Volume 7 The Inverted Man Chapter 44 The Messenger
The prayer hall of the Church of Darkness was as dim as ever, with only those holes in the wall where some light seeped in, as if it were a star in the night.
Klein sat in an unobtrusive corner, removed his high bowler hat, and began to pray like a devout believer.
He briefly mentioned that Rossel had been resurrected in the last mausoleum, and focused on the contamination of the “primordial moon”, emphasizing that in order to prevent the “red moon” in his body from being born in the real world, the Emperor took the initiative to interrupt the “Black Emperor’s” “black emperor’s” “black emperor’s” “black emperor’s” “black emperor’s” “red moon”. He emphasized that in order to prevent the “Red Moon” from being born in the real world, the Emperor took the initiative to interrupt the process of the return of the “Uniqueness” and the extraordinary characteristics of the three copies of Sequence 1 to the “Black Emperor” pathway.
At the end of the prayer, Klein pointed out the hidden dangers of the “Blasphemy Card” and expressed concern about the whereabouts of the “Mother” card and the “Moon” card.
In fact, Russell only said to be careful of the “Mother” card, did not mention the “Moon” card, but Klein knew that the “Earth” and “Moon” two paths once belonged to the “Earth” and “Moon”. But Klein knew that both “Earth” and “Moon” belonged to the “Fallen Mother Goddess”, so he added the “Moon” card as a precautionary measure.
This was also the main reason why he was worried about Lilith, the “Mother Goddess of Earth”.
Compared to most of the twenty-two pathways, the “cultivators” and the “moon” pathway of the high sequence of extraordinary people have a great advantage, that is, they do not need to worry about the original awakening in their own body, do not fear close to the ground will appear “Split personalities”, because the extraordinary characteristics they possess do not originate directly from the original, and there is no corresponding spiritual imprint – if they go directly into the ground and enter the “Sea of Chaos”, whoever they are, will experience contamination. No matter who they are, they will encounter contamination, only the degree and manifestation will be different.
This advantage was probably the reason why Lilith, the Blood Patriarch, was more special than the rest of the Ancient Gods in the ancient times. After all, the k’s didn’t need to allocate a large part of their energy to fight against the will of the original awakening, and at that time, the invisible barrier that protects this world was still strong enough to keep the “Fallen Goddesses” and other stars of the old days out, making it difficult for the k’s to know what’s going on in there. At that time, the invisible barrier protecting this world was still strong enough to keep the “fallen mother goddess” and other starry old days out, making it difficult for the K’s to exert too much influence on the situation inside.
But as time went on, this advantage gradually became a problem.
The underground pollution is getting weaker and weaker at the same time, the invisible barrier is also getting more and more fragile, some cracks appeared, in this case, “mother goddess” Lilith’s situation is more and more difficult, because k is facing more and more powerful, more and more terrifying “mother goddess” erosion – in this case, “mother goddess” and other stars of the old days outside, making it difficult for k to exert too much influence on the situation inside. “In this regard, the dead original Creator is certainly no match for the living “Mother Goddess of the Fallen”.
Considering the influence of the Outer Gods beyond the Sequence on the pathway to which they belonged, Klein thought that he could not afford to be negligent in this matter.
After saying his prayers, he waited for nearly five minutes to make sure there was no response before he stood up, put on the high hat of a wandering magician, and walked out of the church of the darkness of the night without any hesitation.
For him, this is mainly to do his duty to inform, as for the “Goddess of the night” intends to do, will remind him of some things, he can not interfere at all.
In short, Klein could only temporarily believe that the “Goddess of the Night” knew the difference between priorities.
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Harvest Church, South of the Bridge, Birkeland.
Emlyn White stepped out of his carriage, glanced at the sun, which was obscured by clouds and mist, and put on his half-height silk bowler hat.
On his way to the door of the church, he gently turned the ring he wore on his left hand, as if to signal his identity.
The ring was translucent, as if it was made of light red amber, with a blood-red gemstone set at the top, and it was none other than the reward Emlyn had received a long time ago: the “Ring of Lilith”.
–After becoming a demigod, Emlyn had been able to suppress the “blood thirst” attached to this ring to a certain extent, and he only needed to drink three vials of human blood every day, and he would no longer suffer from the corresponding negative effects, so in order to reflect his special identity as an originator’s benefactor, he began to wear this ring for a long time. Therefore, in order to reflect his special identity as an Originator’s Favorite, he began to wear this ring for a long period of time.
After entering the Harvest Church, Emlyn automatically and consciously removed the bowler hat on top of his head.
At this time, Casimir, Ones, and the other Bakerland Bloods who were waiting for Bishop Utravski’s sermon stood up one after another, looked at the ground on the aisle, and spoke in a modest voice:
”Good morning, Your Excellency the Count.”
Emlyn eyed ahead and nodded imperceptibly:
”Is Mistral not here yet?”
”Count Mistral has set up a chapel in his home.” Ernest explained simply.
Emlyn didn’t bother to comment on the act, just casually remarked as he walked forward:
”But when mass is held, you still have to come here.”
He glanced around before adding:
”Where is Bishop Utravski?”
”The bishop is waiting for you in the back, the messenger from the Church has arrived.” Ernest controlled the expression on his face and answered Emlyn’s question rather respectfully.
The messenger of the church …… Emlyn turned down the light red ring he wore on his left hand and walked towards the back of the church.
