearning of outside believers for a better life and the pursuit of eternal happiness. Although no one knows whether it really exists, or even where it is, it has left a deep mark in art, literature and architecture, attracting believers one after another.

Even so, this is still an extremely closed city. The Holy See of Light provides them with sufficient food and entertainment facilities to let them indulge in it. The power of faith here is extremely pure, and it is the best place to supplement faith. It is called heaven by the Holy See of Light. It is said that only the most devout believers can come to heaven, so many people cut off contact with their families in order to be more pious and only love the God of Light. Because of this, their faith is indeed much more pious. These fanatical believers who have cut off all emotions and love have obtained the qualification to enter heaven, but the moment they enter, they are also deprived of the right to leave.

Many people have lived here since the Great Magic Age, but no one has ever been in contact with the outside world. They only socialize with each other, and their only faith is the God of Light. Although they have no worries about food and clothing, their desires gradually decrease, their fertility rate drops rapidly, and they develop a phenomenon of behavioral decadence. They no longer eat or drink, have no dreams, and live like zombies all day long, just to generate the most pious and pure power of faith. The people here once wanted to go out, but failed. They gradually forgot the outside world, but living in a city with such a high social density for a long time, they can no longer control their behavior, and gradually went to destruction. In the end, the City of Paradise became a dead city, but because this method can generate the purest power of faith, the Holy See of Light did not give up on the establishment of the City of Paradise. After the destruction of City of Paradise No. 1, there will be No. 2 and No. 3. Therefore, there are still legends about the City of Paradise. After Xingluo learned a little truth from the Moonfall Organization, he felt a chill on his back. He really didn't know how many unknown secrets the Holy See of Light had.

Xingluo almost vomited when he saw this. This group of people took advantage of the believers' piety and slaughtered humans wantonly. They also raised humans and monsters for their own selfish desires. From that moment on, Xingluo had no good feelings towards the Church of Light, because this was a magical world. The Moonfall Organization even obtained magical image intelligence, and that image was in Xingluo's storage ring. However, he knew that even if he spread these images, the Church of Light would suppress public opinion and it wouldn't even cause any waves. As for those fanatics, their faith was so firm that it couldn't be shaken by just a few pieces of news, so Xingluo was just doing what he thought was right. , hoping that one day he could shake this behemoth, but before he could do anything, the Holy See of Light attacked first, and the other party seemed a little impatient. Could it be that something he didn't know was interfering with the well-disguised Holy See of Light? In fact, if the other party continued to develop silently, other forces would be more passive. Judging from the intelligence Xingluo had, the war launched by the Holy See of Light was more like a spur-of-the-moment action, not a long-planned one. Could it be the idea of ​​those above, the existence above the Holy See of Light? Xingluo didn't think about it any further. It would be better not to attract the attention of the other party on such matters.

In short, Xingluo had already grasped the true side of the Holy See of Light, so he regarded the other party as an imaginary enemy, and the Yueyun Intelligence Organization had become the top intelligence organization on the continent. He had been able to find out some intelligence. Even if it was something very secretive, unless he didn't do it, there was a possibility that it would be discovered.

Xingluo was holding a stack of information in his hand. Now the army of the Holy See of Light was staying in the southeast of the Fallen God Empire. The Knights of Light planned to gradually advance from here to the capital of the Fallen God Empire and devour the empire's manpower. By then, the entire Fallen God Empire would become a vassal of the Holy See of Light. The imperial army also came nearby and began to build various defensive fortifications in a targeted manner.

There is no possibility of peace talks for both sides. They can only fight to the end. Although there is a huge gap in combat power, they must fight. Behind the imperial soldiers are the land on which they depend for survival and their loved ones. They cannot retreat and have long been prepared to die in battle. This is the cruelty of war.

When the front battlefield was tense, the elite war officially kicked off. The busiest people at this time were the assassins. As assassins, they were extremely powerful and money could drive them to kill. The Holy See of Light also dispatched a large number of Deadpools and began to massacre the high-level professionals of the empire.

The Luoshen Empire was not idle either. Several large killer organizations received a large number of orders at the same time to assassinate members of the Knights of Light. People died tragically every day, but both sides did not step back. Now it is not the time for a formal decisive battle. Xingluo, as a member of the killer organization, naturally also received the task of assassinating the Knights of Light. Moreover, the reward for the task was generous, and he could even rise to the top of the killer organization in one step. It would be impossible to offer such generous conditions in non-war times. Since Xingluo had caught up, he naturally would not refuse. What's more, even if the killer organization did not pay him, he would still assassinate the Knights of Light. Although the other side had a large number of people, assassination can generally kill people across levels. What's more, Xingluo is now at the peak of the magician. If he wants to assassinate, even if he is one level higher than him, he has the confidence to kill the other party. This is the power of the assassin. Although it takes a long time to prepare for an assassination, the horror of a prepared magician or a killer is enough to make most professionals fearful.