Chapter Seventy-Four: Theological Seminar
On the night of 9 December, the unrest of the city of Sakkin, 3rd arrondissement. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The doors and windows of a tavern called "Soft Wind" are closed, and in the lobby of the tavern, a dozen men are seated. They sat around each other, a weakly lit magic flare hanging from the ceiling. It hung in the center of the circle of a dozen people, dispelling some of the darkness in the lobby with a faint white light.
“…… That's why I think it's weird. The middle-aged man, who looked like the presiding officer of the meeting, said, "The teacher is far away in the mountains, and it is impossible for him to grasp the real-time dynamics of Sakin City, how can he conclude that the truth society may be in advance?" ”
"But you can't say that the teacher did this." The middle-aged man sitting next to the presiding officer of the meeting said, "Maybe the teacher got the oracle when he prayed, and after unraveling the oracle, he knew about it, and then he told us to prepare early." ”
"But Burton, the teacher didn't mention the oracle in his previous letter." The presiding officer of the meeting said, "With the character of the teacher, if it was an oracle, he would have told us the truth." ”
"Indeed." Bolton nodded in agreement, "Larzi, what should we do now?" ”
"Of course, I followed the teacher's orders and stood still."
said the presiding officer of the meeting. Although it was a meeting with more than a dozen people, there were basically only two speakers, Burton and Larzi. These two people were the students that Gray had taken in before he retired, and the others were all students of these two people, and in front of the teacher, the students naturally listened more and talked less.
"But the riot has been going on for almost a day, and we don't even see a shadow of the adult. If he doesn't show up, will we always be inactive? ”
"Burton, I know you pity the people of the Truth Society, but be wise and strategic in everything, and don't forget the teacher's teachings."
As the leader of the Leiding Theological Society, Bolton was relatively emotional, while Larzi was relatively rational. When the two had just been taught by Baigray, they quarreled a lot because of their incompatible personalities. But after decades of running-in, the two have become very tacit.
This Leiting Theological Society was founded by Larzi and Bolton at the behest of Gray in 76 A.D. Originally, the Leiding Theological Society was not headquartered in Sakkin City, but in a small, remote village with only six members. Members worked with the peasants, engaged in theological studies and theological discussions during their off-seasons, and occasionally held evangelistic meetings in the villages.
At first, the villagers were afraid of the laws of the Leiding Wizards Guild and did not dare to come to the evangelistic meeting. Later, when the lord of the village heard that there were heretics in the territory, he led his soldiers to come here in a menacing manner. At that time, the members happened to be in the evangelistic meeting, and only a few children were listening attentively to the sermon meeting.
The lord sent troops to arrest the Theological Society, and took them back to the prison of the castle where they were to be executed in public in a few days. The next day, he arraigned the prisoner. The first person to be interrogated was Burton, who took out his diploma from his bosom from the Leting-Sackin School of Magic, as well as letters of recommendation from the dean and several mentors.
When the lord saw that Bolton was a Rytin magician, he became even more angry. He confronted Bolton and said, "As a Leytin magician, why do you want to be a heretic?" Burton just shrugged his shoulders innocently, saying that he was not a heretic, he was just seeking the truth of the world, and he had found it.
Burton calmly explained to the lord the theology that Gray had taught him, and the lord did not want to hear this, but his good cultivation prevented him from interrupting Burton's words. As a result, by the time Bolton finished speaking, he became the seventh member of the Theological Research Society. He immediately freed Burton and his companions, and forcibly forced the people in the realm to change their atheistic beliefs.
At this time, Bolton said to him that God has given man the freedom to choose, and everyone has the right to choose. Believe it or not, it's their freedom, and you shouldn't use forceful means to force them. If God does not force people to acknowledge His existence, what right does man have to do so?
The lord was convinced by Bolton's words, and dismissed the idea. After that, the Theological Society was free to operate in his territory. They opened a school in their territory to teach children arithmetic and literacy, as well as the principles of human life, but did not set up a theological curriculum in the school.
