Chapter 78

The Central Church of Heibao town is located at the intersection of feudalism and aristocracy. It is the highest and most magnificent building in Heibao town. The main body of the church is made of solid limestone, and the wall is plastered with a layer of white sand, integrating grandeur and delicacy. The interior of the church is raised and widened, and the bell tower points directly to the sky, symbolizing the supremacy of the shining Lord.

Compared with father Ivan's church, the magnificent Central Church is more sacred, solemn and desolate. The Central Church serves the superior, or it is a place for the superior to serve the Lord of glory. For example, the rich will donate money and materials to the church in the Central Church to prove their piety to the Lord of glory, which is just the opposite of the church in the slum.

Father Conley, wearing a gorgeous priest's robe and a solemn face, supervised the attendants in the church to decorate today's meeting place. A sacred pre - God notarization will be held here. The notarized parties are nbiser The Earl of York and victor Baron Wimbledon. This is of great significance to father Conley. It is the first pre God notarization between lords since he presided over the Central Church, and it is also the first pre God notarization between people and horses.

"Father, everything is ready." A waiter bowed to Conley.

Conley nodded majestically. He looked around and asked the waiter, "are the Claude paladins and his team back?"

"Not yet. We have sent someone to urge."

At the waiter's words, father Conley looked a little unchanged.

Bishop Perot, Conley's immediate boss, told him that Renma Hill might become a new parish in the future. In order to increase the influence of the church in Renma hill, the church would gradually send more priests here, and Claude was just assigned to his Paladin captain.

When Captain Claude had just arrived in Heibao town with an integrated Paladin team, father Conley was still very happy, which would greatly enhance his strength.

But Conley soon became unhappy.

Claude, the young captain of the paladin, is proficient in martial arts, enthusiastic, kind, heroic, just and pious. He has the paladin virtues advocated by the church, but he is a green head.

Soon after Claude came to Heibao, he plunged into the shanty town. He and his team maintained order in the shanty town and helped the weak. In just a few days, they arrested many thieves and robbers and sent them to the public security office in Heibao town. The Sheriff of Heibao town was very angry about it and had negotiated with Conley several times.

Conley quickly summoned Claude and warned him that the church had no secular law enforcement power, which was the content of the New Testament of light. Claude said that they did not enforce the law, but only stopped the crime and handed over the criminals to the police station. Claude also asked Conley to give more food and clothing to the free people, and even encouraged Conley to pay for the transformation of the free people's shanty towns to improve the living environment of the free people.

Conley realized that Claude had not experienced the trial of the paladin for two years and was sent directly to his command. Conley was so sad and sleepless that nothing bothered the priests at the bottom more than the rookie Paladin.

The result is obvious. The masons will reduce their donations to the Central Church, the vegetables will reduce their donations, the hyena leaders who are most enthusiastic about donations have completely stopped coming, and the businessmen will also reduce their donations because they are charged more protection fees. Only the Lords of the noble district are not affected, but their donation depends on their mood.

At worst, Ivan's beard had repeatedly warned Conley to look after Claude! Recently, there are fewer civilians going to Ivana to pray!

What can Conley do? He had written to bishop Perot, politely asking the bishop to send more experienced paladins to help him, implying that Claude should go away. Bishop Capello has not replied yet, and he must endure for some time.

"The notarization ceremony will begin soon! Send someone to see if that bastard Claude has come!" Father Conley ordered angrily.

As the presiding priest of the Central Church, Conley's promotion standard is completely different from Ivan. His credit lies in how much money he has raised for the church and whether he has expanded the influence of the church. This time, the notarization before God will become one of his achievements.

"Father Conley! Here we are!"

As soon as Conley looked back, he saw Claude coming here with a group of paladins. Everywhere he passed, the waiters next to him covered their noses. Conley was shocked and said, "stop! Don't come in!"

"You went to shantytowns again today? You stink! Go wash and change your armor. The notarization ceremony will begin soon!" Conley said to Claude in disgust.

"My Lord, I have something important to report! Johnny was attacked in the shanty town today!" Claude said seriously.

