After waking up

The Principality of Sawe is located on the Sawe Peninsula, with a land area less than one-tenth that of Ilhan. This country is surrounded by sea on three sides and has developed fisheries. In Mulan's previous life, this must have been a very famous tourist country and a livable country.

A tired middle-aged man with a striped face limped and pushed a cart to transport fresh fish and meat to hotels, taverns, manors, and finally came to the back door of a church.

An elderly priest was already waiting there, and the man hurriedly saluted.

"Lord Priest."

The priest watched as Taylor brought the fish into the sanctuary, placed them one by one, and then carefully pushed the cart out.

"Master Priest, these are all fresh fish. You can keep them for a few more days when the weather is cold, but it's best to eat them as soon as possible."

The priest nodded.

"Mr. Tessie, please come and pray when you have time."

"No, no, no. People like me will make this place dirty if they enter the church. If you don't dare, I can just pray by myself."

After saying that, the man quickly dragged the cart and left. The priest looked at his back and shook his head helplessly. This poor Mr. Tessie should be a devout believer in the Holy Light, but he was obviously so devout, but because he disliked his own filth, He dare not set foot in the church. God will surely take special care of such believers.

The man dragged the cart and continued to deliver goods. The people behind him were obviously much more relaxed. After all the goods were delivered, he could finally receive a salary for the day and go to his favorite tavern to buy a bottle of liquor. He drove his cart back to his small, dark, but neat and secure residence.

This is a small basement. Carts can only be placed outside, and no one will steal them. There is no stove in the more than ten square meters of space, but there is a simple small stove. The beds, tables, chairs and various boxes of clothing in the room are all neatly organized. Be well organized.

There are many newspapers neatly stacked on the desk, and there are a lot of messages cut from the newspapers posted on the wall on one side. Many of them are about the Holy Mountain, and some are other. Some recent newspapers are spread out on the table. superior.

The man passed by the desk and glanced at the newspaper above. There was a headline on the Holy Mountain Daily at the front that read: The Workers' Party caused riots in many places in Ilhan, and the Holy Church called on the believers of the Holy Light to maintain peace.

The man easily uncorked the bottle and lay down on the bed.

"oh"

After a comfortable groan, the man took off his shoes, swung his right leg onto the bed, and then rolled up his trouser leg little by little, revealing his leg with some hole-like scars.

Although these injuries have long since healed, the pain caused to the man remains.

The man rubbed his legs, and then took a sip of strong wine. The burning wine entered his throat and entered his stomach, making the man temporarily forget his pain and troubles under the stimulation of alcohol.

"Dong dong dong~"

The knock on the door made the man slightly startled. Today was probably not the day to pay the rent. No one except the landlord would come to this basement.

The man stood up hard and collected some money. Perhaps the landlord wanted to collect the rent early.

The door opened, and the person standing outside was not the old landlord, but a neatly dressed man. He lowered his head slightly, and the brim of his high hat blocked his eyes. Because of the backlight, his face could not be seen clearly.

"Who are you?"

"Tyler, long time no see."

Hearing this name, the man's heart jumped suddenly, and a sense of fear and crisis rose rapidly in his heart.

Found? People from the church?

Various ways to deal with it flashed through the man's mind, but when the man outside the door raised his head, Taylor's eyes grew wider and wider.

Taylor thought about countless possibilities, and even thought that the visitor might be an Archbishop of the Holy Temple, but he never expected that the visitor would be this face, a face that he would never forget and seen countless times in nightmares. face.

"Evan?"

No, no, no, it's impossible, Ivan is definitely dead, he was already alienated from the beginning!

Taylor's pupils suddenly shrank, and he thought of another possibility. Ivan was completely alienated and escaped from the Holy Mountain, and now he has turned into a human again. Although the man in front of him looks the same as Ivan, he is not Ivan, no, He is not even human anymore, and the color of his hair and eyes are the best proof.

As if Alvin knew what Taylor was thinking, he smiled and said clearly.

"I am a pure human being, not a monster. I was indeed alienated, but now that nightmare is far away from me."

Alvin moved forward step by step, while Taylor retreated step by step. Hearing Alvin say this, the fear in Taylor's heart was getting stronger and stronger.

The stronger the sense of reason is, the scarier the monster in front of you is. Or, this is indeed no longer the alienated monster that Ivan originally alienated. Has this body been occupied by demons from the other world?

With no chance of winning and no chance of survival, Taylor felt despair in his heart.

