Chapter 526

It must be said that exterminating evil spirits in slums is a very depressing thing.

If she had a choice, Anika would rather clear ten dungeons in a row that required risking life and death, rather than clean up the evil in these areas again.

Anika felt that there was nothing wrong with calling the slum a den of evil.

People who are numb and desperate live next to the real evil, living or dying. That kind of atmosphere is simply incredible.

What’s even more irritating is that even though things are already so bad, there are still people taking advantage of them!

After hearing a few tragic experiences that were not the same, Anika was extremely angry. She could completely empathize with such things. It could even be said to be a kind of memory activation, which finally made her remember that there were actually things more terrifying than natural disasters. It's a man-made disaster.

However, Hei Luobo spoke again at the critical moment: "Do you think, whether it is the church or the nobles, where do they get the remuneration for hiring people like you?

You are reliable, capable, and willing to do practical things, but what about those unreliable people who just want to cheat money?

And those responsible for collecting and distributing this "exorcism tax" that is not within the scope of normal taxes paid,

I will also pump water habitually——"

Rather than saying that Hei Luobo was making fire, it was better to say that it was inducement.

Of course he wouldn't expect Anika to lead mankind into a new era.

His greatest arrogance is self-righteousness. The biggest irony is that although it is a miracle, it never believes in miracles.

In his so-called objective and realistic understanding, Anika does not have the possibility to create an era. This is determined by Anika's past life experience and the overall quality of human beings in this era.

If you take too big a step, you will easily pull the egg, regardless of whether the opponent has an egg or not.

In his understanding, it is never about overthrowing the old and backward and then welcoming the new and advanced. Instead, it is about giving birth to the new and advanced, and by overthrowing the old and backward, he officially declares his own Comprehensive talk and administration.

Even if this 'advanced' is not so obvious, it is still going round and round on the old track of the feudal dynasty. It is only within a generation or two that the king is wise and the minister is virtuous, and the wealth distribution of heavy gongs and drums and heavy singing has replaced the wolf. An old dynasty with more flesh and less, and those who were exploited either died or rebelled.

In other words, the accumulation of production technology and productivity is still not enough to enter higher-level production relations, the feudal model, or even the slave model, and there is no soil for existence.

So, respecting the fate of this country, this civilization, and this species, whether it is sinking or staying put, there are objective reasons for its occurrence. If you have to do it in one step to promote it to a high-level civilization, that is to encourage the development of the country, and it will be nonsense. .

Bringing it into this world and this era, divine power still has its basis for existence, the extraordinary is still there, and the instinct of intelligent beings to admire the strong and despise the weak will not change. Therefore, there is no true god, but there will also be false gods, demigods, and quasi-gods. and the power groups with it as its core.

Based on this understanding, Hei Luobo has always scorned statements such as "overthrow oppression and establish a public world."

Is it worthy of this statement based on the current awareness that people generally have? It's just a heads up, just listen, whoever believes it will be stupid.

Therefore, by telling him where the rewards for exorcism come from, he is actually a subtle reminder that huge profits are a kind of exploitation in themselves.

Exorcism is well paid, and Anika's efforts are worthy of the high reward. But from another perspective, real wealth will not increase without reason. If some people take more, some people will take less. Just because your hands are not dirty in the process of taking it does not mean that the money is clean.

Authority comes from organizing the production and distribution of wealth. In addition to meeting their own needs, these people also have to maintain the existing distribution model and their personal authority. In this process, any additional wealth expenditure is actually a loss. .

This is like raising sheep. The sheepherder's food and clothing depend on the sheep. If the sheep are eaten by wolves, this is a loss.

For this reason, raising a shepherd dog to guard against wolves requires an extra expense. The shepherd dog cannot fight the wolf and dies with a loss of blood! Then hire special hunters to hunt wolves...these expenses will be borne by the sheep.

Hei Luobo is not playing moral kidnapping in disguise. If you are truly kind, you shouldn't need high pay.

That's not how the account is settled. Just because Anika doesn't want the money doesn't mean the church will be less exploitative. on the contrary,

The church will only get worse!

Because the existence of people like Anika will make the church think that there is room for further oppression and exploitation. Anyway, when it is really necessary to cover up, someone like Anika will come forward with a low salary or even for free.

What Heirobo wants Anika to understand is the logic behind wealth, wealth production, and wealth distribution.

Once you understand the logic, you can more accurately see which link has the problem and how it needs to be improved. This is the foundation of giving birth to the new to replace the old, rather than knocking down the old and welcoming the new.

It's a pity that Anika's knowledge and experience are not enough to make her realize this. She just resents the evil of the exploiters and superficially believes that if the evil is eliminated, life will get better.

However, she wasn't so swollen that I couldn't bear it anymore, so she fucked him right away.

On the one hand, the strength is not enough, and on the other hand, the confidence is insufficient. After all, it has only been a few days since I managed to straighten my waist. The image of the ruler in my heart cannot be removed so quickly.

Take it step by step and do the things in front of you first.

However, the campers she dealt with soon gave her a taste of what it means to be more than capable of doing bad things.

