"... Please get out of the way, we're going to investigate."
"Investigate the case? Who gave you the authority? This is the settlement town of the Principality of Sarah, and the site of the God of Justice and Discipline. We do not welcome outsiders like you!"
The genius was bright, and I was awakened by the noise at the door.
Looking out of the window, it was a dispute among the adventurers. One group of people blocked the door and prevented the other group from coming out. It was a common door blocking incident.
Those who are blocked are very familiar with the three newcomers of the cult investigation team, and considering their not bad strength, those who can trouble them will naturally not be weak.
It was obviously a group of clergymen, and they were good church people.
The white priest's robe is embroidered with purple-gold borders, which is obviously not a low rank. Although the holy emblem of the cross and the silver holy sword is conventional, the faintly circulating holy power on it is the proof of the true priest.
Behind him, there are more than a dozen paladins and warriors with silver armor and silver swords. It seems that the bishop of Nanpus brought the temple knights to find a place.
Nanpus, the god of justice and precepts, is a weak and inferior divine power, and the priesthood is not the justice he declared. After all, the concept of justice is too empty and huge, even if it is given to a main god, his real priesthood is only the "discipline" under the precepts, "Self-discipline", "class separation", "military regulations" and other extended concepts, many soldiers and lords are his followers.
"Is it another conflict of beliefs?"
Over the years, a lot of these things have happened. The believers of the gods of order generally do not fight on the surface, but there are also many open and secret fights in private. As for being friendly with "the gods of the underworld who compete for faith and sphere of influence" Getting along is an impossible task.
The Principality of Sarah is a small country, not yet rich as a county in a big country, and there is no major force or role. Antun Town is a remote town, and the population of the three surrounding towns does not exceed 100,000. The number of staff and combat power are limited. The reality of the combination of these many conditions is that the church will only preach in densely populated areas, and the border town of the Principality of Sala has no influence from the Nanpus Church at all.
The priest's and knight's boots and cloaks were covered with sand, and the dust-ridden appearance was probably due to a temporary transfer from the capital's bishopric after receiving a notice.
Faith is the source of true God’s power, believers are true God’s walkers on earth, and parishes are true God’s earthly palaces. We can fully understand a true God’s concern for his own territory, but obviously, this will not hinder our decision.
The alliance agreement signed by the God of Law and the God of Holy Light in the northern land allows the two major forces to maintain the most basic peace and trust, at least until the end of the abyss invasion and holy war, and before the common enemy of both sides is eliminated. Fragile alliances will always exist.
Hasn't it turned over already? They were all shot in the underworld, why does the ally relationship still exist? It is precisely because they have turned their faces that the otherwise meaningless alliance has become important.
In fact, most of the diplomatic covenants between countries in the world are like this. If both parties have the need to maintain manifest peace and have common interests, then an outdated contract that was originally just a waste of paper can find some relationship, just a verbal covenant. Become a decisive iron book and golden characters.
And if both parties feel that there is no need for the covenant to exist, even an ally of the times recognized by the world will directly turn their faces and make their brains in the next moment.
At this time, since he was offended in the eyes of Nanpus, he naturally sent his loyal servants, not to help the believers who were in danger, but to expel those uninvited guests.
At the entrance of the Rhino Tavern, the bishop priest of Nampus was repeatedly emphasizing that the other party crossed the border, they could not control the affairs here, this was their own territory, and facing such questions, Tiana and the others had long been used to it.
"We allow the guidance of the rules of the law and the scale of justice, to come for justice and justice in our hearts, and to lend a hand to ordinary people who ask us for help. You? For your great true God? Blood sacrifice before that Why didn't I see you coming when it just happened."
Dark elf mouths have always been very poisonous, and even though the law of chivalry limits lies and deliberately hurtful words, this is purely a statement of the truth, and it is even more hurtful.
"God of justice? Didn't you see what your god did for you?"
