Lord Harland

After the Dawn Goddess regained consciousness, although her injuries had not yet recovered, she was able to personally maintain the operation of the Kingdom of God, and she had enough energy to bring down a slave god. The descendant's name was Saint Catherine. Through the introduction of the covenant party, Richard learned that Saint Catherine was very close to the Goddess of Dawn. She was a blood relative of the Goddess of Dawn. From a blood point of view, she was The great-grandson of the sister of the Dawn Goddess.

This Saint Catherine is one of the earliest followers of the Goddess of Dawn. During the wizarding era, she followed the footsteps of the goddess and entered the plane of dawn.

In the age of wizards, it was the rule that wizards were the masters of the world. No god dared to preach openly. The Church of Dawn was only a secret religion at that time, and it did not dare to enter the core of wizard territory.

After nearly decades of secretly preaching, countless sacrifices were made, and the Wizard Empire was unpopular. The Church of Dawn accumulated tens of millions of believers in a short period of time, and the goddess successfully ignited the divine fire and successfully became a god.

This process is extremely difficult. According to the covenant party, there were hundreds of followers who entered the plane of dawn with the goddess, and only a dozen of them survived successfully until the goddess became a god. Among these people came nine legends and two demigods.

The goddess awakens and descends from God, which is undoubtedly good news for the Church of Dawn. Moreover, according to what the covenant party said, the descending god is also a relative of the goddess of dawn, and he will arrive carrying a powerful artifact.

The Bible of Morningside Church records many secrets from ancient times.

There are several types of Morning Bibles. The first one is a serious cutting board. This kind of Bible hides a lot of key information and is basically used by ordinary believers and grassroots pastors. The earliest Bible that Richard could see was this kind of Bible.

The second is the normal version. This holy book is basically used by high-level clergy in the Church of Dawn. It records many secrets of the Seven Gods and even the Wizarding Age, including some of the goddess's early experiences, the planes the goddess visited before lighting the divine fire, etc. wait.

But regarding the core issue of the goddess and the seven gods, there is still a blank.

Even the upper echelons like Richard can't figure out the current situation of the gods of Dawn Church.

It is rumored that there is also a mysterious text version of the Bible, which cannot be leaked and will only be taught to the legendary priest class.

In the entire Morningside Church, there are only two and a half people who are proficient in this kind of writing. Rossi has not been promoted to the legendary priest for a long time and is not proficient in this mysterious writing.

The holy book is used for preaching. Like the holy fire lit outside the church door, it has the ability to absorb the power of faith. It is through the holy fire outside the church and the Bible in the hands of believers that the goddess can receive the power of faith into the kingdom of God. .

Therefore, as long as they want to spread their faith, be promoted to demigods, and ignite the divine fire, the saints will record the major events they have done in the Bible.

The compilation of the Bible is also a very serious matter for the church, especially when it comes to saints, and it is even more cautious. Sometimes in order to understand the origin of a matter, the wizard who compiled the Bible will use the state of his soul to Enter the goddess' kingdom and ask the person involved personally.

The Pope of the Covenant Party spoke for a long time, and Richard learned a lot of secrets from his mouth. After the secret meeting was over, the Covenant Party asked Richard to stay alone, and then took him to the top of the church.

The top floor of the Church of Dawn is the bell tower. This bell tower is also the real core of the Church of Dawn. Not only is the artifact the Giant Bell of Dawn enshrined inside, it also houses the saint's body of the Goddess of Dawn, so that the goddess can come in her true form.

The saintly body of the Dawn Goddess is her body before she became a god. The goddess was originally a powerful magician from the plane of Farlan. Due to the suppression of the gods of the Faran plane, they were unable to spread their faith on a large scale, so they could only escape from the Faran plane, pass through the air elemental plane, and enter the dawn plane by chance.

Within the crystal wall system where the Dawn Plane is located, there are more than hundreds of planes. These planes are located in the sea of ​​​​stars, and the physical rules in each major plane are roughly the same.

In addition to these hundreds of material planes, the Crystal Wall System also has super-large planes such as the Abyss, Source Sea, Shadow, Underworld, and the Four Elements. These super-large planes are all related to the hundreds of material planes. Connected.

There are many powerful gods in the super large special plane. It is the plane with the highest energy level and is very dangerous.

Under normal circumstances, even when a legendary wizard enters, safety cannot be guaranteed. Even if the gods break in rashly, they may be killed and imprisoned.

