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Chapter 220 Please Don't Serve
[In the past, when the prophet disciple Zeland was the pope, those priests who could prophesy were jealous and worried about us.At the same time, they saw the desolation of the Temple of Cargauth, and saw that the church, under the glory of God, sowed good seeds like a wheat field and ushered in a good harvest in autumn. They were jealous that our herd had children and grandchildren, Seek immortal food in faith.

The priests were loyal to the prophecy god Cargaus, but they did not serve the worship, but worked in the battle.

They tried their best to find the flaws in our faith, but they sent a brilliant sage—Naya, who used his superb tongue as a sharp sword to divide our church and tarnish our reputation.

But the sage finally recognized the face of the priests, and understood that they were enslaved by the devil of selfish desires, and following their wishes to split our church was nothing more than a slave to a tiger.

In the following decades, they made all kinds of false and evil accusations against us. They followed the will of the new king and led the people to make ugly and blasphemous suspicions against us-captive witches, liver harvesting, family incest, and so on. There are all kinds of false and evil accusations.

They tried to make us feel wronged and tortured.

however,
The demons of lust do not long reign, their triumph is fleeting, like a phantom.

The truth has reappeared in the world, and the blood of the martyrs flows between the lines of the stele, and gradually reflects the light of God.

Those terrible persecutions are like tides, one after another, even so, they are wiped out one after another under the light of the church.

The city in the sky is coming!

After this thousand-year history, only the Church of the One Truth stands in the world from beginning to end, and gives the glory of the world to the gods.

This God-blessed church is eternal freedom, solemnity and purity, and the way to the heavenly city remains on earth.

The path traveled by the prophet is the path revealed by God.

Time has passed, the blood of persecution has soaked into the ground, nourishing the truth, all kinds of slander have disappeared, only our church is still standing.

Not only did the church win, but it was also regarded as the supreme beacon, and the pope's triple crown stood on the spiritual summit!
To this day, no one has dared to slander our faith with the viciousness of our former enemies. 】

—Herodotus Vero, History of Persecution.

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The hermit left.

The debate in the square mentioned in the letter ended without a problem because neither party was present.

The hermit Naia released the two preachers and stopped the church from preaching.

In the great temple, the priests looked at the hermit Naya in front of the Kagaus statue in fear and puzzlement. They never dared to move forward or ask questions, so they could only stand still.

Aura hurriedly walked through the promenade of the Great Temple, the high priest's robe was dragging on the ground, which was different from the regular order in the past, and looked completely messy and hurried.

He entered the hall of Cargauth, looked at the hermit Naia, and asked in a low voice:
"Hermits... why are you... don't you want to argue with them? Do you have any other plans?"

Naya didn't say a word, she lowered her head in front of the statue, muttering words, as if she was praying for something.

Aura didn't dare to say anything. He was afraid of offending the hermit of Cargaus, so he took a step back, looked at the priests beside him, and asked what happened.

As the high priest, he was going to the palace to meet Queen Isis, but suddenly a priest hurried over and brought him the news that the hermit would not go to debate.

Priests, look at me and I look at you. For a while, no one can tell the high priest Ola why the hermit didn't refute those heretics.

After a long silence, the blind priest walked slowly towards High Priest Ola, leaned into his ear and whispered:
"I heard that...the hermit was away all night last night, and he didn't come back from outside until this morning."

High Priest Ola looked at the hermit in astonishment.

The hermit who originally planned to argue with Xilan in the New Law Garden, the hermit who originally wanted to defend the belief of Cargaus, gave up the plan to debate overnight, and abandoned this opportunity to spiritually destroy the church.

High Priest Ola couldn't understand.

What happened to the hermit?
Was he not the one whom Cargauth had inspired, and had he not seen that the temple of Cargauth was falling?

The nobles who offered sacrifices were no longer as ordinary as before, and there were fewer and fewer offerings on the altar, and even the great temple gradually lost its former glory.

High Priest Ola couldn't help asking:
"Hermit, what are you hesitating about?!"

Those words fell within the temple of Calgauth in silence.

The priests present looked at the High Priest Aura with surprise on their faces. They didn't expect the High Priest to break the silence, and then they looked at the hermit praying in front of the statue, with expressions of anxiety palpable, waiting for the hermit's answer.

The hermit Naya turned his head slowly, staring at the high priest who asked the question.

Aura was short of breath for a while, her eagle-like eyes seemed to penetrate his body surface, peering straight into his weak heart.

The statue of Cargauth stood in the hall, its eyes drooping slightly, as if representing the god of prophecy, watching everything that happened in front of it.

Dressed in plain gray linen clothes, Naya held a wooden stick in one hand and held it empty in the other. His face made people seem to see a hermit master coming from the woods, holding the invisible god in his hand Inspiration.

Naya glanced at the believers in the temple. He walked slowly, with neither joy nor sorrow on his face. He was like a representative of the prophecy, examining the servants who served him for the gods.

The high priest Ola couldn't help trembling his feet, and retreated a little bit, while the priests beside him also breathed harder, not daring to look directly into the hermit's eyes.

They didn't know what they had done wrong to bring about the hermit's behavior, but they knew they must have done something wrong.

The wooden stick hit the floor tiles of the temple, and the dull sound echoed. Naya walked slowly, and the sunlight cast a tall shadow on his body.

