Sword of Dawn

Gawain's mouth twitched, and he deliberately looked at Heidi: "Let's talk about the steel production..."

Amber closed her eyes: "Call me when dinner is ready."

Gao Wen was at a loss, and was about to grab Amber's ear and twist it half a circle to see if she could wake up, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a soldier running towards him.

"My lord!" The soldier ran up to Gao Wen, stood at attention and saluted, "A stranger came to the territory!"

"Stranger?" Gao Wen was taken aback, not knowing the urgency of such a matter, "Is it a refugee from the north? If you come here by yourself..."

"No, the man is wearing the clothes of the Holy Light Sect, he seems to be a missionary, but for some reason, he is working on the construction site now."

"what?"

Chapter 0155 Missionary

When Gao Wen brought Amber and Heidi and followed the soldiers' guidance to a construction site near the brick kiln factory, the weird priest who suddenly appeared on the territory had been busy for a while.

He was a shaggy, dusty, and remarkably muscular man, and he was with the workmen, who, despite the cold late frost month, were carrying heavy baskets of bricks to the place where the walls were being laid. He was sweating so much that he took off the shabby priest's robe and tied it around his waist as a loincloth, revealing the strong muscles and bronze skin of the upper body.

That shoulder meat is almost ready to die with the heretics at any time.

The workers were engrossed in working with this man who appeared out of nowhere, but they secretly looked up at him from time to time, obviously they had already discovered that this was a strange stranger, and the supervisor (and recorder) of the construction site Then he looked helplessly at the side, and after noticing the arrival of the lord, the overseer immediately trotted up to greet him: "My lord! You can count yourself here, this is really..."

"What's the situation with this man?" Gawain looked at the burly man on the construction site in bewilderment who was busy moving bricks, "The priest of the Church of the Holy Light? What kind of painting style? Why did he suddenly come to work on my territory?" gone?"

"We don't know where he came from!" The overseer looked mad, "He said that he was ordered to come to the south to preach, and then asked the workers if anyone was interested in the Holy Light—who knows this person? What happened? Of course, no one paid any attention to him. I told him that everyone has not finished their work and no one has time to listen to him. As a result, this person went to move bricks without saying a word, and I couldn’t stop him. —he's terribly strong!"

"...Looking at that size, you can tell that your strength is not small," Hu Po glanced at the burly man in astonishment. When she heard that a priest who seemed to be from the Holy Light Sect came here, she was shocked and ready to talk to him. Fighting for [-] rounds (or being beaten up by the opponent) and then asking Gao Wen to extort a sum of medical expenses, but because of her brain circuit, she didn't expect that such a number one person came, and she couldn't react immediately , "Isn't this really a paladin who went out wearing the wrong clothes and came out in a robe?"

The overseer spread his hands: "I asked, and it is said that it is a missionary who traveled from the central region."

Gao Wen frowned, and waved to the soldiers and the supervisor in front of him: "Don't be nervous, I'll go over and make contact."

As he spoke, he led Amber and Hetty forward.

The workers who were working soon saw Gao Wen approaching, and all of them stopped their work nervously and in awe to salute, but Gao Wen stopped them with his eyes and waved his hand: "Don't worry about me, busy!" Just do it yourself."

The sturdy man who was working finally noticed the change in the atmosphere. He unloaded a basket of bricks from his shoulders, looked up at his surroundings, and then turned his head to look at Gao Wen: "The manager is here? Is it the manager?"

This style of speaking... really doesn't look like the priests that are common in the Church of the Holy Light.

Gao Wen was now wearing casual clothes, and although he carried the Pioneer Sword with him, it was blocked by the scabbard. Apart from his height, it would be very difficult for an outsider to immediately see him without a decent guard around him. The big man in front of him was associated with Duke Cecil (Amber belonged to a bad guard), and realizing that the burly man in front of him did not recognize his identity, Gawain followed him and said, "Yes, I am from this area. steward. What do you do?"

