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"Thunder wolves usually don't leave their pack's activity area." The mayor trembled all over. "Leader, the wolf pack is about to give birth to a leader, and they will attack Cass Town!"
Shouting, he turned and rushed out of the house, saying, "Mr. Zhang Mu, please forgive me for not having time to hold a banquet for the time being. Thank you for your help.
I have to issue a notice immediately and organize the townspeople to evacuate!"
Zhang Mu didn't stop him. He already knew who Charlie was from the three believers.
The bishop of the Cass Town Church...how strong is he?
Thinking about it, he asked three believers: "What is Charlie's priesthood?"
"Charlie is the Bishop." The leading Christian answered obediently.
"Who asked about his church position? I mean his priesthood!"
The priesthood is equivalent to the level of a magician - common sense from Avril's substitute teaching.
"Friar, sir, it's a monk." The believers behind the leading believer responded hurriedly.
Monk, the lowest level of clergy in the church, equivalent to a magic apprentice.
Zhang Mu was very happy. If he was taller, he might not be his opponent and he would not be able to trouble him tonight.
It would be so boring to leave revenge overnight.
As for seeking Potter's help, he had no intention of doing so.
He is alone in a foreign world, and has a resurrection function on his panel, which has caused him trouble with the powerful church. The worst that can happen to him is that he wanders around in the maze and waits until he becomes stronger before getting his revenge.
This is not the case with Porter and Avril. Once they are killed, they are really dead and cannot be resurrected.
Therefore, never implicate them.
Coming back to his senses, Zhang Mu glanced at the three believers: "I'm sorry, you have to die."
Three ice spikes shot forward at the same time, piercing through the head.
It is impossible to let them go. They will definitely inform Charlie when they go back.
Thinking about it, he removed the Potter badge on his chest and put it into his inventory.
The way for the Thor continent to identify the organization to which a stranger belongs is to design the badges by each magic family and royal family and distribute them to family members or students.
I put the badge in my inventory so no one would know about my relationship with the teacher.
Then he looked around to make sure there were no mistakes, and swaggered out of the villa, across the courtyard and onto the street.
The church is the largest building in Kas Town and is quite conspicuous.
Zhang Mu had seen it from afar when he was strolling in the town a few days ago, so there was no need for him to ask anyone and he strode towards the church.
……
Night fell in Porter's two-story cabin.
The door was abnormally open at night, and the hazy moonlight fell elegantly on the steps in front of the door.
Avril was sitting at the wooden table in the living room, her icy blue eyebrows slightly frowned, looking at the moonlight on the steps with a hint of worry in her eyes.
Why hasn’t my junior come back yet?
With the teacher's reflective magic shield, there should be no danger to one's life.
Unless, something unexpected happens?
The more she thought about it, the more worried she became. Avril couldn't help herself and decided to look for him outside the town.
As soon as she stood up, the sound transmission crystal in her robe emitted magical fluctuations, and someone was contacting her.
Pulling out the spherical crystal, she mobilized the magic power to flow in.
"Your Highness." It was Maura's voice, "His Majesty the King is ill. You and Mr. Potter must return to the capital as soon as possible."
Avril was stunned: "Sick?"
"Yes, Your Highness. His Majesty the King has been keeping this a secret from the outside world. I just found out about it."
"is it serious?"
"I don't know, but His Royal Highness the First Prince seems very anxious."
"Also, His Royal Highness the First Prince set out on a griffin to pick you up ten days ago."
The griffin is extremely fast and will be able to reach Kas Town in ten days, or at most the next day or the day after tomorrow.
Avril suppressed her worries and said, "Since my brother is coming here on a griffin, my teacher and I will wait for him to pick us up in Cass Town."
After saying that, she disconnected the magic power supply, put away the sound transmission crystal, and walked out of the house.
"Huh? Avril, where are you going so late?" Porter, who was out, walked in and saw her anxious face, and asked puzzledly.
First she told them about her father's illness and the eldest prince coming to pick them up, and then Avril said in a worried tone:
"Teacher, it's so late already. My junior hasn't come back from the forest yet. Has he encountered any danger?"
