Chapter 527

As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers, and the church cannot escape this characteristic. When the Pope reaches the end of his life, he will naturally be called by the Lord. Even if he has the ability to stay in the world, he must consider the needs of the younger generation for progress.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that the overall characteristics of each generation of high-level members of the church are different.

In this generation, it can be said that the big ones are picked from the files, and there are many crooked melons and cracked dates.

At this time, the saint Vernal who secretly observed Anika cutting the believers was a crooked melon and cracked date, otherwise he would not have been sent to a remote place far away from the Church of Life to serve.

Of course, if you get to know Vernal carefully, you will find that he is not that bad.

The reason why he was sent to the edge is also closely related to his poor emotional intelligence.

In an environment where most members flatter the superiors and bully the subordinates, let alone being an upright person, it is a mistake to have some principles and a low bottom line.

Vernal suffered the loss of this mistake, but on the other hand, this was also his choice. After all, the competition for wisdom within the church, which has a history of nearly 100 years, has long been a red ocean, which makes people daunted. If you don't pursue power too much, it is still good for your body and mind to stay away from such places.

In this way, Vernal's real problem is also reflected: he does not pursue high.

If he does not pursue high, then when he encounters a suspected immortal sending an agent to cut the believers' leeks, the first thing he considers is not to tear them apart and drive them away, but whether it is better to have less trouble than more.

Therefore, Vernal notified the other two saints.

The three major churches in Dawn City all have saints in charge.

The other churches are not of high level, so naturally they do not have such high-end combat power. After all, saints are not cabbages. The other two saints fell into a brief silence after listening to Vernal's summary.

Listening to the words and the tone, if Vernal was willing to take action, he would have done it first and then reported it. Since he discussed it with the two of them, the actual meaning was that he was unwilling to take action, so no matter who advocated it, he would definitely rush to the front.

Among the three, the most skilled in fighting is the Saint of the Church of the God of War. The growth path of the clergy of the church determines that they are good at fighting, not to mention the divine power and the effect of the law of the gods.

In addition, the high-end clergy of the Church of the God of War cannot do without enough heads if they want to make progress.

However, this is an extraordinary period.

The Dark Tide has occurred, and the affected parishes have suffered huge losses.

What's more troublesome is that this is only the impact caused by the sudden outbreak of the Dark Tide without any signs. The subsequent damage caused by cutting the flesh with a knife is more troublesome.

In this context, it is very important to ensure the ability to fight for a long time.

Especially for the parishes in the fertile land of the civilized country such as Dawn City, which is not densely populated and fertile, it would be a blessing if they did not send personnel to support other places, and they could not expect to call for reinforcements.

This means that if something really happened, even saints like them would have to sacrifice their lives.

There is another thing that affects the consideration of this Saint of the Church of the God of War, that is, his mission this year has been exceeded.

That's right, when the tide of darkness suddenly broke out, including the high-level combat forces of the church like him, he had to attack everywhere to rescue the various properties of the church in the diocese. In the process, he had killed several powerful evils and sent two demons back to hell.

Therefore, this violent man who was willing to use violence to solve problems in the past and led the charge at the front, now found a decent excuse: "My injury is not healed yet!"

Yes, the injury is not healed. Just a few days ago, three people jointly surrounded and killed a hell demon.

Originally, most of the demons in the dark hell are not good at fighting.

For more than 7,000 years, the power structure of the three kings of the dark hell has been figured out by the Church of the Gods.

The King of Hate is good at cursing and is very difficult to deal with, but basically not the kind that will kill you directly.

Even the clergy jokingly call it the source of progress.

After all, if you are cursed by the King of Hate, the Pope will need to remove the curse at the least, and the grace of God will be needed for purification at the most serious.

No matter which kind of curse you have, you need a lot of achievements to exchange, so you must work hard to contribute to the church to accumulate what you need.

The most combat-effective of the seven dukes is the line of the Grand Duke of Wrath. But the shortcomings of this line of demons are also obvious, that is, they are easy to lose their minds, and low-level demons can burst out, but they can't last long, and their methods are basically three-pronged.

In the past thousand or even two thousand years, the Church of the Gods has benefited from the fact that the frontal combat power of the Dark Hell is just so-so, so it still controls the core areas of the major human kingdoms in this world, and has not completely fallen into the human devil domain.

But all this has changed dramatically with the birth of the King of Destruction.

The birth of the King of Destruction has been a shameful thing that is not convenient to mention until now.

But on the other hand, the Church of the Gods has long lost many of its original shining characteristics and excellent traditions, like a dynasty that is rotten but not dead, with civil and military playfulness, and treason and deceit rampant.

Under such circumstances, intelligence leaks naturally, and gossips fly everywhere.

Therefore, even though Dawn is from a remote parish, even though the three are far away from the center and have average connections, they still know roughly that the King of Destruction is from the Church of the Gods.

