Chapter 72: The Son of God: Also a God
As Mordor got closer to the White City, the haze of the White City became heavier and heavier, and countless refugees and routs who had fled the war flocked to the White City, and a large number of nobles abandoned their territories and lived in the small and dark hotels of the White City.
The heralds who kept running on the streets of Baicheng every day brought back one bad news after another, and every day, more and more refugees went to Baicheng, even with the rich products of Baicheng and the huge supplies brought by the Grand Duke of the South, Baicheng still fell into a situation of lack of materials without containment, and almost every day, there were people who starved to death.
Every day, the place where the White City recruits conscripts is filled with people who come to conscript, not to protect the capital of their own people, but simply to escape the torment of hunger.
In such an environment, the entire Baicheng has already become fluctuating, and at the same time, there is an undercurrent, and under the undercurrent, countless rumors fill every bit of space in Baicheng, so no one will care about those unbelievable rumors, but let them continue to deposit and ferment.
"Have you heard? The army of Mordor has already arrived outside the city, and you still don't believe it? My eldest brother went out this morning to pull up the dead corpses, and saw it with his own eyes!"
"I heard that the above is going to completely cut off the soup kitchen this time, and I don't know how many more people will die every day. ”
"The Emperor of the People ran away, really ran away, ran away a long time ago, went to the south a long time ago, and left us here to die!"
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The raging rumors filled the entire White City, although under the strong military power of the Grand Duke of the North and South, the law and order were still stable, but everyone knew that when Mordor appeared under the White City, all this would explode in an instant, just like the long-deposited gunpowder, ignited in an instant, of course, if everyone was still developed by him...
For rumors, no matter which force it is, they will take certain countermeasures against them, or ignore them, or suppress them, or... Steer!
An old soldier wearing leather armor and an iron sword walked in the bustling crowd with a team of ragged soldiers, and the crowd all had a common characteristic, that is, poverty, and, a trace of expectation and fanaticism hidden in the bottom of the heart~
"Old man, do you really have something to eat?"
Big Mouth crowded in the crowd, slightly puzzled to ask the captain who explained the situation in Baicheng to them last night, at the end of last night, the old man gave a solution that could save them, and, a place where they could get food, although the soldiers did not think of the old man's solution, but the latter, so that everyone could not refuse, so early this morning, they did not go back to the barracks to rest, but followed the old man captain, towards an area of the outer city, and as they got to the destination, the crowd around them also increased。
"Big mouth, if you don't believe it, you can go back, I didn't force you to come. ”
The old man who was asked all the way seemed to be a little angry at last, and replied slightly unhappily, the big mouth just pursed his mouth and closed his mouth, and finally, a slightly majestic building appeared in front of them, under the top of a pointed tower, is a rectangular building covering an area of nearly two hundred meters, before the last Mordor War, such buildings were all over almost the entire Terran territory, but with the defeat of the Terrans, all these buildings were seized, and the place of their existence has almost become a no-man's land, but now, I don't know when these buildings are being used again, and at an unbelievable speedand became overcrowded again.
Such a building has exactly the same name as a similar building on Earth: a church!
Big Mouth and the others followed behind the old man and looked at the scene in front of them dumbfounded, countless crowds gathered here, and everyone's face was seeing the gorgeous cross at the top of the gate (eh, I personally think that a church without a cross cannot be regarded as a church~The crowd entered the church one after another under the guidance of the monks, and soon, it was also the turn of the big mouth, for their weapons, the monks politely asked them to put them down, they didn't care about the identity of their officers and soldiers, they still maintained an affectionate smile, and guided them into the church, for some reason, when the big mouth and others walked into the church, they remembered the shabby monk's uniform on the monk at the door, and for a moment, they had an inexplicable feeling of affection for the church。
Perhaps because the identity of their officers and soldiers is more weighty than those refugees, or at some point, it will be more weighty, they are fortunate to be assigned to the position of the top test, and it is in this position that they can see that they are surrounded by many miscellaneous soldiers like them, and below them, there are countless refugees who do not have enough to eat, and in front of them, there are far more elite regular soldiers than them, and in the front, there are several wandering knights wearing fine leather armor or chain mail, among the wandering knights, there seems to be a noble knight wearing iron armor, look at the badge on his armor, seems to be an orthodox knight from the south.
