Chapter 374 The Priest Who Lost His Light

It took Wright a long time to make the handover on the pier—until he saw with his own eyes that the refugees from the Plains of the Holy Spirit had completed all the registrations, had been checked by doctors for the disease, and had been taken by soldiers to the buffer camp to rest. Calm down.

These people chose to leave their hometown because of their trust in him, and chose to go to an unknown land like the southern border. Although they were attacked by the Holy Light Church and arrested by the lord, they had no way out, but they were not only the southern border. This path can be taken, but since these people chose to follow him, he must take the responsibility to the end.

Man can talk about morality when he does his duty - that's what the Light told him.

Holy light...

Wright stood on the edge of the dock square and looked down at his thick and powerful hands. On his palms, he could see two still healing wounds, which he had met with several local churches when he passed through Carroll Land. The two small wounds left by the conflict between the soldiers were exchanged for the life of an innocent girl who was designated as a cultist. This is a very worthwhile price, but these two small wounds have not yet been found. Completely healed, this can only mean that the Holy Light has really left him.

Wright sighed softly, then raised his head and looked at the bustling and vibrant neighborhoods in the city.

"Cecil... I'm back."

He walked through the busy and fishy streets of the Docklands, through Pine Street and Cobble Park, and finally came to the lord's mansion.

In the study room of the lord's mansion, Gawain, who was reviewing the report, saw Wright Aviken wearing a common cloth. He was also a little surprised that the priest came back early, but before Wright entered the door, he had already passed through Amber's mouth. Hearing what happened on the dock plaza, he nodded to the sturdy priest: "Welcome back—I heard you brought back a dozen people who fled? Is the journey going well?"

"Thank you for your concern," Wright bowed his head slightly. "Those people I met on the way back - an unexpected situation."

He really did not expect that he would bring so many people back,

In the beginning, he just wanted to bring the young couple he met in the northern village of the rock fortress back to Cecil Land, but he did not expect to meet more people in need of help on the way back. In the end, more and more people followed him. The more it became, the more it became a small team—fortunately, after passing through Carroll Land, he encountered a caravan that was preparing to return to Cecil, otherwise the journey would definitely be much more difficult.

"Where's your priest's robe?" Gawain looked at Wright curiously. "And what about the prayer book that you usually hang around your waist?"

"Sold," Wright said calmly, "a dozen people have to eat, and I don't have enough money to travel—they are all poor people, and most of their properties have been taken away by the local lord or the church, and I'm on my way. When I was penniless, I sold my robes and prayer books."

Gawain was taken aback: "Sold it? Shouldn't that be all important to you?"

Wright smiled slightly: "That robe is just an old robe. Although the material is very good, it is just a piece of clothing. I also copied the prayer book myself, and I can memorize all the content on it and turn around. I could write another one by dictation. The teachings of the Holy Light are not in the carrier, but in the heart."

Gao Wen couldn't help feeling slightly moved when he looked at the very indifferent priest of the Holy Light. He nodded lightly and didn't mention the robes and prayer books, but asked the other party who went to the Holy Spirit Plain this time. Jianwen: "You returned early, you must have seen what you wanted to see, right?"

"To be honest, I'd rather not see..." Wright sighed, "The church has fallen... It should be said that it has long since fallen, but I have been deliberately ignoring this fact. It’s just to anesthetize yourself. Today’s Holy Spirit Plain is no longer a paradise for the Holy Light to protect the world. The greedy priests and greedy noble lords have colluded together, squeezing the last drop of blood and sweat of the common people, and banishing all those who disobey them from The only thing I can't believe is that I've only been out of there for two years, and they can degenerate so quickly and completely..."

"According to the information from the Holy Spirit Plain, since the Holy Light Cathedral held a cardinal meeting at the bishop level last year, their behavior has become more and more extreme. This aspect is the strength of the Holy Light Sect as a sect for so many years. On the other hand, it must have been instructed by the upper echelons of the church," Gawain said what he knew, and looked into Wright's eyes after speaking, "But I believe that it is impossible for a church to be 100% complete. Fallen, like you, a true practitioner of the Light in my eyes - Mr. Wright, welcome back to this still-clean land, the key to the church is with the keeper of the Mission Square, I've ordered , you can go back and re-manage the church at any time."

"...Lord, that's what I want to say," Wright suddenly smiled bitterly and spread his hands, "I'm afraid I can no longer serve as priest of the Holy Light - the same is true for the management of the church."

This was really beyond Gawain's expectations. He stopped reviewing the report and looked at the only priest in the territory in front of him with surprise: "What's going on? You won't be too stimulated to drop out of the school. Bar?"

Wright didn't answer directly, but raised his hands. After a while, a holy white light burst out between his hands, but the brilliance didn't last for even a second before disintegrating.

