Chapter 148: Father Zmin
With Lizanka's legendary strength and stealth skills, he easily collected a dozen cards and came back.
"I don't know if you want a new one or an old one, so I'll take a few of them back. ”
Lizanka threw the signs on the grass.
"What are you going to do?"
Isenus picked out a few of these signs that looked quite old, shook them in front of everyone's eyes, and said, "These signs are composed of two parts, one is the believer's own faith, and the other is the divine power of the church priest. The power of faith of the believer is injected by himself, and the believer wears the token on himself all the time, so the power of faith rarely dissipates, but the divine power of the priest is different, and it may disappear under the pollution of the outside world. ”
He took the sign and came to the side of the werewolf Paro.
The werewolf watched inexplicably as Isenus put the sign on him.
After waiting silently for two seconds, the werewolf's eyes suddenly widened, and a whining cry came out of its bound mouth.
Where the brand came into contact with the werewolf's skin, billowing black smoke came out, and a large amount of divine power was consumed in the violent conflict with the dark forces.
After a while, the original glowing brand became dull.
Isenus muttered to himself, "Sure enough, as I suspected, the dark power can quickly consume the divine power in the token, but it will not react with the power of faith. Next, we just need to take these signs to the local priest and ask the priest to redo the infusion of divine power. ”
"Question!" Lizanka raised her right hand in the air.
"Asked. ”
"Why don't we just use these brands?"
"If you can pick up the sign and use it directly, then there will be spies everywhere between believers in different churches. Isenus picked up a sign that hadn't had time to dissipate his divine power, and injected it with his fighting energy.
A hazy white mist emerged from the token under the urging of the fighting spirit, condensing a vague figure.
"See, while injecting divine power, the priest will also describe your appearance, so the token can't be used indiscriminately. ”
"That's it? It still doesn't convince me. Lizanka looked at Esenus suspiciously, although this method was very ingenious, but she still didn't believe that the registration order that carried out the entire country of faith was broken so strictly.
"Of course not, in the past, we had to get the identity information of these people, the certificates of others and a bunch of materials, and then go through a complicated review process to let the priest sketch a portrait for us, but the situation here is very special. ”
Isenus placed the sign in his hand on the werewolf again, and a large amount of black smoke rose again.
Seeing this scene, Leo had a flash of inspiration in his mind and said, "Are you trying to pretend that our identity was destroyed after fighting the dark creatures?"
"That's right. Isenas replied while carefully checking whether the divine power in the token had been completely destroyed, "According to our experience and Ente's experience, on the one hand, the church has colluded with the dark forces, and even summons stitched dark creatures, but on the other hand, it exterminates these innate dark creatures. This paradox has led me to speculate a little about the divisions within the churches, and perhaps the church will be harsh in its approach to dark creatures in local matters. ”
Ente couldn't help but nod and said, "That's right, at least the Church of Light has very strict punishment measures for the local church's ineffective response to the attack of dark creatures, and even deprives it of divine power in serious cases, and sends it to the islands in the extreme west to prevent the counterattack of the elven remnants." ”
"Then I'll be completely sure of the proof of our identity. Isenus smiled faintly and continued to paste one token after another on the werewolf who had long since passed out.
With the spring rain making no one visible on the streets of Xinshui Town, the group came to the only church in the town alone.
The little priest who was looking at the outer gate of the church in a daze saw the huge and luxurious carriage, and a spirited man stood up and ran to open the fence gate in the heavy rain.
"Is the parish priest there?" said Isennas through the carriage door, asking the young priest leading the horse in front of him.
"Of course the priest is. ”
"I saw that there were no believers inside or outside the church, and I thought that the priest was resting today. ”
"It's raining so hard these days that the priest doesn't let everyone come to church. ”
Ente was a little surprised and asked, "No one has come to worship the gods for such a long time, isn't the priest afraid that the gods will blame?"
In the eyes of the priest, taking care of the believers is the greatest help to the gods. ”
It wasn't the same as the church staff they had come into contact with. Leo glanced at Esenus with some concern, wondering if it would have any effect on his plans.
Esenus gave Leo a look back, reassuring Leo.
The little priest pushed open the wooden door of the church and ushered the crowd in.
At the end of the church, a statue of a god carved in white stone stood, and a middle-aged man in his early forties sat on a bench for believers in a plain black robe, with his hands on the back of the chair and his right leg on his left leg, looking at the statue in distraction.
"Father Zmin, someone is coming. ”
"I hear you, I'm a little older, but I can't even hear you push the door. The priest folded his head back and pressed it against the back of his chair.
"There are a lot of people. The priest sighed, got up from his chair, and stretched wide.
The priest made a greeting that is common to the church and said, "Hello, I am the parish priest Zmin under the command of the god of fraternity, I wonder which god you are all believers?"
"We believe in the goddess of courage and the goddess of the night. Esenas flashed the badge in his hand.
"O goddess of the night, her followers are not having a good time, and it is not easy for the believers of your two churches to come together. The priest shook his head.
