Two hundred and eighty-fifth chapter [God stick Mi Hughes]
Chapter 285 [Magic Stick Matthews]
QQ's beady eyes flashed with wisdom, and then he smiled slowly: "Master Du Wei, you like listening to stories, right? Then let me tell you a story too...it's also about Michus. It's just that
However, it is somewhat different from the version Maximus told..."
After hearing this, Du Wei suddenly turned over and jumped up from the ground. His expression could not tell whether it was anger or despair. Instead, he laughed three times, pointed at the sacred beast in front of him, and shouted: "Okay! Okay.
What an Aragorn! What a Michus! What a Mr. QQ! I am convinced by you! Tell me, is there any more sensational story? You might as well tell it all at once, so as not to repeat it every once in a while.
Jump out and scare me!"
To be honest, Du Wei was a little angry... Damn, no one would have been angry! Du Wei's own psychological endurance is already very strong! Two Gandorfs, one white and one green, appeared before, and he tolerated it. Alas
Gong, the founding emperor, turned out to be a time-traveling gay, and he tolerated it. Even when QQ said something like "three thousand beauties in the harem, and iron rods ground into embroidery needles," Du Wei also tolerated it!
But now?
You have to say that the greatest figure in the history of the mainland’s Temple of Light, His Majesty the first Pope, is... a fucking bird!
This kind of thing would drive anyone crazy.
QQ has regained its composure. This mythical beast, which has always prided itself on elegance and grace, blinked its small eyes at Du Wei: "Okay, it seems that you have calmed down. In this case, can I start telling a story?
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"Tell me, tell me..." Du Wei held his head in distress: "I'm mentally prepared. Even if you immediately conjure up a cross and claim to be Christ Jesus, I won't be surprised... Just tell me!
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"Christ Jesus... Well, Master Aragon also said this back then, but I don't know what it means." QQ was lost in thought for a while, and then began to tell another version of the story about Michus.
"Most of what Maximus and his entourage said are true, but not many people know about my origins.
About a thousand years ago, Roland Continent. Oh, I forgot to mention. At that time, this continent was not called Roland Continent. The name was changed only after the Roland Empire was established. Let me think about it... At that time, this continent was not called Roland Continent.
The name of the continent is..."
At this point, Du Wei interrupted impatiently: "There is no need to go into these details. Let's talk about the main points."
"Okay." QQ seemed to be unimpressed by Du Wei's impatience, but still followed Du Wei's request, speeding up and skipping these "unimportant" details:
"Aragorn's hometown is in the south-central region of the mainland. It was originally a place called the Kingdom of Rose. It is about 600 kilometers south of the current imperial capital and is located around the Rhona Valley. The Kingdom of Rose was not big. At the beginning,
Among the dozens of countries in the forest on the continent, it can only be regarded as lower-middle-class. And its military strength is not strong... The kingdom is not rich in warriors and warriors. It is famous for the production of high-quality wine. As you can imagine, such a weak country
The country, in that era of the forest of nations, was suffering from bullying.
Aragorn and I were both born in a small town in the south of the Kingdom of Rose. In the story Maximos told, it was said that I was a priest at the Church of Light religious center in that small town. Well, officially
The record is indeed like this. But in fact... Hey, throughout my life, I have never believed in that damn goddess of light."
Du Wei believed that if these last words were spread, everyone in the Temple of Light would go crazy!
His Majesty, one of the founders of the Temple of Light, the great founder, and the first Pope, actually said that he "never believed in that damn goddess of light in my life."
In this case...hehe!
"At that time, the town and the surrounding land belonged to the family of the owner of Aragon. The father of the owner of Aragon was a nobleman, a minor nobleman. He relied on the produce of several vineyards around the town to make a living. Aragon
The owner is the youngest son in the family, a young master. And I, my father is a farmer in the vineyard, employed by the noble master. If nothing changes, according to the normal trajectory, I should too
It’s only right to inherit his father’s business and become a farmer growing grapes.
I am two years younger than Aragorn. When I was young, Master Aragorn was the leader of all the children in the manor. He was very smart, strong, decisive, and very talented in leadership... Oh, of course, he also has
One of his faults is that he is very lustful. I still clearly remember that when I was ten years old, at night, he took me with him to spy on the farm housekeeper’s daughter taking a bath... Well, right outside that house, I squatted
On the ground, Master Aragon stepped on my shoulders and leaned on the wall to watch... Afterwards, he said to me, 'Dear brother, you will definitely fall in love with these lovely women in the future.' At that time, I was
I was still young, so I didn't understand the meaning of what he said.