Gawain only felt a very weak fluctuation of magic power, and the weak fluctuation was not even a formal magic or magic, not even a trick.

"What's going on?" He frowned and asked - he knew Wright's original strength. Although the pastor's painting style is a little strange, his magical skills and priest's professional level are still solid, and because of his firm belief The Holy Light has a high affinity, and its magical power is even upstream among priests of the same level. How can it be that when I go out and come back, I can't even hit a spark of Holy Light?

"I sat in violation of the Holy Light," Wright said with a wry smile, "I beat up fellow church members who also believed in the Holy Light, and continued to beat him after he lost his ability to resist. After that, my Holy Light power quickly declined. already."

Gawain's expression became serious, and he stared into Wright's eyes: "What happened?"

Wright did not hide it, and immediately told his own experience in the small village north of the rock fortress. He did not hide his anger and violence when he taught the two soldiers and the priest, nor did he hide it. His contempt and disgust for the other party, but after he finished speaking, he still sighed long: "I don't regret my actions, but I did violate the teachings of the Holy Light, I should have been better 's solution - but was still carried away by the anger."

Gawain frowned: "What about after this?"

Wright spread his hands: "After that, I started to return, and I rescued a dozen people on the way...and also taught a dozen people a lesson."

Gao Wenxin said that the pastor seemed to be dazzled by anger a lot of times... Maybe it was a broken jar?

He stood up from behind the desk, walked around in front of Wright, lost in thought as he walked, and after a while, he looked up again: "You think that you lost the Holy Light because of your behavior deviating from the Holy Light. the power of?"

Light nodded: "That's the only explanation."

Gawain rubbed the beard on his chin with his hand, looked at Wright after a moment of indifference and asked, "Then do you think that you and the priest you taught you have a more serious departure from the Holy Light?"

"This..." Wright was probably so badly hit before that he didn't think about this question at all, but when he was asked by Gawain at this time, he thought about it, "I don't know..."

"You know, no one has a deeper understanding of the Holy Light than you, and no one practices the morality of the Holy Light more than you," Gawain interrupted Wright, "Obviously, if you beat a priest, it is a violation of the Holy Light. If there is light, then those priests who collude with local nobles for money, falsely accuse innocent civilians, and use magic to harm innocent people are simply enemies of the Holy Light, and the world is on the dark side."

Wright was at a loss for words for a while: "This..."

Gawain did not give the other party a chance to continue to think, but continued: "The current situation is that you have lost the power of the Holy Light, but those priests who are more contrary to the teachings of the Holy Light than you can still use magic, do you think this is why?"

Wright was lost in thought, while Gawain looked at the priest who had lost the power of the Holy Light and was also lost in thought.

He has always been curious about the gods and related religious beliefs in this world, but he is afraid to study in depth because he is afraid of the strange attributes of the gods, but now a special research sample has appeared-perhaps it is a bit unfair to Wright to say that, but This Mr. Pastor has indeed become a special research sample.

Just in front of Gawain, there was a living example of losing magical skills due to shaken beliefs.

The process of Wright losing the favor of the Holy Light... Did it reveal some secrets of the magic? Or...revealed some secrets about the connection between humans and gods?

Is the so-called magic art just a process of "self-suggestion", "self-affirmation" and "self-identification"? Or... This process strengthened the connection between humans and gods, which led to the generation of divine arts?

While thinking about it, Gawain came up with another idea - if Wright was allowed to re-establish his self-affirmation and let him believe from the bottom of his heart that his actions were in line with the true meaning of the Holy Light, would his magic come back?

But this idea was rejected by him as soon as it came out: although Wright has been saying that his actions violated the teachings of the Holy Light, but looking at his current performance, it is clear that he does not think so in his heart, and he clearly knows that the real The one who violated the teachings of the Holy Light was the priest who was beaten by him... So he did not subconsciously shake his belief in the Holy Light...

His shaking is on another level.

Gawain thought so fast, it only took a few seconds for so many thoughts to flash through one by one. He looked at Wright, who was still thinking, and broke the silence after pondering for a while: "Mr. Wright, you are still on the territory. Priest."

Wright raised his head in surprise: "But the lord..."

"I know you have lost your magic," Gawain interrupted by raising his hand, "but is magic really everything you have as a priest?

"Your belief in the Holy Light, your insistence on those virtues, and your enthusiasm for the work of leading people to goodness remain unchanged, and as long as these things don't change, you are the best person to be a pastor in the realm .

"Mr. Wright, you are only temporarily confused, but remember that losing your magic doesn't mean you can't continue to help others - the dozen or so people you brought back are basically all because you lost your magic. It was rescued after surgery, wasn't it?"

Wright was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded slightly: "As you said."

"Go back to church, think about it carefully," Gawain breathed softly, "a lot of people are asking about you from the managers of the evangelistic square these days, they are waiting for you to come back."

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