Chapter 67: The End of the Church
Facing the frank Gu Yun, the clergy was stunned at first, and then fled in panic.
The billboard outside the confession room does not list the crimes mentioned by Gu Yun, because the existence of the confession room was not designed for a real sinner like Gu Yun. It is a tool for money to be made by the current Archbishop of the Mizushan Hermit Society to obtain wealth.
The main group of people targeted were the nobles in the royal capital, so the crimes that most nobles may commit were listed in the forefront. With the excuse of the gods, those nobles would obediently deliver their wealth to the hands of the church.
"If he really offered the price, would you pay?"
Anling asked curiously after walking around the confessional room.
The space in the confessional room is not large. A statue of god stands in the most conspicuous position. When you walk into the confessional room, you will feel like you are being peeked by the statue.
An Ling didn't know whether she had been with Gu Yun for a long time or was a witch. She felt very uncomfortable when she saw the statue of the god.
"Of course I won't pay."
Gu Yun shook his head with confidence, "I'll just ask."
It is better to go to a restaurant to have a good meal if you pay to confess to the gods.
What's more, he was not interested in the lackeys of the gods. After Archbishop Anfictor's era, the Mizushan hermits would become increasingly fragile. In this era, they are basically villains who only use the gods as a guise. If An Ling hadn't said she wanted to come here to take a look, he would have broken into the church directly.
The Mizushan Hermit Society has never welcomed his arrival, but it is useless to not welcome it.
There is a saying among people in x City that they say it well: what should come will always come. He thinks it is good to apply this principle to the Mizushan Hermit Society.
"I think so."
An Ling suddenly smiled and pointed at herself, "I am a witch, and in their eyes, it should also belong to the villain camp."
She was a little excited when she played a villain for the first time in her life and didn't think about how to implement her cute and charming villain.
Under Gu Yun's leadership, the two soon arrived between the reconstruction of their birthdays.
The Mizuy Mountain Hermit without Archbishop Anfictor would make Anling feel uncomfortable. In fact, the bishop was not here. After entering the church, they found that the church was surprisingly deserted and had almost never encountered several clergy along the way.
"Is this the case here before?"
“It used to be quite lively.”
Gu Yun still remembers that when he led his troops into the Wushan Hermit Society, the clergy kingdom army surrounded the church three floors inside and outside, and they were ready to die, because in the eyes of the northern people, the birthday was the last line of defense connecting the world and the Kingdom of God.
"Let me find someone to ask."
He searched several places in a row but never met the current archbishop. If he remembered correctly, the bishop of the Kiriyama Hermit Society was a person who was so fat that he could hardly walk. His combat power could be described as negligible.
When we first met, Gu Yun was really disappointed for a long time.
The two of them walked around the huge church again, and finally randomly selected a lucky passerby who had no time to escape. The clergyman looked young and probably only the age of a high school student in City X. When he saw Gu Yun and An Ling walking towards him, his legs were almost frightened.
"Don't you have a lot of people? Where did you go?"
Gu Yun asked.
"Since the sacred tree was polluted, most of the people have run away."
The clergyman said tremblingly, "Not long ago, a woman with red eyes climbed the sacred tree. After that, the sacred tree began to wither. Some people said that the gods might never care about us again when the disaster came, so they simply took away the finances and never came back."
Those who escaped were afraid that the red-eyed women would take their anger on their heads after they had trouble with the gods.
"Then why didn't you run away?"
This was asked by An Ling.
"Actually... I wanted to run away too." The clergy blushed and admitted his thoughts, "But they took away all the valuable things, and even the gold coins in the money box were gone. Even if I ran away, I had nowhere to go. It would be better to stay here, hang out and eat something."
At the end of the day, his voice was so low that he couldn't hear it clearly.
"You are quite honest." An Ling smiled gently. Gu Yun's unanimous and arrogant expression was suitable for playing black-faced. She naturally had to play a white-faced role. "Don't worry, we won't hurt you. You just need to tell us where your archbishop has gone, and has he also ran away?"
"He, he was caught before he could run away."
The clergy seemed to have recalled something horrible, with a pale face.
"Being that red-eyed woman?"
An Ling knew that the red-eyed woman was referring to "death". Although they had never met each other, she had heard Gu Yun describe the appearance of "death".
It looks 80% similar to the disaster, but its aura is very different.
"No, I'm a little girl of this tall."
The clergy gestured with his hands. The girl was not taller than him, but the fear she brought him was no less than Gu Yun. "I can take you to find the Archbishop, but his current state may not be suitable for meeting people."
This young man had no backbone, and when facing the terrifying Gu Yun, he naturally sold the Archbishop without hesitation.
He walked in front, telling what happened a few days ago, "The Archbishop quietly came back that day alone to get the treasures he had in the secret room, but before he could enter, the little girl came. After she entered the door, the door of the secret room was sealed by white flames. Not long after, the Archbishop's scream came out from the inside."
When talking about this, the Archbishop's pig-killing scream seemed to echo in his ears.
"After about ten minutes, the little girl left, and the Archbishop..."
"What's wrong with him?"
While speaking, the three of them had already arrived at the secret room of the church. The door of the secret room was closed. Before they could enter, Gu Yun and An Ling smelled a stench that was coming to their faces. The clergy pushed open the stone door and stood at the door pointing at the human-shaped meat ball huddled in a corner of the secret room. The human-shaped meat ball was obviously the source of the stench.
"The Archbishop has become that way."
The human-shaped flesh ball seemed to be alive. He stared at the ceiling with empty eyes, and saliva flowed down the corners of his mouth to his clothes. He still whispers that he couldn't understand from time to time.
An Ling quickly realized the reason why the human-shaped meat ball emitted a odor, and immediately took a few steps back in disgust, resolutely not getting close to the secret room half a step.
"I tried to talk to the Archbishop several times, but he was always like that, like a baby..."
The infant of the clergy is not an exaggerated metaphor, but a real state presented by the Archbishop. "I saw that he ignored me, so I didn't see him anymore."
"He was brainwashed by the gods."
Gu Yun, who has been silent, announced the correct answer, "When memories are extracted, people will become that way."
Seeing the Archbishop become like this, he completely gave up the idea of going forward.
People who have been brainwashed by the gods will have nothing left in their brains. Even if they are still alive, it is no different from dying.
Moreover, the clergy also mentioned the white flame, which also confirmed his speculation.
"Get out of memory? Do you mean the gods are trying to silence?"
"wrong."
Gu Yun shook his head, "She also became interested in the Archbishop's memory, so she pulled out all his memories. If she just wanted to silence him, it would be much easier to burn him to ashes with a torch."
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