Part 5 The Red Priests Chapter 31 The First Sermon
Not feeling the least bit surprised by Patrick Blaine’s answer, Klein nodded gently:
”How many lives is this for you?”
As far as he knew, the “undead” would die and be resurrected once every sixty years, forgetting most of their past memories and needing to slowly retrieve them in the following years, as if they were starting a new life.
This belongs to the knowledge that comes with the Potion Society, Patrick Blaine easily understood the meaning of the opposite God’s Favorite, and said after weighing his words:
”I’m not yet 50, and I’ve been an ‘undead’ for less than 10 years.”
Klein asked smoothly:
”When did you convert to my Lord?”
The “Lord” here referred to the Lord of the Underworld.
Blaine recalled for two or three seconds and said:
”At that time, I had just celebrated my 30th birthday.”
Only at the age of 30 did he set foot in the Mysterious World and embark on the extraordinary path, and in less than 40 he became a Sequence 4 Demigod …… This speed is not a phenomenal talent, which means that it is likely to be a God’s Favorite …… Heh, sure enough, in that ceremony, he was subjected to the spirit and body of the “Death” pathway “uniqueness” of the influence of …… Klein listened and thought, the previous speculation has been further confirmed.
Of course, compared to his transformation from an ordinary person to a Sequence 4 Demigod in just 1 year, Patrick Blaine’s promotion speed was nothing to write home about.
On the contrary, Klein didn’t feel any need to lament about this, because he was indeed a “God’s Favorite”, and there were more than one hang-ups.
The only problem was that the current reward for those gifts was not sure if it was enough.
After pondering for a moment, Klein turned to ask:
”What is your explicit identity now?”
”I’m a merchant, running two garment factories in Bakerland, ostensibly believing in the Goddess of Darkness, and a supporter of the New Party …… ” Patrick Blaine introduced.
Klein almost “heckled” as he continued to ask:
”How many members of the Spirit Order do you have under your command, and what are they doing respectively?”
Blaine answered fluidly and prepared:
”Two groups of twelve Extraordinary Ones, some of whom work in my garment factories, some in the clockworks, and each of whom has a formal occupation.
”Generally they are careful to spread the faith of God around them; progress in this direction is slow and not the main purpose, and the overall number of believers does not exceed one hundred.
”For the most part, they are gathering clues to the various things left behind by the god, and to the different materials needed for the rites of awakening.
”With the clues, we would start some operations accordingly, and once the materials were available, different awakening rituals would be experimented with to find the one that had the most effect; I was the presiding officer of the operations and the central element of the rituals.”
Still sounding proud …… Klein asked about the rest of the situation, and was answered exhaustively.
Finally, he thought for a while and spoke with a serious expression:
”In obedience to the oracle of God, from now on, you are at my command.”
Patrick Blaine immediately rose and made a solemn bow:
”Yes, Your Excellency the Favored One.”
Klein nodded slightly:
”First point, stop the various rituals and stop collecting materials, the god has initially awakened and is in the recovery stage, we can’t let the cacophonous ‘voices’ disturb k.”
In Klein’s opinion, Blaine’s awakening ceremony, no matter how much the form changes, the ultimate point is the artificial God of Death, that is, the “uniqueness” of the “God of Death” pathway, which will make its activation deepen, and is not conducive to the goddess’s further mastery.
Whether or not Klein is happy to see a similar situation, since the “Goddess of the Night” has already let Blaine come, he had to make such an arrangement.
For his words, Patrick Blaine did not have the slightest doubt, because the “god of the dead” has indeed awakened, and the essence of “awakening” itself is “disturbing”.
The “undead” thought for a moment, and took the initiative to ask:
”Your Excellency, what do we need to do next?”
Klein smiled approvingly:
”Continue searching for clues to the things left behind by God, this will be conducive to K’s quicker recovery.”
Saying this, Klein was about to make a second request, but because he was worried that if there were too few similar clues, the members of the Spirit Order would not be able to find things to do and cause other situations, he added another sentence:
”In addition, you and your subordinates have to widely launch literacy and reading activities in the garment factories, and in other areas of their own activities, and set up night schools or study classes, so that the people around them can get rid of their ignorance and barbarism.”
To strengthen his persuasive power, Klein reached up and pressed his right hand to his forehead and began to preach with unusual reverence:
”God says that one must understand what one believes in order to be able to believe.
”To the lost, says God, he shall first strengthen his body and arm his mind, for the kingdom promised by k is free from barbarism and ignorance.”
Patrick Blaine did not question the words of Dawn Dantes, did not wonder why these two words were not recorded in the sacred texts of the Spiritual Order, for the other was a favored one of the gods, a divinely appointed vicegerent!
He nodded sincerely and said:
”I will keep God’s teachings in mind.
”May every spirit live forever in the Kingdom of God!”
