The mastermind behind this started by creating a strange story

The boy smelled a familiar scent.

………………

Wayne, who hasn't been out fighting crime for a long time, has been focusing on his studies recently.

Even superheroes have to go to class. Even after Spider-Man mutated, he still listened to the lectures seriously. He only took advantage of his breaks to make money using his selfies.

Wayne has no way of learning Spider-Man's way of making money. After all, he is not famous, and no one would want his selfies even if he gave them away.

And if you focus too much on fighting crime, your own life will become a mess.

Don’t be fooled by some people who put on combat uniforms and fight crime in a cool manner. After taking off the combat uniforms, they still have to worry about the rent, and may even quarrel with their girlfriends, making their daily lives a mess.

Although Wayne also dreams of becoming a real superhero, he believes that his daily life is more important. If he can't even live a comfortable daily life, how can he have the energy to fight crime.

Therefore, ever since he was injured in his last fight with mutants, Wayne has stopped his heroic activities and focused on his daily life.

He studies in class, runs to exercise, and occasionally applauds for love with his girlfriend. Since his mutation, he found that he is becoming more and more courageous. He goes in and out very simply, and often defeats his girlfriend.

After tasting the beauty of daily life, Wayne put his dream of being a superhero behind him and just lay down comfortably.

Lying flat on his back, he thought he would have no more contact with the mutants he had met before. Of course, he thought so until a minute ago.

"That person just now..."

Wayne looked at the figure gradually disappearing in the distance with uncertainty. The smell he smelled just now was very similar to the smell of the mutant who had injured him before.

Because the memory was too old, he couldn't be completely sure and could only have certain doubts.

"How about going to take a look?"

Wayne listened to the climaxes of music in his headphones and muttered to himself that he didn't have anything urgent to do right now, so he could just go and take a look.

but……

When he thought about his wonderful daily life, he might lose it if he followed suit. He didn't have a dead uncle to influence his life, and he didn't have that kind of sense of responsibility engraved in his heart.

"Forget it, forget it, I'm just taking a look, it won't have much impact."

Looking at the figure that was about to disappear from his sight, Wayne quickly convinced himself that it was okay to just watch and see. No matter what the other party did, as long as he didn't get involved, it would be fine.

I'm just watching, how could anything go wrong?

If something really went wrong, he would eat the street lamp in front of him on the spot!

Wayne did what he said and changed direction, jogging again. He was going to slow down before catching up, otherwise he would hardly be able to see the figure clearly.

And Yile, who was walking in front, naturally didn't know that there was a little tail following him.

He had long forgotten what happened a few months ago. He was too young at the time and had not yet been beaten by society, so he was naturally a little crazy.

Now, he has become a member of the Congxin Sect.

Only by following your heart can you avoid risks.

Chapter 236 Worship

Bucharest, headquarters of the Orthodox Church.

On the street outside, Yile sat in a roadside cafe and ordered himself a cup of pure bitter coffee.

Although my sense of taste has completely degraded after becoming a vampire, I can still drink this beverage. Although the taste of the coffee is a bit weird, it is surprisingly good.

It's like brewing Isatis root with hot chocolate milk and then pouring in some coffee powder to make a mixed drink.

After the bitter coffee was served, Iler took two sips to warm himself up, then took out a book from his clothes and pretended to read.

In fact, his attention has always been on the Orthodox Church, watching the people coming and going, hoping to get some intelligence from them.

Of course, if appropriate, he would also go to those who attended the church and use some tricks to get news about the church from them.

In the same cafe, sitting diagonally opposite Iler's seat, Wayne was wearing a hat and headphones, pretending to be listening to music.

In fact, there was no music in the headphones. He turned down the volume and was concentrating on staring at the suspect who was reading a book with his peripheral vision.

He walked all this way just to drink coffee and read a book?

After a long time, Wayne thought silently in his heart that when he first saw Iler suddenly enter the coffee shop, he hurriedly followed him. In order not to alert the enemy, he ordered a cup of coffee and pretended to be a customer.

Then it was just boring observation. He observed for such a long time, as if the other party really just came to the cafe to drink coffee and read books. He even saw that the other party had three or four refills of coffee.

