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"Your Excellency the Mystic Blood Sage."

Yin Rena quickly stepped forward a few steps and stopped the red-robed man who was about to leave around the corner: "There is a meeting at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, please attend on time." ”

The red-robed man turned his head, revealing a pale, beautiful face under his hood, carrying a folder in his hand. Hearing the call of his companion, he first pointed a cross on his chest, and then asked in a hoarse voice:

"Dream or reality?"

"Reality." Yin Rena said, although she also wanted to open the meeting directly in her dream, "It's the address of the last meeting." I have other questions, what do you think of the current parliamentary system in Intis? ”

Mr. A, who has become a saint, stood still and thought for a few seconds, and his voice became a little muffled: "They are not pious enough. ”

Yin Rena sighed, this is the difficulty of getting along with fanatics: it is a very stupid thing to talk about piety with some nobles...... The more ignorant they are, the more pious they are, and the more they possess a lot of resources, the more thoroughly they understand the world, and most of the nobles and tycoons tend to just cooperate with the church for profit, and even Yin Rena has a hard time finding a few people from her own family who are devout to the Eternal Sun. Even she, who has become a saint and will most likely succeed the future chief priest of the Cathedral of Light, is not very devout to the true Creator.

Strictly speaking, she just longs for light, warmth, the sun and some beautiful things.

"The change of faith needs to be gradual, and the nobles have not been cornered, and it is difficult for them to be truly oriented to the Lord."

"Then it's time for them to disappear." Mr. A said in a tone of course, "Isn't that what the church is going to do?" ”

"Not yet."

Although her feelings for the family are limited, the family has given her the capital to become a middle-order powerhouse, and also allows her to live a privileged and prosperous life, Yin Rena has to think about it for the Montmar family: "The church has come up with a corresponding plan, we just need to follow the guidance of the Lord to implement it." ”

Moving out of the Lord, Mr. A immediately stopped commenting, but reverently drew the cross.

Yin Rena breathed a sigh of relief: "You have been in charge of missionary activities and subsidized social welfare activities for the low-level people recently, you have quite a lot of experience when you are active in Rune, how do you feel?" Is it still handy? What is the public's perception of us? ”

"They are religious."

"Anything else?"

"As long as there is food, people will not die, and people are religious." Mr. A said firmly.

Yin Rena frowned, she desperately needed the Dark Sage to have some conversation with Mr. A that only fanatics could understand. It's a pity that she, the oracle, is also logically religious, so she leads the topic without a trace: "Do the people have any other demands?" ”

"More food, better jobs, better housing, and education."

Mr. A's tone is still hard, and it is probably only the daily communion ritual and the new canon that is still being compiled that can make him show some enthusiasm: "Man is greedy, and when he becomes Sequence 9, he begins to yearn for Sequence 8. People always want to have something better. But when they have received something better, they will only take the Lord's mercy for granted, and they will not act for the glory of the Lord. ”

Yin Rena was stunned, feeling that the other party unexpectedly seemed to be to the point.

She couldn't help but nod her head and discussed seriously: "It's only been a month and a half since the change of faith, and what we need now is to win people's hearts. Working with the Steam Church to develop industry, increase employment opportunities, and improve overall educational attainment are the things to be done in the next few years. ”

"I don't understand that."

Mr. A said, "I only care if they are religious, if they will have reverence and love for the Lord. ”

"They would look joyful and pray devoutly when they received relief from the Lord, but after a few times, they got used to it."

Mr. A sneered: "I am grateful to Dade when I am relieved, I seem to be pious, and I start to resent after there is no relief, I have seen a lot of such things." The Lord spreads Her glory so that we can share in the happiness of the kingdom of heaven, but it is the Lord's mercy, not necessity, that the Lord is willing to save people. ”

"So what do you think?"

"My opinion?" Mr. A raised his eyebrows, and immediately spoke with full anger, "Of course, we should start with the education of the lambs!" We need more schools and new teaching materials, so that everyone can appreciate the mercy of the Lord, so that everyone can act for the glory of the Lord, and we live because of the Lord, so of course we will dedicate our souls and lives to the Lord, and always take the initiative to contribute to the kingdom of heaven with a grateful heart! ”

I knew it...... Yin Reina's smile immediately became perfunctory.

"Thank you for your valuable advice." She was ready to leave, "We'll see you tomorrow." ”

……

Rune, Beckland.

At two o'clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, at 160 Berlund Street, Dawn Dantès reached out and pressed his eyebrows and put down the stall in his hand.

"Most of the people in the hospital have been treated, but there are still many injured who are not even qualified to go to the hospital......"

He muttered to himself and slumped back in his high-backed chair.

