Chapter 263 - Counting is Counting
Later, under Mina's questioning, Bishop Evan also told what he knew. And he hopes that Mina can help him think from an outsider's perspective.
The other bishop of the Elemental City Temple, named Howard, was the one who entered the Holy See at the same time as Aven, but Howard was a person with a strong sense of power, although his strength had reached the level of the bishop, but it was the lowest level. And as he gets older, his quest for power has become more and more demanding.
Now he has been nominated by the archbishop under the negotiation and management of many parties, but his strength cannot reach the level of the archbishop at all, so now he should put his hope on divine power. At the same time, he inherited the little divine power left here by the previous God of Light, and he will also get the greatest support in the Holy See, and naturally hope to become the next Pope, so as to gain more power and power.
It's just that Evan didn't expect that Howard's plan had started ten years ago, and it was done so secretly. However, for this issue, Aivan's attitude is that he does not want Howard to become the Pope, after all, the Pope is of great significance, not to mention whether he is capable of serving or not, just his cooperation with the Corpse Witch, it can be seen that his heart is absolutely not able to serve as the Pope.
The above are all speculations in Aivan's heart, but he can't say what Howard's true intentions are, and Howard has a very wide range of friends, has the friendship of many big families, and he is from a big family. In any case, the Holy See branch of the Elemental City could not afford to lose such a person. Otherwise, the clerical branch will be suppressed by the clerical branch in other regions.
"Bishop Aven, hearing you say that, it doesn't seem to be very harmonious in the Holy See!" Shui Nai carefully considered the words and sentences, and tried to use some peaceful words to express her meaning.
"There is no way to do this, the population of the Human Empire is only so much, as a high-ranking person in the Holy See, in order to get more attention from the gods, it is natural to expand the number of disciples in his hands to obtain more divine power."
"Divine power, is that the kind here?" When Mina heard the divine power, her ears immediately pricked up.
"No, the divine power here is a kind of origin power. Once obtained, it will be stationed in the body, and as long as it is not neutralized and destroyed, its number is fixed, and even if the recipient dies, it will not disappear. And what we call divine power internally is a one-time thing, and we generally call it 'God-given power', which is God's reward for us believers, and it is also a proof of loyalty. Although Evan said this, but at the end, even his own laughed.
"Is the power of God strong?" Mina felt that there was something wrong with Aiwen's smile, so she asked.
"Well, it's very powerful, if Huo Hua uses the power of God, I'm afraid he can destroy this place directly, but he can't get the divine power here either, and more importantly, he is unwilling to use his own power."
"Then last time, you fought against the corpse witch, why didn't you use the power of God? If that's the case, you won't get hurt. β
"I've been abandoned by God a long time ago, and now I can no longer sense our great gods." Evan said self-deprecatingly, but there was no loss or despair in his eyes, it seemed that he had figured it out.
"This, I'm really sorry to remind you of this kind of thing."
"It's nothing, I don't care about these things for a long time. It's just that I'm sorry for that person. After speaking, Evan stood up, and then said to Mina, "If you can, please help the corpse witch, he is a poor man, and more importantly, our human empire cannot lose such a genius, if he is willing to turn back." β
"Is the enemy of the corpse witch Bishop Howard?"
"Well, that's all I know about it, and I don't know the cause and process. However, if I talk about it, I am also half of his enemy, and it was precisely because of my stupidity that he lost his most important person. β
At this time, the wooden door of the wooden house was opened by Howard, and the energy that was originally closed in the wooden house disappeared, and the sound from outside came back without leaking.
"Bishop Aven, we're going to close the teleportation array, it's time for you to go back and recuperate, staying here is not good for your injuries." Howard said as he helped Evan out.
Outside, Tianhuo had already called all the people who had gone offline, and the people from the Dark Dragon Guild had also received the news, so they naturally followed.
As a result, there were hundreds more people in the Lich Lands at once, and all of them gathered around the wooden house, and surrounded the place.