Seeing the opponent's guilty conscience, the mercenary Mary took advantage of the victory to pursue her. The mercenary who would not bicker would probably die of anger sooner or later. Her question was difficult to answer.
"You... you... evil blasphemers, how are you worthy of being servants of God, you dark skinned..."
That was what the bishop was talking about. In his mind, the evil dark elves should have been burnt to death, and the god of the law who accompany them is also an evil god. No, it should be said that in the eyes of mad believers, as long as If you don't believe in his god, it's already a death penalty.
From the point of view of the trio on the legal side, these newcomers are simply unreasonable, and the mad believer priest is the lackey of the true god of order.
From the old bishop's point of view, the other party's contempt for the gods is simply too much deception and a heinous crime. If it wasn't for the gods' strict orders to avoid conflicts, it would be a fight now.
Others would probably only think that this is the inevitable way to the prelude to the war of gods, which has been common for thousands of years. But for me, I see some essential differences, which are about the essential difference between belief and theology. .
Among the four pillars are the Pillar of Light and the Pillar of Law, and they will also assume the responsibility of the divine server. Both the Southern Sect and the Law Church were born because of me. The most essential difference between them and the traditional Church of the Gods is in the doctrinal setting There is no place for the Personality of God, and what they believe in and recognize is the Holy Light and the Law itself, rather than a certain God.
Maybe it doesn't look different, but it is a huge gap in essence, related to the relationship between mortals and gods, and related to the future of the entire world.
The pastors of the Church of the Gods will respect each other, because each other is the most loyal servant of the gods, the agents of the will of the gods, and the shepherds of the gods who herd the flocks on the ground. Their identity as shepherds is their pride. The root of it, they have long subconsciously drawn a line from mortals.
However, the teachings of the two new sects tell the world that the world belongs to mortals, and that spreading beliefs is to lead people to be kind and make the world better, not to serve the gods. The high-level gods are only officials with some privileges, and they can be replaced or even Erased existence.
If this is not blasphemy, what is blasphemy, not to mention that the anti-knight, who is regarded as a natural enemy by all gods, actually came together with the two major sects, and it made the gods of order dissatisfied.
In a sense, the Law Church and the Southern sects are digging the graves of the gods in the name of religion.
Inexplicably, as I was watching, I suddenly remembered the word "generation gap"... If we look at it from another angle, the times have caused the old and new generations to have differences in values and outlooks on life, and the different understandings of "faith and religion" in front of us are really true. too similar.
The rise of new forces will naturally conflict with the old forces. In addition, new era occupations such as legal professions and swordsmen of the Four Spirits are spreading rapidly throughout the world. Friction in many aspects such as values, life pursuits, and beliefs is inevitable. Yes, this scene is probably being staged in every corner of the world.
However, due to the existence of common interests and common enemies, under strong pressure from the top, the grassroots must exercise restraint, or at least not be responsible for actively intensifying conflicts.
As a result, there was a very helpless scene in front of me. The local bishop rushed over with the Templars from thousands of miles and blocked the opponent, but he could only...
"You're a bastard, and your whole family is a big badass."
"Your whole family is a bastard, and my father is amazing."
"Bastard, do you dare to come out?"
"Bastard, do you dare to come in?"
"I'm coming in, you hit me."
"Ha, do it first if you have the guts."
Since you can't do it, you can only talk.
The clergy won't swear at people, throw away those impetuous religious words and allusions, and turn them into vernacular.
And since the premise of not being able to do it has been determined from the beginning, then even the ability to fight as a primary school student is lacking, and since it is impossible to fight, some people think of other ways.
"I, Paladin White Beamon, challenge you! A fair duel with the honor of my life as a knight!"
The middle-aged knight who was leading the crowd came out. Judging from the epaulettes and power, this should be a legendary knight.
It seemed that he saw that the opponent's strongest were the golden rank, and he planned to use his strength to suppress his opponent in his own name.
But others looked at him with some worry, and it was obvious that the situation was not optimistic.
