List of strange talismans

Chapter 51
It was just after twelve midnight.

Childe and his party finally completed the relocation of the food reserves, and returned to the gate of the city to join Gu Xiuya.

In order to avoid conflict, he did not bring Matthews' escort.Those people don't quite listen to him.

After hearing the descriptions of people adding salt and vinegar, Childe quickly learned what happened during the time he was away.

He was a little unbelieving at first, after all, he had never heard of any Holy Spirit's charism so 'cheap'.But after Satchett picked him up and swung him around with one hand, Childe knew he was shallow.

The dozens of people who were taken away by him quickly accepted the grace of God one after another under the instigation of neighbors and friends.

Seeing the situation, Childe knew that he had no choice, so he was forced to bite the bullet and accept the gift.

What he didn't expect was that the effect of God's grace was unexpectedly good, and even his long-standing stomach pain was cured.

So far, all Galanz young adults except Marne have voluntarily become believers of Our Lady of Shuntian, leaving only their own people in the team.

Originally, Gu Xiuya wanted to gather the crowd and create a big commotion, to see if he could attract the saint who was hiding somewhere.

But after so long, the other party has not moved at all, so it is obvious that they will not be fooled.

He didn't care, and began to arrange the plan step by step.

He asked Childe to register the names of all believers on paper, and then divided them into groups of 5 people according to their closeness, with a total of 21 teams.

Each team chooses a more alert person as the captain, who is responsible for leading the team members to execute orders.

"Your task is very simple: Find a strong house near the front gate of the town and wait until the second rain falls. Then leave the city according to the team number and run towards the wilderness."

"Remember, different teams can't stay in the same room. You can't go with others when you go out of the city, you can only follow your own captain."

"After the first team leaves the city, the following teams will wait 5 minutes before taking action. More time is necessary, and it must be ensured that it cannot run in the exact same direction as others."

"If the water level on the ground is too high, you have to swim out."

Gu Xiuya finished speaking word by word, and after making sure that everyone remembered it, he called the captains of each team separately and gave a few instructions one by one.

Then, he let everyone start to act, and he brought Childe to the observation room on the city wall.

It is said to be an observation room, but it is actually an adobe room dug into a hollow.An oil lamp was lit inside, and there was a head-sized observation port on each side of the square and the zenith, which were covered by iron sheets.

Right below the observation room is the city gate, from which you can clearly see every team leaving the city.

According to Gu Xiuya's instructions, Childe brought a map of the surrounding area of ​​Galanz Town.

"Galanz Town has two gates, the front and the back. The front gate faces north, facing the plowing fields, the Wailing Forest, and the mountains in the south. The back gate faces south, and there is a road leading to Taya Town through the Wailing Forest. A wide river that leads to the sea can only be crossed by boat."

Childe gave a brief introduction.

Gu Xiuya heard about it, looked at the map, and suddenly frowned, showing doubts.

He couldn't help but moved the oil lamp and looked carefully for a moment, then pointed to a certain place on the map and asked, "Is this Port of Lanka?"

Childe glanced and nodded: "That's right."

"What about here?"

"...This is Galanz, Your Excellency."

"I'm not asking about this town, but about the circle that covers the town."

Gu Xiuya drew a circle on the map: "What is this area called?"

"The mountains, Your Excellency. These black lines represent the mountains surrounding Galanz."

".So, where is Elton?"

Childe was at a loss when he heard this, "What Elton?"

"Lund Province, Elton City." Gu Xiuya looked up at Childe: "The second center of the White Star Kingdom."

Childe was a little dazed: "Excuse my ignorance, sir, I don't know what you are talking about."

Gu Xiuya fell into silence.

After a long time, he said, "Is there a bigger map?"

Childe nodded, hurried out, and after a while, he brought a more expansive picture of the Baixing Kingdom.

Gu Xiuya looked carefully and found that Elton City was still not on the map.

If compared with the geographical location of later generations, Elton should be next to Lanka Port, that is, covering [-] square kilometers of land around Galanz Town.

But on today's map, the land belongs to the mountains.

