Chapter 486: Exploring the Essence of Light Spells
It's weekend again, and Kevin, Fran, and Sain have packed their equipment and headed to two different churches of light nearby. Kevin and Fran work as a group to a more remote chapel. Sain, on the other hand, went to the chapel where Leysin volunteered alone. The two sets of instruments are different, but the tasks are the same, and there is no difficulty.
The main thing is to detect the flow of elements in the church, and if the priest can really embezzle power, then this can be recorded as ironclad evidence. In this regard, the Wang Li College has special equipment. Very high-end, Kevin hasn't seen it before.
The appearance of the instrument is like a huge square fish tank, with a length and width of one meter, and it is square. There are some unknown liquids inside, and the territory is constantly flashing with various magic patterns, and the upper part is like a water weed, stretching out countless tentacles, all of which are black, and look very weird.
The device's official name is the Magic Wave Demonstrator, but it's generally customary to call it a fish tank. The general principle of the fish tank is to detect the strength of the surrounding magic fluctuations through the antennae above it, and finally enlarge or shrink proportionally. Then it is presented inside the fish tank, and the various colored liquids inside it will correspond to the elements that are usually invisible.
The instrument does not have any combat function, it is only used for research, so even many high-end people do not necessarily know about this thing. Although many high-end mages are able to feel the fluctuations of the surrounding magical elements only with their own abilities, human feelings are not the most accurate thing after all, and they need to be measured by scales or instruments, and the fish tank was born from this.
The two of them did a little bit of disguise to keep themselves from being too obtrusive. Kevin was dressed like a mover, carrying the "fish tank" behind his back, while Fran dressed up a little and became an aristocratic lady. For a moment, Kevin felt that the raunchy science and engineering student had turned back into the once somewhat glamorous necromancer.
"Ah, you two came here so early, may I ask what it is?" The priest of the chapel came out to receive him, obviously curious about the fish tank on Kevin's body.
"Oh, I've got something urgent today, you can move the fish tank I bought first," Fran ruffled his hair, "I'll worship here first, and I'll go back when I'm done." ”
The priest was a little embarrassed, after all, such a large fish tank was placed so straight in the middle: "Why don't you move the fish tank outside? No one should be able to steal such a big thing." ”
"This doesn't necessarily have a space ring, and if you have it, you can steal it instantly. Kevin couldn't help but raise the bar.
The priest wanted to refute something, but Kevin had already handed over the funny coin directly: "Come on, come on, it's a little meaning." ”
"You, you, ......," the priest subconsciously stepped back, "what are you going to do?"
"Oh, fix your church. Kevin replied skillfully, while desperately trying to make money.
"No, no, our church doesn't need to be renovated. The priest refused.
Kevin couldn't help but glance at Fran, wondering if this priest was so upright, or was his routine too direct?
"Child, don't bring the dirty routines of the world to the holy church. The priest was right.
Kevin had to take the money back and reluctantly changed the subject: "Father, shall we start praying?"
"Wait," the priest coughed dryly, "and we'll start again when a few more people come." ”
"But it seems like the time has come, right?" Kevin pulled out his pocket watch, "Isn't that okay?"
The priest was clearly a little frustrated: "Believers, attracted by another church, there is almost no one on our side, alas!"
"There's no one without people," Kevin replied, "Isn't it faster to go through the process of going through the process of doing worship alone?"
"That's not the problem," replied the priest, "if there is no one at all, then the church has no purpose and will be demolished." ”
"Oh, no wonder you said this place doesn't need to be repaired, it turns out it's going to be demolished?"
Priest: "No, this ......"
"It's okay Father, as the so-called me is a brick, I need to move it wherever I need to, even if this place is demolished, I can go to a more valuable place, as a clergyman, this realization must be there, right?" Kevin said eloquently.
Priest: "......"
On the side, Fran subconsciously stabbed Kevin's arm, and Kevin restrained himself. As soon as I entered the church, I wanted to say a few words, this is almost Kevin's occupational disease, and even today Kevin has not been able to take it.
The priest sighed, "Then let's start the service." ”
A set of normal processes, all kinds of rituals, hymns, and so on. Even if there are only two "believers" in the church, the priest is meticulous.
