Chapter 502 The Shadow of God
"Have you seen God?" Leo was stunned and frowned slightly.
This is not only true in the Velen world, but also in the Earth Federation. Ordinary people cannot look directly at Omega-level advanced life forms, because the life forms of the two are too different. Coupled with the influence of life levels, ordinary people will not be able to look directly at them.
The person's consciousness is damaged, ranging from long-term coma to direct madness.
However, what Leo finds puzzling is that even the weakest Omega-level advanced life forms, even those false gods, will produce huge energy fluctuations when they appear. This is an inevitable natural law. But yesterday
Leo didn't feel anything unusual around him at all, which was obviously inconsistent with what Belenchina said.
Seeing the suspicion on Leo's face, Belenchina added: "It can't be said to be a god, it can only be said to be a shadow left by the god."
After hearing the explanation, Leo's expression softened a little. God and the shadow of the god are two completely different concepts. One is a real power, and the other is just an illusion, although it can still cause some damage to the spirit of ordinary people.
Impact, but it is far from comparable to the impact caused by Omega-level advanced life forms.
However, even the shadow of the gods is extremely rare in the world of Velen. In the past, when the gods came to the world, the gods would usually attach their own shadows to the statues at the church headquarters. Every time there was a large gathering, the gods' shadows would come out.
Announce the oracle for Him and show the power of God.
However, as the gods disappeared, the shadows of the gods gradually disappeared from the statues. Now only a few large churches still have the shadows of the gods, such as the Lord of the Sky, the King of the Hill, etc.
But the current situation seems to be a little abnormal, because the shadow of the god actually appeared in the Port of Set, which means that the shadow of the god can move, and judging from what happened, the shadow of the god should be on someone, this person
Belenchina is being hunted.
Before Leo could ask, Belenchina took the initiative to reveal the answer and said: "It's Clumber, Shadow of God Clumber."
"Shadow of God Clumber?" After hearing this name, Leo was sure where he had seen this name, and then recalled it carefully, and soon remembered it, and confirmed: "It's the Holy Judge Ke
Lumber?”
"Yes, that's him." Belentina nodded.
"Is he still alive?" Leo asked with some confusion.
Leo first saw the name of Clumber, the Holy Inquisitor, from old man Rembrandt. He still remembered that book recorded the most famous figures in various churches and Orthodox families in the past four hundred years, and Clumber, the Holy Inquisitor.
Lumber's position was very high, just below the leaders of each church.
In addition, the book contains the least information about Clumber, the Holy Inquisitor. It can be seen that there is a lot of secret information about this person that the church does not want to make public.
Not long ago, Leo saw records about Clumber in the Wizard Tower in Death Valley. This time, the book recording the contents of Clumber was a book banned by the church. The author of this book was
An open-minded high-level person within the Orthodox Church, he collected the evil things done by various Orthodox churches in the past, wrote them down, and published them in books.
These recorded things are definitely the things that the Orthodox Church does not want to be known about, so this book was regarded as a banned book as soon as it was published, and was completely banned, and the author was even regarded as an apostate and described as an apostate.
Heretics who broke into the Orthodox Church were publicly burned to death.
The tower wizards were naturally willing to see some troubles in the Orthodox Church, so they bought the banned book as soon as it came out. Even when it was listed as a banned book, they secretly published it and spread it, and the original book was even more
They were kept as collectibles, and the one Leo saw was one of them.
Although most of the content in that book is about the dirty things in the Orthodox Church, the records about Clumber are relatively positive, and more of the content shows his ruthless side.
Clumber was the son of a groom and lived in a mountain village in the earldom of the Kingdom of Maris. But one day, a black wizard from a cult sacrificed all the people in the mountain village to the evil god. Clumber because
A morning outing was spared.
Later, Clumber was taken away by the adjudicator of the Orthodox Tribunal who came here to investigate the cult sacrifice incident. He was brought back to the Orthodox Tribunal and received training to become a knight of adjudication.
