Chapter 747

Chapter 747

Winter snow arrived as scheduled. The first snowfall in Centaur Hills ended after three days and two nights. Snow covered mountains and rivers, and even the Silver Moon River that traverses north and south was frozen. Half of the river on both sides is full of ice half a meter thick, only the center of the river still has water flowing to the south.

When the second heavy snow falls, the entire river surface will be frozen by frost. Adults can lead horses across the ice to reach the opposite bank of the river. Lighter children like to wear thick winter clothes. , Chasing and frolicking on the ice.

This is a more dangerous game. No one knows when the river ice will crack a hole. As long as people fall into the ice hole, they will surely be washed away by the river, until the water is never frozen. River, even the corpse capital can't be found.

Since there was a stream reservoir, no naughty children have ever visited the river ice. The small stream reservoir frozen into a pile is their new playground. It is said that Lord Randal count also invented ice skates to encourage the attendants and maids of Silvermoon Manor to carry out skating exercises to exercise their sense of balance.

Nowadays, ice sports has become an important competitive event led by Randal. Just like the handball competition held every year, the top teams can get generous rewards from the lord and the cheers and love of the people. However, the antagonism of skating is not as strong as a handball game. It emphasizes personal dazzling skills, and the posture and movement are as graceful and smooth as a dance, which is pleasing to the eye and always wins applause.

Randal has led several sports competitions to extend to the entire Centaur Hills. According to Master Golden Eye Count, these events have formed an industry. The winning teams from various families gathered in Golden Water City to participate in a large-scale competition organized by Lord Duke York to compete for the championship title and win honor and wealth. Every game can attract a large number of spectators. Smart vendors take the opportunity to sell various eating and drinking merrily small commodities; town gangs set up gambling games around the game-this is a business acquiesced by the law and order, and the lord needs to reclaim the tenants and hired soldiers. With capital, the gaming industry has gradually become half black and half white.

The gamblers placed a bet, they will not be stingy with a few copper sols, they are willing to spend money to buy a good position, sitting on the table to enjoy the wonderful game. Sitting on the ticket reflects the status of the audience, because the poor ghosts are only worth standing, and those standing are the poor ghosts plus cheapskate. Although the ticket income is not much, all the money is donated to the mutual aid association, which is collected and managed by the church. Believers who claim to be decent people donate generously, hoping to make a good impression on the pastor.

A large-scale gambling game involving thousands of people is unthinkable without the acquiescence of the church. The priest represents fairness and justice, at least more reliable than the law and order, they do not participate in the gambling, but can announce the result of the game. The people are convinced of the morals of the priest. If the priest says that the game is cheating, it is guaranteed that no one will bet anymore.

Of course, gambling profits have to pay the eleven tax. The church has no reason to oppose this large-scale event.

In fact, even without the Eleventh Tax, the church pastor will actively organize participation.

Everyone likes winter holidays. After half a year of busy work, I can finally have a good rest for two months. You can't go out during the freezing rainy season, but you can go out in 16 when the snow is full. The lively churches and taverns are frequented by people. Tavern bosses can earn several times more income than usual. The same is true for churches. What they gain is Power of Faith.

Winter is the busiest season of the year for resident priests. Dane led the church attendants to set up the venue for the skating competition, and it was busy from the morning until the end of the evening. This was not his job originally, but the Randal Diocese he manages now has 15 official pastors, 42 Paladins, and more than 300 church attendants. Randal leads every small church in the administrative villages with pastors permanently. Dane finally has more time and energy to do things outside of traditional educational affairs.

In the winter a few years ago, Dane would lead church attendants through the shanty towns of towns and give out relief bread and winter clothing to refugees who lacked food and clothing. Since coming to the Randal Diocese, similar relief has been rare. When the Randal Mutual Aid Association is established, the church pastor will no longer have to personally help the poor believers.

Nowadays, there are not many poor people in Centaur Hills parish in need of relief. Bishop Pierot adjusted the preaching policy of Centaur Hills Church: increase investment in general education schools; guide mutual aid associations closer to the church.

Mutual assistance will be very useful.