He liked me very much and regarded me as the most trusted person. My father later died and I was still too young to do the heavy farm work on the manor. At that time, those who did not work would only starve to death. And I did it every day.
I couldn't finish the farm work even if I was half exhausted. It was Aragorn who saved me at that time. He stole bread in the kitchen at night, ran out to find me and gave it to me. Later, in order to fear that I would starve to death, he proposed to transfer me.
I arrived at the noble lord's house and acted as his servant. From that time on, I no longer called him by his name, but called him 'master'.
Du Wei, you are the smartest person I have ever met... However, in my opinion, Aragorn is as smart as you. These things you make, such as balloons that can fly in the sky, and in the army, you make those
Soldiers played football to exercise. Well, you will be surprised, because the master of Aragon had already thought of these things a thousand years ago!
When I was his servant, he once drew a picture of the hot air balloon you made. He told me that you could fly into the sky with this kind of thing. I was very excited when I heard that. However,
After Master Aragon finished the painting, he thought for a long time and burned the painting with his own hands without letting anyone see it! I asked him why, but he didn't speak, just looked at me. Then he said to himself
'What's the point of doing it again... You don't understand, everything is just reincarnation.'
He is such a person who often says some inscrutable words that people cannot understand at all.
Well, Du Wei, those square characters you asked me to recognize that day were also taught to me by Aragorn. I didn’t know what characters they were. He taught me them word by word. I admired him even more because he actually
Can create a kind of writing. But now it seems... Duwei, this writing was not created by Master Aragon, but originally existed. Because you can also write this kind of writing, right?
I was his servant, but he was more like my teacher. He taught me many things. Later, many people said that I was the 'smart Matthews' and the 'erudite Matthews', but I knew
Most of the things were taught to me by Master Aragon.
He is so smart. When he was still at home, because he was not the eldest son, he had no inheritance rights, and he had never tried to fight for anything. His two brothers were trying their best to compete for the limelight in front of the noble lord.
Trying to express himself and win the favor of his father. But the master of Aragon never does this. This kind of performance brings him peace. The other two brothers used to fight openly and secretly, but they did not embarrass him. So our days
Have been having a very relaxed and happy time.
The time lasted until the master of Aragon was sixteen years old. He decided to run away from home. He told me that the outside world was very big. He told me that the world was about to change. He told me that this continent would no longer be the same.
It was the world in the past. He said to me... Oh, I have forgotten it. He said many, many things to me, but unfortunately it was too long ago. Many memories have been blurred.
That year, he was sixteen and I was fourteen. I followed him and left home and the town together. I asked him why now and why he chose to leave now. He only told me: because of time
arrive.
I have never really understood his heart. I can feel that Aragorn has felt very lonely all his life, because he seems to have some secrets in his heart, but he has never told others. He regards me as the most intimate person.
He taught me a new way of thinking about problems, so that he could slightly alleviate the feeling of loneliness. He often said to me: Fortunately, I have someone with whom I can talk and communicate.
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For what follows, you can refer to the life story of the founding emperor. We took adventures together. When he went to be a knight in the mercenary group, I acted as his retinue, helping him clean weapons and feed horses. When he was doing business, I
I acted as his follower, helping him calculate the sales and profits of goods. The last time, when we were preparing to go to sea, because I was seasick, he did not let me go out with him, but asked me to wait on the shore.
As a result, his ship encountered a shipwreck after going out to sea. I was very sad after receiving the news and thought he was dead. Later, I waited at the port for a full month before he finally came back.
The first thing he said when he saw me was: 'Okay, remember today, the legend begins today!'
In that shipwreck, he lost almost all his property. Almost all the money we accumulated in the past few years as mercenaries sank to the bottom of the sea. But Aragorn seemed very happy, and he did not show the slightest bit of discouragement.
. Instead, he happily took me back to his hometown.
After that, his father passed away soon. As the youngest son, he did not inherit the title and only received a very small inheritance.
What about next... Du Wei, you probably know that what happened next is recorded in the history of the mainland. The master of Aragon used the inheritance to organize a small private army. This move was ridiculed by many people at the time.
The private soldiers are all friends we met during the years when we were working as mercenaries outside, and Aragorn gathered them all.
But then, as expected, his approach was correct. In less than two years, war broke out on the mainland, and the Kingdom of Rose was involved in the war. This weak kingdom was almost destroyed for a time, and the master of Aragon was also in the war.