As for why he knew it so clearly, it was because he had already had three or four refills of coffee. Now his mouth was full of the taste of coffee, which was sweet and sticky.

Since he had nothing to do today and there happened to be no classes at school, he could spend the whole day with the other person.

With this thought in mind, Wayne continued to stay in his seat, staring at the motionless Iler.

So, the two of them remained in a stalemate. Of course, Iler had not yet realized that someone was staring at him, and Wayne naturally did not know the real purpose of his observation.

………………

People outside the church had different thoughts, and people inside the church were naturally not idle either.

Arthur continued to focus on church affairs as usual. Although he became a warrior of the Lord, he was also a monk and deacon of the Orthodox Church.

Since he is a monk and an acolyte, he naturally has his own work tasks, such as assisting the bishop or priest in holding worship services and performing the sacraments.

Moreover, he seemed to be a natural feather user. As soon as he obtained the Seraph's Feather, he was able to master its ability.

This ability did not even require practice, as if it was deeply rooted in his blood. He was born to be a warrior of the Lord.

And Arthur was not an orphan. Before he joined the church, he was the second son of a merchant family. Because his elder brother had been trained as the heir, as the second son, he did not need to learn any business skills.

Therefore, when Arthur went to church with his family one day, he had the idea of ​​joining the church, and then he couldn't stop.

Judging from the results, he succeeded and also had an incredible adventure.

The church has already sent people to contact Arthur's family, but the results of the investigation are not yet out.

However, Melina, who was a warrior of the Lord like Arthur, was not so lucky. Apart from the changes that occurred when she first came into contact with the feather bracelet, the feather bracelet had not shown its magical powers until now.

It seemed like it was just an ordinary feather bracelet.

This phenomenon also made Melina more and more anxious. The longer the time dragged on, the more panicked she became. After all, he was a warrior of the Lord who was highly expected.

As a qualified recipient of the Angel Feather, Melina now has great power. She can temporarily put aside the work within the church and concentrate on developing her own abilities.

Of course, Arthur could have chosen not to work, after all, he had the right to do so, but he did not do so. According to him, his beliefs did not allow him to use this excuse to be lazy.

As a monk of the church, you should be strict with yourself!

Although Melina also wanted to be like Arthur, she had more important things to do now, which was to communicate with the feather bracelet.

Church interior, lounge.

"Melina, you're not going again today?"

Before leaving, Tina suddenly asked Melina who was sitting next to her, they also needed work in the church.

"Yes, apologize to Bishop Yulia for me. I may have to take another day off today." Melina smiled slightly, "She will understand."

"Okay, that's great. I want to be lazy too." Tina said sullenly, "Why can you rest all the time without getting criticized?"

"Tina, I'm not being lazy, I really have more important things to do."

"I know, I know, you have more important things to do, so I won't disturb you. I hope I don't see you sleeping soundly in bed when I come back this afternoon."

After Tina finished speaking, she opened the door and walked out. When Melina saw her friend like this, she knew that she definitely didn't believe her and thought she was being lazy.

"Oh, I'm really not being lazy."

Although no one would hear it, Melina still whispered in her defense, God, she really wasn't being lazy at that time.

Since she couldn't activate the power of the angel bracelet no matter what she did, she suddenly wondered if she needed to communicate through dreams. Maybe she could even see an angel appear in her dream.

She did it as soon as she thought of it. She put the angel bracelet directly under her pillow and fell asleep with the pillow.

If Tina hadn't seen her and woke her up, she might have slept until the next day because she felt so comfortable.

That could be said to be the most comfortable sleep she had ever had. She didn't dream and fell into a deep sleep the moment she lay down.

After this incident, she discovered another ability of the feather bracelet, the ability to help you sleep. As long as she put it under her pillow, she would never suffer from insomnia.

But... this ability cannot be used by other people at all!

The prerequisite for helping sleep is that the bracelet is placed under the pillow. Therefore, it can be said that no one else can use it except her. After all, a feather bracelet is a sacred object that cannot be taken away from the body.

Actually, there is another way, that is, someone falls asleep with her arm as a pillow, but...

"How is this possible?" Melina shook her head, shaking out all the thoughts in her mind. He was a follower of the Lord and had devoted his whole body and soul to the Lord. It was impossible for him to use his arm as a pillow for others.

