Chapter 389: The conflict of faith between God Yiwa and the Sky Giant God (Thanks to Niu Colu and Jianbos leader)
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Thunder Temple.
The outer hall is tall and majestic, and the stairs are much higher than the inner hall. Looking from a distance, you can feel the majesty and sanctity of the temple.
There was light rain in the sky, hitting the steps outside the temple, and from time to time thunder and flashes of light could be heard from the clouds in the distance.
The thunder seemed to tear a crack in the thick dark clouds and transmit the light.
A wet and frightened snake man twisted his snake's tail, passed through the slope ladder engraved with thunder and clouds, and staggered into the hall.
He quickly passed through the side door and came to a hidden library.
"Chief Sir, something happened."
In the library, the chief priest of the temple is preparing the ritual of the Witch's Sacrifice, searching ancient books to complete this ritual.
He was looking at books that recorded the history of ancient times, which contained rituals for generations of gods of the City of Life, the Mother of Snakes.
The pages depict bonfires, altars, and the dance of a snake girl.
He will also accompany her when the time comes, leading everyone to perform a ceremony on Silver Fish Island and then send the witch into the kingdom of God.
"What happened?"
The Chief Divine Attendant was not too touched. After all, in his eyes, no major event was as important as the Witch's Sacrifice.
But as soon as the other party spoke, the chief divine attendant raised his head.
"Chief Sir."
"Her Majesty the Witch's ship was destroyed. A hurricane suddenly broke out outside the city and it rained heavily."
"Her Highness the Witch's boat was swept into the river by the storm and then disappeared."
The Chief Divine Attendant was instantly furious, and he pressed down on the visitor with such strong pressure that he almost fell to the ground.
"What's going on? What's going on with you?"
"The Witch's Festival is about to begin. How can you have such a problem at this time?"
"This is a gift to the gods, this is the witch's festival."
"Do you want me to say this kind of thing to Her Highness the Witch? Do you want me to explain this kind of thing to the gods in the temple?"
The visitor was horrified.
At this time, he added carefully.
"Chief Sir!"
"Someone saw a bolt of thunder falling from the sky, and then Her Highness the Witch's ship disappeared."
"This violent storm is so strange, like a force that does not belong to the world."
The Chief Divine Attendant raised his brows and stared as if he could not blink.
He didn't speak for a long time, whether he was shocked or thinking.
The water on the visitor's body was not even dry, and it kept dripping down, making a crisp sound when hitting the stone slabs.
Even though it was raining lightly outside, it was still very clear because the people inside were so silent that they didn't even breathe.
The visitor's face was covered with water stains, revealing fear and anxiety, and he finally said.
"Chief Sir."
"Could it be..."
Before he could say that word, the Chief Divine Attendant directly blocked his next words.
"shut up."
"I am God's most devout servant, and Her Highness the Witch is God's chosen apostle."
"The sky giant will only protect us. We are the embodiment of the sky giant's will in the world."
The Chief Divine Attendant stood up and came to the other party.
It felt like they were repeated superfluously, emphasizing their identities again and again.
"If God has a will that he wants to convey, how could we not know it?"
"How could we not feel it?"
The visitor felt relieved after hearing this.
yes!
The Chief Divine Attendant is the controller of God’s faith in the world, and the Witch is God’s chosen apostle.
They are the two people closest to God, how could they not feel God's will?
But the Chief Divine Attendant was a little flustered. He looked at the depths of the rain and the dense dark clouds in the sky.
I feel a little uneasy inside.
Storm, shower, thunder.
These words sound very similar to the power and authority of the giant god in the sky.
Could it be?
No, how is this possible?
They are holding a ceremony for the giant god in the sky. They are offering the most precious gift they have to the god, and they are offering their piety and belief to the god.
How could the sky giant do this?
There is no such reason?
Underneath the seemingly calm and indifferent mood of the Chief Divine Attendant, there is a strong undercurrent.
At this moment, the person lying on the ground then talked about another thing.
