Zongman: Beginning with the Killer Queen

"Are we there yet?"

Roland, who didn't know he was being criticized by the magician and the witch lady, was sitting in a black luxury car.

Although this kind of vehicle has always been full of ominous flavor in ACG works, on the other hand, it is also a symbol of high power or extremely special and important identity.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The middle-aged priest sitting in the driver's seat responded softly.

Although it is the most basic duty to look ahead because he has to hold the steering wheel with both hands and be alert to sudden abnormalities in front and the outside world, he still bowed his head slightly when he spoke, and his expression was extremely respectful.

"Although it's a lot earlier...but according to the description, the church school ahead is the agreed place."

"I know."

Roland nodded happily, glanced at the priest's face, and suddenly spoke.

"Although the Vatican has issued a notice, strictly speaking, before I get the canonization document, I am still an outsider to the Holy Church. You can relax a little more."

"No matter what decision the lambs on earth make, it cannot shake the reality that you are favored by the Lord. In this case, as long as you are a devout believer, you cannot deny your dignity."

Hearing this, the priest in front of him lowered his posture.

As an elite agent of the Holy Church, he should not be so humble even in front of the Pope.

After all, the Eighth Mystery Society, the department he belongs to, is an organization dedicated to the recovery and management of holy relics. In the Fifth Holy Grail War, it was only when Aika Sajo took the real Cup of Wealth from the hundreds of holy grails they recovered that could not be confirmed to be true or false that the Beast of Prosperity appeared.

For him, who often has to run around for a clue, let alone holy relics, he has seen many children or people with stigmata, so he should be disenchanted with such events.

But people who have such thoughts must not understand the importance of the title of living saint to the Holy Church.

As a huge force that divides the world with the Magic Association, the core purpose of the establishment of the Holy Church is to tell the love of God and help the poor and the sick.

But inside it, there is a secret organization that accomplishes a special purpose.

It is different from ordinary churches. It is a large armed organization established for the purpose of "hunting heretics".

They do not recognize any heresy other than demons, and absolutely do not recognize the existence that contradicts the doctrine.

For example, using mysterious skills to pollute God, kill humans, disrupt the world, and distort the laws that run the world-the truth of God.

These are all heresies and should be eradicated.

In other words, the first and only action of the Holy Church organization is to hunt magicians.

This is also one of the direct reasons for the appearance of the clock tower.

After all, among the three major forces of the Magic Association, the Wandering Sea and the Atlas Alchemy Academy are also very old and powerful, but they are too fundamentalist in their pursuit of truth, so that even most magicians themselves cannot find these organizations.

They have no interest in interfering with the outside world. As long as there is no doomsday disaster or fuse, these people are almost invisible.

Therefore, in order to fight against the hunting of the Holy Church, many magicians who originally did not interfere with each other had to gather together, which led to the prototype of the current clock tower.

After the bloody struggle and the changes of the times, in modern times, although those unknown private fights are common in secret.

But at least on the surface, the two major organizations have established a harmonious relationship.

The Magic Association needs to manage the impact of mysterious events on its own to prevent them from interfering with the order of the surface world, and in the spiritual veins within the territory, it must allow the Holy Church to set up churches for daily supervision and observation.

In contrast, although the Holy Church will not deny that the magician is a heretic, it will not admit that the other party is a heretic on the surface and give public sanctions.

The situation of who is strong and who is weak can be seen from this somewhat unequal agreement alone, but despite this, the magicians have not gained nothing in the struggle.

As the saying goes, the enemy often knows you better than you know yourself.

In the struggle of power, this is still effective. In order to effectively fight against the magicians who are gradually forming groups, the methods of the Holy Church are also being analyzed in reverse.

In the current mainstream and most credible conclusion, the trump card used by the Holy Church to gain a foothold in the mysterious side is the magic that they regard as heresy, but because they have the largest and most popular magic base in the world of doctrine, the emphasis on the way of expression is different.

This theory not only pushes the status of magic to the only way to the truth of God, but also makes the Holy Church, which hates magic and regards it as a heresy, feel like a thorn in the throat.

After all, the simplified ritual of baptism chanting, which is full of church style, can still be covered up by the name of miracle.

