Chapter 263: Faith Shaken
The City of Peace, where wizards and magicians could coexist, came to a standstill before it was completed.
The temple's attitude towards wizards seems to have become resolute again.
They cannot tolerate the existence of any heresy, not even the sages, are considered heretical. This was opposed by mainland scholars and a part of the public, but under the weight of the temple, their voices were extremely small.
The Ostonian Empire, along the coast to the east, left only a large number of treehouses, and no trace of wizards was ever seen again.
The people of the mainland, who were once so close to peace, are now gradually moving away.
The Temple of Earth, the Emissary, and the newly promoted Priest Theodore are all stabilizing the Holy Magister realm, which is news that only a limited number of high-level people can know.
"How could it not be!"
In a palace full of ancient books, High Priest Ian searched through the materials, but could not find any details about the arrival of the messenger.
Some history seems to have been deliberately concealed.
After a short time, the figure of the high priest disappeared from the palace and headed straight to the east.
Gaya, the royal capital.
Achilles flipped through an ancient book in his hand, but at one point, he stopped moving and walked out of the room.
There was an old man standing in the courtyard.
He looked at the old man and said slowly, "High Priest Ian." ”
"Achilles Koblenz. The high priest looked him in the eye and said, "The Koblenz family has been studying history and told me about the messengers. ”
Achilles was surprised, "What messenger?"
The High Priest said, "McClain has succeeded in advancing to the Holy Magister, but he claims to be an emissary, and in his body, there is another person's soul. ”
Achilles stared at him and said in a low voice, "Sure enough!"
The high priest said with a calm face, "What do you really know, what is the messenger, and what secrets does the Holy Demon Master have?"
Achilles glanced at the high priest and asked, "What else must have happened besides the arrival of the messenger......
The High Priest paused, bowed his head and said, "Theodore has also been promoted to the Holy Demon Master, and some changes have occurred before and after his promotion. ”
"Theodore......" Achilles' face changed, "I warned him!"
The high priest's face sank like water, stared at Achilles deadly, and said, "Tell me everything you know!"
Achilles looked at him again, "In what capacity did you ask me, High Priest of the Temple, or ......"
The High Priest took a deep breath and said, "Theodore's father. ”
Achilles was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "Hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of the Koblenz family discovered that after the Grand Magus was promoted to the Holy Magister, his personality would undergo some changes, and even become the opposite of what he was before the promotion......
The high priest listened quietly, this kind of thing is not a secret.
Achilles continued: "At first, they speculated that this might be a change brought about by the promotion, but almost all the Holy Magisters, without exception, chose to travel after the promotion, some of the Holy Magisters would return to the family for a short time, and some would disappear completely after the promotion......"
"Of course, not all. Achilles looked at the high priest and said, "There will be no such changes in the high priests of the four major temples, I guess, the promotion process of the high priest may be different from that of ordinary holy mages?"
Ian nodded and said, "High Priest of the Temple, the process of promotion is a bit more complicated. ”
And so it was. Achilles was not surprised by this, and continued: "Everyone believes that those Holy Magisters were summoned by the gods to go to the realm of the gods, so there is also a saying that the Holy Magus can travel through space......"
"But in fact, it doesn't seem to be the case. ”
"I think that by now, many magic families in the continent have realized that something is wrong, so they are no longer promoted to the Holy Demon Master, and they no longer have contact with the Divine Temple......"
"They may have come up with the same guess as the Koblenz family, that is, when they are promoted to the Holy Magister, the body will be occupied by other souls, like McClain, the Holy Magister, is a scam......"
......
If the Holy Magister is a deception, then it is only the gods who set up this deception.
As a high priest, hearing such blasphemous words, he should have been immediately punished with death, but Ian just stood there quietly.
McClain's experience, Theodore's change, forced him to think about this in a blasphemous way.
Why did the gods do this?
Are they keeping the magicians of the Divine Grace Continent in captivity like cattle and sheep?
When they are strong, they will take their bodies, is this the purpose of the magic they taught their ancestors?
Silently, his belief in the god of magic had been seriously shaken.
The High Priest spoke again, his voice a little hoarse, "What about the Holy Wizard?"
"They're not the same as magicians. Achilles said: "The holy rank powerhouses of wizards have never disappeared for no reason, they either die in the war or die in the years, the strange thing is that the number of holy demon masters is far more than that of holy wizards, but they have never thought of making wizards completely disappear in the continent, and the successive envoys have only taken away the strong among wizards......"
The High Priest thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps, they want to give the mages an enemy, an enemy that stimulates them to grow stronger, to be promoted, and to produce the Holy Magister......"
This was originally Achilles' guess, but he didn't expect the high priest to learn to answer.
"There is another important point. Achilles thought for a moment and said, "Magic and witchcraft are obviously the same mysterious power, but wizards and even magical beasts can release this ability without spells and gestures, but magicians cannot, and there may be some reason for this......"
Once the rift of faith is created, it expands uncontrollably, and the high priest said slowly: "They allow magicians to be strong, but they don't allow them to be too strong......"
Achilles shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't have anything more to say. ”
The High Priest left in a daze, and Achilles let out a long sigh of relief and sighed, "They finally realized ......"
In fact, many magic families in the mainland that have been inherited for a long time have a similar understanding.
After all, from ancient times to the present, nine times out of ten, the Holy Demon Masters were born from these families, the strong people in the family who were finally born, the hope of the entire family, after being promoted to the Holy Demon Master, suddenly disappeared mysteriously, this kind of thing happened once or twice, but after it happened frequently, even the most stupid people should find out that something was wrong.
Only temples that have a strong faith in the gods, and magical families with strong ties to them, will not doubt it.
Compared to the situation of the magician, the wizard is simply much, much better.
Achilles looked at the direction in which High Priest Ian disappeared, and even he didn't know how the situation on the continent would change when the High Priest of the Temple began to doubt the gods......
He also did not know whether the guesses made by the Koblenz family for hundreds of thousands of years based on countless facts were right or wrong.
In the palace of Gaya, Tasia stood at the top of a palace, looking in the direction where High Priest Ian had left.
A woman in court dress stood below, looked up, and said, "Tasia, it's windy above, come down quickly." ”
Tasia's body floated up, slowly landed on the ground, and smiled, "Mother." ”
The woman looked at her and asked, "What did you think about what I told you last time?"
Tasia shook her head and said, "Mother, I don't want to get married. ”
The woman frowned and said, "Women are all going to get married, even if you are the queen......"
Tasia said: "I know, I think I'll think about it in two years." ”
"If Gaya doesn't have what you like, you can do it from other countries......"
"That Blair is good, you're about the same age, even your hair and eyes are the same color......"