Chapter 14 Wake Up(1/2)
This is a magnificent and magnificent castle-style building, which is divided into three additional areas.
The outermost is the believer's area, which is the Cathedral of the Scourge Church.
Every day, a large number of believers come here. They worship gods, worship incense, pray for blessings, pray sincerely, receive baptism, and pastors give alms, pray prayers, and enlighten the world.
Unlike the Holy Spirit Church, the Holy Spirit Church believes that after a person dies, the soul may ascend to heaven and accompany the God of Light to enjoy eternal blessings or go to hell and bear the karma of hell. Those who believe can obtain eternal life, while those who do not believe will suffer forever.
The Church of the Heavenly Disaster believes that human life is given by God, and death is just the life given by God. Therefore, the God of the Underworld is the greatest existence, making everything come to nothingness. However, this does not mean that they support death, because the Church of the Heavenly Disaster believes that no one can take away other people's lives arbitrarily. Only death after baptism is a clean death, and life returns to the embrace of the Underworld and reappears on one day.
In terms of doctrine, the Odin Temple in the Eastern Continent believes that death is not a terrible thing. It only dissipates the body, and the soul will never die. The soul can even be sublimated, believers can become gods, and those who do not believers will become demons.
From this we can see that no matter which church is, it is good at defining life and death. Because they know very well that life and death are always the top priority of any life.
Among all the definitions of life and death, the Temple of Odin is the most tolerant of death, believing that death is not terrible, and even expects it. Therefore, the main combat power of their church is the fanatical, fierce, brave and fearless berserker. The Church of the Scourge sacred death through their doctrines, thereby controlling the life and death of others. As for the Church of the Holy Spirit, it is somewhere in between.
Fortunately, although Lasset is a berserker from the Eastern Continent, he is not a clerical warrior from the Temple of Odin, so he is not considered a pagan. Otherwise, if you come here, you may be punished by the pagan first.
Religious disputes have always been cruel and there is no human relationship to talk about. After all, it involves the issue of the principle of faith.
After passing the cathedral, it is the residential area of the clergy of the Scourge Church. A large number of dark priests, clerical warriors, and some special identities such as the Guardian of the Holy Light. This area is relatively complex, with living areas, training areas, confessional areas exclusively for clergy, and inner halls for the Presbyterians to handle internal affairs, etc.
Further down there is a tall temple. There is the third and most important area of the Scourge Church: the temple of sacrifice.
There is a huge altar in the sacrificial temple, which is said to have existed a long time ago. No one knows its origin, but only knows that it has a strange power. When sufficient sacrifices are dedicated, it can communicate with the God of the Underworld.
"You mean, you can communicate with the God of the Underworld just there?" Xiu Yi asked in surprise.
Isador laughed: "As early as the first time I talked to you, I told you that God exists, and it is by our side, listening to our voices and observing our actions. Every time, God will descend the metaphor of God through the temple and give us guidance, and we will act according to His will."
"Divine metaphor?" Xiu Yi was very surprised.
"Yes, God's metaphor!" Isador replied with great certainty: "The Church of the Scourge was established under the guidance of the great God of the Underworld and thrived because of its existence. Shuiglair, you may not believe what I said, but the God of the Underworld has known about your arrival."
"You mean that the God of the Underworld knew I would come?" This statement surprised Xiu Yi.
"Yes." Isado nodded.
"This is incredible. Can God see the future?"
“God can do everything.”
"If that's the case, why do you want to trade with me? Don't all transactions become meaningless? Just ask God for whatever you need."
Isador's face became very serious: "God is the existence of all things, and we are just His people. For God, we can only give and not ask for it. If you are pious enough, then you may be able to receive God's gift. For God's gift, we must be grateful and content. We must listen to God's will, we must satisfy God's commands, and we must execute it. Everything we do is carried out under God's guidance. We succeed because God needs us to succeed, and we fail because God wants to test our loyalty. For God... you can never ask for it!"
This is a typical religious fanatic's answer.
Xiu Yi calmed down slightly.
He knew that he had made some mistakes just now, but fortunately Isador didn't care about his words.
After thinking about it, Xiuyi replied: "I still don't understand. If God knew me, then why did you have to go through such a fierce argument before you reached a deal with me?"
Isador replied: “Because God knows, but we don’t.”
Xiu Yi was stunned.
According to Isado's words, God knows everything, knows Xiuyi, and even knows Xiuyi is coming. But he may not be interested in this, nor may he tell his people, so Isado does not know, and the Church of the Natural Disasters does not know, which is normal.
