Samuel, the mysterious herring priest, and the rest of the crew soon arrived at Power Room 2, and the reason why they came to Power Room 2 instead of the dying Power Room 1 was that the only way to save Power Room 1 was to repair either of the two damaged power rooms before the explosion was too hot, so that the first and third power rooms could be overloaded while maintaining the basic lift. Of the two damaged power rooms, the No. 4 power room was almost completely destroyed, and only the No. 2 power room was slightly damaged and there was still hope for repair. As a result, almost all of the ship's damage management personnel are concentrated here.

He found Toft, Scheer, and Flomina and several of her already waiting outside the powerhouse.

Samuel was surprised by Flomina's appearance, and after some inquiry, he learned that if it hadn't been for the timely arrival of the eldest lady of the Anjou family and her entourage, he would have been able to write an epitaph for Toft and the others.

But why are you all waiting outside the power room door?

"One of the core components of the magic furnace was damaged, and one of the passengers was an engineer from the Dale Group who was trying to repair it, and we couldn't help it. ”

Samuel then noticed that a slightly chubby man was half-crouching on the ground, directing the magic to carefully re-engrave a slight crystal pattern, and the two engineers on board the Twilight Swordsman could only occasionally help him.

It is the main control crystal of the magic furnace, which is responsible for processing and plasticizing the magic extracted from the energy storage crystal, and then draining it to each output node. This is one of the most delicate parts of the magic furnace, once damaged, it can only be returned to the factory for repair, and it is normal for the ship's engineer to be unable to repair it, but this slightly chubby man was able to repair it on the spot.

"He seems to be an engineer at the General Research Institute of the Dale Group, and he led the design of that crystal"

This shocked Samuel.

Although the Twilight Kenner is an old ship, it was refitted two years ago and replaced with a new type of magic furnace, which was designed by the Dalew Group's general research institute. The scale of the Dale Research Institute is not large, but the technology is certainly in the top three, if not the world's first. The level of engineers who can lead the design of the magic furnace in the research institute is already very high, and while enjoying a high status, they also receive a generous salary, which can even reach ten times or more than that of ordinary engineers.

But judging from the clothes, the chubby man who was repairing the crystal did not look very well financially, and the wornness of the clothes could no longer be explained by the unkempt or informality peculiar to the Engineer.

At this time, the chubby man's maintenance of the main control crystal had reached the final stage. Previously, a corner of the main control crystal was cut off by shrapnel in the explosion, and the magic pattern engraved on it was naturally destroyed, and the magic furnace detected that the integrity of the main control crystal was damaged, and the security mechanism was immediately activated, locking the entire magic furnace. It was no longer realistic to completely repair the main control crystal, and the chubby man chose to construct a set of temporary magic patterns to allow the magic furnace to partially resume operation. At this moment, this set of magic patterns has been basically completed, and it only needs to be merged into the main circuit.

The chubby man began to feel nervous, and if the connection failed, the magic furnace was in danger of exploding on the spot. He took a deep breath and scratched the lines that connected the main circuit. Just as he finished his final stroke, the entire circuit suddenly lit up, and the magic furnace made a humming sound and resumed its operation.

The slightly chubby man finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

The crew members who had just had time to cheer immediately saw the hero who had saved the whole ship fall straight down, and after a burst of chickens and dogs, they found that the other party was just over-depleted - carving magic patterns is a very mentally draining thing after all.

Mana Furnace No. 2 has not fully recovered, and is now only running at sixty percent power, but it still greatly reduces the burden on Mana Furnaces No. 1 and No. 3. Scheer then ordered the No. 1 and No. 3 power rooms to be relieved of overload.

Soon after, there was good news, reinforcements from two other ships in the flotilla had finally arrived. The two ships were not bombed, so a large number of men were drawn to come to support. After clearing the remaining skeleton griffons from the deck, he quickly joined the damage management mission.

Several griffon knights in the fleet were all sent out to reconnoitre, and due to the disparity in numbers, it had no effect on the battle situation, and Scheer ordered all the griffon knights to avoid the battle in order to avoid unnecessary losses. Now that the battle is over, it's time for the Sky Knights to do their duty.

Samuel finally had time to attend to some important business, and after calling the herring priest aside, and making sure that there was no one else around, he finally spoke:

"Can I still enjoy a 30-day free trial when I join the church?"

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Samuel was not suddenly inspired by the herring god to devote himself to the great cause of spreading the faith. In fact, Samuel had always been wary of the Herring Cult.

The inhabitants of Calenta are not very religious, and if they do, most of them believe in Randall, the god of justice, and the cost of missionary activities is huge and the benefits are small, so there are almost no churches to preach here. Samuel had lived in Karenta for many years and had never met a missionary, but he was approached by the Herring Cult.

