Under the personal guidance of the Pope, the Third Prince and Earth Wolf Twelve followed the secret passage downward, entering the hidden chamber beneath the Holy City Cathedral, which had been built by the Pope of the Ashen Church who had fled here at the time.
What the chamber held was a secret known only to the most devout believers.
This was initially a vague definition, but as successive Popes ascended the throne, they gradually established clear criteria for "the most devout believers."
The Pope, the Archbishop, and each serving Judge.
Besides those ranks, anyone who tried to break in without authorization would be executed for their crime.
And now, these regulations were personally relayed by the Pope to the Third Prince and Earth Wolf Twelve.
The two fell silent, a sign that this was not a good omen.
Perhaps it wouldn't be long before they would be secretly executed for "knowing too much."
"This is for the sake of your safety,"