The Theological Seminary has always adhered to the principle of "communication, not indoctrination" in its missionary work. They will only give theological knowledge to those who are willing to accept the faith at the evangelistic meeting, and if they want to ask them for advice, whether it is theological knowledge, general knowledge, or even just want to complain or confide in, they will gladly accept it.
Gradually, everyone found that there seemed to be only good people in the Theological Seminar, and more and more people were willing to join it. However, the criteria for recruiting members of the Theological Research Society are very strict, and those who do not meet the standards will be politely rejected, and the Theological Research Society will encourage them to continue their efforts, as long as they meet the standards, they can join the Theological Research Society.
In the 103rd year of the new calendar, the Bata War broke out. At this time, the number of members of the Theological Research Society had exceeded 20,000, including more than a dozen minor lords and one lord of average strength. These lords did not want to go to war, but under pressure from the Leiding Wizards Association, they ended up participating in the war.
In order to prevent fires in the backyard during the war, the Leiding Wizards' Guild began to carry out a "heresy purge" in various places. Affected by the heresy purge, the Theological Society had to cease its evangelistic meetings and move its headquarters elsewhere. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Bolton and Larzi went back and forth several times, and finally set up their headquarters in the stronghold of the Kornate family, Saktin.
Less than a month after the two moved their headquarters, they discovered that there was gossip about the God of Light circulating in the market. They put the news together and analyzed it in detail. They found that the news was somewhat similar to Gray's theology, but it was not the same thing at all.
According to Larzi's analysis, these messages were clearly deliberately formulated in response to the dissatisfaction of the common people who were oppressed by the Leiding wizard class. It contains a large number of suggestive elements, inflammatory elements and seductive elements, which can easily resonate and yearn for the common people.
At Lalzi's suggestion, the Theological Society reverse-tracked the news and soon uncovered more information. They learned of the existence of the Society of Truth and its so-called Three Great Texts. Burton was indignant at the fact that the truth would deceive the civilians, and wanted to tear off the banner and fight the truth society, but was resolutely opposed by Larzi.
Larzi said that doing so would only expose the Theological Research Society to the noses of the Leiding Wizards Guild, and would do no good to the bewitched civilians. Moreover, the preaching methods of the Theological Study Society are too gentle, and it is necessary for people to discover their own mistakes and try to correct them, which has little chance of winning against the induced preaching of the Truth Society.
At Lalzi's suggestion, the Theological Society was ready to turn to Gray for help. But at that time, Gray was busy pursuing Xiaohu Yunxin, and he was flawless and took care of other things. After receiving the student's letter, he did not check it in time. By the time he saw the letter for help written by Bolton, he had already taken Yunxin to seclusion in the mountains.
Of course, although it is "seclusion", Gray still has various connections with the outside. After learning about the Truth Society, Gray went to the mountain to investigate the matter by remote control theological seminar. Foreseeing that the Truth Society would raise its banner in the future, he asked Larzi and Bolton to set about forming a self-defense force for the Theological Society to protect the members of the Theological Society.
In order to learn about the organizational structure of the Truth Society and the purpose of its activities, Larzi did not hesitate to risk his life, disguised himself as a civilian to join the Truth Society, and was promoted to the leader of the group step by step. After this, he finally had the opportunity to see the handwritten scrolls of the so-called Creed of Truth.
Among the three major texts of the Truth Society, the "Divine Gift" is the most common, and even those who are being assessed have heard of its contents. The second is the "Kingdom of Heaven Strategy", which can only be understood at the membership level and above. Daisy was able to see the manuscript of the Creed of Truth as a member because of her special status as a member of the Alfit family. Not only Daisy, but also other members of the Orfitt family who joined the Society of Truth, as well as members of the Namax family, can also see the manuscript of the Creed of Truth.
After seeing the manuscript of the Creed of Truth, Larzi had just read the second line when he saw the name of his teacher. At first he suspected that the truth would be trying to deceive people under the guise of Gray, but he quickly dismissed the idea. If the Truth Society really wants to deceive people under the banner of Gray, then both ordinary members and those being assessed should know about his existence. However, the reality is that under normal conditions, only people at the level of group leader and above can know of the existence of Gray's "Truth Teacher".
