The young deacon named Tracy was a thin young man with ordinary facial features, brown hair and blue eyes.

After having breakfast in Sinclair Manor, he did not rush to lead the team to the outside of the manor to carry out the investigation, but first divided his six assistant deacons into three teams, and then took the abbey as the core, and each team investigated the place where an abbot might have been.

At the same time, the local Viscount Sinclair volunteered to send some family guards to act as guides, so they prepared for the operation in groups of three, two assistant deacons and one local.

Because he is a "newcomer" to the industry, Bernie and Tracy are in a group.

And during the other party's assignment of teams, he happened to deal with personal trivialities.

For example, he dispersed several guards who had come with him to "travel", and asked them to return to Kuroshima with a letter from home that they had written in advance, informing the family that they had joined the church and decided to develop here for a long time, and they would not be ready to go back for a while.

At the same time, Bernie also went out of his way to ask for a long tin can container that could be tied to a horse bag, so that it could be replaced by a rope net.

After some trivial matters, he rushed to the side of the young deacon Tracy, who had already settled the problem of team assignment and preparation before leaving the mission.

After seeing Bernie return, he spoke: "On the way out to investigate, you can just learn the extraordinary skills on the scroll, and now you have the corresponding holy water, just need to perform the ritual and the supporting holy relics, but the holy relics do not need to be in a hurry, because it does not affect your ability to learn extraordinary skills." ”

Compared with before, this tone is much more serious, but it is not repulsive, but a kind of good teacher psychology that is common when facing new members.

"Is there anything I need to pay attention to?" Bernie asked, along the other hand.

"As the most basic holy relic, you only need to use ordinary fine iron to forge according to the method on the scroll, the only difficulty is that the blacksmith in charge of forging must have a certain skill, not just anyone can meet the requirements."

Tracy patiently replied,

"Of course, if you want to make this artifact work better, then it's best to prepare some rare materials, such as rare minerals such as Mithril and Gray Scale Iron."

Bernie nodded.

The so-called holy relic is actually a kind of auxiliary artifact to perform extraordinary skills, as a transcendent person, when casting skills, with and without the cooperation of holy relics, the power of skills that can be exerted is completely different.

Normal relics can increase the power of extraordinary skills by about half, and the more high-end ones can even be increased by more than double.

Therefore, as a transcendent being, one must be prepared to have holy relics that are in line with one's own learning, unless the transcendent one is very poor......

The two of them walked to the stable of the manor, where a guide was waiting.

As far as the eye could see, it was Viscount Sinclair's second son, the blonde boy Elinor.

It was an acquaintance, and Bernie smiled at him, and the other man smiled back, seeming happy.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the three of them mounted their horses and headed towards the north of Sinclair Manor.

In fact, this direction corresponds to a dense forest full of oak trees.

The dirt trail, which was soft and covered with a lot of rotting leaves, made the horses quite bumpy as they went, and the sunlight shone in and looked very fresh, but after a long time, it was a little boring.

Their destination was a territory called Ibiza across the woods, belonging to another viscount, home to the missing abbot and the place he had written a letter of recommendation to the murderer.

The journey was not short, and Tracy, who was walking side by side, remembered Bishop Rhodes' instructions before leaving, so he took the opportunity to talk to Bernie about his welfare after joining the church.

"Because you don't want to join a faction with strict rules, the Bishop recommends that you take a name in a small order called the Brotherhood of the Stream, although this order has only three monasteries and ten churches, but it has a good relationship with the Adam Ascetic Society to which we belong, and will help each other in many ways, which is a kind of brotherly relationship."

The Covenant Church is so large that it can even be considered a universal church, with many different factions and representatives of many "political" forces.

When there are many factions, there are naturally relatives, hostilities, alliances, and even annexation or subordination.

Bernie knew this well and nodded.

Seeing this, the other party said: "After joining the Brotherhood of the Stream, you will have the opportunity to study in the seminary under the jurisdiction of the order. ”

This is important because in our theological education system, there is intensive training for clergy in exorcism and demon hunting. You may not have time in the near future, but if you have the opportunity in the future, you should choose to further your studies. ”

"In addition, when you join the Brotherhood of the Stream, you officially become a member of the Church, and the secular lords, even the king, have no right to judge you for everything you say or do, only the ecclesiastical courts have the right to judge you."

These words made the blonde boy who was riding in front of him couldn't help but show a touch of envy on his face.

Because everyone knows that the Church has always been lenient in its judgment of its own people, and there are few cases of severe punishment......

"After a while, when the bishop's priesthood recommendation is feedback, you will become an assistant deacon, so that no matter which department you are assigned to, you will have a standard welfare package,"

The young deacon's words were not over yet, and the more he spoke, the more sour the blonde boy's mouth grew.

"These include the extraordinary skills of an assistant deacon, including the receipt of two basic bottles of holy water zero per month from the parish church in which they are located, including the distribution to a house near the church, including two sets of basic deacon clothing and utensils per year, and a holy relic to be able to call for help from a nearby church in case of crisis,"

If nothing else, you will also receive a priesthood plough and the corresponding tithing income, which we call the holy sang, depending on the situation...... I don't know much about the rest, and I'll have to wait until the Bishop operates. ”

At this point, the young deacon shifted his words, "Of course, these are nothing compared to what you earn from business, but I must say that this is the greatest benefit that an assistant deacon can get." ”

Bernie nodded in understanding.

In fact, these are not less.

Not to mention anything else, the mere fact that you can receive two bottles of Holy Water Zero every month is enough for a person to live a prosperous life.

