Chapter Eleven A Peaceful Day (2)
At half past seven, pray for time.
The Prayer Hall is the largest room in the Dark Moon Temple, which can accommodate at least thousands of people standing.
In the middle of the hall, the statue of the goddess Luna of Dark Moon stands tall, with graceful temperament and elegant posture, and every part is detailed, even a hint of wrinkle on the long dress is just right.
This is the icon of the goddess and the symbol of the Dark Moon Church.
During the normal period of the church, every morning, there were dozens or hundreds of Dark Moon Priests who knelt down in front of the statue under the leadership of the bishop, praying silently like a goddess, and offering their pious faith. However, there are only four people who pray now.
Perhaps in the near future, this number will become ten, and then more and more, but that will be the future. At least now there are still only four people in the prayer hall, empty, and even the echoes can be heard when speaking.
Holding hands in front of her, the girl closed her eyes with her expression focused on her face, grew up in the church, and grew up under the favor of the goddess, Lisa has already dedicated all her loyalty to the goddess, and for the glory of the goddess, the girl is willing to give everything.
Well, except for brother.
Maybe the brother is the only thing in the girl's heart that can be compared with the love of the goddess.
She loves the goddess and her brother. Two years ago, when she was just ten years old, Meria teased her while playing in the courtyard with her and asked her what she should do if her brother betrayed the goddess?
Unexpectedly, this joke made the girl sit in the courtyard for a day, until the evening, and told her very seriously that there would never be that day, at least, she would never see that day.
Without her explanation, Meria also understood what she meant. Yes, she would never experience such a day in person, at least not when she was alive.
Three of the four were praying, and only Shul was not as focused as they were.
Shur just knelt casually and looked up at the face of the statue.
"Tsk, is this really your appearance? I thought even the statue of God was hazy, but how did those carving craftsmen know your appearance? It could not have been imagined out of thin air."
Yes, even when praying, Shure was far less pious to the goddess than others, and even did many acts that would be considered serious blasphemy in other churches, such as arbitrary tampering with the sacred texts.
However, this does not affect the goddess' favor to him, and the power of giving back is stronger than anyone else. This cannot be faked, and it only shows that his inner belief and gratitude are far deeper than what he shows.
At about eight o'clock, the retreat time.
Three hours a day until eleven o'clock in the afternoon, this is the most important period of the day for every priest.
The capacity of mental power does not fall from the sky out of thin air, but is expanded by persistent meditation; the use of magical techniques is not born so skillful, and requires countless boring practices.
It is much more difficult to become an excellent priest than most ordinary people think of as preparations, and simulate practical operations in their minds again and again.
You can not eat or sleep, but you must not stop meditation and magic control practice. Every minute of accumulation is extremely important. Perhaps you only lack a day of practice, and when you operate it at the right time, there will be a qualitative difference.
"No, the curvature of the fingers is one degree different."
In the empty retreat room, there were only two people, Shuer and Lisa. From common sense, retreat is a very private act and requires each person to have an independent retreat room. However, the brother and sister are more like teaching than to say retreat. After all, even if Lisa is a bishop, she is still a minor child and needs someone to guide her to practice.
Every time this time, Shuer was always strict and strict. He was no longer the brother who spoiled his sister to heaven, but became a meticulous teacher. Even if Lisa had a little irregularity, she could not escape his eyes.
"Do you know what it means to have a difference in finger curvature at this time? It means that your magical magic duration is reduced by three percent. The shield that lasts for a hundred seconds will disappear three seconds earlier than you will, and your teammate will die."
"What is the other hand doing? Do you use one hand to cast the magic trick that requires both hands to cast? Do you know the difference between the two? The difference is that your magic trick will be reduced by 15% and the injury that could have been completely healed has now been cured by you. Before you learn to leave, you want to run away. Do you think you are a genius? Well, you are really, why do you laugh? You must lay a solid foundation honestly. I have seen more geniuses and more slaughtered. I remind you that no matter how talented you have, you must step by step and walk over, otherwise your foundation will be empty and you will have big problems sooner or later."
"Now it's meditation. Do you know what meditation is? Who taught you? Meditation is just looking at my face and giggling. Is it me? What, it's really me, hahahahahaha, what, don't think you can get away with it. Close my eyes and continue meditating, otherwise I'll be careful of spanking you."
