Chapter 355 New Sanctuary

Seeing Pastor Wright standing at the door, Gawain's first reaction was a little surprised—this pastor rarely comes to see him.

Gawain usually pays a little attention to Wright's activities. After all, this is the only missionary in the territory. It can be regarded as an extension of the Church of the Holy Light in Cecil Territory. His connection with the Church of the Holy Light is worthy of Gawain's attention, but after a period of observation, he found that Mr. Wright is really a person who strictly abides by the precepts of classical priests - almost all of his daily life The activities are all around the church, pray in the morning, bless the holy water, entertain the believers who go to the church to pray, distribute cookies (although it seems that they are rarely sent out), and go to the city to preach in the afternoon. The basic way of preaching is to help. Every family works, and while working, he preaches the benefits of being close to the Holy Light, such as no soreness in the waist, no pain in the legs, etc... He has developed a group of believers in these months...

In addition, the pastor has no extra activities at all. One of the only times he went out of the city was when he heard that someone was injured on the construction site, so he ran to help, and the other times he heard about the workers. The cafeteria wanted to improve the food for everyone, so he went to the west forest and beat a dozen bears back. In those days, there was a wild legend in the logging farm town, saying that giants appeared in the forest and drove the bears all over the mountains and fields all day long. run……

Recalling the pastor's deeds, the corner of Gawain's mouth couldn't help but tremble, but because he just played satellite VR too much and was still in a state of wanting to vomit at any time, his expression soon became very tense. Serious (mainly because he vomited without straining), looked at Wright and asked lightly, "Mr. Wright, do you have something to call me?"

Wright didn't know why Gawain's expression was so serious. He just thought of the refugees who were taken in not long ago, and the news that the Church of Holy Light was crowding out Ability God believers in the central region that should have passed to the Lord's ears. , so he associated these two things with his own identity, and took the initiative to say: "Lord Lord, I am not here to ask you to expel those innocents."

Gawain had no idea where this sentence came from: "Huh?"

Wright looked serious: "Your expression is so serious, aren't you thinking about the persecution of those Ability God believers?"

Gao Wenxin said that his serious face was because he wanted to vomit after playing too much VR, and it had something to do with the persecution of Ability God believers - but then he reacted, pulling the corners of his mouth to barely "show" a smile, and quite a bit. Looking at Wright curiously: "You mean those blood gods and shadow believers who fled here from the Holy Spirit Plain... You just mentioned 'persecution', it seems that you disagree with the actions of your church compatriots in the Holy Spirit Plain. ?"

"I...I still can't believe that they have become so paranoid," Wright's face "showed" a sad expression, and the casserole-sized fist slowly clenched, "I listened to the experiences described by those exiles, Holy Light The intuition it brings tells me that those people are honest, but ... I'm still skeptical."

"I have heard,

The improvement of divine arts has made it easier for the new generation of clerics to grasp the power of the Holy Light, so the old method of rigidly abiding by the classical virtues of "conduct" in exchange for the affinity of the Holy Light has gradually become obsolete, and the Holy Light has changed from a belief to a belief. It's become a craft - so I'm not surprised at the speed at which the clergy in the most prosperous, and most prone to corruption, central region are falling," Gawain leaned back on the back of his chair, looking deeply. Wright said, "Of course, I also understand your shaking and doubts, after all, you accept the same Holy Light doctrine as them, but you are completely different from them. "

Wright seemed to hesitate for a moment, but under Gawain's gaze, he still stated his purpose: "Sir, I hope to go back and see for myself."

"I guessed it," Gawain said lightly, "Then who is your church going to take care of?"

"I'm here to tell you about this," Light nodded, "I promised the exiles that they could go to the church for help at any time, but now I can't help but want to go back to the Plains of the Holy Spirit, so I I hope you can send someone to run the church temporarily - no ceremonies required, just keep the church open and have someone clean it, so there is room for the congregation to pray if they want. And I left enough talismans in the church And holy water, I'll be back before these things run out."

Then, the pastor saluted Gawain solemnly: "I hope you will agree to these presumptuous requests of mine."

Looking at Wright with a serious face, Gawain couldn't help but nodded with a slight smile: "The operation of the church is also a part of the affairs of the territory, and your willingness to hand over the church to the people in the Administration Office is also a manifestation of your adapting to Cecil's law. I agree, you can leave with confidence."

Wright bowed his head deeply: "Thank you for your understanding."

Looking at the only priest in the city, who was also a priest with a style that appealed to him, Gawain couldn't help but ask, "When are you going to leave? Do you need an escort or any other help?"

"Thank you for your generosity, I've set off in the last two days, but I don't need help," Wright shook his head, "How did I get here, how can I go back, and some members of the church helped me collect the travel expenses, and I could also take a caravan car to go."

