As a religious event, the All Saints' Day celebration naturally involves various performances. However, what is different from traditional festivals is that in addition to performances, there are also some special programs, that is, conflicts between major conflicting religions will occur during the festival.
The conflict here does not mean that the two sides disagree and then open up, but something similar to a gambling battle. The two religious sects duel, and each has to release gambling chips before the duel. The winning party will get
The loser's bargaining chip.
Before the gambling battle, you need to apply to the five major churches and the host Count Lothar. As long as Count Lothar and two of the five major churches nod, the gambling battle can be established, and the gambling battle is also the highlight of the All Saints' Day celebration. First,
The afternoon of that day and the next two days will be used for gambling competitions.
It's weird, it's incredible, and it's hard to imagine that such a disharmonious thing would happen in a grand festival, but this is the characteristic of the world of Sorakon.
Countless religions are entrenched under this sky. For the sake of believers and doctrines, conflicts are endless, and bloodshed occurs from time to time. This makes many people in power very angry, and they use force to violate the prohibition. This group of religious people also
Isn’t it true that faith is a violation of the law?
Blind suppression will definitely not work. After the two churches have disputes and conflicts, they will break out sooner or later. There are many places in history where great chaos broke out due to religious conflicts, and most of them were suppressed for a long time and then broke out out of control.
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So, six hundred years ago, a lord who was angered by religion came up with this way to solve the problem, allowing the conflicting churches to engage in a gambling battle under his nose, and the losing party had to pay the corresponding price.
To appease the winner, and the winner cannot continue to embarrass the loser, at least not in the next year. If you want to regain your position, then wait until next year's All Saints Festival celebration to challenge again!
Although this method is crude and not very binding, it is loved by the officials because it can not only reduce the possibility of violent conflicts to a certain extent, but also take the opportunity to understand the strength of each religion to consolidate their rule.
As a result, this method was quickly learned by other people in power, and after hundreds of years of development and improvement, it became everyone's default rule.
With the improvement of the religious world hierarchy, major religions with popes in various provinces have also joined the ranks of maintaining rules. In order to stabilize their positions, they also need to understand and take the opportunity to weaken the strength of their competitors through All Saints' Day celebrations.
Up to now, this rule has become an 'order' jointly maintained by the lords and major religions. It is extremely binding. Very few religions will not abide by the rules, not only during the festival, but also after the festival. They will not abide by the rules in the next year.
Religions that compete with gambling come into conflict because once the rules are violated, it means that that religion will not only have to bear the wrath of those in power, but also the resistance and siege of other religions.
In Link's view, this is typical political oppression, which obviously has many disadvantages, but because it is beneficial to those in power, those in the upper class will desperately defend it and constantly praise its benefits to guide public opinion and trends, while the middle and lower classes
Because I am not strong enough to resist, I can only be forced to accept it and try to get as many benefits as the rules allow.
As an emerging church, God the Father Church was originally not involved in this kind of thing. Even if there was a conflict between the Mad God of War and God the Father, it was impossible to seek revenge from the Father God during the festival because of the previous war and the suppression of the three major churches.
, so Link came with a soy sauce mentality from the beginning.
Unexpectedly, the Temple of Madness actually colluded with the Star God Sect, and the Star God Sect was obviously well prepared. Link felt that it might not be so easy to go back to this celebration.
Sure enough, when the morning festival ended and the host announced the names of the church that launched the challenge this year and the church being challenged, Link heard the name of the Church of the Father, and the reason was something he couldn't refuse.
"The Star God Religion proposed a bet to the Father God Religion, and the Star God Religion challenged Neil Ye, the Archbishop of the Father God Religion, in the name of apostasy arbitration!"
Apostasy arbitration is another strange product of the religious world. When a person apostates, the original church has arbitration power. This power does not mean that the original church can torment the apostate at will, but that the original church can
Challenge the apostate, and the apostate cannot refuse. If the apostate loses, his property and life will be judged by the original church. If he wins, the original church can no longer do anything to the apostate.
The name will also be cleared.
If it was in private, Link could have just pretended to be dumb and ignored it, but now that the other party brought up gambling and apostasy arbitration together, Link couldn't refuse.
In fact, Link did not intend to refuse. As for the arbitration power, Link has always been entangled with the identity of a traitor. Although there are many apostates now, as a big shot, this identity has always affected his positive image.
Damage, now that the Star God Cult has taken out the power of arbitration, it can solve the problem of apostates once and for all.
Moreover, with the support of the Tianling Sect, Link is also confident in the fighting power of the God Father Sect. In this way, he can take the opportunity to build up the momentum of the God Father Sect and build momentum for future development.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Link asked Saga to convey his intention to agree to the duel. As a result, this reaction immediately caused an uproar. In their view, although the recent momentum of the Father God Sect is good, it is just a departure.
This unlucky little church would have been destroyed long ago by the Mad Temple and the God of War Cult if it had not been protected by the three major churches.
