Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Church Without Darkness
Lionheart is located in the southern part of the Duchy of Arden.
It faces the Dream Forest, the waist is wrapped around the Inmenite River, the back is backed by the Ram Mountain, the mountains and rivers are surrounded by beautiful scenery, and with the convenience of the port, the life of the people here is also relatively endowed, so it has become one of the most desirable beautiful cities.
But a sudden plague changed all that.
The beauty of the past is gone, and the bustling city has suddenly declined.
Cities are full of people in distress, and the streets that were once bustling with traffic are now crowded. There were corpses everywhere, and there were flames and ashes everywhere.
The curse destroys only people's lives, but fear ignites the madness in people's hearts, and when the end comes, there are always rioters.
If the curse killed a tenth of the city's people, then half of it was the thugs.
Fearing imminent death, they vented their emotions frantically before they died, causing slaughter and accelerating the city's decline.
Walking on the long street, looking at the dilapidated ruins, Frost's heart was as hard as iron and half hard, and he was not moved in the slightest.
He knew exactly what he was doing.
For the sake of the thousands of lives in the Source Realm, he must not be soft-hearted in the slightest, otherwise it may be the decline of the entire Main World Zhi Clan.
Even if this salvation of the world was done in a sinful way, he was willing to bear it.
Bear all these sins.
This is the consciousness that any leader must have!
But on the contrary, killing is not an end, but a means. If there is a means that can not kill, it is naturally better to use the means of not killing!
"Save ...... Save us ......," a beggar lying on the side of the road shot at Frost Deep.
Rin Frost tilted her head to look at him.
Different from the beggars along the way before, the beggar in front of him, wearing a shabby but gorgeous brocade robe, a slightly chubby body and a white face, all indicate that this person should be a wealthy businessman even if he was not a nobleman before.
It was the plague that destroyed everything about him.
Rin Frost walked over, "What's your name?"
"Ba ...... Banister ...... Give me a stutter ......," the beggar replied weakly.
"And Banist, do you believe in God?" asked Frost.
"I am a devout believer in the Great Lord of Illusions. ”
"Is he good to you?"
"Okay?" said Banist, confused.
Is the deity you believe in good for you?
How could there be such a ridiculous question?
Banist didn't know what to answer for a moment.
Rin Frost said, "Where is your god when you are in trouble?"
Hearing this, Banist trembled with excitement: "I just want to stutter, not to accept your slander!"
Rin Frost handed over a piece of white bread.
Banist snatched the white noodles and ate them in a big gulp.
Rin Shuang quietly watched him eat: "Answer me, where is your god?"
Banist froze.
For a moment, he shook his head: "I don't know. I think...... We've been abandoned. ”
The words were low and full of sorrow.
God, who is high up and never cares about his people.
Rin Frost slowly stood up: "But you still believe in him, right? You won't give up on him easily." ”
"What the hell do you mean?" said Barnister, looking at Frost in confusion.
Then he was surprised to see that Frost's body actually emitted a pale golden halo one after another.
The light spread out from the feet of the frost and came to Banist, who felt that his plague-eroded body was rapidly improving.
Am I recovering my health?
Banist looked at himself ecstatically.
The damage caused by the plague was taking a toll on him, and Barnister's whole being was in good spirits.
Looking up at the frost standing in front of him, Barnister suddenly fell to his knees: "My great God, have you come at last to save your poor servant?"
Rin Shuang said coldly, "I'm not the Lord of Illusions. ”
What the?
Banist looked at Rin Frost in a daze.
Rin Shuang said: "The person I serve is the great Holy Immortal Ancestor Infinite Heaven, the greatest and most glorious existence in this world. ”
"Dark-free gods?" Barnister asked, confused.
I don't think there is such a deity.
Frost speaks of the Darkless Sky, but Banist speaks of the Darkless Celestials.
I wanted to correct him, but Rin Shuang thought about it and finally gave up the idea.
The people of this world have lived under the rule of the gods for a long time, and their obedience to the gods has long been deeply rooted in their bones.
It is better to let them believe in another God, but if they do not believe in God, it is tantamount to making them unbelievable.
In this case, there is no dark god without a dark god.
Rin Frost nodded indifferently.
Seeing Rinshuang admit it, Banist suddenly realized.
He looked at Rinshuang's face full of divine aura, gritted his teeth, and finally bowed: "Banist, I wish to believe in the Darkless Heavenly God from now on, and offer everything I have to the Heavenly God!"
"In that case, then...... Come with me. ”
Rin Frost turned and walked away, and Banist quickly got up and followed Rin Frost.
