Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

January 1351, 1, another Monday.

Emlyn White stepped out of his carriage, looked at the sun obscured by clouds and light fog, and put on a half-high silk hat.

On the way to the church door, he gently turned the ring on his left hand.The core of this ring is a copy of the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 3 'Summoning Master'. For Emlyn, who is preparing for promotion, he can obtain the extraordinary characteristics required for promotion by smashing this ring.

But he doesn't plan to do this, because this ring represents not only a powerful sealed object, but also proof that he is the one favored by the ancestor!

This is a magical item given by the ancestor himself. If he smashes the ring, doesn't it mean that his belief in the ancestor is not pious enough?So even if he cannot be promoted to Sequence 3 in this life, Emlyn still thinks that he will not smash this ring!
With this thought in mind, Emlyn walked into the Harvest Church and automatically and consciously took off the top hat on his head.

At this time, Kasimi, Ernes and other Backlund blood who were waiting for Bishop Utravsky to preach stood up one after another, looked at the ground in the aisle, and said quietly:

"Good morning, Your Excellency the Earl."

Emlyn's eyes swept over the vampires. He knew that the respect of these vampires was not from the heart, and was even somewhat reluctant. The reason was also very simple - people can always understand a stranger who has nothing to do with them. People are successful, but it is difficult for people around them to tolerate the same success.

Because strangers have nothing to do with them, they are just a joke after dinner.But friends are people closely related to them. A friend's promotion will make them feel a sense of gap, envy or even jealousy, and they will have questions like 'Why is it him and not me', 'He is just lucky, he could have done the same with me' Such dark thoughts.

This mentality is normal and most people are like this.

Of course, no matter what thoughts these vampires hold, it doesn't matter whether they are envious or jealous.

Because Emlyn doesn't care.

No matter what they think, they can't change the fact that Emlyn White is already a Sequence 4 demigod, a genuine blood count, and the favored one appointed by the ancestor!
No matter how hard it is for other vampires to accept it, they must bow their heads and shout "Your Majesty the Earl" when they see him.

Rather, Em actually wanted to see their expressions, the expressions of jealousy that forced him to respectfully call him 'Your Majesty the Earl'.

Emlyn White felt secretly happy, but on the surface he looked straight ahead and nodded invisibly:

"Has Mistral not come yet?"

"Earl Mistral has arranged a chapel at home." Ernes simply explained.

Emlyn didn't comment on this behavior, but walked forward and said casually:
"But when Mass is celebrated, you still have to come here."

He glanced left and right and said:

"Where is Bishop Utravsky?"

"The bishop is waiting for you at the back. The church's envoy has arrived." Ounes controlled the expression on his face, and answered Emlyn's question quite respectfully.

The messenger of the church... Emlyn turned the light red ring on his left hand and walked to the back of the church.
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Bayam, Church of the Waves.

Alger was wearing a bishop's robe embroidered with lightning and wave symbols, and a metal storm holy emblem. He stood on the top of the bell tower, looking at the city not far from Bayam.

There used to be a patch of primitive trees, but now that forest and the surrounding hills and hills have been razed one by one, and replaced by a city with a bold and rough style.In its center stood two tall towers side by side, a dome and a spire, both of which were a strange silver color, reflecting a slightly dazzling light under the sun.

Surrounding the twin towers, many concrete roads are paved. They either lead to buildings made of stone, or connect to wide squares and training grounds. Green trees have been planted beside the roads. , giving a feeling of prosperity.

There is the New Silver City, a city of miracles built by the followers of Mr. Fool - this is not an adjective, but a real city built by 'miracles'.

Every building and street there was obtained by the residents of Silver City praying to Mr. Fool.

It can be said that miracles are happening in the new 'Silver City' almost every moment, showing miracles belonging to the 'Fool'.

It is precisely because of these miracles that even ordinary people can see with the naked eye that the residents of Bayam instinctively begin to believe in the 'Fool'.

Because the natives of Blue Mountain Island have deeply realized that Mr. Fool is a true god comparable to beings such as the Lord of Storms, and this true god is extremely kind and generous - He will even provide miracles for himself. The believers gave them houses and food to protect them from hunger and cold!
For ordinary people, they don't know the meaning of faith to gods, let alone the differences between the powers held by gods.

