1 The Blessed One
The year 1224 of the Glorious Calendar, midsummer, mowing the grass moon.
When the shade of trees covers the forest path covered with rotten leaves, the sunshine shone on the top is reflected in the spots.
On the leisurely forest road, a group of more than 30 elite knights in shiny plate armor were slowly moving towards the north.
At the forefront of the team is a gorgeously dressed young man with brown hair.
At this time, he was riding a mare mare, holding the reins in his hand, and his waist swayed with the horse forward, his expression full of seriousness.
"I still don't think I will be the so-called favored person by God, so Bishop Rhodes, if something goes wrong next, please don't be surprised by your church."
Walking shoulder to shoulder with him was a middle-aged man in a white robe dressed in a clergy. He smiled faintly after hearing the young man's words.
"Of course not, but again, if you can really prove your identity, you can't go back on your word."
The middle-aged man looks like a hard-working man, with strong facial features and calm voice.
However, when he turned his head to look at the young man, his eyes were very hot, as if he had found a dazzling treasure in the sand pile.
"In the past seventeen years of my life, I have never regretted the decisions I have made."
The young man replied seriously, "But I'm not sure if you can keep the agreement. Sorry, Lord Bishop, is not questioning your character, but I have tried no less than a hundred methods, but none of these have made me a true extraordinary person."
"Although the world outside the glorious land is colorful, it is actually filled with endless pseudo-gods and devils. They may use sneaky tricks to deceive some foolish people who are out of civilization, but they will never be able to perform real miracles."
The bishop named Rhodes replied meaningfully: "And in the glorious land, you will soon learn the truth, both the great Lunon is the Creator and the only God in the world. Bernie, you should know that unlike those false gods, the Creator is omnipotent."
The young man shrugged when he heard this, not saying anything about it.
But Bishop Rhodes didn't care, and his face was still smiling, and he was in great interest.
Of course he had enough reason to be excited.
Bishop Rhodes, who appeared here, originally intended to investigate a monastery massacre. Although this work is important, it has no achievements.
However, now, or just this morning, when he had just stepped into this land by boat, he accidentally saw the young man named Bernie beside him.
As a bishop, Rhodes has a noble status in this kingdom called Faros, comparable to a marquis.
Looking at the entire glorious place, he is also an extraordinary and noble person, a core member of the church who is highly valued.
Therefore, it is naturally impossible for ordinary people to be valued by him, and even if there are some unusual things, he usually doesn't care much.
However, this young man named Bernie Alic, who came to travel by boat from the outside mainland, was extremely unusual.
He is a God-loving man!
Although the young man himself denied this, Bishop Rhodes, a senior church leader, thought he could not read it wrong.
Moreover, he had actually used special means to verify the other party's identity before, and the other party's identity has been basically confirmed!
Therefore, Bishop Rhodes was very excited and even threw away the original task directly-
The glorious land under the control of the Covenant Church belongs to the largest land in the known world, with a vast territory, numerous nations and a population of hundreds of millions.
However, among the current population, there are only twelve gods who have been discovered. Each of them is a new star in the church, with the appearance of a pope, and can be robbed by others!
"So, Bernie, how much do you know about us?"
Bishop Rhodes asked with great enthusiasm, his voice reaching extreme affection.
"I know you are the only religion in the continent of Rya. The other name of Rya is named after your existence. And in the thirty-two kingdoms of Rya, all the kings and their peoples believe in the Creator Lunon, which you call me."
“What about specific ones?”
"I have read three sacred books, four apostle gospels, two religious laws, and some related philosophical books."
The young brown-haired man said: "Simply put, I only know some basic common sense."
"It is indeed common sense. Classics need to be read through continuously to gradually gain a deeper understanding."
Bishop Rhodes nodded, but was very happy.
In fact, because the mainland of Rya is too big, church practitioners have never been able to achieve high education.
Some rural priests even know how to read and write basic words, and for profound and complex books, they are often limited to hearing names.
In Bishop Rhodes's opinion, it's no different from illiterate.
This is true for all of our own people, let alone the pagans who are full of blasphemy about the glorious lands on the outer continent.