"What? Where's Johnny?" Conley had a cold light in his eyes. Attacking and killing paladins was a felony. Generally speaking, only wizards would take the initiative to attack priests.

"My Lord, I'm here!" Johnny raised his hand listlessly. He was very depressed when he was crushed by his opponent in the battle.

Conley looked Johnny up and down. He was relieved to find that he was not hurt. He asked, "what's going on?"

"That's right." Johnny described the process to the priest.

Conley was silent for a moment. He clenched his teeth and said, "that is to say, you were not attacked, but taught a lesson because you were nosy!"

"Sir, there's a problem here. That guy easily defeated Johnny. At least he's a trainee knight. If the old farmer didn't stop him, he would kill Johnny! Now he took the farmer again. I think we should send someone to save the poor farmer, or he might be killed!" Claude shouted excitedly. He had filled his mind with a tragic story. A trainee knight took a fancy to the farmer's daughter and forced the farmer to pursue failure. Maybe there is a beautiful girl waiting for the Paladin to save. Claude felt his blood boiling at the thought of this.

"The trainee Knight wanted to kill Johnny? Then why didn't he cut off Johnny's head with the first sword? Finally, why did the farmer pull the trainee Knight away?" Conley sneered.

"This..." Claude was speechless by the priest.

"I warn you again that the order of the shantytowns is under the control of the public security! Your job is to serve the church, eliminate wizards and fight monsters. Don't run to the shantytowns all day! Now, go clean yourself, put on the ritual armor, and you will be notarized before God."

In the roar of Conley, the young paladins hurried to their dormitory.

"It's puzzling! What's the matter with us about the scuffle between nobles?" Conley whispered to himself.

"Father Conley, Baron Wimbledon has come." The waiter reported to conleyton.

Father Conley smiled. Baron Wimbledon donated 2000 gold sols to the Central Church two days ago, but wrote down the amount of 1000 gold sols in the register. Such a generous act naturally pleased father Conley.

So Conley went out of the cathedral to meet the Baron himself.

Under the white steps, father Conley saw the young and tall Baron and his retinue, but the Baron's face was a little blue and white. Conley suddenly remembered the lovely maid who accompanied the Baron two days ago.

"Good day, Baron Victor, and may the glory of the Lord of glory visit you." Conley said to Victor with a smile.

"Good day, father Conley." Victor nodded politely to the priest.

"Your Excellency Victor, you are in good spirits today." Conley gave Victor an ambiguous smile.

Good spirit? Victor only felt dark in front of him. He was tired and dying these two days. Sylvia's need made him painful and happy.

"Okay, okay." Victor smiled.

Father Conley smiled and said nothing. He raised his priest's scepter and pointed to victor. A white golden light shone on victor. Victor only felt his spirit shocked, his tired feeling swept away, and his body was much lighter.

"Father, what is this?" Victor asked in surprise.

"This is a divine skill given by our Lord. It can continuously restore a person's spirit and physical strength." Conley said proudly.

"It's incredible!"

Victor squeezed his fist, and he felt the power in his body again.

"Father Conley, this recovery is really great. It allows soldiers to continue fighting without being affected by fatigue."

"This... In theory, it's like this, but recovery can only be used once a day. If it is used continuously, the effect will be reduced." Conley smiled bitterly.

"Oh, really? But that's great! Father Conley, can you talk to me about the basic types of divination? I'm interested in it, if you're embarrassed..." Said Victor tentatively.

"In fact, it's no secret. For thousands of years, the Lords have fought with monsters and orcs under the leadership of the church. Everyone is familiar with our Lord's power. It doesn't matter to talk to you." Conley smiled modestly.

"Our divine arts mainly include recovery, healing, cleansing and encouragement."

"You already know the healing technique. The healing technique can continuously stop the bleeding and heal the wound. The smaller the wound, the faster the healing, the larger the wound, and the slower the healing. The healing technique can last five minutes at a time. The high-level priest can even reconnect the broken limb, but the price is also very high. This magic technique has saved the lives of countless soldiers."