Regarding the person that the Thunder Temple has been looking for recently, for this reason, various prayer halls and merchants' homes inside and outside Thunder City have been searched several times, and many people have been offended.
"By the way, Chief Sir."
"At the shipbuilding workshop, someone saw the pagans who broke into the temple before."
"That man named Gamer, a guy who is obviously a citizen of Leize, but has become a servant of the Ability God."
The Chief Divine Attendant frowned: "Is he the one who tried to kidnap Her Highness the Witch before?"
"What is he doing there?"
The visitor may believe so, or he may just want to shirk responsibility.
"I don't know, but he used the strange pagan lantern to shine towards the ship, and what happened next happened. Even Her Highness the Witch's ship disappeared."
"People present said he laughed evilly, said it was great that the ship was gone, and said we had no plans to complete the Witch's Festival."
The chief seemed to have grasped the answer he so longed for, and confirmed it before conducting a thorough investigation.
He first pointed at the person coming and said loudly.
"That's right."
"It must be these pagans, it must be them."
"They want to stop the Witch's Sacrifice, the Apostle of God from appearing, and the will of the Sky Titan to protect this country."
The Chief Attendant of the Thunder Temple was immediately sure that he was the servant of the God of Desire and Alchemy. At this time, anger began to well up on his face. The anger was not disguised at all, it truly came from the heart.
The Chief Divine Attendant bent down and looked at the snake man lying on the ground, his eyes full of disgust for those pagans and their believers.
"It seems that I really can't blame you completely. If the power of the gods intervenes, it will be difficult for you to stop it."
"These pagans and heretics continue to invade our country and confuse the people on this land."
"This is the country of faith of the giant gods in the sky, not theirs."
"And now."
"Another conspiracy of theirs has begun."
The Chief Divine Attendant roared in a tone of gritted teeth: "This is the alien god's invasion of Lei Ze and our country."
"Those pagans dare to summon the power of their gods in the country of faith of the sky giant and destroy our ship that receives the power of the gods."
"She wants to take away the faith of this country."
Based on what the other party said, he immediately deduced a series of reasons.
And the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.
He found the answer he wanted.
Then continue to collect various supporting evidence to prove that your answer is correct.
The snake-man god attendant lying on the ground also shared the same hatred and said loudly.
"We must not let them succeed."
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The halls deep in the temple are not as tall and majestic as the outer ones, but they are more splendidly decorated and contain various treasures that no mortal has ever seen in their lifetime.
The "Sky Witch" lives here, this is her temporary palace in the human world.
When Liz first arrived, she felt that everything here seemed not to belong to the human world, but like the kingdom of God.
Those utensils made of gold, gilt bronze mirrors, white pottery painted bottles as delicate as white jade and other utensils.
Any item she took out was enough for her former family to live a wealthy life like an aristocrat.
She used to dare not even touch these things for fear of accidentally breaking them.
But the waitress next to her told her.
"Your Highness!"
"It is their luck and honor that they can be used by you."
"You are the apostle of God, they are just common things in the world."
now.
Liz picked up the silver tableware and ate a piece of meat in an aristocratic manner. Someone immediately handed her a white towel.
After dinner, she was assigned other tasks.
Liz came to an altar filled with divine servants, and everyone lined up on both sides.
Someone was playing music, and a girl was singing hymns.
A divine waiter served the wine, and the slightly fragrant wine passed into Liz's nose.
The attendant said: "Wine is an offering to the gods. After drinking, the attendant can get closer to the gods and hear the gods' voices more clearly."
This is a must-have item for the gods’ festivals passed down from generation to generation.
In more ancient times, wine was the exclusive preserve of godly servants.
It was not until later that it was slowly enjoyed by kings and nobles, and finally entered the world of civilians.
Liz picked up the wine glass and drank it.
Liz drank for the first time. This was something that even kings could not enjoy in the past, but now she can drink freely.
A splendid palace, a life of unimaginable wealth and extravagance, a high power and status respected by tens of thousands of people.
This feeling made Liz intoxicated.
Can't extricate myself.
After drinking the wine, Liz's face had a hint of blush, making her look even more beautiful.