According to the analysis of a big boss, this seat was reserved for someone in the Church of the Gods. Everything originated from the vicious design of the "pseudo-creation" on the night when the God of Nature died.

"Pseudo-creation" is the name given to Hei Luobo by the people of the Church of the Gods.

This name comes from the gods, specifically the Outer Gods, that is, the incarnations of the Dark Gods of the Weird Emperor, who participated in the project of plundering the origin of the world, and learned it at a huge cost.

They really want to know who ruined their good deeds at the last minute, making the final harvest, which should have been fruitful, only harvest a few melons and dates, and a mess.

However, even the successors of the Outer Gods do not know all of this secret, and the clergy, as minions, are not qualified to know the details.

The name "Pseudo-Creation" was given by a god who took over and succeeded. He found that the debts purchased through transfer transactions were extremely difficult to collect and were basically a trap. When he was listening to the work report of the church's senior leaders, he was so angry that he couldn't hold back and roared. Only then did the church's senior leaders know about it and spread it.

Creation means the God of Creation and the Creator. The word "pseudo" means that it is not the real level, but has that level in some aspects.

Pseudo-Creation deliberately hung the throne of the King of Hell of the King of Destruction high, just to calculate that the Church of Gods will also decline one day.

And this decline is the soil for the birth and rise of capable and ambitious people.

Pseudo-Creation has set a series of thresholds for this purpose and waited for them.

Those who can meet the prerequisites, regardless of ability, wisdom, and luck, are definitely the best choice.

And this best choice must absorb the spirits that breed it before and after growth. environment, in order to achieve the goal of returning great power to himself and sitting firmly on the throne.

The key is not only that the King of Destruction will suck blood when he ascends to the throne, but the demons of hell will also inevitably work together to set off a huge storm of disaster.

Affected by this storm, the wild evil spirits, evil spirits, and monsters that are usually suppressed or dormant will also cause trouble.

Anyone who thinks about it knows how bad the situation will be when the Church of the Gods, which is already in a state of decline and lows, faces such a disaster.

To be specific, a major feature of the King of Destruction causing trouble is that the demons of the Dark Hell bring a destruction buff effect that increases damage by 30%.

Even wild evil spirits have a 10% to 20% increase.

Therefore, when the Saint of War mentioned that he was injured, Vernal and another saint of the Church of Light were both sympathetic.

Vernal said: "Let's wait and see. If it's just a small amount, just treat it as a loss when the evil spirits are rampant and the demons are dancing wildly. Anyway, there are no devout believers."

"Okay."

"I have no objection. "

In this way, a compromise agreement at the saint level was reached.

The grassroots priest with pure thoughts and backbone never gave up and persuaded earnestly.

Anika gave him this opportunity, so he should make the most of it.

Of course, the people are not stupid. However, the religious atmosphere is too strong, and there is a long history and cultural heritage, so that people are deeply influenced, but there is no objective and sober third-party cognition to see this clearly.

What's more, with the cultural level and knowledge of these people in the slums, they basically have no habit of thinking from the perspective of others and comparing from multiple angles.

Based on this, although they are not as bad as the church to abuse me thousands of times, I treat the church like my first love. But they are also stupid enough, always willing to To believe and forgive, and to break exceptions again and again, in the eyes of sober people, is really pitiful, infuriating, and ridiculous.

However, even Anika herself is not so sober.

Or, if she had not been in a rebellious period and encountered drastic changes, her thinking and cognition in this regard would not be much better than those fools present.

Even the sobriety she showed now is largely due to the fact that she tasted the sweetness given to her by Hei Luobo and was very confident in another road leading to Rome, or even a higher place; and her mood was surging, and she was quite excited, not calm, so she felt sorry for the victims and felt that they should not believe in the church again and again without any bottom line.

And there are two problems she has not considered properly.

Question 1: She doesn’t have a particularly deep understanding of the saying that ‘humans are basically all face lovers’.

People believe in their own intuition and believe in what looks comfortable, beautiful and good. This is a profit-seeking instinct that comes from the pursuit of perfection in life.

This is not wrong in itself. The problem is that many people’s ability to distinguish is not good enough. They only see the surface of the real thing,

but cannot know its inner and essence, which makes it easy to suffer losses and be deceived at times.

Now the magic paradise on the other side of the time and space gate is not the kind of utopia that looks sunny, with birds singing and flowers blooming, but an unknown wilderness with misty forests and dense grass.

This almost indicates that the entrants are required to step out of their cognitive comfort zone and almost completely pin the future on Annie. The choice of Ka's trust is naturally a test of human nature.

Then there is the second question. Anika does not fully understand the importance of publicity.

Her mind is not mature. She originally wanted to make money by exorcising demons, but ended up with a lot of burdens that needed to be dealt with, and she had to beg Hei Luobo for help.