At this moment, the Skeleton Emperor, dressed in gold, suddenly walked up to Ai Wen's side and took off his helmet as a sign of respect.
It's just that its arrival made Howard and several of the surrounding court personnel frown, and their fingers caught the staff and shook constantly.
"Bishop Aven, I hope you can send my brothers out, they can't stand the erosion of the dark aura here, I'm afraid they won't be able to control themselves." Skeletron's ghostly fire was beating, and although he didn't speak, everyone around Evan "heard" him in their minds.
The people who saw this change were very surprised, especially the master of Mina, he didn't expect that after a few days, the strength of the Skeleton Emperor was so high that he could communicate with people with his consciousness, and it was very smooth.
"Okay, I'll ......" Evan was interrupted before he could finish his sentence.
"Bishop Aven, do you think it's okay to do that? They're undead creatures, which can be frowned upon. "The holy light on Huo Hua's body is flowing uncertainly, if it weren't for Evan pressing his hand, I'm afraid he would have already killed the Skeleton Emperor.
"No, undead creatures also have the right to do good, and we can't make them enemies because of their origins. As long as they are willing to walk into the light, we have to give them a chance, and this is our obligation. Aven's words made the eyes of the people around the Holy Court light up, and they no longer looked at these undead creatures with hostile eyes.
"But, teacher, undead creatures are born and can't coexist with living people, so we can't let the tiger go back to the mountain!" AndrΓ© immediately objected, and although he had to say that the teacher's words were correct, it did not mean that he could accept this truth.
"Andrey, sometimes, hatred only produces more hatred. If you can't come out of the shadow of the past and let go of your prejudices, then you will never be able to surpass me, let alone yourself. Evan looked at his most gifted student with kindness, but the shadow of this student's childhood was too heavy, and he couldn't forget the death of his parents, let alone accept the existence of dark creatures.
"Then it's time for you to get out of here, and leave it to us in this case." Huo Hua said to the people on Mina's side, and the tone of the eviction was very sufficient.
"Well, I think we can help you by staying here, after all, there is power in numbers. Also, I think it's a mistake for you to seal off the Lich Lands, and we can't let that happen again. Are you right? Bishop Aven. "Mina knows that the corpse witch intends to destroy the people here, although he wants to cooperate with the corpse witch, but it doesn't mean that he will let the corpse witch kill the people here, leaving a way back, and may save many people.
"Well, that makes sense, I think it's better not to close off the Lich Lands. After all, we never know what kind of powerful thing the corpse witch has in his hands, and it was because of this that I suffered a big loss last time. Evan thought for a moment and agreed with Mina's idea.
"And what if the corpse witch runs out? I think it's too dangerous to do that. Although Howard knew that he was being pulled away from the topic by this man, if he opened the Lich Lands, then his plan would not be successful.
"This, I don't think it's necessary. After all, we don't even know where the corpse witch came from, so it's even more uncertain if there is any other way for him to get out of here. Therefore, we can't allow ourselves to be trapped here, served by others, and without life, then we will no longer be able to fight against the darkness. "Mina also immediately pulled out a reasonable excuse, make excuses, who wouldn't!
"This ......" Although Howard is experienced, he can't dig it up in the face of such irrefutable excuses.
"Indeed, Howard, the last time I faced him, I was already pressed to fight, and this is a cursed place, and it is his home field, even if it is your god-given power, I am afraid it will not be enough, it is not bad to leave an extra way out." Seeing that Howard was also moved, Evan went to the next city to make him really shaken.
"Alright then, I see." Huo Hua thought seriously for a moment, and agreed with the words of the two, but the existence of these outsiders must be eliminated.
"Bishop Aven, wait a minute, there is an address here, please send them here, I will find someone to pick them up." Mina spent a gold coin to exchange paper and pen from the system, and then handed Aven a note with the address of the unscrupulous profiteer's shop.
"Okay, I got it." After Ai Wen glanced at Mina, he immediately understood what he meant.
(End of chapter)