In the Quaternary of the Elf Calendar, the late summer of 10753, the Battle of White City took place in the southern part of the continent, which made the name Grey Gruglu appear in human history books for the first time.

With his own strength, he forced the 40,000 troops of King Baird VI of Isaac, creating a miracle in human military history.

After the war, King Baird VI of Isaac was dismissed, Earl of Casper and Earl of Field were dismissed, and with the full support of the Holy See, Earl of the Beshire family, Earl Beshire, with the full support of the Holy See, successfully inherited the Duke of Beshire and became the new generation of female grand dukes.

As for Grey Gruglu, he also won a new title and became the second Earl of Gruglu in the Principality of Beshir.

In just a few months, from scratch, he quickly climbed to the throne with his own strength, which is rare in the entire human history. However, not only did no one object to his canonization, but everyone believed that it was natural. His deeds spread throughout every corner of the continent and were regarded as a model of chivalrous spirit to educate newly promoted knight entourages.

In October, Bishop Anthony III, who was over 80 years old, personally went to the Holy See to report on the causes and consequences of the Battle of Baicheng.

In November, the Holy See officially announced that Grey Grugru was the 769th Paladin, the only remaining, the fifth Paladin.

Yes, there are only five Paladins left in the entire continent. The remaining four were trained by the Pope. Gray is the only exception in the Holy See's ten thousand years of history. At the same time, Gray's badge was awarded a cross gold edge, rather than a cross silver edge like Elin.

Strangely, although Grey Gruglu was enthroned, he was not summoned. This puzzled many critics.

In December, the political turmoil in the Lion King capital caused by the removal of King Baird VI of Isaac was finally over. The great prince Benedict II finally won and won the throne. He issued an edict to invite Grand Duke Elin, Earl of Grugru, to participate in his canonization ceremony, and promised to formally enthrone the title that should have belonged to them and give them a new fief.

At this time, the grand occasion was unprecedented, with flowers and applause, and Grey Grugru was once considered the greatest knight on the entire continent.

This is a sudden change that no one has ever thought of, although in fact, compared with his later legends, the achievements he has achieved at this moment are simply not worth mentioning.

What no one knows is that the most violent sudden change did not happen in the human world.

...

Two months ago, one month before the Holy See officially enthroned Gray as a Paladin.

Different dimension.

White light, clouds, and chants, as if they could melt all light, a hanging walkway covered with red and gold-edged carpet stretched endlessly.

The two angels who were following Gray slowly walked on it, walking, and walking.

Angels glided past around from time to time.

Until the end of the aisle, they finally stopped. In front of them, the aisle seemed to have suddenly broken, hanging in the air. There was nothing but white light and clouds around them.

Catherine knelt down on one knee, put her hand on her chest and said, "Catherine, the second-class angel, see the Holy Spirit!"

The male angel beside him also knelt down on one knee: "First-class angel Abold, see the Holy Spirit!"

The surroundings are quiet.

It took a long time before a voice responded to them.

"I heard that you helped a lich." The voice was thick and powerful, and it could not tell the direction. In other words, it was like coming from all directions at the same time.

"Yes." Catherine said loudly: "It was my move, and it has nothing to do with Abold. The situation was urgent at the time. If I didn't take action, the lich would eventually destroy itself because of his belief in us."

"Because of our faith? Are you serious?"

"Yes, the lich believed in the Holy Spirit devoutly and was even willing to sacrifice everything for his faith. Although he was ignorant, Catherine believed that he was a rare and determined holy believer. He was also a great knight who adhered to the spirit of chivalry. Catherine had already made his own decision and promised to become his guardian angel."

"Are you sure? Become a guardian angel of a lich, and the lifespan of a lich is as long as we do."

"Confirm, my Lord!" Catherine replied unwaveringly.

The voice was silent.

After a while, he continued, "Abold, you are here, are you?"

"Yes, my Lord!" Abold replied.

"Then I want to hear your judgment, is that lich really pious?"

"Yes, I'm not sure if he will remain so pious in the future, but obviously, at this moment, he is pious. And if you allow Catherine to be his guardian angel, then I think he will always be as pious as he is today."

"Have he ever had a criminal record?"

