Chapter 553: The Giant Standing on the Earth
While the whole of Florence was in panic because of the arrival of Omega, the center of Florence, the Sistine Chapel, was silent.
The extremely piercing alarm sounded in the Sistine Chapel as well. However, the cardinals, who were fed up with the noise, threw the alarm into the river outside the church, and the church returned to silence.
However, the atmosphere here was unusually depressing. The cardinals sitting around the round table looked like they were attending someone's memorial service.
"Damn Long! Damn Xizel!" Someone in the empty church was cursing, "If the Templar Armored Division was still there, we wouldn't have to be so passive!"
No one complained about such scolding, because they were all at the pinnacle of power in Florence. As a result, because of the failure of a trial, they were trapped in the Sistine Chapel like prisoners.
All this is because of this father and son. If it weren't for them, the cardinals would still be at the top of this country, sitting high in the Sistine Chapel, watching their orders being transmitted one by one to all parts of Florence.
Now they were still in the Sistine Chapel, but they had nothing around them except the servants they could use. Although the commissioners of the Inquisition were still guarding outside the church, could these commissioners deal with Omega, who even Prometheus could only deal with in cooperation?
The Pope had transferred all the Seraphic Cavalry away. Marston's defeat had made this mobile armor, which originated in Florence, extremely scarce in this city. The Pope obviously would not leave behind any of his precious combat power to protect this group of old immortals.
Even keeping the Inquisition, the "henchmen" of the cardinals, was almost a kind of alms.
Emerald light slid past the window, as if the paintings on the glass had come alive. The sound of devout prayers came from outside the church, and the cardinals could imagine that the commissioner of the Inquisition, who was supposed to be guarding them, put down his weapon and prayed loudly like a fanatic, but his eyes had been burned.
The Cardinals once controlled the lives of Omegas, dismembering these living but incomprehensible creatures and sending them to the Skull Field.
And now, the Omegas descending from the sky are killing without restraint... or it cannot be said to be killing, because humans will be entangled by the sacred flames just by looking at them.
Omegas are beings that are superior to humans. Just by being seen, they can cause fatal harm to humans. No one knows how many of them have descended on Florence. All they know is that the sirens that should have been thrown into the river are still screaming hoarsely, as if they are singing a funeral song for someone.
Suddenly, all the sounds disappeared, as if all the killing and praying had stopped.
The cardinals looked at each other, as if they wanted to signal each other to check the situation. The servants who were supposed to serve them in the church hall could no longer endure the devout prayers and rushed out of the church like crazy.
Now, they have probably become part of those devout prayers.
The church was in complete silence, and none of the cardinals could order anyone else around. They had always been at odds with each other, so they needed the pope as their go-between. Now their power had been taken back by the pope, but they were too arrogant to become anyone's minions.
Amid the stalemate, the church door suddenly opened.
The wind and cold air poured in like ghosts from the slowly opening door. The door, which was destroyed by the Red Dragon's intrusion, let out a howl like a ghost demanding its life. The candlelight in the church flickered, struggling against the sudden darkness.
In order to force them to leave the Sistine Chapel, the Pope had most of the electricity in the Sistine Chapel cut off, but the cardinals refused to cooperate, preferring to use candles, a primitive lighting method, rather than being "protected" by the Pope.
Until now, many of them still believe that the so-called asylum is just an attempt to squeeze out the last bit of power from them.
The weak candlelight barely illuminated the cardinals' livid faces, and it was not until they saw the maid smiling at them from behind the door that their expressions turned into surprise.
The maid had short blond hair and although she was dressed like a servant, she was as beautiful as any of the beautiful girls in Florence. But it was undoubtedly incredible that a maid had come here through the Omega group.
It was not until someone saw the red six-winged angel emblem on the maid's scarf that someone exclaimed in surprise: "Fallen angel emblem, you are from the Gattuso family!"
As soon as the name Gattuso came out, the expressions of all the cardinals changed, as if this was something that could not be mentioned.
"Patsy Gattuso, I'm here to say hello to you on behalf of Miss Gattuso who has no interest in coming." Patsy lifted her skirt and bowed slightly. "I believe you all know our names through some means, right?"
At this time, someone remembered that before the Marston War, merchants returning from the East had been attacked by sand bandits. If they were ordinary sand bandits, they would not have alarmed the cardinals who were still high and mighty at that time.
But if it was a bandit driving a Seraph and with the surname Gattuso, then they would have to take it seriously.
To this end, the cardinals sent out a team led by Seraph. However, the start and defeat of the Battle of Marston soon left them with no energy to think about this matter.
