Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

Chapter 746: Hope of Redemption, Researching New Magical Powers

Akado recalled that he used to be a devout believer who prayed every day, dedicated everything he had to God, and always fought for God.

He longed for God's coming and for salvation, but even until his country was destroyed and his family was ruined, God never responded to him.

Instead, the successive holy wars led to the destruction of his country, countless casualties of his people, and he was sent to the execution platform.

When he was about to be beheaded, he gave up the God he had always believed in, used his blood as currency and his soul as the price, turned to evil, and played the song of hell.

After that, it was revenge, crazy revenge. Wherever he passed, all living things became like grass.

The long years of killing were like a terrible nightmare. He was sinking in the nightmare, not knowing when he would wake up.

He already regretted his choice back then.

If he were given another chance, he thought, he would not have such great resentment, turn to evil, and become a monster.

He would die calmly as a human being.

But there is no chance to do it again.

Decades ago, he single-handedly attacked London and encountered Hircine, the leader of the Knights of the Round Table at the time and the Grand Master of the Royal Anglican Knights. He was defeated by him.

He thought he was going to die, but he didn't.

With incredible power, Hircine transformed his first companion, who was also his wife, from a vampire back into a human.

That was the first time he knew that in addition to humans being able to turn into monsters, monsters could also turn back into humans.

He seemed to see a hope of redemption, he was ashamed of his current identity as a monster, and he missed his human self.

Hircine seized upon this psychology of his and made him his slave. From then on, he became a...monster of the Royal Ecclesiarchy.

This may be a good choice for Accardo.

Because he is a monster whose soul has converted to "evil", if he dies, it will not be a relief or salvation.

On the contrary, he will return to the embrace of "evil", and as a monster, he will be rooted in the depths of "evil" and will never be reborn.

It was better for him to convert to Hircine and become Hircine's servant than for his soul to return to the arms of "evil".

He still remembered the ceremony, when Hircing nailed a holy object to his heart. He seemed to be dead, but also not dead, in a state between life and death. Then, he woke up as a slave of the Hircing family.

For him, that ceremony was very similar to his initial conversion to "evil".

Through that ceremony, he gained a new life. Although he was still a monster, his identity had changed and he was no longer a monster of "evil".

After his death, he will no longer return to the arms of evil and will truly find peace.

So, he looked forward to relief and longed for a long rest.

But he couldn't commit suicide because, according to their doctrine, suicide would lead to hell.

He does not die of old age, so he can only be killed and exhaust his life in battle.

As a monster, his self-esteem prevents him from dying at the hands of a monster.

He has always believed that only humans can kill monsters.

He was expecting this person to show up and end his life as a monster.

"Where is this person," Akado said to himself, "Will he be here?"

The waves surged onto the beach. Walter stood behind Accardo, moving his fingers up and down, fiddling with his knife wire, and cutting off the incoming waves out of boredom.

He didn't understand why Akado was sometimes calm and sometimes laughing wildly, but he didn't ask too much. After all, this guy was nicknamed the Mad King before he became a monster.

It is not surprising for a madman to do anything.

Akado put away his thoughts, and suddenly a hellhound appeared behind him, opened its bloody mouth, and swallowed the red horned demon in one bite, and then a creepy chewing sound was heard.

Butler Walter was still happily playing the game of cutting off the waves and turned a blind eye to this scene.

It's just cannibalism. As Akado's partner, he has seen many such scenes.

In fact, when he first learned that his partner was a vampire, he was disgusted and challenged him to defeat him in order to prove that he was capable of completing all the tasks assigned by his master.

And the way Akado responded to his provocation was very simple. When Akado carried out the mission for the first time, he turned into a child and completed the mission in an almost devastating way.

At that time, he knew that there was a huge gap between him and him.

As for why he turned into a little girl?
He guessed that this was to humiliate and mock himself, to tell himself in this way that his strength was as ridiculous as a child in front of him.

After that, he was holding his breath in his heart, thinking that one day, he would surpass him, kill him, and do what a knight should do.

