goddess of revolution

Chapter 10 Painful Awakening

Bugloss-Stan rolled on the ground.

The guards and mudlegs scattered like a nest of wasps in fright.

After a while, Stan stood up, staring blankly at his palms, as if he didn't know who he was.

He turned to the crowd, glanced at a person, his eyes gradually turned from blank to clear, and then he burst into tears.

it hurts……

Stan remembered that when he was six or seven years old, he kept crying and couldn't sleep at night because he was too hungry.His father's slap made him see stars. At that time, his face hurt and his heart hurt even more.Later, when his father beat him, his body hurt, but his heart no longer hurt.

Stan remembered that when he was a teenager, he ran to his neighbor's field to steal sweet potatoes to eat, and was hanged up by the neighbor while scolding and beating him.The guy's swearing was more powerful than a whip, and it made his heart drip with blood. He cursed back angrily: "You are the cockroach! I will never eat cockroaches again even if I die!"

Later he could eat stolen sweet potatoes while being whipped.

Stan remembered that after his sister died of illness, his parents threw the small body into the river.He secretly rejoiced because there was one less food in the family, but when he saw that little head that he occasionally liked to stroke up and down in the water, his heart throbbed for no reason.

Later, when his younger brother died, he threw it into the river with his own hands. He felt nothing but a sigh of relief.

Stan remembered that his parents died one after another. At that time, he was very happy because there were finally fewer people beating and scolding him in his family during the day, but at night because the thatched hut was deserted and strange, his heart felt as uncomfortable as a needle.

Later, when he stood in front of his peers who still had parents, he was always happy.The thatched hut belongs to him alone, and no one beats or scolds him anymore.

Stan remembered that he met the Viscount on the mountain road a few years ago, and was kicked by a guard because he didn't dodge in time, his waist hurt so much, and his heart seemed to be scalded with boiling water.

Just now the guard hit him on the head with the hilt of his sword, but he didn't feel it at all, and he was glad he didn't get hit on the head.

When did he no longer feel the pain in his heart?

"Stan, what do you feel? Is it pain?"

The words of the new viscount lord sounded from behind. At first, they were very ethereal. When he said "pain", his soul that seemed to come out of the top of his head returned to his body.

Stan turned around and looked at the Viscount who was about the same age as him: "Yes... yes, sir, it hurts..."

The Viscount asked again: "Aside from the pain, what do you think is different from before?"

Yes, there is a big difference!
Stan frowned, but couldn't think of what to say.

The Viscount looked at his chin and said, "Is it the feeling after shaving with a hatchet?"

correct!it is this!Last night everyone said that they came to see the saint, and they had to clean up before they shaved.

His hatchet is very blunt, and it feels cool and comfortable just after scraping it, as if a thick layer of shell has been removed, but when the wind blows, it hurts.

"So……"

The Viscount looked straight into his eyes: "Do you think I was sick before?"

Those gray eyes were clear and divine, high above the clouds, omniscient and omnipotent like a god, Stan felt as if his guts had been seen through.

"Yes! Master is right, I was sick before!"

Stan felt that he was so real now, everything around him was so real, and even the feeling of an empty stomach was not as numb as before.Compared with before, the current self seems to be himself. Thinking about it this way, it was indeed abnormal before.

He asked eagerly, "Master, what kind of disease is that?"

The Viscount narrowed his eyes and said, "That kind of disease is called... numbness. Your soul is covered in thick dirt, and you can no longer feel the truth, and naturally you can't feel pain."

Stan looked at the saint, and the petite and weak girl was looking at him with pity, tears flickering in her eyes, pulling out the heartache he had just felt.

Resisting the urge to kneel down, he asked, "Am I well now? Did the saint save me?"

"It's the saint who makes you touch your soul and makes you feel real, but it's not... not permanent."

The Viscount rolled his eyes, seeming to be thinking.

He went on to say: "Only by following true beliefs can one cleanse one's soul at all times and prevent oneself from being blinded by dirt."

"True faith?"

Stan knelt down: "What is that? Can people like me be trusted?"

The Viscount smiled gently: "The crimson radiance shines everywhere, regardless of high or low, regardless of background. But you have to take it step by step, starting from keeping yourself awake at all times and knowing the truth."

"Crimson...sober...true..."

Stan muttered, a longing gleam in his eyes.

Behind him, the mudlegs finally broke the silence, and gathered around to pray for the saint to cure them too.Even the guards forgot their duties, and Sardar was so angry that he scolded his face and drove them back to their posts.

The old man Tarrence was standing behind Fenny and had been observing Bugloss Stan. He wanted to see how this "experiment" was different from himself.

Seeing that Stan's eyes had settled down to a sliver of firmness after they were clear, Tarrence's heart trembled. Judging from his decades of church experience, this Stan had already touched a corner of the teachings, at least it could be regarded as general. Believer.If you can continue to learn the teachings and enrich your faith, you may become a priest.

This made Tarrence very puzzled. Such a mud leg just rolled around on the ground casually and then awakened. However, he, a former high-level priest, has never been able to bathe in the glory of the goddess. Really...