So before he asked this question, he had already prepared the young man in front of him to know nothing about it. Unexpectedly, the other party had read many important classics.
I am worthy of being favored by God. I am born with a tendency towards my teachings...
While he was secretly moved, he had a straight face and a serious expression.
"I know you have some doubts, Bernie, but sooner or later you will identify with your identity. My current job is to investigate a massacre in the Amos Monastery. It was a complete accident to meet you, so I have no relevant preparations..."
He paused and said, "But it doesn't matter. You will follow me first during this period. After my investigation is over, we will go to the nearest Yarman Temple. At that time, you will naturally know how sacred your identity is and what your real name is."
"I just hope you didn't lie to me."
The young man replied after hearing this, "As a deal, I can accept being a servant of God, but God's bride is absolutely unwilling to do so."
The covenant church usually claims to be the bride of God and loves God with all his heart, so the priests are forbidden to marry others.
However, the Covenant Church stipulates that they can only act with their marriage partners, so they still abstinent.
"The worldly love between men and women is insignificant love, and only love for God is eternal."
Bishop Rhodes said this, but when he saw that the other party did not take the blame, he sighed with regret.
"Okay, I know what you are thinking. There are also some factions in my teaching that are not abstinent. You can choose to join them. But in this way, the treatment you receive will be much worse..."
"Besides being able to be an extraordinary person, I don't think I can enjoy anything I haven't enjoyed after joining you."
The young man smiled when he heard this.
"In contrast, I think the environment outside the glorious place is more suitable for me. But this world is ultimately the world dominated by the extraordinary, and I always feel very sorry for not being able to become the extraordinary."
Bishop Rhodes was silent when he heard this, but he couldn't refute anything.
The person in front of me is indeed qualified to say this.
Although the contact time was not long, he still learned about the other party's true identity through urgent information retrieval.
Bernie Alic, one of the seventy-two kings who dominate the Newcastle continent, is a direct descendant of the Alic family.
The fourth son of Garcia Alic, the governor of Black Island, is extremely talented in business. He has already monopolized the spice trade in the Broken Islands at the age of eighteen.
Newcastle opposite the sea is different from the Ryal continent. The social environment there is dark, and some city-states even openly train slaves of various specialties and then auction them.
In other words, Newcastle was originally a paradise for the fallen. It had all kinds of entertainment projects that could be found and unexpected, but it was much richer than the glorious place.
So according to normal circumstances, it is impossible for a person from the beginning to come to join their church.
Not only is life hard, but there are still many rules and regulations.
Bishop Rhodes even believed that if the God-fellows had not naturally favored and tended toward the covenant religion, and that the God-fellows could not become extraordinary people before they were awakened, the man in front of him would probably not agree to join the church.
Compared to the status of a slave owner who is free to do so, the treatment of joining the Covenant Church is really...
Bishop Rhodes, who was born in a noble family, was actually quite knowledgeable in his early years, so he knew clearly the gap.
Thinking of this, he was even a little excited about being able to pull this person into the church, and he felt a vague sense of accomplishment that he had purified the devil believer who had been buried in the ocean of sin into a decent person.
However, Bishop Rhodes dared not take too much credit for this.
The middle-aged priest said sincerely to the words of the young man: "This is your destiny, Bernie, no matter what, no matter how sooner or later, you will return to the arms of my Lord, just because you are the one who is favored by God and the people born of my Lord."
The young man smiled when he heard this. He was about to say something, but his expression suddenly became stunned.
"What's wrong?"
Bishop Rhodes noticed that the other party's face was wrong, so he looked along his sight.
I found a tree in front of the forest path. At this time, a yellow-haired native dog was squatting there and watching them sticking out their tongues.
"Don't the Bishop think something is wrong with that dog?"
"That was just an ordinary native dog, maybe it was raised by nearby farmers to take care of the barn."
Bishop Rhodes replied, then turned his head and looked at the young man, "You rarely saw such a dog before?"
The young man's eyes flashed for a moment, and finally shook his head.
Chapter completed!