According to the price of the northern part of the Pharos Kingdom, a bottle of the most basic zero holy water can be exchanged for about 4 ancient empire gold coins, or 6 rose gold coins issued by the Pharos Kingdom.

It doesn't sound intuitive, but on the northern side of the Pharos Kingdom, a sturdy ploughing ox used for farming is only worth less than 40 ancient empire gold coins.

It is equivalent to saying that simply receiving holy water can be exchanged for a cow as long as he serves for five months.

A cow may not sound like much, but in fact, a cow is already very valuable in this world.

In slavery Newcastle, an untrained slave boy aged 7-8 is not worth the price of a cow,

If you can bargain, a cow can even be exchanged for two little boys.

If you convert that to an untrained 10-year-old female slave, you can get almost one cow.

It is equivalent to saying that after joining the church and serving as a priest, just reselling holy water every year can be exchanged for two "wives" and surplus.

This is only the most basic benefit of the assistant deacon level, and many other things after joining the church, such as the learning of supernatural abilities, are worth much more than holy water......

In the woods of birds and flowers, the words of the young deacon Tracy continued.

After talking about welfare, he began to talk about the various departments corresponding to a diocese, as well as the general information of the diocese.

provoked the blonde boy on the side to be speechless.

If you listen only to the young deacons, you still think that the working atmosphere and development after joining the church is a very easy thing.

But what is the truth?

As long as you know a little about the situation within the Covenant Church, you can know a very cruel phenomenon, that is, there is a scarcity of positions in the church, but the group of monks who want to serve is very large, and most of them have difficulty even getting started!

The reason is simple, only by entering the church and serving in the priesthood can ordinary people learn true supernatural power.

In a sense, the Covenant Church is a religious empire, and the monks in the monasteries are the most basic people in this religious empire.

Compared to the secular commoners outside the monasteries, the lives of these "subjects of the Empire" are certainly very enviable, but in fact they are still the lowest people in the entire Empire.

To take the leap to become a clergyman, they need a strong background and opportunities.

A monk can choose to leave the monastery and step into the world, but without a backer in the church, an ordinary monk cannot become a full-fledged clergyman from the beginning.

Monks who have no background but choose to leave the convent can only be hired by churches around the country as temporary workers with no welfare benefits and only a fixed salary.

Or go to some aristocratic castle to work as a private tutor or even a private priest or something to earn living expenses.

After slowly boiling through this for ten or twenty years, when the qualifications come out and the connections are established, it is naturally possible to be admitted to the church and take on a formal priesthood.

Or if you get the appreciation of any bishop during this period, you will also have the opportunity to enter the church.

But such a person who joins the church, or most of the grassroots members who join the church, do not have a land to speak of after joining the church.

Some of those who are particularly valued will be given a small plot of land and corresponding tithes after joining the church.

In other words, this kind of land asset, which is a lifelong benefit once distributed, is very popular even among church insiders.

Because of the cultivation of transcendent beings, money is used in many places.

However, according to Elinor's observations, these things, which were fought over by ordinary people and even worked hard for a lifetime, seemed to be sent by people before Bernie could ask for them......

And that's not all.

Listening to this, Bernie is destined to grow well in the church in the future.

That's even more incredible -

What the Covenant Church's talent selection mechanism represents is that every clergyman has a corresponding backer and background behind them.

However, there could not be too many vacancies in the church.

In other words, after a position is vacant, there will be many people, or many forces vying for it.

But there is often only one winner.

Background, achievements, brains and abilities, and even chance and luck......

These are indispensable for growing in churches where there is a lot of infighting.

Eleanor didn't even consciously think of his big brother because of this.

His eldest brother had been sent to a nearby seminary when he was very young, and was now in his twenties, but he was not yet old enough to graduate.

If you want to become a clergyman in the future, you will probably have to put most of your family fortune into the pocket of a bishop.

And if he wants to go further in the church, according to his father, Viscount Sinclair, it is basically hopeless unless it is a pie in the sky and a big friend has made in his brain......

So what exactly is Bernie?

The blonde boy couldn't help but think of this question at the end.

In other words, since the investigation team arrived at their home, he has never stopped speculating about Bernie's identity.

By observing each other's habits, accents, and clothing, he could understand that this was not a native of the Land of Radiance.

But how would an outsider be treated like that?

He expressed skepticism.

In the perception of normal people in the Pharos Kingdom, outsiders are basically a group of heretics.

And in Pharos, and even in the entire Land of Radiance, the lives of heretics do not count at all, and there will be no legal responsibility for the lords, or even civilians, to kill them casually, let alone have heretics receive preferential treatment.

Of course, it seems that Bernie is now baptized and not a heretic.

But he used to be......

"Maybe the forces behind him can facilitate the church's mission on the other continent?"

While he was thinking wildly, a sentence suddenly came from the blonde boy's ear, "Eleanor, follow the stream on the left, where will you go?" ”

The voice came from the mouth of the one he was pondering, and Eleanor did not dare to slack off when he heard this, and looked sideways at the direction of the other party, and then replied: "There is a village called Maurier over there, which is relatively small, with only about ten families. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the other person's expression and saw that this one seemed to be thinking about something.

"What's wrong?" The young deacon on the side saw this and asked.

"I'm not so sure,"

Bernie replied, "But I feel like we might be able to get something out of that." ”

These words made the two of them a little confused, but then the young deacon Tracy thought of the special features of the gods, so his mind moved,

"Okay, let's go there first, and if we get the right opportunity, we can also let you perform transcendent rituals by the way."