Ivan had already entered the basement, looked around, and then dropped his eyes on the desk. It could be seen that Taylor was still paying attention to the affairs of the temple.

"You haven't prayed or used the Holy Power for a long time, right?"

"Yes, yes."

Taylor forced himself to answer. If he could survive, he hoped he could live. Even if he had no dignity, he still hoped to live, not because he was really afraid of death, nor because he was greedy for pleasure.

Tyler has endured physical and mental nightmares and struggled until now because he was waiting for someone, or a certain existence. He firmly believed that the other person would definitely come to him, but he didn't expect to see "Evan" first.

"Tyler, have you met the First Apostle?"

Taylor, who had been thinking about it, was stunned for a moment, never daring to focus on Alvin again. His eyes moved to him again, and another possibility came to his mind with his constantly accelerating heartbeat.

Could it be that this Alvin is neither an alienated monster nor a demon occupying the body, but the existence that he has been waiting for?

"Could it be that you are..."

"I'm not, I already said it, I'm Alvin."

Ivan's words with a smile instantly broke Taylor's fantasy, and fear struck his heart again, monster!

"Dong dong dong~"

There was another knock on the door, and Mulan shook the snow off his coat and walked in.

"Sorry for being late, it's snowing outside."

Mulan walked into the room and looked at Taylor with a smile. He could feel the fear in Taylor's heart, and maybe he could understand some of his inner thoughts.

"Hello Mr. Taylor, we have already met once. If I guess correctly, you have been waiting for me, right?"

Taylor's pupils shrank slightly, but Mulan had already stretched out his hand.

"We are from the Dawn Association. They call me Sage. At the same time, I am also the First Apostle."

Taylor took a deep breath and subconsciously stretched out his hand. The moment he held Mulan's hand, a burning sensation broke out from the palm of his hand and spread rapidly down his arm and throughout his body.

This was a scorching fire that seemed to burn Taylor completely. This flame brought intense pain, but Taylor was surprisingly free of any fear.

"Burn it, burn away the remaining dirt of the evil god's light."

Mulan's voice was like a whisper, and like the most powerful spell, the burning feeling instantly became more intense, burning directly from the body to Taylor's soul.

"ah--"

When Taylor opened his mouth to scream, Alvin immediately slammed the basement door shut.

It was also at this moment that the Book of Dawn appeared in Mullan's hands and unfolded directly in front of Taylor.

The phantom scene did not start directly from the maelstrom, but seemed to return to the moment of baptism in the Holy Mountain. The evil god's gaze, Alvin's alienation, and various horrific developments seemed to make Taylor possess the monster. In the endless pain and In desperation, he kept going south to escape pursuit, and finally died in the forest of Dilga.

Amidst Mulan's roar, the chapter belonging to the maelstrom unfolded at this moment, and an even stronger impact entered Taylor's mind. Terror and depression almost destroyed the soul, until the flames of dawn broke out.

Ten seconds later, Taylor collapsed on the bed. He kept panting and still had lingering fears, but his whole body felt indescribably relaxed, and even the pain in his legs had gone away.

"Evan is indeed still Ivan, but he is no longer the same Ivan he once was. We resurrected him, so we don't have to worry about what kind of monster he is."

At this moment, Alvin also nodded slightly to Taylor in a heart-warming manner. Taylor was unable to return the gift and could only smile in return, and then he looked at Mulan.

"Master Apostle, I have finally waited for you, and you have answered the confusion in my heart."

Mullan looked at Taylor's desk, then looked back.

"I am not a god, and I don't need you to transfer your worship from the existence above the Holy Light to me. I am also a human being, a human being full of hope for the future, so please forgive me for making a selfish request."

"I know you still have some channels and connections. I need you to help me figure out some things. The Holy Church is too powerful. If we can't use the Holy Church and defeat the Holy Church, our ideal will be far away."

Taylor, who had regained some strength, struggled to sit up.

"What do you need me to do?"

After so long, Taylor had already thought about it in the double pain of body and spirit. If it were not for the support of the First Apostle, he might have been unable to bear the despair and committed suicide. But now, in just a few minutes, he returned to Hope was ignited and fighting spirit was born.

From the moment Mullan and Taylor shook hands, the mark of dawn had been deeply buried in Taylor's heart, bringing him the perfect answer and spiritual sustenance for his long-standing wait.

"We need deeper structural information inside the church, we need to figure out where the Holy Artifact Revelation Stone is in the church, and we need to know the approximate whereabouts of all the holy objects in the world. No place has clearer information than the church."