Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

On the bell tower of the Church of the Waves in Bayam, the 'City of Generosity' in Rhoside Islands.

Alger looked at the distant port, and the fleet belonging to the Church of Storms set sail with the sound of sirens, carrying the believers of the Church of Storms into the distance.

At the same time, a large number of rebels entered the city and took over facilities that originally belonged to the colonial government.

People rushed to tell each other, lined up in the streets of Bayam to welcome him, decorated with lights and colorful lights, and their faces were filled with joyful smiles.

Most of these people are local aborigines. Compared with the Loen people who colonized and enslaved them, the rebels who are also aboriginals are undoubtedly more popular.

For them, the presence of the rebels does not mean disaster, but a symbol of liberation.

Just as Alger had this thought, the sounds of 'ta', 'ta', 'ta' footsteps suddenly sounded in his ears.

Alger turned around, and there was a strong man standing behind him.

He has soft yellow hair and wears a robe embroidered with lightning patterns. His name is Sainz, and he is Alger's former partner.But then one chose to be the captain of the ghost ship and continued to float on the sea, and the other returned to the priesthood system.

Now, one of them has become the cardinal of the Rhoside Islands, and the other has been sent to Bayam to serve as the bishop.

Alger knew that Sainz's stay here had other special meanings, but he didn't care.Because the moment Yan Kottman asked him to stay as a cardinal, Alger already understood everything.

Argel slowly opened the mouth and said:

"Don't hinder the Church of Fools from taking over the church, and try not to conflict with them."

"Understood." Sainz said solemnly.

Although it is not clear why the Church of the Storm withdrew from the Rorsted Islands and gave it to an unknown Church of Fools, Sainz knew that there must be a secret transaction that he did not know about. He didn't need to know the reason, he just needed to fulfill the mission .

"Storm believers who don't want to leave will come to pray routinely, and the Church of Fools will not hinder it. But to stop preaching to the locals, all missionary behavior must be stopped, unless believers come to pray actively, otherwise do not do anything redundant matter."

"Besides, let the clergy of Church of Storms avoid going out as much as possible."

Sainz frowned, puzzled and said:
"Is it necessary to do this? The Church of Fools doesn't seem like the aggressive type."

Alger said in a deep voice:

"I'm not worried about them, but the natives!"

Sainz suddenly felt shocked.

During the decades when the Rorsted Islands were colonized by Loen, the Church of the Storm has been trying to develop the local natives into believers.But unfortunately, due to the existence of the 'God of the Sea' Kavitua, the efficiency of missionary work has not been high.

Although some natives converted to the Church of Storms, they were only a minority after all.

Most people are still hostile to the Loen Kingdom that colonized them, and are full of hatred for the Church of Storms who forced them to change their faith.In the past, they were suppressed by absolute strength, and these natives did not dare to openly resist the Church of Storms.

But now, most of the Church of Storms' forces have evacuated Bayam, and the Church of Fools and the Resistance Army have taken over the city.This is likely to release the pent-up hatred of the local indigenous people, and some extremists among them will try to wildly attack the believers and clergy of the Church of Storms.

Sainz took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"I'll give orders."

Sainz was actually a little unhappy in his heart. When had the Church of Storms ever suffered such grievances?
But after all, it was Cardinal Alger's order, and what he said was indeed reasonable, and it was for the benefit of the clergy, so it was hard for Sainz to say anything.

Alger nodded slightly, then handed a book to Sainz.

Sainz glanced at the cover:
The Holy Word of the Fool.

Sainz's pupils shrunk, this is the Holy Book of the Church of Fools, why is it in the hands of Alger?

Alger saw the suspicion in Sainz's eyes, and said:

"Call all the clergy and let them recompile the "Book of Storms" based on the holy scriptures of the Church of the Fools."

Sainz's expression changed drastically, and he said sharply:
"Are you crazy?!"

It was Archbishop Cotman's decision to give the Rorsted Islands to the Church of Fools, and it was an instruction issued by the Pope himself.And this is actually no substantial loss to the Church of Storms.

During the war, it was difficult for the Church of the Storm to take into account the interests of the Rorsted Islands, not to mention their mission here has not been very smooth.The local aborigines are very repulsive to them, so giving up the Rorsted Islands now will do more good than harm to the Church of Storms.

