Reject me, hateful woman

"Then since you have no desires and desires, why do you arm yourself with red robes, golden scepters and sacred churches? Since you don't care about power and worship, why do you want more people to worship you than the gods you serve? ?"

Nuo Wei was stunned, a little speechless.

Lin En touched the girl's head and chuckled:

"This may not be easy to explain to you, so let me put it another way. According to the occupational regulations of the magical system, only priests and above can be qualified to preach, and a bishop can become the head of a city's priests. An archbishop can rule a diocese, but only a red-coated bishop is qualified to sit in a king's capital and command the power of the clergy in the entire country."

"Could it be that......."

Nuo Weiying opened her mouth slightly, her face full of shock.

"Yes, Novi,"

Lin En also showed a rare smile,

"These three humble clergymen, so slovenly that they can't even fix a leaky house, are all real red archbishops who have traveled across several countries to preach in the Purple Flower Empire alone, armed with muskets and classics. ah!"

"..."

Nuo Wei could only respond in silence, but thinking of Lin En's promise, she couldn't help but feel worried:

"But brother, isn't it a bit..." to help them preach in the downtown area?

Of course Linn understood what Novi meant.

The apparent deal he had just made with the three archbishops was to build churches and distribute land. In fact, he was allowing the three of them to preach in the downtown area.

And the performance of the three of them tonight will definitely gain the attention and even the trust of many nobles.

In the era of imperial rule, in addition to the corruption of the nobility and the emperor themselves, the religious power was also a factor that could easily cause instability and corruption. The purity of the three archbishops and their ability to restrain their subordinates in the future were two issues.

What's more, Zijinhua has always been a country that has been held back and tortured by the corrupt aristocratic class. From tonight's view, Lin En's transaction is indeed a bloody profit. In the long run, it is difficult to tell whether it is a loss or a gain.

After noticing Nuo Wei's worries, Lin En couldn't help but chuckle:

"It seems that you have indeed made a lot of progress and can actually consider such long-term things."

"But Novi, you made a mistake."

Nuo Wei raised her head curiously, and Lin En didn't show off:

"Since the beginning of His Majesty, not believing in gods, but believing in the country and one's own hands, is not the manipulation of either the royal family or the nobility, but the people's own choice."

"Compared to the three people in front of you, you think the priest who wears divine robes, holds golden scepters, and sprinkles holy water is more like a real priest, but you will believe in their god because of his divine robes, golden scepter, and holy water. ?"

Novi shook her head firmly.

Of course not, she does not believe in any gods. At the same time, the girl's face was also slightly red. She glanced at the profile of Qing Jun beside her shyly, and couldn't help but think sweetly in her heart:

If there is any god that I must believe in, it must be my brother.

Favor?~

However, after understanding what Lin En meant, Novi suddenly looked strangely in her eyes and said:

"Then brother, aren't you?"

"Yes, I just said that I would help the three of them build a new church. As for whether the believers can be found and whether the missionary mission goes smoothly or not, it has nothing to do with me, but it is not without benefit to them."

Lin En showed a wicked smile:

"I heard that the place where the three priests live is too remote, and there are too few believers. Sometimes the eggs cannot be distributed, so they have to keep them for themselves. Although I can't help them solve the problem of believers, I still have to solve another problem, right?"

"Eggs are distributed quickly in the downtown area~"

Novi fell into silence.

From the bottom of her heart, she was definitely on Lin's side, but she still couldn't help but sympathize with the three priests.

She wasn't quite sure what the statue of the god in the new church would look like, but she seemed to have already thought about what the statue of the devil would look like in the new church for the three priests.

What a pitiful three tool men,

Otherwise, you should have a slightly better attitude toward them in the future.

.........

Chapter 124: But Lynn Norton doesn’t care about 5k

With the addition of three priests, or to be precise, the three priests who provided weapons from Linn, the situation improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A cardinal is a near-peak existence even in a Theocracy where clergymen gather. In the era when the gods walked the earth, only the first and most devout pilgrims could have this honor, and there were only a hundred people at the peak.

