You call this the god of etiquette?

Chapter 136 Ephesians
Adult daresides are usually between 15 and 18 hands tall.

They have a well-proportioned body shape and strong muscles.

Plus a wide waist.

This horse, beloved by Northerners, has good explosive power and stability when running.

The most eye-catching thing about the Daleseed Spotted Hoof is the colorful and varied spots on the hair on their legs.

Different individuals may have black, brown, white or even metallic spots.

And in this afternoon.

Da da da--

Three carriages pulled by the rare pure black Daleseed spotted hooves were galloping on the road to prosperity.

The body of the carriage is all in plain black, solemn and low-key.

Simple lines outline the entire cabin without too many decorations and patterns.

The roof is also covered with a satin curtain to block the sun.

The coachmen were sitting at the front of the carriage, dressed in black robes, calm and focused.

He was not affected at all by the surprised and astonished gazes of businessmen and travelers——

Solid-colored Dariside spotted hooves are rare.

Although in the case of solid color, the spots on the horse's body are no longer visible, and the so-called "spotted hoof"'s biggest feature seems to no longer exist.

But in fact, anyone with a little knowledge knows that the solid-colored spotted hooves may not be flamboyant enough in terms of color, but Fengjun's look has increased unabated and is full of momentum.

Besides, things are more valuable when they are rare.

It is no longer easy to find a pure color spotted hoof. If you want to get three spotted hoofs of the same color, it is not just a matter of money.

Therefore, although these three carriages look quite simple in appearance, the merchant carriages passing by all consciously avoid this convoy.

Da da da--

As the driver deliberately controlled the reins, the carriage gradually slowed down.

Feeling the change in the speed of the car, Iger casually opened the curtain of the car.

What comes into view is the nostalgic fir wood wall.

The rough and old fir trees on the wooden walls have a deep brown color, but have become mottled over time.

The walls in some places have been broken, exposing the rotten wood inside.

Everything looks the same as the "Talek" three years ago.

The Church of Father Earth, which once controlled three border towns, has arrived at the only place it can still control, "Fuyi Town".

I noticed that the three carriages with a low-key appearance but no weak momentum appeared in the field of vision, with two priests waiting in front of the "Ephesian" gate. The new bishop of the Church of the Earth Father, and the only bishop at present, Fast ·Norman winked at the guard captain standing beside him and asked him to lead people to evacuate the business trip to leave space for the guests.

At the same time, he began to tidy up his clothes.

Fast Norman has a slim build and looks very lean.

He has a broad forehead, a high bridge of nose, and a pair of dark brown eyes.

He had no intention of hiding his sideburns, which had already begun to turn white, and allowed the white hair on both sides to be exposed among the black hair.

The robe is made of high-quality brown satin, which is comfortable and durable.

The cuffs and collar of the priest's robe are decorated with fine gold threads.

On his chest is a pattern of seedlings embroidered with gold thread, which overlaps with the tawny necklace he wears around his neck, symbolizing his identity as a bishop.

Seeing the bishop starting to prepare, the two priests behind him who were obviously younger and wearing emerald green necklaces also arranged their appearance in the same way.

However, the young priest standing on the left seemed not to understand Fast's solemnity. While adjusting his collar, he muttered:
"Why should we look good to those bastards who occupy the magpie's nest?"

"I've been waiting for them here for more than half an hour."

"Are they worthy?"

Fast turned his head when he heard the sound from behind.

Gujing Muha's eyes met the speaking priest's eyes, causing the latter to consciously close his mouth.

In today's church, Fast has a very high prestige.

This is not only because he is the new bishop appointed by the gods, but also because he used thunderous means to revive the Church of Father Earth, which was severely damaged by the "Circle of Nature".

On that night three years ago, in order to complete the "Road to Prosperity" plan, Father Earth Church sent nearly fifty priests to the long dirt road between "Talek" and "Ephey".

This is almost the entire fortune of Father Earth Church.

As a result, on the "Talek" side, the church's strongest combatants, Apostle Gadry Raven and Bishop Nelson Constance, were attacked by the powerful men of the "Circle of Nature".