Crane hasn't been in a good mood lately, he just passed through the Source Fort two days ago, borrowed a special seal with a healing effect from Silver City, "Life Staff", and sent some of the more and more free food in the Aurora Society.

According to the "Sun" at this week's tarot meeting, the vast majority of people in Silver City have begun to eat Mr. Frank's mushrooms, a high-protein crop with a pleasing appearance (compared to the meat of disgusting monsters), an irresistible taste (compared to the meat of unpalatable monsters), and various special effects, the most popular at the moment is the purifying mushroom.

If Frank's ability to connect with the Aurora Club was just a surprise to Crane, then the fact that he would be reused at the Aurora Club made Crane feel that World Mushroom Day was approaching, but seeing the positive feedback from the people of Silver City, the sincere love for Mushroom Lone, and the heartfelt blessings and thanks to Mr. Frank Lee who was far away, Crane felt that this was not bad.

Frank fulfilled his desire to help others and solve his hunger, and the people of Silver City were freed from the flesh of monsters full of all kinds of toxins and pollution, and tasted normal food in a not-so-normal way, which was a thing that everyone was happy about, and his own worries seemed a little out of place. Perhaps, Frank, who is still in the middle sequence, can do more in the future...... Forget it!

“…… However, there are some devout believers in the Lord who are unwilling to accept gifts from foreign gods. ”

"It's not that they hate you, Mr. 'Fool', or for any other reason, and they are not hostile to converts, who are glad to see Silver City saved, but...... They can't change their beliefs, they worship the sun, they think it's salvation. ”

When Derrick said this, he was slightly lost.

Faith is not so easy to abandon, let alone the faith that has been passed down from generation to generation, the only spiritual pillar in the darkness and despair.

"Mr. World, can you please hand over some items related to the Lord?" Little "Sun" said almost pleadingly, "If those elders see that Mr. 'Fool' is close to the Lord, maybe they will be willing to slowly keep the faith and join us......"

Crane, who is already Mr. X of the Aurora Society and is also the "Fool" of the True God, was silent for a moment and nodded slowly:

"I will."

He then quickly submitted a large amount of information, traded some recipes and materials, and secretly negotiated with the Dark Sage to obtain a Best Believer Charm from the Aurora Society, and handed it over to Silver City along with food and medicine.

As the authority of the True Creator increases, so does the Aurora Society's Monthly Believer Awards.

For the first time, Crane knew that the aura of the Divine and the Fallen could be so harmoniously condensed in a spell with multiple effects. It seems to be based on the ability of the "Shepherd", with the purification, sacredness and blessing of the "Sun" pathway, as well as the blending of the shadows of the "Secret Prayer Man", flesh magic and weakened herding, which can be selected multiple times according to the user's opening spell before the spirit is exhausted, it is completely 1+1>2, which is equivalent to a one-time side-effect-free version of "Creeping Hunger".

Crane couldn't help but fantasize that if the true Creator had a few more paths, wouldn't this God-given spell be all-powerful?

The gods' gift is the best proof of the close relationship between the "Fool" and the true Creator, and according to the feedback from the "Sun", Silver City seems to be happy to receive this gift, but the Council of Six is not most interested in this precious charm, but an item from the outside world, and Crane is the first to send a travel brochure.

Through these gifts, Crane took the opportunity to lend the "Staff of Life" for his Roller.

Considering that Silver City seems to have always thought that he is already the last human in the world, completely unaware of the prosperity of the outside world, Crane ponders for a long time and decides to give the pamphlet as a gift from the "fools" to help them see reality.

There is sunshine in the outside world, and the eastern continent did not usher in the sun until last month; There are many gods in the outside world, and the dangerous shadows and darkness of the Eastern Continent are born from the madness of the true Creator; The outside world is full of life, while the eastern continent has no grass, no ocean, no forest, no wilderness, no daylight, only monsters and an unclear future...... You are not God's patron last elect, but a deliberately neglected people abandoned by God for their faith.

The true Creator seems to be grieving over the events of the Eastern Continent, but will believers be disgusted with their Lord because of it?

Crane sighed.

He played diligently in the hospital, using his eerie appearance to create some small miracles of severed limb regeneration, so that the "trickster's" potion was digested somewhat, but it was still a long way from promotion, far from enough.

“…… Saving people is inexhaustible, and people in the hospital come and go, batch after batch. ”

"And where I can't see, there are countless times more dead than I see......"

The physical and mental exhaustion is much more than that.

When "Magic Mirror" Arodus pretended to be Dawn Dantès, he took the initiative to reveal Mr. Dantès's love for beautiful women.

Therefore, many aristocrats and wealthy people are now trying to stuff some beautiful women around Monsieur Dantès.

