Chapter 491： in the darkness

Saiwen? Terry knows that he has no turning back.

And he really can't find a better way than now.

He saw every leaflet that the Cecils broke into the city, and heard the news circulating in the outer city. He knew that the Cecils were propagating a near-decent light that blurred the boundaries of the gods. Faith, frankly, he is also very resistant to these things. He believes in the life of the Holy Light, and he can't accept the saying that the Holy Light is self-centered.

But he is even less able to accept that the Church of the Light now regards faith as a means of collecting money and treating the Holy Light as a violent reliance.

He accepted the invitation of Amber and then learned more about what he needed to do.

"We can find ways to interfere with the guards in the chapel area, while closing the defense of the divine array, but the road to the cathedral is not under our control," the middle-aged low-ranking priest said the situation inside the church area. "The Discipline and the Holy See Knights guarded all the gates, and they only obeyed the cathedral."

"What are the fighting powers of the monks and the Knights of the Holy See? Do you think they will die to protect the cathedral?"

"...The monks of the commandments are more proficient in the trials of judgment and commandments, and the frontal combat power is not strong. As for the Knights of the Holy See... They were originally the strongest garrison power of Luan Cathedral, but the last time the Bishop of Leymont took away all The high-ranking knight, the rest of the middle and low-level knights, died while assisting the aristocracy in combat, and now the remaining combat power is probably less than 20%," Savin Terry said in detail, "just ...they are still deadly to ordinary people."

"You don't have to worry about this. There will be another force to help you. Just tell me the road map and the garrison in the church area."

"it is good."

After handing over the most crucial information, Saiwen Terry felt that he was suddenly relaxed, as if he had completed a major mission, and amber looked at the middle-aged **** officer. The exhaustion accumulated over many days suddenly seemed to ask casually: "If I have not guessed wrong, the power of the Holy Light of many priests in the church area should be reduced to varying degrees..."

Savin Triton was surprised: "How do you know?!"

"The end of the trial of the heresy, the effect of the magic is not deceiving people," Amber shook his head slightly. "Although I guess the magic used to identify heresy has a big problem, maybe it can make most ordinary people show up. There are signs of faltering beliefs, but for those of you who should be very religious in theory... its effect should not be so obvious. I carefully observed the expression of each of you, your shakes, accidents, and panic. The goods are genuine."

Savin Terry was silent, and the two low-ranking priests beside him also looked down in complex complexion. After a few seconds of silence, one of the low-ranking priests finally spoke up: "...your observation Very strong."

“At least one-third of the clerics have experienced a different degree of power loss,” Savin Terry continued. “The most serious is even a level of retrogression. In fact, the priests are weakened by their own short-lived confusion. The situation is not uncommon, but the belief in this scale is probably the first time since the establishment of Lu’an Cathedral...”

Amber then asked: "When did the situation of more people's power decline first appeared?"

"Since the Holy Spirit Plain came to collect the redemption money and suppress the command of the gods, my power of the Holy Light was stagnant. There are many people in the church area who are similar to me. We cannot accept this kind of sanctification. What the light teaches is contrary to it."

Amber blinked and whispered thoughtfully: "It seems like this..."

As Gao Wen had speculated, what happened to Wright was not a special case.

The recent spurt of the Church of the Light has accelerated the strength of the church by absorbing a large amount of wealth on the one hand, but on the other hand, it has led to too strong doubts about the underlying priests who have conscience inside the church. The doctrine of the original light and the separation of the actual behavior of the church have created more and more lower-level priests like the Wrights, and this situation will only become more and more serious over time...

Did the Church of the Light really realize that these collapses occurred at the bottom? Or to say... even if they realize it, they also have reasons to do so. Even if they risk the division of the church and let some clerics abandon their beliefs, they must use this way of drinking and quenching thirst to let the church develop rapidly in a short time.

Amber thought hard and found out that he really couldn't understand it, so he simply shook his head and temporarily put the problem behind him - anyway, she just came in to collect intelligence and engage in destruction. The real analysis of these headaches is big. The thing that the old nephew is good at, then tell the situation to the other party and let the old man worry about it.

