A few months ago, it was supposed to be a calm afternoon, but it was only because of the irreconcilable conflict between the ideology and decision-making of the Pope and the two empires that the war was triggered.

At the beginning of the war, no one took this seriously.

Father Martin, who lives in Hamburg, thought it was still an experiment and that there would be no real fight.

But it didn't turn out as expected, and Martin prayed every day that God wouldn't let the war break out, and if it did, wouldn't hurt innocent civilians.

But eventually, disaster struck...

According to the comparison of strength, the strength of the [Snow Man Empire] is far behind that of the [Huck Empire], not only because of the snowballing advantage of centuries.

What's more, the emperor of the Hack Empire in the south, he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to unify the human empire, just like the ancestors did many years ago, to reorganize the broken country, so he gathered a large number of troops and put his own guards into it, resulting in a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides.

The Hack Empire to the south was not a predominantly religious state, they had a higher status as emperor than the pope, and the Church had to pay taxes to the empire for all business activities.

If the [Huck Empire] is a country with the Pope as the core, then the church in the north will definitely act as an internal response to help the south attack the north.

So, nothing was agreed upon, and the war just began ...

In the early days, according to everyone's predictions, the north would be defeated, so the merchants and nobles negotiated to strengthen the defense, relying on their own speed of knowing the information, buying grain on a large scale, and before the people reacted, they took away nearly 70% of the rations.

The nobles of the north learned of the decision of the emperor in the south: 'When the army comes to the north, it will kill all the nobles and commoners, leaving only room for the inhabitants of the south to survive.' Then, in order to survive as much as possible, they chose to use the most extreme method, abandoning the lands to the south and leaving the army to guard the border, no matter how much the enemy shouted.

Before the war officially broke out, the nobles were convinced that the war would be lost.

There were also many aristocrats who planned to build ships, leave along the seashore, and find a new land to live in.

But none of that came to fruition in the end.

Because Ted used excessive E. coli to completely defeat the southern army and prevent this from happening.

But... Even if the front line was victorious, the nobles and merchants did not intend to stop, they used the grain they had purchased before to buy low and sell high, and made a lot of money.

Not only sand is mixed into the grain, but also lime.

After they had collected all the belongings of the people, they took their cronies and troops to hide in the rear of the northern part of the country to eat, drink and have fun.

At first, the number of refugees was not large, and they were all people from nearby villages who had taken refuge in the city because they had run out of food.

Later, a convoy of families from the south was stationed in the city with countless people.

Because the lord had fled long ago, only Father Martin was left in the city who could preside over the order.

By the time he inspected the depot, everything was normal, there was plenty of food, and he should have survived the disaster until the end.

But then, as the number of people grew, the priest put down his ledger and put up a notice to cut the daily ration of each person in half.

Later, when several large refugee groups arrived, there was no longer enough food, even if it was made into porridge.

Then, when the food ran out, the refugees opened their mouths to their own kind, ignoring the doctrine and the rituals.

Fortunately, next to the priest were two faithful knights of the Church, who led him and the other two clergy to escape.

But Martin still can't figure out why he tried to maintain order, and in the end the refugees still poured out their anger on him.

Obviously Martin did what he had to do, but he was still killed by inexplicable hatred.

When passing through [Munibau], the situation inside is even worse than that of [Hamburg City], where there are dead people except cannibals...

They even devoured the priests and other clergy, cloned them and hung them above the city gates.

When he saw this from a distance, Martin could only shake the hand of the knight next to him and keep thanking him!

However, all this is in the past, and the priest is now safe.

But God's problems took root during this period.

While Martin was still in the city of Hamburg, he waited for God to come down to help him, he knelt before the cross, prayed devoutly, hoped for the safe return of the messenger who had gone to deliver the letter, and even burned a precious 'God's Calling Ticket' to tell him his hope.

This ticket is a reward from the Pope for so many years as a priest.

It is said that if you burn this ticket, God will hear your voice and grant your wish within five minutes.

Merely... The coupon was burned, and he told God what he thought, but he still did not manifest himself.

When he came here, he was even surprised, he didn't understand why God would grant the Godfather's request in Blackwater City.

This is almost equivalent to indiscriminate killing of innocents, and for ordinary people, few people can maintain a certain level of sanity despite extreme hunger.

That's the death penalty for 99 percent of the refugees...

But these... It's hard to help himself, after all, he's just an outsider, and he can only let the soldiers slaughter innocent refugees...

...

In the evening, after the crowd had finished eating, everyone closed their eyes and listened to the prayer of the priest.

After praying, Martin opened his eyes, looked at the group, and asked, "Guys, have you heard God's teachings?" ”

When everyone opened their eyes, they all looked like they were swearing, as if God had really given them something!?

Even if he didn't hear it, Bruce pretended to hear it, and these tasks were all done by his father before, and after praying every day, he would say something that seemed to make sense.

But Bruce, who had never heard the so-called voice of God, was in a hurry to ask the priest what was going on.

"Uh... Father—" Bruce asked the priest with a quiet hand.

"Oh? What's the matter? ”

If he didn't hear it, he would have been hung up and burned to death by the people around him, so he could only lie: "Father, God has just said too much to me, and my brain can't keep up, after all, I just had a chance to live, and my brain can't turn." ”

Although such a statement is rare, Father Martin has indeed encountered it and knows how to deal with it: "Well, how about you stay after that?" ”

"No problem, Father Priest!"

Hearing this, the people around him laughed and said, "What a foolish person is a fool, God actually said so much to you!?" ”

In this regard, Bruce could only scratch his head and say sorry, and by the way, he bowed to the cross three times and nine times to repent.

...

After everyone had left, Bruce knelt directly in front of the priest.

"Father, could you please God say what he said to me again? My brain is stupid and I can't remember that much. ”

"Then you have to tell me what happened to you, and your history."

"Father... I..."

In this way, Bruce told all the recent encounters, as well as what he had seen and heard, as well as his doubts about God, without reservation, even what happened at noon.

When the priest learned about this, he did not choose to denounce it, because... Helping others to keep secrets is an unwritten doctrine, and he has been doing this for nearly 100 years, keeping secrets for others and never revealing them to anyone.