Goddess Wanhua Mirror

"The lecture was good, Mr. Priest, do you want to recruit disciples among these children?"

"I do have this plan, but rather than being a priest like me, I hope they can become great scholars in the future."

"You are so funny."

Seeing that Jie Gang thought he was joking, Lu De just smiled noncommittally, and didn't try to argue.Hamilton, who was on the side, became interested in the math class that Lude had just taught, and was staring at the simple geometric figures on the blackboard with great interest.

"It's very interesting, maybe it can be used in magic."

Thanks to his recovery from a stubborn illness, the old magician is in a good mood. This "fire sage", who is known for his bad temper and difficult to get along with, has never had a smile on his face since yesterday. Apprentices feel very uncomfortable.

"The instructor hasn't scolded me for a day, is it lack of energy?"

The old magician didn't realize at all that his little apprentice had been scolded by him for a typical "Stockholm syndrome". Now he mainly wanted to talk to Luther about yesterday's magical treatment.

As a witness, Hamilton can clearly feel that there is a big difference between the magic spells used by Lude and ordinary priests, and based on his professionalism as a senior magician, he can judge that Lude should be the master of the past few hundred years. Some kind of improvement has been made to the magic arts that have never changed, which is very rare in the religious world that has always been known as "conservative".

The old magician has always believed that the magic of mortals and the magic of gods are similar in principle, and the only difference lies in the power used.

However, in the past 300 years, magic has been innovating, and each generation has been trying to upgrade and improve it, but the magical side has remained static, and even a group of conservatives have emerged, clamoring for "restore the old system and inherit it." "Ancient law", not only the magic arts are not allowed to be improved, but even many religious systems that have been modified to adapt to the changes of the times have to be changed back.

And this is one of the main reasons why Hamilton has always looked down on those magic sticks. Now that he has finally met a reformist in the religious world, this kind of rare and rare thing naturally needs to communicate more.

The old mage was also very direct, and didn't fix those obtrusive operations at all. He asked Lu De straight to the point, was the magic spell used for healing yesterday a new type of magic spell improved by Lu De himself?

Seeing that Lu De had a different expression, he quickly explained.

"Don't get me wrong, my friend, our magic circle has always been a firm reformist, so we don't like the conservative party in the religious circle. If you are brave enough to take the lead, we can actually communicate more."

Hamilton, like most magicians, simply looked down on those pretentious magic wands, but was full of interest in magic. It's a pity that the two sides are clearly divided and have not been very easy to deal with, so the communication has become very difficult.

When Lude heard that the old magician wanted to have an academic exchange with him, he was also very interested in magic, so he readily agreed.

So, Lude gave the story to be told today to Aina, and asked her to read it according to the script, all as a test of her learning level in the past two months, while he led Hamilton and Jiegang to the quiet place. Partial room.

In front of Hamilton, Lude frankly admitted that he had indeed improved the old magic. He called it "conforming to the magic", that is, using multiple different types of magic at the same time and integrating them into one magic. to perform more complex operations.

When the old magician heard this, he thought to himself, what the hell!

In fact, similar new topics have appeared in the magic world in recent years, but they are still in the exploratory stage, because compound magic is a test of the caster's mental power and manipulation level, so it is difficult to popularize.

On Lude's side, not only has he been able to use it proficiently, but the system he relies on is still a divine technique that is completely different from magic.

Considering the current environment in the religious world, where various denominations fight against each other but are colluding to suppress the progressives, the old magician suddenly understood why a high-ranking priest of Lude's level was willing to hide in a small village, and he couldn't help feeling awe in his heart. stand up.

"This is an indomitable fighter!"

End of this chapter

At this time, Lude didn't know that a few simple words of his own made the old magician in front of him make up so much.It is true that he hid in the border village because he was afraid of being discovered by other sects, but it was not because he wanted to improve the magic arts, but because he created gods himself!

certainly!This must not be said to Hamilton. The old man's asshole is loose, and his mouth is probably not tight. Therefore, Lude seems to be communicating, but in fact he still has reservations.

However, after the chat between the two parties, it was quite fruitful. Lude learned a lot about magic from Hamilton, and it was the insight of a high-end person like him. Hamilton was overwhelmed by some of Lude's ideas. The angle of view of the problem is very tricky.

The chat between the two lasted from daytime to nightfall, and in the end, Captain Jiegang couldn't take it anymore, so he had to remind Hamilton, which made the old man realize that time flies.