"That...... Mr. ...... "Banister was careful to phrase the wrong sentence.
He didn't know what to call Rinshuang.
"Call me Elon. "The name Rinshuang can't be used anymore, so I have to change it.
"Okay Mr. Elon, I would like to ask why I have never heard of the name of my lord before?oh, it is not my intention to blaspheme, it is that I am unheard......"
"Well, it's not your fault, because before that, my lord never appeared. ”
"Never?"
"Yes, my lord is not interested in everything in the world, he only appears when the heavens and the earth are about to fall into chaos and the world is in darkness. ”
Uh, that's a bit wrong, isn't it?
Are there fewer dark days in human history?
Why did there be no darkness at that time, but a plague came out.
Rin Frost glanced at him: "Are you wondering, are you wondering, are you doubting?"
Barnister's heart was awe-inspiring: "Don't dare!"
"It's not surprising, after all, your field of vision is limited. You think that this plague is a dark day, but you don't know that it is not my lord's concern at all, that it is just a small prelude to the real great horror and great calamity. ”
"The real catastrophe?" Barnister was stunned.
"Yes, the catastrophe of the end of the world, even more than the catastrophe of Ragnarok. Rin Frost said seriously.
A catastrophe beyond Ragnarok?
Banist was completely blinded.
So that's the reason for the appearance of the Darkless Gods.
He is the last patron saint of this world, and he will only appear whenever the world falls into a catastrophe, saving the world and collecting believers?
Under the temptation of Frost, Banist finally began to believe that the Darkless Celestial God was the true guardian of this world, the ultimate line of defense. And the Mr. Elon in front of him is the agent of the will of the Darkless Celestial God, the Pope of the Darkless Church.
Of course, because of the new church, there are only two of them.
But Banist didn't care.
In a way, that's a good thing. After all, he had seen the methods of the Darkless Celestials, and as long as the Darkless Celestial Gods could clean up the plague, then Lionheart City would soon have a large number of Darkless Cultists. At that time, he was the first to follow the Darkless Gods, and he was also a bishop at best.
Yes, at this moment Banist already has a comprehensive development plan.
He was originally a successful businessman with a shrewd mind, but people were not as good as heaven, and a plague ruined him.
But now that he's given the opportunity to get back up, he's not going to let it go.
Under Banist's guidance, Frost soon meets a group of merchants infected by the plague.
The reason why there was no large-scale treatment at the beginning was because Rin Frost had to find some capable subordinates for herself first. Those who live at the bottom are uneducated, short-sighted, and often very strong in their beliefs. Most of the nobles are waste, and it is not very useful to recruit them.
Presumably, businessmen are the best choice.
Businessmen are inherently profit-oriented, and whoever gives them benefits, they will follow them. If the position is unstable, it is easy to win over. And the long-term business behavior has made them well-informed, well-connected, and shrewd.
After removing the plague from the plague, most of the merchants chose to convert, and Rinshuang suddenly became rich and demanding.
The next step for a darkless church that is no longer shabby is to build its own church and accept the faithful.
But that's a problem.
Because each god has his own territory, this is the territory of the Lord of Dreams, and building a church here is undoubtedly a war against the Dream Church.
Rin Frost didn't intend to go to war directly.
He is now like a seed that has just been planted in the ground, and it still needs time to water, sprout, and grow.
And those merchant believers obviously don't intend to start a war with the Dream Church over this.
So after some discussion, they decided to leave here and trigger elsewhere.
The world is big, and there are always untapped places that allow them to have their own foothold.
The plague is widespread, and as long as the Church of the Darkness can lift the plague, then there is no need to worry that no one will come.
So, after determining the core team, Rin Frost walked through the city with his people.
Rin Frost was responsible for saving people, his bishops, and the priests were responsible for spreading the doctrine.
The doctrine was cobbled together by a large group of people the night before.
The fact that there is not even a ready-made doctrine is in itself a questionable thing. But before the threat of death, before the huge benefits, none of this matters.
Since the Church of Darkness can save the world, then it is believable.
The logic of the merchants is sometimes simple.
The Pope helped the world, the bishops spread the doctrine, the priests gave food, and the Church of the Darkness was organized. Everywhere he went, a large number of people who had been infected with the plague were rescued. A considerable part of them naturally converted the believers of the Church of the Darkness in the city.
Wherever Frost went, the believers followed, and the momentum grew stronger and stronger......
The same way of exploiting faith, curing the sick and saving people, and creating false gods is undoubtedly much healthier than killing people.
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