Although they lost the foundation of the long-term foothold in the Rorsted Islands, they also gained the support of the Church of the Fools, an ally. At the same time, they could shrink their strength to better defend Pasu Island, and even counterattack the Feysacs.

But what Alger was going to do was completely different, he actually wanted to change the "Book of Storms"!
This is undoubtedly shaking the foundation of the Church of Storms and is an absolute act of apostasy!
For a moment, Sainz even had the idea of ​​​​desperately trying to die with Alger!

Facing the somewhat angry Sainz, Alger still said calmly:

"This is the order of the Pope."

As he spoke, he spread out his palms, showing the things in his palms.

It was a badge, a 'Sacred Storm Emblem' composed of symbols such as strong winds, waves, and thunder.

Sainz immediately calmed down, because he, who used to work at the headquarters, could clearly recognize that this holy emblem is different, and it contains the power belonging to Pope Gad II!
And this directly confirmed Alger's words—this was the order of the Pope.

The Pope is the spokesperson of the Lord of Storms in the world. In other words, this is an oracle issued by the Lord of Storms himself!

But why did the Lord of Storms issue such an oracle?Why let them do such a thing?And why did they choose the critical moment when Cotman and others left the Rorsted Islands and Alger took over the position of Cardinal?Could this be faked by Alger?

No, it's impossible.

Even if Alger is already a demigod, how can he forge the holy symbol of an angel?Even if other angels take action, the power they possess must be completely different from that of the Pope, and they will not feel familiar to him.

But if not, how to explain what is happening now?
Sainz was in a mess, and various thoughts appeared in his mind one after another.

Seeing that Sainz was silent, Alger sighed insignificantly.

Although he had done something disloyal to the church under the coercion of Qilingos, although he joined the Tarot Society, he was getting farther and farther away from the 'Abyss of Storms', and believed in Mister Fool, seeking a stronger Even though he has repeatedly betrayed the church's information and has been passive in certain matters, he still feels that he can still be regarded as a follower of the 'Lord of Storms'.

It was precisely because of this that the suspicion of this former friend in front of him really made him a little sad.

In the end, Sainz's faith still allowed him to forcefully suppress his uneasy thoughts. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"I'll tell them."

Alger was about to speak, when suddenly his heart moved, and he turned his gaze to the northwest sky.

As far as he could see, the sky darkened suddenly, layers of dark clouds piled up, and countless silver and white electric snakes jumped out.

Many dark blue waves surged high, were swept by the wind, and rushed towards the clouds, connecting the sky and the sea.

Where the sea and the sky meet, rays of light light up. They are not brilliant, not clear, and without any color, as if they are composed of a large number of illusory things.
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"Praise Mister Fool!"

All over Bayam, the residents of Silver City and Moon City who were taking over the city together with the rebels stopped at the same time.

They looked at the change in the sky, muttered to themselves at the same time, and pressed their right palms on their left chests.

The fellow rebels hesitated a little, but they were quickly infected, and there were voices of praise one after another in the team.

Eventually, such an 'infection' spread throughout the city.

Almost all the residents are actively or passively bowing their heads and chanting:

"Praising Mr. Fool!"
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Above the gray fog, Klein the Fool saw everything that happened in Bayam.He heard countless unreal voices rising from the air, and they mixed with real praise, surrounding him and holding him.

"The effect is better than expected." Klein murmured in a low voice.

I thought it would be difficult to develop all the residents of Bayam into their own believers, and it would take a long time to adapt.But it turns out that this is not as difficult as imagined.

On the one hand, it has the foundation of the 'Sea God' Kavitua, and on the other hand, it also has the assistance of 'expulsing' the Church of Storms, performing miracles to protect the Rorsted Islands, and distributing relief food. Under the leadership of the residents of Silver City and Moon City, in The entire Bayam aroused a huge resonance, directly making the vast majority of the residents of this city become his believers!

Although more than 90.00% of them are shallow believers, they belong to the type that although you believe in you today, the door may turn to other existences tomorrow because of the large amount of relief food given by other churches.

But no matter how shallow a believer is, he is still a believer!
At least in terms of numbers, the Church of Fools already has millions of believers!

