That was two hundred years before the appearance of the famous twelve nobles, which is about five hundred years ago, right? (I don't understand the exact time, and Mr. Nabar didn't elaborate)

At that time, the church had only been established for more than 100 years. The god they believe in is not the only god for the entire continent www.biquge.info.

- It was a chaotic world, and the countries (oh! According to the parlance at the time, tribes fought against each other, various sects quarreled with each other, and there was no unified order and no unified faith on the entire continent.

In this troubled continent, there is one city that has always been the target of contention - the holy city of Latoves. It is not only a holy city for the Church, but also a holy place for denominations that believe in other gods.

It is said that the people who have obtained the holy city can directly listen to the teachings of the gods, so in order to seize the holy city, in order to obtain the gifts of the gods, everyone fights and fights each other, and the holy city of Latoves, in this chaotic world, constantly changes rulers.

-- Until one day, a strong earthquake struck the holy city.

The once fortified walls were in ruins, the huge lakes were turned into wasteland, and the pastures that were once abundant became deserts—the land of the gods that had been abundant became a desert.

The Church that occupied the Holy City could no longer hold on, and with the exception of a small number of clergy who were committed to their faith, most chose to leave, and the Holy City of Latoves became an inaccessible dead city.

However, no one expected that on the edge of this holy city, which had become dead and silent, the clergy who had stood firm unexpectedly discovered a mysterious cave on the edge of the dry riverbed.

The cave contains a large number of fragments of ancient scrolls written on parchment and papyrus, which are kept in a strange way in the bottles and jars of the cave. I don't know how many years have passed.

The priests who discovered these scrolls were overjoyed, thinking that they could finally prove that their perseverance had not been in vain, and that they had finally found God's teachings. It can finally be proved that their god is the only true god in the world.

- Unfortunately, no one could read the words on those scrolls.

Considering that the mainland is still in turmoil and full of cultists of all kinds, in order to protect and interpret these "teachings of the gods", the priests of the Holy City have taken great pains to select scholars from the mainland and contact them in a very secret way. Then they were invited into the holy city to study the scrolls together.

After many more years, the brightest group of people on the continent finally deciphered a small part of it. This small part of the decipherment. The results were staggering—they weren't just God's teachings, they were the first gospels, they were prophecies.

One of the alchemists in charge of the study theorized that the parchment scrolls were buried at least five hundred years before the founding of the Church. And this is long before the founding of the church in the ancient scrolls. The coming, suffering, and resurrection of the Son of God, the founder of the church, have been prophesied. It predicted the beginning and end of the world's strife, the prosperity of the church on the continent, and the future of several large-scale disasters in the world and the destruction of the world, the day of God's judgment.

While the description of God's judgment day is not much different from the description in the existing Gospels, the description of God and the church is very different from what people on the continent saw at the time - though not so big that it could subvert people's belief in God. But it was enough to have an impact on the church at that time.

-- This was unthinkable for the clergy.

Of course, the same is true for the group of scholars involved.

After a brief period of confusion and heated debate. The group finally decided to seal the materials and keep them a permanent secret.

At the same time, they argued that although this scroll was very different from the gospel of the church, since it also predicted the prosperity of the church, it proved that the future belief of people must be one God. And God gave them a special purpose in discovering these scrolls—they were a group of people chosen by God who thought they were qualified to see the future of the world. Then, they will also follow God's instructions, follow God's prophecies, and do their part.

So they spontaneously formed a secret organization, the Non-God Society.

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"I don't understand!" After listening to Nabar's story, Asa first asked, "Since the Non-God Association follows the instructions of the gods, why did it become the guardian of the world?!" ”

"Idiot! What would you do if you knew in advance that there would be a catastrophe in the world?! Nabal glared at him.

“…… To stop it? ”

"Nonsense!"

"But!" I hesitated to say what I thought, "But if the prophecy is accurate, then the world should have a catastrophe!" How can humans stop it? -- It's like what our Taoists say, 'Destiny cannot be violated', but if there is a tsunami, how can we stop a volcanic eruption? It is impossible to violate the will of heaven! ”

"Huh? That's what the Taoists say? Asa was stunned for a moment, then agreed, "Yes! What should happen will happen, even if you stop it, it's useless? ”

"What if it's a man-made disaster?" Nabal asked rhetorically.

"Artificial? Oh! I understand! "If it's a man-made disaster, then of course humans can stop it." And I can probably understand the thinking of the clergy: 'Since God has allowed us to see these prophesied disasters in advance, then we have been given a mission, and we can stop what we can stop, and we can find ways to avoid what we can't stop in advance' -- just like the great flood described in the Gospels, didn't someone get God's instructions to build a big ship in advance? ”

Nabal nodded, "Yes, that's it. ”

"Huh? The Gospels also say about the Great Flood?! The stupid little Luca said this suddenly—and was then slapped on the head by Minia.

"Who told you not to pay attention in class?!" Minia scolded angrily, "These are all stories from the Gospels, how can you not remember them if you concentrate on them?!" ”

"Whew!" Little Luca tearfully rubbed her sore head, "But the gospel class didn't talk about that, those priests always told Luca to remember those messy God's instructions." Never give Luca the story I told in the Gospels! ”

"If they don't talk about it, won't you watch it yourself?!"