A single mission may mean nothing. But the other party was on the same floating boat with him. The Twilight Traveler was not a liner to the New World, but only carried passengers when the cabins were still available, so there were very few places left for passengers other than laborers. Even so, the other party still did not choose the liner, but chose the Twilight Traveler. This is too much of a coincidence.

If it was just an ordinary religious group, Samuel might not care, but the Herring God Cult has shown a lot more strength than the Bishop of the Church of the Just God in the diocese of Karenta. This is not the strength of a small church that does not have a climate.

There was a church of unknown origin and unknown purpose appeared next to him, and it was likely that he was still making up his mind, and Samuel was afraid that he would not even be able to sleep in the future. So he had to find a way to find out the truth of the other party. And the quickest way is to find out the situation in the classroom.

While Samuel's mind was quickly turning countless thoughts, the priest fumbled in his pocket for a while and handed Samuel a printed list. The list is printed with the words "Membership Introduction", and the list of members at the bottom is written with the words "Alexei Mikhailovich", which is probably the name of the pastor, and the name of the membership and other fields need to be filled in by Samuel himself. Samuel took the pen from Alexei and quickly filled out the list. Alexei then took a book from his satchel and handed it to Samuel.

Samuel took the book from Alexei and was immediately stunned. On the cover of the book is the title of the book in oversized font - "Herring Cult User Guide".

Samuel opened the book curiously:

......

"Followers of this sect can ask the herring god to grant them divine magic, and according to the type and rank of divine magic, a certain amount of faith points will be consumed."

"Here are the costs of some spells (in Faith Points)"

Killing: 5000

Rapid Healing: 3000

Return to the Dead: 20,000

Sanctuary: 30,000

Summon: Herring Angel: 50,000

Decree death: 70,000

........

Samuel was stunned by this paragraph, he knew that the gods could give the priest divine magic, according to the priest's cultivation, the divine spirit would give him a specific level of spells every day, and for believers who had made outstanding contributions, the gods could also make an exception to give spells beyond the other party's rank. Samuel is also familiar with the names of the spells in the above list, and the only spell he hasn't heard of is the spell "Summoning Herring Angel", but it is probably the strange summoning spell that Alexei used in the battle just now. But what is this Faith Point?

Fortunately, the author of this book seems to know that Samuel would have such a question, and soon begins to explain it:

"Believers can earn Faith Points in a variety of ways, including but not limited to the following:"

"Morning Prayer (8:00-9:00 a.m.): 50 Faith Points/day"

"Donation (Trial): 1 Faith Points/Gold Dollar per Empire"

"Confession (not open): 80 Faith Points/time"

"Redemption (not yet active): 200 Faith Power per person"

"Church Quest (not yet available): 300-1500 Faith Points per visit"

"Spread the Faith (not yet available): 1000 Faith Points per new believer"

............................

This is followed by a series of content that has not yet been released, so it seems that the only way to earn faith points so far is to pray and donate. Relying on prayer, it takes more than two years to use the summon herring angel once, not to mention the more expensive spells later on the list

The spell used in the battle just now by Alexei is afraid that it will take three or five years of closed prayer in the monastery to recover, I wonder how many clergy can accept this setting?

As for relying on donations to earn faith points...... Samuel knew that most gods would reward believers for their sacrifices, but both gods and believers would downplay the utilitarian nature of the trade and add various elements to cover it up, as exemplified by the Kalin's largest festival, the Winter Festival, where the priests of the god of winter used the ritual to disguise the exchange of benefits for the gods' gifts through sacrifices, making the sacrifice look more like a large celebration than a market for mortals to trade with the gods.

However, this herring god didn't even bother to ask for this fig leaf, and directly marked the price, which was basically equivalent to telling the believers: I don't want sacrifices or anything, just give me the money, and I will buy it myself......

In addition, the price of these spells is ridiculously expensive, a quick healing technique requires 3,000 faith points, which is converted into 3,000 imperial gold dollars, which is the savings of an ordinary working family for several years. And this is just one of the most basic divine arts.

"It's not that expensive," Alexei said, and handed Samuel a pamphlet.

Samuel opened the booklet, and the words "Winter Festival Special" came into view, followed by a series of dazzling introductions:

"Platinum Chinese New Year Faith Gift Pack"

"Only 30,000 Imperial Gold Dollars"

"100,000 Faith Points + 3 Summons Herring Angel and 5 Immortal Return Spells"

"And received 5 copies of "Selected Bibles of the Herring God"

Samuel was shocked, with his net worth, he naturally didn't care about this little money, but it was different for ordinary believers. For the clergy who participate in various battles all year round, spells are just consumables, so they need to constantly invest a lot of money to buy spells. This is nothing for a wealthy man like Samuel, but it is a very heavy burden for a well-off family. Wouldn't the average believer really go bankrupt in the face of such expenses?

