only god

Chapter 240 Gods are the real authority

King Anukt glared at Antinon like a lion on fire.

And Antinon didn't give in, and continued to defend the true religion:
"Your Majesty, the priests should have changed.

It was the priest himself who chose to be deserted, and it was the priest who did not want to live a poor life..."

Before he finished speaking, King Anukt stopped and said:
"Enough! I think you are crazy, Antinon!"

Antinon stopped talking immediately, and stared at the angry king quietly.

"Do you think that you serve Kagaus and have received revelations about the afterlife, so you can suspect other priests?"

King Anukt sneered and said:

"Even though some of the priests are greedy for ink, does that mean I should indulge the New Law Garden?"

"Antinon, don't you know that those true believers have repeatedly violated the law and repeatedly incited the stone slaves to riot?!"

What Anukt said was true. Ever since those slaves gathered because of the true religion, they helped each other and repeatedly started riots in the name of God.

Antinon did not deny it, but said instead:
"Your Majesty, of course I know."

Anuckt sat upright, staring at Antinon, and continued:

"In that case, what else do you have to say?

True believers have repeatedly instigated riots and disrupted the kingdom. I should have banned this belief.

But now I want to unify the two religions in accordance with our past traditions.

And this is already my greatest kindness to the church. "

Antinon didn't answer, but asked rhetorically:
"Your Majesty, stone slaves, aren't they three-eyed ape-men?"

Anuckt looked puzzled, and said:

"The stone slaves are a mixture of three-eyed ape-men and elves. Their impure bloodlines cannot enjoy the grace of Cargaus. They are natural slaves, and they are the ones who carry the boulder.

They are not pure three-eyed ape-men, and pure-blooded three-eyed ape-men are far more holy than stone slaves. "

After finishing speaking, the king stared at Antinon, he wanted to see what else the priest had to say.

To those aristocratic nobles, the stone slaves can be regarded as foreigners in their eyes.

"Far more holy than stone slaves?"

"No, Your Majesty, the stone slaves are the three-eyed ape-men."

"Did Cargaus classify some people as slaves and others as nobles when he created us?"

Antinon asked loudly.

King Anukt stared at the priest and shook his head slightly.

"If not, how can you say that nobles are far more holy than stone slaves?
The appearance of stone slaves is not a prophecy of God's will, but the evolution of history!

Stone slaves are three-eyed ape-men, they are not foreigners, their ancestors were also created by Kagaus! "

King Anukt became more and more angry, and he was shocked to find that he could not refute Antinon's words.

Then the king asked with a grim smile:

"What do you want to say, do you think that if this is the case, those stone slaves have a reason to rebel?"

Antinon's voice slowed down, and he patiently explained to the king:
"I don't intend to defend criminals, but what I want to say is that those stone slaves who were thrown into prison and executed, they could not have been criminals.

It’s just that we, who are of pure blood, have always looked at them with the eyes of livestock, gave them food for livestock, and let them live like livestock. Their rebellion is all our own fault.

And the true religion, the prophet, and the identity of the true religion are just the appearance of rebellion, and it is not important. "

King Anukt laughed loudly, and the voice echoed in the vast palace study, as if he was laughing at Antinon's innocence and ignorance.

Immediately afterwards, the king lowered his head and looked at the priest in front of him.

No matter how reasonable Antinon's words were, in his own eyes, they were nothing but wishful thinking of a naive person.

No matter how he defended the true religion, it was impossible for him to allow it to continue to develop.

No matter how ingenious and righteous his words are, all decisions are in the hands of the king himself.

In this kingdom, oneself is the greatest authority.

Antinon stared at King Anukt, of course he knew that the king's prejudice against the church was deeply ingrained.

and so……

"Your Majesty, Kagaus has witnessed everything about you, and he will personally judge you in the afterlife."

King Anukt was stunned, and the blood on his face suddenly faded away. This time, he felt frightened from the bottom of his heart.

In this kingdom, the king is the greatest secular authority.

but…

Secular authority, no matter how high it may be, is the authority of mortals.

Cargaus, whose supreme authority is enough to bring almost an entire kingdom to its knees.

He is the creator of this race!

The king can dispose of any priest at will, because the kingship in the land of Aga comes from the gods.

The gods are the real authority!

Soon, King Anukt stared at Antinon, he calmed down, and asked:
"Judge me? You are a priest, how can you let Kagaus judge me?
I am the king of the land of Aga, and I pray to him day and night, but I have never heard that he is going to judge me.

On the contrary, Kagaus will protect everything about me, because I am the king of the three-eyed ape-man! "

After King Anukt reacted, he became even more furious. The priest in front of him actually tried to intimidate himself in the name of God.

Antinon was neither humble nor overbearing, but said slowly:
"I'm just a priest, how can I be protected by Cargaus like a king?

However, my teacher, the hermit you call, he once followed the revelation of Cargaus and went to the lonely island to hide from the world for decades.

Your Majesty, do you think that my teacher will not pray everything you have done to Cargaus? "

Naturally, Antinon would not reveal his identity. Cargaus is now doing his best to peek at the direction of fate, and it is difficult to pay attention to human affairs.

Antinon didn't want to complicate matters because of himself, so he borrowed the name of Hermit Naya, and those faint words contained a strong sense of threat.

King Anukt was completely stunned. In his anger, he unconsciously forgot that the Antinon in front of him was a disciple of the hermit, and the hermit was the one who had directly listened to Cargauth's revelation.

And I have never listened to the voice of Kagaus, and the revelation I have seen is just some imperceptible light like hallucinations.

Even he himself couldn't be sure if it was a revelation from the gods.

The mighty king's hands began to tremble violently, he was not sure whether what Antinon said was true or not.

And just because he couldn't be sure, King Anukt became even more trembling.

The fear of the unknown is far more frightening than the known.

Just listen to Antinon said slowly:
"My teacher left because he heard a prayer that he hadn't heard a priest say."

"That prayer is:

'God, don't glorify us. '"

"He saw the greed of the priests, and saw the peace and happiness of Xi Lan and others, so after decades, he left the land of Ajia again and returned to the lonely island."

Antinon looked directly at King Anukt, who was pale in front of him.

"Your Majesty, please do it yourself."

After speaking, Antinon got up and left without further words.

King Anukt stared blankly at Antinon leaving, facing the king, the priest was so merciless,
as if...

As if this person really represented Cargaus.

(End of this chapter)