But for basic but practical magic such as strengthening and telepathy, even if the name of prayer power is used instead of magic power, and the prohibition of using magic is circumvented in the name of secrets, it is a bit of an attempt to cover up.

However, the Holy Church itself is not without awareness.

In the doctrine, there are only seven kinds of grace granted by God, and the name of the Eighth Secret Society implies a power that violates the doctrine.

But one thing is another.

There is no way to deny the correctness of this theory, and for the church, it does not mean that the doctrine is wrong.

Those saints who do not need magic circuits and foundations, but are born chosen by God and can freely exert their power and listen to revelations, are the proof that the great God has existed.

Therefore, after witnessing a living saint who can completely break away from the magic system, is not a superpower, and can freely perform miracles recognized by the Concept Arms, it is not difficult to understand the priest's attitude of worshiping gods.

For agents who deal with magic on the front line every day, although their faith will not be shaken just because of theory, it is normal for people to feel confused occasionally.

The emergence of a living saint is the best proof that the faith he pursues and the piety he pays are valuable.

"Really? Then do whatever you want."

Roland shook his head helplessly.

Originally I just wanted to find something to talk about to relieve my boredom, but if I am too religious, it will completely destroy the atmosphere, so that I can't even do this kind of teasing compliments.

It seems that he is really not suitable to get along with fanatics.

...Well, it seems a bit arbitrary to say this. To be precise, it should be that I am not suitable to get along with fanatic believers who believe in myself.

When facing fanatic believers in other fields, he is very good at destroying the other party's faith from both physical and spiritual aspects. However, considering the style of Christianity, even if he sees that kind of scene, he may be more disillusioned than the other party. Maybe even more determined.

Roland thought to himself.

"However, for a simple task like delivering a document, you have to find a specific person to hand it over. The church has become quite a formality. Wouldn't it be enough to just let a representative like you drop by to deliver it?"

"You underestimate your status too much. I am far from qualified."

The priest shook his head hastily.

For believers, of course, they are eager to personally participate in this glorious moment.

But even as the representative of the elite, he did not think that he was qualified to compare with the candidates appointed by the church.

"Only the agent of the burial agency can bear the weight of this mission."

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"Stab-"

Amidst the screeching brakes, Father Dawn jumped out of the car.

He was wearing a black priest's robe, with a cross hanging on his chest, and his hair was as eye-catching and prickly as a hedgehog. "Although we were delayed a little on the way, we were still ten minutes early. It shouldn't be rude."

He murmured to himself and glanced around. It was obviously a church school center that was not very wealthy in terms of space and funds, but there was no trace of the priest or the foster children here.

"Have you really been cleared...?"

You know, when he just drove in, there were no shortage of guards and procedures at the perimeter. Therefore, this was obviously not a weird supernatural event, but a man-made result.

Logically speaking, managers of facilities such as mission schools should not be able to understand the importance of this order and should not have such a complete response.

However, considering his status as one of the sixth representatives of the burial agency, there is nothing to be surprised about.

For large forces, it is commonplace to mobilize elites to form a special team to carry out beheading tactics or to defend against the enemy's beheading tactics.

In the forbidden world, the ANBU team in Academy City and the Puritan Church of Necessary Evil are all of this type.

In the institution of the Holy Church, it is the burial institution that plays this role.

In a system that uses individuals to explain supernatural powers, there will always be some high-end combat capabilities that are difficult to reach with the power of the masses. The burial mechanism was born to completely eradicate these heresies.

And because of the nature of this armed organization, the recruitment standards of the burial agency have been quite flexible since its establishment.

First of all, the ability to reliably kill heretics is a must.

Furthermore, being willing to obey the instructions of the church to a certain extent, or to achieve corresponding cooperation, are also conditions that cannot be discarded.

In addition, if possible, it is best for those who join to have some Christian faith, even if it is superficial, but forget it if they really don’t have any.

That's right.

In the face of the two necessary prerequisites of obedience to the church and strength, in order to better implement faith, faith itself becomes an option.

Not to mention personality and morality. If necessary, this organization, which was born to eliminate heretics, could even openly allow magicians and dead disciples to become its members.

With such a mercenary style and the status of the highest armed force, the burial agency has a detached and independent status and power.

As long as they are determined to be related to the Dead Apostles, even if they have the status of the Pope, they can execute them on the spot without permission.

