After all, people are forgetful, and it is basically difficult to attract long-term attention to anything that has nothing to do with their own safety and interests, and this has long been a commonplace thing on the informationized earth, for example, some time ago there was a lot of uproar in society, and after a period of time, people's attention will be attracted by another big news, while the previous incident has ended up being ignored.

Chen An originally thought that life in the Middle Ages was just a relatively barren spiritual and material condition, but the cultist incident told him that he had always thought that he was living in the light before he came into contact with the dark side of this era.

When a man sits at home, evil comes from heaven.

Everyone has bad luck, even if you live an ordinary life without a fight, but who would have thought that fate would suddenly give you a black humor?

Chen An felt that he had become a little nervous recently, and he had become more and more cautious in what he said and did, as if he was afraid of encountering some unwarranted disaster.

"You don't need to come in the afternoon, I'll give you a half-day vacation. ”

Near noon, Chen An had just returned to the office of the Chamber of Commerce from outside with a stack of financial documents, when he heard Mr. Ackerman's inexplicable notice.

"Half-day vacation?" Chen An looked at the other party with confused eyes, and he was a little confused for a while.

"Yes, I heard that Alex is going to have a wake-up ceremony today, how can you, as a friend, not be there to watch the ceremony?" Ackerman replied with a kind smile as he put down his pen at his desk. "That's why I decided to give you a half-day vacation. ”

"This ......" Chen An suddenly understood what was going on, although he had the heart to refuse, but he didn't think of an excuse for the time being.

"I'll leave these documents to someone else to deal with, so you can go with peace of mind. Mr. Ackerman gestured to the papers in his hand, then waved his hand out the door, as if to drive him out.

"Alright then! Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Mr. Ackerman!"

With that, Chen An put the documents on the desk, and then left the office under the envious and jealous gazes of other subordinate employees.

As soon as he walked out of the door of the Chamber of Commerce's residence on his front foot, he met Alex with a hippie smile on his back foot.

"You're the one who made the hell, aren't you?"

Chen An is not stupid, on the contrary, his mind is quite smart and flexible, so the moment he saw Alex, he roughly understood the cause and effect.

"Hey, hey, didn't you say you didn't have time, so I'll help you squeeze out time!" Alex said with a smug expression. "I went to Joseph and told him what had happened, and for a small price, he begged his father to give you half a day off. ”

"Thank you so much for your kindness!" Chen An gritted his teeth.

"We are friends, so why be polite between friends. Alex put his arm around his shoulder and smiled.

"To be honest, I don't want to go to your wake-up ceremony. Chen An sighed, hesitated for a moment and decided to speak his mind.

"Why?" Alex said, stunned.

"How so...... I was more reluctant to approach the temple, and when I did, I was afraid of being scrutinized by the gods. Chen An knew that he had to give the other party a reasonable explanation, otherwise he would be really sorry for what Alex had gone to great lengths to do for himself.

"Haha-" Alex was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"What's so funny about this?" Chen An frowned and puzzled.

"Haha...... Because what you're saying is just so funny. Alex wiped the tears from the side of his eyes and calmed down, "Ann, don't you think you think too highly of yourself or our great gods?"

"What do you mean?" said Chen.

"Before that, let me ask you a question, do you pay attention to the ants under your feet?" Alex asked rhetorically with a smile on his face, and without waiting for Chen An to answer, he gave the answer directly.

"I see......"

Chen An thought for a moment and understood what Alex meant, how they looked at the ants on the soles of their feet, and how the gods looked at them, there was no difference between the two.

"Let's go have lunch first, and I'll tell you more about the temple and the awakening ritual later. Alex patted him on the shoulder.

......

In an undisturbed cubicle in a restaurant, Alex invited Chen An to a rare extravagance, like a banquet to celebrate in advance, and after he was full of wine and food, Alex patted his full stomach with satisfaction.

"Ann, do you know how many temples there are in Osgard for the belief in the gods?"

In the face of Alex's question, Chen An thought back to the relevant books he had read, and came up with the answer after roughly counting them.