Akado frowned as he chewed the food. Although the food was rich in blood, it still tasted as bad as if he was chewing a piece of dry old bacon.

"No spirituality at all, no wonder it tastes so disgusting, ugh!"

The hellhound behind him spat out a pool of broken limbs and flesh, but then he laughed again:
“A guy who used his soul as a bargaining chip to exchange for power, but when the transaction was about to be completed, he ran out of bargaining chips... I have to say, this guy is very lucky, hahahaha..."

On the other side, Zhang Zhiwei carried the boy back to the church school, put the boy back to bed, and then returned to Tiantong Church. He told Wang Ai what had just happened.

Wang Ai was shocked when he heard this. There were evil people from the West invading and committing evil in the church school, and the immortals he arranged for security in the school didn't even notice it! !
He immediately called a meeting with several elder immortals and asked them to discipline their subordinates, strengthen security, and prevent such incidents from happening again.

He then contacted the school administrators and asked them to bring the student to church the next day.

This student had a suitable physique and was strengthened by a strange power, so he was accepted into the church and became a formal member.

The church has expanded greatly now, but there are few available talents inside. Most of the members in the hall are immortals. It's okay to expect them to treat illnesses, fight, etc., but it's not possible to expect them to manage.

After he became the head of the Chuantang, he had already recruited many of the Wang family's children to join the hall to help, but he was still short of manpower. The purpose of setting up a church school, in addition to charity, was also to select talents. If someone had the qualifications to become an extraordinary person, he would arrange for that person to be trained intensively.

Almost all the babies who were persecuted by the Medicine Fairy Society and sent from Changjun before were arranged by Wang Ai into this key list.

Because of this encounter, the boy was included in Wang Ai's key training list and will be taught magic in the future.

Wang Ai reported all this to Zhang Zhiwei, but Zhang Zhiwei did not interfere and did not offer any advice. He just let Wang Ai make his own arrangements.

Afterwards, Wang Ai told Zhang Zhiwei about today's battle situation.

With the full efforts of the church, the riots have all stopped, but since it involves gang fights, there will inevitably be casualties, especially for the people from Yongxin Company, who lost some of their brothers, but it was not a serious loss, and he also gave them enough money to resettle.

He also took note of those gangsters who were causing trouble, and would eliminate them one by one afterwards, as if he was doing justice for the people.

However, matters in the underworld are easy to handle, but matters in the white world are difficult to deal with, especially those in the Municipal Council.

This time the Municipal Council sent people to demolish the church resettlement area but failed and suffered heavy losses. Although they sent some prisoners back afterwards, given the character of those foreigners, they would never let this go and there would probably be a lot of trouble in the future.

In this regard, Wang Ai thought of many countermeasures, but none of them could guarantee success, after all, it involved the power of the Shasun family overseas.

He even thought that if it was really difficult to handle, then he would stop accompanying him and just move directly, connecting the Tiantong Church and a series of industries, and moving them from the Magic City to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas.

The Municipal Council has no power to intervene there, and it is within the sphere of influence of the four families, so there is no need to be afraid even if the Shasun family comes knocking on the door.

Moreover, the economic development there is also good. If we put the church there, the development speed will not be as fast as in Shanghai, but it will be much smoother.

After hearing this, Zhang Zhiwei rejected Wang Ai's proposal. The areas around Jiangsu and Zhejiang are not like the Magic City where various forces are complicated and could accommodate anyone. The forces of the aliens there are relatively fixed. The size of the Tiantong Church is already very large. If they parachuted in there, they would definitely target them.

The four families are very powerful there, but when the Tiantong Church goes there, isn't it also encroaching on the four families' territory?
Although he has a good relationship with the four families, relationships are relationships and interests are interests. Mixing the two sides together will only cause trouble.

After denying this matter, Zhang Zhiwei told Wang Ai that on his previous trip out, he not only dealt with the Western alien who came to make trouble in the school, but also dealt with the people from the Municipal Council. If nothing unexpected happens, the Municipal Council will not cause trouble again.

Of course, if the Municipal Council didn't have the foresight and continued to cause trouble, he would go over and talk to them in person.