Now that God has left the world, the status of the cardinals has become more noble. As long as there are enough believers to support them, the top cardinals can bring about miracles with their actions, as if the gods they believe in are walking in the world again.

Mastering magical arts and miracles can transform beliefs and strengthen oneself. If there is any shortcoming of the priest, it is that compared with the conventional arcanist, it seems to be a somewhat pitiful output method.

Everyone on the continent knows that the clergy lack lethal means.

Even a behemoth as powerful as the Holy Light Church had to form an order of protective knights to ensure its military preparedness, not to mention the other churches.

For a god with a gentle temperament like the Earth Mother, the most powerful attack method of most of her priests is to use wild treatment on the opponent to make the opponent spit out milk and die.

Therefore, most priests who swear not to practice arcane magic and not to be contaminated by the magic network will be equipped with all firearms as self-defense weapons.

It is a pity that the development of hot weapons in this world is too slow. In the face of the protective magic of high-level arcanists and the tempered bodies of the knights, the blows from those portable muskets are no different than the bites of mosquitoes.

This is the only blind spot that the gods who symbolize gifts and bring "miracles" cannot touch.

But now, the "miracle" brought by Linn has completely changed everyone's perception. With years of experience and accumulation in using muskets, the three priests "understood" the weapons in their hands after only a brief contact.

Use your waist to exert force, lift the grip, aim with concentration, and then pull the trigger.

Then, with the help of divine magic, the blessed bullets containing the holy light will completely "transcend" the monsters in front of them.

Yes, transcendence.

The three priests recited the Holy Word loudly while firing wildly. In addition to being cool and stylish, the reason was that they were indeed fighting with a "salvation" mentality.

For these eternally painful and twisted demon spirits, depriving them of their lives is a blessing like sending them to heaven.

This is also the reason why the three of them work so hard. Every bullet fired is simply a pleasant sound of "merit +1" arriving!

After fully witnessing the martial virtues of the three priests, the soldiers in the rear who were almost desperate finally became inspired again.

"You are so handsome, Father, I almost want to believe in that goddess of desire!"

"Don't take this opportunity to promote the evil god!"

"Great, if we keep this momentum and add the city protection barrier, we can hold our position!"

After hearing the cheers of the soldiers, Lin En, who was silently watching the battle of the priests, turned his head with cold eyes:

"Hold on, is your goal just to hold on to this place? Do you really know what is supporting this barrier?"

The soldiers who had been so excited before were suddenly speechless and looked at His Highness who was so genial a few minutes ago with some fear, especially the second question that was somewhat confusing.

After the city protection barrier was activated, all the soldiers cheered, but everyone subconsciously ignored how the city protection barrier unfolded.

Lin En stretched out his hand and touched the red barrier that was within reach. The red dragon barrier, which burned like a fiery flame to the outside world, only felt warm to the people protected by it.

Lin En just sighed:

"It seems that you really don't know who is supporting this barrier. Let me tell you, it is Her Majesty the Empress."

"His Majesty?!"

The soldiers were terrified. It is true that Zijinhua is a country without gods, but the words Her Majesty the Empress are more shocking words than any name of a god.

"Yes, your Majesty, who is not an arcanist, is using all his strength to support this city barrier, trying to protect us,"

Lin En glanced at the frenzy of demon spirits outside the barrier that were still trying to attack the protective barrier.

"She is fighting against all these monsters on her own!"

Then, he turned around and glanced around, his tone cold and indifferent:

"So, you have to tell me now that your goal is just to huddle here like a pack of defeated dogs, huddled under the wings of Her Majesty the Queen, until she is exhausted, until the barrier dissipates, until you helplessly watch yourself and Was His Majesty torn to pieces by those crazy monsters?”

Lin En pointed at the black hole floating in the sky in the distance outside the barrier. Sludge-like shadows and shadow creatures flowed out of it, and then quickly launched an attack on the castle.

"Gentlemen, this is war, and we are going to fight back!"

"Have you seen that singularity? That is the weakness that even the Shadow Queen cannot cover. I can open a hole in the barrier. As long as we can reach that place, as long as we can break through that weakness, we can defeat this monster's craze. , we can win!"

