Chapter Twenty-Nine: Belief in Divine Power
"Lord Leo, I have already retrieved the magic scroll you dropped this morning. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Duboran seemed to remember something, and took out the dirty magic scroll from the bag beside him, and respectfully presented it to Leo.
"There's no need to kneel, Taiyan City is now weak in garrison and lacks resources, if you don't dislike these scrolls, take them yourself."
Leo was stunned for a moment, his anger dissipated a little, and he said calmly.
"Okay."
Dubran nodded, stood up, and put the scroll in his bag, but stopped talking.
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Lord Leo, there is a banquet for the nobles in the evening, there are many celebrity families participating, and some of the nobles respect you as a divine envoy, hoping to meet you."
"Although the Warren family was removed from the bloodline, it was actually not approved by the royal family..."
"I don't participate."
Leo raised his eyebrows, he didn't think that anyone would worship him, but most people were afraid of him, and it was really inappropriate to participate in such a drinking party.
And he is now very anxious about Alina's affairs, where is he in the mood to participate in the drinking party to win Du Bolan's hearts.
"Yes, I will increase the monitoring of the recent goods of the Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time send people to investigate."
Du Bolan smiled bitterly, but this answer was also something he had expected.
"By the way, you can help me keep an eye on a few things, and I can buy the best."
Leo seemed to remember something, and said to Duboran.
Trem's prowess impressed him, and Leo's thirst for power grew.
"You say."
"It's a blue potion in a bottle, called a magic potion."
"Mana Potion?!"
Du Bolan was a little surprised when he heard this, the cost of the magic potion was very expensive, although the magic potion that Leo got from Ampot was named "Bad Magic Potion", but if it was circulated in the market, it would definitely not be lower than the price of an ordinary second-level magic scroll, and a bottle would cost about tens of thousands of gold coins.
After some exchange, Leo was depressed to find that those few bottles of potions that provided 10 experience points, even if he exhausted the financial resources of Taiyan City now, he could only buy a few dozen bottles.
That's obviously not enough, and it's still nearly 700 XP points to rise to LV5, but these 700 XP points can't be filled.
The necromancer is lurking for the time being, Alina is missing, and he is now desperately in need of strength.
Time passed in the scorching heat, and the scenery outside the window quickly darkened, and the moonlight slowly penetrated.
In the hall of the mercenary union, the golden lights poured on the red carpet, and the gorgeous atmosphere drifted along with the music, sublimated in the light dance steps of the nobles, in the collision of wine glasses, and in the laughter of the people.
"First of all, congratulations to Mr. Dubolan on becoming the owner of the new city."
Several middle-aged aristocrats gathered around Du Bolan, who was dressed in formal clothes, and said hello with a smile.
"In addition, although the Warren family has been removed, the Warren Chamber of Commerce is the largest chamber of commerce in Taiyan City after all, and I hope the city lord will handle the relationship well."
Several younger aristocrats also raised their wine glasses, formally authentic.
"Lord Castle, do you want to make a song?"
Several aristocratic maidens in bright costumes smiled slyly and jumped around Dubran .
There were also a few graceful girls, looking at him with the eyes of the water spirit, their eyes full of anticipation.
"What a headache."
Du Bolan was as busy as an electric fan, constantly smiling bitterly, so he had to sneak away for a while and rest to the side.
Not far away, two barons, who were not very conspicuous, were talking under a snow-white pillar, and their conversation caught Du Bolan's attention.
"Last time, the white chamber of commerce transported the car, and the second court sent someone over?"
"No, no, it is said that the carriages of the second court all have royal emblems, and that is the criminal code officer in the branch of the Moon Church."
"Codex officer, what's that?"
"It is said that the armed group of the Church of the Moon God is dealing with the heretics and blasphemers, and they may have come to reinforce our Taiyan City."
"Joke, how can there be an alliance between the Church and the Empire, and they will stay for a while and leave."
"That's right, hehe."
Hearing these words, Du Bolan's heart was shocked, especially when the term "blasphemer" appeared, and he felt that Alina might have something to do with it.
Withstanding the look of shock on his face, Dubran walked over to the two barons with his glass.
"Would you like to talk, you two?"
The gentle words startled both of them, and when they saw the person clearly, they smiled excitedly, and then looked at each other.
"It's a great honor, Lord Castle!"
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As the evening drew to a close, Dubran sent out a few of his close nobles.
Some members of the Warren Chamber of Commerce were also in this party, after all, it was the first chamber of commerce in Taiyan City, and they were also qualified to receive invitations.
Several Warrens gathered together and whispered something.
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Late at night, the moonlight crept through the window and crept into a certain room.
There was a slight knock on the door, and Leo, who was lying on the chair with his eyes closed, looked a little surprised, but he still opened his eyes, cleared his throat, and said, "Come in." ”
Unexpectedly, the person who came was not the cleaning maid, but Du Bolan, who was so excited that he didn't even have time to change into his formal clothes, he was red-faced, panting, and very excited.
"Leo-sama, there's news!"
"Huh?"
Leo was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Du Bolan meant, it was a surprise!
After some exchange, Leo understood.