First of all, the timing was chosen very well.

It happened that Anika had tried her best to completely clean up the evil spirits in the slums and was preparing to focus on dealing with the refugee problem.

Secondly, the person invited by the campers is not the typical villain who hates cats and dogs, has an ugly face and a bad heart, and has a smear on his lips.

Instead, it was a beloved church father.

"Weird, you have crossed the line!" The priest spoke sternly as soon as he came up: "You are hired by the church to eliminate evil. Do your job well, take your commission, and stay away from God's believers."

Anika was naturally very unhappy, and she taunted: "We keep saying that God loves the world, but when people pray for God's help and mercy in despair, where is God?"

"God loves the world, not just doting on people. Many times, those who have not received God's gifts must also reflect on themselves. Are their beliefs pious? Have they worked hard and lived hard according to the oracle?"

How could Anika, a little girl from a slum, become a magician with systematic training and rich practical experience?

What's more, this is the kind of master who truly succeeds in being moved by himself and traps himself.

To put it more seriously, only true faith has value because of the power of faith. In this case, if the church is just a bunch of things that don’t care about the life and death of believers and show off their tricks, how can they complete the mission of guaranteeing the bottom line? How do you get promoted?

Therefore, divine power requires more technology than royal power. As long as the grassroots level can ensure the operation of royal power, even if there are a few cats and dogs on top, it can last for a few years. It may be possible to rule by inaction.

The total amount of faith handed over by the Divine Power every year is strictly controlled, and it can only be more but not less, so there must be enough,

Clergy with strong professional abilities are carrying forward with heavy burdens.

The priest in front of me is like this.

He was born in poverty, suffered many disasters and nearly died, but miraculously survived in the end, which made him extremely devout.

The influence of these middle- and low-level clergy and ascetics is down-to-earth and far-reaching. They use their own personal ethics to endorse the great evils of God and the church. Regardless of whether they know it or not, it is a kind of generalization, Operational skills for substituting concepts.

And this technique mainly bullies the general uneducated, ignorant and lack of knowledge of the audience.

Anika was the same. Although she had a vague feeling that something was wrong, she couldn't figure it out, let alone express it in clear words.

Hei Luobo clicked her at this time: "In many cases, the principles are the same. Do you remember what I told you, you have to fight at your own pace and not be led by the enemy?"

Anika was a little enlightened. Although she still didn't fully understand it, she at least knew that she was being led into the ditch without knowing it and was thinking about the problem according to what the priest said.

“You don’t need to teach me what I should do or what I shouldn’t do, and it’s not the focus now.

The important point now is that during my exorcism process, everyone hopes that I can save people more completely and point out a way to survive, instead of continuing to wait in despair.

Because the experience during this period has proved that this does not work.

I said yes and gave them a chance.

If they want to believe it, they can believe it; if they don’t want to believe it, they don’t believe it. They have the right to choose, and they must bear the corresponding consequences.

So this is between us. Why do you interfere? Are you going to represent them? Why do you represent them? Do they need your representation?

In this way, I will give you a chance. As long as you can convince them, those who have not formally signed a contract with me can go back on their word. I will even bless them with a better choice.

Those who have signed the contract are also given a chance to repent, but they need to pay an additional price. After all, those who signed the contract represent not only simple exorcism, but more complex services.

Finally, I want to say that although I have an exorcism agreement with the church, it is only a verbal agreement and has not been formally signed. I plan to achieve results first to show my sincerity.

At the same time, I was also worried that being bound by the treaty would prevent the exorcism from being complete. For example, we would rather accumulate evil and filth than burn down people's houses, etc.

I just want to do things with a clear conscience. You can raise your opinions, but I won’t necessarily change them. I’m willing to bear any price for this, even a fight. "

Anika was able to say such a thing, naturally because of Hei Luobo's advice.

But in general, this is indeed what Anika wants to express, and it is not something against her will.

After that, she ignored the priest if he made any fuss.

Instead, he started to do his own thing, which was to set up a magic circle under the guidance of Hei Luobo, a temporary portal to the magical paradise.

At this time, the saint of the church has actually arrived. He does not belong to the same church as the priest at the front desk, but the concept Anika wants to touch is too sensitive.

Sheep can die in the pen, but they cannot be stolen.

This is the basic attitude of the church towards its believers and even the diocese.

Because of the unity of politics and religion, all human civilization is governed by cattle and sheep shepherded by gods.

The cows are the clergy including thugs like paladins, and the sheep are the believers.

As for the royal power, they still have it. They cooperate with the clergy in acting for the public, usually acting in white and black faces, and taking the blame at the same time.

In this context, Anika's actions naturally violated the taboos of the Church of the Gods, so one of the Church's high-end forces in Dawn City was present.

He didn't show his face openly, but observed in secret.

The Lord of Destruction set off a wave of darkness, giving the Church of the Gods a sense of crisis that the system was being subverted.

Under such a background, it is natural to be more sensitive, and the handling of things is not as bossy and domineering as in previous years.

It can be said that the current harsh situation has taught these people to be rational, patient, and even timid.

