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After waking up, Zhang Mu stepped in front of the man who greeted him and looked at him.
know.
After seeing his appearance clearly, Zhang Mu's astonishment and surprise faded a little.
It was the young man who led the way to Joffrey and who felt something was wrong.
At that time, the young man suddenly greeted me just like he did today, but I didn't notice anything before he spoke.
Zhang Mu was thinking at that time that he might be a disciple of a top magic family who was gaining experience outside.
Since I don't want to reveal my identity, I might as well pretend that I know nothing.
But now it seems that the person who can see through the shadow technique is not someone who can be achieved by just the children of a certain family.
Squinting his eyes slightly, Zhang Mu asked, "Can you see me?"
"Hmm?" The young man who was stopped was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly said, "The gift of God has no effect on believers."
The words were easy to understand, but what followed was even greater confusion.
Zhang Mu didn't think that any random believer of some god could see through the shadow magic.
After obtaining this magic, except for the fact that it was not completely effective against the violent bear in the Silent Forest, it was always effective.
The same is true for those who have had multiple contacts with church members, who have never been exposed.
So Baoxiong's belief in God is more devout than that of Christians?
Convinced that the other party was fooling him, Zhang Mu wanted to take action: "Can we talk somewhere else?"
You can't fight on the construction site. If you break things, they belong to you.
The young man didn't seem to have any intention of moving.
He put the rock down and sat on it: "Lord City Lord, the speed at which your strength has improved is surprising even to me, but you'd better not fight me.
You are a good city lord, I don't want to hurt you, uh, maybe you can try to challenge me in a few decades."
When he said this, his expression was serious and his tone was sincere, but his attitude was not condescending. It was as if he was just stating simple facts without any personal emotions.
At least that's how Zhang Mu felt.
Clenching and unclenching his fists, Zhang Mu asked, "Who are you?"
"Maciej."
“Not asking for names.
identity. "
"pope."
"?"
Zhang Mu tilted his head to the left, his small eyes filled with confusion. "Is it the Pope I know?"
"If you know the Pope of the Church of Sol Continent, that should be it."
Things get even more complicated.
The church's power in the Sol continent is so great that it is polite to describe it as an uncrowned king. It is the real king.
So here comes the question.
You are the head of the most powerful force in the continent, and you come to my construction site to carry bricks?
It took several months to move?
What do you want? Because the food at my construction site is better?
The church is short of food for you?
There were so many things he wanted to ask that Zhang Mu didn't know where to start.
He took a deep breath to calm himself, and then he looked at the Pope sitting on the stone. "What is your purpose in coming to Lake Kingdom in secret?"
"I didn't hide my identity."
Zhang Mu was silent for a moment. It seemed like that was the case. He told the question as soon as he was asked.
"What's the purpose?"
“God sent me here.”
god……
No one had mentioned this word for a long time, and Zhang Mu almost forgot that there were gods on this continent.
“What did God call you to do?”
"I also want to know the specific goal, but God didn't tell me." The Pope blinked.
I don't know if he was playing dumb or what, but the conversation was kind of stuck.
But Zhang Mu didn't want to give up.
If a person like this comes to my territory for no apparent reason, I won't be able to sleep at night unless I find out the reason.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Mu decided to change the question: "Why are you staying at the construction site?"
Maciej looked at the refugees working hard in the distance and said: "It is my fault that they lost their homes. I want to help."
"That monster that destroyed the city was you?!"
"Eh——, how could I be a monster?"
Zhang Mu didn't want to pay attention to his jokes and asked, "Why?"
"Well, it's like this." He put his hands on his thighs and rubbed them awkwardly. "I plan to go to the local branch to ask about something.
It was unexpectedly discovered that a local branch of the sect was committing the evil act of using the name of the gods to amass wealth.
I was angry and wanted to punish him, but then… then, as you can see, I got too angry.”
Zhang Mu seemed to be thinking about something.
If it is true as he said, then the corrupt impression that the Lake Kingdom Church has given to him does not seem to be applicable to the entire church.
After thinking about it, he decided to ask: "Is there a similar situation at the church headquarters?"
"Yes." The Pope nodded honestly.
“Why don’t you destroy the headquarters?”
"The holy mountain is a gift from God, we dare not destroy it."
He is quite honest and doesn't hide anything from others.
Not knowing what to say, Zhang Mu remained silent for a while, then asked, "How long do you plan to stay here?"
"Find him in the oracle."
After this period of contact, Zhang Mu realized that he would say everything he could, but there was nothing he wanted to say or could not say no matter how hard he tried.
Therefore, although I was curious about what "he" was referring to, I didn't ask much.
Zhang Mu sat down cross-legged, wanting to know everything about God.
The Pope is probably the person closest to God in the continent of Thor, and he doesn't seem to have any difficulty talking to him.
If you don't take the opportunity to ask something, you will be at a loss.
“What does God look like?”
“God has no appearance, and yet He can have all appearances.”
"Using human cognition, is God good or bad?"
“God does whatever He pleases.”
“You can see through the shadow spell because you are a believer, so why can’t other church members see me?
Because their faith is not strong enough? "
The young Pope suddenly laughed: "Faith?
God does not care about their beliefs, let alone their level of piety.
Lord City Lord, you seem to think too highly of yourself, just like most humans.
If God cared about man, He would not be God."
Although choked, Zhang Mu didn't get angry and continued to ask other questions.
The question-and-answer session lasted from day to evening until the Pope exclaimed that he was absent from work today and would not be paid.
After agreeing to take care of dinner, Zhang Mu stood up and left.
This somewhat dull Pope has no plans to leave in the short term, so he has plenty of time.
After taking two steps, Zhang Mu suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask the Pope who was lifting the stone: "I remember that the Pope knows the Word of Truth, right?
Why not use the power of truth to help refugees solve their food, clothing, shelter and transportation problems?
Is it costly to use the Power Word?"
The Pope stared at him for a long moment.
Finally, he turned and walked away, and a voice slowly floated from the air: "Lord City Lord, believers do not need to pay for casting the Word of Truth, but it is used to help the insects...
God will be unhappy."
……
Zhang Mu returned to the City Lord's Mansion and pondered for a whole night, and finally figured out why the Pope could see him but other members of the church could not.
believer.
The Pope did not lie. He was able to see through the shadow magic because of his identity as a believer.
It’s just that he, as a believer, is a little different from the believers in common sense.
To put it simply, everyone in the church calls themselves a believer.
Considering the distinction between professions and levels of strength, there will be some differences in the details, such as fanatics.
But generally speaking, they regard themselves as "believers of God" to the outside world, and it would not be wrong to call someone dressed as a priest like that.