Father Mavie

Chapter 9 Trap
Ma Wei has never thought about god-thieves or something. Yesterday, he still firmly believed that there is no god in this world. How could he be a god-thief?
He was a little embarrassed that Junia knew that she was a false believer.

That's right, although Ma Wei personally created the Church of Truth and invented a god, what he believes in is not a false god, but the real truth.

"Younia, since you know that I am not your believer, why are you willing to lend me your strength?"

"Because Younia knows how much effort you put in to create Younia, Dad. When Younia just came into consciousness, you have been by Dad's side all the time."

"Create a trace of consciousness?"

Ma Wei raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you just come yesterday? Didn't you already have an ideology before yesterday?"

"Um"

Junia showed a dazed look: "Is it like this, Junia was able to sense the surrounding situation a year ago, but she was trapped in the statue and couldn't give birth to a real godhead."

"Is your coming related to yesterday's earthquake?"

"do not know"

Seeing that Junia knew nothing about her own birth, Mavi didn't continue to ask. Of course he really wanted to find out where the god came from, but it was urgent.
It is to solve the immediate trouble.

A horde of cursed rats is roaming the city, and if not stopped in time, the consequences will be devastating.

"Yunia, do you have a way to remove the curse carried by the rat?"

"Yes!" Junia giggled and said, "Just like Fat Ju and Xiao Hei, all believers who are protected by the gods are immune to ordinary curses, but..."

"But what?"

"It's too late."

Junia looked up at the moon wrapped in a layer of tulle, and said softly: "Although the mouse is only carrying a common curse, this curse occurs very quickly. Once infected, it will occur within a very short period of time, so Cursing the dead creatures will continue to spread more curses, the corpse is a hotbed for the spread of the curse, and many people are destined to die tonight Dad, Junia can feel that the number of believers is decreasing."

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
As soon as the words fell, there was a violent knock on the door of the church.

Ma Wei quickly returned to the church with Junia, Fat Orange and Xiao Hei, opened the door, and saw a few nervous middle-aged men in brown woolen coats and kerosene lamps standing outside.

They are all workshop owners in New Rose City, and each runs a small factory. The leader is a bearded middle-aged man named Fons Browning, who opened the brewery where Mr. Jacob worked.

At the same time, they are also believers in the Church of Truth.

Fons Browning's eyes were red, he was panting heavily, and his beard trembled slightly when he spoke: "Father, something happened!"

"Don't worry, what happened?"

"It's those damn rats!"

Fons Browning tremblingly said: "They are like crazy, as long as someone walks by, they must pounce on them and take a bite. The bitten person will soon fall into a coma and develop a high fever. The skin will fester and die within a few days! No medicine will work!"

"This is the Black Death!"

A man standing behind Fons Browning said: "I've read about this disease in books, and it's also caused by rats!"

"There are also those officials and nobles who live in rich areas, they will not save them! As soon as they heard that it was the Black Death, they immediately blocked the streets! Why didn't they have such a speed when distributing funds for the poor!"

There was a lot of chatter, and Ma Wei's head was getting dizzy. He subconsciously glanced at Junia, who was silent beside him, and turned his head to ask, "What's going on in the city now?"

"Many people have been bitten, and anyone who has been there since they died has been infected!" cried Fons Browning. "The town is in complete disarray!"

"We can only rely on you now, Father!"

"That's right! Only the priest can save us now!"

"I?"

Ma Wei was startled, secretly thinking that the matter of the coming of the gods has been exposed?

People like Fons Browning rushed to the door, could it be to pray for the goddess' blessing?
"The priest of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate said that holy water can cure this disease, but the supply of holy water is in short supply, so we have no choice but to come here and ask Father Mavi for your help!"

Can holy water undo curses?
What a joke.
Ma Wei, who boils holy water by himself every day, knows very well that the so-called holy water has no effect on curing diseases, eliminating disasters and praying for blessings!

It is just a pot of cold water!

unless
Ma Wei suddenly narrowed his eyes.

In the holy water, add the power of the gods' gift, so that maybe the holy water can really eliminate the curse in the body.

But why did the priests of the Church of the Three Fate Goddesses publicize this matter?

If he secretly peddles the holy water, not only can he make a lot of money, but he can also promote a wave of churches. Those who survived by taking the holy water will definitely give up their hearts to the church!

on the contrary
This is a complete trap!

Only the holy water that has been added with the power of the gods has the effect of eliminating curses. Then the priests of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate can fully use this to promote their own churches, and the small churches without the gods, of course, the holy water they give has no As a result, those few believers in small churches will definitely think that their original beliefs are false!
How could they not switch to the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny, which has a remarkable effect of holy water and its teachings are "true and reliable"?
Besides
If other churches come up with holy water that can eliminate curses, wouldn't it prove that their churches have also descended from gods?

The small church, which had been able to hide in the dark and try to develop in anticipation of changes in time, suddenly fell into a dilemma.

Either take out the holy water, stabilize your believers, and then be targeted by the big church.

Either you don’t take out the holy water to protect yourself, and the end result is that the believers quit the church one after another and switch to other big churches!
No matter which path you choose, you must cut your own arm!
What a cruel trick!
Thinking of this, Ma Wei's complexion couldn't help but darken a lot. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a crisp sound of 'dang' coming from behind him.

Everyone looked back and saw Fat Ju and Xiao Hei squatting on the empty baptismal platform. The floor under the platform was full of water stains. The copper pot that originally held the holy water was knocked upside down on the ground and was overturned.

"what!!!"

Fons Browning hugged his head and let out a heart-piercing scream: "My holy water!!!"

Seeing this, Ma Wei's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stopped the people who rolled up their sleeves to teach the fat orange and black people a lesson, and said quickly:
"Everyone, you have also seen that the holy water is temporarily out. You should go to other churches to take a look and give me some time to prepare."

(End of this chapter)