And the dizzy feeling made her feel like she was floating in the clouds.
Someone on the side chanted a spell, and red light surged around the altar.
"puff!"
The godly servant of the Thunder Temple summoned the Fire Demon.
Flames shot into the sky, and a wave of heat swept up and down the altar.
The powerful fire demon twisted its body, and a terrifying shadow changed inside it, paying attention to everyone around it.
The divine attendant who summoned the fire demon explained to Liz why he summoned the fire demon.
"More than a thousand years ago, the Mother of All Snakes received a gift from the Lord of Life. Snake people can control the fire demon."
"Fire is a gift from the Lord and is also the most important part of the ceremony."
"Fire and dance are rituals to communicate with the gods."
Liz watched the divine attendant use divine magic to summon a powerful fire demon.
Seeing the great power displayed by the divine attendant, and seeing the powerful fire demon acting as docile as a slave in the hands of the divine attendant, Liz was dazzled by this power.
She finally understood why the divine servants said that wealth in the world was not worth caring about, it was just an external thing.
With such powerful power, they are no longer ordinary people.
Those gold, silver and common things are just things in the world, and what they are looking for is beyond the imagination of mortals.
Liz looked at the divine attendant expectantly and asked him.
"This power."
"Can I have it too?"
The divine attendant told her: "Of course, Your Highness the Witch."
"The power you will have in the future will be a thousand times, ten thousand times more than this power."
"The Earth Witch of the King's Court of Ten Thousand Snakes can summon the sacred trees that cover a city at will; she can turn an entire city from winter to spring with her breath."
"You will become a real witch in the future, and my little power will not be worth mentioning."
Liz listened to the words of the divine servant and imagined the power of the earth witch.
"Mortal, divine servant, apostle."
Finally.
"God."
Liz finally understood the hierarchy of the world, what she was about to have, and what she was about to become.
She woke up from being lost in the lake and indulging in the life of the witch, and finally vaguely understood what kind of existence the witch was.
Everything in the world is just the most vulgar thing, and the pursuit of God's servants and apostles has transcended them.
She was even more looking forward to the next Witch Festival.
The god's servant used the monster's fire to light the bonfire in the altar, and then said to Liz respectfully.
"Your Highness."
"It's time to begin."
"Dancing for the gods is the most pious and solemn ceremony."
Liz began her sacrificial dance under the altar and flames.
This is a preview for the real Witch Festival.
She has recently been studying with the best dancers in the Leize Kingdom for a long time. There are also powerful divine attendants who specially strengthen her body, use divine magic to enhance her learning ability, and try their best to stuff all kinds of knowledge into her mind.
middle.
Now she is no longer the ordinary fisher girl, the life here is constantly changing her.
Wearing beautiful clothes, she danced under the burning altar fire.
Her expression was intoxicated, and the drunkenness came to her head more and more.
She was immersed in the ritual dance.
Flame, snake dance.
"jingle!"
The swing of her hair moved the silver bells tied to the ends of her hair, and the gold rings on her hands made a crisp sound when they collided.
A beautiful snake girl danced under a bonfire to please her gods.
Accompanied by the melody of the harp, this scene is sacred and beautiful.
After the dance performance, she returned to her palace, which was temporarily transformed from a palace.
Today a person came to the temple, deliberately looking for Liz.
Her former father.
As for why it was once, it was because he sold Liz.
Now that she was sold, she is no longer his daughter, right?
She sat behind a veil, surrounded by handsome and beautiful waiters, and guarded by divine attendants.
She is the core of everything, the high-ranking witch.
The man who was once the head of the family and whom Liz did not dare to resist at all was lying on the ground at this moment.
He saw Liz and immediately moved forward one meter.
Calling Liz's name expectantly.
"Liz!"
"It's me!"
Liz was high up, overlooking the other party.
There was only indifference on her face, and she felt that her disgust was unnecessary.
"I am not your Liz, I am an apostle of God."
"You got the wrong person."
The ordinary man looked at Liz with astonishment in his eyes.