"What are you doing here?" asked one of the cardinals.
Patsy smiled and replied, "Looking for the history of the Gattuso family."
"Then we have nothing to say." The cardinal said, "Hundreds of years ago, when the Holy Messianic Church was still just a sect, the Gattuso family was an outstanding family. But when the exploration of Avalon Island ended and they disappeared with part of the results, their surname no longer existed in this country."
Florence has more prominent families, but from the struggles among the cardinals, it can be seen that these families are not as harmonious as they seem. And power is limited, it will only become less and less.
As for why they are so hostile to them, naturally no one wants the Gattuso family, which has disappeared for hundreds of years, to emerge again and take away a share of the already crowded power.
The story about the Gattuso family in the world behind the door is so simple, no wonder Lucrecia has no interest in it.
Patsy suddenly felt a little bored, and felt that the insistence of the elders in the family was just like that. Instead of returning to the world behind this door and squeezing into the crowded Florence, it would be better to stay in the world over there and do a good job in being a big family in the mixed-blood world.
Patsy said goodbye and left. Before leaving, she thanked the cardinals for their advice and said with a smile that all the Omegas outside had been dealt with by her. It would be better for the cardinals to leave here early, as something bad would happen here soon.
As expected, everyone rejected her kindness. Without saying anything more, Patsy left with a smile, and before leaving, she helped the cardinals close the church door. The candlelight stopped flickering, and the cardinals fell into a long silence again.
But the peace didn't last long, as a sudden roar woke them up again. After searching for the source of the sound in panic, they were surprised to find that the sound came from the Sistine Chapel... no, it should be the underground of Florence!
Standing in the darkness, Patsy looked in surprise at the huge metal life form that broke free from the shackles and stood on the ground again.
For a moment, all the Omegas in Florence stopped their actions and, as if on pilgrimage, looked up at the figure that was as heavy as a mountain and as majestic as the earth.
The soldiers who were struggling to resist Omega were also stunned. The huge existence appeared and lifted up the Papal Palace. The Sistine Chapel, which was close to the Papal Palace, was hanging on its shoulders. The soldiers with excellent strength could still see that there were people struggling among the broken ruins. They were those who would rather die than leave.
They suddenly understood why the Pope asked them to leave the Papal Palace.
This metallic life form was so huge that people on the ground could only see the tip of the iceberg and thought it was a mountain that suddenly appeared.
Ignoring the gazes of humans, the Atlas-like giant walked forward. Gorgeous and towering buildings became ruins at its feet, but these were all empty houses. The Pope stubbornly and even violently expelled the civilians in the city into the church, thus avoiding their being trampled into meat patties.
But those stubborn nobles who believed that home was the safest place were not so lucky.
To the soldiers underground, the mountain suddenly began to move, and they began to flee in panic because many people were on the moving path of the mountain.
The mountain left, leaving a deep gully in the city of Florence. It also took away the Omegas, these difficult-to-deal-with sacred creatures that followed it consciously, as if to witness a reunion after thousands of years.
Chu Yuyi retracted her gaze, pulled her knife away from the wreckage of the Omega, and followed the departing emerald light. On the road behind her, everyone in the limousine watched her leave alone.
The Pope looked confused. He tried to shout to the armored knight, but no one responded. All the actions of the armored knight were like he just casually passed by and saved someone casually, without caring who the person was.
Lucrecia also saw the giant's movement. She sat up from the windowsill and said goodbye to the girl she loved very much with some regret: "Okay, Adele, I'm leaving. It makes me very happy to be with you. If possible, I really want to have a sister like you."
Adele was a little surprised: "Sister Lucrecia, are you going to go where it goes?"
She also saw the movement of the metal giant. Not only that, she also felt a kind of familiar aura from the giant.
"Yes." Lucrecia nodded, "My intuition tells me that this should be the last thing we do in this world."
Adele couldn't fully understand what this mysterious but kind big sister said, but she also understood that this would probably be the last time they met. This made her feel a little lost, because she was not the only one who felt the same way.
This is a very wonderful feeling. Adele really felt the breath of a sister in the other person. It seems that in addition to her brother, there is also such a sister who is growing up with her.
Suddenly, Lucrecia frowned, and a bright golden color appeared in her eyes as she looked up at the still dark sky.
The dazzling thunder was like a falling sword, illuminating the entire western sky, and struck the still-moving metal giant like a divine punishment.
The swift blow, which illuminated the world, made all those who looked up cover their eyes in pain. The huge shock that followed forced them to crawl on the ground.
That was the sound of a giant falling on the plain outside the city. The fall of this behemoth shook Florence, a city that was one of the best in the world. Countless people were wailing and praying to the Holy Cross in pain.
