Chapter 302: Faith
There was no god in the kingdom of Emmen, and according to legend, there was a god in the kingdom of Emmen, a kind lady who was in charge of a river, and under the protection of that lady, the kingdom of Emmen had a prosperous period, when the kingdom of Emmen was five times larger than it is today! It can be said that it is a very large kingdom.
It's just that later...... The kingdom of Emmen abandoned their gods.
Yes, it is not the gods who abandon their people, but the people who abandon the gods who have always favored them.
It was at that moment that the kingdom of Emmen went into decline.
In Sibia, the gods who are now in the mainstream are actually a very special kind of existence, they have great power and special authority given to them by the world, but they are born because of people and live because of "faith".
According to the legend of the Kingdom of Emmen, the god of the river who once blessed them was a fisherwoman, who was revered and turned into faith because of her special sense of being able to sense the arrival of floods, and finally the fisherwoman became a god through her faith, and then continued to protect his people, until she was finally abandoned by her people because of her lack of ability.
Some people say that the fall of the river god is inevitable because he is too low-minded, unenterprising, and too kind.
Because most of the mainstream gods today believe in gods, there are actually some people in Sibia who see their belief in gods as a transaction.
The believer gives faith, and the god who is believed in bestows miracles on the believer.
When the gods fail to fulfill the expectations of the believers, those who consider themselves "believers" turn their backs on the gods and join the gods under the command of another, greater god.
The river goddess of Emmen is a good deity who will do everything in his power to fulfill the desires of his people.
At first, it was just a good weather and a good harvest, then it was to expel the monsters, and then it was to pray for the harvest of aquatic products in the river, such as river fresh, pearls, and so on......
The river goddess miscalculated people's desires, and after repeated "requests", the Emmen people finally began to ask the river goddess to accomplish those things that were beyond her divine power and priesthood.
After many more "prayers" and no "miracles", the Emmen abandoned their goddess and turned to the arms of a greater god.
Faith is a double-edged sword, the goddess of the river who gained faith became a god, and then completely fell because of the renunciation of faith, dissipating between heaven and earth.
What's even funnier is that the god to whom the Emmen converted to faith ended up falling under the iron fist of the god of justice, yes, an evil god.
The plight of the goddess of the Emmen River is sympathetic, he is a kind person, in fact, there are many gods who have persuaded this lady that as a god of faith, she should keep a distance from her believers and maintain the majesty of the gods, which makes people fear and admire, but it is a pity...... She didn't listen.
She always stubbornly thought that her people were very simple, just as she was when she was a fisherwoman, and life was very hard, but it was also very fulfilling.
The goddess of the river fell, and the evil god who watched Emmen was sanctioned by the god of justice, and Amon restored peace.
However, the Emmen were also abolished, and after passing through the river goddess and the evil gods, the Emmen were anxious for the protection of other gods, knowing full well that it would be difficult to gain a foothold in Sibia without them.
However, under the doting of the goddess of the river and the "grace" of the evil god, the Emmen people had extremely high requirements for "miracles", and the churches that later settled in Emmen were often overwhelmed by the demands of the Emmen people, and finally had no choice but to leave.
Emmen longed for miracles, for nothing, but unfortunately Emmen no longer had the gentle, charitable, obedient Lady of the River.
After the passage of time, the Emmen people have learned to "sell miserably", and the frequent arrival of floods and aquatic monsters makes Emmen often in a miserable situation, the Kingdom of Emmen is a famous "subsistence household" in Sibia, and the United Church sends a care to this group of "bloodsuckers" every year because of its conscience, barely maintaining the existence of the Emmen Kingdom.
"In the final analysis, it should be a group of corrupt aristocrats and gentry who are doing bad things." This is the conclusion that Edward came to after getting to know Emmen in depth.
For Edward, Emmen wants to change, get rid of poverty, get rid of misery, it's actually quite simple, kill a group, raise a group, teach a group, reshuffle the upper echelons, let people with a sense of awe come to power, reform education, let students learn to love, learn to cherish, understand that every harvest needs to be put into action and effort.
However, the above operation is too hot, and the situation of eradicating Emon is fast, but some of them are too "bloody", and the killing atmosphere is too heavy, which is not suitable for the church, and the church cannot interfere in the politics of the kingdom.
The change in Emmen requires the people themselves to wake up.
Edward thought about it for a while, and felt that it was not something he had to worry about, now that there were refugees in Emmen, Edward was still quite welcome, every refugee meant a potential high-quality believer, as long as they did not have a bad heart after experiencing hardship, they would always be more pious than those who lived in comfort in the face of the faith that helped them.
Edward was very busy, about the refugees in Emmen, Edward lost to the two newcomers sent by the Bishop of Salmon and the Bishop of Amos, it was a grind and a trial, and the two newcomers to the church of Nonorila who received Edward's notice excitedly swore to Edward on the spot.
Then two days have passed since Edward's review of the free clinic activity, and the second part of the Ancient Asian Cult of God, "The Redemption of the Demon Hunter", is about to be released!
Early in the morning before the release.
In Edward's study.
Edward, who had finished the morning class, looked at the document report in his hand, nodded slightly, and said, "Kao and Jenny are very good. ”
In the past two days, some of the Emen refugees have passed the approval of the city lord and joined Nonorira, and Kao and Jenny saw that the refugees who had just settled down could not find any decent work for a while, so they handed over the job of selling Shadow tickets to them.
In Nonorila, four of the five vending points set up by the Ancient Ya Cult to sell Shadow Tickets were aided by Emmen refugees.
In the past two days, Edward could see that most of the refugees really wanted a good and responsible life, and they worked very hard and seriously.
Of course, there are good people and bad people, and in this group of new Nonorila people, two bad people who secretly hid the magic shadow tickets and sold them at a high price were caught, and the lord of the city expelled them from the city.
The good ones are left behind, and the bad ones are culled. Edward was quite open to this, because he knew that he couldn't expect everyone to be a good person.
Edward glanced at the report on the refugee settlement, and when he looked up, he caught a glimpse of Deloris floating leisurely into the study.
Edward put down what he was holding, looked up at Delores, and asked, "Is it time?" ”
"Yes, Your Highness, the premiere of "The Redemption of the Demon Hunter" is about to arrive."
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