To put it bluntly, no matter who stands before Isado, he can say to the other party very awesomely: "God has known everything about you for a long time and knows that you will be here. As for us, it is because God didn't tell us."
Very common charlatan technique.
This made Xiuyi funny.
He could hear that Isador believed in the God of the Underworld from the heart, but Xiu Yi had no favoritism for this so-called omnipotent God of the Underworld.
It looks too empty and too ethereal.
"So, God is looking at me now?" Xiuyi asked.
"God created sentient beings and looked down upon them, and everything was in his eyes."
“If sentient beings were created by God, then who created God?”
"God is an existence born in accordance with the laws of this world. He lives with the world and no one can create it!" Isador's face became serious. It was obvious that he was not satisfied with Xiu Yi's rude issue.
Xiuyi finally stopped asking.
Looking around, the tall temple in the distance, the surround incense is filled with a strong mysterious aura.
For some reason, Xiu Yi's heart suddenly jumped violently.
He felt as if some force was approaching him and peeking at him.
A strange feeling appeared deep in his heart, as if a voice whispered in his heart.
It was as if something was calling him.
This shocked Xiu Yi, but when he felt it with his heart, the feeling had disappeared, and only the mysterious hall in front of him still stood.
"What's wrong with you?" Isador suddenly stopped when he saw Souyi.
"Just now... it seemed like something had penetrated into my body, as if someone was calling me softly." Xiuyi looked at Isador in confusion.
Isador smiled satisfiedly: "You finally feel the power of God, child. That is the call God has made to you. As I said, God is great, He is everywhere, looking down on all living beings. He already knows your coming."
Xiu Yi stared at the temple in a daze and finally said, "Uncle Isado, can I go to worship the God of Underworld?"
"Of course, after completing our deal."
"Ah!" A shrill cry broke through the tranquility of the night.
Simone sat up, beside him was the man holding his head and roaring wildly. His eyes were blood red, and blue veins on his forehead burst out like an angry lion, making a terrifying roar.
"Brother Stone!" Simone called out.
She quickly jumped out of bed and brought the water she had prepared long ago. Then she took out a towel and wiped it on the man's body with water.
Big drops of sweat fell from the man's body, and he screamed in a low voice, his image ferocious and terrifying.
Simone wiped the man in shock. She didn't know when the man would lose his mind and tear herself to pieces, but she still insisted on not running away and mustered up all the courage to take care of the man.
A man's headache occurred suddenly half a month ago.
When he had an attack on the first day, he lost his mind and was crazy, almost killing Simone. Fortunately, he finally recovered his mind at the last moment and controlled himself. At that time, Simone's neck bone was almost broken by him.
Not long after that, every day or two, a man would have a headache. Every headache made him extremely terrible.
Surprisingly, Simone showed extraordinary courage at this time.
Whenever a man had an illness, she would take care of him gently by his side. Over time, Shi Tou's condition actually improved significantly.
He no longer loses his mind when he attacks.
Today, the man's illness seems to have improved significantly again.
It took only ten minutes before he stopped roaring.
He lay in the bed, sleeping heavily, like a child.
When he woke up the next day, the man found that there was no one around him.
Walking out of the cabin, Simone was sitting alone at the bow of the boat, blankly not knowing what she was thinking.
The man came to her and sat down, saying with a little difficulty: "Thank you."
Simone looked at the man in surprise.
These days, she has to say a lot to Shitou every day, just like teaching a child to speak slogans. Shitou's speech became more and more fluent, but he never took the initiative to speak and always answered passively.
But today, he broke this habit.
This made Simone happy.
It is not easy to make this stubborn guy change.
But Simone believes that no matter how difficult it is, the problem will always be solved.
Unfortunately, there is one thing that Shi Tou is still very stubborn, that is, he always holds the black sword and no one is allowed to touch it.
This made Simone a little distressed. Once she asked him: "Brother Stone, why do you always hold it?"
Shi Tou thought for a long time before answering: "I... don't want you... to be hurt."
"Be hurt?" Simone was a little confused.
In Simone's opinion, a sword is a sword, how could it hurt others?
But no matter how she asked, Shi Tou just didn't answer.
Maybe he himself didn't know why, but he just felt deep in his heart: no one could touch this sword except himself.
No, maybe there is one more person to touch.
But who is that person?
He can't remember.
A faint shadow appeared in his mind, but he just couldn't remember who it was.
And he found that whenever he tried to regain that lost memory, his headaches would strike.
However, as the number of headache attacks increases, the degree of pain gradually decreases, and what follows are countless strange fragments in the mind.
To be continued...