As he spoke, he had the use of the current prayer posture of the Artificial Death faction of the Spirit Order, which is to raise both hands, thumbs opposite each other, to the center of the forehead.
–In the corresponding occult theory, this is the core of the underworld within each “gatekeeper”, which refers to the position of the god of death.
Klein returned the same gesture and words, and then said:
”The second point, from the southern continent of the order, no matter from whom, you must first submit to me, get my permission to do, if not, you can not do it privately, only according to my meaning to give feedback.”
He was worried that Hector, the High Priestess, the Angel of the Realm of Death, was still keen on the Artificial Death program and would instruct Patrick and others to make new attempts from time to time.
At the same time, he also had to ensure that before the goddess further grasped the “uniqueness” of the “God of Death” pathway, Hector and the other two saints would not notice the clues, so as to prevent them from making a drastic response.
Blaine still had no objection to this:
”Yes, Your Excellency!”
After ordering those two most important things, Blaine remained unchanged on the surface, relaxed a bit inwardly, and said with deliberation:
”The third point, if you are not summoned by me, you shall not come to me on your own initiative, and the usual contact will be done through a messenger.
”As you know, many existences in the Astral Realm are unwilling to see the god revived.”
Patrick Blaine nodded heavily:
”I understand.
”The summoning words of my messenger are ‘Spirit that roams the upper realms, absolutely friendly creature, contractual partner of Patrick Blaine’.”
As expected, a demigod of the “Death God” pathway could not possibly not have a messenger …… Normally, a Sequence 6 of this pathway would be able to have one …… Klein didn’t hesitate, and spoke not too fast or slow as he said:
”Remember, the summoning words of my messenger are ‘Spirit that wanders in the midst of vanity, friendly creature to be driven, messenger that belongs solely to Gelman Sparrow’, well, whether you receive the letter, or send it, you need to give a gold coin to complete the agreement.”
Klein intentionally revealed the association of Germaine Sparrow with the identity of Dawn Dantes, mainly to see how the other party would react.
”Germaine Sparrow ……,” Patrick Blaine repeated the name suspiciously, and then it dawned on him a little, addressing him in a rather surprised manner, “Your Highness, the Consul of Death?”
Fortunately, although it is a ritual byproduct and faith fanaticism, but at least has a normal intelligence, can consciously gather intelligence and complete the analysis of the problem …… Klein sighed with relief and responded with a smile:
”I am not, k is my teacher.”
Blaine nodded thoughtfully, feeling like he had a clear grasp on the whole thing.
Klein guessed his thoughts but ignored them, teetering on his right leg and crossing his hands in his lap, he turned to ask:
”What do you know about the other factions of the Spirit Order?”
Patrick Blaine resumed his seat and said:
”The most powerful branch within the Spirit Order is the Royal Faction, who have created multiple organizations with the descendants of God as their core ……
”Their leader is currently a descendant of a god with a thinner bloodline called Shea Palenque Aegis, who may or may not be an angel, or may or may not be in charge of an important relic of the gods, and calls herself the ‘Pale Empress’ ……
”In addition to her, the Royalists have five other saints, partly true demigods, partly relying on seals ……
”Outside of the Royal Faction and us, the rest of the branches are weaker, the main ones being the Anmian Faction and the Underworld Faction …… Together they only have three powerhouses with strength equal to that of a Saint ……”
When Blaine finished speaking, Klein nodded his head slightly invisibly and said:
”That’s all for today, after that, feel free to contact me if there’s anything.”
”Yes, Your Excellency the Favored One.” Patrick Blaine rose and saluted, retreating to the door.
The door to the room opened silently, and outside there were “shadows” and a gust of wind.
When all was quiet, Klein glanced at the closed wooden door, went to the window, drew back the curtain, and looked out into the street.
Several carriages had appeared there at some point, and in front of each of them hung two horse lamps, whose unusually pale, shadowy greenish light illuminated the surroundings in a blur.
Such a blurred scene was surrounded by a cluster of almost transparent figures on either side and in front and behind, all dressed in gown-like illusory clothing that appeared quite formal.
By the time Patrick Blaine descended from mid-air and returned there, the figures simultaneously prostrated themselves and greeted the demigod and the spirit beside him as they boarded the few carriages that could only be vaguely seen, before calling out to the front and back as the caravan drove off into the distance.
The light, which was pale with a hint of shadowy green, became fainter and fainter, and eventually disappeared into the darkness, as if it had never appeared.
Klein retracted his gaze and said to himself in his mind with a slightly pensive expression:
”Although this matter of Patrick Blaine receiving an oracle stems from the goddess’ consideration from all sides, I always feel that the dark currents in Beckland, or even the entire world, are getting more and more turbulent.
”I wonder when they will make waves ……”
Thinking of this, Klein didn’t delay and decided to immediately contact the magical girl Tris to confirm that no strange changes had occurred over there.