"Bell~"

Early in the morning, the courtyard of the church heard the sound of wooden swords clashing from time to time, and Joshua's injuries were only partially healed, and he began training with Doris.

Doris and the old priest were also Templars, so it was fitting that she would be able to instruct Joshua in his swordsmanship.

At the same time, Joshua also has the status of a god, which makes him qualified to learn basic sword skills.

Lilith sat in the shade of a tree beside her, watching Joshua's sword skills improve at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she couldn't help but think about comparison.

"How on earth can we reduce the chanting time by 10% and reduce the power by only 3%?"

Lilith was still struggling with the method Joshua had said about cutting the spell.

In fact, Lilith is not unacceptable to someone who surpasses her in magical talent, but the problem is that it has only been how long Joshua has been able to achieve this point after obtaining the magic guide book.

At the same time, Joshua's talent in swordsmanship these days is also in his eyes, according to Doris, if it weren't for Joshua's lack of the slightest talent for fighting spirit before, Joshua at this time would definitely no longer be under Doris.

Doris was one of the most prominent Templars of the Templars.

"There's no way, that's the only way."

Although Lilith has managed to reduce the chanting time by 10% these days, she has not been able to reduce the power loss to the exaggerated figure of 3%.

Now the only way is to ask Joshua, but Lilith will not agree to this kind of thing with her toes.

For Joshua at this time, "hiding clumsy" is the key, but Joshua would never have imagined that Lilith could hear his "heart".

Lilith's move is indeed stealing teachers, but in order to prevent Joshua from doing things out of the ordinary in the future, she has the power to restrain them, so this is a righteous stealing teacher.

He has the ability to hear Joshua's "heart" and is definitely an oracle of the goddess.

Lilith comforted herself.

"Miss Lilith, have you been bothered by anything lately?"

Joshua was exhausted and was about to rest, when he saw Lilith's sad face, and it was important to take proper care of this noble man who had brought great changes to Joshua's life.

At least...... Let her think about the 100 gold coins later, if the current church pays back the money, it won't be able to open the pot.

"Lately I've been thinking about ways to save the chanting speed of magic without letting it drop too much."

Lilith plans to see if she can make Joshua's "heart" reveal a way to reduce the chant by tapping on the side.

It's just that before Lilith could get an answer from the "heart", Joshua told her what he thought.

"Incantations? Is this really something that matters? ”

"Huh?"

Lilith was stunned, not because of Joshua's question, but because she was surprised that Joshua actually answered her question head-on.

Isn't he hiding it?

Before Lilith could come to her senses, Joshua began to elaborate on his thoughts.

"According to my opinion in the past few days, the key to the release of magic is still to build, and spells only stimulate elemental activity, speeding up the process of construction while omitting spells that cannot stimulate elemental activity, can this speed up as soon as possible and reduce the loss of power?"

"This ...... Active ...... of the elements"

Lilith pondered Joshua's answer, which was indeed a viable solution, but the question was how to judge the activity of the element.

"Can't you see it?"

Joshua was stunned, isn't this a magician who can see it?

"How can you see it, at least it's something that can only be vaguely felt after becoming a legend."

Lilith felt it again, genius and genius cannot be generalized, and Joshua, as a man who had only been learning magic for a few days, had this perception, especially ......

"Won't you? No way? Wouldn't anyone really be a grandmaster and still not feel the elemental activity? ”】

The mocking words echoed in Lilith's ears, and she originally thought that Joshua had improved under the influence of the goddess, and it was really easy to change her nature.

However, Joshua actually told her the trick, which still gave Lilith some hope that this guy might really be able to ......

"Joshua, the time is almost up."

It was then that Anna's voice interrupted Lilith's thoughts, and Joshua listened to the voice, took it, went back to his room, wiped off his sweat, changed into a monk's robe, and prepared to go out.

"I almost forgot about my work."

Joshua tapped his head, having been so struggling with how to get stronger as quickly as possible that he had forgotten what he was supposed to do.

Now that the newspaper is out of business, Joshua is not going to sit on the sidelines, and although the job as a priest does not pay much, it is better to have an income than no income.

"Is this going to preside over a funeral?"

Lilith followed, and Doris on the other side of the church looked at her with great relief, and at the same time had to watch Joshua's every move.

As for the scriptures and accessories in Joshua's possession at this time, according to the requirements of the Church of Light, it was obvious that they were prepared for the funeral ceremony of the deceased.

"It's not a funeral, but it's not a good thing, and some old people need me to come to their homes to listen to confessions when they die, believing that they can't go to the goddess's kingdom if they can't confess to the priest before they die."

Joshua calmly uttered words that were undoubtedly true to the town of Montenegro, but anyone who had been to some of the larger cities knew it was wishful thinking.

To enter the kingdom of God, one must have a firm faith and be looked down upon by the gods, and such people are obviously very few in this world.

"In a sense, they don't actually know this, but it's just so that they can pass away with peace of mind, so they believe it so firmly."

["This is where the stupidity of people lies, they are not really stupid, but they are swayed by emotions and only believe what they want to believe. ”】

Lilith pondered Joshua's two words, although the true "heart" tone was still arrogant, as if she had seen through the essence of human beings, but Lilith could not deny it for a while.

Indeed, as the voice said, they just want to believe what they believe.

"But this power of belief is what got us to where we are today, isn't it?"

As the holy daughter of the church, Lilith is naturally qualified to consult some literature that ordinary believers are not authorized to see.

In those documents, even the oldest goddess of light is recorded as a mortal being.

The goddess responded to the expectations of the people, ignited the divine fire with faith, and finally became one of the oldest gods, bringing the weak human race out of the danger of destruction.