"Great, I finally met someone who can speak effectively!" The big man looked very happy, he casually wiped his sweat, then fumbled for a long time from the robe tied around his waist, and finally took out a crumpled Handed over the paperwork, "Can you help me deliver this to your lord? I stood on a high place and watched for a long time, but I couldn't find where his castle is."

Gao Wen took the document, randomly found a pile of bricks beside him and sat down, and motioned for the other party to sit down too. Then he looked down and saw that the document written on high-grade parchment only had a simple sentence: Appoint the loyal servant of the Lord and priest of the Holy Light, Wright Aviken, to go to the southern border to preach the teachings of the Lord and spread the way of the Holy Light.

Below it is the emblem of the Church of the Holy Light and the seal of a certain bishop.

Is this really a missionary?

Gao Wen was stunned, and put away the paperwork casually: "Okay, I will pass it on, but I have to ask you a few questions first."

"Okay... ah, wait a minute," the big man stood up suddenly just as he nodded halfway, and stopped a serf who was walking by him, "Wait a minute, your arm is a little wrong."

The serf stopped blankly, and suddenly showed a little nervousness when he saw Gao Wen sitting next to him, but the latter just nodded slightly, indicating that he didn't need to care - Gawain was also very curious about this inexplicable missionary What do you want to do.

Then he saw the missionary named "Wright" put one hand on the serf's shoulder, drew the emblem of the God of Holy Light in the air with the other hand, and recited the words of prayer, and As the prayer proceeded, a faint white light also appeared on his two hands, and a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere filled the surrounding air——the bare-chested, slovenly burly man appeared slightly in this holy light. A little holy.

Soon, the treatment was over. The missionary Wright withdrew his hand and nodded to the serf: "Okay, a little dark wound, and it won't happen on cloudy or rainy days from now on. May the Lord bless you."

The serf moved his shoulders inexplicably, probably because he felt obvious comfort. He couldn't help but nodded to Wright with an excited expression, and then returned to the working position while moving his shoulders.

Missionary Wright slapped his hands as if he had finished a trivial matter, and turned to look at Gawain: "I'm done, you can ask."

Gao Wen watched the whole process indifferently, and was only a little surprised at the end that the "missionary" only said "May the Lord bless you" instead of taking this opportunity to hold people back and talk for half an hour. The Way of the Holy Light, then he came back to his senses and nodded to Wright: "Are you here to preach?"

"It's stated in the document that the Central Diocese sent me," the man nodded, "The signature is Bishop Megaul. I set off from the Plain of the Holy Spirit and walked all the way here. , stop and go all the way, it has been more than a year."

Then he added: "I only recently learned about the Cecil family's establishment of a new pioneering land here. Originally, my last stop was Tanzania Town, but now, my last stop is here. I plan to Stay here for a long time, and if you can get the permission of the resurrected Duke, you can build a church here."

Amber poked Gao Wen's arm and murmured softly, "Hey, what about you~~"

Gawain tensed his arm muscles calmly, causing Amber to retract her fingers as if they were poking on a steel plate. Then he frowned and looked at Wright: "Then why did you suddenly come here to help with work?"

"The supervisor said just now, everyone is working, so they don't have time to listen to my preaching," Wright shrugged, "Then I can help them finish their work quickly, so I can preach."

"Just because of this?"

Wright took it for granted: "Yes, it's because of this."

At this time Hetty finally couldn't help but spoke: "Excuse me, but I have also seen missionaries from the Church of the Holy Light traveling abroad, but they are not like you... You were a paladin before?"

"I am a priest, I have always been," Wright looked down at the muscles on his body, taking it for granted again, "However, it is more dangerous to preach abroad, and I often encounter beasts and robbers. The priest's own combat magic is too little, exercise It’s also good to protect your health. And sometimes you don’t have enough money, so you have to help the local people to do some work in exchange for some food. It doesn’t matter if your body is not strong.”

"The missionaries of the Church of the Holy Light don't have the tradition of working for food," Hetty said with a strange look on his face, "Supernatural beings don't need to sell their physical strength wherever they go, let alone selling their physical strength to ordinary people. I have never heard of such a thing. "

"Ma'am, you're wrong," Wright immediately looked serious, "The way of the Holy Light tells us that people cannot get something for nothing, and the way of the Holy Light tells us that everyone is a citizen of the Holy Light. The people of the Holy Light, why should there be any difference between ordinary people and ordinary people?"