Due to the surge of elemental tides after the dawn of the era, the advancement has become much easier than before, the golden masters have become very common, and even the legendary rank has become full of water.
The threshold of the past legends is the most difficult, probably the step of condensing the soul emblem, which is not only a summary of the past, but also a clear understanding of the future path. It is not so easy to recognize oneself, and in today's environment, You can successfully advance even without a soul emblem, but the strength is incomparable to the real legend of the previous era.
This kind of parallel import legend is not even fundamentally different from the Golden Rank.
But there is no way to be invincible. As they consolidate their realm, they can also add a soul emblem, but they are also destined to be unable to recognize their self. Such a soul emblem is incomparable to a real legendary powerhouse. It is often a commodity with a small increase in a certain ability, but the quantitative change cannot achieve qualitative change. Such legends are also called pseudo-legends.
Knight Commander White, who is now taking the initiative to challenge, is such a pseudo-legend who has just advanced to the stage. Maybe he will be able to make up for the soul emblem of a big-time commodity after a while, but now he is not fundamentally different from Master Gold. No wonder his companions were a little worried.
"If you lose, please quit this mission, and hand over the clues you have recently obtained to us, and we will solve the matter of the principality."
When the knights who regard honor as their life have a dispute, a duel is a common choice to resolve the dispute, and this is the best way that White can think of at this time.
"We refuse, we're on a mission, none of us..."
Halfway through what Sol said, he was pulled directly behind by a slender hand. Tiana stepped forward, flicked her wrist, and the silver epee brought out the blossoming sword flowers.
"A knight is never afraid of a duel, please."
Looking at me upstairs and shaking my head helplessly, how can this girl even learn this stupid girl, what kind of chivalry is a dark elf learning, her head is flooded.
"But as a challenger, and a challenger who bullies the small, you actually feel that you still have honor? Okay, as the price of accepting the challenge, if you lose, you should keep the sword in your hand."
Well, I take back what I just said. Tiana is much more cunning than Diana. The epee in her hand is only a standard weapon, and the evaluation is excellent at most. Weapons, at least sophisticated, might be epic, and definitely worth a gamble.
And the most cunning thing about her was that she only said what to do if the opponent lost, not that she would give her life if she lost.
But the old-fashioned paladin commander's "bullying the small" with the big ones is beyond the limit of his face, and his face is flushed with the other party's not mean words. If it wasn't for the prestige of the church, he would have it all. The urge to turn around and run away.
Now that he heard the opponent make this seemingly unfair bet, he not only nodded and agreed, but also showed a grateful expression to the female elf, thinking that the other party was taking care of his knight's honor.
His panicked teammates obviously saw something, but seeing that the captain had agreed, he couldn't say anything else and could only cheer for the captain.
The trio on the other side deserved to be from Brimstone Mountain City. They were much simpler and more real. Mary directly threw her small bag full of various small props to Tiana, who was a Four Spirit Swordsman who relied on foreign objects. Personal props.
And Sol handed Tiana a hidden ammunition bag. The various grenade wooden handles exposed at the mouth of the bag made the scalp numb. No matter what his main occupation was, the goblin decided to be a part-timer or a businessman. Or goblin engineer.
But those bastards in the bar have already entered the theater mode, and they can't stop pointing.
At this time, I suddenly remembered something, got up quickly, and quickly went downstairs.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute! Don't fight first, keep people under the knife!"
Then when I rushed into the two sides of the opponent, everyone looked at me in surprise, but they really stopped, as if waiting for me to say something.
"What clues did you find?"
Seeing the guide running down suddenly, the quick-thinking Mary seemed to have guessed something, and her words suddenly caused an uproar in the scene.
But I tried my best to keep my breath smooth, and after a while, I raised my head, swept over every nervous face with a serious face, and said in the most vigorous and high voice.
"Golden rank female elf loses 1.5 for 1, legendary paladin 2 for 1, and 3 for a draw, there is no cap, you have to press the speed, don't wait for it!"