[Second update, fourth update today]
When Wu Ya mentioned the jailer, a cold light burst out from Gerges' golden eyes. WWw. qUAnbEn-xIaosHuo. COm that's pure hate. If possible, he could obtain the power of the God's Messenger, and he would destroy the Inquisition and make those people pay with their blood.
His hand accidentally exposed his sleeve, holding half a statue, but it was a demon with two horns.
He remembered the situation when the devil handed the statue to him. His village was destroyed on that occasion. The X-shaped divine glyph in the sky killed everyone except himself, who was protected by the demon statue.
He didn't expect that what the devil left behind saved his life.
Then the divine envoy gave him power and refined his divine body, allowing him to directly become a person qualified to be the pope. The two divine envoys are not good things. If they hadn't been betrayed by themselves, I'm afraid Faka wouldn't have succeeded easily.
Geges rubbed the demon statue in his hand, completely lost in thought.
Wu Ya's arrangement made the cardinals angry. They withdrew from Nick Cathedral and returned to another church in the Holy City to study countermeasures.
There are more than a hundred cardinals in the Cardinal House. It turns out that those powerful guys were taken away by Pope Dinisio and never came back. The current Cardinal Academy is already a different world.
The original forces were purged, and new magicians took over.
If Jiaoyan himself had not become such a mess, the war on Qinyin's border would not have developed to where it is today. Those expeditionary forces had no one to take care of their logistics and no one to support their battles. As a result, they were driven back to Galulan by some not-so-powerful legions, retreating further and further away.
According to the theory of astrologers, Jiaoyan is now in a precarious state, and a lot of the power of faith has been diverted from the Natural God Religion.
The power of faith does not really appear directly in everyone. People are also existences attached to planes. If there are two gods spreading religion in a plane, it will inevitably cause a war, because the total number of mysterious powers in the plane is limited. It does not mean that which god is stronger will get more power.
But whoever has more believers can get more benefits from this plane.
The power of faith comes from the plane, and it is humans who help the gods go west. The gods simply cannot accomplish this transformation, so followers must be developed.
When the power of faith in this plane is absorbed completely, then this plane will face depletion.
Believers cannot go to heaven at all, and will only struggle in the realm of hell.
The time it takes for a depleted plane to recover is measured in hundreds of millions of years. The shortest lifespan of a plane is tens of billions of years. If the gods do not demand it extremely, the plane may be able to persist until the end of its own lifespan.
But most gods don't care about this. For gods, the power of faith is life, strength, and the capital to survive among the gods.
Everyone is desperately consuming the power of faith in the plane. Unless there is a weird god like the God of Metal, everyone is doing the thing of drinking poison to quench their thirst.
If all the planes of a crystal wall system become the pastures of gods, then this crystal wall system will also be destroyed.
God is such a creature, constantly asking for things without restraint.
The cardinals discussed matters in their own secret chambers, something that would not have been possible during Dinisio's lifetime. Geges had no connections and was forcibly promoted to the position by the messenger of God.
Everyone looked at each other in the conference room. According to ranking, there were a total of twenty-four cardinals who were qualified to enter here.
Finally, it was the First Cardinal who spoke. He was a veteran cardinal with a large number of followers in the College of Cardinals.
"Wu Ya wants to consume the power of the Knights of the Kingdom of God. I think this is not a bad thing."
"Why do you say that, my lord?" asked the Third Cardinal, who had always been the First Cardinal's deputy.
"It is impossible to defend the city of Cologne, but by taking this opportunity, we may be able to invite the gods to come. Prepare three thousand believers, who have the purest faith. If they are not enough, go to the God's Mission to borrow them."
"Sir, do you want a holy sacrifice?"
All the cardinals became excited.
The so-called holy sacrifice is actually a blood sacrifice, a magical technique that is activated by purifying the blood of believers. The death of the saint is used to stimulate the gods and bring down clones.
If the Lord of Glory descends into a clone, the boy without the three artifacts will definitely get out, and the Cardinal Academy will once again become the core of Jiaoyan.
To activate such a large-scale magic, just killing people is not enough, the enemy needs to take action. This Salin is qualified enough to attract the attention of the gods.
Among the three thousand reliable believers, as long as one person meets the standards of a saint, it is enough to invite the Lord of Glory.
