Chapter 57: The Beginning of the War of Faith
When the storm stops, it doesn't mean that everything is calm, on the contrary, on the first day when the thunderstorm stops, uninvited guests come. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was a pack of hungry rock wolves that came from nowhere.
Except for the ones that took the lead, they were strong, and the others were thin and tired, and some were hungry and could see their ribs.
Also, they have been nesting in the dark crypt for half a year, and even if they have food reserves, they are almost exhausted, and now those who can still move and hunt are considered strong.
"Is the beast tide about to begin?"
Just as wild animals that survive a long winter hunt frantically, wild hunters in this wasteland hunt in groups after the end of the thunder season, and in previous years it was the tribes scattered in the wasteland that suffered the most.
Perhaps, in the eyes of the beast, this new city without walls is not much different from the tribe.
"Zizizi!"
But soon, reality taught them a lesson.
The outermost towers were suddenly activated, and a chain of lightning sent the wolves to the scent of cooked meat.
The patrol team that watched all this with a smile also greeted it at this time, and none of these temporary "fresh meat meals" could escape.
Standing atop the tower, Rorschach had a bird's-eye view of what was happening.
As soon as the season of thunder and lightning ended, the gray-black demonic fog came to the door again, and the fog-repelling device purchased with a lot of money could only keep the city's short-term brilliance.
Even with the preparations, this ghost fog still caused a series of troubles.
Most directly, as if entering a region where there is no signal, there is no connection between the gods of the Alliance and the Advent.
The rare fog-free zone allowed the adventers of the various churches to enjoy the convenience and protection of the gods for a while, but now they had to return to their old solitary actions.
And this, which doesn't matter on weekdays, is now experiencing some minor troubles.
"Heh, although there are some surprises, but at least most of the development of the situation is still expected, in this battle for faith, we must seize the opportunity!"
Although Neo-Tonya City is a functional city dominated by living quarters, it is essentially a religious city, although the concept and tradition of this religion are far away.
Faith is an important source of strength for the new gods, and it is also the evidence of the kingdom of God to which the soul will go after death.
Paying such a big price to build a city, and letting those wasteland and tribal residents move in, it is impossible to learn from Lei Feng to do good deeds, when the first batch of residents just arrived, the first city rules were in play.
[Residents must believe in a new god of Ash.] 】
Although there is no entrance fee, the occupancy fee and basic living expenses can also be IOU (low interest), and paying faith is indeed the most basic ticket.
Yes, it's just the beginning, and the new gods can't wait to snatch the source of faith, and many of them have given so much for this moment.
For such an act, Rorschach is against it from the bottom of his heart.
It's not that he thinks there's anything wrong with snatching faith, after all, this is the rule of the two worlds, and it is impossible for an individual's non-faith to confront the whole world, but he ........
"It's too anxious, this leek is going to be cut before it grows, and it looks too ugly. ”
Even in Rorschach's eyes, this is no longer a rush to harvest unripe crops, but directly taking the seeds that have just fallen into the pot.
In fact, it doesn't matter if you look ugly, I'm afraid that it will be too radical and cause backlash and hostility.
Let's not talk about the belief of the locals in the sacred mountain, that is, the wild tribes in the wasteland, many of which are named after beasts and mythical beasts, which itself has always been a natural totem worship, and in this elemental tide of Anthoreen, which can even produce primordial gods.
This kind of totemic primordial gods often have low IQ and ability, but some can really shelter their tribesmen, and even bestow a natural god, just like Ash's ancient gods that once existed.
These "totemic gods" lack knowledge of faith, and are generally low in intelligence, born with natural cultivation and instinctive eating, and are more elemental beasts than gods.
Rorschach had seen the eagle with wings spread out for more than twenty meters in the Holy Mountain, and the elemental fluctuations were so strong that he didn't even get close, and two days ago, Rorschach also saw a large white leopard more than three meters high, which was the totem beast of the war leopard tribe.
And even if the IQ of these totem gods is low, the decrease of believers (clansmen) will lead to their weakening, and the fact that clansmen increase themselves to become stronger is also the "common sense" engraved in instinct.
Forced conversion or something, it is very likely to lead to the rebellion of these totem gods, and they can affect these clansmen who have not yet settled down, if they are forced to rebel now, it will be really fun.
But soon, Rorschach knew he was underestimating these guys again.
There are no fools in being able to become a new god, even if Ash has not done enough preparations, Anthoreen's cultivation and mission is not a matter of a day or two, and their mission is very sophisticated.
[Religious believers, you can receive a pot of oil and a bag of rice every month]
[You don't need to be religious, you don't need to convert, you just need to recite the prayer of faith in God three times a day, and read the simple doctrinal book once.] 】
[Every month, devout believers will draw ten to give a barbecue feast, fresh rock wolf meat!]
Cults or something, probably not the same thing as these bigwigs who directly show money and pull people.
Without any big reasoning, no need to explain any doctrines, and directly use food and commodities to win people's hearts, it seems that the new gods have accumulated enough experience in the past wilderness.
However, the preaching of most of the gods was still not very smooth, mainly due to two difficulties.
The first one is natural magic or charisma.
The primordial totem gods could be given divine magic, and as a result, those people believed that the true gods must also be able to bestow divine magic.
The masters of the divine arts of the primitive tribes are those shamans and witches, and they are often the rulers of the tribes, and in their eyes, the priests who cannot master the magic are naturally liars and false gods who deceive the public.
This was nothing to Ash, a large priest, but now, Rorschach had noticed a sense of incongruity that he had been ignoring - there were unusually few priests and other clergy in the Adventist ranks,
Actually, this is also very understandable, the priest has to rely on the power of the gods to cast spells, and without the support of the gods, the strength is less than one-tenth, and Anthoreen's magic fog naturally separates the two.
Large populated areas can be built to gather the power of believers, break through the interference of the demonic fog to connect with the gods, and then give the priest of divine mass production.
In the early stage, SBC Church generally lacked pastors, and there was no need for pastors, and in the middle and later stages, it was able to build its large church, which could make up for its shortcomings........ but the premise of the large church was at least 10,000 moderate believers in the area.
High priests can cast spells on their own, but only if there is enough soil to cultivate them, which is another contradictory refutation.
At the same time, it was only natural that the missionaries of New Tonia were in a dilemma.
They need enough followers to build their own Great Sanctuary to get links with the gods and get magic to prove that they are true gods, but the prerequisite for getting enough followers is that there is indeed magic to give.
However, in the thunder season, they can still perform magic skills, and they have also attracted many aborigines to join.
This has become a bad thing.
The magic that had just been possessed was gone in less than two days, but it was worse than it was in the beginning, and in the mouths of the Protestants who quickly withdrew from the church, those churches became false gods full of deception.
Of course, there are always exceptions to everything, but the existence of these "exceptions" has intensified the contradictions.
And this is only the beginning of an annoying war of faith.