During his battle against Trem and the Bone Dragon, some of the people who were taking refuge outside the city saw a white chamber of commerce transport cart entering Taiyan City, and some knights had stopped the car and told them that there was chaos in the city, but after the people in the car identified themselves as "criminals", the knights thought it was reinforcements, so they didn't stop it much.
Leo then fell into a coma, the necromancer retreated, and when the refuge group returned to the city, he saw the white cart leaving the city, and the two sides staggered.
It turned out that the car was not the so-called reinforcement at all.
The Cult of the Luna is neutral between the Necronomicon and the Astaire nation, and the purpose of this white cart is to deal with blasphemers who have betrayed their faith.
According to the previous practice of the Cult of the Luna God, blasphemers would be taken back to the place where the faith was accepted by a convoy and punished.
As for the content of the punishment, or the route of the convoy, or even something more, it is not known.
The behavior of the church has always been mysterious, and even the branch churches in the cities of various countries have always been mysterious.
"Teach the country, teach the country, and teach the country again! Alina belongs to the second court family, and the church country hastily hijacked her, does her family sit idly by? ”
Leo's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he wanted to destroy all those cults now.
"Lord Leo doesn't know that although the country of Astair is an empire that accepts people of all faiths, or non-believers, there are many kinds of branch churches of the church, but the belief in the god of the moon is the main belief of Astaire, the royal knights of the first court believe in the god of the moon, and the royal mages of the second court also believe in the god of the moon."
"So the Astaire Nation is a puppet of the Church Nation?"
"No, it's not. The moon god is a free deity with many simple believers, but many believers can do many things as long as they do not abandon their beliefs. The Church is a veteran believer in the Moon God's passion, and they have access to special Moon God powers, as well as the protection of the gods. ”
"To put it simply, the moon god believers in the country of Astaire are all simple believers, but they just obtain the source of magic through the belief of the moon god, there is no need to serve the moon god, just respect."
"The Church is a complete luna force that hosteth any blasphemer who renounces their faith, and the execution of blasphemers strengthens their faith."
"So, after all, the Second Court believes in the Moon God, although they can confront the church, but they have their own considerations, and it is probably impossible to fight the Sect for a blasphemer."
After a simple exchange, Leo understood the power system of this world and the relationship with faith.
The professionals of this world are all people with faith in the gods, because faith is the only way to obtain the source of magical power.
However, the belief in gods is divided into the belief of a free god and the belief of one god.
Ordinary people have the belief in the god of freedom, they can use this to obtain the source of magic power, every time they go to the temple to certify when they are promoted, there is no need to serve the god who is believed, he can even fight against the kingdom of God under the throne of the god, and the source of magic power will not dissipate, the source of magic of the belief in the god of freedom, the only way to dissipate is to give up the faith and become a blasphemer.
If someone chooses to believe in a single god, such as the Necromantic God, they will receive the mark of the god and a special source of magical power, which also means joining the religion of a certain god, serving that god for life, spreading the faith, that is a typical fanatical believer.
However, there are also some high gods who spread the belief in the god of liberty and the belief in the one god, just like the god of the moon.
Therefore, Alina turned her back on her belief in the god of freedom, but was targeted by the people of the Luna Cult.
In the eyes of those fanatical believers, Alina is like a piece of fragrant meat, for the blasphemer is one of the excellent sacrifices offered to the gods.
Fortunately, the people of the Astaire Nation, with the exception of the Golden Cult (the Astaire Branch of the Luna Cult), are all free god believers, including Dubolan in front of him.
That's why he was able to talk to Leo about how to intercept the carts of the Luna Cult and do things that would harm the interests of the Luna God without damaging his own faith.
"The vehicles of the Moon God Sect all have a unified standard, and the second-level demonic beast 'Snow Spirit' acts as a driving beast and uses the second-sized wheels of the sect's standard, so there is no way to take some trails to the nearest 'Moon Sacrifice Table' with their vehicles."
Duboran took out a map of the vicinity of Taiyan City, unfolded it and placed it on the table.
"Then their route is clear, this is the 'Moon Sacrifice Altar' between Taiyan City and Jiyan City, but there is only one road that leads here."
Dubran said, moving his finger to the left and pointing to a green forest with a trail on it.
"On the left side of the Black Wilderness, the Leaf Path in the 'Forest of Light Leaves'!"
"Treading the Leaf Road..."
Leo stared at the map and muttered.
"At the speed of the transport, they will definitely choose to camp in the forest tonight, Lord Leo, I can now dispatch a knight team of 30 first-class warriors, and the mercenaries and coalition forces..."
Du Bolan nodded, and then said.
"No need, I'll go alone."
Leo went out without looking back, and like a gust of wind, dropped a word.
Without further ado, he was going to go immediately!
"That's too dangerous! Wait! ”
Du Bolan was stunned, sighed, and hurriedly chased out.
Although he is very confident in Leo's strength, it is a Luna Sect that is stronger than the Necromancy, and his style of action is difficult to understand, so he should be careful.
But after hurrying downstairs, he was stunned to find that outside the mercenary union, except for the dark night, there were empty streets.