Chapter 384 Justification by Faith

After giving Andre a holiday, Rorschach (his clone) began to deal with the accumulated affairs.

Rorschach first taught the two new apprentices three spell models: [Mage's Hand], [Spirit Armor], and [Grease] - of course, the spells composed of descriptors and characteristic symbols.

"You two are both intellectually mature people. Compared to my long speech here, it is better to give you the text version directly." Rorschach handed them the textbooks he compiled, and then demonstrated three spells to them.

"Teacher, do you always cast spells silently?" Hannah thought that all mages should be familiar with various spells, set up magic circles, and carry spell material bags.

"Not exactly. I just didn't open my mouth to chant, but I still moved during the casting process. Most spells use one's own magic to trigger the movement and change of environmental magic to achieve the casting effect. The operation of one's own magic is controlled by our soul and thinking organs. For body movements and chanting, they all use specific paradigms to activate corresponding brain activities.

"The use of spellcasting materials, alchemy tools, etc. are all means of assisting spellcasting. Some of them stimulate the will of the caster, and some directly act on the environmental magic. There are many types. "

Rorschach explained the above and other basic theories of spellcasting, although they were very superficial. He also gave them the corresponding magic arrays of the three spells and emphasized that they should pay attention to how the magic power surges when casting.

That is to say, even if the "Quick Mage" mastered the spells through Rorschach's "Spell Cloud", he could still understand and even learn how other mages cast spells by comparing the circuits of the magic array, mastering the operation of magic power when casting, and exploring the current principles of spells.

The premise is to accumulate enough knowledge and skills, and be able to reflect and explore the principles of spells.

If they want to treat cultivation as an experience-brushing game, they can only rely on Rorschach's framework forever. The initiator will not take the initiative to point out the existence of the "Spell Cloud", but also expects them to discover the truth behind it.

Another problem is "signal". Rorschach found that he had a role similar to that of a tower spirit. After all, the first "special feature symbol" of the spell is to point to himself.

So how to lay a "signal source" in Kempson to speed up the casting? After all, neither the original body nor the clone can always be near Copson. At first, Rorschach thought of creating a Talling extension similar to Bart's. But this is not perfect either - the distance between Wiltz-Kempson-Lansted is too far. If the connection is not strong enough, Talling will have to split more artificial souls and weaken the overall performance.

Later, he accidentally discovered a new way: "borrowing" the faith of the Lord of Order.

Rorschach met with the believers who clamored to build a "soul residence". The leader was an old man, who was energetic and resolute, and his clothes were old but kept clean and tidy. Behind him were mainly women.

Rorschach was observing the old man, and the old man was also observing the young man in front of him.

This young man who could be his grandson seemed to be the owner of this place. When he asked anyone here to build a church, they would shirk: they needed to report to their superiors. And Rorschach was the superior of all the "superiors" he had found.

The old man took the initiative: "Lord Rorschach, thank you for your kindness and give us a place to live. How convenient life is, there is food and a place to support yourself.

"But sir, when we were hiding from war and hunger, our physical needs could not be met, so we overcame them with spiritual perfection. Today, I praise you and Byrne. We have food, clothing and shelter, but our spirits are becoming more and more empty!"

In human terms, when they are hungry, they use "God" and "salvation" to deceive themselves to endure, and when material conditions improve, these believers want to get more and more.

The old man and other believers concluded that Rorschach was a benevolent lord. Obviously this is a misunderstanding.

Rorschach and the entire special zone did not treat refugees as slaves, but as residents of the new city. Of course, the identity certificates of the natives clearly stated that they were citizens of the Kingdom of Byrne, and these newcomers currently received "residence certificates".

Now it seems that there is no difference. They rent houses and use the wages of factory labor to offset them. Since the rent set by the factory is low, the remaining money is still enough to exchange for food and daily necessities.

But if these refugees touch the fields of law, children's education and medical care, they will find that two different identity certificates will make a huge difference.

It is very simple to exchange for citizenship, just buy the house you live in, or subscribe to/reclaim at least one acre of land.

In Rorschach's view, striving for citizenship is the most important thing, and refugees should actively contact and deal with managers around it.

However, the most motivated group of them is to meet spiritual needs.

Should I praise you for your firm belief? Rorschach said with a straight face: "You want to build a church? Yes, the whole empire and Byrne can tolerate normal beliefs, but there are rules here:

"First of all, the church cannot have clergy appointed by the church. This has been the case since the founding of the empire, and no one can violate it. Old man, if you are a member of the church, we will send you back to Valois anyway."

This caused an uproar, and the following rules seemed unimportant, such as not being allowed to preach anywhere outside the church.

"Of course not, respected wizard. You can use any magic to detect it, please prove or believe that I am not lying. "The others were shouting like crazy, but the old man remained calm.

After he finished talking to Rorschach, he turned to the other believers behind him and shouted loudly, his old voice even drowned out everyone else:

"Do we really still need the guidance of the church? Can the omnipotent Lord not protect us without the church, and punish our sins without the church? The Lord of Order examines everyone, and everyone has the Lord in their heart. Our piety and salvation do not need the help of the church to achieve."

There was a man in the crowd who was as educated as the old man, and he immediately pointed out: "Well, your argument is the heresy of the imperial guys!"

"But we are in the empire!" The old man was not afraid of the accusation at all: "Is there anyone who hasn't seen it with his own eyes? Our pious offerings have become the gorgeous clothes of the priests, turned into magnificent monasteries, and the wine cellars that are not inferior to heaven.

"And what about them? These unbelievers pretend to be devils and let our homes fall into chaos, while this is indeed well-organized, and everyone enjoys an orderly and peaceful life. "

Rorschach wanted to say, old man, you misunderstood me. The church has its own difficulties. But he is a wizard and is happy to see these people abandon the church.

The more the old man spoke, the brighter his eyes became: "I think our church is not for collecting money or storing wine, nor does it need us, the insignificant people, to use gold and huge stones to show the glory of the Lord. Then our church will only be a warm spiritual residence for brothers and sisters to share. It does not need gorgeous decorations, high towers, and organs. It only needs our love and faith. "

Yes, yes, yes, Rorschach nodded repeatedly. The old man continued to output: "Since the adults have generously promised that we can build a church for ourselves, what else are you dissatisfied with and what can you covet? Must we support a group of monks who get something for nothing to prove our piety to the Lord? "

Well said! Now most of the believers were convinced by the old man. It was noon, the "holy hour" of the Lord of Light and Order. The old man simply began to lead everyone to recite the Lord's hymns.

Rorschach still remembered the rules he had set, so he opened a field covering all believers and set up a stasis field at the edge of the field to block the sound of their prayers and praises to the Lord of Order.

However, after he opened the field, he found that the behavior and mental state of the crowd began to cause the vibration of the magic power of the environment and transformed into a sacred power of faith. Rorschach was very familiar with this power, because whether in Valois or on the battlefield not long ago, the church They all used similar powers to perform large-scale divine arts.

The church held large-scale ceremonies in the Silent Age, to a certain extent, to collect these powers to make holy objects and extract them for the cultivation of the divine grace.

Now there is no church building in Byrne to collect them. Rorschach can sense their continuous ascension through the field, but no one or god receives them, and they begin to dissipate after touching the symbolic realm.

This. I thought no one wants it, so I picked it up! Rorschach suddenly felt that he was moved by these devout believers with "light in their eyes" and must sponsor them to build the church!

Then quietly collect some "rewards" when you pray. Isn't it too much?