Although there is still a slight gap compared to the seven righteous gods, compared to the real creator, the original witch, the bound god and other evil gods who can only secretly develop believers, he has already won.

However, this is also thanks to the cooperation of the Storm Lord.

If it wasn't for him to voluntarily give up the interests of Rorsted Islands and reach an agreement with the Church of Fools.It is impossible for the Church of Fools to settle in Bayam so easily, let alone have millions of believers in such a short period of time.

Moreover, He took the initiative to ask Alger to compile "Lord of Storms", which actually made His position clear.

He does not intend to be an enemy of 'The Fool', nor does he intend to be an enemy of 'First Fire'.

There's actually something wrong with this.

Because the Lord of Storms didn't know their plans, or rather they didn't know all of their plans.Even if the Evernight Goddess had a better relationship with the Storm Lord, she would not reveal these secrets to him.

But the Lord of the Storm still made a change, choosing to release his goodwill to the fools, and asked Alger, who is already a famous boy, to preside over the recompilation of "Book of Storms", but he did not specify the specific direction. Leave it to the 'Fool' to determine its contents.

Of course, the Storm Lord is not defenseless.

He withdrew all members of the Church of Storms from Bayam in advance, leaving only some clergy from the Church of Waves, and these clerics were responsible for compiling.At the same time, the 'Fool' has also 'hidden' the entire Rhoside Islands, making it impossible for outsiders to enter, and those inside cannot leave without permission.

And since these people are under the control of the Church of the Fool, and the person in charge of the compilation work is still a young boy, what kind of content will be presented in the "Book of Storms" is entirely up to him, the "fool" .

But at the same time, because Bayam was 'hidden'.People outside will not know what happened inside, and will not know that Alger and the others are trying to rewrite the "Book of Storms".As long as no one knows, the impact of rewriting the Stormbook can be minimized.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the Lord of Storms repents in the future, he can also directly "humanely destroy" the Church of the Sea Waves, eliminating all traces.Even if someone discovers the clues afterwards, Alger can be blamed - he forged the Holy Emblem privately and deceived other clergy to desecrate the "Book of Storms", which has nothing to do with the Church of Storms.

Klein sighed in his heart:
"The Lord of Storms is indeed a smart man."

Everyone thinks that Beyonders of the 'sailor' path are manic and irritable, and they often don't know the difference between joking and ridicule. Once anger erupts, they don't even consider the overall situation, so few people like to deal with them.

And as the 'tyrant' at the apex of this approach, the image of the Lord of Storms has always been that of a violent Lord.For example, in various legends and stories, the Storm's initiative likes to use lightning to punish heretics and traitors.

But judging from the various information Klein possessed, this Storm Lord is obviously not as simple as it appears on the surface.

If he was really that irritable and impulsive, he wouldn't do so many things that didn't match his personality.

Whether it was the carefully planned betrayal of the ancient sun god in the third era, or the requirement for the Church of Storms to exercise restraint in the all-out war, and the act of kindness released to the fool in this incident, all of these all show that, in the midst of the storm, Under the wild appearance of the Lord, there is a delicate heart hidden.

Ember once had a face-to-face encounter with the ancient Sun God, and the Lord of Storms was only an 'Angel of the Wind' at the time. Although he had no direct contact with Ember, he must have discovered some clues in his observation of the ancient Sun God.

It wasn't enough to help him see the whole picture, but it was enough to keep him on his toes.That's why he thought more deeply than others, and made these seemingly unreasonable actions now.

This is a Wolf King-like existence, and the Extraordinaries of the Church of Storms are indeed very similar to the Space Wolves.

Such as 'The Hanged Man' Alger is a prime example.

He is clearly an Beyonder of the Sailor Path, but even Klein sometimes feels that he is more like a 'conspirator' of the Hunter Path.

Klein sighed, and turned his gaze to the embers beside him:

"He is so sensible, so it's not easy for us to attack him."

Ember said calmly:
"It's okay, it's all the same."

"That's true."

Klein smiled. The Storm Lord was very smart and had guessed something, but he was not smart enough.

His vision is still not wide enough, and he has not yet seen the essence of things.

After all, he doesn't know what a black soul is and what a first fire is.