Chapter 197 Rector
The sun is almost completely setting now, and since Leyton Town is low-lying and surrounded by mountains, it is getting dark very quickly. When everyone enters the town, the lights are already starting to come on, and the magnificent lavender light curtain in the sky is It looks even more spectacular in the gradually sinking night. However, not many people came to the streets to stop and watch such a spectacular night scene. Hao Ren followed the serious man in black robes into the town and saw closed doors everywhere. There aren't even any stalls in the night market. The most common ones you see on the road are the fully armed town guards. Some of them are National Knights wearing standard armor or robes with the blue kingdom emblem on their chests. Some of them wear uniforms outside their clothes. In addition to these two professional soldiers, you can also see some mercenaries with messy equipment operating on the streets. Although the latter are not as well-armed as professional soldiers, they have a good temperament. It seemed that they were all veteran warriors who had been killed for a long time. They should have been recruited by the Knights to supplement the defense after the attack.
There was such a depressing and solemn atmosphere everywhere in the town. It seemed that the attack between the afternoon and evening put everyone here in a tense state, and Hao Ren also saw blank looks on the faces of some young soldiers. These professional warriors were also stunned by the sudden and strange monster.
The tall and thin man who was responsible for guiding the way hardly spoke along the way. He just silently led everyone through such a depressing street. Hao Ren also took this opportunity to observe the other person's image to reflect on what he had just learned in the past two days. Some knowledge for comparison.
The man in black robes has circles, triangles and lightning patterns on his back, so he should be a church mage. The clergy of the Huiyao Sect in this world are very special. While they serve as priests, they also follow the occupational classification of the world. They are divided into many professions such as mages, warriors, alchemists, hunters, etc., and they are available in all races. It can be said that they are quite inclusive. The priesthood is just another identity outside of their respective professions. Priests of Radiance use both "divine magic" and their own professional power to fight. In addition to their own fighting ability, a church warrior must also know the priest's blessing technique. Similarly, a church mage must also practice the power of prayer in addition to magic. , although no one knows exactly how they obtained this additional "god-given power", every radiant priest is indeed more powerful than ordinary professionals.
They interpreted this special power as "proof of the goddess's blessing," and most people in the world believed it.
Hao Ren was of course doubtful about this. He knew what the real gods were like. They were a group of creatures that were beyond comprehension and had vast knowledge. An unreliable guy like Raven 12345 always paid attention to the entire universe. In terms of balance, he does not think that the "goddess" in the Dream Plane who has been holding back her ultimate move for a long time before finally burning down a planet can be a true god. He believes that a powerful creature once existed in this world, but that Most of the powerful creatures are different from those depicted by the Glory Sect.
In short, the clergy of Huiyao Sect are a group of people with special powers, and all their clergy are divided into two types: those in white robes and those in black robes.
The men in black robes are professional combatants. They fight with firm belief in the goddess, and they only focus on their own beliefs. They belong to "force", while the men in white robes are responsible for everything other than charging into battle, such as preaching and medical treatment. , research, administration, etc., belong to "wisdom". At the same time, the Pope himself must also be a white-robed one. This is stipulated in the sacred text of the Huiyao Sect: power must be under the control of reason to ensure balance. Therefore, the spiritual leader and command class of the church can only be white-robed ones. .
Of course, this does not mean that all white-robed men are civilian personnel, nor does it mean that they have no combat effectiveness. On the contrary, white-robed men not only often appear on the battlefield, but most of them, except for thorough copywriters, White-robed priests are extremely powerful - it's just that their profession is more focused on strategy and assistance, rather than specializing in combat like black-robed priests. Knights and mages wearing white robes and smocks can also be seen on the streets. They are community commanders or staff members in the defense force.
The firm belief in the goddess, the fanatical admiration of the holy scriptures, the deep fear of the legend of world destruction, coupled with the wise rule of successive popes, have jointly ensured that no one has surpassed this system to this day.
In addition to these superficial divisions, there are many subtle divisions of labor within the Huiyao Sect. They influence the entire world with a complex and efficient multi-racial and multi-professional cooperation, but these are not things that Hao Ren can fully understand today.