"Cleansing can cure most diseases, which is often used by us priests. It only requires specific rituals and consumes valuable white crystals, so we generally need to charge a certain fee."

"Encouragement can inspire soldiers' courage and make them fearless. It can also greatly weaken the feeling of pain, so that soldiers will not faint because of pain. Like recovery, encouragement is also the best effect once a day."

"The power and kindness of the Lord of glory are amazing." Victor threw a timely flattery.

"The glory of my Lord will last forever." Conley said.

"By the way, in the last purification ceremony, I saw the bishop condensing a white golden flame. Is that also a divine skill?" Victor took the opportunity to ask.

"That's holy fire. Only high-level priests can use holy fire. I don't know it very well." Conley said awkwardly, but his flashing eyes could not escape Victor's perception. Obviously, the priest was unwilling to talk about deeper things.

"I see." Victor nodded and smiled.

As they walked and talked, they walked into the central cathedral.

The prayer hall of the church is wide and high, giving people a feeling of being very small. Coupled with four huge statues of angels holding swords, it is even more awesome. The dome of the prayer hall is made of special crystal. The sunlight in the day passes through the dome, making everything in the hall plated with gold, showing a sacred taste.

Victor did not feel shocked. This was not the first time he entered the Central Church. There was a larger and more solemn glorious church in his memory. However, it cannot be denied that the Central Church in Heibao town makes Victor feel the inside information and strength of the church. After all, it has only been developed for three years.

"Father Conley, the Earl of York has arrived." A waiter reported to conleyton.

"Your Excellency Victor, I'll meet the count. You can wait here for a moment and notarize in front of God for a while."

With that, father Conley left the prayer hall and went out to meet the owner of Heibao town.

Victor pressed the long table in the center of the hall, and soon he was going to have a pre God notarization with the count of York.

Pre God notarization is the product of the church to mediate disputes between Lords. It was proposed by the church 1500 years ago.

In the strong period of the church, the friction between the Lords will be strongly interfered by the church. However, with the emergence of the vassal system, the strength of the Lords became stronger and stronger, and the influence of the church became weaker and weaker. The disputes between the Lords began to be solved by themselves, often through small-scale war and marriage. When the Knights began to take power in the church, in order to expand the influence and law enforcement power of the church, they proposed the notarization before God. Unfortunately, the Lords did not buy it, and the response was slim.

However, Victor had no choice, he was not qualified for marriage, and he was unwilling to be a vassal. In order to ensure the implementation of the agreement, the York family proposed pre God notarization. The core of notarization is that Victor can't quietly sell purple cane wine to other lords, otherwise the York family can levy Victor without the intervention of the church. In addition, pre God notarization has another feature, which is higher than the right of inheritance, that is, Victor's successor cannot overturn the agreement between victor and York family.

Victor certainly didn't care about this. His successor was either the Marquis Sophia or his cheap brother.

Strictly speaking, the pre God notarization between the York family and Victor damaged the interests of all lords and was a betrayal of the Lords. However, their notarization content is very special because it is a supply and marketing agreement that has never existed.

"When father Conley reads 18 Copper cords per liter of purple cane wine, the expression on his face will be wonderful." Victor couldn't help laughing at the thought.

While Victor was entertaining himself, the count of York came in with his retinue accompanied by father Conley.

"Victor! You will pay the donation for this notarization!"

Victor: "... I can't do it."

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When victor and the Earl of York quarreled with each other over the donation of money, the monkey was reporting to his owner in the black Fort police station.

"Sir, the Baron's men found Barol's body with a dog I've never seen."

"What's strange about this? They want to know whether Barol is dead or hidden by us. The reaction of the victor family is too slow! The villepins came to Barol a few days ago." Sheriff shanks smiled disapprovingly.

"My Lord, what are they looking for barrow for?" The monkey asked uneasily.

The monkey and old John saw Barol's body. Although it had rotted a little, the monkey determined that it was Barol himself from several moles on the body. However, the monkey always felt a little strange, but he couldn't say it again.

"What else can you do? Take it out." SHAX's tone was faint, with a touch of disdain.