As always, stern scolding sounds came from the retreat room from time to time, and of course, occasionally there were girls' laughter.
Humph, Master Lisa is not afraid. No matter how strict my brother is, he is still a brother. As long as the great Master Lisa slapped his mouth, his brother will immediately become obedient. Master Lisa has already seen through everything.
However, even if you see through everything, the great Lord Lisa never took advantage of this, because the girl once secretly saw that in order to study how to arrange her own tutorial progress, how could she make herself progress step by step, and read various records in the church all night long.
We must never let our brother's efforts be wasted. This is the determination Lisa made when she watched that scene silently.
"Okay, that's all today."
It was amazing. Just ten o'clock, and there was still an hour before the end time, Shuer stopped his retreat today.
"Don't be so surprised, there is something more important to do today." Sul pulled Lisa and called the two nuns waiting nearby. The nuns were just ordinary people serving the gods and did not need to recuperate like professionals, but Meria and Tallinna would always stay nearby while Lord Lisa was recuperating, which was a habit they had developed over the years.
"Come with me, it's time to witness the miracle." After the curious questioning of the three, Shuer said nothing. He carried a small cloth bag and walked into the depths of the temple with three remaining Dark Moon servants.
After passing through several doors, bypassing several broken halls, he walked into a small cottage in the middle of the temple.
The cottages are equally old as other buildings, but every generation of Dark Moon servants attaches great importance to the place, repairing, cleaning, and maintaining, so that the place can always remain intact.
No wonder all Dark Moon priests attach so much importance to this place, because this is the core of the temple. It is no exaggeration to say that this room is the real Dark Moon Temple in the strict sense.
The room was very small, and as soon as I entered, I saw a statue of Dark Moon, which was the only thing in the whole room.
In the middle of the room is a half-meter platform, and a statue of one person is on the platform. Strangely, this statue of god and the huge statue in the prayer hall are exactly the same in appearance except for the different sizes. Even the most picky people cannot find any difference between the two.
This is impossible in theory. No two sculptures can be exactly the same. Even if they are from the same craftsman, there will be subtle differences. However, the two sculptures inside and outside have done this. It can only be said that any field involving the gods cannot be considered with normal theory.
The answer is very simple. These two sculptures are actually the same.
Now what everyone is in front of you is the real Dark Moon statue. The giant statue used daily outside is just a projection.
Yes, it is just a projection, visible and tangible, and the real projection violates common sense and distorts the boundary between reality and illusion, but under the power of the gods, it is so normal.
It is not just a statue that carves a statue of a god or a building that can be said to be the temple of the true god. The definition of the statue and the temple is actually very strict.
After a statue of god is made, it becomes the only statue of this god in the mortal world, representing the incarnation of the god in the mortal world, where the statue is located is the residence of the god, which is the main hall of the church.
The gods are immortal and the holy images are not destroyed. As long as the gods are not asleep, there is no power in the mortal world to destroy the holy images. The space where the holy images are located becomes the holy realm of the gods.
No matter whether the buildings above are good or bad, there is no difference between the holy realm. Even if all the buildings are demolished, as long as the statue is still here for a day, the holy realm will still be the holy realm, which can still provide powerful auxiliary bonuses for believers. It is still the residence of the gods in the mortal world, which cannot be moved or changed. Only by obtaining the approval of the gods can believers have the ability to move the statue and move the main hall to other places.
"Praise the Moon of Lightlessness." Entering the room, the four of them bowed and bowed to the goddess at the same time, showing their admiration to the goddess. The statue still had the unchanging expression, with a faint smile, staring at the mortal world affectionately.
The icon has been around for thousands of years and has been standing in its current location for nearly a thousand years, but it looks like new, without even a single grain of dust.
Of course, the filth of the world will never pollute the body of the gods. Even if tens of thousands of years have passed, this holy image will be the same as it is now.
Well, the premise is that the goddess will not fall into a deep sleep, otherwise the statue will be broken, the temple will collapse, and the doomsday will come.
"Brother, why are you here?" The girl asked softly, holding Shuer's arm.
This is also what Meria and Talinna want to know.
Both nuns are very nervous now. Theoretically, unless a major event occurs, ordinary nuns are not qualified to enter this room. Since Shuer brought them in, it means...
Chapter completed!