dark moon

Chapter 53 The Dark Moon Relic
A thin short pole is as thick as the top and bottom, with a fist-sized round sphere fixed at the top, which looks like a short cane.This cane with a simple structure is made of an unknown material. It is as black as ink, and the black is so deep that it is difficult to look away at one glance, as if even the soul has been sucked into it.

The cane was placed flat on the table, illuminated by several crystal energy lamps, but there was no reflection. The black cane was like a black hole swallowing light, making it impossible for any light to escape.

"Tsk tsk, that's it." Shuer put his hands behind his back and walked around the table to observe carefully. After a long time, he nodded with satisfaction, "Mr. Earl is still capable. I don't even want to come into contact with such a difficult person. I didn't expect to be You solved it so easily."

"Haha, we are in different fields. In my circle, it is not difficult to get what you like, as long as you know the other person well enough. Coincidentally, I know that miser very well, so For me, it's as simple as saying a few words and paying a little price." Cui En didn't care at all after dealing with something that even Xiuer found difficult, "Just like in your field, you Wanting to get a collection is actually just a casual thing after work, but for me, it is almost impossible to do it.”

"That's right." Looking at the cane on the table, Shuer's smile never disappeared, "So, our cooperation is a win-win situation."'

"Hahahaha, of course." Cui En pushed the cane in front of Xiuer and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I took advantage. What I paid was just two collections that I didn't care about at all, and the value was not that high. , but this is what I got, hahaha.”

"Everyone takes what they need." Shuer gestured towards the direction of the corpse, "So, the deal is concluded?"

"The deal is concluded." Holding hands together, Xiu Er and Cui En's hanging hearts finally fell to the ground.

He picked up the cane and played with it in his hand. It felt warm and smooth like jade, but with a faint warmth, which made it more comfortable to touch.It has a light weight but is quite hard in texture. You can hear a crisp echo after playing it a few times.

"It's true, hehehe, I finally got it." He stroked the cane gently, smiled softly and whispered to himself, "Lisa will be so happy and overwhelmed, hehe, you will be happy too. Well, if you feel happy."

"Well, although this is against the rules, I still hope you can satisfy my curiosity." The city lord of Shuangshan City was quite interested in Xiure's reaction, "What on earth is this thing?"

"Actually, it's nothing." Shuer shrugged and said lightly, "It's just one of the sacred objects of the Dark Moon."

"Oh, the Dark Moon Sacred Relic." Cui En didn't react at all, and almost jumped up after a few seconds. "What do you think this is? The Dark Moon Sacred Relic? You were so miserable that you even threw away the sacred relic? And actually Still so calm?"

"Isn't it surprising? Which church hasn't lost a few holy relics?"

No, in fact, this is already very strange. Everyone in Parvatiga knows how important sacred objects are to the church.

Apart from the actual efficacy of the holy objects, in terms of meaning, the gift of the holy objects by the gods represents the acceptance of the church, indicating that this is the true church of God recognized by the gods. If the holy objects are lost, even if the gods do not punish the sin, the believers will. Doubts will inevitably arise.

"Wait, you just said 'how many pieces have you lost'?" Cui En is best at finding out details, "It means that you have lost more than this one? How much have you lost?"

"It's all lost. What happened? Are you surprised?"

"Well, I'm surprised." The Earl looked blankly at Shuer, who had a matter-of-fact expression. "You guys from the Dark Moon Temple are so awesome."

"Well, I think so too."

"I'm not complimenting you." Cui En felt a headache.In fact, this has nothing to do with him, or in other words, it has nothing to do with secular rights.However, the headquarters of the Dark Moon Church is located in the Kola Kingdom. Although it is said that there are only a few dozen believers, it is one of the beliefs that the kingdom publicly supports. No good.Secondly, Xiuer can be regarded as a friend he can get along with. Although he is a nobleman, he still doesn't want to see his friends get into trouble if there is no conflict of interest.

"Don't use this expression, things are getting better." On the contrary, Shuer comforted him, "The situation you imagined will not happen, at least if I am in the temple for one day, it will never happen."

"Okay, what's going on?"

"It's an old account from 150 years ago." Shuer sighed softly, "I don't need to explain it."

Indeed, there is no need. As a member of the Cora Kingdom, Cui En is very clear about what happened 150 years ago. It was by no means a glorious thing. After all, the Cora Kingdom almost ended up being destroyed that time.

In the past 1000 years since the end of the Era of Chaos and the establishment of the Pantheon, there have been constant wars in Parvatiga, but few truly large-scale wars have occurred. The number of 63 countries has never changed, and most of the wars are just between various territories. local battle.

