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Chapter 614: Please have mercy on us

At that time, sermons were exchanged very frequently among various religious faiths. Not only that, they also often learned from each other, changing and applying some theological knowledge, famous sayings, and moral warnings of other religions to their own faiths. Even if there were conflicts between religious faiths, There is no mutual tolerance, and even Deschanel, which regards the True Religion as the state religion, has a large number of books of other religious beliefs circulating within its territory.

Only in places where religious conflicts are more intense will books of other religious beliefs be banned, and these measures are often temporary.

After all, no one wants to anger the other's gods, even if the gods tend not to get involved in such mundane matters.

But now, in this city, Iden searched around and found that not only could he not find books about the Giant King Sect, he could not even find books about other gods' beliefs. Here, there was only the True Sect.

"Maybe it's because of the state of war."

Eden tried to find an explanation,

"This will not be the norm. It should be different in peacetime."

Eden sighed when he found that he could not find any pagan scriptures. He planned to go to other markets to see if there was anything noteworthy.

Except for things like bread, there were all kinds of strange things on the market, including all kinds of small items that had never been seen before. Eden also saw some steam machinery that seemed to be made by dwarves.

"This is…"

In front of a shop, Eden stopped.

"May you be blessed, what do you want?"

The herbalist rubbed his hands and said enthusiastically.

Eden lowered his head and glanced at the things on the table, his breathing quickened. He couldn't believe his eyes.

I saw piles of Oronisaurus teeth piled up into a hill. The yellow-white color was particularly conspicuous in the sun. It was so consistent with the description in the book that Eden couldn't believe it.

"what is this?"

Eden asked, pointing.

"The teeth of Oronisaurus."

The herbalist said strangely,

"Don't you know?"

Eden picked up a tooth and looked at it carefully several times. He suspected that these were fakes.

How come such rare and precious Oronisaurus teeth appear in piles here?

After thinking about it, Eden turned away temporarily, planning to visit other herbalists.

After a while, after turning around, Eden's eyes widened in surprise.

"Why are Oronisaurus teeth everywhere?"

He returned to the herbalist at the beginning and couldn't help but ask.

The herbalist said strangely:

"Oronisaurus is not a rare beast, but I have one at home, about half a meter tall.

It changes teeth every year, didn’t you know? "

Eden was stunned for a moment. How could this herbalist know? He really didn't know.

After asking around, he discovered that Oronisaurus had been domesticated in this era. Although they were not as numerous as pigs, cattle and sheep, they were as common as horses, camels, mules and other animals.

In other words, the teeth of Oronisaurus, which were precious in his own time, are now all over the streets.

You can even take those teeth with you, sell them at a high price after returning to reality, make a fortune, and then enrich the church's storage and make more donations.

Eden thought.

After asking for more information, Eden discovered that compared to Oronisaurus, narwhals have almost disappeared.

There is no seawater available in the area where narwhals are active in the entire market.

However, the most important thing in the promotion ceremony is the teeth of Oronissaurus, and the seawater in the area where narwhals are active plays a more supporting role.

Thinking of this, Eden no longer hesitated. He took out the silver coins given by Verdo from his arms and bought a small bag of Oronisaurus teeth.

Although the silver coin was printed with the portrait of Constantine VI, which was different from the current currencies in circulation, the silver was still silver, and the herbalist accepted it after confirming the weight.

Eden held the bag in his hand. Although he had not found any pagan scriptures for the time being, this trip through time was still a fruitful one.

He raised his feet and was about to find a hotel to rest.

Above the market, there was suddenly a loud commotion.

"Seize him! Seize the heathen thief!"

"Damn heretics!"

"God, curse her, that damn woman stole it with her kid!"

The noise in the market became louder and louder, and many people gathered in one direction, like the spiral of a storm. Several merchants didn't even look at the stalls and just moved there.

For some reason, Eden felt nervous.

"What the hell happened?"

Eden couldn't help but quicken his pace.

Hateful words hovered over the market. Eden's footsteps became faster and faster. He tried to squeeze through the crowd and broke into the center of the crowd as quickly as possible.

I saw a mother and son, half-kneeling, lying in the center of the crowd. There were piles of bread scattered on the ground. A baker was picking them up while scolding the mother and son. The mother held her child tightly, and her child He was holding a scripture and looking around at the people around him blankly.

As the crowd's voice became more and more intense, the child half-covered his ears, with fear on his face, and the scripture in his hand fell down. People shouted even louder, as if it was something evil.

Eden stared at this scene blankly. The True believers insulted the mother and son, wishing to drive them out of the city. They cursed the mother and son that they should go to hell.

He felt waves of chills. He could not find any pagan lecture hall or pagan books in this city. He could hardly find any trace of paganism. So, is it possible that those pagans All the believers have been persecuted long ago.

The back of Eden's hand felt cold. He tried to deny this idea, but the sight in front of him could not make him deny it.

The crowd is getting bigger and bigger, and people's emotions are getting more and more intense in the shouts and shouts. Everyone seems to have turned into a mob at this moment, and the curses are like a violent storm. Someone must stop it all.

"Stop, stop for me!"

Eden roared.

Almost no one paid him any attention.

Eden raised his voice, and more people noticed him, but no one stopped because of his voice. "I am a priest! I am a priest! God will not forgive you. Have you forgotten the teachings of the prophets?"

Eden screamed at the top of his lungs.

The threats finally took effect. A trace of fear flashed in many people's eyes. The crowd's voice became quieter, and Eden rushed into the center of the crowd.

