Chapter 502: The Shadow of God
"See God?" Leo was stunned, frowning slightly.
This is also the case not only in the world of Velon, but also in the Earth Federation, ordinary people cannot directly look at the omega-level advanced life forms, because the difference between the two life forms is too great, coupled with the influence of the life level, it will cause ordinary people to be mentally damaged, ranging from a long-term coma to direct madness.
It's just that Leo is puzzled by the fact that even the weakest omega-level advanced life forms, and even those false gods, will produce great energy fluctuations when they appear, which is an unavoidable natural law. But yesterday Leo didn't feel anything unusual around him at all, which obviously didn't match what Berenchena said.
Seeing the suspicious look on Leo's face, Berenchena added: "It can't be said to be a god, it can only be said to be a shadow left by a god." ”
Hearing the explanation, Leo's expression softened slightly, the shadow of gods and gods are two completely different concepts, one is a real power, and the other is just an illusion, although it can still have some impact on the spirit of ordinary people, but it is far from being comparable to the impact caused by omega-level advanced life forms.
However, even the shadow of the gods is extremely rare in the world of Velon, and in the past, when the gods came to the world, the gods would usually attach their shadows to the statues of the gods in the church headquarters, and every time there was a large gathering, the shadows of the gods would come out to announce the oracles for him, showing the power of the gods.
However, with the disappearance of the gods, the shadows of the gods gradually disappeared from the statues, and now only a few large churches still have the shadows of the gods, such as the Lord of the Sky, such as the King of the Hill, and so on.
But the current situation seems to be a little abnormal, because the shadow of the god actually appeared in Port Set, that is, this shadow of the god can be moved, and judging from what happened, this shadow of the god should be on someone, who is chasing Berenchenna.
Without waiting for Leo to ask, Berenchena took the initiative to reveal the answer and said, "It's Clumber, the shadow of the gods." ”
"God's Shadow Clumber?" After hearing the name, Leo was sure where he had seen it, and then carefully recalled it, quickly remembered, and confirmed, "Is it the Holy Judge Clumber?"
"Yes, that's him. Berenchena nodded.
"Is he still alive?" Leo wondered.
Leo first saw the name Clumber the Priest from Rembrandt, and he remembered that the book was a record of the most famous figures in the various churches and the Orthodox Church over the past four hundred years, and that the Holy Inquisitor Clumber was very high, only below the leaders of the various churches.
In addition, the book contains the least amount of information about the Holy Judge Clumber, which shows that this man had a great deal of hidden information that the church did not want to make public.
Not long ago, Leo saw a record of Clumber in the Wizard's Tower in Death Valley, this time the book that recorded Clumber's content was a book that was banned by the church, and the author of this book was an enlightened high-level in the Orthodox Church, who collected the dirty things that the various Orthodox churches had done in the past, wrote them, and published them into a book.
These recorded things are definitely the last things that the Orthodox Court wants to be known, so the book was regarded as a banned book and completely banned as soon as it was published, and the author was even regarded as an apostate, describing it as a heresy that a cult broke into the Orthodox Court and was publicly burned.
The wizards of the tower were naturally willing to see some troubles in the Orthodox Church, so after this forbidden book came out, they bought it as soon as possible, and even when it was listed as a banned book, they secretly published it and spread it, and the original book was collected as a collector's item, and the one Leo saw was one of them.
While most of the content in that book is about the filthy affairs of the Orthodox Church, the account of Clumber is relatively positive, and more shows his ruthless side.
The son of a groom, Clumber lived in a mountain village in a county in the kingdom of Mares, but one day a cult dark wizard sacrificed the entire mountain village to the evil god, and Crumber survived because he went out in the morning.
Later, Clumber was taken away by the Orthodox Inquisitor who had come to investigate the cult's sacrifices, and was brought back to the Orthodox Church to train as a Knight of the Adjudicator.
After becoming a Knight of Judgment, Clumber was born and died in countless battles with the cultists. It stands to reason that he should have been given a higher position a long time ago, but because he was too ruthless and unscrupulous, even the nobles and his colleagues were used by him as pawns, attracting cultists, causing a large number of innocent casualties, so that the upper echelons of the Orthodox Church had to suppress his promotion.
However, even so, he had accumulated too many merits, so much that even if someone pressed him, he could not suppress it, and in the end he was promoted to the position of adjudicator, and according to the rules, he entered the hall of gods in the Orthodox Church to see if he could accept the oracle of the gods. In this way, he received his title.
However, what no one expected was that Clumber would gain the shadow of the god of vengeance and become a god agent, that is, the only god agent except for the leaders of the various churches.
The god of vengeance is not a god in the conventional sense, it is just a collection of gods and vengeful minds, he has no church, no doctrine, he is placed in the headquarters of the Orthodox Church, specially used to give the knights of the Orthodox Church pre-war blessings.
Clumber's acquisition of the shadow of the God of Vengeance was completely beyond everyone's expectations, and in some respects, his status was almost the same as that of the leaders of various churches, and if he wanted to, he could even create a vengeful church, and he would have made himself the pope.
However, Clumber did not do that, he took advantage of his new identity to obtain a series of privileges, and his methods of doing things were more direct and rude, unscrupulous, and many times even went directly to the royal palace of a certain kingdom to arrest people, causing the royal families of various countries to complain.
Eventually, Clumber will kill a number of innocent people in a witch hunt, and among these innocent people are not only some merchants and commoners, but also the heirs of several dukes of the French Empire and the crown prince.
As the number one power on the road to the world of Vlenber, the enemy country of France naturally did not care about Clumber's identity, and directly sent heavy troops to surround the Orthodox Church, and said with an extremely tough attitude that if Clumber was not called, the headquarters of the Orthodox Church would be completely destroyed and all the Orthodox churches would be expelled.