The old man couldn't help complaining about this. In fact, there should be a god of time in this world, who can transfer the time wasted by mediocre people to those who really need it.

After hearing this, Lu De smiled and said nothing, but secretly remembered it in his heart.

In the next few days, Hamilton came to the door every day, as if he had regarded Lude as his best friend, and gave him a notebook on the study of fire magic, hoping to provide some help for Lude's improvement of divine arts.

In return, Rudd gave Hamilton some secret ointment he had prepared.This thing is the product of his previous test of divine magic, which injects divine power into conventional medicine to enhance the efficacy of the medicine.

The healing effect of these ointments is weaker than lay on hands, but far stronger than ordinary medicines, and it is very convenient to use, does not require the presence of priests, ordinary people can apply it to the affected area to take effect, enough to deal with most common diseases and non-fatal trauma.For Hamilton and others who have no priests in the team, this thing may save lives at critical moments!

In this way, Hamilton and his party were trapped in Pine Tree Village by the heavy snow for a whole week, and they finally waited until the sky cleared up again and they could go on the road again.

Although this group of people and horses consumed a lot of food in the village, and also ate a third of the chickens and a whole pig, but fortunately, the money given was very good, and the village not only did not lose money, but also made a small profit. extra money.

Lu De also learned from a small chat that Jie Gang was fighting with the earl and was seriously injured once. Thanks to the rescue of a peasant couple, he saved his life.Jie Gang had a gentle temperament, and since then he has been full of goodwill for the people at the bottom, and he has strictly restrained his subordinates, because he enjoys the reputation of "model knight" under the earl.

On the day the group set off, Lu De personally saw them off.Just like Ma Yun speculated by Hume before, they are indeed going to continue north and go deep into the Void Forest.Hamilton even revealed some information to Lude. Their trip was to find a powerful creature. Whether their group could succeed in the end was related to the fate of the entire Duran Kingdom.

"Take care old friend, sometimes I will come to visit you."

"Take care of yourself, and have a good trip."

After the two parties said goodbye, Lude watched the group go away, while Hume stood by, looking at Hamilton's carriage and said.

"Unexpectedly, you can actually make friends with that guy. With his relationship, your future missionary work in Duran Kingdom will definitely become much smoother."

"How to say?"

"Don't you really know? Hamilton has a very close relationship with the Duran royal family. The current king has to call him uncle!"

"Absolutely! There is still this relationship!"

After Hamilton and his party left, Pine Tree Village soon returned to its former tranquility.Lu De lives a fulfilling and regular life every day, and a series of plans are still under preparation, and he is going to wait until the spring of next year before taking action.

Among the three goddesses around her, Aina's growth is very stable. Although most of the beliefs contributed by the villagers have been used by Lude for various experiments, there are still some left.Aina has gotten used to it now, and is even complacent about having some leftovers.

Thanks to her frequent guest appearances in Aina's stories, Shanis gradually became known to the villagers and began to have some general believers.

However, this meager income is not enough to completely relieve Shanis' hunger and thirst symptoms. Her divinity still loses control from time to time. Apart from Lude himself who is frequently victimized, the young and old in the village also suffer innocently. Girls are even more miserable.

Lude has received many helpless teenagers who come to "seek medical treatment" these days. The poor boys frequently have "weird dreams". Got some incurable disease.

Compared with these two, Hume has not changed much.

Because this is not a new god, she already has a considerable number of believers. The main problem that bothers her is how to collect these beliefs more effectively and find a way to break the curse of the God of War.

Since most of Hume's believers are thieves and thieves who are on the fringes of the underworld, Lude thinks that she can actually broaden her position, follow the example of Guan Erye on the other side of the earth, and add a "loyalty" attribute to herself, so that those The gangsters on the road will worship the statue of the god of robbers in the future when they become sworn brothers and join the gang. This is not a religious ceremony.

But Hume felt that this might not work, because according to her understanding of the "underground world", it was a human colosseum where only the ruthless could survive, and those who were truly loyal could not live long.

But Lu De felt that because the underworld did not value loyalty, the concept of loyalty had more market here.

"Human beings, to put it bluntly, are double-standard dogs. Everyone likes to be strict with others than to be lenient with themselves. I don't value loyalty, but I wish everyone around me would be loyal. Begging is actually the same as swearing. The key is Let them form this concept and gradually evolve into a custom. Don’t think that this habit can be spread all at once, we just promote it slowly.”

Lude promised Hume that when he was almost done with Pine Tree Village, he would spare time to accompany him.