The top level of the Mutual Aid Association should be composed of the children of the vassal family and freedmen businessmen. They raise their own funds, help the poor and help the poor, nominally under the jurisdiction of the lord, and actually accept the guidance of the church, equivalent to the church's peripheral organizations. This is mainly because the Knight aristocrats are unwilling to get close to the civilians. For example, the beautiful Highness Randal approaching civilians will only cause onlookers and cause trouble.

Dane has no worries in this regard. As a high-level priest, not only can he mingle with civilian believers, but the steward deacon of the Randal Family clan cannot compete with a Level 5 priest.

As long as you don’t use the Mutual Aid Association to do excessive things, the lord doesn’t care how much influence the church has on the Mutual Aid Association. They were originally intended to assist the church pastor, carry out relief work, and at the same time reduce the troubles of the lord-this is the conclusion Dane has reached after many trials.

Someone took their lives for this.

In the past two years, a wealthy business director of Randal's Mutual Aid Association was robbed by robbers and was killed on the spot. The Flatlake Town Police Station investigated the scene and seized five military crossbows from the home of a wealthy businessman. Mrs. Lilia ordered all his family properties to be confiscated by Mrs. Lilia because of the possession of contraband. The robber who killed him was of course also tortured by the law and order and hanged on the square in front of the Flatlake Town church.

The methods of the lord are so simple and rude, the freedmen businessmen have no power to resist.

Dane didn't know that the mutual aid club was actually a move carefully designed by His Royal Highness Randal. The freedmen merchants of the Golden Group hide in it, and Pope Clement secretly safeguards the basic rights and interests of the Golden Group merchants in each family territory. In accordance with Bishop Pierot’s instructions, Dane’s several trials on Flatlake Town actually agreed on the boundaries and basic rules between church priests, mutual aid merchants, and lords, and the pope passed these rules to the various dioceses.

The various governance measures of His Highness Scholar Randal have always been imitated by the lord and nobles, and the Mutual Aid Association is no exception.

The current rules of the Flatlake Town Mutual Aid Association are: Freedmen businessmen can join the Mutual Aid Association, and the church protects their lives and property, but they cannot use the Mutual Aid Association to interfere in the internal affairs of the territory and further expand the influence of the cathedral.

Dane is quite satisfied with this result. The Mutual Aid Society acts as a buffer between the lord, the church and the tenant group, representing a new way of preaching. He tested the limits of Silvermoon Manor in Randal Diocese, established the survival rules of the mutual aid society, and made contributions to the Church Cardinal.

The Randal collar is at the forefront of social change. There are always many new things in Flatlake Town worthy of Dane's serious study. These will become valuable experience and important qualifications for pastor scholar. According to the development speed of Randal, Flatlake Town will be transformed into Pinghu City in two years. The following administrative villages will all be transformed into villages and towns. Although Dane has the background of the Pope, he is staring at the people in his position. There are also many, he must be perfect, and must not give his competitors any opportunity to replace him.

Back to the Flatlake Town church, and deal with the daily teaching affairs, Dane ate something casually, it was dark, he walked up to the third floor, ready to sleep beautifully. As soon as he opened the door, Dane was surprised to find black hair and golden eyes, and the unparalleled and handsome His Royal Highness Randal was sitting on a chair.

His expression is quiet with a deep power.

Dane was stunned, and then he closed the door gently, cautiously asked: "Your Highness, are you looking for something to do with me?"

Victor nodded, his eyes point to the table Of a sheepskin letterhead official document.

Dane took the letterhead and repeated it several times, his brows kept tangled, just like his mood at the moment.

This letterhead is a handwritten order by the garrison priest Miller of Randal. It explains the various possibilities of the ant plague. Dane is required to follow His Royal Highness Randal to the Endless Forest to investigate the Ant-Man's lair.

The content of the letter was too shocking. After Dane read it, he was surprised and suspicious. The thoughts in his mind were like a mess. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't sort out his clues and make a decision.

Victor faint smiled and asked: "Why? Don't you listen to the orders of the resident priest? You questioned the letter of Lord Miller, the favored one?"

Dai Yeah, hearing this immediately shivered, and then I remembered that Stormrage sword saint came quietly, waiting for my reply.

