Chapter 1138

"Who are we?"

When the little priest lectured for Loren, his mind always echoed the voice of aging, fatigue, but incomparably persistent.

That's... The voice of Archbishop innocent.

"Loren, this is a question that every church member will be asked by the Archbishop when he comes into contact with the old Sutra, and most of the answers can't satisfy Lord innocent." Weber whispered. His crooning voice and slightly empty eyes even mistook the dark haired wizard for saying to himself:

"Man? Creature? Missionary? Leader? Shepherd? Humble servant, church member? Noble? Noble... For so many years, Archbishop innocent has never heard an answer that makes him happy."

"Well, then finally one day, a young man stood up and said the answer he wanted when he was most disappointed."

Shaking his head, Isaac pointed his index finger at the little priest: "and that young man is you, right... The standard opening of genius, such as me."

Facing the ridicule of his friends, the little priest just smiled modestly.

"No, it's not me," Webb whispered, scratching his head with embarrassment. "Because as his personal deacon, I've been serving him all the time... He knows I know what he thinks, so he'll never ask me this question."

"In the heart of bishop innocent, we are executors - the Holy Cross Church is a prop, and we are an integral part of this prop. Let it play its due effect and role, implement the proverbs left by each Holy Cross in the old Sutra, and make the proverbs become a 'prophecy' that will become a reality."

"Prophecy?" the dark haired wizard raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, prophecy... In fact, this is basically most of the content recorded in the old scripture - the church has been trying to do this for 13 generations, although there are still differences." Weber nodded:

"For example, in the old Sutra, there are records about the fall of evil gods and the establishment of similar empires. It is mentioned that the church will become the pillar of faith of the empire by killing evil gods and expelling evil objects. It is mentioned that it will encounter rebels and resist the counterattack of evil gods..."

"But in the end, the Holy Cross will save the world and make everyone's sincere and humble prayer a reality - to be honest, the content of the old Sutra is indeed something like a prophecy... No, it is more like a plan or plan, which lists in detail how to save the world."

"The Archbishop thinks that the church is the executor of this' plan 'and has the obligation to carry out this plan?" the black haired wizard asked thoughtfully:

"Well... It's a little different from the church in my impression."

"Indeed... In fact, I don't quite agree with the archbishop." the little priest nodded to the point: "although I once told the believers that as long as we are pious enough, the Holy Cross will bless our words, but..."

"Those who are saved should save themselves first; relying on the gods falling from the sky to turn the world into another shape, or forcibly let everyone accept the faith of the Holy Cross without hesitation and doubt... I don't think it will be saved."

"Spreading doctrines, leading people to good, helping people around them as much as possible while improving their thoughts, so that they can be free from disease, hunger, greed and delusion, which is what a follower of the Holy Cross should do; if not, I also..."

With a slight meal, the little priest wanted to stop talking.

But Loren had guessed what he wanted to say... If not, he would not "betray" the Archbishop who was kind to him and carry out what he thought was the right doctrine in Bain.

Isaac, who was also silent, winked at the dark haired wizard, saying that he had guessed that the genius "educated" by Lina desallion had made remarkable progress in empathy.

Of course, that must be measured by Isaac, not the world average.

"In a word, as Isaac said, we must understand the content of the old Sutra with your understanding - it is like a document or plan, which lists a very detailed plan to 'save the world', which has been implemented by the Holy Cross Church so far."

"The 13th generation, even the years before the era of the ancient Saxophone Kingdom, are not like this." looking at Loren solemnly, the little priest's expression pondered: "as for what the Holy Cross is... That's the Holy Cross."

"There is no metaphor, no description - he is not omniscient, not the creator, not another existence, no higher or lower than us, not a conspirator who secretly observes the world, not a preacher who saves the world, he... Is the Holy Cross."

"I know that many believers regard the Holy Cross as an omnipotent God, and even many priests think so, but..." close the corners of his mouth, Weber shook his head: "he is not. Even one of the 76 letters is used to express the Holy Cross, which is enough to explain everything."

"He is the Holy Cross, and only the Holy Cross. In addition, there are no nouns and adjectives to express his existence."

"So before you begin to master the old Sutra, Loren, you must first understand this, which is very important. In addition... I know that many wizards have certain prejudices against the Holy Cross, so if you have any questions, just reserve your opinions. Don't worry, I won't ask you to change your point of view in order to make you believe in religion."

The earnest little priest was completely unaware of the embarrassing expression of the black haired wizard looking at Isaac.

They knew what the Holy Cross was... A long time ago.

"... he is brand-new, can contain other evil gods into himself, and achieve the level of 'omniscient and omnipotent' through continuous compatibility with other 'existence'..."

"... it is both 'order' and 'chaos' - it does not need an image. The nameless king governs the non-existent country and is above all sentient beings..."

"... no matter how it changes, obedience and awe always lurk in the soul of intelligent life; it was born in the depths of the soul from the beginning and will invade its heart at any time - all we have to do is wake it up through such a 'supreme and sacred' image..."

"... after deduction, we finally found the most appropriate way and gradually completed the research - according to our deduction, the 'civilian class' can completely give up resistance and even rule the world through systematic and procedural communication..."

"... the final code name of this study is called the Holy Cross..."

Really, it's been a long time.