If it was only the French Empire that put pressure on the Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church would still be able to fight against it, relying on the influence of the church in the people to influence the decision-making of the French Emperor. But the problem is that Clumber has offended too many people, and has offended almost all the kingdoms in the world of Velon, and now that the French Empire is in the lead, the other kingdoms will naturally not sit idly by, and have put pressure on the Orthodox Church and began to restrict the activities of the church.
In the light of the circumstances, it is no exaggeration to say that if the Orthodox Church had chosen to confront it head-on, the Orthodox Church would have ceased to exist, and even the churches of various countries would have been severely hit.
For this reason, the Orthodox Church had to choose a compromise and call out Clumberg, but the Orthodox Court also put forward a condition, that is, the Orthodox Court would try Clumberg, and the French Empire only had the right to supervise the trial, and if it was executed, the French Empire also only had the qualifications to supervise, and the results of the execution could be checked afterwards.
The French Empire did not care about this, and agreed to come to the Orthodox Church's request, after which Clumber was tried and burned at the stake, and the matter ended after the French Empire had examined the body.
Although the curtain has come down on this incident, the subsequent effects have not disappeared, because after this incident, governments began to realize that the Orthodox Church is not as powerful as they expected, so they began to secretly restrict the rights of the Orthodox Church and the churches, that is, from this incident, the influence of the Orthodox Church is no longer as omnipotent as before.
The reason why Leo was surprised that Clumber was still alive was not only because Clumber had been burned to death in the records, but also because Clumber's trial was more than 140 years ago, and according to the age of Clumber himself at that time, if Clumber was still alive, then he would be close to 200 years old.
Hearing Leo's question, Berenchena immediately understood what Leo meant, so she explained: "Actually, Clumber was never burned to death, it was just a stand-in that was burned, don't forget that Clumber is a god agent, how could he be burned to death by ordinary flames?"
Leo frowned and said, "Don't they know about this in the Fran Empire?"
"Of course I know, how could the Fran Empire not know. Berenchena sneered and said, "They don't care if Clumber is burned to death, what they care about is the fact that the Orthodox Church bows to them." ”
Leo asked, "Since he didn't die, where has he been all these years?
"Locked up, of course. Berenchena said: "Although the French Empire does not pursue the life and death of Clumber, but after all, the Clumber trial has caused great damage to the prestige of the Orthodox Church, and the churches of various countries have also been adversely affected by this matter, and their rights have been greatly reduced. Saying that, she was silent for a moment and said: "Actually, I didn't expect that he hadn't died after being locked up for so many years, and the shadow of the gods gave him not only strength, but also lifespan." ”
Leo asked, "Since he was locked up, how did you provoke him?"
Berenchena said with a look of resentment: "I went to save a friend who was imprisoned by the Orthodox Church, and inadvertently opened the shackles of this guy, who would have thought that this guy not only thanked me for releasing him, but chased and killed me along the way." ”
"Is it just to save people?" Leo didn't take Berenchena's words seriously.
"Of course, in order to save people, it is natural to deal with some guards. Berenchena shrugged her shoulders and said.
Leo didn't ask any further, for it was obvious that one of the guards Berenchena had killed must have been important to Clumber, otherwise Crumber would not have been able to chase her.
Leo didn't want to get involved in this matter, and said directly: "I'm going to take Leon away, and you can solve your own affairs." ”
"Of course you can take Leon with you, but you're only going to hurt him by doing so. Berenchena shook her head and said: "Your Excellency may not know Clumber's way of doing things, he has seen Leon and me together, and that manor is also Leon's manor, he will only think that Leon and I are in the same group, and will not let Leon go because Leon is innocent, he will find Leon, imprison him, torture him by all means, ask for all useful information, and then kill Leon." ”
Leo frowned, glared at Berenchena and said, "I suddenly think it's better to catch you and hand you over to Clumber." ”
In the face of Leo's danger, Berenchena was not nervous at all, but smiled and said: "Of course, of course, you have the ability to catch me and hand me over to Clumber, but you may have forgotten your identity, you are a wizard! Clumber hates wizards the most, he even did not hesitate to kill a wizard together with the crown prince of France, what do you think he will do when a wizard like you appears in front of him, will he deal with me first, or will he attack you first?"
Leo knew very well that Berenchena's words were not nonsense, according to the records he had seen about Crumber, his hatred of wizards had become deeply rooted in his bones, and even became his belief in gaining the favor of the god of revenge, without which his power would not exist, so the situation that Berenchena said was not possible, but would definitely occur.
"Looks like you should understand that I'm not alarmist!" Berechena saw Leo's thoughts, and said, "Actually, we don't need to be afraid of Clumber at all, he is already injured, and he is very badly injured, otherwise it is impossible for him not to continue to hunt me down, so we can find him now and solve this trouble." ”
"We?" Leo looked at Berenchena with a blank face and said, "You seem to be thinking too much, you and I have never been us." ”
After saying that, I saw him walk out of the room and towards the outside of the warehouse, as if he was not going to continue the conversation with Berenchena or take Leon with him.
Looking at Leo's back as he left, Berenchena's butler stepped forward and asked, "Mistress, what are we going to do now?"
"Don't do anything, just wait!" Berenchena raised her head at Leo and said, "He'll help us get rid of that problem, all we have to do is pay what price to keep him from retaliating against us." ”
As she spoke, she pondered for a moment, as if she had thought of a good idea, smiled, and commanded the butler.
And after hearing Berenchena's command, the butler had a reluctant expression on his face, and it was not until Berenchena showed a serious look that he reluctantly agreed, and then walked out of the warehouse and disappeared into the woods next to the farm with a few people.
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