Even for the Patriarch, it is impossible unless the Lord comes to the world in person. But if the Lord really wants her arm pillow, then...how is it possible? Such a thing will never happen, and even thinking about it is blasphemy.

"Forget it, let's try other methods."

After thinking for a while, Melina decided to go and ask the Lord, that is, in front of the statue of the Holy Spirit.

The statue of the Holy Spirit is located in the church at the center of the church, where believers pray and worship.

Come to think of it, ever since she was chosen, she seemed to have never gone to the Lord to thank Him. She has been busy running around, hoping to bring out the power of the feather bracelet.

The Lord is merciful and does not care about these things, but she does care and decides to confess her sins first and then tell the Lord about her doubts.

Thinking of this, Melina put on the feather bracelet, picked up a small cross, and walked towards the church.

Chapter 237 Sacred Artifact

There is more than one statue of the Holy Spirit. As the headquarters of the Orthodox Church, how could there be only one prayer hall?

Their church has several places for worship and prayer, and each hall is extremely grand and majestic but not extravagant.

The Holy Spirit statue Melina was going to was not the giant statue outside for all believers to pray to, but the small statue inside their church.

It is said that their patriarch received divine revelation under that statue and received two feathers.

After walking for a while, Melina arrived inside this magnificent hall.

At this moment, there was no one inside the hall. Usually at this time, everyone in the church had their own things to do and it was not possible for them to confess and pray before the Lord all the time.

And normally, the archbishop would organize them to worship here according to specific rituals.

If her power had not been greatly enhanced, she might not be able to enter here now. There are only a handful of people who can enter and leave this hall at will.

"My loving Heavenly Father, my holy and righteous Lord..."

Melina came to the statue of the Holy Spirit, first took off her shoes devoutly, knelt on her knees in front of the statue, lowered her head, closed her eyes, and clasped her hands in silent prayer.

The small cross was held in the palms of her clasped hands.

【John 4:23-24】：The time is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father seeks such to be His worshippers. God is a Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.

The meaning here is that worshipping God should be done with the spirit and in sincerity, without being bound by specific rituals. Therefore, when worshipping, one only needs to be grateful and listen attentively.

The most important thing about prayer is to calm your mind and not be impetuous. There is no limit to the posture. You can pray while lying down, sitting, running, or even driving (if you can calm your mind). You don't need to be restricted by the situation.

But Melina would not do that. She was a loyal believer in the Lord and would naturally follow etiquette.

As the prayers echoed inside the magnificent church, the feather bracelet suddenly emitted a soft platinum light without Melina knowing it.

The light was not bright and was as soft as water. It couldn't even attract Melina's attention because she was praying with her eyes closed at the moment.

Platinum light emerged from the bracelet, spread over Melina's clasped hands, and then penetrated into her palms through the gap between her clasped hands.

And in the palm of his hand is a small cross.

In ancient times, the cross was a cruel instrument of torture for executing criminals. It was popular in ancient Rome, the Persian Empire, Carthage and other places, and was usually used to execute rebels and slaves.

Later, the cross evolved into a symbol of Christian faith, symbolizing Jesus' suffering and death on the cross, redeeming sinners, and representing love and redemption.

In history, there have been many shapes of crosses. The Latin cross is a vertical cross, which is the cross shape commonly used by Roman Catholics. The Greek cross is a regular cross, which is used by the Orthodox Church today, and this regular cross has three horizontal bars.

Orthodox Christians can hang a small cross on their chest to show their identity as believers, and the small cross in Melina's hand is the one she once wore.

As the sound of prayer gradually slowed down, Melina's prayer was about to end. At the same time, the platinum light began to return to the feather bracelet.

"Thank you and praise the Lord! May all the glory and praise be to you! I pray in the holy name of the Lord Jesus, Amen."

After the prayer, Melina slowly opened her eyes. She had devoted her whole heart to the prayer and seemed to have entered the state faster than ever before.

Melina took a deep breath and returned from immersive prayer. She was about to stand up, but suddenly she noticed a faint white light emanating from her clasped palms.

"This is!"

As the palms were opened, the old cross, which should have been a little worn, now revealed a sense of holiness.