Noon and dinner are indeed delicious, compared to the time of the big Mass, and judging from the faint aroma, it seems that there is about to have a supper, but these are obviously exchanged for life, and when they finish the teachings of the ancient tree scripture, I am afraid that the moment when the three of them die. It would be very relieving to be able to pull a few old ladies to pull the backs, and Jim fantasized about the tragic death of some of the most vicious old ladies, but shook his head, knowing that it was impossible. When I think about the part about preaching in the ancient tree scriptures, it is also merit to explain the scriptures to others, and I feel three parts of relief and three parts of anxiety in my heart, but I don't know if these merits are enough to avoid hell.

After supper, the three teenagers lived in this semi-basement with a guard, and because they had changed into winter clothes and received a quilt, in terms of food and clothing, it was very different from last night.

The next day, as usual, it was a scripture explanation, different from yesterday, outside of the scriptures, Lord Jiao Ming's attention shifted to history and celebrations, and at this point, the little girl in Baiyang seemed to finally realize that the situation was wrong, and vaguely mentioned to Jim the twentieth paragraph of the fifth chapter of the ancient tree scripture. Jim suddenly sweated on his forehead, for fear that Butterfly would be curious to turn there, because it was the part of the 'Crime and Redemption' about spying on the enemy's intelligence to gain merit, and at the end of the verse it is said that if the information is conclusive and it brings a heavy blow to the enemy, the merit is worth half of the holy war, that is, half of the body is buried in the gate of heaven.

He turned his head as casually as he could, glaring at Bai Yang not to act rashly, but his tone remained unchanged at all, answering the question about the 'God's Pet Beast' just now, a wild animal that had attacked the northeastern border of the Ifusen Theocracy many times in history. “...... Quadruped wings, or bipedal wings, have a head and a tail. The body length is four to six people tall, the wingspan is three to five people tall, and if squatting, one and a half or two people tall. ......”

"Can you draw it?" interrupted the maid, "or is there a statue of this thing in the city?"

"I'll give it a try. Jim frowned and recalled what he had seen in his memory, took the pen and paper, and said as he painted: "Statues and large murals are only treated by the apostles of the gods, but not by the gods' pet beasts." This is what I saw in the sky when I was eight years old, and here and here it glows, it seems to be pale pink. ”

Finally, Jim pointed to the place on the stick figure that appeared to be a wing or flesh wing membrane, and made additional explanations.

"I remember it was red. Xiaoshan rarely retorted.

"It's a faint white light, but it's just that it's sunset and there are red clouds in the sky, and you see it as pink or red. Bai Yang nudged Xiaoshan, and then asked Master Jiao Ming, "I also remember, can you draw it?"

Dieda simply translated, and after being approved, Bai Yang got a new piece of white paper and drew it with a brush. Although the lines are simple and the proportions are slightly unbalanced, they are still much stronger than Jim's paintings, and even depict the form of the 'God's Pet Beast' very vividly. Jim and Xiaoshan nodded their heads again and again, but to people's surprise, the more Jiao Ming's eyes widened the more he looked at it, and finally blurted out a single note: 'long?'

Immediately after that, Butterfly translated into a bunch of marginal questions, such as whether this thing would spit fire, lightning, frost, or poisonous gas, whether it liked shiny things or beautiful princesses, whether ordinary people and animals would feel afraid of their legs when they saw it, and so on.

Jim scratched his hair and explained, "That god's pet beast was just flying high in the sky, so we don't know what you're asking. However, it is rumored that it can spit out explosive fireballs, with fish-like scales on its body, and no sharp horns on its forehead, as for the fear ......" He and his two friends looked at each other, both shook their heads, and continued: "At least I didn't feel it at the time, and I have never heard of such a thing, and I have never heard of the God's pet beast capturing humans." ”

"So is it taboo to hunt and kill criminals?" Butterfly translated.

"No, no, no!" Jim hurriedly waved his hands: "It is against the teachings of the ancient tree to hunt and kill wild beasts at will, and only when wild beasts attack domestic animals or people, they can only be killed." And if the pet beast of God steals and eats domestic animals, it cannot do it, but only needs to report it to the church to get some compensation. ”

After listening to the translation, Lord Jiao Ming shrugged, muttered something, and asked rhetorically.

"What if it eats people?" asked Butterfly.

"God's pet beast is spiritual and does not eat devout believers. ”

Lord Jiao Ming burst out laughing after hearing this, and said a few words, and Dieda also had a sudden expression.

