23. People who are contrary to the times (12)

Like the edge of a crater formed by the impact of a meteorite, Father Andersen stared at the crater where wisps of smoke and fire were still emerging, and after exhaling deeply, he took a step back.

The moment he retreated, his rock-like body shook sharply and almost fell. His weather-beaten dark face turned pale, and his right hand tightly covered his right eye, holding this strange position motionless for several seconds in a row.

Until the voice behind him that sends chills down your spine.

"Father, why is the world full of sin?"

The voice was very young, with the sound of metal stepping on the slate, giving a sense of seriousness, but on closer examination of the questions and the mockery hidden in the tone, all the elements that could build a good feeling fell to the ground, replaced by a dangerous alarm for every cell to scream.

- This person is very dangerous.

Small creatures that received this signal, such as rats, cockroaches, ants, and bed bugs, crawled out of the crevices where they were hiding and fled for their lives. In a short time, in front of the man in black armor, only a priest was left who slowly turned around.

"Do heretics also turn to the clergy for answers?"

Pushing his glasses, Father Andersen calmly replied:

"I thought you didn't believe anything but that monster in human skin. โ€

"It's not a fitting thing for a fake priest like you to say that. โ€

The e-cigarette in his mouth flickered on and off, and the white canine teeth peeked out from the cracks that hung upward, and the priest in front of him surged with mockery and malicious mockery.

"Obviously betraying the gods of faith, wanting to overthrow the world ruled by God, and wanting to establish a world dominated by men, but saying that others are heretics and demons? โ€

"We have never betrayed the gods of our faith, and there has been only one god we believe in from the very beginning. โ€

The blade slipped from his sleeve, and the cold light illuminated the priest's face.

"The God we believe in is the pillar that people snuggle up to when they are helpless, the silent caretaker when they need comfort, the one who is as ubiquitous as the sky, the earth, the flowing water, the air, the sound, the destiny and the right, not the dictator who gives specific instructions. Listen, heresy, only human beings have gods. โ€

"That's really ...... Filled with idealistic speeches, there is no better word to be engraved on a tombstone as an idealist's epitaph. โ€

"If you can do it, just let the horses come, ahh!!hhh

Kicking the ground hard, Andersen pounced on the man in black armor with the momentum of a cannonball.

Powerful enough to move mountains and reclaim seas, combined with unparalleled speed, anyone will be cut off, shattered, and wiped out like spear shrimp and mantis shrimp, leaving no trace. Even a monster as uncommon sense as the Seven Deadly Sins will inevitably suffer heavy blows. Judging by the previous combat record, this is a sure result.

However.

โ€œ...... That's pretty good. โ€

Biting into the e-cigarette, the man scoffed.

The tip of the keyblade froze less than ten centimeters in front of his throat, and the priest holding the keyblade froze in place as if time had stood still, his face full of murderous intent and resentment.

It's just one step away, just one step away from victory.

But on the wall that even the gods can only sigh for, those ten centimeters have become an absolutely insurmountable distance.

"St. Kitaujo. โ€

Illuminated by the flash of the "Wall of Sighs", with a helmet in one hand and an e-cigarette in the other, Caspar said a name, and the priest's face froze for a moment, then became even more sinister.

"Aiming to serve the world's best powerhouse, then go to visit the king or the devil's weirdo, and finally decide that the savior that even the devil will fear is the strongest, and then finally find the savior, St. Kitho, who is on the shoulders of a savior who can match the weight of the entire world, completes the trial of crossing the torrent. Among the few guardian saints, the warrior is known for his outstanding strength and bravery, and is revered as the guardian saint of travelers. Then, in addition to the many anecdotes known for his strength, the saint also had an anecdote that disgusted the king of the island of Samos in St. Kidho, and ordered four hundred soldiers to shoot him with arrows. But the arrows were all still in front of St. Kitaujoโ€”don't you think it's like what some impostor priest just did?"

"Your ......"

"Father, when I asked, 'Why is the world full of sin?' the answer is simple, because we have always walked with the devil. You who blaspheme your faith and morality will reproduce miracles at any cost, us who will do whatever it takes to correct the world without sacrificing your hands with blood, and you who cannot live without madness, killing, or plundering. Don't you think this world is the real hell on earth?"

Caspar exhaled a puff of smoke and said leisurely:

"Traitors are everywhere, Father. As you carry out your own plans, you should carefully consider how much uneasiness and vacillation you will bring to the people below you by tampering with the doctrine at will, or even plotting to kill the gods. โ€

Religion is a system created by fragile human beings in order to seek psychological sustenance, to accept the irrationality of fate, and to tolerate misfortune. When the doctrine and even the god that was worshipped are replaced and distorted, there will always be some people who are uneasy and even skeptical about it.

It's very easy to get these people in check.

However, even the atoned atonement responsible for developing the Church's exclusive magical system can become Stasi's informant, which can only be explained by the excessive bloated and unbridled behavior of the ancient organization itself.

Then, some of the information provided by these redeemers gradually reveals great value after an event.

"'Axis Impact' - that's what we call that event and that phenomenon, I don't know what you call it, but you know about the luminous phenomenon and the immense power it contains, and you started researching how to apply this miraculous power to weapons development before we did. โ€

There is no doubt that the church has known about the phenomenon of rainbow glows for a long time. For thousands of years, he has been supporting the Divine Will, while also monitoring their churches, and has long left a large number of records. Then, like the frenzied technicians of Alforheim, he mastered that power, used that power, and forged it into one of the trump cards of the god-killing scheme, which became the goal of the church hierarchy and the atonementers.

Due to the advantages of resources and knowledge and experience, coupled with a unique magic system, the Church is much ahead of the defense army in the progress of related research, and has now reached the stage of practical use.

"The result, using people's resonant thoughts, refined technical circuits, and the miraculous power of Mana, to re-manifest the miracles created by legendary saints and great men in the world, is the 'priesthood garment' worn by you, Fatherโ€”a sacrilege garment that reproduces the miracles of St. Gedoho's ability to hold up the world and prevent it from being victimized by divine enemies. โ€

Pointing an e-cigarette at Father Andersen's eyebrows, Caspar mocked unscrupulously.