The high-ranking priest tried to squeeze out a sincere wry smile, and said in a negotiating tone: "His Royal Highness, Father Miller said in the letter that Ant-Man will dig tunnels and build nests underground. If they climb over the skylarks In the mountain range, building underground tunnels in Centaur Hills will surely lead to catastrophe... We are almost impossible to go deep underground and completely wipe out the ant-man monster. For such a major event, we should first notify Church and Kite Castle, and then take it after discussion. Come up with a response plan... Your Royal Highness is the Guardian of the Kingdom of Gambis, the extraordinary powerhouse of the human kingdom’s cream of the crop. You don’t need to take personal risks. The task of investigating the ant-man’s nest can be done by a competent person, or by How many elite scout teams formed by the church and the Cambes royal family?"

Victor admitted that Dane made sense, and that was just in line with common sense. It's a pity that the Human Race colony modified by ancient alchemists has survived to this day and cannot be explained by common sense in itself.

Dane knows that Miller the Favored has a very high transcendent level, but he lacks a deep understanding of Golden Domain, Legendary Domain, and Saint Domain, just like a mountain in the distance, he doesn’t go close. , You can only see the fuzzy outline of the mountain forever, unable to appreciate its majestic miracle.

Victor sighed and said leisurely: "The Level 5 priest is known as the golden transcender, but such a golden transcender is too easy to come... Dane, you don’t know much about power, and you know the true meaning of power even more. I don’t know anything about it."

Golden Knight wouldn’t teach a high-ranking priest to the face, but the words from Stormrage Sword Saint’s mouth are called as it should be by rights, Dane His face was first red and then white, standing there silently.

"You remind me of Viscount Tennes Ludwig."

Victor slightly smiled and said with some emotion: "He made good friends with me, but our friendship became His career is hindered. He is now working for my wife Marquess Sophia Wimbledon, so that he has the opportunity to compete with other court nobles for the position of chancellor...Dane, of course I hope you can become Pope, but Church will agree with Golden Eye. Are count’s friends on the throne of the Pope? With your credit under Randal, the deputy dean of a certain monastery should belong to you. You may be the dean if you survive for more than ten years. Don’t forget, Clement has already rewarded you in advance...The Level 5 pastor in his 40s, who is also an ordinary person, cannot be said to be unique, but it is also very rare."

The dumb goose on the chopping board has his lips tightly closed, his eyes straightened, in a daze, but there is nothing he can do.

The monastery does not hold real power, does not participate in preaching and fighting. The deans of the monastery are basically middle-level priests. If the dean of the monastery has a Level 5 divine technique, it is called an extraordinary promotion, but what Dane longs for is the position of a Level 6 priest and cardinal bishop. He worked diligently as an assistant priest in the Diocese of Randal, and frequently corresponded with Pope Clement, claiming to be a core member of the Pope's lineage. However, His Royal Highness Randal gave him a blow and pulled him back from the beautiful fantasy to the cold reality.

"Tuk", "Tuk", "Tuk"

The sound of fingers tapping on the table made Dane regain his eyes. His Royal Highness Randal continued to say: "You lack the Miller old man Awe, do you think he is who? A Level 2 hillbilly pastor? A holy person without real power?"

Dane opened his mouth and said dryly, "Your Highness, I don't understand."

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"You have two choices." Victor pointed to the paperwork on the table and said, "First, you report this paper to Bishop Pierot and wait for Church's order; second, you follow the resident priest At the request of Miller, accompany me to the Endless Forest in secret. No matter which choice you make, whether you want to take risks or not, you must and can only take a trip to the Endless Forest. Now that Lord Miller has named you, Pope It is useless to stop it. In fact, no high-level priest will hinder Miller’s decision. There may be an Evil God behind the Ant-Man monster. He will go there in person. The difference between you and Tester is that the leader will actively seek battle, and you have no choice."

Dane is obsessed with power and does not understand the profound mystery of fate. , If Father Miller can solve the hidden danger of Evil God at a small cost, everyone is happy to see it. What is the church’s sacrifice of a small Level 5 pastor? After all, Dane's power and strength are not enough for Sovereign's own destiny, and he is not a true golden-level transcender.

The connotation of the Golden Level lies in independence, not battle strength or pure Life Level. The princes of the human kingdom have huge powers, and it is difficult for extraordinary powers like prophecy to influence their destiny. Even if they have an impact, they will bring unpredictable consequences.