They only know that the Fool is so kind and generous. Can other gods do it?
Since other gods can't do it, why should I not believe in 'The Fool' but the gods you call me?

This view is not only spread among the natives, but also quickly spreads among the residents of the Storm Lord.

As the cardinal of the Rhoside Islands, Alger is well aware of this - after all, the number of believers who come to the Wave Church to pray recently has been one-third less than usual.

And you must know that the Church of the Waves is the main church of the Rossed Diocese, and those who can come here to pray are the upper class of Bayam, most of whom are either rich or noble.If the number of these 'elite' believers is reduced by one-third, the loss of believers at the bottom will only be more serious.

If it were an ordinary cardinal, he might not be able to help but take measures at this time. Even if he could not directly attack the Church of the Fool, he would definitely find a way to curb this trend.

But Alger was obviously no ordinary person.

Although he reported the situation here to the headquarters, he never took any initiative.

After all, Alger's heart was devoted to the Church of Fools, and he was an old acquaintance with the Archbishop of the Church of Fools, Derrick, and was even half of Derrick's teacher.For example, most of the information Derrick knows about the mysterious world was basically given to him.

Under such circumstances, expecting Alger to deal with the Church of Fools is purely a daydream.

So despite the fact that Alger is still in the Church of Storms, this is only temporary.

The reason why he chose to stay was actually just to maximize profits and drain the value of the Church of Storms——

For example, as a cardinal in charge of a diocese, Alger can 'save' money for himself at will. In the previous war, the mineral deposits, plantations, spice estates and factories on the Rhoside Islands were all destroyed. If you sell it at a price lower than its own value, as long as you have the strength to buy it, you can make a lot of money after a while!
More importantly, the Church of Storms headquarters is also very interested in the extraordinary properties and potion formulas sold in Silver City and Moon City, and has provided a large amount of funds for purchase.As for the person who handled it, there is no doubt that it was Cardinal Alger Wilson of the Diocese of Rosseder. Some loss in a similar process is inevitable and understandable.

And secretly, Alger had already planned a comprehensive plan to 'jump' to the Church of the Fool.Not to mention that he also had a promise from Derrick, the Archbishop of the Church of Fools, that as long as he jumped over, he could transform into the Archbishop of the Church of Fools on the spot.

Of course, there was another reason why Alger stayed. He needed to complete Mr. Fool's mission.

Alger was very familiar with the theory of 'First Fire Creation'.After all, although this theory was not proposed by him, he has personally experienced the world created by the "First Fire" through the "Dream World", and he also participated in the compilation of "The Fool's Holy Words", so he is very fond of this theory. The melon is overripe.

Precisely because of this, there is no one more suitable than him to complete the task of rebuilding the "Book of Storms" for the Church of Storms.

Of course, just compiling is not enough, he also needs to confirm the circulation of the new version of "Book of Storms" within the Church of Storms.The most ideal situation, of course, is for the Church of Storms to fully accept the new version of the "Book of Storms".

But for now, the opinions within the Church of Storms have not yet reached unity, and a small number of die-hards are firmly resisting the new version of the "Book of Storms."

Of course, such rhetoric can deceive ordinary believers, but it cannot deceive Alger.

As an organization that believes in the Lord of Storms, the Church of Storms naturally respects the Lord of Storms in everything.As long as the Lord of Storms personally sends down the oracle, there will be no discord within the church.

As the whole world begins to implement the "First Fire Creation Theory", the Church of Storms is the only special case among the Orthodox Church. The chaos shown in the whole process actually represents the attitude of the Lord of Storms. ——On the one hand, he wanted to show his goodwill to Mr. Fool, and had a vague idea of ​​joining the united front, but he was wavering and seemed to be considering other options.

It can be said that the differences within the Church of Storms are actually a reflection of the ambiguous attitude of the Lord of Storms himself.

Alger would not comment on this.

Although he felt that the Storm Lord's hesitation was foolish, he would not judge the gods arbitrarily.

