Chapter 260 Crazy Talk

July 14, 1373, Valley Era.

In the Temple Square of Lathander, the people of Askatra City were forcibly driven out again and gathered here.

The high priest of Dawn stood on the balcony of the temple, overlooking the dark crowd below. He was in a good mood, and his heart was filled with a sacred sense of mission. He was about to start cleaning a fallen city, save countless confused lambs, and let the glory of the Holy Father Let the light shine on this land again.

This is an extremely sacred and great cause!

This is the highest achievement a mortal can achieve!

He will have his place on the mountain of heaven. After his death, he will be canonized and become a petitioner who lives the same life as God. He will forever accompany the Holy Father in the temple of nature in the outer world.

This is the real change of destiny, rebirth, transcending the mundane world, transforming into another level of life, transforming the mundane into immortal!

But it is not easy to cleanse the city of its sins and completely remove the remaining poison that bewitched the demon Bredero.

The past methods of recruiting believers, such as reciting sacred scriptures, presenting sacred images, and performing divine spells, can no longer win the trust of the ignorant people in Ascaltra City.

They actually believe in so-called artistic creation and gain inspiration from some fabricated and far-fetched stories. They believe that the miraculous miracles performed by the true God are not as deeply rooted in people's hearts and more touching than the small and common things around them.

Billions of mortals do some extremely vulgar, humble and ridiculous trivial things every day. How can these shabby things be compared with the display of divine power by great gods?

Seeing that the citizens had almost gathered together, the high priest Li Ming took a deep breath and said loudly and majestically: "Thank you for the mercy of the Holy Father. It is the great Holy Father who protects you from being lost in the wall of the unbelievers after death. There is endless suffering in the world. But some of you still lack piety and have not truly understood the painstaking efforts of the Holy Father."

His voice was amplified countless times with the blessing of amplification, and it resounded like thunder over the city of Askatra. At this moment, the city could only hear the voice of this god's attendant.

"Fallen sinners, paying the atonement tax is not enough. Your souls also need to be purified to eliminate the evil desires left by the devil."

The High Priest of Dawn took a book and held it high.

"From today on, you must recite the Dawn Scripture every day. When the sun rises, you will spontaneously come to the Lathander Temple Square, kneel to the temple, pray for the forgiveness of the true God, and understand every motto in the Holy Scripture with your heart. .Only the words of the Holy Father can clear away the poisonous ivy that has taken root in your hearts. This is to save your souls..."

"From today on, the teachings will replace the original laws of Amn. You must regulate your words and deeds according to the standards of devout believers. Only in this way can you break with the dissolute and depraved life of the past and start a new life full of hope and sunshine. Life……"

"From today on..."

The High Priest of Dawn really thinks about these lost lambs. In his opinion, these miserable people are in urgent need of rescue, and letting them go would be tantamount to harming them.

The fallen soul will become food for the devils in hell and will be annihilated into nothingness on the wall of the unbelieving. Short-sighted mortals suffer while alive so that their souls can be redeemed after death.

Becoming a petitioner after death is the highest reward for an ordinary soul.

Surrendering your body and mind to God and giving up your humble selfish desires and ridiculous emotions is a kind of sublimation of the soul. Only when the mortal soul is close to the Holy Spirit will it be tainted with divinity and transcend to another level of life.

To loyal wholeheartedly to a higher existence and become a waiter and slave of a higher existence is the way lower life should advance, and it is the eternal natural law of Faerûn.

Just as the chief priest of Dawn continued to read out his purification plan to the people, a beautiful woman walked out of the crowd, raised her head and stared coldly at the aloof divine envoy.

The High Priest of Dawn saw her. He knew this woman. She was Dame Hathaway, a sad and stupid noblewoman.

"On behalf of the new six-member Council of Ascaltra City, I would like to make a formal request for negotiation to the knights stationed in the city."

Surrounded by many fully armed paladins, the Dame seemed a little nervous. She started to speak with a slight tremor, but she became more and more fluent as she spoke: "We love our relatives, lovers, life, art, drama, and even I love drinking and fooling around, because I once had freedom! Stop preaching, no matter how nice you say it, we will never fall in love with the god you serve!"

The High Priest of Dawn looked down at Dame Hathaway with pity. This woman had stayed with the evil statue for too long, and the last bit of light of wisdom was destroyed by the evil aura, so she actually said such ridiculous words.

It seems that she has gone crazy.

"All the citizens of Askatra city voted to make a resolution, demanding that the knights stationed in Amn immediately withdraw from the borders of Amn. This is the country of the Amn people and was established by a group of followers of the goddess Watkin who believe in freedom and wealth. s country."

The Dame declared loudly: "We have the right to choose our way of life, and we will never accept the so-called 'salvation of the Holy Father' imposed on us. We do not need anyone to save us. In our view, our money-first philosophy is both Neither depraved nor evil, because our city was once the capital of gold coins that was envied by the entire Faerûnian continent, and it was the paradise that mortals longed for. We who are depraved and evil in your mouth were envied by all Faerûn, then in your gods The people under your protection are far worse off than we are, so what benefit does believing in your god do to us?"

The face of the chief priest of Dawn tightened, his mouth pursed, and veins bulged on his chin.

"Poor crazy woman, let the holy flames purify your filthy soul with its expelling shell, lest your soul fall into hell and become a plaything of the devil, or transform into a succubus and harm good people."

The high priest waved his hand, and the two paladins walked towards Dame Hathaway. The beautiful and delicate woman was not afraid and watched the paladins approach with cold eyes.

The paladins will undoubtedly burn her at the stake, and the holy flames that burn the fallen soul will be the embellishment of this missionary ceremony.

The two paladins walked up to the Dame and were about to capture her when they heard the tens of thousands of people behind her roaring and shouting:

"Don't touch her, she is our representative and what she says is what we want to say!"

"Do you think our demands are crazy?"

"Get out of Amn, we don't need your gods to protect you, and you are not here to protect us. You are clearly imprisoning us!"

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The people shouted loudly, and the two holy warriors who stepped forward were so angry that they did not dare to arrest them. The chief priest of the dawn was filled with anger. He thought that these ignorant people had woken up by paying taxes obediently, but he did not expect them. And have the guts to scream at the god’s attendants.

Stupid people will never wake up even if they have experienced divine punishment. Only the holy fire can teach them the due respect for gods!

"Knights!"

The chief priest of Dawn shouted angrily: "Arrest all the guys who shout the most joyfully. Their brains have been eroded by evil spirits and they are completely crazy!"