Just like the sub-draconian maids, their battle strength surpasses Golden Knight, even better than Legendary Knight, but if they use their own power against a certain highness, they will encounter many encounters before they get close to each other. Difficulty, there is a high probability that they will miss their hands and be captured and killed.

Clement such as the high-level church in mind, Dane’s current position can be compared to the relationship between the servant Knight and the lord. Regardless of whether he is a Level 5 pastor, he is the same in Randal Diocese, but he serves as an assistant priest, and his boss is the resident priest. But the resident priest is Miller the Favored.

He really thinks Miller has no power, which only shows that his knowledge is too shallow.

Miller asked Victor to kidnap Dane directly, first take him to the mountain fortress, and then force him to the Endless Forest with a piece of official document.

This kind of affiliation is like a lord shouting a slave, Miller did not consider Dane's thoughts at all. But Victor is not prepared to follow Miller's method against Dane.

He wants Dane to make his own choice and verify a guess.

"I have limited time, you choose quickly." Victor said impatiently.

There was no fire in the fireplace, the temperature in the room was very low, but Dane’s forehead was covered with beads of sweat. He was silent for ten seconds, and asked in an imploring tone: "His Royal Highness, what do you want me to do? Choose?"

Victor shook the head amusedly and said: "I treat you as a friend so that you can make your own decision."

"Then I will choose second... follow The dispatch of Lord Miller, the resident priest, accompanied His Royal Highness to the Endless Forest to investigate the movement of Ant-Man monster."

Victor looked at Dane in surprise and asked: "I'm very curious, why did you choose The second plan?"

"...When everything is dark, only the glory will last forever... The so-called brilliance is the inner yearning for the light." As he said, Dane lifts the head, with a smile on his face With a hint of uncertainty, he still said with a smile to himself: "I am the servant of the Supreme Lord. If there is a devil behind the Ant-Man monster, I am duty-bound... If not, I shall accompany the temple to explore far."

Victor's eyes became deep, and he nodded in praise: "Dane, you are very good."

At this moment, Stormrage sword saint knew that he had lost, and he lost to Mi Le.

Because of his independence, Victor only believes in his own judgment and is skeptical of Father Miller's grand prophecy. Although Ant-Man is his mortal enemy, he at first was not ready to venture to the Endless Forest.

His Royal Highness Randal has too many choices, why accept Father Miller's mercy? Behind the Ant-Man is the unknown Ancient God. Dealing with the queen is supposed to be the mission of the church. Going to the Endless Forest is also a priest. Victor can fully enjoy it. Therefore, his first reaction at the time was to invite Miller to go with him, and Miller rejected Victor's proposal, but he offered a condition.

Victor has always wanted to cultivate an agent at the top of the church. Miller chose Dane. But Victor still had doubts about this. He worried that Dane could not support the wall with mud. If Miller could help Dane to the top of the church, it showed that his big prophecy was credible, and this expedition was worth his trip.

Victor let Dane make his own choice, in fact, it is a test of Miller's extraordinary power. Dane chooses to inform the church, then Victor doesn't have to go to the Endless Forest, and Miller will have the headache of the rest.

Dane complied with Miller's arrangement, which was unexpected and as it should be by rights. You must know that it is very difficult for a person to change his behavior. Dane decided to abandon the strict hierarchy of the church in a short time. Without the knowledge of Pope Clement, he followed Victor to the Endless Forest. This shows his essence. It has not been polluted by power and has enough potential to become a true golden-level priest.

Victor admires Dane and marvels at Father Miller's extraordinary vision.

He thought Dane could not do it, and Miller thought Dane could do it, which is enough to explain the problem.

"Father Miller prepared this for you." Victor picked up a small box from under his feet, opened the lid, revealing the glorious Holy Power crystal, pushed it in front of Dane, and said: "You are ready to carry the item, we will set off right away."

Dane walked forward in a daze, then held the holy crystal in his palm in an extremely religious posture, and knelt on the ground. Pray in a low voice.

At the end of the prayer, Dane stood up, patted the dust on his knees, holding the holy crystal tightly in his hand, spirituality said tremblingly: "His Royal Highness, I have nothing to prepare, I can set off now. "

Looking at the Level 5 priest who was eager to have a try, Victor felt a little weird. He actually wanted to stay with Sylvia.

Victor shook the head, drove the weak thought out of his mind, and said: "Then let's go."