Saiwen? Terry did not listen to Amber's self-talk, and asked curiously: "What did you say?"

"Nothing," Amber waved his hand. "This is the case. Let's wait until the dust settles."

Saiwen? Terry nodded slightly, but before he got up and left, he suddenly thought of one more thing: "I think I should remind you of something. - I don't know what kind of extraordinary power you have prepared, but thousands. Always be careful about the flange? Berenger, I think his situation is not normal."

"Flange? Berenger?" Amber raised his eyebrows. "According to intelligence, he should be only a middle-level priest. If not all the high-ranking powerhouses of the Southern Church are completely destroyed, it is impossible for him to become a bishop."

"He is indeed a middleman, but he now has mastered the core of the cathedral, and his strength may not be so good," François said with a serious face. "And since the four-day trial of heresy." After that, he locked himself in the cathedral and didn't show up at all. Even the leader of the Discipline Corps did not get a chance to see it. This is very abnormal. I prayed to the Lord that the message of the Holy Light was full of disturbing feelings. The illusion and the whistling sound, I can feel a powerful force gathering in the cathedral, much like the Holy Light, but there is something else mixed in it... In short, it must be treated with care."

"...Mom, I am afraid that I am not going to come to the breakthrough routine..."

Fran? Terry did not hear: "What?"

"Don't care," Amber hurriedly waved his hand. "I will report the situation to my superiors. Please be assured that this action is very stable."

Regardless of the flange? What is the work of Berenger in the cathedral, Cecil has enough power to suppress it. When it is too big, let the team go out in the outer city, then Byron and Philip directly face the inner city gun. In the middle of the world, in the face of a sufficient amount of art, it is useless to be the protagonist of the breakthrough. The "Array" will blow you up...

Amber didn't realize it at all. Unconsciously, his own way of thinking has been seriously affected by Gao Wen...

"Then I will go back," after talking about it, Saiwen? Terry stood up and gave a priestly etiquette to Amber. "It may be discovered when you leave the church area for a long time."

Amber nodded, but just as the three clergymen were about to go to the door, she suddenly stopped the other person from behind: "The power of the Light that you are declining... Cecil has a solution."

In order to ensure that the “inside” of the church area can be more reliable, she decided to disclose some “bait” in advance.

Saiwen? Terry really stopped immediately, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Do you really?"

The decline of power caused by the falsification of faith has always been an unsolvable phenomenon for the clergy. It can basically be cured by time-lapse or self-breakthrough, and most people will not cure for the rest of their lives. The state of the magical power is stagnant, but those Cecils...has there a way?

“There was nothing in the flyers that was too clear to understand, but Wright did find a new way of the Light, and this road... everyone has a chance to try.”

Saiwen? Terry’s eyes became excited. Nothing was more tempting than a chance to regain the light of the Holy Light. “What conditions do you need?”

Amber thought about it and looked at the slightly thin body of the three pastors in front of him: "Can you shake the hammer of 40 pounds?"

The three priests looked at each other unclearly: "...ah?"

"All in all, exercise your body first," Amber touched his smooth chin and said thoughtfully. "And then exercise your ability to fight and fight. Run a load of eight kilometers a day and then move the bricks. If you want to move the bricks after a month, you should Can be a qualified battlefield pastor..."

After the three sacred priests left, the temporary base was quiet for a while.

A military intelligence officer with an admirable expression - certainly not admiring the amber, finally flicked three priests to exercise, but admired the words of his own boss before the words to the game: Terry: "Boss, you The deaf person’s ability has not regressed."

Amber didn't carelessly waved his hand: "When did I retreat? I can't use it in Cecil City."

As a nickname of the "Queen of the Tavern", he was once famous in the circle of illegal mercenaries and adventurers in the South. He led a large group of "big sisters" who slandered and slandered, and how could Amber not have a good eloquence? How could there be no set of skills that would make a dead person alive?