After reading the entire letter, Larzi, who knew Gray very well, was convinced that the letter was written by Gray. He didn't expect the teacher to be so reckless when he was young, and he had deliberately been expelled from the Academy of Magic. He didn't know whether to tell Burton about it, and Bolton had a lot of respect for Gray, and if he let him know about the existence of the letter, he would be bothered.
So Larzi secretly wrote a letter to Gray and told him about it. Gray couldn't laugh or cry after learning about this, he didn't expect that a letter he wrote impulsively when he was young would be regarded as a "holy scripture" by a cult organization. Gray knew that the letter was hidden in the left room on the second floor of Room 201, dormitory building No. 116 of the Leting-Sackin Academy of Magic, in the crack on the wall to the right of the wardrobe, and the person who found the letter was either a student or a tutor, or a leader of the academy at all levels.
In the letter, Larzi stated that the headquarters of the Society of Truth was at the Leting-Sackin Academy of Magic, and that Gray felt that the Society of Truth was founded by the brains of those who discovered the letter. It may have been founded by a single person or a group of people, and the original intention of establishing the Truth Society may not have been to rebel, but it was only later that it slowly changed to what it is now. Regardless, the Truth Society was founded by the mistakes Gray made in his youth, and he has an unshirkable responsibility for it.
He wanted to solve the problem himself, but a friend from Yamashita brought him news of Mel's establishment of Byronsburg. Surprised, Gray had a flash of inspiration in his mind and made the decision to lower his posture and beg Maier to help him clean up the mess. Of course, he didn't really want Mel to help him clean up the mess, but he had other plans.
Gray has been down the mountain for decades, but he has never been a territory. It's not that he doesn't know the importance of territory, and he has tried all kinds of methods to get it, but they all failed—of course, he didn't mean to fight the idea of Meier's territory, he just thought that since Meier had a territory, it would be possible for the Theological Research Society to set up its headquarters there.
But the city of Sackin was too far away from Byrensburg, and Maier and the others walked lightly for nearly a month. It would have taken a lot of effort for the Theological Society to move its headquarters there. Gray knew that Larzi and Bolton were both people who were easy to settle for the status quo, and that they would carry out their orders, but they would certainly be reluctant. Gray didn't want to force his students, so he wanted them to get to know her about the incident so that they would willingly follow him.
Of course, Gray sent Mel to Sackin for more than that. In addition to having Mel take the Theological Study Society away, he wanted Mel to gain a deeper understanding of the power of the human mind.
Also, Alice and Mel have known each other for too little time, and he knows Mel's temper well, and knows that he is likely to only do his husband's duty to Alice, but not love her. Gray doesn't want his friend's daughter to be wronged, so he wants Mel and Alice to go on an adventure together, maybe the two fall in love with each other because of the "drawbridge effect"?
Of course, he didn't dare tell Darius about this bad idea. If he said so, Darius, who loved his daughter like his life, might have come to him for a duel.
It took nearly three years for Larzi to go from being infiltrated to the Society of Truth and being promoted to the leader of the group. Gray is confident in Myer's abilities and thinks he can do it in three months. He gave Mel a month to solve the problem and another two months to rush, so he told him that the task would delay him for at least six months.
Gray was right, if Maier hadn't been able to get to know Ista and the Yan siblings hadn't been able to get to know Riding, then things would have gone as Gray had expected. The mother and daughter, who have nothing to do with the Truth Society, become key figures in this incident.
If it weren't for Ima's love for Ista, Daisy wouldn't have persecuted Ista and would not have sent someone to assassinate Riding. Reading is not reported to be dead, causing Daisy to have a nervous breakdown, believing that she has been betrayed, and killing three of her subjects.
After this, the Cornate family imposed martial law on the Academy of Magic in advance. The Truth Society's external organization started a riot without knowing the truth, and eventually the situation developed into what it is today.
And from Maier's enrollment to now, it is only a short nine days. (To be continued.) )