, started to prosper with that small private army. Step by step, it stepped onto the stage of history.
In the first few years, we went very smoothly. I was always by his side, acting as his most trusted assistant... Oh, just like you and Phillip. He would discuss many things with me. But, at that time, he
He did not ask me to hold any public position, but only allowed me to serve as his personal consultant. Many people did not even know that I existed. I never complained, because in my opinion, I can devote my whole life to him.
Give him, as for power, I don't care.
And... it turns out that he actually had a plan for a long time! He wanted me to help him do a bigger thing. Therefore, I am not suitable for publicity. "
"Wait!" Du Wei listened intently, but then he suddenly interrupted and shouted: "That's not right! That's not right! According to the story told by Maximus and historical records, Michus should be from that small town.
The priest in the religious center is right! But you said you left home with Aragorn when you were fourteen? "
"That's right." QQ glanced at Du Wei: "Didn't you say it yourself? History books often lie. This matter is not as simple as what is written in the book."
"One day, Aragorn found me in private. He told me that there was a very important thing for me to do. This matter was very important and very dangerous. Especially...he could not find anyone except me.
I have to go to someone I can trust to do it. I am the only candidate. I have no hesitation because I am willing to sacrifice for him.
Later, we discussed for a long time and started our plan. This plan was privately called "usurping the gods" by Aragorn and me! It means usurping the power of the gods in the world!
The expansion of the army cannot solve all problems. At that time, there were many religions on the mainland. Various churches, various beliefs... various gods. But conquest by force could not conquer people's hearts.
.So, we decided to use religion! But we couldn’t create a religion ourselves, and we were too late. We could only use one religion. We chose the Church of Light because it has the most believers and its power can give Aragorn the greatest help.
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After that, I started to walk on my stage.
We secretly took people back to our hometown and to the religious center in that small town. Because of the war, the priest in the religious center in the small town had died. There were almost no people in the town. We found out about the religion
After carefully reading all the records and documents in the institute, Aragorn burned the evidence that was unfavorable to us, leaving only some evidence that was good for us.
Then, I dyed my hair with a special magic potion. That drug really made me suffer, because ordinary dyes can only change the color of my hair for a period of time. After a long time, the color of the new hair will still be the same.
It will be the same as before. But the medicine prepared by Master Aragon is different. That medicine made my scalp very painful and itchy, and finally caused peeling. After a month, my scalp grew back.
New hair, all turned blonde.
I drank a drug that completely changed my speaking voice, and Aragorn taught me a skill that changed the growth of my bones, making me taller in two months.
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These processes are very painful, but I am willing to dedicate everything to Master Aragon.
After two months of preparations, I got on the boat and got on the divine robe of the Church of the Goddess of Light. Then Aragorn said to me: 'Remember, from today on, your name is Michus, and your identity is a remote village under the Church of Light.
A young priest in the town's religious center. Your entire resume is clearly written in these documents. I think you have memorized it by heart.'
Of course I know it by heart!
Aragorn trusted me. He taught me a lot since I was a child. He once said that if I were not with him, I would be able to accomplish great things with my own talents and brains. So he often felt sorry for me.
During those two months, I endured the pain of my scalp, my sore throat, and the changes in my bone growth. I recited the Goddess Teachings of the Church of Light every day.
After two months, I believe that my familiarity with the Goddess’s teachings is definitely no worse than that of any real priest!
Then, we started the ‘Usurping God’ plan!
From that day on, I changed my name to 'Micius'. My identity was no longer the son of a farmer, nor the servant of the master of Aragon. My identity was Michius, a young priest of the church!
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QQ's laughter became more and more cunning and insidious: "Then, as Michus, I contacted other forces of the Church of Light. At that time, although the Church of Light was huge, its organization was very loose, and there was no unified and strict organization.
System organization. As a church priest, I could easily break into the Church of Light, and I was from a good background. Records show that I have been a devout believer since I was a child. Of course, no one would doubt me. I quickly took advantage of it within the church.
Aragorn gave me funds to gather a group of people. Then he used my influence to first gather the power of some small local churches to support Aragorn. Then Aragorn came forward and made deals with several leaders of the church to establish the goddess.
The price of the church’s orthodox and legal status is in exchange for the church’s support for his unification of the continent. And in this process, my status is getting higher and higher... I don’t need to tell you what happens next!”
At the end of these words, Du Wei was sweating profusely!
Michus! This is the origin of Michus! This is the secret of the real Michus!!
