Chapter 2: The Relic of the Dark Moon

A thin short rod is as thick as the top and bottom, and a fist-sized round sphere is fixed at the top, which looks like a short cane. This simple cane, made of unknown materials, is as black as ink, and the black depth is so deep that it is difficult to take your eyes off at a glance, as if even the soul has been sucked in.

The cane was laid flat on the table, illuminated by a few crystalline lamps, but there was no reflection, and the black cane was like a black hole that devoured the light, making it impossible for any light to escape.

"Tsk, that's it. Shuer put his hands behind his back, looked around the table carefully, and nodded with satisfaction after a long time, "It's still Mr. Earl who has the ability, such a difficult person to deal with, I don't even want to contact it, I didn't expect it to be solved so easily by you." ”

"Hehe, we're in different fields. In my circle, it's not difficult to get what you like, as long as you know each other well enough. Coincidentally, I know that Scrooge too well, so for me, it was simple enough to say a few words and pay a little price. Dealing with things that even Shul found tricky, but Trian didn't care at all, "It's like in your field, if you want to get a collection, it's really just a matter of getting it after work, but for me, it's almost impossible to do." ”

"That's right. Looking at the cane on the table, the smile on the corner of Xiuer's mouth never disappeared, "So, our cooperation is a win-win situation." ”’

"Hahahaha, of course. Cui En pushed the cane in front of Shuer, and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I still took advantage of it, I only paid for two collections that I don't care about, and the value is not very high, but I got this, hahaha." ”

"To each according to his needs. Shure gestured slightly in the direction of the corpse, "So, the deal is done?"

"The deal is done. The two hands clasped together, and the hearts of Shul and Trine finally landed.

Pick up the cane and play with it in your hand, it feels warm and smooth like jade, but with a faint warmth, which is more comfortable than touching. The weight is light and fluttering, but the texture is quite hard, and you can hear a crisp echo after a few flicks.

"Sure enough, hehehe, it's finally here. Stroking his cane gently, Shul smiled softly and whispered to himself, "Lisa will be overwhelmed with joy, hehe, you will be happy too, right, if you have the mood of being happy." ”

"Well, it's not in order, but I hope you'll satisfy my curiosity. The city lord of Twin Mountains City was quite interested in Xiu'er's reaction, "What the hell is this thing?"

"Actually, it's nothing. Shure shrugged and said lightly, "It's just one of the Darkmoon relics. ”

"Oh, the Darkmoon Relic. Cui En didn't react at all, and almost jumped up after a few seconds, "What do you say this is? Dark Moon Relic? You even lost the Holy Relic miserably, and you are still so calm?"

"What's so strange about this, what church hasn't lost a few holy things. ”

No, it's strange enough, the people of Pavatiga know how important the relics really are to the Church.

In addition to the actual efficacy of the holy relics, in a mere sense, the gift of the holy relics by the gods represents the acceptance of the church, indicating that this is the true Church of God recognized by the gods, and if the holy relics are lost, even if the gods do not condemn them, believers will inevitably have doubts.

"Wait, you just said, 'How many pieces have you lost?'" Trine is the best at spotting the details, "Does that mean you've lost more than this?

"What's wrong with losing them all?

"Well, surprised. Lord Earl looked at Shul with a look of course on his face, "Your Dark Moon Sanctuary is really powerful. ”

"Well, I think so too. ”

"I'm not complimenting you. Trine felt a headache. In fact, it is not his business, or rather, it is not a matter of secular rights. But as soon as the headquarters of the Darkmoon Church is in the Kola Kingdom, although it is said that the number of believers is only a few dozen, after all, it is one of the beliefs that the kingdom openly supports, and if the True God Sleeping Church dissolves in the end, it will not be beneficial to the Kola Kingdom. Second, Shuer can be regarded as his more chatty friend, although he is a nobleman, but without a conflict of interest, he still does not want to watch his friend get into trouble.

"Without that look, things are getting better. Instead, Shure was comforting him, "What you imagine won't happen, at least for a day with me in the temple." ”

"Well, what the hell is going on?"

"It's an old account from a hundred and fifty years ago. Shul sighed softly, "I don't need to explain. ”

It's really no, as a member of the Kola Kingdom, Cui En knows very well what happened a hundred and fifty years ago, and it was by no means a glorious thing, after all, that time the Kola Kingdom almost came to an end.

In the millennium since the end of the Age of Chaos and the establishment of the Temple of the Gods, although there have been constant wars in Parvatiga, there have been few large-scale wars in the true sense of the word, and the number of sixty-three countries has never changed, and most of the wars are only local battles between various territories.