The only exception was 150 years ago.

Back then, the queen of the Korra Kingdom was young, and large rifts appeared one after another in the kingdom, causing the kingdom to fall into chaos.The Seven Southern Territories took the opportunity to raise the flag of rebellion. The rebellion swept the entire kingdom and almost captured the capital. If the lords of the royal family had not finally taken the initiative to support the capital, the kingdom would not be what it is now.During the war, although the two sides deliberately avoided various temples due to the reverence for the gods and the fact that all churches had always maintained neutrality, it was still a war. The defeated army fell into despair and was close to madness, and many temples were still affected. , it seems that the Dark Moon Church is one of them.

"The temple was in decline at that time, and there were not many clergy in total. In addition, it happened to be the Dark Moon Tour. The archbishop traveled with only a few official priests. There were only two or three priests and nuns in the temple. I stayed behind, but was looted by the defeated army. The people were fine, and basically nothing was left. But there was nothing left, so I couldn't take anything away, and in the end I took away all the sacred objects."

Xiuer spoke vividly, almost like telling a story. If he hadn't confirmed that he was the real battle priest of the Dark Moon Sacred Code, Cui En would probably have thought that he was gloating about his misfortune.

"Then you just lived like this for over 100 years like nothing happened?"

"What else? Are they all committing suicide and becoming martyrdom?" Shuer curled his lips, "Believers are getting fewer and fewer, priests are dying one by one, money is gone, hahaha. In this case, you can't even trace the whereabouts of the holy objects. What else can be done?”

"In addition, our Lord Dark Moon doesn't care much about these things, so these three generations of archbishops simply put aside the matter of sacred objects for the time being and try to maintain the church. After all, this is the focus of their hearts."

"Okay, they are really amazing." Cui En was no longer too lazy to be surprised, "What about you? Why are you thinking about retrieving the sacred object now?"

"People are different. I can't do what they can do, but they can't do what I can do."

"Just like restoring the glory of our Lord and spreading the majesty of Dark Moon, it will be useless to give them another 1000 years. Our Lord's divine power and divinity are destined to be unable to revive the church through ordinary methods, and can only lead him away. , for example, using my method.”

Cui En has long been accustomed to Xiure's self-confidence, and only such confident and capable people are qualified to be regarded as his friends.Therefore, he did not intend to continue questioning. Everyone kept their own secrets. This was how people like them got along.

but……

"What is the divine power and divinity of your Lord Dark Moon?" No one can memorize all the more than 900 gods in Parvadiga's pantheon. Everyone only knows the gods they believe in. For other gods, At most, the gods have heard their names and know what they symbolize. As for the others, I don’t have such a good brain and I really can’t remember them.

"Do you want to believe in my Lord?"

"Of course not." Cui En shook his head vigorously. He had not yet planned to expand his belief.

"Then why do I bother to explain to you." Xiu Er rolled his eyes and continued to study the holy object in his hand.

"Hey, are you really a priest? At this time, shouldn't you be very active in preaching to me and trying to develop me into a believer? Why are you so lazy?"

In fact, it wasn't that Shuuer was too lazy to explain, but that it was useless even if he did.

Silent devotion, silent protection, unknown love.

The divinity of Dark Moon, just like her body, is always guarding people's side, but is always outside people's observation.The orthodox methods of preaching and evangelism deviate from the nature of Dark Moon in essence, and they don't make much sense, which made Xiu Er very distressed at the beginning.Overall, it was beyond his expectation that the Dark Moon Goddess Luna could survive until today.

"Well, I don't know why you are so awkward, but you even lost the sacred objects, tsk tsk..." Cui En shook his head, "It's no wonder you even sold the divine territory in the temple area of ​​the royal capital. I heard explain……"

"Wait a minute." Shuer suddenly stopped playing with the holy object in his hand, "Why don't I know about this? Our Bishop Lisa doesn't know either."

"Huh? No?" Cui En said nonchalantly, "That might be a rumor. Let me just say, no matter how it declines, it is unlikely that the divine territory will be sold."

"Yeah, it must be a rumor..." Xiure's eyes narrowed to a slit, and he tapped the black holy object with his fingers, with a half-smiling expression as if he had thought of something.

"Tsk tsk, it seems that some people think we live too comfortably." After a moment of silence, Xiu Er suddenly stood up, "It seems that I need to go back immediately, Mr. Earl... just now I accidentally let the public carriage I’m going back first, it seems I can only ask you to help prepare the car.”

"Haha...when have you never been careful?"

(End of this chapter)