"Luca, I have a headache when I read a book! - Ahh That's right! Suddenly the little one's eyes flashed, and then he looked at Nabal expectantly. Uncle Nabal! You just said that the content of the earliest Gospels is different from the current one? Can it subvert people's belief in God?! Is this true? ”

"It's 'not big enough to subvert people's belief in God'! Fool! Nabal also laughed and tapped her on the head, "What? Aren't you thinking, 'If it's different, then Luca can't stop learning?' ’”

"Whew!"

"That'...... What's different? Minia asked, "Can those different things really have an impact on the church?" ”

"I don't know the specifics -- I haven't read the books, but I can see something wrong with the existing Gospels," Nabal said. "In fact, if you read the book with the premise that the existing Gospels are not accurate, it is easy to find contradictions!"

"Like Lucca, the ones I said before?!" Little Luca couldn't wait to speak.

"I don't know what you're talking about, right! I have a definite contradiction here - about Judgment Day. ”

"Judgment Day?!"

"Yes. Judgment Day! Nabal explained, "The day of judgment, the end of the world, which is often referred to in the church when it preaches the gospel, ...... 'All men are evil, all men are sinful.' God will judge people. The world is going to be purified! And those who believe in God, who follow the Son of God, will be led by God to the eternal and wonderful world! That's probably what you said, right? ”

"Yes!" Minia, who was familiar with the Gospels, nodded.

"Also, don't forget that there is a group of people who have turned their backs on the Son of God and caused the Son of God to suffer, who, according to the Gospels, were also qualified for the eternal and wonderful world, but were ostracized by the followers of the Son of God because they turned their backs on the Son of God. Exile, killing—but the Gospels also say. God did not abandon them, God still gave them the land by which they could build a nation, and when their suffering was over, they were allowed to return to that God-given land to establish their own country, and when they repented and followed the Son of God, God would still accept them and bring them into the eternal and wonderful world! Minia, am I right? ”

Although not the original words of the Gospels...... But it's about the same. ”

Well, the problem arises: God wants to purify the world, and he wants to lead the people who turn their backs on the Son of God - the way God purifies the world in the Gospels and sends apostles to cause a catastrophe that goes far beyond the Great Flood! In such a catastrophe, will there still be human beings in the world who will survive? ”

"You mean—" Minia seemed to understand.

"Yes, since God has promised to bring those who have turned away from the Son of God into the eternal and wonderful world, then God will not judge the world at all until that group of people repents!"

"What if those people don't repent at all?!" Little Luca asked.

"Then there will be no judgment!"

“……”

God has set a time limit for Judgment Day, but what can God do if the time limit is reached and those people still do not repent? Can't even the people whom God Himself promised to enter the eternal world be destroyed on Judgment Day? Then God can only wait until the day they repent! ”

"A cocooned god!" I couldn't help but laugh when I heard this.

"Cocooning yourself?!" Everyone looked at it strangely.

"Ahh This is an oriental saying! Meaning...... Kindness...... It's like a caterpillar spinning silk to tie itself up! I explained.

"Hah! That's what it means! Asa laughed, "The god who trapped himself is like!" ”

After a moment of laughter, Nabal said, "Either the Gospels are wrong, or God has made inconsistent promises, and God in the Gospels is omnipotent and always right - so there must be something wrong with that!" ”

"Oh......"

"By the way, Nabal - the matter of the scrolls should be all classified! It is impossible for even that old man of the Great Sage St. Vorf to know such details! After a moment of silence, Asa frowned and asked, "How do you know?" Also, how can you assume that the Non-God Association is self-righteous?! ”

"Holding a mutilated scroll and only understanding a small part of it - do you want to fix the world with that? Kindness?! Claiming to be the guardian of the world? Kindness?! For example, you didn't think that maybe their decipherment of 'the world is about to have a catastrophe' followed by the sentence 'for what reason, it didn't happen in the end'? They panic there just by seeing 'a catastrophe is coming,' and they are busy looking for a solution," Nabal asked rhetorically, "not self-righteousness, what is that?!" ”

"And how do you know Uncle Nabal?!" Little Luca was curious about this.

"Me? ――I'll tell you that it's okay, I've read the notes of a person who participated in the study of ancient scrolls at the time-Do you still have any questions?! ”

“……”

I guess there isn't, right?

Mr. Nabal has told us the origin of the non-divine associations and the reasons why he dislikes them.

It seems so, yes.

It sounds like there are big holes in the research of the scroll researchers.

But, it seems that Mr. Nabal is still hiding something.

But I don't know what it is.

It always seemed that Mr. Nabal's dislike of the Non-Divine Society was not only because of their self-righteousness, but also because there seemed to be a deeper reason...... Alas, I don't know, I don't know.

I sighed silently.

…… Perhaps, it has something to do with the mysterious organization behind Mr. Nabal's reluctance to say it?

"Nothing wrong?" Nabal looked at us one last of his approval, then ordered, "Now go back and get some rest!" Leave early tomorrow morning! Asa! Give me a detailed travel plan tomorrow! ――If you don't qualify...... Just wait to die! ”

"Wow! Why do you want me to come?! ”

"Nonsense!" u