When they saw the existence of the knight, to be honest, the hearts of the big mouth and the others were deeply shocked, they had never thought that they would see the knight in such a place, but from the expressions of the others, they saw that they were accustomed to it.
The meeting soon began, and it seemed that because the main hall was not enough, so the crowd was divided into prayers, and a bald, slightly fat priest walked up to the front desk, and with his appearance, the main hall, which was still slightly noisy, was completely silent.
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Let thy kingdom come, and let thy commandments be done on earth as they are in heaven.
The salvation we pray for is given to us today.
Spare us death, as the Son of God forgave my sins.
He will not bring us into tribulation, but deliver us from evil.
For all is yours the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen!"
"Amen~"
With the priest's prayer, the dense crowd below buried their heads at the same time, and whispered an amen, the voice was transmitted in the quiet hall, creating a sense of sacredness that can enter the depths of people's hearts in an instant, Dazui and others doubted and slightly different prayers, feeling the sacredness of this pervasive space, and when they were about to end the prayer, they found that the crowd did not raise their heads, but continued to wait, and the priest above continued to say:
"May the Lord bless Lord Lelousius, the son of God, to exercise his authority and lead his kingdom on the Lord's behalf!"
"May it be blessed~"
The crowd followed the priest with great reverence, and then he raised his head completely and looked at the top quietly, and then the big mouth realized that the place where the conversation used to visit the Holy Cross had been changed, replaced by an oil painting of Lelouch holding his sword forward facing the light, and the only change was that the sun at the end of the light had changed to represent the golden cross of the Father.
Lelouch, son of God.
The Son of God is also God.
"Thank you very much brothers and sisters for taking time out of your busy schedules to come to the temple of the Son of God, and may the light of the Son of God shine on you. ”
After saying this, the priest straightened his robes and continued:
"Today, we have the privilege of gathering here to witness a great knight who has become a servant of the Son of God, Lord Chacharin, please come forward. ”
Following the guidance of the priest, the big mouth looked into the distance, and saw the nobleman knight of the southern realm, who was the best equipped, the most robust, and the most pious expression, stepped forward, knelt on one knee in front of Lelouch's oil painting, and buried his head deeply:
"Chacharin, in front of the portrait of the Son of God, you must not deceive, slander or hesitate, tell me if you are willing to become a knight of the Son of God!"
"I do"
The noble knight did not hesitate at all, and answered directly after the priest finished speaking, and at the same time pulled out his accessories and handed them over with both hands, as proof of his willingness to dedicate his life, it was seen that it was an extremely fine southern steel sword, and after the priest took away the steel sword, he picked up the ceremonial sword in the tray of a monk behind him, dipped it in some "holy water", and gently patted the noble knight's shoulders, and then said:
"From now on, then, you are, a servant of God, Amen. ”
"Amen~"
The crowd followed the priest's guidance and prayed for the noble knight, who had been canonized by the church, and the noble knight, guided by the monk, entered the back door of the church and disappeared, as if he had never followed the Grand Duke of the South to the White City.
With a brief canonization ceremony, the crowd began to line up for the portrait of Lelouch, where the priest was constantly picking up food and giving alms to every poor person in the church, and when everyone received the food, he would face the statue of Lelouch and pray sincerely, thanking the Son Lelouch and giving them food to feed their stomachs.
The speed of the crowd was fast, because behind them, the second group of people, was ready.
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Back in the barracks, hiding in his own little shack, the expressions of the crowd were different, the old man could finally take out the cross in the open, put it in front of the portrait of Lelouch, and prayed sincerely, while the others, except for a few who only cared about eating, most of the people, chose to pray with the old man, after all, in despair, nothing is more tempting than something that can bring them spiritual peace, and as for things, at this moment, it seems that they are not so important compared to hope.
"The Son of God and God"
"Amen!"