Law of the Devil

There was a wise look in qq’s bean eyes, and then he smiled slowly: “Master Du Wei, do you like listening to stories, right? Then I’ll tell you a story too…it’s also about Michus. It’s just that , and the version that Maximus said is somewhat different..."

Hearing this, Du Wei suddenly flipped over and bounced off the ground, his expression couldn't tell whether it was anger or despair, instead he laughed wildly three times, pointed at the Master Divine Beast in front of him, and shouted: "Okay! What an Aragorn! What a Mihus! What a QQ master! I am convinced of you! Say, is there any more sensational story? You can just tell it all at once, so as not to jump around every now and then Come out and scare me!"

To be honest, Du Wei became a little angry from embarrassment... Damn, anyone would have to go crazy! Du Wei's own psychological endurance is already very strong! Before there were two Gandolphs, one white and one green, he endured it. Aragorn, the founding emperor, was actually a comrade who traveled through time, so he endured it. Even when QQ said something like "three thousand beauties in the harem, iron rods ground into embroidery needles", Du Wei endured it!

But now?

You have to say that the greatest figure in the history of the Temple of Light in the mainland, His Majesty the first Pope, is... the only bird!

This kind of thing would drive anyone crazy.

Qq has regained its calm, this divine beast that has always regarded itself as elegant and graceful. Blinking his small eyes at Du Wei: "Okay. It seems that you have calmed down. Now that's the case. Can I start telling stories?"

"Tell me..." Du Wei held his head in distress: "I'm mentally prepared, even if you immediately conjure up a cross and claim that you are Christ Jesus, I won't be surprised... Tell me!"

"Christ Jesus... um. Such words. Master Aragorn also said that back then. But I don't know what it means." Qq was out of his mind for a while, and then began to tell another version of the story about Mihuus.

"Most of what Maximus and his entourage said is true, but about my own background, not many people know about it.

About a thousand years ago. Roland Continent—oh, I forgot to mention. At that time, this continent was not called Roland Continent, and the name was only changed after the establishment of the Roland Empire. Let me think about... that time. The name of this continent is..."

Speaking of which. Du Wei interrupted it impatiently: "I don't need to talk about these details, just pick the main ones."

"Okay." Qq seemed to take Du Wei's impatience lightly. But still in accordance with Du Wei's request. Speed ​​up. Skip these "unimportant" details:

"Aragorn's hometown is in the south-central region of the mainland. It was originally a place called the Kingdom of Rose, which is about 600 kilometers south of the current imperial capital and located in the area around the Rhone Valley. The Kingdom of Rose was not that big at the beginning. Among the dozens of countries in the forest on the mainland, it can only be regarded as low-level. And the military strength is not strong... The kingdom is not rich in warriors and fighters. It is famous for its high-quality wine. As you can imagine, such a weak land The country. In the era of the forests of various countries, it was bullied.

Aragorn and I were both born in a small town in the south of Rose Kingdom. In the story told by Maximus. Said that I was a priest in the religious center of the Guangming Church in that small town. Well, that's the official record. But in fact...hehe. For the rest of my life. I never believed in that goddamn goddess of light. "

Du Wei believed. If the last sentence gets out. It will definitely drive the entire Guangming Temple crazy!

One of the founders of the Temple of Light. Great founder. His Majesty the First Pope. He actually said that he "never believed in that damn goddess of light in my life."

In this way... Hehe!

"At that time, the town and the surrounding land belonged to the family of the owner of Aragon. The father of the owner of Aragon was a nobleman, a small nobleman. He had to live on the output of several vineyards around the town. Aragon The owner is the youngest son in the family. A young master. And me. My father is a farmer in the vineyard. Employed by the noble lord. If nothing changes, according to the normal trajectory, I should also be It is right to inherit the father's business and become a farmer who grows grapes.

My age is two years younger than Aragorn, when I was young. The master of Aragon is the leader of all the children in the manor. He is smart and strong. Decisive, very gifted as a leader... oh. certainly. He also has a problem. Just very horny. I still clearly remember the time when I was ten years old. At night time. He took me to peek at the farm steward's daughter taking a bath... Uh, just outside that room, I squatted on the ground. Master Aragorn stepped on my shoulders. Lie on top of the wall to watch... He said to me afterwards, 'Dear brother. In the future, you will also fall in love with these lovely women'. At that time, I was still young. So I don't understand the meaning of what he said.

He liked me very much and regarded me as the most trustworthy person. My father died later, and I was too young to do the heavy farm work in the manor. At that time, those who did not work had to starve to death. And I couldn't finish the farm work even if I was half-tired every day. At that time, Aragorn saved me. He stole the bread in the kitchen at night, ran out to find me, and gave me to eat. Later, in order to fear that I would starve to death, he offered to transfer me to the nobleman's house and act as his servant. From that time on, I no longer called him by his name, but called him 'Master'.

Du Wei, you're the smartest person I've ever met... but, in my opinion, Aragorn is just as smart as you. These things you make, such as balloons that can fly in the sky, such as in the army, you let those soldiers play football to exercise their bodies. Well, you must be surprised, because these things, a thousand years ago, the master of Aragorn had already thought of it!

When I was his servant. once. He drew a picture. The above is the hot air balloon you made. He told me that with this kind of thing you can fly to the sky. I was very excited when I heard it. But after Master Aragorn finished the painting, he thought about it for a long time, and burned the painting with his own hands. Didn't let anyone see it! I ask him why. He didn't speak. Just looked at me. Then say to yourself 'do it again, what's the point...you don't get it. Everything is just a cycle. '...

He is such a person. He often says some unfathomable words. People can't understand at all.

