Stormwind Town.

Like most human settlements, the center of the town is a specially reserved open space, known as an open-air square.

Now the square is still a bit empty around it, except for the headquarters of the "Forgiveness Mercenary Group" and the "Redemption Chamber of Commerce", there is only a three-story stone building, located due east.

The church, as the mercenary group called it, although this building is far from grand, but the simple and atmospheric appearance still makes it the most conspicuous building in the whole town, and when everyone gradually understands its purpose, there is a touch of respect in the eyes of the past.

It turned out to be a temple built by worshippers of the Light, but unlike other churches, although there were strong mercenaries standing guard at the door, this church allowed anyone to enter, and there were no high-spirited clergy and greedy priests more shrewd than merchants, only bursts of heartfelt prayers.

Every night, the lord of the town, Lord Repp, would bring the members of the mercenary group here to learn about the Holy Light, because there were no restrictions, and slowly some curious residents began to sneak in to listen, and it didn't take long for the small building to be filled with people who heard the news - in such a newly established settlement, everyone had no entertainment at night, although it was hard during the day, but after a long time, it was still inevitable that the night would be boring.

The emergence of religion just filled the empty hearts of the inhabitants and gave them spiritual sustenance, although this thing called "Holy Light" had never been heard of before, but the concept was simple and clear, and the lord himself demonstrated it, and it quickly became popular.

Isn't it just a ball of light that can be illuminated? After watching it for a long time, it can calm down the irritable heart, which is much better than those magic things.

In fact, this is also planned by the stone a long time ago, he did not ask Rip to enforce the belief in the Holy Light, after all, this is a new religion that has never appeared before, first, forced popularization may cause rebellion, and second, it is necessary to keep a low profile at the beginning.

It turned out that the people of this world had a greater need for religion than he had imagined.

It's easy to understand that this is a world of demons, and the strength of humans is too weak compared to the ferocious alien creatures like Greenskins and Beastmen.

People are like this, when their own abilities cannot be broken through, they will hope for supernatural powers, which is why religion flourishes in this world.

But faith itself is a double-edged sword, the good side is that it can gather people's hearts, for example, in the face of desperate situations, pious faith can often burst out of unimaginable power, such as the empire and Bretonnia, human powers, from nobles to commoners, have a stable and lasting adherent.

As for the bad side, it is all kinds of messy cults, running to believe in chaos is the most common, and what worship the Great Horned Rat, Kane, the Father of Darkness Hasut, and even the "Undead Scourge" Nagash.

Unlike Bretonnia, which only licks the dog for the "Goddess of the Lake", the "Sigma Sect" is the officially designated state religion, but the Empire does not theoretically exclude the beliefs of other gods, so various cults can be said to be blooming everywhere and thriving there.

The "Frontier Prince's Territory" is similar, it itself is a place where various forces are mixed, immigrants from different countries naturally bring their respective beliefs, and this land is full of dangers and the environment is harsh, which magnifies the role of religion.

For the people here, there is no good or bad religion, as long as it can provide strength and protect their gods, then believe.

There is no doubt that from this point of view, the Light can meet their requirements.

This new faith soon spread from the mercenary group to the common people, with a strong following.

Every night, the learning in the church is also moved from the inside to the outside square, so that more people can hear it, and the effect is quite good.

Even Rep didn't expect it to go so well, and he was ready to suggest to the lord whether the next step was to promote it among slaves, after all, 90% of the residents of "Stormwind Town" were now slaves.

It's just that before I had time to say anything in the council hall just now, there was a little bell.

He can understand the mood of the stone, for the sake of the little bell, the lord even dared to break into the capital of the empire, let alone a vampire, although the other party is really beautiful and attractive, but compared to the life of the little bell, it is not worth mentioning, but then again, why gather everyone to the church? And also all the slaves? Could it be ...... The mercenary leader vaguely felt that it should be related to the Holy Light.

Before he had time to think about it, he immediately went out to call someone, and the stone said, there are other things to arrange later.

A good show is about to begin.

………

By the time the sun was about to set, the square of "Stormwind Town" was full of people, men, women, and children, of all ages.

The few people standing in front of the crowd looked relaxed and were talking to each other, their clothes and pants were simple, but at least they were clean and tidy, in stark contrast to the large number of people behind them.

The men in the back, dressed in uniform - the thinnest brown linen sheets, with numb expressions on their faces, were slaves from "Fetenburg" and the former "Fort Gunhouse".

Although they were all in the same town, the treatment of ordinary residents and slaves was very different, the former were mostly family members of mercenary group members, they were able to enjoy interest-free loans provided by the Chamber of Commerce, and soon had their own houses and land, and some of them even opened shops and started businesses, and life was even better than when they were in "Fetamburg".

As for the latter, their situation is much more miserable, they have endless work every day, and the housing conditions are also very poor, but fortunately, they can also fill their stomachs, and they are honest.

Especially the newcomers to Fort Gunhouse, who at first thought they would be eaten by the Greenskins, and were surrounded by despair and fear along the way, but they ended up in a human town and were sold to the lord as slaves - of course they didn't know that Rip and those terrible Greenskins were in the same group, and that being able to survive and eat was enough to make these slaves grateful to Dade.

In addition to these ordinary residents and slaves, there were two other groups of people in the crowd.

First of all, there are the people of the mercenary group, they are tall and well-equipped, and they have a large circle on the periphery of the square, which is heavily guarded, and there are also some mercenary squads interspersed in the crowd, guarding the slaves and maintaining order, and then enjoying the envious eyes from the crowd from time to time.

After being promoted to the A rank, the status of all the members of the "Forgiveness Mercenary Group" has risen with the tide, not to mention the salary, and the social status has also increased a lot, and no one regards them as the lowest mercenaries anymore, but at the beginning, everyone was still a little resentful about moving away from "Fetanburg", but now, their own territory is cool!

Finally, somewhere in the square, there was a handful of guys dressed up differently and safely.

They were the merchants and guards who happened to stay in the town at this time, and they were the most sensitive to news, so they naturally wouldn't miss this kind of big event.

Stone specially asked Rip to ask the mercenaries to let them in too, and it would be a pity that only his own people would see the next good show.

Seeing that the people in the square were gathering more and more, and the voices of everyone were getting louder and louder, even the faces of the slaves showed curious looks, after all, they had never encountered such a situation since they came here, except for sleeping.

The crowd suddenly fell silent, and the doors that turned out to be churches were finally opened,

Several figures came out one after another, and at the forefront was the titular lord of Stormwind Town, the leader of the "Forgiveness Mercenary Group", Lord Repp.

It was followed by several familiar figures, all of whom were high-level members of the mercenary group.

Looking at this posture, anyone with a little judgment knows that there must be something important to announce.