Soon he was met in the reading room by Father Utravsky and the messenger of the Church with slightly curly black hair and a high nose and deep eyes.
”This is His Eminence Archbishop Loretto.” Father Utravski introduced Emlyn.
He stood by the window, almost blocking most of the light.
”Good morning, Monsignor Loretto.” Emlyn responded with the liturgy of the Earth Church.
Loretto laughed in the more awkward Lune language:
”There is no need to address me as Your Excellency, you are not an archbishop but have the status of an archbishop, and from today onwards, you are the Church’s acolyte and senior deacon in charge of the affairs of the Bakerland Blood.”
Without giving Emlyn time to digest the news, Loretto continued:
”I’ve come to Bakerland to be entrusted by the Pontiff to tell you face to face some of the matters that need attention within the Church.”
”Please speak.” Emlyn pressed down his inner self-satisfaction and said politely.
Loretto’s expression instantly became serious:
”First of all, the most important point, whether it’s a clergyman of the church or a follower of the Mother Goddess, as long as they claim to have obtained divine revelation, they are all being tempted by the devil, no exceptions.
”If anyone reports something similar to you, or if you yourself have received a divine revelation, please be sure to inform Bishop Utravski as soon as possible and report it to the Church.”
The priest hadn’t mentioned this before ah …… This request sounded strange, like he was suspecting something …… Emlyn looked at Father Utrafsky by the window with a slight frown and said:
”The bishop said nothing at all about paying attention to that aspect ……”
Before the words fell out of his mouth, Emlyn suddenly felt as if he was accusing Bishop Utrafsky by saying that, but in his eagerness he couldn’t find a better way to say it.
Almost at the same time, he understood what the strange sense of Archbishop Loretto’s words just now was:
It was telling everyone that the Mother God you sensed was most likely not the true Mother God!
This, is almost like saying that a large portion of those Patriarchal Revelations that we Blood Race have obtained are false, and are from demons or evil gods …… Emlyn’s eyes sank slightly as he struggled to maintain his poise and keep from losing his temper.
At this time, Loretto didn’t mind at all and laughed:
”Bishop Utravski didn’t tell you because he doesn’t know either.”
The priest didn t know …… For a moment, Emlyn actually sympathized a little with Bishop Utravski, feeling that he, as a Vrsak, a later converted acolyte, was either explicitly or implicitly ostracized by the rest of the Earth Church.
Noticing the change in his eyes, Loretto added:
”That’s because he’s a God’s Favorite and doesn’t need to care about the temptations of demons and evil gods.”
Bishop Utravski followed with a nod and said in a calm tone:
”The revelation of the Mother God is in the canon of k, in that one doctrine, other than that, it’s all evil.”
Slightly puzzled, but feeling that there was nothing to ask, Emlyn gave a “hmm” and addressed Loretto:
”And what is the second point that needs attention?”
Loretto let his expression return to seriousness:
”If you receive an oracle, do not blindly believe it, and seek confirmation from Bishop Utravski immediately.”
”Why?” Emlyn grew more and more puzzled.
It was almost as if he was being told that the ones who would respond to him were evil gods or demons.
Loretto weighed his words and explained in detail:
”In this world, there are many evil existences,k who would impersonate gods, compel the clergy, and entrap believers.
”Because our Mother Earth God Church’s two main avenues are related to life, we have been affected more severely than other churches, and every now and then someone will go astray, try forbidden life experiments, and fall a little bit.
”In order to curb such a trend, we have reorganized the Church from a very early stage under the guidance of the Mother God’s will, establishing the two main systems of Divine Benefactors and Divine Favorites.”
神恩者和神眷者 …… Emlyn’s knowledge of the Church of the Earth was limited to what was written in the Holy Scriptures and some of the Scriptures, and for a moment he listened with a bit of bewilderment.
He had never taken the initiative to ask Father Utrafsky questions about the Earth Church.
Loreto glanced at Emlyn and nodded slightly:
”The Divine Benefactors are the clergy who are favored by the Mother God within the two pathways of ‘Earth’ and ‘Moon’, and the Divine Favors are those who are favored by the Mother God from the outside from other pathways.
”The latter are less influenced by the devil and the evil gods and can help us to identify the truth or falsehood of the oracles.
”Under such a premise, even an oracle issued by the Pontiff must be countersigned by at least one Divine Favorite, otherwise it can be considered invalid.”
As he spoke, Loreto took out an instrument and unfolded it for Emlyn to see, the main content on it, besides the ones this archbishop had just spoken about, was the part where he accepted the appointment as a messenger.
At the end of the paperwork, there were several names side by side, the first belonged to the Pontiff of the Earth Church, the Mother of Lords Roland, and the next series of them were all unrecognizable to Emlyn, only the last one he could barely make out was Father Utravski.
Father’s writing is so hard to read …… Emlin muttered secretly while having strong doubts about the two systems of Divine Grace and Divine Favorites.
Why were the Divine Favorites less likely to be tempted by evil gods or demons?
Why were they able to discern the truth or falsity of oracles while the Divine Favorites couldn’t?
In the midst of his thoughts, Emlyn suddenly noticed a detail:
None of the Divine Favorites belonged to the “Earth” and “Moon” paths!
So the problem wasn’t with the Divine Favorites, but with the Pathways themselves? Emlyn felt that his guess might be the truth.