In the most savage and backward borders of the Ansuo Kingdom, I lived with all kinds of people all day long. This half-elf thief is very familiar with the observation and control of the people. Without this ability, she would never be able to completely eliminate it in a short time. Find out the situation of the people at the bottom of Lu'an City and create such a large-scale destruction.

Usually not used, but it is not used.

"But then, boss, the words you just said are really the shadow of many duke adults --"

"Crap, I am usually idle, I still have time to sleep, how can I have such a boring thing?" Amber turned his eyes. "A lot of them are Gaowen... The Duke usually said, I see The situation is just a copy of it. But you can't learn to learn from me. Some words say that you want to see the target. Like the priest of today, he is a civilian, has a conscience, understands the suffering of the civilians, and can see the darkness of the Church of Light. He It is to find a way out of real meaning, so I will use those words to talk to him, but if you change someone, the same words may be bad..."

"We understand that we understand," the subordinates nodded again and again, and one of them asked, "Well, then... is the contact behind?"

Amber sighed and looked at the tall, thin man standing in the corner of the room: "Slim, open the magic network communicator, internal channel 8. Gray wolf, you go to the door to guard."

The miniaturized special magic net communicator was placed on the table, accompanied by a slight humming sound. This complicated and precise magical guide machine was activated. Amber patiently waited for a moment and saw the crystal bloom on the top of the communicator. With a soft glow, a holographic projection quickly forms over the crystal.

That is the face of Gao Wen.

"The oil in the pot has been boiled," Amber looked at the holographic projection and licked his teeth. "You can smash the table."

Gao Wen nodded in the holographic projection: "Is everything going well?"

"Developed as planned, but there are some situations that need to be reported..."

Gao Wen quietly listened to the content reported by Amber, and kept all the contents in his mind. When the report was over, he gave a slight breath and looked at the communication device in front of him: "I know, this will be arranged in advance. You Pay attention to safety there."

The amber in the projection waved impatiently: "Do not worry, don't worry about it, I will not run, I am such a blind person..."

......

Gao Wen reluctantly looked at the counterfeit goods that were upright and sturdy, and shook his head and closed the communication.

Then he looked up and looked at another magic network communication device in the study.

Over the equipment, there is a scene of outdoor appearance -

Countless people gathered on an open field. The torches in the hands of people and the magic crystallized lights in the distance illuminate the meeting place under the night. The slogans and countless noisy voices of the people are heard in the picture. The players maintained order at the scene, and several white knights wearing heavy white armor, surrounded by brilliant glory, hanging heavy iron shells with chains around their waists, and extremely tall white knights stood in the middle of the crowd. The voice speaks to everyone - they are the most eye-catching in the picture.

The voice of the witch Jupli came from outside the picture: "...This is the new city of Tanzan, the excavation work is still going on. Thirty minutes ago, the engineers found a new cellar...

"...If it was not for the Viscount Andrew to build a new city here, I am afraid that these things will continue to dust up...

"... According to witnesses, these mantles are one of the secret treasury of the Church of the Light in the South. We have found a large number of gold and silver objects in the cellar, all of which are believers' property, some of which are donated by the believers, and another In part, the church has gathered through means of redemption, heresy, copying of civilian property, and embezzlement of other church property. According to the books and records we have found from nearby churches, the local church originally promised that these properties would be used to repair the gods. Churches, distributing relief materials and raising orphans, but in fact more than 90% of them become private property of the church...

"The White Knight leader, Mr. Wright, said that he has never seen such a brazen thing..."

After a few moments, Jeep’s voice suddenly sounded again: “Emergency news, Mr. Dedal Ross, the governor of Hosman City, just announced an amazing news that the staff of the Office of the Government is cleaning up a place that was once part of the Church of the Light. A large number of bones were found in the old maintenance facilities... suspected orphans whose whereabouts were unknown in the Hosman region during the past years..."

The crowd on the projection screen stunned, and the crowds of excited people gathered around the white knight, while the white knights lifted the heavy power warhammer in their hands and shouted the slogan of expelling the old church.

