Chapter 553 - Nothing to do with faith, only ambition.
In normal times, Bendom would have loudly condemned Custer's actions, even defining him as a rebel and burning him alive.
But not now.
Because Bendom found that even he himself was not strong enough.
"Why don't you talk about it yourself. Nonoka said, taking Ling Long's hand and going outside.
Bendom stared at Ling Long's departing back and sighed helplessly.
"She was supposed to be our goddess. Bendoma said.
"She's the wife of the lord here, both of them. Custer said.
"What? man has married a goddess...... "Bendom instinctively wanted to shout blasphemy, but it was only instinct that his reason told him, please don't do it, because people are not goddesses.
"How long have you been here?" asked Bendoma to Custer.
"Not a few days. "But it's also enough for me to get to know the city, the East." ”
"Tell me, Custer, what is it like here?" asked Bendom.
Custer let out a sigh of relief and said, "It's a magical place, everything here is completely different from what we know. People here are busy with their lives every day, and they don't have to pray to anyone or God about anything, because they believe in themselves. They believed that they could achieve a more perfect life with their own hands, and this was what their city lord, Gao Li, had taught them. ”
Bendom whispered, "Do you mean that Gaoli did not let the citizens here worship him, obey him, and obey him alone?"
"I've been walking around town since I came here, and I've asked a lot of people who have been nice to me," Custer said. They told me that Gao Li brought them happiness in a selfless way and put most of the benefits on their emperor. But the citizens here know that that only Gao Li can do it, not the emperor. In fact, Gao Li rarely managed the affairs of the city, and all he did was provide some convenience. You see, those buses, which are extremely expensive, can easily transport people from different areas of the city to various places, and it is because of the emergence of buses that the business district in the city has really become prosperous, and this snack street has become the most crowded place in the city in a short period of time. ”
Gao Wang Ye said that he is transforming the management palace into a service-oriented palace, by creating a better business environment, stimulating the circulation of wealth, so that he will have more taxes. ”
Bendoma looked at Custer and said, "Look at you, if I didn't know you, I would have thought you were a resident of Yannan City!"
"Actually, I'm going to settle here," Custer said. ”
"What?" said Bendom.
"In the past two days, I have a careful chat with Lord Gao, and I found that I agree with his philosophy. He once said that there has never been a savior, nor has it depended on the emperor of the gods, and we can only rely on ourselves to create our happiness. In this city, there are new changes almost every day, and it is better to trust our own hands than to believe in the ethereal gods. ”
"You...... My child, you have been brainwashed by Gaoli!" said Bendoma.
Or rather, we were all brainwashed by the archbishop's rhetoric. He said that we are the children of God and that only we are free. But no one can communicate with God except the archbishop, and none of us know what God has said. We believe whatever the archbishop says, but the evidence that the bishops can prove the existence of God is all here, and they even have a goddess on earth! Don't you understand? Bishop Bendom, it is the archbishop who has deceived us!"
Bendom's mind chuckled, and the last thing he wanted to believe was finally told by Caoster.
"Son, how do you ......?" said Bendom, but he did not know how to persuade him, knowing that it must have been a great determination for Custer to stand before him and say this.
"Because I saw the world with my own eyes. The world is not as barbaric and ignorant as they say, but full of vitality, even far above us! You see, the things that we regard as luxuries are available to everyone, every family. And those things that we think of as miracles can be seen here casually. And those things that we regard as divine punishment cannot even resist a single shot! Bishop Bendom, you are my most beloved bishop, and you are different from them. You have the courage, you have the eyes to see through everything, and you know in your heart that I'm right, right?"
Custer looked at Bendom with anticipation in his eyes.
Bendom looked at Custer, sighed, and said, "Child, I understand, I understand. But this world is like this, sometimes, it doesn't matter what is right or wrong, what matters is a beginning, an excuse. What is faith? Faith means that we must continue whether it is right or wrong, otherwise, when faith collapses, our world will be over. ”
"That's a world built on lies!" Custer said.