More than 40 priests who were scattered in groups of three on the road to prosperity were also surrounded by the pawns of the "Circle of Nature" who had been ambushing them for a long time.

In order to cooperate with the "Eternal Land" to completely transform the dirt road into a road of prosperity, these priests have already spent a lot of energy.

When being attacked by surprise, the distance between each group was too far to form a joint force.

In the end, most of the priests were suppressed by the "Circle of Nature" team whose individual strength was inferior to their own, but had a larger number and was well prepared.

When everything came to an end and the clergy who had escaped regrouped in Ephesus, everyone discovered that there were only thirteen clergy left in the entire church.

This also included Priest Colbert, who came from "Dock" afterward, and the three priests who came with him.

Then remove the two priests who originally stayed at "Ephesian".

In other words, this operation of the "Circle of Nature" resulted in only seven of the 48 priests who were sent on the road to prosperity surviving.

This is an extremely heavy loss!
Fast, who was still a priest at the time, was one of these seven people.

On his way back, he not only protected two priests from the same group, but also rescued three people from another group, for which he was seriously injured.

His heroic actions were undoubtedly recognized and respected by the other clergy.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Father Earth soon conferred upon him the rank of bishop, and granted him the privilege of "hearing oracles" which only the apostles had.

The old mayor of "Ephey" died on the road to prosperity, and Fast, the god-favored bishop, naturally became the new mayor of "Ephey" and took over the leadership of the Father Earth Church "after the disaster". leadership.

However, at this time, the Church of Earth Father was at an unprecedented low.

Outside, the sudden rise of the Black-clothed Ceremony used various means to actually expel the remaining forces of the Earth Father Church and occupy "Talek".

At the same time, Psalm Tune, which had been fighting with the church for many years and was assisted by the Balance Church, which dominated "Wasdok", took the opportunity to launch an attack and directly surrounded the church temple in "Dok".

They want to force Father Earth Church to completely withdraw from "Dok" by cutting off food and water.

The external environment is so severe, and the internal environment is equally unbearable.

The massive attrition of the clergy and the widespread rumors made the civilians in Ephesian who obeyed the church's rule begin to doubt the strength of the church.Discordant voices emerged even among believers.

The foundation of Father Earth's Church rule was shaken.

Manpower shortages, territory shrinking, reputation plummeting.

Amid such internal and external troubles, Fast did not waste any more time hesitating, but took action decisively to clean up the situation.

The first is to give in completely to the gift of black clothes.

The gods asked the church to be as tolerant as possible to the ritual in black, so Fast simply did it more thoroughly.

The "Talek" that would be unable to be recaptured in the foreseeable future was directly given to the Gift of Black.

It also actively cooperates with the other party in the handover and transfer of power.

Such a cooperative attitude also allowed the Gift of Black to reciprocate, allowing the Church of the Earth Father to symbolically leave a Pastor Walter in "Talek" to gather the remaining believers of the God of Fertile Soil.

It is a sign of friendship between the two churches.

Through his good relationship with the Black Ritual, Fast also led the reconciliation between the Church of the Earth Father and the Church of the Balance, fully supported all the claims of the Church of the Balance in "Dok", and vacated a large amount of the church property in "Dok" Transferred to Balance Church.

In this way, the Psalm Tune, which obeyed the orders of the Church of the Balance, withdrew its manpower from besieging the temple, and reached a superficial reconciliation with the Church of Father Earth.

After some actions, the Church of Father Earth completely eliminated the external crisis at the cost of completely withdrawing from "Talek" and retaining only one temple in "Dok".

At the same time, Fast also launched a "public security operation" to "clear out the rioters" in "Ever".

Dozens of "rioters" who "spread rumors" and "attempt to create chaos" were arrested and imprisoned at one time.

The atmosphere in the town was so peaceful that no one dared to speak ill of the church anymore.

As the fur trade prospered, "Talek" ate meat, and "Fee" followed "Talek" and drank soup.

The quality of life of the people has improved, and the surrounding towns have become friendly again. The people's confidence in the Church of Father Earth has naturally returned.

It took a year for Father Earth Church to stabilize again.

In this process, Fast took the greatest credit and deservedly gained high prestige.

