"What is this? What is this sound?"

"Who am I?"

"Hermetheus...... Hermetheus ...... Wake up, wake up, we're here!"

A familiar voice kept calling, and a man lying on an ox cart slowly got up, opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was a very old and ornate building that was white and immaculate;

"Come, Hermetheus, I'll take you in!"

Just as the man was observing the building in front of him, the voice just now resurfaced, and he turned his head to see a very simple peasant, he was still holding a willow branch in his hand, he should be the owner of this ox cart!

"Kodak, I'd better go in by myself, the Lord won't approve of devout believers entering a holy church surrounded by others. ”

"Well, pious and holy Hermetheus!"

Kodak half-bowed his head and bowed slightly to Hermetheus, which was a high respect for others, and Hermetheus did not refuse, because he knew;

Instead of saluting him, Kodak saluted the Lord behind him, and after saluting, Kodak drove away in an ox cart.

Leaving Hermetheus alone in front of the building, after a moment of frustration, the man named Hermetheus seemed to remember something;

"My name is Hermetheus, and I am a devout acolyte, and today is the decennial Day of Rest, and today our town will elect the most pious apostles to go to Bernars, a place closer to the Lord. ”

Just as Hermetheus, whose name was Hermetheus, remembered all this, there were many more people around him, all of them like him, wearing white robes, which mopped the floor and covered the top of their feet;

On their heads they wore headbands made of olive branches, on which green sprouts were growing, and each of them had a white and transparent pendant on his chest, which was a symbol of their pure heart;

Just as Hermetheus was looking at everything around him, a familiar and unfamiliar scene suddenly burst into song, sung by the pious, not only melodious but also cleansing the soul;

In the midst of this holy song, Hermetheus stepped out of his steps towards the elegant and solemn prayer hall, where the mysterious crystal glass was mottled with broken shadows, and the sunlight showed a different beauty;

In the divine radiance, Hermetheus saw a familiar figure, so tall and holy, in his heart that this figure was the most important being besides the Lord;

This figure was his guide and the one who raised him, the highest clergyman of the town church, Father Hermy!

"You're here? Hermetheus. ”

"Yes, Godfather, I have gathered the gift of the Contributor today, the Dew of the Dawn. ”

"What a devout believer, Hermetheus. Thank you for your hard work, the Lord will see your contribution, and put the crystal bottle full of morning dew in front of you!"

Hermetheus didn't know where to take out a crystal bottle, which was filled with glowing ice dew, and looking at the dew in the crystal bottle, Hermetheus's mind appeared in the scene of himself in the field in the morning;

This is his work all along, and from the first day of his service to the Lord, he will come to the field every morning, waiting for the sun and the moon to shine, and the dew of that time will be pure and immaculate, full of spirit, and the best gift of serving the Lord.

"Hermetheus, the day has finally come, and today you will lead our town to Bonnars, and accept the Lord's final spiritual test for you, after which you can come back to replace me. ”

"I see, Father Hemy, I will definitely accept the Lord's test of me!"

"I believe you, you are the most pious child I have ever met, this is my bag for you, remember, don't open this bag until the last minute. ”

Looking at the bulging bags in his hands, Hermetheus remembered Father Hermie's instructions to him and set out on his own for Bonnars.

At this moment, a halo swirled and the fog covered him, and Hermetheus slowly fell asleep, and when he awoke again, he found himself in the city of Bainars;

At this time, like the believers from other towns, he lived in the church of the city of Bonnars, and had a seven-day and seven-night retreat.

The believers here are very religious, and their character and incorruptibility have reached the point of perfection, and almost everyone in the city of Bainals knows them;

During the seven days of rest, the people of the city of Bonnars regarded them as the embodiment of the Lord, and respected them very much, and came to bow down, and Hermetheus prayed and blessed the believers who came;

It's all daytime, and when night falls, they're confronted with another group of 'believers' praying, and these 'believers' are not like the daytime 'believers'.

They would bring Hermetheus many noble gifts, full and juicy fruits, tempting and delicious delicacies, and under such temptations, some soon failed;

Until at last, Hermetheus was left alone, and in this short time he had experienced so much, that he had seen many believers as devout as he was, or even more devout than him, bewitched by those night visitors, and lost their faith;

The day of rest, the seventh day.

During the day, as always, Hermetheus listened to the troubles, the bewitchments, and all sorts of anecdotes of the people of Whites, and he prayed for these commoners;

As night fell, Hermetheus sat in the church, waiting, waiting for another group of 'believers' to arrive, and although he was not deceived, he was still very interested in the world that the 'believers' depicted in their mouths.