The two who looked at each other moved their eyes to other directions.

"In the next few days of marching, I will teach you the proverbs I know about the old Sutra bit by bit; as for the meaning of each letter and the spelling of words and sentences, I will leave it to Isaac."

As he picked up the parchment and water pipe pen and wrote something, the little priest said seriously: "and we were almost just a second. Weber's expression suddenly became very solemn, like a noisy camp outside the tent

"Holy cross

My sword is your Scripture, and my blood is your praise

Please listen to my prayer

To blasphemers who do not believe in God

Lower the punishment... "

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In the next few days, while marching and "taking classes", Loren kept learning about the old Sutra from Isaac and little priest Weber, but the more he studied, the more confused he became.

Because, as Isaac described, the words of the old Sutra do not involve any concept of power at all, but more like a completely different language; as for the content of the old Sutra... It is really just a "proverb". Although Weber constantly emphasizes that these words full of wisdom and discipline contain "power", this power is definitely not a force of vanity.

But... Dean Peter's research is correct. Logan in the hat did complete the compilation of Ancient Runes with the help of the old Sutra after opening the second valve.

There can't be any connection, but I haven't found it yet.

Considering that the Holy Cross is actually an "artificial God" in essence, according to the information available now, Loren has a general conjecture.

First of all, as Isaac said, the old Sutra itself has no power. It is like an official document or code. Input the "code" according to some method or ceremony, send the message to the Holy Cross, and then the Holy Cross will judge whether it should be implemented or not.

Since the power of this thing in the material world so far is mainly reflected in "words" and "oath Knight", Loren can only infer that its operation mode may be the only one - according to the degree of demand, delegate a certain "privilege" to the believers in the material world, and then the believers will deal with the tasks he has assigned.

As for what the task is... It is written in the old Sutra.

This can explain why there are fewer oath Knights today than in the past - because the Holy Cross Church in the expansion stage in the past had to face a large number of demons and falling demons, and must let the church in the material world master enough power.

However, with the expansion of the church's power and the weakening of the power of evil gods, the church began to seek stability. At this stage, the church had enough influence and no longer needed to show much power. Therefore, the Holy Cross gradually withdrew the "oath" and retained only a small part.

The appearance of the "sword of oath" proved that the Holy Cross once again met the enemy that must be destroyed. The church aware of the intention of the Holy Cross gave the sword of "sage" Brandon I to the knight of oath.

Of course, these are just guesses. I'm afraid I have to wait until the oath Knight comes to the door in person

While the dark haired wizard was thinking, the female elf who followed him suddenly stabbed him twice with her elbow: "Hey, what do you think?"

"Ah... Nothing, nothing."

The returning black haired wizard raised his head and met Liya's obviously unfriendly eyes: "just thinking about the Holy Cross and scriptures, it's no big deal."

The voice fell, and the fairy's eyes became more unfriendly.

"If you don't want to tell, you have to make up a lie to deceive people... You haven't changed at all, big liar!"

With a cold hum, the fairy turned her head angrily.

The wronged black haired wizard looked inexplicable. He didn't know how to explain, and 80% of the other party wouldn't believe it.

"What's up?"

Loren asked tentatively.

"It's all right. I just want to know how far away it is from the eboden front line."

"How far... I remember you came to eboden once before, with Ayn?"

"It was several years ago. I only came once again. Who would have thought of going to this ghost place again?"

The unhappy fairy looked around angrily: "last time I came, I could see trees, grass and streams, and roughly know the location and direction... Now all around is wilderness except wilderness. Who still remembers where he is?"

"Really? I think the road here is much easier to recognize without those things blocking my sight... Er, I'm very sorry!" before the other party wanted to hit someone, the black haired wizard took the lead in apologizing, and then handed over what he knew:

"Remember the road sign we just passed... It's not the original, but the later Saxophone Legion. The appearance of the road sign proves that there must be a saxophone Legion within five kilometers nearby, and the place where there is a saxophone Legion in eboden must be..."

Before Loren finished, the whole marching team suddenly stopped.

"... front line."

Following the direction pointed by the black haired wizard, the Female Elf looked at her eyes and looked at a black shadow on the distant horizon.

It's not a dark shadow. It's the army base of the saxophone Legion... It's a company camp several miles long and wide, which stretches on the earth and is composed of earth walls, sentry towers, curtain walls, trenches, horse repellent stakes, tents and bonfires.

The fort of vimpar in West cortus, the defense line of deep forest fort built by lottel at great expense... All seem insignificant in front of this camp, just like a rural farm next to a town.

"Here..."

Looking at the once familiar but strange land in front of her eyes, the Female Elf's eyes were more complicated: "is it eboden?"

"Boom --!!!"

A thunder interrupted her emotion. A dark shadow passing from the top of her head made the Female Elf instinctively look up, and then

She was stunned.

The huge figures flying in the air... Not one, not two... But three. In the cheers of thousands of soldiers, the Female Elf only felt a slight tremor.

The kind of monster that can easily destroy a city... Imperial people... How much do they have?!

"Black wings cover the sky;

The thunder in summer is deafening... "

Whispering an old poem, the Archduke of ellemans, Yuli weltz, approached them slowly, and his silver gray eyes swept towards the Female Elf:

"They are welcoming us, Baroness lottel."