"Yes, the Holy Sacrifice. If the Holy Sacrifice is successful, the Holy City will be ours." There was a strange ecstasy in the eyes of the First Cardinal, and he said softly:
"You should go immediately to find believers in your own diocese. The younger the better, preferably those under sixteen years old."
"My lord!" The second cardinal wanted to object, but saw about twenty other colleagues staring at him fiercely.
It's really cruel to do this.
Before the age of sixteen, you are still a child. Children are often pure, and such an approach made the Second Cardinal uncomfortable.
But if there is any way, he also hopes to get the power of the gods and invites the clone of the Lord of Glory.
That Salin is too powerful, and the current Jiaoyan is in disarray, unless Black Prison Island is willing to support him. Otherwise, the only city that everyone can defend is the Holy City.
There are magical spells left by the Lord of Glory here, and even the flying city is inaccessible.
"In addition, the holy sacrifice of three thousand believers requires a lot of divine crystals. Let's collect some." The first cardinal obviously would not pay for it himself. The divine crystal in Jiaoyan is equivalent to the status of the magic core in the mage.
This is hard currency. The transactions between high-level magicians are no longer gold coins, but the divine crystals that everyone secretly refines. Of course, the only way to do this is to steal the power of faith from the gods.
Everyone is doing it anyway and has been doing it for thousands of years, so the gods won’t mind too much.
Relying only on the divine crystals gifted by the gods, what can you do to give your followers strength? Even mages who work for nobles have to get magic cores as compensation, right
Salin's floating city was still flying west, and Cologne was not far away. However, Salin allowed the floating city to move around at an advantageous angle and go north.
He will not attack Cologne City directly, but will drive away all the magicians around Cologne City before attacking.
In Cologne City, Salin no longer plans to stay. This city has produced saints, and a place like this must be destroyed. This is a symbol of faith and a place visited by gods. And this is not the City of Glory. The god himself left a magical technique. All believers who can reach the standards of saints can understand this magical technique and become the most powerful magician in this plane.
It is not without reason that millions of believers come to worship every year. If it were just a relic, who would waste such energy? Everyone wants to know if they are a saint.
Of course, people who think this way will definitely not be appreciated by the gods.
The area around Cologne is densely populated with believers, and there are churches even in the countryside. In most places, there are no farmers even farming the land; those who farm the land are slaves.
All civilians became believers, and as long as they prayed every day, the church would distribute food. Those slaves, of course, belonged to the church. The priests are so rich that they collect tolls at the surrounding checkpoints. It's a beautiful name because they are collected by the gods.
Do gods need gold coins? No one wants to ask this question. Those who questioned him were sent to the tribunal for autopsy.
Churches one after another turned into dust under Salin's magic cannon. Saleen brought 3,000 magic cannons, half of which have been destroyed by now. Once this magic cannon is damaged, it cannot be repaired because Salin's skills are insufficient and he also lacks some necessary materials.
Of course, it is possible to use non-attribute crystals or crystals of giant bones to create magic cannons that will not be damaged, but that would be too wasteful.
After Saleen lost half of his magic cannons, he left the floating city to hover in the air. He returned to Metatrin City once and brought out three thousand more magic cannons from the warehouse.
The consumption of magic cores is also huge, and Saleen even began to invest in low-level elemental creatures to replace the magic cores.
Every time the magic cannon fires, it is a luxury for the mage.
None of the three hundred and sixty large thunder dragon guns were damaged, but such weapons were used by Saleen to attack the Holy City and had never been used.
The floating city has been fighting with long-range attacks. From the beginning to the end, Saleen did not go down to the ground.
After traveling around the city of Cologne for about three days, Salin cleared out no less than 300 churches. This number is shocking.
One church will have at least 100 believers, and 300 churches will have 30,000 believers. These believers' occupation is to entertain pilgrims. In other words, there are 30,000 people around Cologne who specialize in this kind of business.
"It's like a marketplace of beliefs," Salin concluded.
The little girl said: "Market? Only people like you who have no faith can be so vulgar. These people serve the gods. If there is no income, how can more people fall into the arms of gods?"
"No, you are mistaken." Salin said seriously: "At least, I once personally wrote a code of law, built a huge temple, recruited hundreds of thousands of believers, and created the Temple Knights. Cardinal The hospital, and the God’s Mission. Why do you say I don’t understand faith?”
"Because of faith, there is never any need for repayment. What you do is definitely paid for."
"Well, there is indeed a price. If you give enough, you can be promoted. This is my understanding of gods." (To be continued)