Like now, when this saint of the church hiding in the dark saw another realm connected by the space gate, his brows naturally furrowed.

This era is different from the era when Black Robo descended. In that era, the appearance of the space gate, a supernatural technique with technical status and huge energy consumption, basically represented that the background of the founder was extraordinary.

In this era, there are still many mysterious unknowns that cannot be controlled or checked.

After all, the battle of the death of the God of Nature that year had already begun to go wrong.

Although the gods also got some of what they wanted, it was far worse than expected, and it was only a little better than the worst result expected.

This result is not just as simple as making the gods' mentality a little bad.

You know, the less they get, the more they are exposed.

Before, there was the God of Nature, the target was clear, and most of the high-value concepts were in his hands.

Now that the God of Nature has fallen, the high-value concepts that were not obtained by us and were once controlled by the God of Nature have been scattered and even transformed, and the cost and difficulty of collecting them have greatly increased.

Because some concepts are like rubber bands pulled out of the pores of a solid iron ball. If they are not caught in time when they are cut, they will shrink into the iron ball with a "swoosh". It is really difficult to pull them out.

Such a situation has caused many members of the gods to no longer have the desire to stay in this world. It is equivalent to a mining company that has a mine on hand but the reserves are not abundant, the quality is not good, and the mining cost is very high. When there are other options, which company is willing to fight with this kind of mineral?

After the lions and tigers are gone, the next prey is the bald head that was hovering in the sky before. Vultures.

Their hooked beaks can peck out the meat, fascia, cartilage, etc. between the bones. If you spend some time chewing, it will be a delicious meal.

This is the essence of the Church of the Gods for seven thousand years.

But these vultures are not so happy to eat, because there are competitors of different species, hyenas.

Hyenas don't mind eating carrion, let alone picking up leftovers to eat, it represents the dark hell.

But in addition to this pair of enemies for many years, fighting and gnawing on the corpse of the God of Nature, there are also crows who come to eat.

Crows can also eat carrion, and they are very smart. They represent the wave of people who were forced to death back then. There are some fish that the outer gods of the gods of nature have not been able to completely wipe out.

Some of them have rested, some have been reborn, in short, they have avoided the limelight in various ways and returned thousands of years later.

What made the saint of the church who was secretly observing frowned was that he judged through the law sensing that there was a high probability that a returning old immortal was standing behind Anika.

The characteristic of this old immortal is that it belongs to the natural god system.

They are often creatures from the early days of the world, born strong, active in the mythological era, or even in the more ancient prehistoric era. In game terms, they are undeleted public betas or even insider players.

Entering the market early does not mean If you play well, normally, there are many former waves who are beaten to death on the beach later, so if you are disrespectful to the old, the younger generation does not mind tearing the old face.

But even the capable people among the younger generation have to admit that the test players may have early bugs in the game

Items, commemorative props.

Like the unknown realm connected by the space gate in front of them, the saints of the church suspect that it may be a secret and ancient half plane, which is used by the old immortal as a secret base. It can avoid the sweep of the gods in the past because of its ug-level characteristics.

"It is very likely that they came out to grab believers in the chaos. "This saint also has a good understanding of some situations related to believers.

Qualified believers are all raised, which is similar to the raising of beef cattle and pigs in animal husbandry.

Compared with the specific totem worship-style breeding of tribes, the human kingdom-style breeding has its own unique advantages, including easier conversion.

After all, the gods form the largest and most powerful alliance in the Pantheon, and regard themselves as orthodox gods.

The believers of their respective churches also form a coalition to occupy the main fertile land in the world.

Back then, they conquered a place and divided the spoils. First, they allowed each other to preach and show their abilities. Later, a protective agreement was born, and there was a three-level division system of core areas, ordinary areas, and development areas.

And this division method is cross-denominational. For example, a city is the core parish of the Church of Life, and the church enjoys the most preferential policy, while for other gods' churches, it may be ordinary areas and development areas.

This is done to allow all kinds of believers , there are more abundant choices, different gods, different priesthoods, different doctrines, there is always one suitable for you.

And this is also to facilitate the introduction of the legend of the Wall of No Believers.

Even if it is pan-belief, there must be belief in gods, otherwise the soul will be nailed to the Wall of No Believers, and it will be sad day and night until it is completely destroyed.

To put it bluntly, the gods are industrializing, universalizing, and fan circleizing faith.

After dozens of generations in such civilized countries with developed faith, from a certain perspective, just like pigs and beef cattle are improved through iterative breeding, the soul is domesticated and it is easier to become a believer.

Now, these pan-believers have suffered a lot, and it is easy to change their beliefs. Even if it is properly operated, they can be directly converted into devout believers.

Suffering makes the country prosperous, and despair makes the religion prosperous. This kind of operation of taking advantage of the opportunity to harvest believers is played very well by the church itself, and even colludes with each other to improve the quality of believers and then obtain better performance for promotion. This is an open secret in the circle of middle and high-level clergy.

Because of this, the saint immediately thought about this and believed that this was most likely the case.

So, the ancients were cutting leeks and cutting into the church's field. Should we ruthlessly chop off their shameless claws? The saint hesitated. ————