Chapter 2746 Competition
The high priest is an educated old man. Although she looks like a girl, she is actually eighty years old. She has been educated by her father since she was a child. She knows that now is the end and the future will be increasingly tragic. At the same time, she is also very clear about religious stories. They are all fake, there is no such thing as the Ice Witch. The so-called savior killing the Ice Witch to save the world is just a beautiful lie, and there is no truth at all.
It's just a clever name that allows them to raise the banner to plunder and exploit the well-wishers justifiably. But whether it is robbing women for food or robbing slaves without restraint, these are all wrong. At least as far as the education the high priest received was concerned, it was wrong. Although he said it was for survival and civilization, the high priest knew it was wrong.
But she knew it was wrong, and she didn't know how to change it. She could only continue to be more and more burdened by the whipping of her conscience. Maybe one day, like Dema, she would suddenly no longer want to deceive herself, and then collapse directly.
I have to say that the high priest is indeed not suitable for this era, but he has done a good job. Although there is no breakthrough, at least he has maintained the operation of the slave city-state. However, after there are no external resources, she may only be able to watch helplessly and watch the slave city-state enter. Civil strife, even ending, without any plan.
This high priest is a typical academic talent who has difficulty breaking through the upper limit of his abilities. Her ability can only be that of a mediocre master, and she can only maintain the current operation.
Now Dulan proposed to use exorcism to treat the hero, and the soldiers around him thought it was right. Only the high priest's face looked ugly, because she knew the truth, but she really didn't know what to say. Anyway, exorcism would not be of any help except torturing Dema, because he was not possessed by the evil, but had lost his faith.
"You don't need to interfere in our affairs. Now that you've finished listening to the story and watching the fun, leave the food and you can go." The high priest saw off the guests directly.
Du Lan said: "Don't worry, isn't the story of these two people still going on? I think I have a way to cure Dema. If you are unwilling, then give him to me. I will do an exorcism, and it will definitely be possible." efficient."
The high priest frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
"I want to help you. I discovered a shortcoming of yours, that is, you have a strong army externally, but there is no heresy trial internally. This is not possible. No matter how effective you are in catching heretics externally, you cannot stop the internal affairs. Heroes like Dema have fallen, so they must be armed and controlled internally. They should be vigorous and vigorous in dealing with heretics, but they should be more ruthless against heretics. All the ten tortures should be used on Dema. People who have lost their faith should be treated well, otherwise how can they convince the public? Aren't you worried that they will infect others and make others lose their faith?" What Du Lan said is so reasonable, it can even be said to be completely fine.
In fact, the entire city is completely controlled by the mysterious bishop above the high priest who has never shown his face. In fact, it is collective fear. Everyone believed that there was a very powerful bishop above the high priest. Even if he never showed up, he was enough to be feared and not dare to cross the line.
But although the name of the bishop can scare people into crossing the line, it cannot prevent people from falling. Just like in the case of Dema, it is useless for the bishop to bully people.
"Since something has happened, it is not a miracle, because miracles have the attributes of being unique and non-replicable. And things that have happened, no matter how small the probability, will definitely be repeated one after another as long as they are multiplied by a large base number. Don't think If Dema takes it lightly and loses his faith, more and more people will soon lose their faith." Duran said seriously: "If the Inquisition is not established, everything will collapse."
The high priest was speechless. Not only did it collapse, but the world was doomed and nothing good would come of it. Maybe if it collapses, I can escape from this cage. It was obvious that she had been tortured by the lies and the confrontation between her conscience and wanted to give up. She acted against her conscience again and again, and she only felt that the city-state was already a burden.
The high priest is not for the survival of mankind, nor for the continuation of civilization, nor for the lies of religion. She actually just doesn't want to live up to her father's expectations. Her father left everything to her before he died, and she had guarded the city-state for sixty years. She was really tired.
The high priest could find no new strength to solve the growing problem. In fact, the power is within the city, but the high priest cannot see it, it is the enslaved blessings, they are the power of change.
I have to say that the high priests are the same as Shinji Ikari. They lack real feelings about great goals and only respond to the expectations of their loved ones around them. They have no sense of responsibility for the rise and fall of the world.
When he heard a series of brilliant suggestions from Duran, the high priest didn't even realize that Duran was a talent sent by God. Obviously, her subconscious already hopes that the city-state will be destroyed, rather than that the city-state will continue to develop. So they rejected Dulan's proposal without carefully considering Dulan's opinion, and didn't want to consider it at all.
Dulan thought that this high priest was indeed not suitable to be the boss, because she no longer considered the interests of the city-state and only thought about her own comfort. There was already a conflict between the interests of the priests and the interests of the city-state, so although the surrounding soldiers felt that what Duran said was reasonable, the high priest showed little interest.
"When you're done talking, you can leave."
Duran said, "I won't leave here. Not only will I not leave, I will also distribute free food and promote my ideas here. High Priest, I want to nominate this lady Misato Katsuragi to compete with you for the position of High Priest of the city-state."
"Ah?" What did Misato Katsuragi mean? She immediately thought that Duran might want to control the city-state. If he could control it, it would be good. After all, population is power in the end of the world. The city-state has a population of more than 30,000, and can do a lot of things. But why did Duran suddenly push himself out? But forget it, everyone is the same. Misato Katsuragi still has a sense of responsibility.
The high priest was dumbfounded. These people really didn't treat him as a guest. But do they really have so much food to distribute? If they are willing to buy the city-state with their own food, then the high priest will not care. She wants to see if Duran can deceive the city-state.
Duran asked others to go back and make preparations first and send more food. He and Misato Katsuragi are preparing for the election here, and they must get the position of high priest at that time.
Of course, the position of high priest is not elected, but conferred by the "bishop". Moreover, the high priest has been working for sixty years and is deeply loved by everyone. If you want to bribe everyone to betray the high priest? You have to pay more.
How many people in the city-state believe and how many trade? The hero Dema is a believer, but unfortunately his belief collapsed. If it is a trade, it will not collapse so easily, because as long as there is benefit, then believe, anyway, there is no loss. If others give more and offer a higher price, then you must change your belief, after all, everyone has the need and motivation to pursue a better life.