Amber looked the strong man up and down in surprise: "You really take these words seriously?"

Wright once again showed a natural expression: "How can the teachings of the Holy Light be regarded as false?"

Looking at this strange missionary, Gao Wen didn't speak for a while.

He was quickly thinking about whether the person in front of him was suspicious, guessing whether he was related to the previous visit of Princess Veronica, and guessing how credible his words were.

If those words are true, then there seems to be nothing to worry about—the priest of Shengguang has been traveling since a year ago, and at that time, Gao Wen hadn’t lifted his coffin, and the arrival of this priest was just accident.

If it is not true, it would be a sensitive matter in Gao Wen's view that a missionary of the Holy Light came to this territory suddenly.

But for some reason, Gawain always felt that this matter... had nothing to do with conspiracy when looking at this strangely painted missionary of the Holy Light.

But no matter what, even if he has a little wariness and estrangement from the current belief in the gods in this world, as a lord, he can't just drive out such a missionary, especially if the other party has no one in this land. Not to mention breaking any laws, and even offering to help with work and treat patients—otherwise the law and order he himself enforced would be jeopardized.

And he also wanted to observe to see where this person came from and what his purpose was.

While Gao Wen was thinking, the missionary Wright was also looking at the three people in front of him, and suddenly asked: "By the way, are you three interested in the way of the Holy Light?"

The three of Gao Wen did not speak in unison at all:

"I am a believer in the goddess of magic, and I don't want to believe in other gods anymore."

"You are lame, I believe in shadows!"

"Not interested, thank you."

Missionary Wright nodded: "Oh, forget it."

Chapter 0156 In the Deep Sea

Missionary Wright's short and clear answer stunned Gawain for a long time. He had already prepared a lot of reasonable and euphemistic remarks to deal with the missionary's chatter, including but not limited to "There is no money in the territory." Maintaining the church", "There is no money in the territory to support the priest", "You can buy the bricks and tiles of the church yourself" and so on, but I didn't expect this missionary who was suspected of being a gladiator to become a priest to forget it like that... ...so forget it...

Could this big brother be an undercover agent of the Church of the Shadows invading the Church of the Holy Light?

"You just leave it like that?" Even Amber couldn't help saying, "Aren't you going to persuade me any more?"

"The way of the Holy Light tells me that if I do good deeds, then the Holy Light will naturally shine on people's hearts. If I do not do good deeds, then even if I break my tongue, it will not work," the big man drew a picture of the Church of the Holy Light on his chest. The insignia of his face, his face is full of stubble and muscles, but he still looks holy, "So it doesn't matter if you are not interested, and it will not be too late to come to me when you are interested."

"He's really an interesting guy." Hetty shook his head incredulously, "By the way, you're from the central region, right? Why would the church in the Holy Spirit Plain send you to preach in the extreme south? And they gave you a document... Where are your followers and guards?"

Today is no longer the era when civilization was chaotic and various sects were running hard in the wilderness. Even the missionaries who traveled around were no longer walking alone like ascetics, especially the missionaries who set off from the rich Holy Spirit Plain. Basically, they will move around the world with a considerable number of entourages and guards, so such teams are also called "mobile churches", which means that a church has all kinds of armed personnel, servants, and priests, but this Mr. Wright But he came here from the Plain of the Holy Spirit with a tattered document in his arms. Not to mention his entourage, he earned his own travel expenses and food with his own hard work.

This trance gives people a feeling of traveling through time and space, as if the missionary walked out of the barbaric age in the history books.

But Wright just smiled indifferently after hearing this question: "I was on the road alone. The bishop gave me a document and asked me to come to the south to preach, so I came. As for the followers and guards... I A small low-ranking priest, where does he get followers and guards, and I don't need it either."

As he spoke, he flexed his muscles: "Many paladins can't beat me, and many followers are not as agile as I am, so what do I want them to do?"