Perhaps the black-robed priests were just not easy to get along with. The man responsible for guiding the way always had a straight face and never said a word. Nangong Wuyue felt that it was boring to travel like this, so he couldn't help but bring up some topics: "By the way... Was the attack serious this afternoon?"
The other party was silent for a moment, his face still looking like it was carved from wood and stone: "No comment for local defense."
Nangong Wuyue was bored, and Betsy became a little dissatisfied: "We have brought important information about the stone giants, and we have also witnessed their separation from the cliff. This information is worth at least twenty gold shields, how can we find out a little bit about it?" Not even small things?"
The black-robed priest was silent again: "No comment for local defense."
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Vivian stopped Betsy who wanted to continue questioning. She felt that now was not the time to care about such things, and everyone had already reached the depths of the town. A small but luxurious church with a steeple appeared at the end of the road.
In front of the chapel is a semicircular square paved with red pebbles. There is a circle of magic light floating around the square, which illuminates the place as bright as day. The church knights wearing black smocks guard the entrance of the church tightly. Middle-aged monks wearing white smocks formed a circle around a purple-red crystal in the center of the square and prayed silently.
The central tower of the steeple church is emitting a mysterious glow. Layers of complex runes emerge from the ancient and luxurious carved stone bricks, slowly rising around the square tower, repeating in a circle, and a lavender streak appears. Bright light beams gathered at the end of these runes, rushed into the unfathomable night sky, and then dispersed and fell around the town. This is the defensive barrier of Leighton Town, which is based on this church and is completely made of "divine magic" The miraculous power that sustains it.
"Energy sample collection is complete," the voice of the data terminal sounded in Hao Ren's mind almost at the same time. "Preliminary analysis... has no analytical value. It is a simple repulsion wall that can offset external physical impacts above a certain speed. The energy flow pattern is normal. , no high-level mysterious attributes related to the symbolic power of the true God have been discovered.”
"Is the so-called divine magic of Huiyao Sect really a special kind of magic?" Hao Ren murmured to himself, while the black-robed priest who led the way handed over to the people on guard in the square, and then led Hao Ren They walked towards the church, and this time he finally spoke a little more: "The Rector, Mr. Gelton, is discussing important matters with the distinguished guests, but he agrees that you should visit first. Please pay attention to the etiquette, Mr. Gelton is a highly respected elder. "
The church was brightly lit, but there were no ordinary believers in the long hall used for prayer and worship. There were only black-robed priests standing on guard. Hao Ren and the others turned around and arrived from a small corridor behind the long hall to the depths of the church. In a certain special room, the black-robed priest who was responsible for guiding the way stopped at the door: "Please."
Betsy opened the door nervously and walked in. The scene in the room was clearly visible to everyone.
Unexpectedly, this place looks quite simple. The entire office of the Rector of Beinz is just an ordinary undecorated study room. The room is very spacious, but almost all the walls are occupied by heavy bookshelves filled with files, and the floor is plain. The stone tile floor didn't even have carpet. In the center of the room is a large wooden table. An old man and a young woman looking from behind are talking across the table.
Rector Gelton is an old man who looks to be in his sixties or seventies. He has thin hair, a long beard, a wrinkled face and a short stature. He is sitting behind the desk with his body hunched over and his hands shrunk in his sleeves as if afraid of the cold. The rector often takes his priests to patrol near Beinz Blood Lake, absorbing too much "bad air", which makes his health appear to be worrying, but no one who knows it will despise this seemingly slow man. The old man: His body may have begun to decay, but his spirit is still strong. As long as those wise eyes have not closed, he will still be a powerful spellcaster, and the gods' gifts will follow his thoughts. .
Opposite Gelton is a woman wearing women's close-fitting armor. Since her back is to everyone, it can only be seen that she has long curly chestnut hair, and the fair skin color exposed on her neck and wrists shows that she should still be... very young.
When Betsy opened the door, Rector Gelton was talking to the female soldier opposite: "Your Excellency Ofra, the situation is not clear yet. There is no evidence that this series of mutations are related, and there is no evidence that the test of the goddess will In this form, we should first appease the people, and then with piety... Oh, it seems that our guests have arrived."
The old man stood up, nodded and smiled at Hao Ren.