"Excuse me, what's the problem?" Jim could tell it was a mockery, and he couldn't think of where the joke was, but he was keenly aware of what was important.

"Just label the person who is being eaten as ungodly, and all the troubles will be solved. ”

After death, before entering heaven and hell, people will face God's judgment and of course prove their innocence. Jim argued, and Bai Yang on the side also tried to nod his head in agreement. But after not wanting to translate, Master Jiao Ming suddenly laughed, first covered his stomach and rolled, then knelt and pounded the ground, tears flowed out.

Jim frowned, always feeling insulted, and felt that a crack somewhere in his heart had widened, but before he could think clearly, he heard Dieda's explanation: "Mr. Jiao Ming said that the world does not exist after death. His heart jumped violently, but he didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly hugged Bai Yang, who was about to rush forward desperately.

"You heretic, you dare to disobey the scriptures in the ancient tree scriptures, the sin is unforgivable!" Although Bai Yang was hugged by the waist, he stretched out his claws and kicked his feet, and his face was also flushed, and after he finished yelling, he shouted to Jim: "They are infidels! This is a holy war! Why are you stopping me?"

"Holy war, where is the holy war?" Xiao Yamamoto was surprised by Bai Yang's actions, but when he heard the key words, he looked around blankly.

Even if there is no need for a translator, the performance of the three children can be understood by a discerning person. Sure enough, Master Jiao Ming's laughter was even wilder, and he was even out of breath, making people wonder if he would die of laughter on the spot the next moment. Butterfly looked left and right, at a loss, the strong man sitting in the corner raised his head, blinked twice, sleepy eyes, and continued to nap.

Then Bai Yang was tied up and gagged again, and Xiaoshan was also tied up at Jim's suggestion, after all, he couldn't tell when this fool would figure out something. After waiting for Master Jiao Ming to stop laughing, Jim asked, "How do you know that the world does not exist after death?"

Master Jiao Ming said that he was in a good mood and was willing to talk to you. As she listened, she continued in a very slow voice, "What is your definition of existence or non-existence?"

Jim frowned and thought about it, but shook his head. This question is too strange and difficult for Jim, who has only recited one ancient tree scripture despite his early wisdom, and he barely understands the meaning of the question, and it is difficult to think about it.

"There is a definition that when something A is unable to have any effect on another thing B in any way, A can be said to have no existence with B. According to this theory, as long as the dead or the dead cannot jump up and affect the real life of the living, then the afterlife of course does not exist for the living. And the ancient tree scriptures depict heaven so beautifully, but there are people who have gone to heaven to preach this to everyone? In the face of the doubts of the world, is there not a Holy Spirit who is selflessly willing to give up the eternal beauty to prove the existence of heaven?"

This kind of mysterious and mysterious thing that makes people's heads short-circuit due to idling is already difficult, and after two translations, it is even more foggy, and Master Jiao Ming is obviously aware of this problem, the definition is not clear at first, but the subsequent example makes Jim stunned. Hell represents punishment and will not let people go, but heaven is beautiful and free, but there is not a single devout believer who returns home to give good tidings. But then I thought of some dreams that the old lady mentioned when she was gossiping, and asked:

"Isn't it a testament to heaven that relatives trust their dreams?"

"Dreaming is just dreaming, and nothing can be proven. If not, even if they dream that their dead relatives are in heaven, they are really in heaven? The essence of a thing that is punctual and inaccurate is that it will never be allowed, and in a few cases, it is just a blind cat encountering a dead mouse, and some people just grasp the advantages of themselves and hypnotize themselves, firmly believing in it, is it not ridiculous. ”

When Jim listened, he felt a mess in his head, and he couldn't understand anything, let alone look for logical loopholes to ask or refute.

"So that's the end of these things for now, let's get down to business. After a short period of coldness, Butterfly clapped her hands and brought the topic back. First, he continued to ask about the part of the doctrine about the 'pet beast of the gods', and then asked about the specific process of the celebration the day after tomorrow. Jim's heart skipped a beat, and he said that he still knew everything, and finally confessed that although he knew only a limited amount, he knew which one in the slums knew the most about the celebration and was the most afraid of death, and he only hoped that such a dedicated cooperation could be exchanged for a trace of mercy.

After hearing this, Lord Jiao Ming was obviously very interested, and spat out a word in the Ivusian language with a strange accent: "Say!"