Looking carefully, he saw that the other party was beautiful and noble, more noble than the noblest nobleman he had ever seen, and the things in this hall exceeded the richest king he had ever imagined.
Apart from having the same face, it seemed that he could no longer see any trace of the former Liz.
That cowardly daughter who didn't dare to resist even when he dragged her out and sold her.
Liz's father was stunned.
He found that he didn't seem to recognize her at all. In this majestic and sacred palace, he was trembling even when he spoke, and he dared to question her.
Maybe the other party is really no longer his daughter, but has become Her Highness the Witch, someone else.
"Yes!"
"Your Highness the Witch."
"I may have... admitted the wrong person."
The other party was expelled in a hurry, without even daring to say anything. He left the place in embarrassment and even bumped into a pillar outside.
Liz stood up and left, the indifference and condescension on her face disappeared.
Walking in the corridor, she suddenly felt very relaxed and had an indescribable happiness.
She couldn't help laughing, danced in the corridor, spun around and rushed out.
Liz said to herself in her heart.
"I'm no longer Liz, the fishing girl in the swamp."
"I am the witch Liz."
But after Liz walked out of the corridor, she suddenly found someone looking at her outside. They were several attendants from the temple.
The other party looked at her with a strange look, and seemed to be discussing something in a low voice.
It's not just them.
Inside the Witch's Palace, everyone in the entire palace seemed to be discussing something.
News about the shipbuilding workshop spread quickly in the temple, and everyone knew about it, and there were also strange rumors accompanying it.
Liz asked about the waitress who was close to her.
The waitress told her: "Your Highness."
"The Witch's Festival cannot be held on time."
Liz suddenly became nervous: "Why?"
The waitress told her the reason, and then Liz realized that all the Witch's ships that were originally built had been destroyed.
It was destroyed in a strange rainstorm and disappeared without a trace.
"The boat disappeared in the rain?"
"Some people saw the thunder crashing on the ship, or even saw the shadow of the gods in the sky?"
The waitress also mentioned another rumor and everyone's suspicions.
"Some people say that it was God who sent down divine punishment."
Liz suddenly felt her body go limp and almost fell to the ground.
"how so?"
Liz finally understood why those people looked at her suspiciously.
If the gods sent down divine punishment, what does it mean?
Even the waitress looked at Liz with a hint of suspicion in her eyes at this moment.
Liz hated this look.
This suspicious look in her eyes.
But the emotions in my heart that are deeper than disgust are panic and fear.
Liz was scared. She felt that all her strength had been drained away, and something that had always supported her seemed to be draining from her body.
Because apart from her identity as a witch, she has nothing.
To question her as a witch is to question everything about her.
Questioning her reason for existing in this world now.
She heard the sound of thunder yesterday, and she thought she heard the god calling her.
It turned out that the sound was caused by the thunder in the distance that destroyed the Witch's ship.
Her ears even echoed with the voice of the man who broke into the temple, who once told her.
"It's all just a lie."
"The giant god in the sky has never sent down any oracle, and the oracle has never been like this."
Liz has never believed this, and she doesn't want to believe it now.
"impossible!"
"This is impossible!"
Liz yelled in panic. She looked at everyone around her, as if she wanted to hear another answer.
At this time, the chief divine attendant entered here.
His voice came out.
"It was indeed a god who destroyed the witch's ship."
He looked around at everyone in the witch's temporary palace, and everyone avoided his sharp gaze.
"But it's not our god, it's the pagan god."
"He is an alien god who is eyeing the sky and wants to invade the country where the giant god in the sky believes."
At this time, the chief priest of the temple interrupted the spread of "rumors" and told the "truth".
"What are you talking nonsense about?"
"Have you lost your piety and faith due to some disturbing rumors from pagans?"
"People like you who do not have strong faith are not worthy of entering the kingdom of God."
The people brought over by the Chief Divine Attendant immediately took away those who spread rumors and whose beliefs were not firm and pious.
Among them, including the waitress Liz was close to.
They will face cruel punishment. The temple has always been merciless to the ungodly and those who dare to blaspheme and doubt the gods.