Crane was silent, he had tried to refuse the beautiful women who had been sent, but even if he refused, the girls would not return to where they came from, and might fall into an even more dangerous situation. So he took them in and put them in his mansion and in the manor he had just rented as maids—and at some balls the men teased Monsieur Dantès for enjoying life, and the manor was full of beautiful women.

Disgusting.

He thought.

But he couldn't say no, and he didn't want to. At least, these girls, big and small, can still have a stable job, a stable residence, three meals a day, and the protection of a demigod, and some people who remember where they came from can still go home.

"It's like Kapin." Crane sometimes observes the nobles in between balls, thinking silently.

"These people are the richer and more statusful Kaping, and I am like Kaping's backers at that time, the abducted girls were sent to me, their lives are as low as the people in the Southern Continent, if I want them to disappear, they don't even have a chance to ask for help."

"What's the use of me killing a Kapin?"

"These things have almost nothing to do with the extraordinary, not for the sake of cosplay or extraordinary characteristics, but simply because of human desires—the existence of no extraordinary power. Kapin is dead, is the trafficking over? Did George III stop? Is the darkness of the kingdom of Rune gone? ”

"No, I just can't see it."

"There must have been a lot of capping where I couldn't see, but because I couldn't see it, I ......"

Crane closed his eyes and saw the darkness.

There is no point in punishing the nobles, even if they shout and angrily scold those who give him women, it will not help, some people will accept it, some people will enjoy it, some will be Kapin, and some will be Kapin's backers.

"Killing just a few people doesn't change anything. Even if I did have the ability to kill George III, it would be useless and would throw Rune into chaos, which could have even more serious consequences during the war. ”

"So what the hell is going to do...... What exactly should I do? ”

……

In the Hall family's mansion.

Audrey sat on the balcony of her bedroom basking in the sun, with Susie lying at her feet.

They didn't communicate verbally, they just read each other's thoughts with expressions and movements.

Susie complained to Audrey, "When will the extraordinary person in charge of monitoring us leave?" It's been a long time since I've gone for a walk, Audrey, and I feel like I'm going to rust. ”

Audrey stroked Susie's head, sighed softly, looked out the window, and gave Susie a look: "Bear with me a little longer, Susie, we can't leave the house now, I'll take you to the garden for a walk after afternoon tea." ”

Susie snorted, fell down again, closed her eyes and took a nap.

Audrey stood up quietly, lifted her skirt, and said to Anne, the valet who was standing outside the room, "Is the hot water in the bathroom ready?" ”

Anne's voice came from outside the room: "All right, Miss. ”

"Okay." Audrey walked out of the room, and Anne followed her. Once in the bathroom, he asked Anne to wait outside. Audrey specially wore simple loungewear today, without cumbersome ties and skirts, and could be put on and taken off without the help of a maid.

Only then will the feeling of being watched disappear.

Audrey breathed a sigh of relief, removed the metal brooches and gemstone stud earrings from her loungewear, and picked up the flowers and essential oils for bathing. Then she took a candle out of her sleeve, broke it into three, and set up a simple ceremony space on the bathroom dresser.

She pressed her chest, listening to her heartbeat like a drum, feeling more nervous than she had been when she had prayed to Mr. Fool.

"Relax, Audrey, this honorific name is correct and will not be passed on to a strange being......"

She took a deep breath, folded her hands, closed her eyes, and whispered:

"The flame that does not burn;

Prisoners of chaos and death;

You are the creator of the City of the Damned;

You are the protector of all who rebel against fate;

Dear 'Angel of Temperance', Mr. Richard Ernst with us......"

……

Eastern Continent.

"Don't worry." The True Creator said compassionately to an old woman, "The sun has risen, the earth is about to be rejuvenated, the day of redemption has come, and the days of tribulation are coming to an end." ”

With her words, the dark sky lit up, and the warm sun rose, covering everything in the world with golden light.

The monsters turned into black smoke and dispersed, golden crops burst out of the ground, swaying gently like waves, and the saved people laughed and sang praises to the All-Knowing and Almighty.

Women too old to judge their age tilt their heads for a long time, looking at everything in front of them.

The True Creator waited patiently for a long time before the woman dressed as a priest finally reluctantly looked away from the sun in the sky. She looked at the young man holding the cross in front of her, and said solemnly and slowly, "Thank you, messenger of the Lord......"

Then she turned and walked slowly up to the altar in the middle of the city, lit the flame of the sacrifice, and threw the sacrifice into the fire along with the things that pleased the gods. The blue smoke bird rose into the sky, and she bowed deeply in the direction of the sun.

"Praise be to you, All-Knowing and Almighty......"

"We are finally saved......"

The old man's hoarse voice came intermittently, and the figure of the goddess officer dispersed like a handful of sand falling in the wind.

The laughing people, the golden wheat fields and the whole city were weathered with it, they disappeared with the wind, and the world of dreams shattered.

