A joyful and celebratory ambiance filled every corner of the Curia's headquarters.
It turned out the once-in-a-decade God's Festival was about to arrive.
God's Festival was the most important celebration in the Curia.
Every time God's Festival came around, the Curia held a grand ceremony. The Pope led key Curia members in performing ancient sacrificial rituals to Gods in exchange for his blessings and protection.
Meanwhile, all the followers of the Curia rejoiced together during the day of celebration.
The ancient sacrificial ritual was one of the most important elements of God's Festival.
The gift dedicated to God was, of course, of utmost importance.
At that very moment, Eugene IV, accompanied by a group of confidants, personally visited the logistics warehouse to inspect the preparation of offerings.
Right now, one of the ten elders of the Curia, Morro, who was in charge of logistics, was leading Eugene IV to view the prepared offerings while providing an introduction. “Esteemed Pope Eugene, the offering dedicated to God this time, I dare say, is the most luxurious one in history. Look, there are countless vampire cores here. Pay attention to these. The green ones are the cores that belonged to vampire marquises, while the yellow ones are the cores of vampire dukes. Also, these few orange cores belonged to vampire princes. The most impressive one is this, a perfect red core.”
Eugene IV and the others, following Morro's introduction, set their sights on the numerous vampire cores displayed on the scene, particularly on the most conspicuous red core.
That core was incredibly beautiful, entirely red, crystal clear, like a stunningly beautiful red gem.
The core belonged to none other than the renowned vampire Patriarch, Herod.
For thousands of years, every pope in the Curia dreamed of slaying Herod, removing his core, and bringing it back to the Curia.
Unexpectedly, the monumental task that was never achieved before had been accomplished that year.
The only slight regret was that the hero who slew Herod was not someone from the Curia, but Eurasia's God of War, Nathan.
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