Kevin and Fran didn't mess with it this time, but followed Leyson's approach to imagine an old man with a long beard, not imagining that it would give power in the central space, imagining all kinds of glowing special effects. If imagination can also be used as piety, Kevin and Fran are indeed the most religious at this time.
However, things did not go well, let alone the miracle, and even the instrument showed that the light elements in the church were not much different from those outside the church, except that there were a few white lines in the direction of the priest. At the same time, Fran faintly revealed a bit of undead element, and several black lines appeared on the instrument.
But these are the forces of man, neither God-given nor the power of buildings. They also plan to calculate the speed of the power and see if they can find some evidence of the priest's use of power. And now there is none.
How so? Could it be that the church is really dilapidated enough to be demolished? Kevin and Fran looked at each other with confusion.
The priest just smiled at this moment: "You two, you don't come here for the light spell, do you?"
The two were slightly embarrassed, and after glancing at each other, they simply nodded in acknowledgement.
"Son, you must be pious in learning light spells," the priest began to ramble on a pair of nonsense, "there is no doubt that your piety is not enough, and it is not something you can do by stuffing my money." If you have money to learn, then all the local tyrants in the world will. ”
"Then ......," Fran tried a bold question, "if it's a necromancer, I mean, if he's also very religious, can he learn light spells?"
The priest was a little impatient, and thought she was raising the bar: "There are no necromancers anymore." ”
"I mean, if ......," Fran asked again.
The priest waved his hand and did not answer.
Fran turned to look at Kevin, snapping his fingers. Kevin understood what she meant, and she wanted to play a trick on the priest to see if there were any necromancers now.
Kevin still waved his hand lightly, signaling her not to be impulsive, and changed the subject: "I recently had a friend who suddenly learned the magic of light, which surprised us all. After inquiry, we found that he was not religious. ”
The priest was silent, as if trying to figure out what to do.
"He did a service, and before that he had always been against the Church of Light, from a young age to a big man, he even fed the priest. And the only time he worshipped, he thought of an old man, he regarded the old man as a god, came to worship sincerely, and finally learned to come to the light spell. Why is that?"
The priest shook his head: "What was he thinking at the time, how did you know?"
"He told me. Kevin replied.
"No way," the priest refused to believe, "it's not that he lied to you, or that you lied to me." ”
Kevin was helpless: "But according to records, there are also many people in history who do not believe in religion and learn light spells. ”
"None of these accounts can be trusted," replied the priest categorically, "because there are many people in history who have fought against us, and these are all things that they have written about with falsehoods and truths. ”
Kevin was helpless, and the other party refused to believe that there was no way. The atmosphere froze for a while, and after a moment of silence, Fran spoke again: "I think, if you want to be in such a small place, it doesn't seem to matter if you play a trick, right?"
The priest was nervous: "What are you going to do?"
Fran smiled, stood up and leaned over to the priest, "Father, have you eaten meat today?"
"No, I'm a vegetarian. The priest replied.
Fran reluctantly retreated: "It seems that there is only one big move?"
Kevin waved his hand, "Well, I'll ask you a few things about the inside of the Church of Light." I'm curious, how does the Church of Light promote and ascend, does it depend on performance, or does it look at strength?"
The priest was already impatient: "What the hell do you want to do?"
"Just ask, we're curious. Kevin replied.
"These are these questions, if you are really devout, you will know about it. The priest replied calmly.
"What? aren't we two religious?" Kevin asked rhetorically.
"Pious people, there will not be so many problems. The priest replied.
"Okay, you wait," Kevin snorted coldly, "I'll find someone who is religious and has a lot of questions, and I'll be here in the afternoon." Fran, stay here, don't let him run. ”
With that, Kevin immediately ran out in a hurry. Fran still smiled at the priest, touching the big fish tank from time to time. The priest sighed: "You are not here to make trouble, are you? ”
"No, no, we're just curious. Fran smiled in response.
Two hours later, Leyson came all the way. Kevin went directly over there to call him, but since he was still working in the confessional, he couldn't be short of people, so Kevin went straight to the top.