The world darkened, revealing a pitch-black sky.

The True Creator stood in the ruins of a city-state completely overrun with strange plants, the central altar of the city-state half collapsed, and a dry skeleton lay in the center of the altar, the priest's garments and spiritual things rotting into mud.

Directly above the dry bones, powerful evil spirits like black mist hovered in the sky, sheltering the long-lost city-state. But the spirit's movement gradually slowed down, and its body gradually disintegrated without any attack.

It saw the fabled sunshine in its dreams, and saw that its people had been redeemed by a long time, and it gladly vanished into nothing.

The True Creator stood silently, clutching the cross in his hand and whispering, "I am late, may you be liberated." ”

"Destroyed two hundred and forty-three years ago."

Edward also broke away from the dream, and carried out rough archaeological activities around him, pushing his flat glasses: "I didn't expect this place to be destroyed...... However, in the absence of angels and level 0 seals, they persevered for a thousand years, did not lose to endless temptation and despair, and were finally devoured by external forces from the darkness, which is quite respectable. ”

They followed the memories of the last owner of the amulet, only to see a ruin that had been destroyed by the traces of battle, and an evil spirit that hovered in the air, dragging all living beings around it into the destruction of the city.

“…… But they weren't saved. ”

When you are destroyed by an irresistible monster, when you see yourself and your loved ones die, is there more pain or more relief to end the pain? The True Creator inhales deeply and exhales deeply: "Is belated redemption still salvation?" ”

The outer god shrugged.

"It's up to you." She said, "I can comfort you, 'At least you're here,' or I can say 'no,' but you should have the answer in mind when you ask this question." ”

"yes, I don't regret it, if I have to." The True Creator whispered, "But I just don't regret it." ”

Edward glanced at her and casually complimented, "You're in good shape right now." ”

"Do you call this mental burden a good state?"

"I'm thinking from your point of view, you can feel the burden, and it's in good shape." Edward crossed his arms and teased, "If you don't react along the way, I should have thought about which direction to run in when I left Earth for a while." ”

The True Creator did not respond, and sighed softly.

She looked up and looked into the distance, her gaze piercing through the shadows and darkness to see the great fog barrier that had divided the continent.

Edward was looking in that direction as well.

"Declare in advance, I don't have the ability to open the seal of Tianzun now." The True Creator said, "Are you going to go now?" ”

The outer god nodded: "When you have the ability to open the seal, can my essentia still be mine?" But there seems to be a city-state nearby, do you want to get around it, or do you want to visit it? ”

"Go visit." The True Creator took a step forward and walked in the direction of the Gray Mist Seal, "There are few survivors in the Eastern Continent, I can't let them go on like this anymore, the sun alone is far from enough." Like Silver City, you have to get funding from the outside world. ”

"Oh, are you going to give them the honorific name 'Fool'?" Edward said, "You're really working hard for the younger generations." ”

The True Creator glanced at her, "Which identity are you using now?" ”

"Edward Vaughn, I think." The outer god paused for a second and tapped his temple with his hand, "Isn't it like?" Probably because this land and I have a good relationship, I am a little bit of a seeker, and I accidentally began to speak in the tone of the first me. ”

The expression on Edward's face faded away, and he looked into the darkness in the distance with a rather detached look.

"It's very nostalgic, my hometown is like this, full of despair, pain, no matter what race is sinking in the fight."

"We were dismembered and turned into nests against the cold, into fuel and for the extraordinary properties of giving birth to the next generation, but their lives were not easy either, and in order to ensure the health of the next generation, they needed enough food and nutrition, and for that, they even needed to let the mother eat part of the father to keep the fetus healthy, as praying mantis does. Sometimes the nutrients are insufficient, and the mother automatically digests the unborn embryo. ”

The True Creator frowned.

She said in a brisk tone:

"All this pain is for the sake of living, but living has become a burden...... When you asked me about 'salvation,' it occurred to me that if I were one of God's forsaken people, I might kill you like I killed her, if I had the chance. ”

"Not knowing the truth about the cataclysm may also be a kind of happiness."

The outer gods did not speak again, nor did the true Creator.

After a few seconds, the outer god reached out and pinched the sides of her cheeks, and her expression naturally changed from indifference to affinity.

"Okay, it's just some emotional dregs that just felt, that story is long over, and I actually quite like the atmosphere." Edward adjusted his facial expression, smiled and sighed, "It seems that the human spirit is quite tough, much stronger than I thought, your followers can rely on faith for so long, and you are the best among them." ”

“……”

"You don't think about what I just said." Edwards said, "Then I'm going to interview you." ”

"Nope." The True Creator sighed, "Let's go." ”

tbc

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Let's move on.