Adele emerged from Lucrecia's broad bosom, who protected her in times of emergency, just like a sister.
She looked at the western sky in surprise, where smoke and dust rose, which could be clearly seen even in the dark night. That was where the metal giant fell, and some kind of wailing that seemed only she could hear was coming from there.
"Sister, can you take me there?" Adele said suddenly.
A feeling suddenly emerged in her heart...she might be able to help the metal giant.
Lucrecia did not answer, but looked at the western sky with vigilance. Emerald light overflowed from behind the clouds, and the Lord of the Sky continued to descend upon Florence with its face that made her feel extremely familiar.
"Even after dying, her ghost is still lingering around..." She couldn't help but curse, and hurriedly let go of the girl as if she was still holding a younger sister.
"Okay, Adele, I have to leave now." Lucrecia stroked Adele's soft long hair and said softly, "Go back and rest. Just like your brother said, when you wake up, everything will be over."
As she said this, she returned to the Immortal Blade's knight cabin. But unexpectedly, Adele, the kitten-like girl, jumped up with her.
"Sister Lucrecia, please take me there." Adele's eyes were full of seriousness. "I feel like I can help it, and I can help my brothers too!"
"...The only thing I can't do in my life, apart from separating from my future husband, is probably to refuse the request of a young lady." Lucrecia chuckled, and the Immortal Blade spread the blade wings behind it and flew towards the Lord of the Sky who was descending in a high-profile manner in the sky.
Something unexpected happened again. Bright flames rose from the chaotic city, illuminating the western sky again, and slammed heavily on the expressionless half face of the Lord of the Sky.
Lucrecia was surprised, and after a closer look, she realized that it was not the little iron queen Constance who had been led away, but Chu Yuzhen. She also announced her arrival in the city in a very high-profile manner and punched the Sky Angel hard.
Lucrecia was very pleased with the punch, but she also showed a little worry. Chu Yuzhen, the violent woman, naturally knew that Odin was dead, and the Lord of the Sky in front of her was just a wind angel using his residual power to cause trouble.
However, the violent woman seemed to have set her sights on Odin's face, and whether he was alive or dead, she wanted to punch him first. This made Lucrecia a little worried about her father who was still in another world, and Odin also gave his face to her father.
(End of this chapter)
While the whole of Florence was in panic because of the arrival of Omega, the center of Florence, the Sistine Chapel, was silent.
The extremely piercing alarm sounded in the Sistine Chapel as well. However, the cardinals, who were fed up with the noise, threw the alarm into the river outside the church, and the church returned to silence.
However, the atmosphere here was unusually depressing. The cardinals sitting around the round table looked like they were attending someone's memorial service.
"Damn Long! Damn Xizel!" Someone in the empty church was cursing, "If the Templar Armored Division was still there, we wouldn't have to be so passive!"
No one complained about such scolding, because they were all at the pinnacle of power in Florence. As a result, because of the failure of a trial, they were trapped in the Sistine Chapel like prisoners.
All this is because of this father and son. If it weren't for them, the cardinals would still be at the top of this country, sitting high in the Sistine Chapel, watching their orders being transmitted one by one to all parts of Florence.
Now they were still in the Sistine Chapel, but they had nothing around them except the servants they could use. Although the commissioners of the Inquisition were still guarding outside the church, could these commissioners deal with Omega, who even Prometheus could only deal with in cooperation?
The Pope had transferred all the Seraphic Cavalry away. Marston's defeat had made this mobile armor, which originated in Florence, extremely scarce in this city. The Pope obviously would not leave behind any of his precious combat power to protect this group of old immortals.
Even keeping the Inquisition, the "henchmen" of the cardinals, was almost a kind of alms.
Emerald light slid past the window, as if the paintings on the glass had come alive. The sound of devout prayers came from outside the church, and the cardinals could imagine that the commissioner of the Inquisition, who was supposed to be guarding them, put down his weapon and prayed loudly like a fanatic, but his eyes had been burned.
The Cardinals once controlled the lives of Omegas, dismembering these living but incomprehensible creatures and sending them to the Skull Field.
And now, the Omegas descending from the sky are killing without restraint... or it cannot be said to be killing, because humans will be entangled by the sacred flames just by looking at them.
Omegas are beings that are superior to humans. Just by being seen, they can cause fatal harm to humans. No one knows how many of them have descended on Florence. All they know is that the sirens that should have been thrown into the river are still screaming hoarsely, as if they are singing a funeral song for someone.
Suddenly, all the sounds disappeared, as if all the killing and praying had stopped.