After becoming the Knight of Judgment, Clumber fought countless times with cultists, going through life and death. Logically speaking, he should have obtained a higher position long ago, but because he was too ruthless and unscrupulous, he even
Even nobles and colleagues were used as pawns by him to attract cultists, causing a large number of innocent casualties, which forced the senior leaders of the Orthodox Church to suppress his promotion.
However, even so, he had accumulated so many achievements that even if someone tried to suppress them, he would not be able to suppress them. In the end, he was promoted to the position of adjudicator, and according to the rules, he entered the Orthodox Church.
In the Hall of the Gods, see if you can accept the oracle of the gods and gain his title.
However, what no one expected was that Clumber actually obtained the shadow of the God of Vengeance and became an agent of the gods. He was the only agent of the gods besides the leaders of various churches.
The God of Vengeance is not a god in the conventional sense. It is just a will of the gods who gather their revenge ideas. He does not have a church or a doctrine. He is placed at the headquarters of the Orthodox Church and is specially used to provide gifts to the knights of the Orthodox Church.
Blessing before war.
Clumber's acquisition of the shadow of the God of Vengeance completely exceeded everyone's expectations. In a certain respect, his identity is almost the same as that of the leaders of various churches. If he is willing, he can even create a Church of Vengeance.
Appointed himself Pope.
However, Clumber did not do that. He used his new identity to obtain a series of privileges, and his methods of doing things were more direct, rough, and unscrupulous. Many times, he even went directly to the palace of a certain kingdom to arrest people and commit crimes.
The royal families of various countries complained.
In the end, Clumber killed many innocent people during an operation to capture wizards, and among these innocent people, in addition to some businessmen and civilians, there were also the heirs of several dukes and the crown prince of the French Empire.
As the most powerful country on the Velen World Road, the enemy country of France naturally did not care about Clumber's identity, and directly sent heavy troops to surround the Orthodox Church, and expressed an extremely tough attitude that if Clumber was not called out, it would completely destroy the headquarters of the Orthodox Church.
Excommunicate all Orthodox churches.
If it was just the French Empire that put pressure on the Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church could still fight against it separately and rely on the influence of the church among the people to influence the decisions of the French Emperor. But the problem is that Clumber offended too many people.
It has offended almost all the kingdoms in the world of Velen. Now that the Fran Empire is taking the lead, other kingdoms will naturally not sit idly by and put pressure on the Orthodox Church and begin to restrict the activities of the church.
Based on the situation at that time, it is no exaggeration to say that if the Orthodox Church chooses a head-on confrontation, the Orthodox Church will cease to exist, and even churches in various countries will be severely hit.
For this reason, the Orthodox Tribunal had to choose to compromise and call out Clumber. However, the Orthodox Tribunal also put forward a condition, that is, the Orthodox Tribunal would try Clumber. The French Empire only had the right to supervise the trial. If the execution was carried out, the law would
The Lan Empire also only has the qualifications to supervise and can check the execution results afterwards.
The French Empire did not care about this and agreed to the request to come to the Orthodox Church. Afterwards, Clumber was tried and burned at the stake. After the people from the French Empire inspected the body, the matter came to an end.
Although this incident has come to an end, the subsequent impact has not disappeared, because after experiencing this incident, governments began to realize that the Orthodox Church was not as powerful as they expected, so they began to secretly restrict the Orthodox Church and various churches.
Right, that is, starting from this incident, the influence of the Orthodox Church is no longer as omnipotent as before.
The reason why Leo was surprised that Clumber was still alive was not only because it was recorded that Clumber had been burned to death, but also because Clumber's trial took place more than 140 years ago.
The thing is, based on Clumber's own age at that time, if Clumber was still alive, he would have been almost two hundred years old.
Hearing Leo's question, Belenchina immediately understood what Leo meant, so she explained: "Actually, Clumber has never been burned to death. The one who was burned to death was just a substitute. Don't forget that Clumber is a god.
Actor, how could he be burned to death by ordinary flames?"
Leo frowned and said, "Don't the French Empire know about this?"
