The next morning, Pinghu Town.

Thousands of craftsmen braved the scorching sun and sweated on the cathedral site. Dane, who was dressed in a white fine linen high-ranking priest's robe, stood on a temporary high platform, looking at the majestic Randall's Cathedral and the believers and craftsmen attached to the ants, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tilt upward, showing a satisfied and expectant smile.

When he accompanied His Highness Randall on his visit to the Kingdom of Naville three years earlier, Randall's Cathedral had just begun construction of the above-ground part of the complex. By the time they returned, the cathedral had begun to take shape, the limestone structure had risen from the ground and the craftsmen had begun to build the middle and upper floors with blue bricks, and at this rate, the main part of Randall's Cathedral would be completed in two years, and all that remained was the work of carving and beautifying.

For the clergy who serve the Lord of Radiance, watching the magnificent Randall's Cathedral come to life day by day is a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in itself. Not only did Father Miller like to walk around the construction site several times a day, but Sister Karina of the convent and Kaye the missionary chaplain of the general education school also drilled into the cathedral site when they had nothing to do. Dane would not allow these siblings to give advice, and he made it a daily routine to visit the construction site and supervise the progress of the cathedral.

In fact, this is the power of the stationed priest, and all the clergy, including Dane, should obey Miller's command. But in reality, the clergy looked to Dane. He was able to control the affairs of Randall's Mission, in addition to his own ability and background, as well as his status as a high-ranking priest, and his good relationship with His Highness Randall was also an important factor.

Of course, Father Miller didn't bother much with Randall's mission, which saved Dane a lot of trouble.

The low-level clergy of Randall's leadership despised Miller to some extent, believing that his ability was not enough to manage the religious affairs of nearly 200,000 believers, and that he could have today's status because of the grace of the Supreme Lord, and they got acquainted with Randall Hall early.

Dane didn't think so, the more he gained divine authority, the more he was in awe of Father Miller, and occasionally fantasized that he would one day reach the level of Father Miller.

Isn't His Highness Randall also beginning to retreat into the background? For the top transcendents, power is only a tool in the hand, which can be held and put down, and free will must not be restrained. At this point, the clergy who relied on the power of mortal faith were too far behind the high-ranking knights, and I am afraid that only Miller and Tournans could not be burdened by the power in the entire church.

Clement told Dane that top gods like Miller are like the eyes and ears of the Supreme Lord, responsible for monitoring and repairing the potential influence of the devil on the human realm, and that their power comes from the Supreme Lord himself, without the authority of the Holy Power Pool. In a sense, the missionary system that the church has painstakingly run is also serving them.

A paladin next to him suddenly pointed to a slowly approaching carriage and reminded, "Lord Dain, look over there. ”

It was an ordinary two-wheeled carriage suitable for driving around the city, and there was no sign on the outside, but Dane knew the coachman and his retinue, who were all personal guards of Randall.

"I'll go and see it alone. With a stir in his heart, Dane gave a word to the paladin and the church attendants, and paced down the platform alone.

Walking to the side of the carriage and nodding to Renault and Shak, Dane smiled at the people inside through the curtain of the carriage, "Victor, don't you come out to talk?"

Victor came out of the carriage and complained weakly: "In such a hot weather, I was regarded as a fool when I wore a hood, and I was watched by people without a hood, and I was judged...... I don't get out of the car anyway. The car was too small to seat two people. My friend, you are standing outside and talking to me...... Ha ha. ”

Dane shook his head and retorted, "I'm not too hot...... If I want to go, I'll go there, and I won't have to wear a hood, and there won't be a woman judging me, and even if I do, it doesn't matter, I can't hear it anyway. ”

The beauty of knights is sometimes troublesome, and for ordinary people, beautiful nobles are like stars, attracting a large crowd of onlookers wherever they go. The transcendent knight can resonate with the void element and weaken his own sense of existence, Victor does not have this ability, but his ears are particularly sensitive, and the whispers of the people can be heard clearly.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you're watched, but every time Victor shows up in Pinghu Town, the traffic in the neighborhood will be problematic, and even the operation of the entire neighborhood will be affected. Lilia strongly urges him to be okay and not to wander around Pinghu Town.

The city he built himself, he couldn't visit it by himself, Victor was depressed and speechless.

Dane laughed outside the car, but heard Victor ask, "Can you go to the hostels, taverns, and casinos in Pinghu Town?" ”

The senior priest's triumphant laughter came to an abrupt end, and the expression on his face suddenly became very exciting, and then he shook his head and smiled, and asked, "Your Highness, is there anything wrong with your arrival?"

"I'm here for Old Man Miller. Victor replied.

“...... Father Miller. Dane smiled, frowned, and said, "He just left, saying that he went out to collect blue-core grass, and he might have to live in the wild for a few days." After a pause, he asked tentatively, "Does Your Highness have anything to do with Father Miller?"