It is said that the goddess of wealth, Wojin, was imprisoned by the demon king in the abyss plane.

The Goddess of Dawn also took a lot of risks before leading hundreds of followers into the plane of dawn through the plane passage built by wizards.

At that time, the Dawn Plane was still called the White Tower Plane and was controlled by the rules wizard.

Rule wizards do not need the power of faith, they only need to master the power hidden in the elements and the source sea, and then transform it through the world tree, which is more similar to the demon lord and the undead king.

Although the sphere of influence of regular wizards is far inferior to that of multi-dimensional gods with powerful divine power, they are also real powerhouses. When they master the World Tree, they can use the original power of the plane to become more tyrannical than the gods in the White Tower plane.

Even the powerful God of Glory would not dare to enter the realm of wizards in the strongest form of a saint.

Because the wizards do not need the power of faith, they squeeze the bottom class extremely seriously. Not only do ordinary people become bloodline experimental subjects in large numbers, but even low-level wizards are killed at will, leaving them in a precarious environment.

This special environment is very conducive to the missionary work of the Dawn Goddess, and the Dawn Goddess also used a special method to contact the Star Alliance.

Through the cooperation and cover of the Star Alliance, the Dawn Goddess gradually established a firm foothold in the new dimension. Less than a hundred years later, she ignited the divine fire and successfully became a god.

The Kingdom of the Goddess of Dawn was in the Kingdom of Palame at the time. This area was a barren mountain in the Offland Wizarding Empire. Although it had a large population, it was not valued by the Wizarding Empire at that time because of the lack of magic wells.

After the Dawn Goddess became a god, she immediately cooperated with the four glorious gods outside and launched a counterattack against the Rule Wizard. In the process, their alliance helped the two demigods successfully become gods in the White Tower plane, and then cooperated internally and externally to defeat the Rule Wizard in one fell swoop. , captured the White Tower plane, but the Star Alliance was exposed in advance. Shao Gongyuan failed to be promoted to a regular wizard and died at the hands of the Oflan Wizard Empire.

In the process of the Seven Gods seizing the White Tower plane, the Goddess of Dawn made the greatest contribution and played the most central role. In order to commemorate her achievements, the Seven Gods signed a divine contract, renamed the White Tower plane to the Dawn plane, and changed the name of Dawn to the Dawn plane. The deeds of God were recorded in the Bible of that year.

However, as time goes by, the Bible is constantly revised, and the achievements of the Dawn Goddess are constantly downplayed. Now the believers of the Seven Gods no longer understand what happened in the wizarding era, and the glory of the Dawn Goddess seems to have disappeared in time. Only the Church of God of Justice and Justice still circulates some old versions of the Bible.

In the bell tower on the top floor of the Dawn Cathedral, there is not only the saintly body of the Dawn Goddess, but also the bodies of five demigods.

Demigods are extraordinary beings who have ignited divine fire, refined divinity, and possessed divine power. They are already a spiritual body, possessing almost eternal life, and their combat power is generally far more powerful than the legendary fourth level.

If legendary fourth-level professionals want to fight against demigods, they must rely on the effects of artifacts. The closer your profession and soul are to the artifact, the more powerful it can be. There are often legendary fourth-level priests who rely on the power of artifacts to defeat demigods. On the contrary, a legendary fourth-level magician can only run away in despair when encountering a demigod, and is basically unable to compete with him.

Because legendary fourth-level magicians are basically shallow believers and cannot play the role of artifacts at all. The Church of Truth has developed for more than tens of thousands of years and is still a weak-level god. The lack of piety of magicians is also the fundamental reason.

Although the magicians are not pious, the strength of the Church of Truth is not weak, because the core of the believers of the God of Truth are magicians and scholars. Although the number of believers is relatively small, their combat effectiveness is very powerful. Moreover, some mage lords will also push their subjects to believe in the God of Truth.

The biggest difference between demigods and gods is that they have no godhead, cannot form a priesthood, cannot establish a divine kingdom, cannot grant believers magical powers, and cannot condense the incarnation of gods. Perception and magic resistance are not comparable to those of gods, but because of their divine power, they can hurt gods to a certain extent.

After Richard arrived at the Bell Tower of Dawn Cathedral, he first saw an old man at the door. This old man looked to be sixty or seventy years old. Although his face was old, he looked very energetic unlike the Pope.