The cardinals looked at each other, as if they wanted to signal each other to check the situation. The servants who were supposed to serve them in the church hall could no longer endure the devout prayers and rushed out of the church like crazy.
Now, they have probably become part of those devout prayers.
The church was in complete silence, and none of the cardinals could order anyone else around. They had always been at odds with each other, so they needed the pope as their go-between. Now their power had been taken back by the pope, but they were too arrogant to become anyone's minions.
Amid the stalemate, the church door suddenly opened.
The wind and cold air poured in like ghosts from the slowly opening door. The door, which was destroyed by the Red Dragon's intrusion, let out a howl like a ghost demanding its life. The candlelight in the church flickered, struggling against the sudden darkness.
In order to force them to leave the Sistine Chapel, the Pope had most of the electricity in the Sistine Chapel cut off, but the cardinals refused to cooperate, preferring to use candles, a primitive lighting method, rather than being "protected" by the Pope.
Until now, many of them still believe that the so-called asylum is just an attempt to squeeze out the last bit of power from them.
The weak candlelight barely illuminated the cardinals' livid faces, and it was not until they saw the maid smiling at them from behind the door that their expressions turned into surprise.
The maid had short blond hair and although she was dressed like a servant, she was as beautiful as any of the beautiful girls in Florence. But it was undoubtedly incredible that a maid had come here through the Omega group.
It was not until someone saw the red six-winged angel emblem on the maid's scarf that someone exclaimed in surprise: "Fallen angel emblem, you are from the Gattuso family!"
As soon as the name Gattuso came out, the expressions of all the cardinals changed, as if this was something that could not be mentioned.
"Patsy Gattuso, I'm here to say hello to you on behalf of Miss Gattuso who has no interest in coming." Patsy lifted her skirt and bowed slightly. "I believe you all know our names through some means, right?"
At this time, someone remembered that before the Marston War, merchants returning from the East had been attacked by sand bandits. If they were ordinary sand bandits, they would not have alarmed the cardinals who were still high and mighty at that time.
But if it was a bandit driving a Seraph and with the surname Gattuso, then they would have to take it seriously.
To this end, the cardinals sent out a team led by Seraph. However, the start and defeat of the Battle of Marston soon left them with no energy to think about this matter.
"What are you doing here?" asked one of the cardinals.
Patsy smiled and replied, "Looking for the history of the Gattuso family."
"Then we have nothing to say." The cardinal said, "Hundreds of years ago, when the Holy Messianic Church was still just a sect, the Gattuso family was an outstanding family. But when the exploration of Avalon Island ended and they disappeared with part of the results, their surname no longer existed in this country."
Florence has more prominent families, but from the struggles among the cardinals, it can be seen that these families are not as harmonious as they seem. And power is limited, it will only become less and less.
As for why they are so hostile to them, naturally no one wants the Gattuso family, which has disappeared for hundreds of years, to emerge again and take away a share of the already crowded power.
The story about the Gattuso family in the world behind the door is so simple, no wonder Lucrecia has no interest in it.
Patsy suddenly felt a little bored, and felt that the insistence of the elders in the family was just like that. Instead of returning to the world behind this door and squeezing into the crowded Florence, it would be better to stay in the world over there and do a good job in being a big family in the mixed-blood world.
Patsy said goodbye and left. Before leaving, she thanked the cardinals for their advice and said with a smile that all the Omegas outside had been dealt with by her. It would be better for the cardinals to leave here early, as something bad would happen here soon.
As expected, everyone rejected her kindness. Without saying anything more, Patsy left with a smile, and before leaving, she helped the cardinals close the church door. The candlelight stopped flickering, and the cardinals fell into a long silence again.
But the peace didn't last long, as a sudden roar woke them up again. After searching for the source of the sound in panic, they were surprised to find that the sound came from the Sistine Chapel... no, it should be the underground of Florence!
Standing in the darkness, Patsy looked in surprise at the huge metal life form that broke free from the shackles and stood on the ground again.
For a moment, all the Omegas in Florence stopped their actions and, as if on pilgrimage, looked up at the figure that was as heavy as a mountain and as majestic as the earth.
The soldiers who were struggling to resist Omega were also stunned. The huge existence appeared and lifted up the Papal Palace. The Sistine Chapel, which was close to the Papal Palace, was hanging on its shoulders. The soldiers with excellent strength could still see that there were people struggling among the broken ruins. They were those who would rather die than leave.
They suddenly understood why the Pope asked them to leave the Papal Palace.
This metallic life form was so huge that people on the ground could only see the tip of the iceberg and thought it was a mountain that suddenly appeared.