It's blue-core grass harvesting season, but Randall now has 180,000 people in the territory, and Father Miller needs to go out into the field to collect herbs......? Victor muttered to himself and said casually:

"I have a question about my bloodline talents, and I would like to ask Father Miller. ”

Dane was in awe of Father Miller and was proud and delighted. Sylvia, a knight of the gods, is unable to show her lover the way, but Father Miller can help him. Among the secular highnesses, Victor was clearly closer to the church. He took the opportunity to say:

"Victor, have you heard that Jinshui City is about to issue an order in the near future to prohibit the young children of vassal families from studying in general schools?"

Victor pulled the curtain, looked at Dane, and asked with a smile, "I wonder what the church plans to do if wizards appear among the children of general and vocational schools?"

Without hesitation, Dane said, "Of course, it's purified." ”

Victor's elegant smile became playful, he raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Where is it purified, when is it purified? Is it here, or is it escorted back to the Inquisition Headquarters?"

“...... This one. Dane's expression stiffened slightly, and he explained euphemistically, "In general, adult wizards are too dangerous and should be purified on the spot. The young wizard was secretly escorted back to the Inquisition for purification...... After all, the effect of purifying a young wizard in public is not very good. ”

"I see. Victor glanced at him, withdrew his gaze, and said to himself: "Randall has a lot of secret agents from other families, they abide by the rules here, and I treat them as people. But if they endanger the Randalls, I'll have to make them disappear. ”

Dane sighed and bowed his head, "The church does not interfere with the lord's authority. ”

A smile appeared on Victor's face and he said, "I will promote the construction of a general education school in the Centaur Hill, and strive for every tenant's child to be enrolled." The vassals are unwilling to hand over their children to the general education school to raise, and I have no choice. ”

Dane painted the emblem on his chest and said, "May Your Highness be bathed in the glory of the Most High Lord." ”

After reaching a preliminary agreement with Dane, Victor turned around and drove outside Pinghu Town.

Three hours later, in a hilly valley on the northeastern side of Randall's territory, he met Father Miller, who was taking a nap in a haystack.

Victor stepped forward and greeted with a grin, "Hey, old fellow, aren't you afraid of being taken away by wild beasts when you sleep here?"

The old priest opened his eyes, looked at him, turned his body again, and muttered, "I am hiding here, you can find it?"

"As long as I am familiar with someone, he has left traces that are no more than a day, and he is no more than 200 kilometers away from each other, I can always find him...... It's called tracking intuition. Victor crouched down, picked up the empty basket from Miller's side, and sneered: "You ran all the way from Pinghu Town to the wilderness, and you didn't even pick a single blue-core grass, which is not as good as a half-grown boy." ”

"You know what? I ...... I took the church attendants out to learn how to identify herbs, and they were all collecting blue-core grass nearby. The old priest scrambled to his feet, snatched the basket with his hand, and exclaimed, "It will be all good for you to come to me." ”

Victor smiled disappreciatively and said, "You promised that as long as I was promoted to Your Highness, you would tell me all the secrets?"

Miller rolled his eyes and asked, "Did I say that? Why don't I remember?"

Victor sneered, "Old fellow, you don't keep your promises. ”

"Fart!" said Miller, furious, picking up his basket and walking out of the valley in a rage.

Victor will not be frightened by his little tricks, and follows behind: "If you don't admit what you said, you are cheating, and you are not keeping your promises." I'm telling you, I have a very good memory, I can't go wrong. ”

Miller stopped, turned around, and with a sly smile on his old face, he said: "Your memory, my memory is not bad, I remember what I said at the beginning, I remember clearly." ”

"What I said at the time was, I'll talk to you when you learn self-discipline...... That's right, right? What is self-discipline? You come to me in a hurry, can this be called self-discipline? What do you mean that I talk to you? I talk to you, not you talk to me!"

Stunned as he looked at the triumphant old priest, Victor choked for a moment, rolled his eyes and said, "Do you know what secret I want to know?

"Hmph, no matter what you are going to talk to me about, what you can say, I will naturally tell you, what you can't say, you ask in vain. ”

Victor smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll ask...... Say what you can say, and shake your head if you can't. ”

Father Miller paused for a moment, and laughed, "Little one, do you think I don't know that you are good at observing details, proficient in language traps, and able to read people's hearts? ”

Victor restrained his smile and said with burning eyes: "I ask ten questions, and you ask me ten questions...... Don't you think that's going to be fun?"

"Son, you don't have to test me if I know your secret. Miller waved his hand, shook his head and said, "Just because I'm not interested in your secrets doesn't mean I know your secrets, or that the secrets I know are correct, just because I'm self-disciplined." ”

He took a step forward and said as he went, "I have less than a hundred years to live, but His Highness Randall can live for more than two hundred years, can we see things the same way? I am not omniscient, and you are not omniscient, and I tell you the secret, how do you judge the truth of what I tell you? If I say anything, you believe it, you just have to listen to me, why ask? If you don't believe me, why should I tell you?"