Under the influence of various factors, although not every member is a scumbag with a broken personality, the incomprehensible monsters are basically gone.

Because of this, ordinary church institutions mostly hold an attitude of reverence but keeping a distance from the notorious burial institutions.

To use an analogy, it is the 'root' in the eyes of ordinary Konoha ninjas.

If there are no strong mission requirements, it would not be surprising to eliminate unnecessary contact.

But for Father Dawn, this feeling is quite subtle.

Although he ranks sixth in the Burial Agency, which has only seven official members and one alternate, as a substitute, he does not have the ability to be an exorcist at all.

Before joining the Holy Church, he served as the director of the Sixth Development Department of V\u0026V Industries. Although he was an elite among the elite as a technical expert, he did not possess the knowledge of secrets, supernatural powers or magic, and naturally he did not have any means of self-defense. .

Although he is a believer, his level is only below average, and his piety is at most the level of letting his Bible sleep in a drawer.

What's even more exaggerated is that he is very bad at dealing with terror and violence, and will even pass out directly due to too bloody scenes. Those are not even his own casualties, but the tragic situation of the enemy.

But even so, he was admired by Narubalek, the unifier of the Buried Organization, who poached him and joined the Holy Church - as a valuable.

In the Virgin's prophecy, it was predicted that he would exorcise all demons three times in his life.

This kind of thing is just like those ordinary people in fantasy novels who accidentally accomplish shocking feats. They are usually inconspicuous, but in some cases they play an irreplaceable role, turning Father Dawn into a burial place where monsters are rampant. special case.

In addition to being responsible for using his companions who are also the sixth ones when performing tasks, his daily work is mainly active in weapons transportation and deployment. He is a thoroughly ordinary person.

"This is going to be a bit troublesome..."

Father Dawn glanced at the heavily modified trailer behind him with a headache.

It weighs up to thirty tons, which is comparable to the weight of some medium-sized tanks, making it look more like a moving fortress. If you just drive, relying on his skilled driving experience, driving it alone is not a problem.

But to carry the things inside, even with a labor-saving tool like a carriage skateboard, it is undoubtedly a tiring physical job with just his strength as an ordinary person.

Do you want this church to send support personnel?

Such an idea flashed through Father Dawn's mind, and was quickly rejected.

This is not because he relies on his identity as the agent of the burial agency and does not want others to see his shameful side, but because he is a good person with a gentle personality just like another young man with a hedgehog head.

Since others want to avoid contact out of fear, there is no need for him to break the other person's fantasy.

Anyway, calling the support staff to help might take more time, so it’s better to do it yourself.

"Do you need help? Well...did I ask a redundant question?"

Just as Father Dawn was gearing up to work, a smiling voice came from the outside of the carriage.

At the same time as this sudden sound sounded, it took less than a second for the dazzling array of holy relics in the carriage, together with the holy cabinet being pushed down by Father Dawn, to file out as if alive.

They range from rings and robes to crowns and boxes of holy scriptures.

From Dawn's point of view, in just a blink of an eye, all these items, large and small, were moved down and carefully placed in categories.

"No, how could it be unnecessary? Thank you for your help."

After a brief daze, Father Dawn also came to his senses and politely bowed his head to thank the visitor.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a little effort."

The young man with black hair and red eyes waved his hand casually, with a nonchalant tone in his tone.

"That may be true for you, but for me who can't touch the mystery, it honestly helps a lot."

Father Dawn shook his head and explained with a wry smile.

"I was specially instructed before coming here this time, because many holy objects have very strict conditions for use and must be handled with caution...Eh?"

Suddenly, as if he realized something, his words stopped.

Although the Vatican's attitude towards the living saint is quite subtle, there is still nothing to say about the treatment he deserves, ranging from precious holy relics to large-scale weapons.

Many of the conceptual weapons themselves are simply leftovers from the Age of Gods. With modern mysteries, even with enough piety, it is almost impossible to interfere without direct contact.

In this case, how did the other party move everything out in one go?

"Gu..."

Father Dawn swallowed unnaturally, and his face turned pale as he looked at the right hand of the boy in front of him swinging casually.

If he remembered correctly, one of the miracles of being canonized by the Vatican and receiving the assessment of a living saint seemed to be

——The right hand that can reproduce all the miracles of Christianity. (End of chapter)