What made Gu Xiuya even more unbelievable was that the town of Galanz on the map was obviously a basin surrounded by huge mountains, while the city of Elton in later generations was a vast plain.

Is there such a big change in the landform in 300 years?

Gu Xiuya was puzzled.

300 years may be a long time for human beings, but it is just an insignificant moment for this planet.It is absolutely impossible for pure natural changes to turn the basin into a plain within 300 years.

Could it be that the map is wrong?

Gu Xiuya was thinking, and suddenly heard Childe say: "Your Excellency, may I ask a question?"

He nodded slightly.

"I don't understand why you want them to run into the field."

Childe said: "Although the grace you bestowed has made everyone's physique leap, but the wilderness at night is full of dangers, and there are many beasts and poisonous snakes infesting. A team of five may not come back after going out. gone."

"Two choices: stay and wait to die. Go to a dangerous place to survive. Which one do you choose?"

Gu Xiuya said lightly.

Childe was a little confused: "You, what do you mean?"

crunch.

The door of the observation room was pushed open.

Ma En walked in quickly, stood still in front of the table, and looked at Gu Xiuya coldly: "What do you know?"

Obviously, Marne eavesdropped outside the door for a long time.

"I don't know any more than you do."

Gu Xiuya said without raising his head.

Gu Xiuya did not lie.His understanding of the disaster is all based on Ma En's retelling, and the information gap between the two sides lies only in vision, cognition, and thinking.

Gu Xiuya has been thinking about a question ever since he saw the other party being struck by lightning and fell into the clouds.

——What kind of reason is it that makes a saint, after being seriously injured by lightning, still never forget the next rain?
Matthews was smashed to death across the zenith, and the opponent fell from the clouds, and the severity of the injury can be imagined.

It stands to reason that under such circumstances, the opponent should give up. The rain can fall at any time, but there is only one life.

But the result?

The other party insisted on spending more than four hours to recover, to heal, and to hold on to finish the rain.It even summoned a flood at the end.Submerge the entire Galanz.

Gu Xiuya really wanted to ask this saint—did anyone here kill your whole family?
What's wrong with doing something with this spirit?
Along the way, Gu Xiuya was thinking about the reason why the other party was so abnormal.

In the end, he came up with a relatively reasonable hypothesis.

——Due to some unknown reason, the other party must kill a Galanz person tonight.

Then came a new problem.

Why does the other party insist on raining all the time.

There are many ways to kill a person. A saint with such great power could have done it more easily, but he chose the most troublesome way.

If the other party is not mentally ill, it means that rain is a condition that must be met before killing.

But why?
Gu Xiuya thought over and over again, and vaguely came up with an inspiration.

It was this inspiration that made him make the arrangement 10 minutes ago.

At this moment, Ma En spoke again, interrupting Gu Xiuya's thoughts.

"If you are willing to explain your previous ridiculous arrangement and give me a convincing reason. I can consider helping you, I swear in the name of the heavenly father."

Seeing that Gu Xiuya refused to reveal the news, he finally became anxious.

Marne is a good man, and the weakness of a good man is that he cannot see suffering.

He was afraid that Gu Xiuya's actions would kill too many people, so he couldn't help but want to know what the other party was planning.

Gu Xiuya just had a question in his mind, and this question can only be answered by a polymath who is proficient in religious knowledge.

After a little consideration, he agreed to Marne's terms.

Gu Xiuya signaled Childe to go out first, then took out a piece of paper and wrote down a sentence.

Ma En took a look, his face changed suddenly.

Gu Xiuya didn't give him time to daze, took back the note and set it on fire.

Marne still stood there dumbfounded, that short and surprising sentence echoing in his mind.

——Galanz has someone who the saints must kill, and this person can only die in heavy rain.

"Father Marne."

Gu Xiuya knocked on the table to bring Ma En back to his senses, and then handed over a stack of papers.

On it are the names of all those who have received the charism.

"I hope you can cooperate with Childe and help me complete this list. List everyone's birth and origin."

"This is related to whether the Galanz people can overcome this disaster."

(End of this chapter)