Hume has been walking around the world for these years, and he has personally set up several sect-like underground organizations. Luther can first try to transform these organizations and make them more efficient groups of faith output.Hume has confidence in Lude because of what he saw and heard in Pine Tree Village.

Anyway, for her now, even if Lude's transformation fails in the end, her situation will hardly become worse than before.

End of this chapter

The snowy winter is a difficult and boring season for most people. Ludd thought he could spend a comfortable time, but bad things always happen when your vigilance is the lowest. Comes suddenly without warning.

Two weeks after Hamilton and his party left, on this day Lude got up early as usual to prepare breakfast for the four in his family who couldn't cook.

Aina and Shanisi can't, and Lude can understand, but Hume and Luoye, the two masters and servants who claim to have walked in the mortal world for 300 years, can't do it, which makes Lude look down on them very much.

However, when Lu De was skillfully handling the ingredients, there was a sudden knock on the door in a hurry from the direction of the main entrance of the hall.

"My lord, my lord! Open the door quickly, something serious has happened to our village!"

"What?"

Hearing someone yelling in panic at the door, Lude hurriedly put down the things at hand and came to the door, but when he opened the door, he found that it was Sam, the youngest son of the village chief's family. Following the direction of his finger, Lude found the village entrance It looked like a lot of people gathered.

"Sam, what's going on in the village?"

"I, I don't know very well. This morning, a lot of people suddenly came outside. It was my father who asked me to come to you."

"Okay, I'll be there right away."

Under Sam's urging, Lude put on his coat, called Hume and Fallen Leaf, and rushed to the village together.

When the group arrived at the entrance of the village, the village chief Rom was leading a group of armed militiamen to confront another group of strangers who looked very embarrassed.Lu De separated the crowd to find Old Rom and asked him what happened?

"They're all from Acorn Village next door. Suddenly they all ran over, saying that their village was attacked by flying monsters. It's okay to ask for three or five people. How can we take in these more than 100 people!"

"Attacked by a monster?"

Casting doubtful eyes on these outsiders who were rejected, Lude could see that there was unsettled fear in the eyes of these people, and they were obviously terrified. Being attacked by monsters should not be a lie.

As for Acorn Village, Lu De had heard of it before. It is about 300 kilometers southwest of Pine Tree Village and closer to Ximu Town, with a permanent population of more than [-] people.Lu De originally planned to go to this village to try to preach in the next spring, but he came here by himself.

"I said Rom, you let the militiamen guard the entrance of the village, don't you want to drive away all the neighbors who are in distress?"

"Old man, I don't want to die, but there is no other way! Our village has had a bumper harvest this year, but we have done a lot of things and spent a lot of money. The leftover food is enough for us to eat. If we really want to help them, we will have to starve."

The old man spread his hands helplessly, the large group of people in front of him was not a few or a dozen, but more than 100 people.

Lu De thought for a while, and asked the village chief not to rush to drive people away. After all, he was considered a villager, and they were really pushed. If the two sides fought violently, Songshu Village would definitely win, but Inevitably there will be casualties.

So Lu De made a discussion with the village chief. The villagers of the more than 100 acorn villages would definitely not be able to support them if they stayed, but the village still had enough energy to provide them with a full meal.Give them less dry food, and then send these people to Ximu Town.

So Lude called Roma to negotiate with the villagers on the opposite side, explaining his own difficulties and the help he was willing to provide.At the same time, Lude hopes to inquire about the details of their village being attacked by monsters, so that he can prepare early.

However, when Songshu Village offered to assist them to take refuge in the nearby Ximu Town, the acting village head of Acorn Village told them an unexpected bad news with a sad face.

"Ximu Town is hopeless. The monster came from the north, burned our village and continued to fly south. I guess Ximu Town is doomed right now."

"Fellow, have you seen the appearance of that monster?"

", I didn't see it clearly, that ghost thing came at night, everyone had no time to escape, who would have the time to look at the scenery? I knew it could fly, and the sound could make people's legs weak... Oh right! It can also spray fire!"

Several villagers in Acorn Village described it for a long time, and no one could see the appearance of the monster clearly, but the well-informed Hume vaguely guessed the identity of the attacker from the several important features they described.

"I said, Master Priest, after listening to the descriptions of these people, why does it sound more and more like a dragon!"

"Fuck! Can't you?"

Hearing that Hume said that it might be a dragon, Lude's heart skipped a beat.