The fire of people's anger was temporarily extinguished, and the mother and son stood up in a panic. She wanted to find a place to slip away, but the crowd surrounded them. The eyes of the true believers were all focused on the person known as the priest. .

Even if Eden is ruled as a heretic and cannot perform the duties of a priest, how can the decision of the Ecumenical Council be applied in this era? Moreover, if the situation is urgent, Eden will not take care of anything and directly suppress it as a priest. place.

The true believers did not leave. They stared closely at Iden. No one dared to step forward rashly, and no one left at this time.

Eden was wearing a monk's robe, and he did look a bit like a priest, so no one dared to step forward, but no one wanted to leave like this. A vortex of anger had already surged, and no one wanted to let the heterosexual couple go. Religious mother and son.

The surrounded true believers exchanged looks and talked in low voices, as if asking each other whether they knew this "priest".

Eden knew very well that the longer time delayed, the more detrimental it would be to him. After all, he was not a priest of this era. When those people reacted, they would definitely regard him as a liar.

He raised his hand and was about to drive away the True believers who were surrounding him. At this moment, a middle-aged man who looked like a priest hurriedly squeezed in from the crowd.

Eden's heart tightened, and he subconsciously felt panicked.

Judging from today's religious conflicts, how will this priest deal with the pagan mother and son?

"What are you doing, what are you doing!"

The priest raised his voice and said:
"Get out of here, Lord, get your people out of here."

However, unexpectedly, the priest seemed to be driving away the true believers who besieged the place.

There was another commotion in the crowd, and the true believers chattered for a while before slowly retreating reluctantly. Some people refused to leave, staring at the pagans with hatred.

I saw the priest pointing to a few people who refused to leave, and accurately saying their names:

"Bruce, let me go!"

"Matthew, let's go, let's go. This defenseless mother and son didn't kill your brother. May God give you a fair verdict."

"Lame George, you should leave quickly and don't stay here anymore. This matter has nothing to do with you."

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The priest waved his hand to drive away the True believers who continued to stay here. Finally, with the priest's efforts, almost all the True believers who surrounded the mother and son were gone, and there were only a few people left in the square.

"If you have anything to do, come to church. If you want bread, come to church."

The priest walked up to the mother and son and whispered.

The mother and son nodded dullly, then stood up and ran away quickly, disappearing from their sight.

At this time, the priest turned around and looked at Eden.

"Thank you... I should have come here earlier. My brother, my name is George, is the resident priest here."

The priest introduced himself.

"My name is Eden."

Eden did not say where he was a priest. After all, he had long been relieved of his duties as a priest.

"The situation here is..."

Before Eden finished speaking, the priest spoke first:

"Let's go to the church first."

The priest nodded slightly.

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Soon after, they went to the church. They did not enter through the main entrance hall, but through the side entrance. For this, Eden was a little regretful. He could not see if there had been any changes in the church in this era, and whether it was the same as the one he was in. Times have changed.

Father George took Eden into the drawing room and filled him with cold water himself.

After blessing each other, Father George asked:
"Where do you come from, Father Eden?"

"Near the... capital of the empire."

Eden murmured.

Father George was not suspicious. He sighed and said softly:

"Oh, then you must have never seen such a scene."

Eden nodded honestly,
"How could it be here?"

Father George sighed again;
“Please have mercy on us, it’s always been like this here.

You are in the capital, which is a prosperous place, but here, let alone prosperity, even peace is rare here.

The people here hate the pagans extremely, because more than ten years ago, the pagan soldiers set foot in this city and plundered it.

Not only this city, but also people in this area hate those pagans. Do you know where the people here come from? "

Eden shook his head.

"They are true believers from all over the world who responded to the emperor's request and call and came to protect the world of true religion.

Among them, some are knights, some are nobles, some are illegitimate children, some are squires, some are farmers, and some are unemployed... True believers from various countries and races have come, and people who do not understand the language have recovered from the hands of the pagans for the same faith. Lost ground.

It sounds wonderful and great, doesn't it? "

When Father George said this, his eyes showed the color of memory. After a while, this color disappeared and found no trace.
"It was the same for me in the beginning. I came here as a military chaplain following the soldiers of the empire.

But when the city gate was breached, what did I see?
There was a massacre in the city, and countless houses were burned. The poor soldiers were the first to rush and loot. Every time they broke open a house, they raped a pagan woman. The whole city was destroyed in just a few days. The lives were devastated. Except for a few people who were lucky enough to escape, countless pagans were killed on the spot. Even some true believers could not survive the massacre because those people were already killing and robbing like crazy.

We did to them what some of the pagans did to us, and I remember the bodies piled up in mountains, and the pagan lecterns covered in blood to the knees of the horses, and the soldiers singing hymns. , while breaking open the door of the lecture hall, pulling out all the pagans hiding inside and killing them. Lord, how can you allow your people to be so cruel. "

Father George lamented as he spoke,

"The empire launched its conquest of lost lands, calling upon countless true believers to join it,
For the empire, regaining the lost territory means restoring the empire to its former power, but for the true believers, conquering this place means that the glory of God once again shines on the earth.

We true believers, especially civilians, always chant the slogan "Kill the descendants of the devil". They kill every living person as if they are soulless devils. Even if someone converts, they may not be able to convert. survived.

Everyone regards the blood of the pagans as a contribution to their faith, and presents the victory as a sacrifice. I see so many true believers committing blood debts. Maybe one day, the blood will accumulate. , will block the source of God’s forgiveness for us. "

(End of this chapter)