Gawain casually took out a blank document from a stack of papers at hand, wrote something on it, and then said while imprinting Duke Cecil's mark: "Go to the business district to find the affairs officer there, The day after tomorrow, a caravan will set off for the Plains of the Holy Spirit and can take you for a ride. This is your travel document."

After taking the paperwork, Wright saluted again to express his thanks, and was about to leave, but before he left, Gawain suddenly stopped him again.

"General Cecil accepts those believers of various sects who have been persecuted and can be proved innocent," Gawain looked into Wright's eyes, "as long as they are willing to abide by the rules of Cecil about faith and obey the rules of this land. , people who have been exiled can also be sheltered here. Can you accept this?"

Wright hardly hesitated: "As it should be - the protection of the innocent is also one of the teachings of the Holy Light."

But then the pastor showed a worried look: "But my lord...you must know that once you accept those exiles openly and on a large scale, it will greatly stimulate the Holy Spirit. Church of Light. Although you have now accepted a small group of exiles, you can still use the term of exiles to cover up the past, but accepting exiles on a large scale is a completely different concept."

"Of course I know," Gawain said with his face as usual (vr sequelae gradually improved), "but I don't think Cecil needs permission from others to accept refugees. And I don't believe those priests who expelled refugees would This matter came here from the Holy Spirit Plain, unless those refugees were really the so-called 'Blessed Ones of the Evil God'—the reason why those refugees were exiled, I think the priests who collected the redemption money knew very well. "

"Since you have a plan, I won't say more." Wright looked at Gawain's face and swallowed all the words of dissuasion. He gave a deep salute in the form of a Holy Light Cultist, turned and left study.

After Wright left, Amber's figure gradually emerged from near the window, and the half-elf lady said in a high tone, "Although she believes in the Holy Light... But this Wright is quite interesting."

Gawain sensed Amber coming in just now, so he wasn't surprised at all, just tilted his head and glanced at the half-elf: "Is the thing put away?"

"It's put away, and the door to the treasury is also sealed according to the containment rules," Amber waved his hand. "By the way, what do you think of the recent changes in the Church of the Holy Light?"

"On the surface, it seems that he was stimulated by the activities of the cultists, so he made a fierce 'purification' action, but in fact I think this is just a well-founded and premeditated expansion and embezzlement," Gawain said. He snorted softly, "Since the Holy Covenant was signed, the various sects have maintained peace for seven hundred years, but not everyone hopes to be so peaceful all the time - and for a sect composed of mortals, eternal peace itself It is also unlikely. Each church needs to develop, expand its influence, and earn glory for its own gods, but there are so many potential believers and lands available for preaching in total, and contradictions are inevitable. I believe that each denomination is in In private, they all have a heart to become the world's only one, but the sacred covenant is always pressing on their heads, making them unable to move, but if there is a chance--"

"So the Holy Light Cult couldn't help it, right?" Amber pouted, "It's really a simple and easy-to-understand process. But to be honest, you're really not afraid to stimulate those priests with problems in their minds? They are super difficult to deal with. Yes!"

Gawain smiled slightly, stood up from behind the desk, and slowly walked to the map of the Southern Territory hanging on the wall of the study.

"Exciting is exciting. This is the southern border. The Cecil family is in decline, but before it fell, it also operated on this land for six hundred years. The order I left back then was that the church could not surpass the kingship, although the descendants did not. They lost their family, but at least they did a good job in implementing this order, this southern border is not the world of their Holy Light Church - nor is it the world of any church!"

Amber blinked, staring at Gawain for a few seconds before muttering: "It turns out that in addition to the nonsense after drinking with the king, you also left a reliable ancestor's teaching... But what did you do back then? Thinking of leaving such an order? At that time, you thought that the development of the church would threaten the local government?"

"I... I didn't have such an unpredictable prophet back then," Gawain smiled indifferently, but in his mind he couldn't help but see the leaders of several major sects wearing space suits who set out to find the kingdom of God, which he had seen in the dream lantern. The scene, and the subsequent degeneration of the Druids of the Holy Spirit School, the Church of Dreams, and the Church of the Storm into the three major dark sects, and finally what appeared in his mind was Selena Geerfen, who had become the leader of the cult, and he sighed softly. Tone, "If you have seen too much turmoil after the sudden fall of the three dark sects seven hundred years ago, you will understand why the kings and lords of our generation would arm the uncontrolled church. So vigilant... It's a pity, today, seven hundred years later, the kingship has not grown much, and the power of each sect is stronger day by day - even the cult is stronger day by day."

Amber stood silently beside Gawain for a while, and then sighed, "Hey..."

"Why do you sigh?"

"I don't know - I see you sigh and sigh too."

"..."

Shortly after this, as the businessmen of the Cecil Chamber of Commerce were walking around and the secret activities of the officers of the Military Intelligence Agency, a new news spread quietly.

It spread first in the South, then all the way north, by word of mouth among those displaced by atonement, heresy trials, and conversions:

Cecil Land is the "New Sanctuary"...Sword of Dawn