Doesn't she know that affection will be consumed?

Of course she knows.

Her parents favor her younger brother, allowing her to fully experience the warmth and coldness of human affection. How could she not understand that Hei Luobo is willing to satisfy her, but she needs her to pay and repay in other aspects?

She is not as utilitarian as Hei Luobo, but she has lived a hard life since she was a child, knows the importance of money, and attaches more importance to gains and losses, and has a basic concept of accounting.

Based on this, although the kindness in her heart drove her to be willing to save people to the end, she still felt a little aggrieved after all. It was a bit much to pay, and the gratitude of the rescued person was not as satisfying as she expected.

There is no way, most of them are honest poor people. When meeting a strong person like Anika, they feel inferior. They are so nervous and dull that they cannot even speak fluently. How high-level expressions of gratitude can be expected from them?

It's nothing more than asking for help and kowtowing over and over again. Although this can be very satisfying, it will soon become boring.

In this context, Anika naturally regarded resettling the victims as a special matter.

Subtext: I am kind-hearted, and I owe you a favor from my thigh, so I can help you arrange a place to live. It's a good thing that you have chosen her, and you want to go back on your previous promise. It's really okay.

With all her grievances already there, how could she be expected to promote the magic of Taoyuan in the same way she sells products?

Especially she doesn't know what the Demon Realm Taoyuan is like, but she instinctively knows that Hei Luobo has no need to trick her. You believe me, I believe him, there is definitely nothing wrong with his arrangement. Although such propaganda is the truth, it is estimated that not many people are willing to try it.

That priest is different. If you open your mouth and believe in my character, I will do my best to accommodate you. If you shut up, this is a test from God. If you go through many calamities and remain true to your original intention, you will eventually be rewarded with all the hardships.

In addition, those speculators who had been fixed by Anika before also played a role. These guys have now turned into coquettish bitches who don't like other people's good things. After discovering that Anika is actually reasonable and will not beat them further, they Persuade people to believe in the church and believe in God.

But I didn’t dare to smear Anika by saying, ‘She herself is just a bounty exorcist who earns commissions, how can she really have the ability to place you, and agreeing to you is just to catch a duck on the shelf.”

So in the end, there were originally nearly 10,000 people with their families who needed to be resettled, but in fact, not even 1,000 people went to Taoyuan, the Demonic Land. Quite a few of them are similar to the first case of aberrant mother entrusting an orphaned little brother to a clear contract, which is difficult to break and has little ability to survive.

Anika was naturally very angry. She glanced at the dark crowd, and few people dared to look at her, especially those refugees who had changed their minds.

Anika finally looked at the priest and said: "The church had allowed them to fend for themselves in the slums before, and it would not be able to provide enough resources to allow them to return to normal life.

You know this completely in your heart, so you don’t dare to promise too much, you only dare to say that you will do your best.

You are indeed worthy of the Lord you believe in and do your best to help him recover his property damage. But you are sorry for the basic conscience you were born with.

You give them false hope when they are desperate just to fulfill your faith. You are really a scumbag. "

The priest had no expression on his face, showed no shame, and did not argue. He just kept chanting.

Anika turned to look at the refugees who had turned to the church and said coldly: "Your choices, your wisdom, and your character are worthy of the more suffering and desperate fate you are about to endure."

As she spoke, she waved her hand, and the magical weapon Bone Wood Slaughter suddenly rolled up hundreds of daggers, crushing the space door and the base of the magic array, and then strode away.

The crowd naturally moved out of the way, but there happened to be a speculator who had been dealt with by Anika before. He was so angry that he thought it was an opportunity to provoke everyone to take revenge on Anika. He picked up a rock and hit Anika on the back of the head. Li also scolded: "Deceive the public with your evil words, destroy the gods, beat you, the treacherous devil incarnation!"

! ’ A flying sword came like a rainbow, smashing the man into a ball of blood mist, and his soul was wiped out on the spot. Anika smiled softly: “You lost the bet again!”

In fact, she was more mocking herself. With her perception, she could naturally detect that, including the people she had rescued from desperate situations not long ago, too many people's perceptions of her changed drastically at this moment. Among them, Many are filled with malice and hatred.

Only then did she realize that from the beginning, these people had never regarded her as one of their own. The idea that she could help out of a bond of shared hardship was simply self-motivation.

In a depressed mood, she didn't even want to collect the bounty and left Dawn City directly.

Vernal, who was observing in secret, would no longer be embarrassed by Anika's struggle of conscience.

He can become who he is now because he has gone through that stage, thought about it thoroughly, and can deal with it calmly.

He also knows that it won’t be long before Anika will also go through this hurdle and understand that facing the world and the path it chooses, maintaining a shallow conscience is a luxury...