Ignoring the gazes of humans, the Atlas-like giant walked forward. Gorgeous and towering buildings became ruins at its feet, but these were all empty houses. The Pope stubbornly and even violently expelled the civilians in the city into the church, thus avoiding their being trampled into meat patties.
But those stubborn nobles who believed that home was the safest place were not so lucky.
To the soldiers underground, the mountain suddenly began to move, and they began to flee in panic because many people were on the moving path of the mountain.
The mountain left, leaving a deep gully in the city of Florence. It also took away the Omegas, these difficult-to-deal-with sacred creatures that followed it consciously, as if to witness a reunion after thousands of years.
Chu Yuyi retracted her gaze, pulled her knife away from the wreckage of the Omega, and followed the departing emerald light. On the road behind her, everyone in the limousine watched her leave alone.
The Pope looked confused. He tried to shout to the armored knight, but no one responded. All the actions of the armored knight were like he just casually passed by and saved someone casually, without caring who the person was.
Lucrecia also saw the giant's movement. She sat up from the windowsill and said goodbye to the girl she loved very much with some regret: "Okay, Adele, I'm leaving. It makes me very happy to be with you. If possible, I really want to have a sister like you."
Adele was a little surprised: "Sister Lucrecia, are you going to go where it goes?"
She also saw the movement of the metal giant. Not only that, she also felt a kind of familiar aura from the giant.
"Yes." Lucrecia nodded, "My intuition tells me that this should be the last thing we do in this world."
Adele couldn't fully understand what this mysterious but kind big sister said, but she also understood that this would probably be the last time they met. This made her feel a little lost, because she was not the only one who felt the same way.
This is a very wonderful feeling. Adele really felt the breath of a sister in the other person. It seems that in addition to her brother, there is also such a sister who is growing up with her.
Suddenly, Lucrecia frowned, and a bright golden color appeared in her eyes as she looked up at the still dark sky.
The dazzling thunder was like a falling sword, illuminating the entire western sky, and struck the still-moving metal giant like a divine punishment.
The swift blow, which illuminated the world, made all those who looked up cover their eyes in pain. The huge shock that followed forced them to crawl on the ground.
That was the sound of a giant falling on the plain outside the city. The fall of this behemoth shook Florence, a city that was one of the best in the world. Countless people were wailing and praying to the Holy Cross in pain.
Adele emerged from Lucrecia's broad bosom, who protected her in times of emergency, just like a sister.
She looked at the western sky in surprise, where smoke and dust rose, which could be clearly seen even in the dark night. That was where the metal giant fell, and some kind of wailing that seemed only she could hear was coming from there.
"Sister, can you take me there?" Adele said suddenly.
A feeling suddenly emerged in her heart...she might be able to help the metal giant.
Lucrecia did not answer, but looked at the western sky with vigilance. Emerald light overflowed from behind the clouds, and the Lord of the Sky continued to descend upon Florence with its face that made her feel extremely familiar.
"Even after dying, her ghost is still lingering around..." She couldn't help but curse, and hurriedly let go of the girl as if she was still holding a younger sister.
"Okay, Adele, I have to leave now." Lucrecia stroked Adele's soft long hair and said softly, "Go back and rest. Just like your brother said, when you wake up, everything will be over."
As she said this, she returned to the Immortal Blade's knight cabin. But unexpectedly, Adele, the kitten-like girl, jumped up with her.
"Sister Lucrecia, please take me there." Adele's eyes were full of seriousness. "I feel like I can help it, and I can help my brothers too!"
"...The only thing I can't do in my life, apart from separating from my future husband, is probably to refuse the request of a young lady." Lucrecia chuckled, and the Immortal Blade spread the blade wings behind it and flew towards the Lord of the Sky who was descending in a high-profile manner in the sky.
Something unexpected happened again. Bright flames rose from the chaotic city, illuminating the western sky again, and slammed heavily on the expressionless half face of the Lord of the Sky.
Lucrecia was surprised, and after a closer look, she realized that it was not the little iron queen Constance who had been led away, but Chu Yuzhen. She also announced her arrival in the city in a very high-profile manner and punched the Sky Angel hard.
Lucrecia was very pleased with the punch, but she also showed a little worry. Chu Yuzhen, the violent woman, naturally knew that Odin was dead, and the Lord of the Sky in front of her was just a wind angel using his residual power to cause trouble.
However, the violent woman seemed to have set her sights on Odin's face, and whether he was alive or dead, she wanted to punch him first. This made Lucrecia a little worried about her father who was still in another world, and Odin also gave his face to her father.
(End of this chapter)