The Goddess of the Night is an awkward deity in the sequence of gods, as she is in opposition to the power of the Lord of Light, who is ranked first, and is in conflict with the functions of the moon and the goddess of revenge, and is very suppressed by both churches. And the goddess of the night, which symbolizes stealth, and the god of courage who goes straight to the opposite are exactly two extremes.
"With the guidance of the gods, anything is possible. ”
The priest nodded, agreeing with Isennas's statement.
"Do you need any help when you come to the temple of the God of Love?"
"Just in need of a little generous help from the priest. The divine power information in our identity token has been accidentally destroyed, and I hope the priest can help us reactivate the token. ”
"Destruction again, is it fighting the creatures of darkness?" Father Zmin held out his hand to see the token in Isennath's hand.
"It's a werewolf. ”
The priest took the token in his hand and looked at it over and over again, injecting divine power into it in an attempt to activate the message in the token.
Soon, the priest stopped this useless action.
The divine power information in the token was completely destroyed, and only the pure power of faith and the remaining trace of darkness could be detected.
Isenus watched the priest's movements and asked, "Are there a lot of people who have suffered damage to the token these days?"
"More?" said the priest, tossing the token to Esenas and saying angrily, "I'm telling you, half of the army of dark creatures in the Water Jedi is contributed by these ignorant adventurers. ”
For these fearless adventurers who were carried away by the gold reward, Father Zmin didn't know what to say, it was these enthusiastic adventurers who doubled the pressure on his defense.
"Your tokens are pretty good, some people's tokens have been directly powdered by dark creatures, and there is no way to reactivate them. ”
The priest beckoned the crowd to join him in front of the statue.
"Do you have identification?" asked the priest.
Isenus deliberately smiled bitterly and said, "Who would have thought that such a thing would happen?
"Accommodating is accommodating, but that means I'm using my reputation and position to endorse your identity. The priest gave everyone a meaningful look, and then said, "But as I said, there are not a few people who come to me these days to activate the token, and under special circumstances, the god will also allow his priest to act willfully. ”
"I don't know what you're asking for?" asked Isennas playfully.
"It's not a difficult request, you can also see, my church is thin, except for me, there is no strength to fight the dark creatures, and I have to make sure that Xinshui Town is not attacked by the dark creatures, and the special forces that applied to the higher level church have not been able to come over, so I can only watch the dark forces outside grow and grow. ”
The priest picked up a stack of papers from the table and handed them out to the crowd.
"As long as you vouch for it, after activating the token, each person can bring back two dark creatures, and I will immediately activate the token for you. ”
Sure enough, this was all expected by Esenas.
"No problem, that's fair. Esenas stumbled and signed his name on the paper.
The priest frowned, and reminded, "I have to tell you, these agreements are signed in front of the idols of the gods, that is, they are inherently spiritual, and if you do not complete the task within the specified time, you will be punished by the gods." ”
"No matter how many you sign, it's okay, because that's what we're here for these dark creatures. Esenas replied in a powerful tone.
The priest stared at Isenas for a long time, and then his suspicious expression faded slightly, and said, "Then I wish you not to lose your own lives." ”
"Very good wishes. Isenus said with a smile.
"Take it. But let's be honest, you're the third team that wants to die, and I hope you can bring back some good news. ”
The priest took the token and began to infuse it with divine power, sketching a portrait of Isenus.
After the priest entered four pieces of information in a row, his face suddenly changed slightly.
These tokens seemed a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange, and under the reminder of his intuition, he couldn't help but slow down the speed of inputting divine power.
"What's the matter, Priest, are there too many tokens?" asked Izenus, noticing the priest's hesitation.
"It's a little too much. The priest replied casually, looking up at the group of adventurers.
Neat clothes, energetic appearance, and an attitude that doesn't care about danger.
What kind of accident could make such an adventuring party collectively lose the divine power information record in the token? A werewolf?
The priest turned his thoughts back to the tokens.
At this time, the priest discovered many of these suspicions.
Why are these tokens almost identical to the extent that they are eroded by the dark forces? Just enough not to damage the tokens and the power of faith in them, but also happen to disintegrate the divine power in them, leaving behind a trace of dark aura that can be used as proof of destroying the token's divine power.
Is it a coincidence?
The priest didn't believe that there were seven coincidences in a row in this world.
Father Zmin and Isenas met calmly.
The two looked at each other for about a minute before Isenas spoke, "Father Zmin, since you're already halfway done, why don't you finish it?"
The priest took a deep look at Isenus and said, "I don't think you're going to disobey the Word, are you?"
"Of course, divine punishment is also a very troublesome thing for us. ”
Isennas's subtle words confirmed the guess in Father Zmin's mind that this group of adventurers was not a believer in any god at all.
"Very well, you'll get your tokens soon. ”
A few minutes later, the priest stood under the statue and let out a long sigh as he looked at the departing carriage of the expedition with a complicated expression.