The church over there was overcrowded, the priest was too busy to get dazed, and Kevin and Leyson took the time to change places, and no one paid attention. Anyway, no one else in the confessional room could see him.
"Ahem, Father, I'm the one who has a lot of questions, but I'm also very religious. Leyson got straight to the point, holding out his hands and glowing with a burst of light.
Priest: "......"
"Actually, I'm not religious. Leyson replied honestly, then counted his "despicable marches" as a child, spread them all out, and asked the priest, why?
The paradox arises, the ungodly should not learn spells, and the pious should not deceive people, and Leyson even mocked the Church of Light to his face, which even ordinary people can't do.
"Well, I'll show you something. The priest sighed, pulled out a piece of paper, and handed it to the two men.
"It's ...... Advertisement?" The two glanced at each other. It seems to be the church advertisement, and it also says that going there to worship, the effect is better, etc.
"Is there a problem with that?" the two asked rhetorically, "Is it normal to advertise?"
"The problem is that our church advertises and does not use learning light spells as an inducement, because there are only a few people who actually learn light spells, and secondly, believing in religion for the sake of learning spells is putting the cart before the horse. The priest shook and sighed, as if he could not understand the society.
"And what do you mean?" the two confused.
"Forget it, I won't talk about it. The priest shook his head and tried to hide.
The two immediately stepped forward to stop: "Don't run, say, continue." ”
"Alas!" said the priest, sighing, "if I do, you must not say that I said it." ”
"It's okay, we don't know your name. Fran replied.
The priest was silent for a moment, but still spoke softly: "Recently, a group of people have emerged in society, and they call themselves the people of the Church of Light, and they have begun to gather believers and money. They claim to be able to learn light spells quickly. I don't know where they came from, it could be people in society, maybe ...... From within the Church of Light. ”
Leyson and Fran looked at each other.
"I didn't believe it, I thought it was just a bunch of liars, using our banner to cheat. But now seeing your spells......" the priest was a little sad, "why is that?"
Fran spread his hands: "It's simple, the light spell has been cracked." It's a pity that it was cracked by a third party, and now they are using it to deceive people. ”
"This ......," the priest frowned, obviously in disbelief.
"Father, what exactly is the nature of light spells?" Fran asked.
The priest was silent for a long time, but shook his head.
Leyson asked: "Is it considered a cult for a new group of people to promise to join the religion with their strength?"
The priest was silent.
It wasn't until late evening that everyone returned to school. Gather in Kevin's room to exchange results. And this time, Kevin set up an enchantment again.
Little Spoon first shared her experience at school: "I also made a confessional room in the school for the minotaur to repent and repent. Guess what?"
Everyone was curious, and Sain couldn't help but ask: "Is there a more excessive confession than what I proposed?"
"Of course," replied the little spoon, "they say, I am so handsome, I am guilty, I want to repent, I am so strong, I am guilty, I want to repent, I am so big, I want to repent......
"Hmph, the minotaur is simply incurable, the sin is unforgivable!" the little spoon was very angry.
Everyone could only smile and comfort: "This is the difference between voluntary repentance and forced repentance." ”
After a burst of laughter, everyone began to get back to business. Kevin spoke: "Sort out the series of reactions of the money-greedy priest after Leyson obtained the miracle. First of all, he came to the school, put out advertisements everywhere, and got donation boxes. It looks like I really want to make some moves. ”
"But there is no evidence," Sain replied, "I have drawn a map of the flow of light elements in the church over there, and you can make do with it, I am not good enough." ”
"Good work," Kevin replied, "your instrument is one size smaller, and you have to run around to detect it, it's not easy." ”
Everyone flipped through the map drawn by Sain, and they couldn't help frowning: "Why is there such a big difference? One church has almost no light elements, and the other is almost full. ”
"Does it matter if there are many people?" the little spoon muttered, but turned his head and denied it, "But these believers are not light mages, ordinary people can gather together, and they can use light spells again?"
"Or is it a problem with buildings?" replied Leyson.
"No," Kevin spread out the atlas, "the lines have a noticeable synchronicity, which reminds me of a spell synchronization illusion. ”