"Saint Richard, let me introduce to you. His name is Francis. He is the leader of the ascetic monks. After the goddess awakened, he has been promoted to a legendary paladin and was elected as the new cardinal."

The ascetic monk nodded to Richard with gentle eyes. Francis was a silent man. He was a true fanatical believer, and his profession was also a rare paladin in the Church of the Dawn.

The profession of paladin is very powerful and has a strong restraint effect on evil. They have a body and combat skills that are as good as those of warriors. They have stronger magic resistance and their hand-to-hand combat abilities are somewhat better than those of warrior professions.

In addition, the paladin also has spell abilities, and is proficient in three aspects of defense, treatment, and combating evil spells. He has mastered more than fifty kinds of spell abilities. Although not as comprehensive as a magician, it is far more than a blood knight.

You must know that a legendary elf like Sylph only has seven bloodline spells.

The spell power of the knight profession comes from blood, but the magic power of the paladin profession comes from the gift of the gods. The professional template is equivalent to the special advanced version of the knight.

The ascetics under Francis are basically paladin professionals. The status of paladins in the church is somewhat higher than that of priests.

The promotion of the legendary paladin is easy to say, but also difficult to say.

First of all, you need to have pious faith in the goddess, and you must be a true believer or above. For example, shallow believers such as Richard, Racine, and Senna, although they are very powerful, the goddess also values ​​​​especially them, and sometimes bestows divine favors, but because of their ungrateful beliefs, Even if you reluctantly become a priest, paladin and other special professions, there is basically no future and it is difficult to be promoted.

Secondly, promotion to the legendary paladin requires a strong will and an extraordinary body.

Only when one's own will and body can refine the power given by the goddess can one be promoted smoothly.

Mastering the power of legend is not an easy task. Especially gods such as the Goddess of Dawn, who were promoted by magicians, mastered almost all spells, and it was even more difficult for her priests and paladins to be promoted.

According to the divine level of the Goddess of Dawn, two incarnations can be condensed and four believers can be promoted to the legendary realm. In the past, when the goddess was sleeping, in order to have some remaining strength, the Church of Dawn would usually grant priests promotions to the legendary realm.

Now that the goddess has awakened, Francis fills the gap and becomes the fourth legend. The status of legendary paladins within the church is basically the same as that of legendary priests, and they are the most trusted people in the church.

Generally speaking, legendary priests will hold three positions: pope, high priest, and cardinal. Among them, the pope and high priest are priests, but there are many cardinals. The chief cardinal can also only be served by legendary priests.

Although the chief cardinal ranks third among the clergy of the Holy See, he is the successor to the pope. Generally speaking, after the pope enters the Kingdom of God, his duties will be taken over by the chief cardinal.

The main reason why legendary paladins cannot hold the three highest teaching positions is that their moral integrity is too high and it is difficult to unite all the believers. So he can only act as an ascetic and the leader of the Inquisition.

The number of secondary cardinals varies, with a maximum of five. Although this position is not an actual position, it has a very important status, equivalent to the deputy pope.

The Church of Dawn has three secondary cardinals, namely the legendary third-level magician Racine, the legendary second-level magician Senna, and the legendary fourth-level knight Wallace. Of these three secondary cardinals, Racine sits in the red moon plane, Sena guards the princess's mausoleum, and Wallace is the leader of the Knights Templar. Each of them is responsible for their own role and assumes important responsibilities.

Among the hundreds of legendary professionals in the Dawn Plane, the cardinals of the church are considered to be at the forefront of the ranks, and their gold content is self-evident.

The ascetic Francis served as the second cardinal just after he was promoted to legend, which shows how much the church values ​​the legendary priest. After all, for a church organization, the pastoral profession is the core, and the leadership of the church must be in the hands of the pastoral professionals.

Seeing that the Holy Father brought a stranger to the bell tower, and sensed the majestic morning divinity in this person, Francis immediately understood that the person who climbed the bell tower must be Richard, the favored one by God.

After all, among the three God's Favorites in the Dawn Church, only Richard is the youngest.

In fact, Francis and Richard had a chance encounter more than thirty years ago.

Just after Richard's soul came to this world, he was possessed by a high-level demon. Francis, as an ascetic, followed the Pope's covenant and rushed to Black River City.

In order to avoid alerting outsiders, Covenant Fang, Francis and his party did not reveal their identities. Even Richard was ignorant for a long time because his soul had been disturbed by demons just after traveling through time.