But after a long time, the group of 'believers' did not appear, and this night, Hermetheus felt that it was incomparably long and tormenting, and there seemed to be a different emotion in his heart, an emotion called unwillingness;

At midnight, the bright moon hanging above the night sky was white and immaculate, smooth, but in the next second, the moon was divided in half, half bright, half black;

Sitting in the church, Hermetheus wanted to get rid of the distracting thoughts about unwillingness in his heart, but no matter what he did, this emotion still existed, could not be erased, and even became stronger and stronger;

At this time, the black and white moonlight shone in front of Hermetheus, transforming into two angels, and the appearance of the angels made Hermetheus even more convinced of the existence of the Lord;

"Hermetheus, congratulations, you have completed the Lord's test of you, but at the last moment, your faith has wavered, which has made the gods question your faith!"

In the moonlight, the white-clothed angel with white wings first announced the results of the test to Fan Chong, but also told him that it was impossible to determine whether he was still as pious as before;

At this time, the black-winged angel on the side began to speak;

"In order to prove that your faith is strong, the gods have decided to put you to the test, I wonder if you agree?"

"The Lord's temptation is right, and I am willing to accept the challenge!"

"Okay, then the test begins!"

After that night, Hermetheus returned to his original town, fulfilled Father Hermy's expectations of him, and took over from Father Hermy as the new priest of the town;

He received the respect of the town, but the unwillingness in his heart grew stronger and stronger, and one night, the black winged angel appeared in front of Hermetheus and brought him a fruit;

When he saw one of the fruits, Hermetheus recognized that it had been brought to him by night by the 'believers' in the city of Whites, which he had never tasted, but which he had smelled, and was sweeter than all the fruits he had touched;

He had always wanted to taste the fruit of that night, what it was like, but he had missed it, and Hermetheus thought he would never get another chance.

But now, he saw the fruit again, and this time, he did not hold back, and took a bite, and a fragrance filled him, unlike any fruit he had tasted, incomparably sweet, incomparably delicious;

On this night, Hermetheus tasted delicious food and opened up a new world, after which he heard the advice of the black-clad angel with black wings;

"You can serve the Lord during the day and try new things at night, I can satisfy you, just cover the moonlight, and the Lord of the Gods will not find out!"

Such a suggestion was against the Lord, a departure from faith in the Lord, Hermetheus knew it, but when the fragrance of the fruit in his hand came again, he agreed.

After that night, every night was cloudy, Hermetheus experienced all the new things, his faith changed, until finally, his desire grew, and he called out to the black-winged angels;

A request was made to him that he wanted to be a king, a king who belonged only to the night, and the black-winged angel did not agree to his request, because Hermetheus had nothing equivalent to exchange;

Hermetheus in the dark was already completely dominated by desire, and he asked the black-winged angel to speak the demand;

"I can make you king and not be discovered by the gods, the only thing you need to do is to get your commoners to use this gold coin!"

The black-winged angel's request, Hermetheus agreed without thinking, after which he became king by night, and by day he was a devout believer,

Day after day, year after year, time passed very quickly, and Hermetheus grew old, and suddenly one day he felt that his days were numbered, and the desire for power, the fear of death, made him call the black-winged angel again;

This time, Hermetheus did not notice that he was not calling in the night, but that it was not the black-winged angel who did not respond to him during the day, but the white-winged angel representing the Lord;

Later, Hermetheus's affair was revealed, and he heard the White-winged Angel say a word;

"Failed again, it's yours!"

Endless darkness arose in an instant, and Hermetheus awoke at this moment, only to find himself still in the church of the city of Bainals;

Everything just now was like a dream, but an angel in black with wings on his back was looking at himself at this time;

"Hermetheus, as a devout believer, you should know that one cannot serve two masters, your deeds have been forsaken by the Lord, and now I, Mammon, can give you the power of eternal life, I wonder if you are willing or not?"

In the darkness, Hermetheus saw a golden light, coming from his own package, which was given to him by Father Hermi, which contained the gold coins that had appeared in his previous dream.

After that, darkness began to consume Hermetheus's body, and in the process, a cold came from his heart, and then the surrounding environment began to change;

A dilapidated temple, surrounded by skeleton soldiers walking constantly, blue ghost fire appeared in the skeleton's eye sockets, a familiar scene awakened Fan Chong, and at this moment Fan Chong finally remembered his identity;

"This is the Ice Sky Temple, I'm Fan Chong! It's not Hermetheus, it's you, the armored skeleton!"