Different lifespans and different ways of looking at things...... This is an implication that the devil and the evil gods have different time scales than us, and that they may design a conspiracy over a period of thousands or even tens of thousands of years, which may not necessarily have a direct impact on the current timeline...... Victor frowned, followed Miller, and after a moment, said:

"I don't care about the truth of the secret, I follow the method of hypothesis and verification...... Feel free to say it. ”

"I care about the truth!" Miller said a little impatiently, "I care that the real becomes false, and the fake becomes true...... It's like, you explore the Southern Continent, meet a group of barbarians, and then you make a surprise attack plan, but the barbarians grasp it in advance. Will you still carry out the original raid plan?"

Victor was startled and understood what Miller meant. The future is unpredictable, true or false, right or wrong, and the Divine Favor and his opponent wrestle in the realm of fate, but they cannot let the other party perceive their plans. Because the lifespans of the two sides are different and the time scales are different, as long as they stop moving, and wait for Miller to die of old age, it will be difficult to say what will happen next.

Miller was worried that I was ruining him...... But how can I know if his disturbance of fate will endanger me?

Victor's mind was racing, and after thinking for a long time, he still asked bluntly: "Old fellow, will you cheat me?"

"I'm cheating you, won't you resist?" Father Miller glanced at him with contempt, and shouted angrily, "You are afraid that I will cheat you, and you chase me and ask me what secrets? Are you here to be funny?"

"I believe you, that's why I ask!"

Victor replied with a straight face, and said with a smile: "Pastor Miller, you see, I spent hundreds of thousands of gold soles to help you build Randall's Cathedral...... Can you tell me something?"

"Hehe, I didn't know it before, but I'm not stupid...... I've figured out how much benefit you have from building a cathedral. Miller smiled and said: "You build the cathedral, there is a level 5 priest Dane in the Diocese of Randall, and there will be 2 ruling warriors, 15 mid-level holy warriors, and 100 beginner-level holy warriors under him; In another ten years, when Mother Karina's medicinal fields are ripe, Randall will have his own source of herbs, and Southhill Monastery will teach your people the techniques of herb cultivation, fruit tree grafting, and dispensing medicine...... There is also the Kaye Missionary, who is both a priest and a scholar and is well versed in monsterology. Your soldiers will always encounter all kinds of monsters when they cross the river, right? He teaches the people of Randall how to deal with monsters at the general school...... You built the cathedral, and Clement did not treat you badly. I've also heard that you can post adventure quests through the Cathedral and hire the top ranked Knight Ranger......"

"Alright, alright. ”

Victor quickly interrupted Father Miller and said, "Tell me directly, what do you want me to do in order to reveal a little secret to me?" ”

"Hehe, you're testing me again. Miller teasingly said, "I'll let you do anything now, and you'll be cranky again in no time." ”

Victor shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's a talent of mine, and I can't control it myself." ”

Miller shook his head with a wry smile and sighed: "Victor, the secret I know may not be true, and it will only hurt you to tell you now...... Why can't you do what you're supposed to do like Sylvia?"

Victor's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Sylvia firmly believes that there is nothing in this world that she cannot cope with...... In other words, everything in the world must follow the laws of the Elemental Sea, whether it is a devil or an evil god, as long as it enters the real world, it will be transformed into an existence that can be destroyed. He pointed to his head and said, "But I'm not Sylvia, since I have a talent for wisdom, why don't I make full use of its characteristics and solve problems according to my own methods?" I can create the secret method of the soul bloodline, which is enough to show that my method is very effective. Collecting, piecing, deducing, verifying, and applying are my methods of solving problems. ”

"We can't do it all. Father Miller nodded appreciatively, hesitated, and said, "I chose the Centaur Hill because it is closer to the Divine Knights...... She represents the will of the origin of the world, like a lighthouse, I hide in the light, it is easier to hide myself. Your light is getting brighter and brighter now, and the power of fate is interfering with you less and less...... That's what you're going to do, understand, Randall?"

Victor was silent for a moment and asked, "What do you think of wizards?"

"Nothing bad. Miller said lightly.

Victor then asked, "There are wizards, knights, clergymen, ordinary people, half-elves like me, and barbarian blood knights like Neowest...... A wizard in the Kite Castle told me that the human bloodline is probably the most primitive bloodline, with strong compatibility, is this the cause of the problem?"

Miller tugged at the beard on his chin, and the wrinkles on his face were all twisted, and after a long pause, he shook his head and said, "I'm not sure...... I'm not interested in you and that wizard's conjecture, nor in the truth of history that can't be changed, I can only tell you that humans can be called protospecies. ”

“...... Native species. Victor took the name in his heart and chewed it for a moment, looked up and smiled: "Just a name doesn't help me in any way...... Maybe somewhere in the future, I can come across this term and associate it with human beings. So, I want to thank you. ”

Miller patted his forehead and said with a sad face, "I shouldn't have discussed this topic with you." ”

Victor laughed and said, "Lord Priest, this is the best flattery I've ever heard...... There's one more thing I'd like to ask you to help with...... Uh, don't go!"