"Of course I know, how could the French Empire not know." Belenchina sneered and said: "They don't care whether Clumber was burned to death, what they care about is that the Orthodox Church bowed to them.
"
Leo asked: "Since he is not dead, where has he been for so many years? Why haven't you heard anything about him?"
"Of course he was imprisoned." Belenchina said: "Although the French Empire does not investigate Clumber's life or death, the Clumber trial did cause great damage to the prestige of the Orthodox Church, and the churches in various countries also because of this incident
The matter has been adversely affected, and his rights have been greatly reduced. If Clumber is not dealt with, the Orthodox Tribunal will probably be abandoned by various churches, so the Orthodox Tribunal will imprison him without restriction." After saying that, she was silent for a moment and said.
: "Actually, I didn't expect that he didn't die after being imprisoned for so many years. The shadow of the gods gave him not only strength, but also longevity."
Leo asked again: "Since he is locked up, how did you provoke him?"
Belentina said with a look of resentment: "I went to save a friend who was imprisoned by the Orthodox Church, and accidentally opened this guy's shackles. Who would have thought that this guy not only thanked me for releasing him, but also chased me along the way."
"Is it just about saving people?" Leo didn't fully believe what Belentina said.
"Of course, in order to save people, we have to deal with some guards." Belentina shrugged and said.
Leo did not continue to ask any more questions, because it was obvious that among the guards Belentina killed, there must be people who were important to Clumber, otherwise Clumber would not have been able to pursue her.
Leo didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he said directly: "I'm going to take Leon away, and you can handle your own affairs."
"Of course you can take Leon away, but you will only harm him." Belenchina shook her head and said: "Your Excellency may not know how Clumber does things. He has already seen Leon and me together.
, and that manor is also Lyon's manor. He will only think that Lyon and I are on the same side, and will not let Lyon go just because he is innocent. He will find Lyon, imprison him, use various methods to torture him, and question him.
Reveal all useful information and then kill Leon."
Leo frowned, glared at Belenchina and said, "I suddenly felt that it would be better to capture you and hand you over to Clumber."
Facing Leo's danger, Belenchina was not nervous at all. Instead, she smiled and said: "Of course, you have the ability to catch me and hand me over to Clumber, but you may have forgotten your identity.
You are a wizard! Clumber hated wizards the most. In order to kill a wizard, he even killed Crown Prince Fran. What do you think he would do when a wizard like you appeared in front of him? What would he do first?
Should I get rid of you, or should I attack you first?"
Leo knew very well that Belenchina's words were not nonsense. According to the records he saw about Clumber, his hatred for the wizard had been deeply rooted in his bones, and it had even become his belief that he would be favored by the God of Vengeance. If it were no longer
This belief does not exist in his power, so the situation Belentina mentioned is not likely to occur, but will definitely occur.
"It seems that you should understand that what I said is not alarmist!" Bellentina saw Leo's thoughts and said: "In fact, we don't have to be afraid of Clumber at all now. He has been injured, and he was seriously injured.
, otherwise it would be impossible for him not to continue to hunt me, so we can find him now and solve this trouble."
"We?" Leo looked at Belentina expressionlessly and said, "You seem to be overthinking. You and I have never been we."
After saying that, he was seen walking out of the room and walking out of the warehouse, as if he was not prepared to continue talking to Belenchina, nor was he prepared to take Leon away.
Watching Leo leave, Belenchina's housekeeper stepped forward and asked, "Mistress, what should we do now?"
"You don't have to do anything, just wait!" Belentina raised her head towards Leo and said, "He will help us solve that trouble. All we have to do is what price we have to pay to get him."
No revenge on us."
As she spoke, she pondered for a moment, as if she had thought of some good idea, a smile appeared on her face, and she gave instructions to the housekeeper.
After hearing Belenchina's instructions, the butler showed a reluctant expression on his face. It wasn't until Belenchina showed a serious expression that he reluctantly agreed, then walked out of the warehouse and disappeared into the woods next to the farm with a few people.
Chapter completed!