only god

Chapter 570 That’s a stupid priest
Eden, who was imprisoned, didn't know that there was an old man running around for him outside.

The only thing he knew was that his originally promising future suddenly became uncertain because of that slap.

What awaits you will never be a happy ending.

Eden sat in the innermost part of the cell, his face reflected in the water on the ground.

His complexion is paler, whiter than the average person. From a distance, you can tell that he is a typical priest. He has a very good appearance, with slightly curved eyebrows, cheeks that are neither fat nor too thin, and a bone-like appearance. Sharp and somewhat indifferent to men and women, Deschanel attracted many women's surprise glances.

Eden raised his head and looked around the prison. The scene in front of him was no different from the day before.

This is the largest prison in the empire. It houses prisoners from all over the world and from all races. Humans are the most common, followed by three-eyed apes, dwarves, orcs, etc., and even half-human and half-goat Pan and elves. .

Because he offended the emperor, Eden was held in solitary confinement. He had a cell to himself. The prisoners in other cells kept looking curiously in his direction, chattering and discussing while watching.

"Hey, did that man really slap the emperor?"

"The jailer told me secretly, how can it be wrong?"

"What on earth is going on...how dare this person..."

"Too arrogant, so arrogant, I bet even the gods would not dare to slap the emperor."

The prisoners in the prison were discussing like sparrows, and Eden frowned. Their voices were too noisy.

But what can I do?I can't shut up those people.

Thinking of this, Eden sighed and silently recited scriptures to calm his heart.

The prisoners in the prison were still noisy. At this time, a prisoner suddenly had the courage to shout to Eden,
"Hey, you priest, why did you slap His Majesty?"

After the words fell, the prisoners all turned their heads, became quiet for a while, and looked at Eden curiously, waiting for his reply.

"He took the name of God."

Eden responded naturally:

"That miracle was obviously a fabrication."

After hearing this, the prisoners all showed incredulous expressions, and then looked at each other. After a while, a burst of laughter broke out in the prison.

"For this reason?"

"This is so funny, God, what kind of joke is he kidding?"

"Why are there such priests in the world? How did such people become priests?"

In the prison, the laughter became louder and louder, and the mockery became more and more intense. It even alerted the warden, who quickly sent someone to take strict custody.

In the face of everyone's laughter, Eden said nothing. He closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the cell calmly.

He had known for a long time that it would be a joke if he told it.

But so what?

Not to mention ridiculing, even if it was teasing or spitting, so what?
The predecessors of the Sealand era took this path only to sacrifice their lives, so a little ridicule meant nothing.

The jeers came and went like waves on the sea, but Eden felt unusually peaceful inside.

The jailer came and knocked on the cell door to warn the noisy prisoners. Soon, they fell silent and looked at Eden who said nothing.

"Hey, stupid priest, don't you regret it?"

One of the orcs made a rude comment.

Eden didn't turn his head, he just said:
"A little bit, but not much."

After saying this, he decided not to care about the prisoners anymore.

It is impossible to say that I have no regrets at all.

At that time, I rushed to the stage with enthusiasm. Looking back afterwards, I felt that this was really impulsive. I shouldn't have done such an impulsive thing.

However, since it has already happened, what’s the use of regretting it?It’s better to just listen to God’s orders.

Eden thought so.

In the cell opposite, a steady-looking middle-aged man came to the cell fence. He had a pair of small horns on his head, and his legs were like hooves, but his hair was sparse. He looked like a faun or a human. Mixed race.

"Hey, good priest, you did a good deed."

Compared to other prisoners, his voice is soft;
"My name is Timian, and I want to ask you, why do you have the courage to slap the emperor? He is the sacred emperor of the empire!

Haven't you ever thought that he is His Majesty the Emperor?What qualifications do you have to do this? "

Compared with ridiculing questions, a gentle tone obviously makes people choose to answer.