At that moment, Tarrence looked at Stan with red eyes, why!

A great sense of crisis came after jealousy, and Li Qi gave him the title of priest, who would preside over the temple after it was completed.If he can't wake up all the time, this title won't change.

Seeing that Finnie was going to come one by one, Tarrence wanted to try it, and suggested: "Master Viscount, you can try to make Finnie reveal the saintly form, and use spiritual thorns for everyone."

Li Qi praised: "Good idea!"

Priests can only use "encapsulated" divine arts, but Fenny, who is called a saint and is actually a goddess, is different, and can use divine power freely.Let Fei Ni upgrade the single-body skill of Thorns of the Mind to an AOE skill, and there will be a qualitative improvement in efficiency.

As soon as she told Fei Ni, the little girl understood what to do. Originally, she was just crying, but now she was crying to wake everyone up.

She couldn't hold back her tears for a long time, and when Stan burst into tears, she had a deep resonance.It's just that when she was crying, she felt a little uneasy: "I'm going to use up a lot of milk today, I don't know if I can make up for it."

The wings of light stretched, and the angel's hymn faintly resounded in the air.

Different from simply revealing the saint's form, while tears slowly slipped from the corners of Fei Ni's eyes, faint phantoms extended from the ends of the light wings, penetrating into people's bodies.

Except for Li Qi, everyone knelt down and covered their hearts.

Li Qi's eyes opened up a transparent light screen, showing the number of pan-believers.The initial number was 1/100, it kept rising, and finally stopped at 37/100, and he showed a satisfied smile.

The first promotion has such a result, not bad.And looking at that Stan's expression, he was more determined than before, and the indicator of a devout believer should not be able to escape.

Looking at Tarrence again, Li Qi was surprised by the confusion and entanglement on the old man's face, is he still not awakened?
"Perhaps... the goddess is unwilling to accept people like me, after all, I have walked the wrong path."

Noticing Li Qi's gaze, Tarrence said bitterly.

No such thing!

Li Qi had high hopes for Tarrence, if the old man could not become the priest of the goddess, he would not be able to take over the temple and manage the church.

Li Qi has no idea about this. In the world of Finn, he is bound to the goddess, and the profession of priest is just a derivative of the Pope's identity.He had no idea how other people could become priests of the goddess.

But he can be sure of two things. First, the goddess has a great cause in her heart. Even if she is a devil, as long as she has a revolutionary consciousness, she will be drawn into the revolutionary ranks. Talens will never reject her status.The second is that if Tarrence wants to become the priest of the goddess, he should start with the painful priesthood of Fenny.

Recalling the situation of Stan, Li Qi asked: "Did you really feel the pain? I mean the soul."

Tarrence nodded reservedly: "Of course, based on my experience, isn't it worse than those mud legs?"

He used to be a high-ranking priest, no matter in terms of life experience or contact with the gods, it is not comparable to those mud legs.

"Maybe the goddess doesn't care about these pains? What she cares about is the pain of mortals, not the pain of high-ranking priests."

Li Qi vaguely realized that Tarrence's experience was too rich, and the focus must be on his once superior status.

"The pain of mortals..."

Tarrence mused. He had eaten a lot of mental thorns before, his mind was extremely clear, and the scenes of his life were extremely clear.

Thoughts continue to penetrate deep into the soil of memory, and life experiences buried in the past are constantly being excavated.As if digging something suddenly, Tarrence's cheeks twisted, and his body trembled slightly.

That was... at least 50 years ago, the young Tarrence was just a young apprentice in a branch temple.On a dark and windy night, he was called by the priest, saying that he was helping with homework.

That night, my heart hurt so much, and my butt hurt too...

40 years ago, I traveled abroad on an adventure. I thought that the experience of going through life and death was enough to gain trust, but I didn't expect to be ruthlessly betrayed.His heart must have broken into pieces when he killed his former teammate.

Thirty years ago, due to unavoidable reasons, he betrayed others again. At that time, his heart ached so much that he wished he could throw himself into the fire.

Tarrence hugged the stone pillar of the castle gate, and banged his head on the pillar hard, making a muffled sound.

Li Qi opened his mouth and stared, but before he could make a sound to stop him, the old man drew his mouth again and spit, as if he had just had something disgusting in his mouth.

Fei Ni's "promotion" has come to an end, and she exited the saint form. Everyone looked at the old man who was getting more and more moving with awe, and looked forward to something.

After hitting the wall, slapping, kowtow, and rolling, the old man jumped up and took off his clothes as if on fire, revealing his lean but not aging body. Li Qi quickly covered Fei Ni's eyes with his hands.

"Ahhh-!"

The old man hammered his chest and screamed to the sky.Under everyone's gaze, a soft white stream of light gushed out of his body, turned into a circle of light, rotated from his feet to his head, and dissipated into little halos. The light color and breath were no different from the divine power revealed by Fei Ni.

Tarrence, wake up.

A light screen popped up, and Li Qi's jaw almost dropped when he saw the sentence "Unexpected joy, priests +1".

This works too! ?

(End of this chapter)