The statue of faith, for the church in the Yarra world, is a very special tool, often appearing in the initial stage of the church or the outward expansion of the church. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoWhen the power of a church has just begun to develop in a certain area, the supporting facilities are often unable to keep up, especially the statues that represent the gods for believers to worship, provide faith for the gods, and also provide a smooth channel of faith communication for both parties, which need to be carved for a long time to make, but the initial period of time is the best time to spread faith and compete for believers, and missing this stage will be very detrimental to the development of the church in this region, therefore, the clergy of the church thought of a solution more than 5,000 years ago, that is, to build a special pillar, and then use the unique way of the church, with their own faith heart as the medium, temporarily connect the pillar with the spirit of the deity, let the pillar temporarily replace the role of the idol, until the idol is made, and after the will of the deity descends on the idol to make it effective, then replace the pillar with the idol. This kind of pillar used as a temporary substitute is called a statue of faith, but this kind of substitute item is rarely seen in this era when the division of faith forces is relatively stable, and even many clergy do not remember this kind of thing, and only some well-informed people can see the identity of the statue of faith at a glance.

The totem pole is an even rarer prop, or strictly speaking, it is a fixed facility, and in the entire Yala world, it only exists in the orc grassland. The orcs who believe in the god of war also worship their ancestors, and they believe that although their ancestors are not gods, after the death of their ancestors, they will turn into holy wolves and run in the kingdom of the god of war, protecting their tribe in the dark. Therefore, the orcs offer their faith to the god of war at the same time, but also offer reverence to their ancestors, but only the gods are qualified to worship with the gods as a medium, in order not to offend the majesty of the god of war, but also to distinguish from the belief in the gods, the orcs carved huge totems with heavy wood erected in the tribe, every important day, will gather in front of the totem pole to hold a grand banquet, invite the ancestors of the spirit to share food, share happiness.

After thousands of years of slow development, the belief system of the orc grassland has gradually developed into a dual worship of the god of war and ancestors, and the temple of the god of war and the temple of ancestors have become the most unique dual belief system, running together without friction, supporting the spiritual world of the orc tribes. Therefore, in the orc tribe, the priest of the god of war, who wields a war hammer or a greatsword and crushes the enemy with overwhelming power, and wields a small totem pole, can not only smash the enemy to pieces, but also use the ancestral war dance to call for the help of the ancestral spirit, and use the power of fire and electricity to engulf the enemy's war shaman, these two identities are respected by all orcs and have a very high status.

However, although the totem pole and the statue of faith look similar in appearance, in fact, there is an essential difference between the two, the statue of faith needs to connect the gods and the statue in a special way, and the clergy need to use their own spirit as a medium to connect the two in order to connect the two and make the interaction between the two sides go smoothly. And the totem pole also needs to spread the gratitude and worship of the Holy Spirit of countless ancestors through another unique means, which will be absorbed by the Holy Spirit himself, and then through the power of the totem pole, the blessing will be fed back to the tribe.

For an ordinary believer who does not know the inner knowledge of the church, it is difficult to distinguish the difference between a totem pole and a statue of faith, and even some clergy cannot distinguish between them, and only high-ranking clergy who are more sensitive to the power of faith can vaguely find the difference between the two. Even Lina, a sage who was favored by the god of love, had not personally identified the statue of faith and the totem pole before, so she did not recognize the identity of the pillar in front of the towering white bone pillar outside the temple, and mistook it for a statue of faith, until Pannis reminded him to distinguish the difference between the two.

"Is there really that much difference? The maidens were astonished to find an unfamiliar voice, unaccompanied by coughing and wheezing, appearing in the prayer hall without warning. The coughing and wheezing continued for a while, and finally gradually subsided, and the old voice sounded again: "I think it's actually about the same." ”

"How can it be about the same. Pannis sighed, rubbed the corners of his forehead and said: "But that's right, you war shamans are not really clergy, and your belief in the god of war is actually not as strong as that of the god of war priests, you still worship the ancestors more, so it's no wonder you don't understand the difference." ”

"Actually, I also wanted to make real sculptures of faith or statues of gods. The old man's voice sounded very helpless, and he sighed and lost: "However, I don't know how to make faith sculptures at all, not to mention more complex statues, so I can only make some totem poles, and I can barely produce a certain effect." ”

"Of course. Pannis shrugged his shoulders and said: "The idol needs to be a mortal side of the belief in the gods, and the side of the gods who are believed in close cooperation, in order to really activate the statue, so that it can be transformed from a sculpture to a bridge connecting faith and reality, it is normal that a few of you don't know how to make it, as for the faith sculpture, it requires enough devout faith in the gods to make it effective, the question is, do you really believe in her? Heh, you can't believe in her at all, how can you make a real faith statue, my friend." ”

"yes, that's what I'm worried about. The old voice said: "It would be a good thing if I lost the memories of the past like other undead, but I just kept all the memories of the past, so it was impossible for me to believe in Ms. Nelly, after all, only distance can produce faith, and close contact will only collapse faith, so I can't make a real statue of faith, and I can't become a real archbishop to help Nelly maintain this church." ”

"It's not your fault though, and you've done a lot for her. Pannis said softly: "At least, you can rely on your ability to communicate with the Holy Spirit of the Ancestors, let the spirit penetrate the boundary between this world of the dead and the space of the Kingdom of God she built, convey her will like a real archbishop, and you can also use your previous knowledge in the Temple of the Ancestors to try to strengthen the cohesion of the church, so that everyone's worship of her has not changed, from these two aspects, in fact, you have fulfilled most of the duties of the clergy." Of course, this is just appearances, in fact it is still deceiving, deceiving other undead, deceiving the rules of the world, hmph, you are a liar. ”

(To be continued.) )