It is precisely because of this past, how the pattern of this world has changed since then, and how the human regime has been iterating, that the Church of Light will always have a place in the upper echelons.

"Yes, the heart of belief is also a kind of magic."

Joshua does not deny the power of the human heart, especially in this apparently strange world.

It wasn't long before Joshua arrived at his destination, a dilapidated house.

Even if Montenegro is not a wealthy place in the first place, this cottage can still be called dilapidated.

The old man was lying on the bed, his eyes were dilated at this time, but the moment Joshua entered the door, he came to his senses.

"Father, I need to repent."

"Well, under the witness of the goddess, I will not tell what I have heard today."

Joshua put his hand on the book and swore an oath, and then the family members and Lilith left the room with great interest.

No one wants their inner secrets to be heard by more people.

Lilith sensed it outside the door, too, as the malice reappeared, and Joshua swallowed it up.

These days, Lilith has determined that Joshua himself has not cultivated Dou Qi, and his magic power is very weak, but in the previous battle in the abandoned mine, Joshua has shown amazing physical strength, and he can easily use magic these days.

I guess it's by consuming these negative emotions.

"The divine magic of the goddess needs to consume negative emotions according to the 'voice of the heart'...... No wonder the progress of the goddess's divine power is not obvious. ”

Lilith had more or less guessed that Joshua was using the power of original sin to purify the flames.

Although there are some subtle deviations in the process, it is very close to the truth of the matter, but this also makes it difficult for her.

If Joshua is allowed to continue like this, then when will the divine power of the goddess steer this arrogant genius on the right track.

As long as Joshua remained in Black Mountain, there would be people who would continue to confess to him, and in the process, the accumulated power would be consumed by the divine power, but it would not hurt Joshua himself.

It's just standing still.

Lilith, you, as a saint, must find a way to solve this situation.

All in all, Joshua must not be allowed to continue to serve as a priest, as this will only give him more opportunities to listen to his confession, so as to gain a steady stream of strength to fight against the divine power of the goddess.

At the same time, it is necessary to go to a place where magic is often used, so that it is possible to lead Joshua to a good path when he cannot make ends meet.

But what kind of place can meet these conditions?

……

While Lilith was distressed, Joshua was listening to the dying old man.

Judging from the old man's confession, this kind old man was a thief who robbed homes and houses when he was young, and one day he repented and fled from the original organization.

Although the process was by no means easy, the old man still fled to the border town of Montenegro, where he would help others even if he didn't have much spare money to make up for his mistakes.

This is also the reason why this hut is so dilapidated.

"I have done a lot of good things in the second half of my life, but the starting point is just to make up for the guilt in my heart, priest, do you say I will be forgiven by the goddess?"

The old man cast an expectant gaze, and Joshua responded to it.

"Thy wickedness is in the sight of God; Your goodness is in God's heart. ”

Joshua could not answer such a question, even if the spiritual realm of the two lives did not improve much, Joshua's words were only comforting, but they were from the bottom of his heart.

[Joshua's answer was not very attentive, if it weren't for the identity of the priest, he would not have bothered to have so much to do with an old thing who was dying, but it was also for this reason that he also discovered the abnormality of this old thing. 】

Abnormal?

After the previous battle in the mines, Joshua didn't dare to underestimate the "narration" function of this fate text, and now that it mentions anomalies, it is necessary to find out.

Although Joshua's power of original sin had been exhausted in that battle, it gradually became more and more abundant as people came to repent one after another these days, and the negative energy that had just been absorbed.

Without any hesitation, Joshua immediately consumed a trace of the power of original sin, and then his five senses sharpened.

There are no anomalies.

Joshua used his five senses to the extreme, but he still didn't notice any problems, and the old man in front of him was still the old man who was dying.

No, keep trying.

Joshua knew that he was alone with the old man at this time, and if the old man had an accident not long after he left, then he was the most suspicious person.

The power of original sin continued to burn, and Joshua's five senses became more and more acute, and he didn't know how much of the power of original sin had been consumed, when Joshua's perception reached a certain tipping point...... The world began to become "clear" before Joshua's eyes.

At this time, Joshua even felt that he could clearly "see" everything in front of him even if he closed his eyes.

In this state, Joshua could even "see" the flow of the old man's blood, but the power of original sin was rapidly consumed as a price.

It is necessary to find out where the so-called anomaly is as soon as possible.

[Although Joshua is not a good person, he doesn't want to bear the infamy that doesn't belong to him, and in the case of liberating his sixth sense, the undead magic in his brain is too obvious. 】

Sixth sense? I'm still a Saint Seiya.

At this time, Joshua was too lazy to complain that he was "not a good person", and the so-called sixth sense was put aside for the time being.

Joshua's consciousness began to scan the old man's brain, and sure enough, he found a shadow in it, which loomed and was difficult to find, and Joshua might not have been able to find it if it were not for the hint of the fate text.

Is this what you call "obvious"?

Confirming the existence of necromancy, Joshua withdrew from the mode of his sixth sense, and just now half of the power of original sin that he had managed to accumulate had been consumed.

It seems that this state cannot be entered at will in the future.

Joshua sighed, and then wondered where the undead magic came from, when did the people of Black Mountain provoke a magician.

"The black-robed man?"

Joshua remembered the black-robed man who most likely didn't die, and if Joshua had any enemies, it was that person at the moment.

That man alone had a reason to blame Joshua.

But the most important thing now is to remove the necromancy in the person in front of you.

Thinking so, Joshua looked out the door, and now he was going to trouble the Holy Maiden again.