In this magical world, the giant dragon is the existence at the top of the pyramid of all mortal creatures. If you ignore the fact that the gods will not be killed by conventional means, an adult dragon in its peak state is actually more powerful than some middle- and lower-level dragons. Gods are much stronger.

However, the giant dragon is a solitary, high-level intelligent creature. It usually hides in deep mountains and old forests and sleeps. Even if it occasionally appears near human towns and other places, it will rarely launch an active attack.

In addition, there are many stories in this world about kind giant dragons rescuing mortals in distress, so the reputation of the dragon clan is surprisingly good.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the pure-blooded giant dragons, there are actually many subspecies of dragons in this world.

Compared with the pure-blooded dragons, the subspecies of dragons are much weaker, and many of them do not have the advanced intelligence that can communicate, but through certain means, mortals are actually capable of domestication.It is said that the Galio Empire, the most powerful country in the mainland, has a biped flying dragon cavalry team, and its combat effectiveness is astonishing.

Therefore, in the absence of a clear understanding of the situation, Lu De is more inclined to be the dragon subspecies that attacked Acorn Village, which has some elements of self-psychological comfort in it.

In view of the special situation, the two parties finally negotiated, and Pine Tree Village finally agreed to take in the refugees from Acorn Village.

Because the other party took the initiative to say that although the monster burned their village, the food in the cellar should be fine, and their village still has a dark warehouse in a hidden place outside the village. As long as Songshu Village is willing to take in homeless people like them, Then after the monsters left, they were willing to take the people of Pine Tree Village to fetch food, and even joining Pine Tree Village at this point was no problem at all.

Anyway, their village has already lost half of its people after this disaster, and it may be difficult to maintain a village in this dangerous frontier.Rather than just dispersing, it is better to invest in other villages together.

End of this chapter

For the people at the bottom living in this cruel world, death is a common thing, not to mention that this is the frontier, and they are all pioneers, the probability of encountering unexpected disasters is much higher than that of the mainland , As long as people are still alive, they have to work hard to survive.

In order to accept refugees from more than 100 neighboring villages, Lude's temple has once again become a temporary shelter, which has caused complaints from local villagers, because the temple is the best place for them to spend time this winter, but now it is occupied by a group of outsiders. And eat their food.

If it weren't for the pressure of Lude and Rom, there might have been a quarrel.

However, this group of people had just been resettled, and before it got dark, several groups of refugees ran over from the south of the village. There could be more than 200 people in total, and they came from anywhere.

Lude learned from these refugees that the monster that is currently attacking human villages in the northern part of the Earl of Lumley is indeed a giant black dragon that looks like a madman.Many villages have already suffered disasters, and even Ximu Town was not spared. Some people saw a raging fire in the town, and the specific casualties are still unknown for the time being.

There are indications that this black dragon is deliberately attacking human villages in the border area.Pine Tree Village has not been attacked yet, but it is not ruled out that after the guy burns all the villages and towns in the south, he will come back after a circle.

A series of bad news caused panic in the village, but it also led to a significant increase in the frequency of everyone's prayers. The output of faith in the village doubled in a short period of time, and even many refugees who were taken in also made offerings to the temple. Pray to the goddess statue, begging the gods for protection, and don't let that terrible monster appear in front of everyone again.

In this way, one day passed, and the population of Songshu Village broke through the "[-]" mark for the first time since the establishment of the village, but at the same time, the number of outsiders also exceeded that of the villagers, and the conflict between the two parties quickly intensified in a short period of time. , during which there were also some unpleasant conflicts.

There is a group of not-so-lawful guys who are colluding in private, thinking that they can overwhelm the local snakes and want to seize control of the village, but they are quickly suppressed by Rom, who has been prepared for a long time.

The old village chief was careful to guard against these outsiders from the very beginning, and sent militiamen to take care of the granary day and night in advance, and Hume and Luo Ye also helped out. This group of restless guys was quickly suppressed, but It also further intensified the contradiction.

Seeing that the situation was going to deteriorate further, Lu De worried that something big would happen sooner or later, so he called Roma and representatives of various outside groups to have a meeting to discuss how to save himself.

The first and most pressing problem is the serious shortage of grain reserves.

The food reserves in Songshu Village were originally enough for self-help, but now there are too many refugees from outside, the total number has exceeded [-], and there is a tendency to increase further.And now it is winter, even if you want to engage in production and save yourself, there are no conditions.

Therefore, Lu De hoped to set up a joint village committee, concentrate all supplies and adopt a rationing system, and at the same time send people to the nearest village to borrow food.