"How rich are your clothes."

Naya looked at the group of priests and said slowly:
"How rich your needs are, the nobles offered gold, silver and jewels to the gods, and also to you."

The priests didn't dare to breathe, and remained silent for a while, while the face of the high priest Ola slowly soaked in cold sweat.

As the high priest, Ola naturally knew the corruption and glory of the priests, but even though he was in a high position, he was constrained everywhere and couldn't clear everything up.

What's more, did he and his family benefit a lot from it?

The priests were frightened as Naya approached step by step, and they dared not meet the hermit's eyes.

"You serve Cargauth so much."

To everyone's surprise, the hermit had a pleading look on his face,

"I beg you, do me a favor."

After the words fell, the priests looked at the hermit in disbelief. Their emotions were like seeing the sun rise from the west.

High Priest Ola swallowed, and asked in a trembling voice:
"Hermit, what you want us to do, as long as we can do it... we will do our best."

Just listen to the hermit say:
"I beg you not to serve."

The hermit of the prophetic god is lonely and arrogant.

He was once the proud son of heaven among the people,

But he was sent by the God of prophecy to the lonely island.

Zeng An was poor and happy, hated the flow of desire,
But he was led back to the land of Aga by Kagaus.

His life was a life of witness.

To witness the fall of the Great Temple,
To witness the rise of Antinonon the son of prophecy,

But also to witness the prosperity and martyrdom of the Church.

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Everything returned to normal, at noon, Xi Lan stood in the New Law Garden, preaching to the patient believers.

The stone slaves are limited to working all day, and they only have a few days of leisure in a year. On other days, they can only come to the church in the morning and evening. Therefore, most of the people who come to listen to the sermon at this moment are free people and three-eyed ape-man nobles.

"Prophet's disciples, I really can't understand this scripture."

A three-eyed ape-man came forward, took out a papyrus full of scriptures and asked,

"'No seed is lost when it falls to the ground.' What does that mean? Does the seed here refer to all the seeds?"

Xi Lan took a closer look and said directly:
"You copied it wrong. The original text is 'like two grains of wheat falling to the ground, and none is lost.'"

The three-eyed ape-man suddenly realized, he looked at the stele, then at the papyrus in his hand, and realized that it was his mistake.

He quickly apologized to Xi Lan, who waved his hand to show that he didn't care.

The three-eyed ape-man stepped back in embarrassment, and Xi Lan moved his gaze to the three stone tablets engraved with sacred scriptures, wondering whether in the future development, the original scriptures would be copied repeatedly, and then Because of the different manuscripts, different interpretations were born.

But just thinking about it, Xi Lan felt that she didn't need to worry. She was an elf and had nearly 400 years to live. The church had stabilized in front of her, so there was no need to worry about everything.

A sound of footsteps came from outside the main hall of the New Law Garden, Xi Lan turned to look over, and it was Daniel who came.

"teacher."

Daniel stepped forward and shouted.

Since the last debate with the hermit Naya, Daniel asked Sealand to be his mentor and guide his beliefs, and Sealand readily accepted Daniel's request.

Just as Sealand was a follower of the prophet Norn, so Daniel became a follower of Sealand, a disciple of Sealand.

"What's wrong? Daniel."

asked Zealand.

Daniel said:

"I just came back from the Ibia family, and Kasas asked me to tell you, Your Majesty the King... It seems that the illness is beyond everyone's expectations, and Queen Isis has searched for famous doctors to find nothing."

Xi Lan nodded as she listened. Casas was warning them that the kingdom might experience a change at any time, and the church had better not be the spark that ignited the disaster.

"Let our preachers come back temporarily, and don't preach everywhere during this month."

After a little thought, Xi Lan ordered so.

Daniel nodded, and he also agreed with Sealand's decision.

Today's kingdom is in a very sensitive period, and although the priests of Cargaus temporarily refrained from their edge after the hermit set foot in the New Law Garden, this does not mean that the situation of the church is completely safe.

After all... the god of prophecy, Cargauth, is the most orthodox belief in the entire kingdom.

Although influenced by the elves thousands of years ago, there is still a temple dedicated to the Lord in the Great Temple, but there are few people there, and few nobles offer sacrifices. Therefore, Xinluyuan's belief in the Lord is more like an outsider, a Stranger.

Xi Lan is a cautious and rule-abiding person, he will not take the risk of destroying the church.

"Teacher, there is one more thing."

As he spoke, Daniel took out a relatively new papyrus from his arms and presented it to Sealand.

"This is?"

"It was given to me by a messenger. This should be written by the hermit."

"Then let me see."

Xi Lan took the letter from Daniel and read it word by word.

After he read it from beginning to end, he couldn't help showing surprise on his face.

"Did it say anything?"

Daniel asked.

"A man named Antinon...he is the hermit's disciple, and he will come to the land of Aga, and he will visit with the hermit."

Xi Lan briefly described the contents of the letter.

"Antinon... Isn't that a name only for elves?
I read it in the "Book of Two Kings", he was a fellow shipmate of King Tertullian. "

Daniel said suspiciously.

Sealand replied:
"That's why I'm a little surprised. The hermit's disciple is called Antinon. Could it be that he is an elf? But I have never heard of any elves on the Lonely Island."

　Push a book that a gentleman likes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)