Almost simultaneously, in the Kingdom of Keldi. Kaidore City

The main attraction of the city is a huge stone building that stands majestically, which is the temple of the god of light and one of the largest seminaries in the kingdom.

Three thousand white marble pillars surround the temple, and the snow-white stone pillars are carved with various motifs, including angels, sacred scriptures, and stories that sing the praises of the gods, as well as the sages and heroes of the past.

At the heart of the temple was a space under a large dome, and on the sacred altar, a golden light floated in the air from top to bottom, and three hundred students were kneeling on the ground, following an old man in prayer.

The seminary itself is a large temple, and outside, there is a church for ordinary believers to pray, and the power of faith is strong, so that the entire temple is filled with divine power, and the natural effect of practicing in such an environment is completely different.

The seminary is divided into five years, and the new priests and apprentices, in the first year of the college, are mainly in the habit of three formal prayers, and there is a considerable heavy course of study—mainly the study of the canons and canons.

Generally speaking, in the second year, the priest and apprentice will establish a connection with God, and it will be strengthened, so that from the second year, they will study theology, as well as religious psychology, history, and histology.

In the third and fourth years, according to the progress of the pastor's study, he began to teach demonology and pseudo-theology in different specialties, so as to better complete the work of promoting God's faith and cracking down on other false gods.

"If you had made a wish to me, you would have obtained it now, saith the Lord Almighty."

The sound of neat prayers, with mental fluctuations, reverberated back and forth with the divine light on the altar. From time to time, white light flashed in the air, and the divine aura filled the hall.

After the prayer is over, the homework is done, and Cliff. Reading got up from the ground, saluted the old man, and walked straight outside.

"Cliff. Let's change our clothes and go have a drink with me! His friend Frannor caught up and said.

"What, you're rich again today?"

"Yes, my father sent me twenty-five silver lakes today. That's enough for us to go for a good meal this month. ”

So the two changed their clothes in the seminary dormitory, and stopped at a very old hotel not far away, with moss growing in the cracks in the rocks of the fence and a few oak trees planted nearby.

The two asked for a loaf of bread, some wine, and a roasted partridge, and the food came up with not much. The two young men began to gobble it up.

"Is that them?" Upstairs, in a dark corner, the two men were observed, where the holes had been drilled.

"Yes. My lord, we have chosen according to your will, Cliff. Reading is the right person to do so. ”

"Oh, let's hear it."

"Yes, my lord, Cliff. Reading was born in the Barony of Stryri in Senyamanshire...... His parents were both freedmen with small plots of land. ”

"Peasants? How did he become a seminary student? Someone asked in surprise that the freedmen of a small plot of land were far from the priestly class.

"Yes. It is said that he was sponsored by the lord Baron Stepri, and it is clear that he was the illegitimate son of the baron, and his nominal father, named Lut, treated him very badly, and often beat him, even fifteen times with a horsewhip. ”

"At the age of fifteen. Young him. Under the patronage of the baron, he attended a local school at the time. But the baron gave the land money only once, and in order to support him in the future, he had to go home to get it, and his father Lout hated him for his education, and refused to pay him tuition, so he had to go to the streets from time to time to beg. ”

How did he get into seminary? What do we need in terms of character? ”

"My lord, it is said that he had an opportunity to help an old priest, you know, the priest was unable to increase his life for himself, or even completely remove his own sickness, and after that, the old priest recommended him to enter the seminary."

"At the seminary, he was already very disappointed and hated by the extravagance of the clergy, but he was very devout in his belief in the god of light, and the two had formed a sharp conflict, and in character he was short-tempered, easily angry, but also prone to self-indulgence, born in the slums, rough and violent, easily going to extremes, and very stubborn, and not listening to men."

"This kind of personality attracts several friends with similar backgrounds, but it is rejected by most of the priest's apprentices."

"Well, with ideals, devout faith, with the flame of anger, stubborn and violent character, lacking self-control, very good, very good, this is the person we need." Listening to this, the host said with great satisfaction: "Then, let's arrange the plan, the local people who perform on the stage don't have any power attributes!" ”

"My lord, it's the earth, there is no power attribute, they are all performing in their true colors."

"Very well, let's see his understanding." In the dark, it was this sentence that came to an end.

Below, the two were not out of seminary, but were already Level 1 priests, still drinking cheap wine, eating bread, and sharing a roasted partridge.

"How about you, how about you go to be a tutor, how is the treatment?" Cliff asked his friend Franno.

"It's not bad, that man is a knight, and he asked me to teach his son, and of course, he will invite me to dinner with him, but unfortunately, we have very limited divine skills now, and besides, we have to complete the task for the seminary."

Now two people, at most, have two or three divine spells a day, and they have to make holy water and healing potions for the seminary every day, which is beautiful and familiar with the schoolwork, and also makes it impossible for many students to use divine magic for profit.

"Oh, it seems that your new patron is very polite, and you can save a lot of money." Although the priesthood was extravagant, the seminary students were very poor, and it is said that it was to exercise the will of the students and to devise their faith.

"Oh, yes, I still have two years left, but I heard that you are almost going to intern, and if you do an internship in the fifth year, you will have the treatment that the church gives." Franno comforted him.

Cliff shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Although I am already a first-class priest, I may be sent to become an associate priest of a country altar, and you know that I may survive for many years in this position." ”

The promotion of a pastor is not only based on personal piety, but also on the promotion of God's cause, so if you don't get the opportunity to use your talents, it is very normal to stay in the position of associate pastor of the country altar for a few years before being promoted to a second-class pastor.

"Yes, if there is a large amount of money to bribe, maybe as soon as it comes out, we can arrange to go to the bishop's side to learn how to preside over the church, and in a few years, we can decentralize the presiding over an altar, so that both the priesthood and our holy products will be rapidly improved, what a envy!"

"Oh, is it really money that determines one's standing before God? It's also so unfair. Cliff was already full of anger when he thought that the priest who was with him might make rapid progress in a few years because he presided over an altar or even a shrine, and that he could only be in the village for ten or twenty years, barely becoming a priest of the third or fourth level.

"Shhhhh Although it is impossible for God to care about everything, only to be concerned with piety to it, and basically does not affect the charism, the church also controls the future of the pastor.

To be able to become a pastor, you have a certain amount of piety, but to grow, you must spread God and glorify God, and the opportunity to spread God and glorify God is in the hands of the church.

Listening to his friend's kind advice, Cliff snorted coldly, but kept his mouth shut, just attacking for the last bit of food.

Just then, the door opened, and the two men entered, and after a glance, they saw that there were not many tables inside, only two of them dressed in ordinary clothes and some more empty seats.

So I sat down.

Cliff glanced at it, and realized that it were two merchants, and immediately became unhappy.

Especially when the two of them are rich and full of dishes, when the roast mutton and so on are served, it seems that the dishes of the two priests are very shabby.

"Hemea, you've made a lot of money this time!" One of the merchants said earnestly.

"Yes, this shipment of flour to Reesshire has already made a lot of money, do you know how many times it has been doubled? Triple that! The merchant said triumphantly.

Hearing this, Cliff was furious—of course he knew that there was a drought in Reese County, and there was no food harvest.

In such a situation, the two merchants, still making their fortunes in calamity, were so proud that he was reminded of the words of the Holy Scriptures, and he could not help saying, "Behold, those who have wealth on earth want to enter the kingdom of heaven, and the way is less than a needle." ”