4. Tarrens, the High Priest

Goddess of Suffering?

There is a very headache situation in the world of Fein, from the first elves to build civilization and give birth to the first batch of modern gods, it has a history of at least millions of years. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoIn the Quaternary Period, which is only a little more than a thousand years old, the changes of the gods were already a mess. The fallen, the hidden, or the very small deities are hard to figure out.

Richie only remembered that there was a Lady of Pain, a goddess of abuse, and a god of suffering, but he had never heard of the goddess of suffering.

"Amma, the goddess of suffering, is a good god who appeared in the Third Age, and her teachings are to taste suffering and gain strength in it to save herself and others. ā€

Her divine name was once heard throughout Finn, all the way to the Fourth Age. But nearly a thousand years ago, Her Majesty Amma unfortunately fell in the Divine War, and her priesthood was divided among many gods. ā€

The old man's intermittent narration made Li Qi breathe, what is the origin of this guy, so clear about the changes of the gods?

"My name is Campbell Tarrens, and I turned out to be the High Priestess of Lady Pain......"

The old man said that the old man had come out, and Richie shrank his neck, and Sardar drew his sword sonorously, and then made a clattering sound of teeth.

Ms. Pain is not a small name, not because of how powerful she is, but because her teachings are very strange: pain is the true meaning of life, so it is necessary to devote a limited life to infinite self-abuse, and finally end her life in a battle or event worthy of boasting, with extreme cruelty, so that the witnesses will never forget the pain, and only then can you achieve the fullness of life.

Her followers are known for their penances and have created all sorts of really cool methods of suicide, which are forbidden to public in most places. However, because the output of professionals is not afraid of danger and low cost, it is deeply loved by mercenaries and adventure industries.

However, it was not the Lady of Pain that scared Litch and Sardar a lot, but the old man's self-reported title.

Finn's extraordinary strength is divided into ten levels, and Li Qi's apprentice knight has not yet started, so it can only be counted as level zero. Levels 1 to 3 are commonly known as strong, levels 4 to 6 are heroes, levels 7 to 9 are legends, and levels 10 are demigods. Powers above level 10 are not contained in the main material plane, but belong to the realm of gods.

The High Priest is a very noble rank in the church, and no matter which church it is, it will not be awarded to someone who has not even reached the hero level, which means that the strength of this old man is at least above the fourth level.

Sadar, the strongest man in the viscounty's domain, is only second-class, and his profession is still a knight second only to warriors in the rotten street index. Based on Richie's superficial understanding of the criteria for dividing the ranks of extraordinary strength, an old man can fight a hundred Sardars.

Seeing their reaction, the old man sighed: "I said, it turned out to be ......."

He pulled out a piece of something half the size of a palm and handed it to Sardar, who in turn handed it to Rich.

It looks like an animal's bones, and at an angle to the light at the hint of the old man, you can see a special pattern composed of complex lines.

The old man said, "This is a rune used by the high priests, and it is engraved with the emblem of the Lady of Pain. It's a pity that I've been out of the church and can't inspire it anymore, eh...... It is made of the skulls of the martyrs of the Church. ā€

Li Qi's hand shook and he almost threw the thing in the old man's face.

He forced himself to put the skull on the table, coughed twice, nodded and said, "Then you continue, be brief." ā€

The story of Tarence is not complicated, the original High Priest of Lady Pain, who witnessed the entire church indulged in the art of death and could not extricate himself, and the disciples he carefully cultivated died one by one worthless and even hilarious, and he gradually became suspicious of Lady Pain's teachings.

In the secret texts of the church, he discovers that the original belief of the Lady of Pain comes from the goddess of suffering thousands of years ago, so he leaves the church to find the footprints of the goddess of suffering, trying to understand the true meaning of "pain".

Fini was discovered by him while searching for the goddess of suffering's artifact, but what puzzled him was that this little girl who was related to the goddess of suffering was a witch.

The old man sighed: "I have lost the favor of the Lady of Pain, and the Goddess of Suffering has not awakened, and now I am a waste." ā€

Li Qi asked, "You said that Finney is the holy daughter of the goddess of suffering, what is the evidence?"

The old man's waist straightened suddenly, and his voice became much more powerful: "The divine object of the goddess of suffering still has a residual divinity, which resonates with Finney, which is evidence that the gods cannot deny!"