Then he looked up and looked around, and found that another batch of new bricks had been sent to the construction site, so he stood up and patted the dirt on his pants: "It seems that there is another job, do you have any questions? If If there is no problem, I will help unload these bricks first."

Gao Wen's expression was strange: "...Please go ahead."

Wright waved his hand: "Then I'm going. Oh yes, don't forget to help me hand over the paperwork to your lord. I need the lord's permission to build a church and preach publicly."

Gao Wen was a little dumbfounded: "Don't worry, I will pass it on."

Wright nodded, turned and walked towards the construction site, but turned his head again just after taking two steps away: "By the way, there is something I forgot to ask."

Even Hetty couldn't laugh or cry: "You can ask me anything."

"Where do you go for dinner after work?"

Hetty sighed: "...Just follow the workers, and the workers will have food to eat, so they can keep their fill."

After the missionary walked away completely, Amber murmured softly: "I thought that the people from the Holy Light Church would definitely look for trouble when they saw me, but it turned out to be such a stupid...weird person."

"Don't be delusional, people don't know who you are and what you are doing." Hetty glanced at Amber, then looked at Gawain, "Ancestor, you have to allow this...'missionary' to preach in the territory Is it?"

"Observe for two days first," Gao Wen said lightly, "You send a clerk to register his basic information, and then arrange a residence for him according to the standards of skilled immigrants—arrange it near the administrative district, and pay more attention to him at the same time. actions. If there is nothing wrong with this person... then allow him to preach and operate within Cecil's legal sphere."

Gao Wen himself has a estrangement from the belief in the gods, but he does not intend to prevent people from carrying out religious activities in the territory - because religious activities are an "established fact" in this world, and divine magic is also part of the local productivity. Eighty to ninety percent of the people themselves have faith, either the gods of abundance and the god of holy light, or the gods of craftsmen, commerce, knowledge, warriors and other fields. Most of them are shallow believers, and a few are Pious believers, in this context, it is neither necessary nor meaningful to prevent a missionary of the Church of the Holy Light from operating in the territory, and it will also make people doubtful.

And as long as this weird and upright missionary has no doubts or blemishes on his background, then his arrival is actually a good thing—Gao Wen still remembered what Veronica mentioned last time, and he believed that the Holy Spirit The princess is by no means as simple as just mentioning it casually, she will come to him again sooner or later, but if a small church recognized by the Church of the Holy Light has been established on the territory before then, then he has sufficient reasons to decline the church from the capital penetrated.

A regional church established by a wandering missionary with the support of the local lord is much easier to control than a church directly commanded by the Holy See in the royal capital.

Thinking about what was there and what was not, Gawain returned to his tent.

Looking at the tent that has been lived in for several months, he also felt a little emotional.

It is indeed time to move out of here, into the brick house.

At least the new mansion he designed has formal study rooms, bedrooms, warehouses, and various laboratories. Whether it is living or conducting magic research, it will be much more convenient than here.

But I don’t know why Amber is also very interested in Gao Wen’s ability to move into the new house as soon as possible. Last time Gao Wen asked her curiously, but the latter said a lot of strange things, such as "I haven’t opened the window to enter the house for a long time", "You This tent doesn't even have a door that can be broken", "What kind of aristocratic mansion doesn't have a basement and a treasure chest"...that's weird.

Gao Wen had to knock Amber's head around to correct her strange speech, but it didn't seem to work.

Several reports on the population and the expansion of new residential areas in the territory were placed on the table, and Gao Wen sat down by the desk and began to carry out daily work.

Relying on the inherent appeal of ancient heroes and Gawain’s factual prestige in protecting the people and taking the lead, the measures he promulgated were quickly implemented in this land, even planning town roads, building sewers before building houses, and banning the streets. Urinating and defecating, etc., which are difficult to advance in the current era and difficult to explain to the people, have been well implemented. It seems that people don’t really care about the purpose of these measures (even though Gao Wen has sent people to continuously preach every meaning of this policy), but as long as the lord says it, it must be right.