The waitress yelled in fear.
"Your Highness the Witch, help me!"
"help me!"
"I didn't do anything, I just said what others said."
"I have never doubted you or the gods!"
Liz felt unbearable in her heart.
But the chief divine attendant said: "Your Highness, the majesty of God cannot be violated."
"Those who have abandoned God and doubted God are not worthy of following you into the kingdom of God. This is tarnishing the glory of God."
Liz felt that what the Chief Divine Attendant said was right, and she also hated people who doubted gods and oracles.
She listened to the other party's pleading, and finally turned her head away and allowed these people to be taken away.
Only then did the Chief Divine Attendant begin to salute: "Your Highness the Witch."
"Don't panic."
"Everything has been investigated. It's all a conspiracy of those heretics."
The Chief Divine Attendant told the "truth" to "Sky Witch" Liz, telling the causes and consequences of everything, how cunning and insidious the pagans' conspiracy was, and what methods they used to achieve their goals.
"It was made by a pagan named Gamel. He performed a ritual with a pagan lantern and summoned the power of the alien god to destroy your ship, the witch."
"Do you still remember the pagan who broke into your palace many days ago?"
"That crazy guy."
"He failed to hurt you before and failed to destroy the Witch's Festival."
"But now he has appeared again. In order to destroy the power and guidance of the sky giant and come to the world, these heretics have completely fallen into madness."
Liz immediately remembered Gamel's figure: "Is it him?"
The Chief Divine Attendant nodded: "Yes, that's the person."
"This is alien gods invading this country, these heretics and pagans are declaring war on us."
The chief divine attendant raised his head, his eyes full of coldness.
"They won't succeed."
"God has chosen her apostles, and God's will and protection will completely come to this country."
"Those pagans will disappear forever in the realm of the sky giant."
"The alien gods who want to occupy Leize will also be driven out by the power of the sky giant."
The Chief Divine Attendant told Liz.
"Your Highness the Witch!"
"The Witch Festival will not end, it will just be held later."
"The more those pagans try to stop us, the more we must enter the kingdom of God and welcome the power of God into the world."
"Your Highness the Witch" finally calmed down, she thankfully covered her chest and said happily.
"That's really great."
"God's most devout servant in the world, you will definitely protect God's faith and protect God's kingdom."
"Yeah?"
The chief priest bowed to the ground devoutly: "We are willing to serve God and our faith."
"Give it our all."
The two of them were extremely devout at the moment, firmly believing in what they wanted to believe in their hearts.
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And at this moment.
the other side.
The Miracle Temple of the White Tower Alchemy Alliance used the power of the rainbow tree to send letters to various prayer halls and alchemists in the Leize Kingdom.
The letter was signed by Oran, the apostle of the god of alchemy.
Olan, the fourth-level puppet alchemist who is famous throughout the Ruhe Island.
The apostle of the God of Desire and Alchemy issued a warning to all servants of the God of Desire and Alchemy.
Let them temporarily leave the Kingdom of Leize and go to the Land of the Rising Sun to avoid unnecessary casualties and conflicts.
There is this paragraph in the letter.
"Those who place their faith in gods, speculate on gods' will, and use human hearts to represent gods' will will eventually go against God."
"Faith is walking with God and implementing God's will."
"Instead of doing evil in the name of the glory of the patron saint, killing in the name of destroying the enemies of gods, and venting selfish desires in the name of gods."
"Servants of the God of Desire and Alchemy."
"True faith does not lie in the external objects you protect, nor in the shouts you make with your mouth, but in whether your heart is truly upholding God's will."
The meaning of this sentence is somewhat profound.
But the more superficial meaning is to advise all alchemists in the Leize Kingdom to give up everything and return to the Land of the Rising Sun for the time being.
As long as you can be with God in your heart, you can give up those external things.
This news is very sudden, but it can be confirmed that it is the will of the apostle.
And all the prayer halls and temples of the God of Desire and Alchemy, as well as the alchemists who received the letter, fell into an uproar.
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