The founder of what founded the Temple...the greatest devotee of the Goddess.
It's all a conspiracy!
The "usurping god" plan... Oh my God!
"In other words, the real Michus died in the war a long time ago. And you, after discussing with Aragorn, entered the church under your name, and then... step by step
Use the power of the church to complete the unification war." Du Wei sighed: "What a conspiracy! What a calculation! What a strategy! What a courage!!"
He said "good" several times in a row, and in his heart he had to deeply admire Aragorn's long-term calculation!
"Actually, although we used the Church of Light, we soon discovered a problem. As the cause of unification of Aragon progressed, the power under the flag of Thorn Flower became more and more powerful. And the church was also gradually developing and growing! This
This is definitely not a good signal for the future! A stable empire can only have a strong central presence! If an empire has two strong core circles, it will definitely be the source of chaos. And the church will develop.
It also stimulated many charlatans within the church. Those ambitious charlatans began to fantasize about all sorts of ridiculous things. For example...theocracy.
They began to imagine that they would use the influence of the church to control everything, put the power of the church above secular power, and religion would become the only master in the world. Emperors, kings, and nobles would all submit to the church.
However, these greedy bastards who only know empty talk and conspiracy. What do they know? They are as greedy as pigs and as vicious as snakes. If they were allowed to control the highest power and become the masters of the continent... Well, they know how to govern the country.
What?
Of course, I originally didn't care too much about these magicians.
Because although these guys were vicious and greedy, at least they were still very useful at that time. But Aragorn was different from what I thought. He had always been very afraid of the church.
Especially, something happened next!
Du Wei, I think since you have read the canon of the Temple of Light, you must have read the record of that famous ‘miracle’ in the canon!”
Du Wei nodded.
The teachings of the Temple of Light are similar to the Christian Bible of Du Wei's previous life.
In addition to promoting the teachings of the goddess, the scripture also deified and beautified the creation process of the Temple of Light. One of the very important chapters contained a story that Du Wei originally thought was nonsense:
When the Empire of Light was founded, the Church of the Goddess of Light, which was allied with Aragon, was also very powerful at that time. At this time, the people below came out with calls for the establishment of a powerful and sacred religious organization, a united and
A strict organization is used to control the religious affairs in the area shrouded in the goddess's glory.
At this time, under the outcry, suddenly, there was a miracle of the goddess’ arrival! This incident was considered to be the church’s approval and authorization from the goddess!
Most non-believers scorned this record, and smart people believed that it was fabricated by the temple to beautify itself, including Du Wei.
Especially within the Magician's Guild, they are extremely dismissive of this so-called miracle!
Here's what happens:
The last chapter of the first volume of the canon is called "The Goddess Grants the Temple Eternal Glory".
Legend has it that on the eve of the establishment of the empire, the leader of the Church of the Goddess of Light at that time, Michus, who later became the first pope of the Temple of Light, His Majesty Michus, received the guidance of the goddess in his sleep. The goddess in the dream
He issued an edict and told His Majesty Michus to go to a mountain top in the northwest outside the imperial capital at noon the next day to receive the miracle of the goddess' arrival.
So His Majesty Michus took a bath and fasted. At noon the next day, he walked barefoot alone without any entourage to the top of the mountain. Even if his feet were cut by sharp stones, it could not stop the great Michius.
Your Majesty’s pious heart!
And at noon, when the position of the sun in the sky was just above people's heads, the goddess came as promised! In an instant, a red light appeared, and the faint vibration of the earth could be felt even a hundred miles away. .And the red light spreads thousands of miles, and the sky is filled with red clouds thousands of miles away!
Finally, countless meteorites fell from the sky! At that time, people were still panicking, thinking that this was some kind of disaster. However, those meteorites that fell from the sky landed in the imperial capital city that was being built, and also at the headquarters of the Church of the Goddess of Light at that time (that There was no temple at that time). When the meteorite was about to hit the ground, it slowed down and floated gently to the ground. When people in the church gathered around to take a look, they discovered that these meteorites were densely covered with carvings. There are all kinds of words. The content above is...
The goddess descended to teach the church the ‘divine magic’!
The goddess teaches these 'magical arts' to the church, so that the people of the church can learn these powerful magical arts and have the strength to defend the authority and honor of the church!
Before this, although the Church of the Goddess of Light had a large number of people and great power, including the leaders within the church, they were all ordinary people without any magic. But after this 'miracle', a 'god' appeared within the church. The magician'! is used to compete with the magicians on the mainland and defend the authority of the church.
