Chapter 0428: Revenge and Faith

The Great Basilica of Baylor, you can only feel its majesty when you stand under its gates.

Everything is clean here, and there are no traces of the bloody battles of the past.

Unless you're careful, you can't see those faint sword marks on the ground.

The marble floor had also been re-polished, and some of the sword marks had been cut too deep unless the whole marble had been raised and replaced with new ones.

The fierce battles of the Great Basilica of Baylor have become famous in the Seven Kingdoms, the age of the fat archbishop is a thing of the past, and the age of the sparrow has arrived.

When the power of the Baelor Chapel changed hands, Brienne and Hale Hunt were two forcibly recruited recruits in the King's Legion of Recruits under false identities. Their height and agility were the only reason for being forcibly recruited, and many mercenaries, healthy and strong civilians, unemployed freedmen, and even some vagrants who had not had time to flee were forcibly conscripted.

Brienne and Hale Hunt were guided by the believers to the Seven Holy Churches, where they began with the Father, knelt down to pray, poured oil into the Father's lamp, prayed to the Father, and expressed their doubts and difficulties.

It is God's will that the monks keep the prayers of the faithful confidential. Whatever secrets you have, pray and speak in front of the statue of Heavenly Father and Our Lady. Even if you kill someone and abscond in fear of sin, you tell your secret in the Seven Holy Halls, and God and the Son of God will keep it secret for you.

The gods are the seven gods, and the Son of God is referring here to the monks who guide you.

Brienne is very religious, Hale Hunt just thinks she's stupid, and his only annoyance is that he hasn't made up his mind to leave Brienne. Brienne is silly, but also innocent. Hale Hunter fell in love with her, which plunged him into the abyss.

The Father, the Virgin, the blacksmith, the warrior, the maiden, the old woman, and the stranger all heard Brienne's heart, and Brienne's heart was filled with confidence and strength again. Her confidence in assassinating Stannis I was eroded by Haile Hunt's constant opposition, and at the Seven Sacred Churches, she regained her strength and faith.

Brienne stood up, and the monk who led her in prayer covered her face, and her eyes were as bright as autumn water.

"Please follow me!" the monk motioned to Brienne.

Brienne was a pious man, and she was defenseless, so she went with the monk. Hale Hunt was about to follow, but was stopped by the monk.

Brienne was ushered into a courtyard at the back, where an old man in ragged clothes was mowing the lawn with his head down, the branches of the small trees that were not tall had been trimmed, and the ground was littered with severed branches.

The guide monk left without saying a word, leaving Brienne to face the old monk who was working unhurriedly.

"Brienne Tarth, would you like to come along?" said the old monk, looking back. He has an affable attitude, a smile on his face, neat hair, and a clean beard. Barefoot, the burlap shirt on his body, although patched, was just as clean.

Brienne said, "Archbishop?"

"People call me a sparrow. The archbishop smiled, "Actually, I am just an ordinary person, an anonymous person, and I am an insignificant passer-by you pass in a hurry." ”

"Archbishop, how do you know my name?"

"While you were praying to the Seven Gods, I heard the secrets of your heart and heard your name. ”

"Can you hear me from such a distance?" said Brienne. The Seven Sacred Churches are far away from the courtyard behind this.

"I am the son of the Seven Gods, so I can naturally hear the prayers of the faithful. ”

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"Are you trying to persuade me to put away my sword?" said Brienne, wary. Brienne's goal was thwarted by Hale Hunter, who did not dare to tell her secret except God, because Hale Hunt bet that anyone who knew about her thoughts would stop her.

"You're doing something wrong, Brienne!" said Hale Hunter, "any normal person who knows your crazy thoughts will stop you." ”

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- "No, on the contrary, your goal is in line with the will of the Seven Gods. I know that it is the Seven Gods who have guided you here. ”

"What are you talking about? I don't understand. ”

"The Seven Gods gave me a dream to find devout believers to eradicate Stannis I, who believed in the Red God, and the Red Witch. You are the chosen one of the seven gods. ”

"Me?"

"Yes, God's will cannot be wrong, I see your light. You are a people of the seven gods, pure and pious, your purity is unmatched, and your piety is the source of your strength. Your sword is an incomparably sharp blue sword, and now that the will of the seven gods has descended, your sword is unstoppable. ”

"Archbishop, I don't know what I should do?" Brienne's hand clenched the hilt of her sword.

"I'll tell you, I'll create the time and place, but you need to draw your sword. Your sword is sharp enough, but is your hand steady enough?"

"My hands are steady and I don't tremble in the slightest. Brienne's eyes appeared in front of Lan Li's warm and elegant face. Then, she saw Lan Li's dying struggle and the huge wound in her throat.

"Very well, our only difficulty is the Red Witch, who has the ability to see danger in the flames. ”

"So how do we do that?"

"Let go of the hatred and murderous aura in your heart towards the Red Witch. ”

"I can't do it. ”

"If you can't do that, she'll see your face in the flames, Brienne Tarth, and you'll never be able to avenge Ranri Baratheon, she'll find you before you draw your sword and throw you into the flames. Melisandre has this ability. The Sparrow said solemnly.

"Oh!" Brienne was surprised.

"The one who killed Lanli Baratheon was the Red Witch's sorcery, the Shadow Slayer. I don't want to see another shadow killer come and slit your throat too. Let go of the hatred and murderous intent in her heart for Melisandre, and she will not be able to see your face in the flames. ”

"She's sensitive to threats that threaten her life?"

"Yes, very sensitive. But if we can fool our hearts, we can also fool Melisandre's flame prophecy, which will appear in her flames, but she can no longer see. The Sparrow smiled.

"Is this the will and power of the Seven Gods?"

"Yes. ”

"Okay, I'll try to fool myself. ”

"As long as you don't think about Melisandre's name, don't try to kill her, everything about her is erased from your heart, and she won't see you in the flames. She's a lost red witch, and she cares too much about herself, which is both a plus and a disadvantage. Westeros is the place of worship of the Seven Gods, not the Red Gods. You can do it, right, Brienne Tarth, pretend to erase Melisandre's name from your mind, don't think about her, don't think about anything. ”

"I'll ...... So...... done. What about Stannis I?"

"Oh, it's okay to hate and kill him as much as you want, it's okay for you to curse him in your sleep. But don't curse Melisandre, in your heart, don't touch her. Her name is a taboo, and we have to be careful in everything. ”

"Yes, Archbishop!"

"Do you still hate that name?"

"Yes. ”

"Change her name, change her name to Stannis, you try. ”

Brienne silently recited Stannis's name in her mind, and gradually, Stannis's shadow grew larger and larger, and finally covered Melisandre's face.

In King's Landing, Melisandre and Stannis I were often seen in public, and Brienne saw them several times in the crowd, remembering the faces of Melisandre and Stannis.