Especially for the Storm Lord, who has always been famous for his "irritability", the four words "indecisive" should not appear in his dictionary at all.So when Alger witnessed the current chaos in the Church of Storms, he even doubted whether the Lord of Storms had changed his people.

Because Alger didn't think that the Lord of Storms would be stupid enough to be indecisive, but the facts were right in front of him, so he had to believe it.

This may be because the Storm Lord has really become indecisive, or perhaps there is a hidden secret that he does not understand.

However, matters at the level of gods are too far away. Even if Alger guesses the inside story, he is unable to intervene at all.Therefore, he cares more about the things in front of him than the Storm Lord's attitude——

Alger looked at the city showing vigorous vitality, with a keen sense of crisis in his heart:
Silver City and Moon City are cities that can take root in the land abandoned by the gods, and almost all of their residents are Extraordinary.

The number of demigods is also not small, there were seven when they left the land abandoned by the gods.

After experiencing the war with Fusac, Silver City obtained a large number of Sequence 4 extraordinary characteristics from the war. Now the number of demigods has reached thirteen, and there are even 3 Sequence 4 demigods!
Unknowingly, Mr. Fool's power has developed to a level comparable to that of the Zhengshen Church. Even if there is a certain gap, it is only due to the accumulation of long history.

“If I hadn’t experienced these changes myself, I would never have believed it.”

Alger sighed in his heart, but his heart was not so peaceful.

Because although the growth of the Church of Fool is what Mr. Fool wants to see, it may not be a good thing for Alger.

Because there are thirteen demigods in the Church of Fools, this means that even if Alger switches jobs, he will only be one of the fourteen archbishops, one-fourteenth!And as time goes by, the denominator gets bigger and bigger.

When he joins the Church of Fools, more demigods will be born, one-fifteenth, one-sixteenth, or even one-twentieth.

The more people there were, the more it would dilute the authority that Alger had as archbishop.

Therefore, he must improve his strength as much as possible and accumulate as much merit as possible before going to the Church of the Fool.

Only in this way will he have the opportunity to serve as the head of the Archbishop of the Church of Fools in the future - or even the 'Pope' of the Church of Fools!
The 'Sun' can do this position of 'Pope', but I, the 'Hanged Man', can't do it?

"Your Excellency the Cardinal."

A captain of the Punisher Squad walked up to the bell tower and said respectfully:

"There is someone coming from the Abyss of Storms, it is Archbishop Yan Coatman."

"Huh?" The Hanged Man frowned slightly and said calmly:

"I'll go right now."
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Three o'clock in the afternoon, inside the ancient palace above the gray fog.

On both sides of the mottled long table, rays of deep red light rose simultaneously, forming images such as 'Justice', 'Lovers', 'The Hanged Man', 'The Sun', 'The Magician', 'The Hermit' and other Tarot Clubs. members’ figures.

"Good afternoon, Mister Fool."

Audrey looked around, stood up as usual, raised her skirt slightly, and bowed to the top of the mottled long table:
"Happy New Year."

Then, with a small smile, she completed her usual greetings to the other members.

'Sun' Derrick has not counted time by silently counting his heartbeats for a long time. He only needs to look at the wall clock to know exactly how long until the Tarot gathering is held.

At this time, he waited until Miss Justice finished saying hello, then stood up with the other members of the Tarot Society, saluted towards the top of the long bronze table and said:
"Good afternoon, Mister Fool."

'Moon' Emlyn glanced around and said:

"I want to know if there is any special way between the 'Cultivator' and 'Moon' pathways compared to other pathways?"

After asking the question, he didn't hide at all, and added quite frankly:

"I recently learned that the internal system of the Church of the Earth is different from the normal one. It is divided into two parts, the benefactor and the favored..."

After 'Moon' Emlyn finished his brief description, 'The Hanged Man' Alger, 'Hermit' Cattleya, 'Star' Leonard and others looked at each other, but none of them could give a reasonable explanation.

Of course, every member here, including Derrick the Sun, can hear that the internal system of the Earth Church is abnormal.

Because for other churches, they usually vigorously cultivate extraordinary people who have the same path as gods, but the Church of the Mother Goddess is just the opposite.