Gao Wen stood up and turned off the projection device, and behind him, Pitman’s voice came: "It’s terrible."

Gao Wen looked back and looked at the little old man who had always swayed on the territory with cynicism and shameless appearance. His face showed a hint of ridicule: "Do you think something is terrible?"

Pitman said with a beard, said faintly: "Of course, I am afraid of more things, or who do you think that amber is so adaptable?"

Gao Wen took a look at Pittman: "So what are you afraid of now?"

"People, the crowd full of anger is a terrible existence," Pitman shrugged. "But I think you are more terrible than that - because it's all your guidance. You are using something different from the extraordinary." The power of the force and the gun, the effect of this thing... can be more shocking than what you described."

"The power is not good or bad. The key is to see where it is used. For those who use the Holy Light to do evil, sometimes they have to use some very means," Gao Wen said indifferently, then his face was slightly gloomy, "especially in me. Knowing that the bones of children were discovered in those facilities... I knew that no matter how I deal with the gods, it would not be too much."

Pitman sighed: "Adopting orphans from childhood is a common means of cultivating deadly loyalty in each church. It not only increases strength but also enhances reputation, but not all children can be acquainted with the gods, and some people are There is no spiritual talent, even if it is catalyzed by syrup and rituals, it will consume resources for these factions, and it has already seen some of the dark seeds of the 'bad seeds'... Which church's hands are not clean? ""

"The churches of 700 years ago may not be like this at all," Gao Wen shook his head. "The priests and knights who faced the distortions of the year, probably never imagined that their successors would fall into this."

Pittman smiled: "When you thought about it, you will wake up and see that the distortion has hit the door of the tomb, and the descendants have lost your shield?"

Gao Wen immediately stunned the little old man: "...you mention this, I am in a hurry with you."

Then he coughed twice and pulled the subject back on track: "Compared to this, what do you think about the anomaly of the flange? Braun mentioned in the amber report? The bishop shut himself in the cathedral, Is it taking some strength to strengthen yourself?"

"...I don't think he can become stronger by taking power and the like. This is the means of wizards and warlocks, but there is definitely something wrong with it. A normal bishop can't shut himself down in that situation. Nothing is done in the church. He either continues to save the situation, either simply runs the road or rushes out to brutally suppress it. In short, he should always do something."

Gao Wen shook his head slightly: "In my first plan, François Braun should take some kind of desperate action at this stage, but I didn't expect him to keep himself in the church and do nothing, tell the truth. ...this slightly disrupted my arrangement."

Pittman thought, after a moment, this little old man who knows a lot about theology has opened his mouth: "Perhaps... he is trying to communicate with the gods, praying for power beyond imagination to help him through the desperate situation."

"Is God falling?" Gao Wen suddenly frowned. "Can he carry out God?"

"...because it's impossible, so I don't want to understand. God's fall is a high price, and there are strict thresholds - only the legendary strong can support God and not die, the high-ranking power is paying the price of life and After a certain condition is met, a short-lived divine drop can be made, and a lower-ranking priest... has no ability to communicate with God. His words are not transmitted to his god's ear. Who is he looking for?"

Gao Wensi thought that after two minutes, he broke the silence: "All in all, it seems that more ‘insurance’ must be arranged in the next step. It has already taken this step and there must be no flaws.”

Not everyone can understand Gao Wen’s persistence and prudence in this matter. In this matter, only he knows it –

In this world of extraordinary power and social stagnation, this will be the first resistance of ordinary people to the extraordinary.

Perhaps there have been unscrupulous farmers who have drafted forks for the Cavaliers, and there have been innocent people who have been convicted of heretics to curse their own gods, but those who are occasional, powerless, and irritating can’t resist It’s not the same as this time.

This time, the ordinary people who have been deceived and crushed for a long time are the first time to act as a group to resist the priests who are another group.

The world has waited for thousands of years before waiting for this first time, and if it fails, no one knows how long it will take for the second time.

So, it can't fail.