Eden, who had no longer paid attention to the prisoners, slowly raised his head. He did not answer directly, but looked around at the prisoners present, looking at each different face, and did a rough count. What he saw with his eyes were all. There are nearly a hundred prisoners.

And these hundreds of prisoners are just a corner of the prison.

How many prisoners are there in the entire prison?Maybe close to thousands.

There are thousands of people in prison in one city, and the vast Deschanel has hundreds of cities on the land. The entire empire may have hundreds of thousands of prisoners in total. Just the prisoners are almost equivalent to the total population of a small country.

How grand this empire is, just the prison is enough to reflect its power.

Countless oceans and land belong to it. The pearls, corals, and ambergris in the sea, and the people, ores, and treasures on the land are all in its possession. Even outside its territory, countless kingdoms and countless city-states belong to it. Surrender to its authority, an emperor once said: All races in the world have thousands of treasures, but Deschanel only needs power.

Yes, Deschanel only needs power. It has more than 60 legions. When necessary, it can mobilize hundreds of legions to arm millions of people and obey orders. The ruler of the empire who enjoys all this, He is the spokesperson of power.

But it was such an emperor who was slapped by him in full view of the public.

The dignity of the emperor cannot be trampled on, and even Iden himself could easily guess that he would most likely be sentenced to death.

Facing the question from the half-pawn named Timian, Iden slowly replied:

“Justice, doing good, and serving the Lord, this is our doctrine.

You ask me what qualifications I have, and I tell you,

Even if the emperor is an emperor, it is just a secular status. Within the church, he is still a layman, and I am a priest. If he has done something unjust, I am certainly qualified to teach him a lesson. "

After Eden finished speaking, everyone looked at each other and burst out laughing again.

"Oh God, I thought there was some political conspiracy in it, but it turned out to be a bookworm obsessed with scriptures!"

"Hey, there's something wrong with this guy. I bet he'll be hanged like a murderer."

"There are so many people who do unjust things in this world, do you have to slap every one of them?"

……………………………… At night, the rain began to fall, falling on Deschanel’s land. Due to the curfew, the whole city was dim, and the sun The brilliance temporarily left, and the misty rain curtain also pocketed the few lights.

Outside the cell, Eden heard some faint noises in the rain.

According to the laws of the empire, during the curfew, the whole city should remain quiet and turn off the lights, otherwise the guards can throw them into prison without reason. However, the empire seems to be no longer what it used to be. This law was specified when the empire was at its most powerful. At that time, almost every street had two or three patrolling guards, but now, there is only one guard on every two or three streets.

Eden was in a daze. He sat on a pile of wheat straw and silently turned the prayer beads in his hand.

Soon after, the noise disappeared and the world fell silent in the rain.

Eden silently raised his eyes and stared at the prisoners outside the cell.

"Brian, here for violating the ritual."

"Rama, he came for adultery."

"Carnbrises came in because of murder. He also ran into other people and worked as a thief."

...............

Eden stated silently in his heart, as if he could see everyone's sins in his eyes.

Fortunately, he only stated it in his heart. If he said it, he would definitely encounter the cynicism and hostility of the prisoners again.

The rain was falling and wouldn't stop for a moment.

Eden sat quietly, turning the prayer beads in his hand, and slowly entered a spiritual state.

The so-called spiritual practice probably originated in the era of King Tertullian. At that time, the ancient kingdom of Logos was destroyed by the wrath of God. The priests of the Kingdom of Nus took this as a warning and advised the elves to stay away from the intrusion of desire and leave the world. Be greedy, learn to pursue God’s thoughts, and make your heart peaceful and pure, so as to get close to God and perfect yourself.

In short, in the beginning, spirituality and meditation had certain similarities.

But when the second prophet Norn arrived, the meaning of spiritual practice took on new changes.

This is because the prophet Norn brought the ancient words of God.

From then on, spiritual practice was no longer just about meditation, but also about comprehending ancient sayings and studying the power given by God.

After the emergence of the path of divine creation, the meaning of spiritual practice once again caused new changes.