The only exception to this is 150 years ago.

At that time, the queen of the Cora Kingdom was young, and it coincided with the continuous appearance of large chasms in the kingdom, causing chaos in the kingdom. The seven southern leaders took the opportunity to raise the flag of rebellion, and the rebellion swept the entire kingdom, and even almost captured the national capital, if it weren't for the fact that the lords of the royal family finally took the initiative to support the royal capital, I'm afraid the kingdom would not be like it is now.

During the war, although the two sides deliberately avoided the various temples due to the fear of the gods and the consistent neutrality of all churches, it was a war after all, and the defeated army in despair was close to madness, so that many temples were still affected, and it seems that the Darkmoon Church was one of them.

"At that time, the temple had already fallen, there were not many clergy in total, and it was just in time for the Dark Moon Tour, the archbishop traveled with only a few official priests, and there were only two or three priests and nuns left in the temple, and they were sacked by the rout, but the people were fine, and there was basically nothing left. But there was nothing left, and I couldn't snatch anything, so I finally snatched all the holy relics. ”

Shuer's words were almost like telling a story, and if it weren't for confirming that he was the true battle priest of the Darkmoon Sacred Codex, Trin would probably think he was gloating.

"And then you just lived like nothing for more than a hundred years?"

"Otherwise, they all committed suicide and martyrdom?" Shur pouted, "Believers, fewer and fewer, clergy, one less and one dies, money, hahaha." In this case, you can't even trace the whereabouts of the holy relics, so what else can you do?"

"In addition, we, Lord Darkmoon, don't care much about these things, so these three generations of archbishops simply put aside the matter of the holy relics for the time being, and barely maintain the church first, after all, this is the focus of their hearts. ”

"Well, they're amazing. Cui En was too lazy to be surprised, "What about you, how can you have the heart to retrieve the holy relic now?"

"People are different, I can't do what they can do, but they can't do what I can do. ”

"It's like reviving the glory of my lord and spreading the majesty of the Dark Moon, and it's useless to give them another thousand years. The theocracy and divinity of our Lord doomed the Church to be impossible to revive in ordinary ways, but to lead the way in other ways, for example, in my way. ”

Cui En has long been accustomed to Shuer's self-confidence, and only such a confident and capable person is qualified to be regarded as a friend by him. Therefore, he didn't plan to continue to ask, everyone kept their own secrets, this is how people like them get along.

But......

"What is your Dark Moon-sama's divine authority and divinity?" There are more than 900 gods in the temple of Parvatiga, no one can memorize them all, all of them are gods who only know their own beliefs, and for other gods, at most, they have heard the names and know what they symbolize, as for the others, they don't have such good brains, they really can't remember.

"Do you want to believe in my lord?"

"Of course not. Trine shook his head vigorously, he hadn't planned to expand his faith yet.

"Then why should I bother to explain it to you. Shul rolled his eyes and continued to study the artifact in his hand.

"Hey, are you really a clergyman? Shouldn't you be very active in preaching to me at this time, trying to develop me into a believer?

Actually, it's not that Shul is too lazy to explain, it's that it's useless to explain.

Silent giving, silent protection, unknown love.

The divinity of the Dark Moon, like her essence, guards people at all times, but it is always outside of people's observation. Orthodox preaching and preaching are essentially contrary to the nature of Darkmoon, and they don't make much sense, which makes Shur very distressed at first. Overall, it was a surprise that Luna, the goddess of the Dark Moon, had survived until today.

"Well, I don't know why you're so awkward, but even the holy relics have been lost, tsk......" Trine shook his head, "It's no wonder that you even have to sell the piece of divine territory in the temple area of the royal capital, I heard that ......"

"Wait. Shull suddenly stopped playing with the holy object in his hand, "How come I don't know about this? ”

"Well, isn't it?" said Cui En indifferently, "Maybe it's a rumor, I'll just say, no matter how decayed, it's unlikely that the god's territory will be sold." ”

"yes, it's definitely a rumor...... bar. Shuer's eyes narrowed into slits, and his fingers tapped lightly on the black holy object, as if he had thought of something.

"Tsk, it seems that some people think we are living too comfortably. After a moment of silence, Shul suddenly stood up, "Looks like I need to rush back at once, Mr. Earl...... Just now, I was careless, so I let the public carriage go back by itself, and it seems that I can only trouble you to help prepare the car. ”

"Huh...... Have you ever been careless?"