Now when faced with a Star God Cult whose power and combat power is stronger than that of the Mad Temple, he actually agreed to the duel request without hesitation. Is the Archbishop of the Father God Sect mentally retarded? Or is that guy because of his opposition to the Mad Temple and the Ares Cult?
Victory is so full of confidence that the Father God Cult can defeat the Star God Cult with strong foundation in a gambling battle?
A fly shakes a tree - this is the situation in the eyes of the masses.
However, this kind of overestimating behavior also added a lot of excitement to this event. Many people began to look forward to the gambling battle between the Star God Cult and the Father God Cult. Some people have even started betting on who can win between the two sects. Star God
The Sect pays 1.2 to 1, while the Father God Sect pays 15 to 1. This huge difference in odds also reflects people’s views on the gambling battle between the two religions.
Originally Count Lothar wanted to use his power to suppress Link's request for a bet, but when he saw Link was so decisive, he agreed. He didn't say anything, and just arranged the bet on the last day of the celebration.
, which would also give Link and the Father God Sect more time to prepare.
From the audience's point of view, this arrangement undoubtedly means that the Earl is also looking forward to the gambling battle between the two religions, which has attracted more people's attention and expectations.
Faced with this situation, Alia couldn't help but nervously tugged at Link's clothes and said: "Brother Neil, is it really okay for us to accept a gambling fight rashly? The Star God Cult is not an ordinary church, although they didn't care about it before.
It’s our business, but I heard that the Star God Cult has a strong foundation and countless masters in the sect, can we defeat them?”
Link did not answer after hearing this, but asked Saga and Aiolos: "Do you think so too?"
Saga and Aiolos looked at each other hesitantly and nodded. Although they trusted Link unconditionally, they couldn't help but feel guilty when facing the Star God Cult, an established church that they considered very powerful.
Link smiled slightly when he saw this and said: "Don't worry, although the Star God Sect is powerful, the battle is one-on-one. In terms of elite combat power, we will never lose to them. Don't forget, we are defeated by Father God."
With my blessing, how can I be defeated by those pagans who pretend to be gods?"
After hearing this, the three people also thought of the gods they believed in, and their confidence suddenly increased, and all the uneasiness in their hearts disappeared. This is the benefit of faith. When they firmly believe that gods exist and protect them, they will burst out with unprecedented confidence.
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At this time, Lingfeng asked again: "Archbishop Neil, do you need our help?"
After hearing this, Link shook his head and whispered: "No, I just want to take the opportunity to train these two boys. They are the future backbone of my teaching. If I keep them growing up under my wings, sooner or later they will become those who only obey orders."
People, I want them to become handsome men, not generals. If the Tianling Sect takes action, it will not be able to train them."
Lingfeng nodded in understanding, then smiled slightly and said: "Then, let Lingmeng join the battle with you."
"Reimu?" Link was stunned.
"Well, it's Reimu. Many gambling matches adopt a five-match three-win system. If the other party asks for five matches and you don't have enough people, wouldn't you be very passive? Moreover, Reimu is now your maid, and you will be very passive.
It’s not unreasonable for the Father God Sect to join the war together - don’t worry, only we know Reimu’s identity. She has never appeared in the outside world, and others don’t know who she is. It’s more than enough to pretend to be a nun from the Father God Sect.”
"Uh..." After hearing this, Link couldn't help but look at Lingmeng. Although Lingmeng had served him a long time ago, he didn't believe it at all. After all, there were many doubts at the time, and the practices of the Tianling Sect were too weird for him to
He had to be careful and later forgot about it. Now that Lingfeng mentioned it again, Link couldn't help but have some subtle thoughts.
Staring at Lingmeng's expressionless but extremely beautiful face, Link couldn't help but look up at the scene of him being served by him, but soon he found that there seemed to be a pair of resentful eyes staring at him next to him, and he turned around to look
, it was Aria spreading resentment again. He quickly retracted his bad intentions and said to Lingfeng with a righteous look: "Elder Lingfeng, I am very grateful for your help, but if you let Lingmeng serve me, you don't have to."
By the way, even if Reimu wants to join the Father God Cult, he will be serving the lofty Father God, not me."
After hearing this, Lingfeng smiled and said nothing, but gave Link a meaningful look, which made Link feel a little scared. At the same time, Link also remembered that he was Father God. What is the difference between serving Father God and serving Him?
Many nuns and saints say that their bodies and souls belong to God. Does this mean that the nuns and saints of the Father's religion are all his harems?
Thinking of the countless nuns and saints who came crying and offering their lives, Link couldn't help but shudder while feeling secretly happy. This kind of thing can be done for a while, but if it really happened, it would be a thriller. Let's not talk about him for now.
It's okay to eat or not, nuns and saints are not necessarily beauties, and if they are a group of dinosaurs, they will cheat me. Thinking about it this way, he was really prescient in abolishing the abstinence rule. At least he doesn't have to worry about staging a live-action version of Jurassic Park.