With just one look, the young pastor didn't dare to speak any more.

After being so quiet for dozens of seconds, Fast finally said calmly:

"We are friends with the Black Ritual, and we are neighbors on the border of the kingdom."

"If everything goes well, we will go to Belstad together next."

"Welcoming them with dignity will cost us nothing but worthless pride, but it will highlight our sincerity."

"I can't find any reason not to do this kind of business without capital."

When the young pastor Tabor heard this, he said yes, but he didn't agree in his heart.

When the church's hearts were in a state of uncertainty, everyone was grateful to Fast for his decisive handling and only obeyed his orders.

But such a long time has passed, Father Earth Church has finished licking its wounds, and it’s time to continue to develop.

At this time, everyone looked around and realized that the church's development space had been compressed to very little.

And the "culprit" of all this is naturally Fast, who decided to "cut the flesh and stop the losses".

Although at present, Fast's power still has the absolute upper hand in the church, Tabor has long noticed that the opposition within the church is also not small.

Progressive pastors like Tabor were even more dissatisfied with Fast's various actions that belittled the "dignity of the church."

But no matter what, as the "Bishop of God", Fast's status in the church is unshakable.

Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied they are, priests like Tabor can only act according to Fast's instructions.

Da da da--

Under the guidance of the guards, the black carriage team slowly stopped about five meters in front of Fast.

The Bishop of Father Earth Church naturally stepped forward to greet him.

Tabor curled his lips secretly, and followed Fast's footsteps with his companions.

Passing through the gate and entering the interior of the town, there is a busy and noisy scene.

People were coming and going in the town, and the narrow streets were so crowded that it was almost impossible to see the end. There were also several carriages blocked halfway, making it impossible to enter or retreat.

The streets are lined with a variety of goods arranged in an irregular manner: from furs to wooden furniture, from ceramics to tools, almost everything is included.

Vendors were hawking their wares and shouting to attract the attention of passers-by. They seemed oblivious to the stench that filled the air, which was a mixture of sweat, horse manure and other unknown things.

The buildings in the town are also extremely simple, most of them one or two stories high.

The roofs of many houses are covered with heavy straw, and some have exposed fir trusses inside.

Further ahead is a relatively spacious, but equally busy square.

The square is surrounded by various shops, stalls and small workshops, and in the center is a somewhat dilapidated and no longer functioning fountain.

Along the way, the group of guards arranged by Father Earth Church to open the way were very agile, and the two young priests responsible for driving away the crowds also moved very quickly, making all the members of the Black Rite mission, including Iger, unable to help but He quickened his pace.

After walking for more than ten minutes, the group arrived at their destination - the mayor's office building.

Thick, solid, textured gray stone walls, huge and spacious doorways, exquisite windows with detailed decorations
This gorgeous four-story mayor's office building was incompatible with the dilapidated houses that Ig had just seen on the streets of "Fue", and he was filled with emotion when he saw it.

Tabor, who was quietly paying attention to Ige's expression, looked at each other with his companions and smiled:
Although the place where the civilians of "Fu Yi" hang out is not on the stage, the mayor's office building is still decent enough.

It might as well show this upstart from Tarek what style is.

Of course, if they knew Ige's true thoughts, they would probably be disappointed.

What Ige really laments is that three years have passed since the invasion of the "Circle of Nature", and the Church of Father Earth is still the same as before.

They are willing to spend money to build such a nice office building, but they are not willing to spend money to widen roads and arrange for people to clean the streets.

Fast could tell at a glance what the two young pastors of his church were thinking, and sighed silently.

The Church of Earth Father has been developing for more than a hundred years now.

Some stubborn diseases are getting deeper and deeper, reaching the point where they can only be solved by ruthlessly digging out the carrion.

However, how can the church, which has just recovered somewhat from the trauma caused by the "Circle of Nature", withstand such turmoil?

The bitterness in his heart was not revealed on Fast's face.

He stretched out his right arm forward, showed a gentle smile, and enthusiastically invited Ige:

"Lord Ige, this is the mayor's office building in Foyi."

"Please and the other friends from the Ceremony in Black come in with me, have a sip of tea and take a rest."

(End of this chapter)