Bendom smiled and said, "Son, you are still too young, where is the whole world not based on lies? ”
Bendom beckoned to Custer, watched Custer come closer, put his hands on Custer's shoulders, and said, "There is not so much wrong or right in the world, understand this, and you will grow up." ”
Caster nodded and said, "Bishop Bendom, do we have to go to war?"
"Yes, we need this war," said Bendom. Are you ready, my child, to give your life for this war?"
Custer was stunned: "What?"
Bendom suddenly grabbed Custer's neck with both hands, his face gradually turned hideous, and said, "This Eastern world may be better, maybe more civilized. But that is not our world, only the world that surrenders to us is the truly perfect world! You are still too young, you don't understand, this has never had anything to do with faith, whether it is God or celestial beings, they are just a ladder to achieve our goals. In this world, there is only 'us' and 'them', and only by turning all 'them' into 'us', that is the true perfect world! And you will be the fuse of all this! Your corpse will inspire the fighting spirit of all soldiers! Your indomitable spirit will become a model for all children!"
Custer struggled desperately, and the eagle demon warriors around him looked unbearable, but they didn't dare to stop it.
"Sleep in peace, my child, we will find your ravaged corpse here, in anger we will rush out of this city with your corpse, we will return in chaos, maybe we will die some, but at the same time, we will bring back endless anger! So, child, sleep!
However, strange things happened, and Custer kept struggling, but no matter how hard Bendom tried, Custer just struggled, and his expression seemed to become more and more strange.
Eventually, Castella laughed and said, "Oh, that's interesting." ”
With that, the Custer shook Bendom's hands away, and his body slid like a shadow through the door of the restaurant. Only then did Bendom see that the man was a girl in a skirt and high heels, and her clothes were similar to Nonoka's, but the color was completely different.
At the door, another man came over and looked at Bendom with a shocked face: "Bishop Bendom, you want to kill me?"
Exactly Custer!
It turned out that Custer was a little secretary in disguise, but she could disguise her appearance, but she couldn't speak Eagle Script, so the little secretary put a mobile phone beetle beside her, and Custer spoke outside. Thanks to the high-fidelity sound effects of the mobile beetle, no one can tell the difference.
Bendoma's cultivation is average, it is easy to strangle Custer, but to strangle a little secretary is simply a dream.
At this time, the most pitiful is Bendom.
As a bishop, countless people have died indirectly at his hands, but he has never killed anyone directly. It takes a lot of courage for someone who has never had blood on his hands to want to kill. What's more, this is still in the middle of the enemy city.
However, when he had finished his words and done everything, he found that the person he wanted to kill was still standing in front of him, and there was no need to say what it was like in his heart.
"Bishop Bendom, you were my favorite bishop, and I look up to you as a father. Therefore, I will tell you everything I want to say. I hope you understand my determination. However, you actually want to kill me? Did you hear what you just said? It turns out that all this has nothing to do with faith? It turns out that this is just a conspiracy by your church to annex the Eastern Continent? You use God as a guise to realize your own ambitions, but you send us ordinary warriors to a terrible battlefield? Do you know how terrible the city lord here, that Gao Li Gao Wang, he is? Do you know that the huge plain you are lining up outside is blown up by the high prince with one blow!
Castel exploded all the feathers on his head in excitement, and he roared loudly,
"You nonsense! God will punish you!" Bendom roared.
"You don't believe in God at all!" Cas roared.
"There is no god at all!" shouted Bendom.
In an instant, both of them were silent.
Not only the two of them, but the Eagle Demon warriors who came to protect Bendom didn't know what to do at this time. Everything that has just happened has deviated greatly from their cognition, and the god they believe in does not exist like this, so what is the point of them coming here?
At this time, Nonoka walked from outside the door and said with a smile: "It seems that your communication is not very smooth, but we don't have much time for both of us. Bishop Bendom, please go back and prepare, although it is a pointless and boring war, but I think we are almost ready to go to war. ”