When Wang Ai heard that Zhang Zhiwei had handled the most difficult issue of the Municipal Council, he was immediately surprised and delighted. He had tried to get the matter done by paying money or using connections, but Senior Brother Zhang had solved it with just one move.

As expected, money, connections, face and the like are not as effective as magic powers!
"Now that the Municipal Council has been resolved, the rest will be easy to handle. I will go to Fengming Building to discuss it with the eldest sister and feel out the opinions of all parties."

Wang Ai left in a hurry.

Zhang Zhiwei went to the Tiantong Church again.

Before, he tried to integrate the incarnation of lightning into his own statue and touch the power of faith inside.

Then it sensed the situation of the believers and descended to the believers through the transmission channel of the power of faith.

This case gave him an idea that perhaps he could create an incarnation to reside permanently in the statue.

In this way, even if something happens and the original body does not notice it or is too late to arrive in time, the incarnation can still arrive in time.

After all, we have received so much support and faith from the believers, so we should give something back if we have the ability.

Zhang Zhiwei came to his own church. The main church of Tiantong Church was Western-style, with a spacious courtyard, lobby, hall and prayer hall at the back. A large wheel-shaped candle chandelier hung on the dome.

But the various arrangements inside are Chinese style. There is even a platform with railings on the edge, and various Taoist or auspicious patterns are carved on the railings.

The surrounding walls are also painted with exquisite Taoist mythology stories, images of gods and immortals, floral and bird patterns, and other colorful paintings.

In short, this can be regarded as a combination of Chinese and Western cultures, which gave Zhang Zhiwei a feeling of wanting to complain but not knowing where to start.

He could only comment: "It's both local and foreign, but it's good!"

Zhang Zhiwei walked in front of his own statue. His statue was not enlarged, but a one-to-one restoration, except that the platform under the statue was a little high, nearly five meters.

Incense burners, candlesticks and other sacrificial items are placed in front of the altar for believers to burn incense, worship, and offer fruits, flowers and other items.

Because the statue is placed high, you need to look up at it whenever you stand in this church.

Even if Zhang Zhiwei himself stood here and looked over, he would look like a pilgrim.

"It's quite intimidating!"

Zhang Zhiwei smacked his lips. To be honest, the statue that Wang Ai had carved really had some of his spirit. Judging from the appearance alone, he could not find any fault with it.

Zhang Zhiwei stepped onto the altar and looked face to face with the statue. His eyes opened and closed slightly. His eyes, which were originally lifeless like dead fish eyes, became brighter and brighter. Two lightning bolts flew out of them and merged into the eyes of the statue.

In an instant, as if the finishing touch was a finishing touch to a painting, the statue suddenly came to life, and its stone eyes seemed to blink, revealing a silver light.

But Zhang Zhiwei, who was standing opposite the statue, frowned. “Although it looks successful, the incarnation that resides in the statue is also controlled by my thoughts.”

"If I continue to do two things at the same time, with my high level of cultivation, it may not have any impact in the short term, but over time, there will inevitably be disadvantages."

"Besides, the Tiantong Church will not have only one temple in the future. If I send an avatar to guard each temple, even I won't be able to bear it."

Zhang Zhiwei thought it was unreliable and wanted to give up immediately, but then he thought, could he find a way to solve it? !
Immediately, he sat cross-legged on the altar and began to enter a state of meditation, allowing his body and mind to reach the most peaceful state.

The quieter the environment, the more conducive it is to thinking and contemplation.

Of course, before that, he needs to check if there are any gaps in his life and examine himself three times a day. This is like a room, which needs to be cleaned every day to keep it tidy.

After adjusting his own state to the best condition, Zhang Zhiwei began to study the ability of lightning incarnation in detail.

The lightning incarnation is an ability born from faith and comes from the imagination of the people. It is difficult to make any sense of it, so Zhang Zhiwei has never delved into it, but existence is reasonable.

The reason why it was born must have some rules of its own. Zhang Zhiwei began to analyze it in detail.

(End of this chapter)