But Gao Wen knew that the execution efficiency brought about by this kind of blind trust cannot be relied on for a long time. It will inevitably wear out in the process of promulgating one system and one law after another, and the only way to maintain this execution rate is two.

First, let as many new systems and laws produce visible benefits as possible, at least let the people believe that the improvement of life is promoted by those systems and laws, so that they will be willing to follow the new laws.

Second, promote education so that the people know how to think and discern, so that they can truly understand what the lord is saying, and under this premise, still support the laws and rules of the territory.

The second article can not only maintain the current execution rate, but also greatly improve the efficiency of every job in the territory.

But... where do teachers come from?Especially in the Gaowen Project, it is even more difficult to find this kind of teacher to carry out the extraordinary knowledge education of the whole people.

Ordinary people who can read and write may be able to hire them with money, but those who are really knowledgeable and can carry out relatively high-end education are hard to find. It is impossible for them to be willing to explain something to a group of noisy "lowly poor" It's called runes and calculations, even if you give money.

Maybe I should ask Jenny, maybe she knows some extraordinary professionals who are extremely poor in the upper class... In the spirit of being poor and wanting to change, those mages who are dying of starvation should be easier to buy...

At the same time, in the far sea to the east of the continent, the storm was gradually dissipating.

The raging water element returned to the atmosphere and the ocean, and almost all the energy accumulated in the atmosphere was splashed on the islands and reefs before, smashing the entire island and reefs to pieces, but now the remaining energy is being released together with the water elements. Calm down and gradually return to the embrace of nature.

The blood of the cultists stained the surface of the sea red, and the bloody smell attracted the predators in the ocean, but those predators just patrolled the periphery of this water in fear, not daring to get close to this still emitting a dangerous atmosphere. place.

After all, the Sons of the Storm failed to resist the real storm. They tried their best to resist the natural disaster caused by the Kraken army for a long time, but in the end they still had to give up this "miracle domain".

At the cost of nearly one-third of the believers' lives, they forced their way out of the turbulent ocean and escaped from this place.

Now the island reef is back in the hands of the Kraken.

There are still many gigantic and terrifying ferocious behemoths patrolling the surface of the sea. The bodies floating on the water, covered with carapace and bone spurs, and filled with magical brilliance are daunting, but soon, each of these behemoths sank into the water. Into the water, after a while, some female figures floated up from the sea water.

They have beautiful faces, elegant and well-proportioned bodies, and eyes full of wisdom and agility like humans, but their cheeks and arms are faintly covered with tiny scales. These scales are not scary, but rather It brings people an unusual sense of beauty, and in the process of stirring the sea water, the structure of the lower body of these women will also turn out of the water from time to time-it is a long tail like a sea snake, or a fish-like fish tail .

There are even octopus-like tentacles with suction cups.

These intelligent creatures in the water looked at the islands and reefs left behind by the cultists after they evacuated, but they had no interest in the so-called holy vessels and altars that the cultists desperately guarded.

A sea-monster with long sky-blue hair looked towards the direction of the island, while another sea-monster floated up from the water and swam to the leader with long sky-blue hair: "Those people with sick brains ran away, Fanny! General Sarah."

The sea monster known as General Vanessa frowned: "It's really an inexplicable creature. I clearly remember that they weren't so crazy hundreds of years ago, why can't they even communicate now..."

"Probably because they can't live in the sea, and their brains are exhausted after living on land all day."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter," General Siren shook his head, "Since those humans with sick brains have run away, we can continue to work."

"Then..." The young Kraken soldier had an eager expression on his face, "Shall we go down and continue digging squid?"

General Siren laughed and nodded vigorously: "Well, continue digging squid."

"Keep digging squid!" "Digging squid!" "Big squid!"

The cheers of the sea monsters rang out, and then they rolled up the waves one by one, and rushed to the bottom of the sea with their tails shaped like sea snakes, sea fish, and octopuses, to continue the work they had planned to do in this sea area——

Go to the deep sea, go to the seabed, and continue digging for that "big squid" that died below for some unknown reason, and the fragments of the corpse spread an entire seabed, no matter how hard you dig, you can't finish it...