St. Granburg.

Dada dada dada dada dada...

The neat and mighty Knights of Light walked on the stone streets of St. Granburg.

The sun shines on these knights' light golden armor, revealing fortitude, loyalty and decisiveness.

The arrival of Claire, the master of the Red Clan, once again made countless believers excited. The believers cheered on both sides of the street, celebrating the glory of the Knights of Light and the master of the Red Clan.

"It's the Red-clothed Master!"

"Great Red-clothed Master!"

This master of the Red-clothed Cult from the distant Eurola Empire, the Cathedral of the Light, who has the most frequent miracles of the Creator of the Light, finally arrived in Saint Granburg again after seventeen years!

Bathed in the divine light of the Creator of Light for a long time, Claire seemed to be one step closer to heaven as long as he could look down on his glory in the eyes of believers, and the sins of opening the box of desire will be redeemed.

"The holy power of the church seems to be much weaker than it was a decade ago."

At the front of the Knights of Light, Claire stared at the Cathedral of Light of St. Granburg, with his gray eyebrows and slightly frowned.

The church's holy light is most directly related to the number of believers and the level of piety, and this is also an important criterion for the promotion of all clergy. More than ten years have passed, and the power of faith in this country's highest church has been weakened so much?

Then, there are only two possibilities.

The rise of a God gained people's faith.

The sharp decline in the number of people in wars led to insufficient faith.

As for people who have given up on the Creator of Light, Claire never thought that such a thing would happen. After all, Creator of Light is the only true God in the world!

"Ahem."

Claire couldn't help but cough.

This is the two wars he has participated in over the years that he has participated in to eliminate the heresy night, causing him to summon the divine power of light again and again, releasing that great power that does not belong to the mortal world, seriously consuming the vitality in his body, and he has reached his twilight years.

"Master, as usual, we must first go to the Cathedral of St. Grambourg to bless the believers and listen to the bishop's report here. The king will come and pay a visit later."

The judge beside him reminded under the golden mask.

"Um."

Claire responded in a low voice.

Although his body was very weak, and the folds on his face seemed to be withered old bark, he had to maintain enough majesty in front of the believers and maintain a calm face in the admiration of countless believers.

"Great Lord, please accept my confession!"

"The light is with you."

The devout believers stood on their chests with their hands in excitement, lowered their heads and prayed, and even shed tears of excitement.

soon.

This Knight of Light came to the Church of St. Granburg.

The bishop and many clergy had been waiting in front of the church for a long time. After a brief ritual, Claire looked at the many believers gathered in front of the church. Those who could come here to gather were not ordinary civilians, but almost all nobles of the principality.

According to tradition, he needed to give a bright blessing to the people here on the first day of his arrival.

It seemed that Claire's physical condition was seen. The bishop seemed to be smiling calmly against many believers, but he was communicating with Claire with spiritual fluctuations.

"If it's inconvenient, why not do it for me?"

Claire glanced at the bishop and shook his head slowly.

He opened his arms and called on the great Creator of Light as if he was embracing the sky.

Buzz...

The warm brilliance sowed from the sky, allowing everyone nearby to bathe in it. People are excited to witness miracles and contribute their devout faith.

After a long time, the ceremony ended.

Bathed in the light, the trees and vegetation became more lush, people's skin became younger, the illness disappeared and the pain was reduced, and even the scars were recovered.

Only Claire, breathing slightly.

The blessing ceremony that once seemed almost like breathing to him has become an unparalleled heavy burden to his body, which is now almost exhausted in vitality.

In order to maintain enough solemnity, almost at the moment of the blessing ceremony, he brought the Knights of Light to the church.

The group walked through the prayer room and came to the back room.

Claire leaned weakly on the leather chair and looked at the Bishop of St. Granborough and several high-ranking clergy.

He said slowly: "I came here once more than ten years ago. I remember that at that time, the faith here was very sufficient, at least more than twice as much as it is now. Why did the holy light here decline so quickly?"

Cough cough cough cough cough cough cough cough.

He coughed violently a few times, gasped slightly, and looked extremely tired and sleepy.

"Forgive me for the invasion of the heretics over the years, because of the invasion of night heresy, and my neglect of this place, is it because the believers here have changed their belief in the goddess of wisdom?"

According to the plan, after the new pope ascended the throne, he started a new round of crusad expeditions at night, but unexpectedly, due to changes in the dark world and the invasion of the night, the war to eliminate heretics and evil gods for more than ten consecutive years was led to this war.

Because of the continuous wars over the years, the Holy See's financial resources are empty, so it is necessary to encourage believers to contribute again and again, and even sell quotas for clergy.

This also exacerbates some of the once hidden contradictions.

Fortunately, the invasion of the heretics in the night was finally beaten back, and the land of the star curtain returned to peace again.

"To be precise, the last time you visited St. Granburg, you presided over the burning of heretical thought books at Gran Academy of Natural Sciences. It has been seventeen years, nine months and twenty-one days. As for the decline of the power of the holy light here, it is not because of the goddess of wisdom."

The bishop said slowly.

In Claire's gaze, he continued: "The Goddess of Wisdom has withdrawn from the Duchy of Gran because of her failure in participating in the throne of the new king. She has turned to several small Duchy states, and has fought with the former godly forces in those small Duchy states. Although it has been stable now, her divine character has fallen to the low level due to the large loss of faith."

Um?

Claire said in surprise: "Why is the holy light here so weakened?"

"It is because of the three-year compulsory education launched by the new king! This was originally a good thing, but the king seemed very dissatisfied with the support of Prince Ping in the Holy See. Therefore, in the compulsory education, the "Great Festival of Light" was not introduced, but instead added some scholarly works such as "Law of Nature", "The Mysteries of Evolution", "Alchemy", etc., which also led to many children being less pious to the Creator of Light than their parents."

The bishop's face was a little stiff.

He said slowly: "I'm afraid that if this continues, it won't take many years. Gran will become another Zeland. At that time, the holy light here may fall to the bottom."

"Become another Zealand? No."

Claire shook his head and said negatively.

The bishop did not know the secret of the Principal of Zeland, but he knew clearly that there was no second one in the Golden Sword Captain on the Stars.

"Tell me what this new king has done over the years."

In the eyes of the Great Empire of Olorah, the land of the Principality is a wilderness, barren and remote place far away from the Central Plains, and a place of faith for the gods.

Because scholars were born in the era when the Black Death plague was prevalent, it was the weakest time of the Holy See, and they defeated the dark world with the Holy See. Therefore, the Holy See's attitude towards scholars is always the same as those heretic gods in the swamp of death, deep forests of thorns, and Hengduan Mountains. Although they are not close, they can be used as tools.

As for the atheism advocated by scholars.

In the view of the Holy See, this is not even considered heretic theory, but... ignorant!

With a full half hourglass time, this bishop mainly explained to Claire the political achievements of King Granchen over the years from the perspective of the Principality.

Claire frowned slightly and thought.

After a brief silence in the room, the bishop wanted to speak but stopped several times, he finally couldn't help it and said slowly: "In addition... there is another thing. I have not been able to report it to Olora in time over the years because there is no clear evidence. I also asked the master of the sect to investigate secretly."

"What?"

Claire asked.

The Bishop of St. Granburg said slowly: "When His Majesty Chen fled from St. Granburg during the prince's dispute, and faced the pursuit of Prince Ping, it seemed that there was an elite Holy See power that had secretly helped him through the difficulties!"

He took a deep breath.
Chapter completed!