"After saying that, can the three of us live and leave with a lot of parts?" Jim said in as soft a tone as he could, so that it sounded not a quid pro quo, but a humble plea.

"Mr. Jiao Ming said that he likes you very much, and there is a better plan. ”

......

Soon, under the guidance of Jim, an old man was tied to the basement, and after a little pain, he told all the experiences of the five major festivals he participated in from the age of eight to the age of fifty-five. And years of life experience also made the old man know that he could not survive, and he only wanted a full meal, of course, it would be better if there was meat and grapes. Lord Jiao Ming sneered, and a word popped out in a mocking tone: "Woman?"

"I'm old, I can't play anymore, of course, if I can, it's good to just touch it. ”

Soon the old man's dying wishes were fulfilled one by one, and without waiting for others to do anything, he lay on the woman's belly and died. Jim watched this scene with mixed feelings, first of all, there is no doubt that this old rascal would not die without himself, but on the contrary, these pleasures are also unattainable for the rest of his limited life. Secondly, it is a pity that I did not ask the old rascal what he thought about the doctrinal scriptures, and it was obvious that helping the enemy in this way would lead to eternal fire in hell, but before he died, he showed no fear at all, and only pleasure and serenity in his eyes.

Thinking back to the question of the existence of the afterlife, my brain suddenly dizzy, shook my head, and remembered that because of these helps, it seemed that not only escaped with my life, but also became a member of the infidels, and my brain was not only dizzy, but also throbbed. With a silent sigh, Jim habitually saluted the corpse in the same way that the teachings of the devout were to be buried, and then turned away.

And then, from Butterfly's mouth, Jim learns the purpose of several people who infiltrated Grace City: the holy relics recovered from the war. This wasn't surprising at all, but what surprised Jim was a different story about the relics, different from the ghetto gossip.

This relic was originally a silver ring, and the Cult of God had been studying for many years and found nothing, so it was neglected to manage it, but it was stolen by a fanatical magic researcher, and he ran to the mountains of the three major forces in the center of the continent to build a mage tower, and finally made progress. That is to establish a soul connection between the silver ring and Lord Jiao Ming, and open up some functions.

But for some reason, the Ifusen Theocracy sensed the whereabouts of the silver ring and sent heavy troops to pursue it. As soon as the powerhouse of the Nine Rings moved, the people and stars in the sky followed, and of course the other two major forces could not be ignored, although it was a three-regardless zone, at least they also sent someone over to see what the situation was. In this way, nearly ten nine-ring powerhouses of the three major forces easily took off the mage tower of the stolen relic, and returned to their respective homes after dividing the stolen goods, and the Ifusen Theocracy, who did not find the holy relic, insisted that the silver ring fell on the side of the kingdom union, and asked for the holy relic at the border of Chen Bing. But the United Kingdom side is inexplicable, and I am not interested in religious relics or anything, I just thought it was the whispering of a madman, and the chicken and duck said a few words and started to fight directly.

And Lord Jiao Ming was grateful for the innocent casualties in the war, and he was uneasy, so he took the initiative to abandon the holy relics in front of the camp in the army, so that the theocracy could achieve its goal and collect troops and completely quell the war.

"And then infiltrate the City of Divine Grace and steal the relics?"

Dieda nodded and explained: "The sacred relics that the Ifusen Theocracy has not studied for hundreds of years, in fact, if you think about it carefully, you will understand that this is simply an excuse to cover people's ears. The essence is just a coincidence, it looks strange but can't understand it, so it hangs the name of the holy relic and shelves it. After discovering the theft this time, it was actually researched by others, and this is why it was taken seriously. ”

In other words...... Reasonable. Jim struggled for a moment, and had to admit that if all this nonsense was true, he could only come to this conclusion.

"And the task of the day after tomorrow is also very simple, as long as Lord Jiao Ming is escorted to within five hundred meters of the holy relics, a stable spatial passage can be established to store the holy relics, and then they will be silently teleported away. Butterfly said the plan.

Confirming that 500 meters was about 300 people tall, Jim nodded, realizing that it wasn't easy. At the ceremony, of course, the spoils of war should be shown to the believers, the most important of which is undoubtedly the fundamental purpose of the war: holy relics, and the three hundred positions are the distance that only high-level believers can approach, and they must go through a certain amount of camouflage and basic etiquette knowledge before they can be mixed in, which is where the value of one's own body lies.