"Otherwise, why am I so depressed that I can't afford to eat now", Alexey commented succinctly.

Samuel was speechless.

Despite being cheated out of all his wealth by various gift packages, Alexei did not seem to be so angry, and now he is still conscientiously serving his gods, and he continues to enthusiastically promote the products of his gods:

"Actually, you don't need to invest Imperial Gold all the time, and Faith Points themselves can also generate Faith Points. ”

Then he handed Samuel a second pamphlet.

When Samuel opened the booklet, he saw the eye-catching title of "Wealth Management Plan for the Pious", densely packed with text:

"Pious Premier Plan:"

"Deposit 100,000 faith points at one time, and repay the principal and interest in three years"

"Annualized rate of return 35.2%!"

...............

"The Pious Eternal Wealth Bond:"

"One-time investment, annual income, sustainable profit!"

"Expected annualized rate of return of 25.5%!"

(Interest rates fluctuate, and the specific interest rate is determined by the regular quarterly meeting of the Herring Joint Reserve System)"

Samuel felt his hands trembling slightly with the pamphlet.

What the is this?!

But he still hasn't forgotten his purpose, if he wants to test the reality of this herring god cult, then this is the fastest way to buy faith points. If you go through the normal prayer channel, it will take a long time to save up the first divine art, and before that, you can't even release the divine art, so how can you talk about temptation?

So Samuel thought about it and decided to buy a Platinum Lunar New Year Faith Gift Pack. He took out a purple crystal from the spatial ring and handed it to Alexey, this is a high-grade amethyst that can be used to store mana, and because the market price is relatively stable, it is also generally used by people as cash. The sum of the values of this crystal is slightly more than 30,000 Imperial Gold Dollars.

Alexei was overjoyed and took out a milky gem from his pocket and handed it to Samuel.

"Inject spiritual power into it, and you can earn faith points," he explained, and then prepared to take Samuel's amethyst. But Samuel suddenly withdrew his hand, leaving Alexei empty.

Alexei looked at Samuel suspiciously, only to see that the other party scratched his head, and said a little embarrassed:

"Can you give me a receipt?"

.................................

Samuel poured into the milky crystal, as Alexei had said, and the crystal immediately glowed with a golden glow, then turned into bits of gold dust and disappeared into the air....... and then nothing happened.

Samuel was furious and was about to ask if the other party had sold a fake, but he was suddenly shocked. As the golden dust faded away, Samuel suddenly felt something. It was an indescribable feeling, as if there were a pair of eyes watching me above the sky, and this feeling became stronger as time passed.

Deity!

Samuel finally reacted. Believers in any deity receive the "gaze of the gods" when they receive divine grace, and they feel like someone watching them from above, regardless of the descriptions in various books. Alexei didn't lie to himself, the milky crystal was probably equivalent to a beacon, and when activated, he would notify the herring god that someone had just donated money.

The instinct of the void creature made Samuel extremely sensitive to energy, and in the gaze of that gaze, Samuel felt a trace of divine power fluctuating, which was more pure than the divine power on the priest's body.

This is a true deity. This also shows that this herring god cult is a religion backed by gods, and not some kind of fraud gang disguised as a religion. Therefore, the divine magic of the priests in the church is also a genuine divine magic, not a disguise of some supernatural power. But Samuel didn't know whether the deity was good or evil, or how he behaved. Is its outlandish doctrine, its careless missionary behavior, and its black-hearted system of trading the power of money and faith some kind of illusion, or is it really its eccentric temper, unenterprising disposition, and insatiable style of conduct?

Who knew that Samuel only had such a thought, and he noticed a fluctuation in the divine power around him, and even vaguely felt the anger of the high god. Only then did he realize that at the moment when the believer was baptized, the gods were particularly sensitive to their emotions, although he was a half-hung believer who paid money to join the church, but there was a trace of divine thought hidden in the milky white crystal just now, which made the gods more sensitive than ordinary baptism at this time, Samuel just moved an irreverent thought, and the other party immediately noticed it.

In any case, it is not a good thing to offend a genuine deity, whether good or evil.

So Samuel took out a bunch of crystals from the spatial ring and said to Alexey:

"Another 100 Platinum Lunar New Year Faith Packs. ”

Then he felt the glimmer of anger from above the sky vanish in an instant, replaced by enthusiasm and care.