The soldiers, who were originally in high morale, suddenly became silent.

These soldiers are different from the Red Dragon Legion.

Although the Red Dragon Legion is Her Majesty the Empress’s most elite force, the Legion belongs to the country.

For these soldiers, whether they are shadow knights or ordinary soldiers, they do not belong to the country. They are His Majesty's personal guards. On the day they join the army, their only goal is to protect His Majesty to the death.

Now, they are like a group of incompetent wastes, being protected by the people they should be protecting.

To put it a step back, even for the internal defense, the priests are now the main force, and they are like a group of idiots who can only shout cheers.

All the soldiers clenched their weapons and fists in humiliation, and even Novi took a gentle breath, loosening and clenching her hands hanging by her side.

Although he knew that his brother was motivating the soldiers, this feeling of powerlessness was not good.

Fight back, fight back!

It's easy to say, who the hell wants to be a waste, who doesn't want to fight back!

Everyone is eager to fight back, everyone is willing to give their heart to His Majesty and the Empire, but, but...

"But, Your Highness, we are too weak and have no power..."

I don’t know which soldier spoke first, his voice hoarse and filled with despair.

For a person with dignity, admitting his incompetence is simply like killing him, not to mention that they are the most elite shadow knights and queen's personal guards in the empire.

After hearing this question, Lin En laughed softly. His handsome side face was illuminated by the firelight of the red dragon barrier, like a devil in mythology who seduces mortals to fall:

"Yes, you have no power. You are all just mortals. Even the elite among the Shadow Knights are only at the level of the third ring. And those monsters tortured by the eternal pain of the Shadow Queen, even the weakest ones, have the third ring. It is impossible for the elite to reach even the fourth to fifth rings. Compared with them, you are nothing but trash."

"But you...have me!"

Lin En looked at Elena who came with him:

"Miss Elena, you can take out the things that Master Holly asked you to bring to me."

Elena, who had been silently following Lin En, nodded, took out a storage ring from her arms, and handed it to Lin En's hand.

"Miss Elena, when Master Holly asked you to give this thing to me, didn't he say anything else to you?"

Lynn asked.

Elena hesitated for a moment. In this atmosphere, she originally planned to talk about it later, but when Lin asked, she still had to say:

"The teacher said she really didn't have a drop left."

"........"

Elena hesitated again:

"The teacher also said that she will be absent from the banquet this time, but she will wait for you at the old place, Lin En, but she didn't tell me where the old place is or what she is going to do."

Lin En smiled, there were some things that it would be better for Elena to not know.

After taking the ring, Linn crushed it directly.

In an instant, the space was distorted, and the items originally stored in the ring exploded out in a blowout, displayed in front of everyone's eyes.

And those were dozens of huge dark suitcases, neatly stacked there. After seeing these suitcases, the eyes of the soldiers who were still looking desperate suddenly burst into unprecedented light.

They had seen those suitcases before. The last time they saw them, Her Highness Novi kicked open the lock like a Valkyrie, bringing in priests and unprecedented hot weapons and muskets to turn the situation around.

The soldiers originally thought that those terrible weapons and that powerful power were absolutely rare and precious, and could only be owned by the strong. But now, those suitcases were actually displayed in front of them, like naked beauties, for you to pick and choose. Jie.

But in the eyes of the soldiers at this moment, the things under these leather boxes were definitely not as good as a hundred beauties.

"Over there are the same thermal weapons as the priests,"

Lin En showed another space ring,

"Here are enough magic stones for everyone."

"With the magic stone charging, you can use those weapons as much as you want without worrying about consumption, but magic is not a divine magic. Those monsters that have been soaked in magic for many years are extremely resistant to magic bullets and cannot be killed in one blow. Maybe I will kill you with bullets in my head..."

Linn paused, then smiled casually:

"So, if you are not afraid of death, come and get it. Those who are trained in hot weapons and firearms will be given priority. I am not worried about you dying, but these things are very precious and cannot be wasted."

Novi's heart was beating fast. As the fourth princess of the empire, she had attended various banquets and speeches. After joining the Shadow Knights, she also met some traitors and aliens with very inflammatory words. Believers.