Spiritual practice is not only about understanding ancient sayings, but also about studying the path created by God, examining your own path, and completing a journey of self-understanding.

Compared to other clergymen of the same age, Eden entered a spiritual state far more easily than others.

This is like the Lord’s favor…

But this favor seems to come with a corresponding price.

In short, Eden can see things that others cannot.

For example, the sins of others. Just now, Eden, who was about to enter a spiritual state, saw the sins that everyone had committed.

In the eyes of ordinary people, sin often means painful punishment, condemnation of conscience, and scorn from everyone. Sins are often eliminated with time and changes in space.

For example, if a person committed a crime ten years ago, not many people will remember it ten years later. If a person commits a crime in this country, no one will know about it in another country.

Sin seems to be a thing that has passed away.

But in Eden's eyes, sin is not something that disappears, but is clearly written into the soul, one after another forgotten claws of snow and mud.

As the saying goes, you can know people but not their hearts, but Eden's ability allows him to know people's faces and their hearts.

This seemed to be a pure favor. When he secretly told this secret to the deputy abbot of the monastery, the latter was shocked and couldn't help himself with excitement.

But for Eden, this favor really caused him pain.

When people interact with each other, they often only see the good side of others, but Eden can not only see the good side, but also the evil side.

A dignified and elegant lady who visits and prays in the monastery can leave a good impression on countless monks, but Eden can see that she has committed the crime of husbandicide.

Eden can see the imperfection of the world and hates it deeply, but is unable to change it.

At the very beginning, he would tell others about their sins in an attempt to teach them to change, but what he received instead of correction or atonement was disgust and hatred.

Some people even privately cursed him as the devil's son. This fatherless and motherless orphan was sent to the monastery by the devil.

These things deeply touched Eden's nerves, so he had no choice but to stop mentioning what he saw and hide all the scenes silently in his heart.

“Everyone is mourning, the earth is suffering, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, swords are rising from the mountains, plagues and killings are like punishment from heaven, heavy rains, tsunamis, fire, sulfur, sinful beasts are raging everywhere... until the sky cracks. Behold, an angel will come, and he will be magnified and holy, proclaiming the kingdom of God.”

During spiritual practice, Eden recited scriptures in a low voice in his heart, and his mind gradually retreated into a more peaceful place.

Slowly, some of the scenes in his eyes began to become blurry and hazy, the sound of rain disappeared, the whole world became illusory, and the cells opposite were no longer bodies one after another, but souls one after another.

Eden entered the deepest level of spiritual practice, and the world in front of him was no longer the real world, but like the opposite of the real world - the spiritual world.

In this state, any living creature will appear in front of him in a soul state.

Eden actually dislikes the sight of the spirit world.

Because of this, all the inconsistencies in people in the world are displayed in front of him without hiding.

How painful and angry those sins were.

It is a grace to be able to look directly at the imagination of the human heart, but it is not a good thing for some people who are born good.

This is why he believed in the prophecy of the savior and became a suspected heretic.

Eden longed for a savior to come to the world and purify the world of all evil. This was reflected in his theological thoughts, which were the confrontation between good and evil, the Holy Spirit and the evil spirits.

Of course, this is a heretical idea, and it was a heretical idea that was rejected by the thousand-year prophet Solamus.

"The Thousand-Year Prophet" says that someone once asked Solamus that the kingdom of heaven has not yet come. Is it because of the original evil and the evil in the world has not been eradicated?

Solamius gave a negative answer, saying: "The kingdom of heaven comes not because of sin, but because of God's will."

Therefore, Eden always felt panicked about his heretical thoughts and did not dare to express them too much.

"But now, there's no point in panicking. You're going to die anyway and you're going to be a martyr."

Eden whispered to himself.

I offended the emperor because of my impulse. No matter what time it was, there would be no good results.

Eden was mentally prepared early. For him, death was not terrible. Anyway, there were too many things in the world that disgusted him.

(End of this chapter)