This matter was written in the scriptures of the Temple of Light, indicating that his power in the world was authorized by the goddess! Moreover, this matter also made the people of the Church of Light breathe a huge sigh of relief!
Because although the Church of Light believes in the Goddess of Light, what is embarrassing is that the Goddess of Light has not performed any miracles for a long time! Even many hostile religions mock them, saying that the Goddess has already They abandoned it.
The coming of this miracle not only gave the Church of Light a legal cloak, but also solved their crisis of trust. Since then, the church's momentum has grown stronger.
Of course, the first person to sneer at this matter is the Magicians Guild!
The Magician's Guild has never recognized any "magic". They believe that only the magic studied by magicians is the true meaning of divine power! Everything else is heresy.
As for the church's magical arts, they simply secretly learned some magic, modified them, and called themselves so-called "magical arts" to beautify themselves.
As for this miracle, magicians generally believe that it was fabricated by the church to beautify itself.
Within the magic union, it is believed that magicians are the most loyal to the gods, because magicians will not talk about the gods and try to please others like those magicians. The piety of magicians to the gods is expressed through practical actions: Every magician works hard throughout his life to study the secrets of the power of the gods!
If the gods want to perform miracles, then it is not the turn of those magicians! Instead, they should be performed by magicians.
"I have read the scriptures, and of course I know the description of this miracle." Du Wei said with a smile: "But aren't these made up? And... objectively speaking, it is precisely because of this miracle that the miracle is even more... This has established your position as Missus in the church! Because the goddess’s miracles were notified to you first, so that no one can shake your position in the church. Finally, you were officially commended to become the pope. Because you have received The goddess appeared in a dream, so you are regarded as the spokesperson of the goddess in the world! Right? If it weren't for this incident, you might not have become the Pope! Although you had a high prestige at the time, after all, you were the leader of several sects. The power in his hands is not low."
"You are right about the second point. Indeed, because of this incident, I was given the cloak of deification. When I finally became pope, no one dared to oppose me or compete with me. But...
The first point you said is wrong! This matter is indeed not made up... it is true!" QQ said in a solemn tone: "The goddess of light really appeared! It was at that time... I believed it,
God does exist."
Du Wei's expression was a little strange, and he quietly waited for Master QQ to say what he wanted to say next.
"That day, I dreamed about the will that the goddess gave me in my sleep. When I woke up, I thought it was just a dream, but then I found something appearing next to my pillow.
A small stone. In my sleep, the goddess told me that if I took this stone and went to the top of the mountain, I would be able to receive her miracle. So, I realized that this was not a dream, but a reality!"
After hearing this, Du Wei suddenly smiled strangely: "I don't think this goddess is very capable... Humph, you are obviously a bad guy hiding in the church. You are not a believer of the goddess at all, and she even gave you miracles...
…It’s really very confusing.”
"You are wrong again, Du Wei." QQ sighed: "The goddess of light is not so kind. Do you think she really chooses me to be the spokesperson in the world? Then you are wrong... the goddess will not choose at all.
Anyone can be a spokesperson! In the eyes of gods, all human beings are small and humble, just like you and I look at ants on the ground. Would you care whether one of the ants is good or evil? You simply don’t care.
You don’t care about such boring issues. And gods look at people just like people look at ants!”
"Then...that miracle..."
QQ's tone changed: "When you read this record in the canon, don't you think it's strange? Those stones with magic written on them came directly to the church, so... why does she want me to go to the top of that mountain?
?What do I want to meet when I go to the top of that mountain? Do you know? These are not written in the scriptures!"
indeed!
This immediately reminded Du Wei, who frowned and said, "Yes! Did you come back from the top of that mountain empty-handed?"
QQ did not answer the question directly, but said leisurely: "Du Wei, if you are a herdsman, when you herd a group of cattle and sheep, in order to facilitate management, you will choose one cow or sheep to take charge of management.
Who?"
"No." Du Wei shook his head.
"That's it." QQ sighed: "Herdsmen will choose to send a sheepdog. So... what the goddess asked me to go to the top of the mountain to greet is a 'shepherd dog' she sent to the human world! Gods despise human beings.
She doesn’t trust humans. In order to maintain her faith in the human world, she will not choose me or any human being to be her spokesperson, but she will send a spokesperson!”
Speaking of this, QQ's eyes were a little erratic:
"That day, I came to the top of the mountain and received the miracle of the goddess. This goddess sent a divine messenger to the world...an angel."