"There are a total of 132 recorded gods in Osgard, and there are a total of 562 demon towers in the abyss cracks in various parts of the mainland, excluding the temples outside the demon tower, a comprehensive count can show that there are a total of 74,184 temples in Osgaard. ”

"Wow-" Alex looked at Chen An with stars in his eyes, admiring and envious of Chen An's accurate calculation of the number of temples, and when he came back to his senses, he continued to ask. "Do you know how many people come and go in and out of the temple every day for the awakening ritual?"

"It's not written in the books, and I don't know until I actually investigate. Chen An shook his head and said.

"Then I can tell you that there are thirty or forty people who perform the awakening ritual every day in Bela Oka. Alex said.

"In the case of Bela Oka, for example, let's say that the number of people who wake up the ritual each day is forty, and then multiply it by the total number of the temple of Osgard...... Two million nine hundred and sixty thousand three hundred and sixty people!! Chen An, who came up with this number, was really frightened, even though he knew that this number might need to be greatly discounted, but the number of people who performed the awakening ritual every day in the entire continent was not to mention a million, so what about the result in a year?

Thinking by extension, it is no wonder that the temple has never lacked money and material rewards for the gods who are fighting in the Demon Sealing Tower, how can a temple with such a huge amount of income be short of money?

“...... Now you know, every day the temples across the continent receive the awakening ceremony of millions of people, and the gods above will have the heart to care for so many people? Even if the gods are powerful, but day after day, which god can endure it?!" Alex said immediately.

Alex is right, maybe Chen An's thinking has fallen into a misunderstanding, but is it also a misunderstanding to speculate about the gods from the perspective of mortals?

Seeing that Chen An was still hesitating and pondering, Alex hit the railway while it was hot. "And the person who is carrying out the awakening ceremony is me, not you, even if the gods want to pay attention, they will pay attention to me, and you, a spectator, do the gods need to pay attention to you? Besides, I am not the only one who is preparing for the awakening ceremony, and other people will also have relatives and friends to watch the ceremony, so many people who are watching the ceremony, even if the gods want to pay attention, maybe it will not be your turn!"

"Well, you've convinced me, and I've promised to go with you to the scene of the awakening ceremony. Chen An's face was cloudy for a long time, and finally, he accepted Alex's plea, and at the same time, a doubt arose in his heart that needed to be confirmed.

"Great!Ann!I knew you would, you deserve to be my trusting best friend!, but ......," said Alex, his face suddenly turning unnatural. Actually, there's one thing I've been deceiving you. ”

"What's the matter?" Chen An frowned.

"Actually, I don't believe in Thor, the god of the sun, but in Ricky, the god of deception and lies. Alex looked at Chen Andao with trepidation.

"Oh, it's not a big deal, isn't there anything particular about believing in different gods?" Chen An's brows suddenly relaxed.

"This ...... Ordinary people can roughly know the nature of the other god if they believe in it, and the reputation of the god of deception and lies is not very good in the eyes of ordinary people. Alex explained, still with some trepidation.

"I think it's a very ridiculous thing to distinguish human nature according to faith, in fact, people can lie, whether the lie is good or not, but it still can't change the fact that it is a lie, so can we think that these liars are believers in the God of fraud and lies? So why should we stick to this stereotyped impression of faith?" Chen An said softly.

"Great!Ann!Thank you!Thank you for trusting me!Thank you for understanding me!" Alex was so moved that tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

"You're exaggerating, aren't you!" Seeing a big man's crying and crying touched look, Chen An was really hard to accept, thinking that Alex's actual age should be considered a big boy, right?

After a person's emotional defense is put down, the depression that is usually suppressed in his heart will be vented, Alex calmed down a little and began to tell his life experience and experience, saying these is not to win Chen An's sympathy, but he needs to use this kind of frankness to express his trust in Chen An.

I don't know how long it took, when Alex was still preparing to continue to tell the "glorious" past, Chen An, as an unqualified listener, hurriedly interrupted. "Alex, aren't you going to prepare for the awakening ceremony?

“...... Oh no!" Alex shouted as he looked out the window at the sky and stood up suddenly. "Let's go, let's go to the temple now, if the sun goes down, the temple won't be accepting any more registrations for the awakening ceremony!"