Chapter 764: Chapter 650: The Wind Rises and the Clouds Gather_3

And it was foreseeable that before the Pope of Light arrived at the Royal Capital, he would likely endure quite a few more such incidents.

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After Teresa left the castle, she turned to glance at the royal driveway above and noticed another vehicle heading toward the castle not far away, a meaningful smirk curling at the corner of her mouth.

How could she naively come to woo Simon Wald?

Simon, set to be martyred, may be seducible, but the uncertainties involved were too high and could easily expose her existence.

So all this was but a idle venture to probe for information from the council hall.

By the way, to confirm Simon was likely not a player, and then to throw in a stone of doubt, placing her overt purpose on the throne to divert the attention of certain individuals in the Royal Capital.

After all, not only was she interested in this throne, so were the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth princes of the King.

She was the first to visit His Highness Simon.

But she would not be the last.

And Teresa’s plan was to stir up the royal power storm even more fiercely, turning it from a seemingly uncertain situation into a real outcome.

Before the Holy Court’s army arrived, the Royal Capital should be in chaos!

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Upon returning to the castle of Princess Nineteen in Constantinople, Teresa handed the painting to a servant to hang up and asked the servant to prepare dinner, while she shut herself in her bedroom under the pretext of bathing and changing clothes.

Lifting the pillow on the bed, Teresa triggered a hidden latch beneath, revealing a secret door on the inner side of the bed.

She rolled directly into it and closed the secret door behind her from the inside.

Teresa walked down a long and pitch-black stairway to a vast underground space.

The area ahead suddenly opened up, a faint golden glow suffusing the air, the walls adorned with the patterns of the Sun Crown, and a Formation carved into the floor.

Gathering the intelligence from the Royal Capital into a Jade Token, Teresa threw the token into the Formation and watched as it mysteriously vanished without a trace.

Speaking of which…

If King Vlaro could possibly be a player.

Could it be that their Priesthood might also have a player?

After all, only in this way would the caliber of members in both factions be considered equally matched.

It’s just like, there could also be undercover agents within the Church.

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While the Royal Capital was swirling with undercurrents, on the brink of an upcoming bloody succession crisis,

In the Western Continent, the City of Light enveloped by the meandering sunset.

It was so harmoniously peaceful here that one wouldn’t think the Papal was about to depart.

Of course, this referred only to outside the Holy See of Light–extraordinarily peaceful, the free citizens of the City of Light felt no urgency, continuing their lives in harmony and tranquility.

As for inside the Church.

After Xu Shuo dismissed a conservative Supervisory Bishop, four other conservative bishops hurried over, but this time they couldn’t even enter the Palace of Light and were doomed without even fighting.

Having no choice, the Priesthood had to start preparing for the Papal’s departure (war).

Xu Shuo arrived at the church that was set up outside the Palace of Light.

The Church Acolyte responsible for serving the Pope would normally wait here and upon seeing the Pope arrive, the Acolyte quickly bowed, not daring to take an extra glance at the face of His Holiness concealed by the Helmet.

The church also housed a Teleportation Array, which was a place shared by the Priesthood and the Papal.

Ever since the Priesthood found out that the Order of the Sun Knights was looking for Black Dragon Island, the Bright Pontiff stopped secretly communicating with the Knight Order, as it was about time to show some trust to those old fellows.

Moreover, sneaking around any further could easily reveal his real intentions.

–Though, they had already been revealed long ago.

Xu Shuo was waiting here, merely to wait for news from Black Dragon Island, and if it really didn’t work out,

He would go there himself.