Shaking his head, Potter was very sure:
"Even if it's the entire forest surrounding Cass Town, as long as a magician casts magic that can break the reflective shield, I will definitely be able to sense it."
"Then why..."
Avril stopped talking midway, her thin lips slightly parted. Potter was no better than her, looking stunned.
They rushed out of the door and looked in the direction of the church in Cass Town.
"Teacher... the magic power is fluctuating, very close."
"You have the guts to disregard the rules of the church that represents God and unleash magic in this town..."
"Zhang Mu!"
The two men exclaimed at the same time and rushed towards the church.
Chapter 34 In the Church, Charlie is Fearless
When Charlie was still a beggar, he had an extremely devout belief in God.
I remember one day I had very little harvest and could only beg for a piece of black bread the size of my palm.
His stomach acid was rising from hunger, but he still sniffed the not-so-sweet aroma and offered the black bread to the gods.
He was fifteen years old that year.
Later, he was noticed by the former bishop of Cass Town and officially became a Christian.
Charlie felt that this was God's blessing brought about by his sincere devotion.
He just stayed in the church every day, watching all kinds of poor people donating all their savings for decades, but still remained poor, and he couldn't help but wonder.
These poor people have contributed much more than I have, so why am I the one who is favored by God?
Is it because my faith has become stronger?
That must be it!
Young Charlie excitedly ran to the bishop to verify.
The answer I got was: it was not God who took you in, but me.
The former bishop of Cass Town was lying on his back in a rocking chair, his eyelids slightly closed, and he said this.
Faith, like an avalanche, rumbles down the mountain.
Later, the previous bishop died unexpectedly, and Charles became the current bishop with his extraordinary skills.
Now, curled up in the former bishop's favorite bamboo rocking chair, Charlie admired the bright moon in the night sky.
I also thought of the confusion that has not been solved over the years.
Do gods really exist?
He had never heard an oracle, witnessed a miracle, or even seen the true body of God.
With his fingers crossed over his belly and his thumbs circling each other, Charlie murmured:
"The gods are fools."
I can't remember how many times I have said this secretly and in what different places, but the result is always the same, no god comes out to punish me.
Over the years, life has not brought bad luck, and has even become more and more prosperous.
Charlie smiled to himself for no apparent reason. "The closer you are to God, the more hesitant you become in your faith. No wonder the criteria for assessing church positions are so strict that they are almost harsh."
"It's good this way. Otherwise, no one would believe that I can listen to the oracle."
Charlie was extremely grateful in his heart that God did not seem to exist, so he could live a leisurely and affluent life in the name of God.
But suddenly, there was an inexplicable sadness in my heart, like the gurgling stream in a mountain stream, silent and thin.
But only for a little while.
Maybe it's because like most people, when I empty my mind and look up at the stars, I always like to ponder grand and profound propositions such as the meaning of life, the meaning of God, and the truth of the world.
Charlie followed his previous thoughts and thought about the meaning of the church's existence.
The church is powerful, this is the consensus of everyone on the continent of Thor.
No magic family, kingdom or empire dares to openly violate the church's teachings, as that would bring death.
Logically speaking, such power should have absolute control over all organizations on the mainland.
But in reality, the church did not do this.
Otherwise, Charlie wouldn't have to worry about being attacked if he walked out of Cass Town.
The church will not take casualties among its own believers unless they are core members or believers valued by core members, and the deaths of other marginal figures will be considered the same.
As long as the death is not in a human settlement, and there is no such news as "the believers were assassinated in the wild" that becomes known to everyone, thus causing a bad influence and damaging the dignity of the church,
Usually they would find an excuse like "the gods were watching him, and he went to serve my gods" to get the matter over with.
In fact, the church itself has not issued any relevant rules requiring everyone to believe in God.
Especially for magicians, knights, etc. who possess extraordinary powers, be extra tolerant and do not spread disrespect for God in public. It is up to you to believe in the church or not.
Obviously, the reasons that triggered this behavior were core secrets of the church, and Charlie, who served as bishop in the remote town of Cass, was not qualified to access them.