"No. His name has never even appeared on the case file about the Underworld."

"Have he done anything that violated our contract with the Lich, or the law?"

"No. Not only did we violate the contract between us and the Lich, we did not violate the law, nor did we even violate any morality. Catherine and I were also very eager to find evidence of his guilt at the beginning. After all, the purpose of our being sent out was to destroy him or send him back to the ground. But unfortunately, neither of them. In fact, he has done many good things. If you want to give him a medal, I am willing to testify for him." As he said that, Abold smiled.

The voice fell silent again.

Realizing his misunderstanding, Abold quickly lowered his head and said respectfully: "Please forgive my misconduct, my Lord."

After a long time, the voice rang again: "A pious lich... This is a species we have never seen before. Even in our cognition, the pious lich has almost no possibility of existence. With infinite lifespan and keen magical perception, they are like the dragons, one of the two most powerful creatures that the world itself has bred."

"Such creatures do not need to rely on our power. They cannot even rely on our power, because their magical nature is completely opposite to ours. Our power only has harm to them. In the past wars with hell, we have never considered choosing them as allies. They have always been allies of hell, although their friction with hell itself is no less than with us."

"I do not doubt his piety to be evaluated by both angels. What I am thinking about is the meaning of our doing so. Is it worth sending him a guardian angel? Moreover, human beings have a natural fear of death, and our teachings even use this part. Once his true identity is exposed, what should we deal with? Can you answer this question?"

Silence, a long silence.

Both Katherine and Abold lowered their heads and said nothing.

The voice further asked: "If he did not receive our support, he was just a lich who pretended to be a knight. Even if his identity was exposed, it would have no effect on us. And if we supported him and even sent a guardian angel for him, then he would be the Lich knight we recognized. Once the identity was exposed, our position on good and evil would become very blurred. After all, humans are narrow and dull. It is difficult for them to understand our definition of divine."

At this time, another voice sounded, which was a slightly old voice: "But, no matter what the result is, Catherine has already made a position, right? Everyone saw that the lich had a guardian angel. We should not condemn Catherine, because she made a judgment based on pure faith, and there was no fault. What was really wrong is the distortion of our faith under our own necessity. Compared to your difficult choice, I think this is an opportunity."

"A chance?"

The two voices started to talk in the air.

"Yes, I think this is an opportunity. In the tens of thousands of years of struggle with hell, we are stuck. We have changed countless methods and are still stuck. Some methods even make us fall into the quagmire and suffer tragic losses. Perhaps the problem is not in the method, but in faith."

"Are you questioning our faith?"

"No questioning. I just think... well, maybe we should be more frank, we should open our hearts to choose to accept, rather than rejecting creatures who may hold the same belief as us based on our own judgment at the beginning. In that case, what is the difference between us and humans? This would be a good opportunity to experiment. Of course, it may fail, but it is just one of our countless failures. Isn't it? I suggest that Catherine should do it according to her own ideas."

Catherine bent down humbly and crawled on the ground to show her gratitude.

"I agree."

"I agree."

"I object."

"I abstain from the right."

"I object."

"I agree."

...

Various sounds sounded.

The Holy Spirit is not the only one. There are nineteen Holy Spirit, more sculptures than the church.

"9 votes in favor, nine votes against, one abstention. According to the rules of procedure and the scope of this matter, the resolution will enter the inspection stage. The final decision will be made by the adjudicator."

"I have a proposal." The voice that voted for abstention sounded, saying: "We can set a limit for this Lich, that is, he cannot expose his identity. Until then, we will all support him. But if he reveals his identity and is attacked by humans, we will also launch a siege against him at the same time, and deny everything he did before, and draw a clear line with him. Of course, if he can expose his identity without being attacked by humans, then congratulations to him."

"This is not helpful to remedy the losses that he has caused to us in the human world once his identity is exposed."

"This is just a deterrent. If you agree with this suggestion, I will vote in favor and let the resolution pass before it enters the ruling stage."

"agree."

"agree."

"agree."

"agree."

"agree."

...

"10 votes for it, 9 votes against it, the resolution passed. Catherine, you can report to your Paladin at any time."

"Thank you, Lord." Catherine leaned down respectfully.
Chapter completed!