Li Qi spread his hands: "Then why is she also a witch at the same time? Once Finney reveals the true body of a witch, she will corrupt the extraordinary powers around her, and you know this very well, so you remind her not to cry." ā€

The old man's momentum was immediately discharged: "She is not a witch, why is this happening, maybe, it may be the conspiracy of the Lady of Pain." ā€

He hugged his head and groaned: "I don't know ......"

It seems that the old man, or a priest of the high priesthood, still doesn't know that the witch is actually a "fallen god".

Li Qi felt that maybe the old man knew, but he didn't believe it, or didn't dare to show it. Revealing the nature of the witch also reveals the true face of the gods of Fein, including the goddess of suffering he is looking for, will be denied.

"You can't deny the fact that Finny is a witch with just one mouth", Li Qi prepares to end the meeting and lock the old man in another place, so that he can "attack the witch" alone.

The old man misunderstood Rich's words: "Your Excellency, I know a lot of relics of fallen gods! Excavations are worth a lot of gold bushels! Just don't send Finney to church, and I'll tell you everything I know!"

Sardar gave Richie a wink, but Richie ignored him.

What's the use of the ruins? He is now a miserable bankrupt viscount, a weak scum who is not even a first-level scumbag, where does he have the resources and strength to excavate the ruins?

But from another point of view, the old man still has value.

"I thought about it again, it's really a pity to hand it over to the church, maybe it's really a saint?"

Li Qi changed into what he thought was the kindest expression: "The first time I saw Finney, I liked her. If you can convince her to listen to me, don't hand her over to the church, for I have one less maid by my side. ā€

A cold wave suddenly fell in the hall, and Sardar looked at Li Qi with sudden eyes, and his mouth was wide open.

Tarence burst into tears: "Your Excellency!

Li Qi was stunned, what did he say wrong just now? Every word is normal and pure?

Sardar exclaimed, "Young Master, she's a witch!"

Then he suddenly realized: "I understand, in the future, when the young master sees other young masters, he can proudly say that even witches are ......."

"Shut up!"

Li Qi gritted his teeth with hatred: "You don't understand anything!"

Then he said to Tarence: "I'm also at great risk, the church doesn't say it, I heard that witches bring evil curses." ā€

"That's all the deception of the church," Tarence said bitterly, "and the only effect is the corruption of supernatural powers, and it has no effect on ordinary people." I've been wandering with Finney for two or three years, and I've had some evil curse, can I still live until now?"

He kowtowed and said, "Your Excellency, please let her go, whatever you want, I will bear it!"

Richie shuddered......

This misunderstanding could not be solved at once, and he said casually: "Is it more terrible to be a maid than to be sent to church?"

Tarence shuddered......

Li Qizheng was surprised, the old man raised his head, and said with tears on his face: "I understand, I will persuade Fei Ni to serve Your Excellency well, please try to pity her as much as possible." ā€

Huh, how powerful is the threat of "sending to church"?

Li Qi asked curiously, "How does the church deal with witches, hang or burn?"

The old man closed his eyes: "It will be made into a living statue and purified." ā€

A living statue?

Li Qi was stunned, in this Finn world, is there also a fat man named Rogge?

"No matter which god's church it is, after catching a witch, it will use petrification to seal her body, and remove all the organs in her body, leaving only her heart. He also used divine magic to maintain her life and consciousness, and then let the high concentration of holy water circulate inside and outside her body. ā€

Every wrinkle on the old man's face and forehead was trembling, but his words were calm: "Your Excellency, you should know that mortals can't withstand too strong divine power. The high concentration of holy water is like a thick acid, which cannot harm the body, but it can burn the soul and even melt the soul a little bit. ā€

The icy cool air rose from Richie's tail bone to the top of his head, and he felt not only his hair, but every hair on his face standing up.

Contrary to the goddess's statement, this is the step for the gods to absorb divinity from the witch.

In a dry voice, Leach asked, "How long, how many hours, how many days?"

The old man shook his head slightly: "The shortest two or three years, the longest...... I've heard that in the Basilica of Light in the Holy Light of the God of Justice, Dragon, there are witches who have not been purified for more than a hundred years. ā€