Claude stood on top of the tallest bell tower in Luther Town, with the sword staff in his right hand already open. He gently held the top of the staff with both hands, as if he was holding a sword.
The barrier that made irrelevant people ignore him quietly opened with him as the center. Although using divine magic in Kalar territory consumes divine grace, but if it is only maintained until the end of the ceremony, there is probably no problem.
After all, it is just a barrier of neglect. Although he is old, he probably does not need to activate the incarnation of the divine envoy.
Claude just put his hands in front of him, leaning on his sword staff, and squinted his eyes to look at the sun that was already rising high in the distance.
Rarely, he was wearing a white floor-length robe and a bronze shoulder jacket studded with metal chains.
Two brown hard leather shoulder straps with sword-like ends passed through the gaps in the shoulder jacket, wrapped around the back of the neck and rested on Claude's neck like a scarf.
The hard leather shoulder strap did not go around the front of his neck, but two copper-colored metal hard ties were stuck on his chest, completely blocking his Adam's apple.
This is the most solemn outfit worn by the bishop of Sivir.
Needless to say, he wears this garment only on the first day of every month, and after the liturgy, he and other bishops go to the Pope to listen to the sermons.
The shoulder straps are not everyday clothing. These two sword-shaped shoulder straps are different from Pastor Tyr’s wool shoulder straps. They are made of extremely high-quality hard leather. Their meanings are also similar to Pastor Tyr’s shoulder straps.
different.
As Sivir said, as defenders, they must "never leave their swords". Therefore, when they cannot wear a ceremonial sword, they must wear a shoulder strap instead of a sword.
The white floor-length robe is not the style of Pastor Sivir. Generally speaking, they are accustomed to wearing short clothes on top and tight trousers on the bottom. This allows them to respond immediately to any crisis.
This kind of pure white silk material can cause strong reflection under the sun, and the length can completely cover the top of the feet. These are the styles favored by God Tyr.
"You will be proud of the sun."
"I have given this light to you equally; you must also give light equally to the people."
Claude softly prayed the holy words of Father God Tyre: "You are the people of the sun. You must be humble and not anxious. You should be like me so that you will not suffer disaster - I don't show my hands and feet, and you must not show your hands and feet;
If I don’t show my shoulders, you are not allowed to show your shoulders; if I don’t show my neck, you are not allowed to show your neck.”
"May all glory belong to Sivir and Father God Tyr——"
After a simple prayer, Claude slowly raised his staff and sword, dancing in a complex and rhythmic manner, as if writing something in the air, or like a sword dance praying for victory.
He is waiting for time to pass.
In another five minutes, when the sun rose to the middle, his prayer began.
Today is an extremely important day for Claude. He had told Macon and Claudia two days ago not to disturb himself today.
December 5th - This is the day when Tire, the father-god of Sivir, became a god. On this day, all priests of Tire and believers above Bishop Sivir must wear the most solemn clothes and pray facing the sun.
Unlike the priests of Tire, the priests of Sivir cannot offer sacrifices on this day, and worship can only be carried out after the sun rises. Before that, one can only look at the sunrise piously and quietly, and pray silently in the heart.
This is a clear distinction between superiority and inferiority, and the distinction between priorities - just as the sun rises and sets at the same time every day, God Tire is a god who pays great attention to observance of etiquette and etiquette.
His teachings strive to safeguard the status of rulers and the power of nobles. Just as the sun has shined on the earth since ancient times, it has
There is nothing higher than the sun, and nothing older than the sun.
The priests of Tire believe that power is acquired from birth. Whether a person is noble or not is determined the moment he is born. The reason for acquired power is that it can be stolen or given.
Adhering to this teaching, even though Tyr's domains were only [Sun] and [Justice] at the beginning, over the course of more than a hundred years of growth, he has extended his power to [Nobles], [Tradition], and [Law].
], [ritual], [stability], etc.
At the annual meeting at the end of this year, a cardinal of Sivir proposed: "Knowledge has a spirit, and historical inheritance is extremely sacred. It must be under the watchful eye of the God of Tire——"
What he means is that knowledge and inheritance should also belong to the domain of the god Tire.
This view created huge differences at the annual meeting.
In general, the point of disagreement is not whether this sentence is correct or not, but whether knowledge is related to war.
Some bishops believe that wisdom and war do not conflict. From the fields of strategy and war, it can be extended to controlled war, the protection and promotion of inheritance, the invasion and integration of culture, etc. involving the fields of knowledge and inheritance. For Sivir Crown
It also has great benefits, and it should not be given directly to Tyr.
Some other bishops believe that unbridled wisdom is the root of evil. From the field of justice, it can be directly extended to the correction of inheritance and the development of good culture. Moreover, Sivir and Tyr are named in appearance, but in reality
As one body, we really shouldn’t take the differences between you and me so seriously.
This debate immediately exposed the internal contradictions of the Sivir sect. The most important thing is that until the end, they did not determine who was right.
However, their pope preferred the first opinion, while Claude preferred the second opinion. Although Claude didn't say anything on the spot, he was actually a little unhappy in his heart.
In his opinion, if the Church of the Goddess of War were to seize the field of knowledge and inheritance, they would simply go north to seize it from Su Ze's alchemist or go southeast to seize it from the White Tower.
No matter which one it is, given the seriousness of their attacks by these blood-soaked lunatics, it will have a very bad impact on the local residents.
Claude has lived for a long, long time, and he has long been indifferent to it.
In his opinion, the newly appointed pope is too young, only in his early forties, the blood in his heart has not calmed down, and his actions are impetuous.
With the reputation of the God of Tyr, no matter where they go to discuss the spread of the god's domain, it will definitely be much more efficient than if they attack directly.
Because of the stability-maintaining role of Tire's teachings, although Tire is not the state religion of any country, it is respected in most countries - what ruler likes a mob?
It is precisely because of the relationship between Sivir and Tyr that Bantha, who is always waging war, has not been jointly annihilated by neighboring countries. For example, in the far north, where sunlight is scarce, Suze believes that
The yield of crops depends more on the amount of sunlight than the fertility of the land. Therefore, many Suze people at the bottom do not believe in the goddess of harvest but believe in Tyre, the god of the sun and justice.
Of course, Tyre didn't want his daughter to be beaten, so he naturally tried to mediate everywhere and even sent a saint to lobby.
It is precisely because of Tyr's great protection and help that Sivir was able to kill all the other war-related gods and monopolize the war field. And only she dared to let Bansa find other countries to start a war, but other countries had to consider attacking Bansa.
risk.
Even if all Bantha's regular troops were withdrawn, the Templar armies of Tire and Sivir alone would be enough to protect the country from war.
After all, even the seven gods of Titan only formed a loose alliance, and they were at odds with each other.
What's more, not even one of the seven gods has strong divine power. Even if Tyr doesn't take action, Sivir alone can defeat three of them without any effort.
Suddenly, a melodious bell rang from under Claude's feet, ringing twelve times in a row.
The time has come.
"If I see the sun shining in the sky, my heart will be happy -"
He held the staff and sword in both hands, swung it to tear the air, made a whirring sound, raised it high and pointed it at the sun, and sang the prayer loudly.
Before he could sing the second prayer, he saw Roland and Kruveen walking towards him from the corner of the street following Claudia.
He couldn't help but feel relieved.
Fortunately, little Luolan is fine...
But then, his heart was filled with worry.
During this sacred ceremony, he was not allowed to speak or move at will, otherwise it would be a great transgression.
Don't disturb my ceremony...
Claude thought silently in his heart. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net