Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Emergence of the Strange Church
Before you know it, three months have passed since the punk arrived in Dorez City, and the green season has passed, and the people of the Feron plane are about to usher in the next season that symbolizes growth and anticipation - the evergreen season of the six seasons of the year.
For most farmers who work as a farmer, the evergreen season is arguably the most leisurely of the six seasons, when they don't have to be busy planting rice in the fields or worrying about too hot or too cold weather. As long as you take care of the seedlings early and eradicate some of the wild grasses, you can have a lot of time to enjoy the rare entertainment. For most ordinary people at the bottom who live on the plane of Faeron, any leisure time is hard-won.
The Bard's singing was always the most popular among the townspeople of Nialand, a remote town where most of them would never have the chance to leave the confines of Dolez in their lifetime, and who toiled for a few copper coins that were not despised by nobles and professionals from the moment they could walk, enduring poverty and oppression by the nobility until the end of their lives.
In an age when communication was largely based on roaring, the bard's poetry was almost the only way for them to learn about the "outside world", and even the old man who had experienced the vicissitudes of life had a longing for the legendary heroes and epics in his heart, so whenever he had a little time, the townspeople of the small town of Nielan would choose to go to the square or tavern to listen to the bards singing.
When they heard that they were happy, most of the generous people did not hesitate to give a copper coin or two to the bard.
Today, on the first day of the evergreen season, the square illuminated by the glow of Mira and Chikazar was scattered around the townspeople, all listening intently to the young bard on the stage singing the story of the "heroes"!
In fact, the number of "onlookers" is a bit abnormal now, because the number is too small.
The reason for this unusual decline in numbers is the recent emergence of a religious organization called the Church of Tishachar in the town. They have been preaching and organizing rallies lately, and many of the young townspeople are curious about it!
This sect, which seems to have emerged overnight, has a terrifying spreading power, and most people who are "invited" to their mysterious church and drink a glass of mysterious "divine water" will become extremely devout to the so-called "goddess Tishachar".
Although most of the ordinary people in the Faeron Plane would worship one or two gods as a source of comfort, and there were usually some churches of weak gods preaching everywhere from time to time!
It's a pity that even if they are uneasy, they have no other countermeasures than to close the doors and windows tightly!
Today, the third day of the "Church of Tishachar" large-scale missionary operation, some of the people who rushed to the square to find Dichido were also pestered by the missionaries of this church.
"I'm sorry, I have some urgent matters and can't listen to your sermons for the time being, and your behavior of standing directly in the middle of the road like this will cause inconvenience to the passage of cars and horses"!
A strangely dressed missionary stopped Bilan, who was walking briskly, and although Bilan was very displeased with his behavior, the kind girl politely admonished him for stopping in the middle of the road.
However, the middle-aged missionary with a sluggish expression completely ignored Bilan's opinion, and saw him take out a crumpled paper and sing loudly in front of Bilan's "supreme power" of the "true god of Tirachar".
"Poor bewildered man, why have you not yet awakened from the deep darkness, the only true God has come, and it is the glory of your life to be able to offer devout faith in this great deity now............"
"I'm sorry, I'm really in a hurry, can you please let me know?"
Seeing that this demeanor and words were all strictly blocked by abnormal missionaries, Bi Lan couldn't help frowning, now that most of the morning time has passed, and in a while Dichido's singing will be over, and Bi Lan, who does not know any prophetic spells, will not be able to find Dikido.
"Lost Lamb, this is a gift from our Lord, why don't you open your arms and embrace true salvation"?
"Yes, believe in the only true God, Tishachar, I can guarantee that you can really be redeemed, and I have been redeemed by the gift of Tishachar"!
I don't know when, a believer of the "Church of Tishachar" wearing the same robe also came to Bilan's side, this young man did not have the same strange and dull eyes as the missionary at the beginning, but his eyes were full of a crazy fanaticism, the pupils in his eyes were constantly shaking and changing, and the muscles on his face were even more tangled and hideous, and there was no trace of the so-called "redemption" sacredness!
Bi Lan took a step back in some horror, as a mage, of course she didn't have a good impression of gods or anything, so from the beginning she just wanted to find an excuse to shirk like she did with the missionaries who came to her door before, usually in this case, most missionaries would not be too entangled, but these two weird missionaries were obviously not willing to give up like that!
"Do you not fear falling into eternal darkness when you despise the gifts of the goddess Tishachar, evil creatures, that you are giving up the only salvation that is before you, and that a terrible calamity is about to come?"
"That's right, the great god has come, and we, the lowly lambs, must offer our faith to the one and only goddess"!
As if they had discovered Bilan's reluctance to join the religion, the two missionaries began to become angry, and they approached Bilan together, and the young missionary even clenched his fists and roared loudly at Bilan's pale face.
"Okay, okay, okay if I joined............
In the face of these two crazy missionaries, Bi Lan felt that it was better to compromise for the time being, otherwise these two people would probably not let her go, and she would not have time to continue arguing with the two guys whose brains were burned by faith!
"Take this"!
The older missionary calmed down when he heard that Birn had agreed to join the church, and he took out a badge carved with a spider pattern and forced it into Bran's hand.
"Take the gift of the goddess, remember to come to the square in the evening to participate in prayer, this is your only chance to be redeemed, let us offer our faith for the advent of the goddess Tishachar............"
Biran didn't listen to the rest of the story, she casually put the badge in the pocket of her robe, and hurried around the young missionary who kept looking at her with bloodshot eyes.
"Diquito's singing is almost over............"
Thinking of this, Bi Lan trotted anxiously!
At the same time, in the small towns near the city of Doraise, the same scene is blatantly seen in many streets, where mad preachers in gray-and-red robes stop pedestrians, blocking the path of pedestrians if they do not explicitly declare their membership in the "Tishachar" church and receive the badge, and then shout loudly about the "heinous" sins of pedestrians.
An eerie atmosphere slowly enveloped the entire city of Doraez, and even the weather responded to the atmosphere as if it were gloomy.
In the city of Dorez, many professionals who did not want to get involved in the question of faith left the city.
Most of the nobles were still drinking and drinking because of the arrival of the first day of the evergreen season, and the townspeople only regarded these missionaries as fanatics they had met "by chance"!
Bahanger, the official dwarven warrior of Dorez City, was carefully forging the precious metal raw materials he had obtained "by accident", so he didn't bother to pay attention to the missionary game of "children playing house".
Punk has gone into the lush forest to explore the spider caverns, and although he has some doubts about this "church of Tishachar", it does no harm in a troubled city of Dorez to "collect" low-level professionals as "experimental materials".
Moreover............ The trouble is big, no matter how many people die in Dorez City, that's also a matter of Dylan's Kingdom, and Punk doesn't have the heart to care about it............
Thus, the plans of the church in Tishahar were ignored by everyone, consciously or unconsciously!