Well, Du Wei. The square characters you let me recognize that day were also taught by Aragorn. I don't know what text this is. He taught me word for word. I admire him even more, because he can actually create a kind of writing. But now it seems... Du Wei. This text was not created by the master of Aragon, but it existed in the first place. Because you can also write this kind of text. right?

I am his servant. But he is more like my teacher. He taught me many, many things. Later, many people said that I was 'the clever Michael' and 'the knowledgeable Michael'. But I knew most of the things. Master Aragorn taught me.

He is so smart. And when he was still at home, because he was not the eldest son. No inheritance rights, and he never tried to fight for anything. His two elder brothers are desperately competing for the limelight in front of the noble lord, trying to express themselves. To win the favor of the father. But Master Aragorn never did that. This kind of performance, on the contrary, brought him peace. The other two brothers fought openly and secretly before. But they didn't bother him. So our days have been lighthearted and happy.

Time continued until the master of Aragorn was sixteen years old. He decided to leave home and run away. he tells me. The world outside is big, he told me. The world is about to change. he tells me. This continent will no longer be the world it once was. He said to me... oh, I've forgotten, he said a lot to me. It's a pity that time is too long, and many memories have been blurred.

That year, he was sixteen and I was fourteen. I followed him and left home and the small town together. I asked him why now, why he chose to leave now. He just told me: because the time is up.

I have never really understood his heart. I can feel that Aragorn has felt very lonely all his life, because he seems to have some secrets in his heart, but he has never told others. He treated me like the closest person he ever was and taught me a new way of thinking so that he could ease the loneliness a little bit. He often said to me: Thanks to you, I have at least one person I can talk to.

For the latter matter, you can refer to the biography of the founding emperor. Let's go on an adventure together. When he went to the mercenary regiment as a knight, I acted as his squire, helping him clean his weapons and feed his horses. When he was in business, I was his servant, helping him calculate the sales and profits of the goods. The last time, when we were about to go out to sea, he didn't let me go out with him because I was seasick, but asked me to wait on the shore.

As a result, after his ship went out to sea, it encountered a shipwreck. After I got the news, I was very sad and thought he was dead. Later, I waited at the port for a full month before finally waiting for him to come back.

The first thing he said when he saw me was: 'Okay, remember today, the legend begins today! '

In that shipwreck, he lost almost all his property. Almost all the money we accumulated as mercenaries in the past few years sank into the bottom of the sea. But Aragorn seemed very happy, and he didn't show any discouragement at all. Instead, he happily took me back to his hometown.

After that, his father died soon, and as the youngest son, he didn't get the inheritance of the title, but only got a very small inheritance.

And then... Du Wei, you probably know that the following things are recorded in the general history of the mainland. The master of Aragon used his inheritance to organize a small private army. This move was ridiculed by many people at the time. That private army is all friends we have known during the years when we were mercenaries outside, and Aragorn gathered them all.

But then, sure enough, his approach was correct. In less than two years, war broke out on the mainland, and the Rose Kingdom was involved in the war. This weak kingdom was almost destroyed at one time, and the master of Aragon was also in the chaos of war. , started to make a fortune with that small private army, and stepped onto the stage of history step by step.

The first few years, we went very well, I was always by his side, as his most trusted assistant... oh. Just like you and Philip. many things. He will discuss it with me. only. that time. He didn't let me take any position publicly, but only let me serve as his personal consultant, and many people didn't even know my existence. I never complain. Because in my opinion, my whole life can be dedicated to him. As for power, I don't care.

And... It turns out that he actually had a plan already! He asked me to help him with something bigger. Therefore, I am not suitable for publicity. "

"Wait!" Du Wei was engrossed in listening, but at this moment he suddenly interrupted and shouted: "No! No! According to the story told by Maximus and the records in history, Mihus should be the The priest in the religious institution is right! But you said you left home with Aragorn when you were fourteen?"

"That's right." QQ glanced at Du Wei: "Didn't you say it yourself? History books are often deceiving. This matter is not as simple as it is written in the books."

"One day, Aragorn found me in private. He said to me. There is a very important thing for me to do. This thing is very important, and it is very dangerous. Especially...except me. He can't find Go to someone you can trust to do it. I am the only one. I have no hesitation. Because I am willing to sacrifice for him.

Later, we discussed for a long time. We started our plan, which was privately called by Aragorn and me as 'Using God'! It means to usurp the power of the gods in the world!

The expansion of the army cannot solve all problems. At that time, there were many religions on the mainland. Various churches, various beliefs... various gods. However, conquest by force cannot conquer people's hearts. so. We decided to use religion! But we cannot create a religion by ourselves. And it was too late. Only one religion can be used. We chose the Church of Light. Because it has the most believers. Forces can also give Aragorn the greatest help.

after. I started on my stage.

We secretly took people back to our hometown and to the religious center in that small town. Because of war. The priest in the religious center in the small town has died. The town was almost deserted. We found all the records and documents in the religious house. After reading carefully. Aragorn burned the evidence against us with a fire. Only a few are left to our advantage. .

Then, I dyed my hair with a special magical potion that really made me miserable. Because ordinary dyes can only change the color of the hair for a period of time, after a long time, the color of the new hair will still be the same as before. The medicine prepared by Aragon's master is different. That drug made my scalp very painful and itchy, and finally caused peeling. After a month, my scalp grew back, and all the new hair that grew back turned golden.

I drank a drug that completely changed my voice, and Aragon taught me a trick that changed my bone growth and made me taller in two months .

These processes are very painful, but I am willing to dedicate everything to Master Aragon.

After two months of preparations, I got on board the Godly Robe of the Church of the Goddess of Light. Then Aragorn said to me: 'Remember, from today on, your name is Misius, and your identity is a young priest in a religious institution in a remote town under the Church of Light. All your resumes are clearly written on these materials, I think you have memorized them by heart. '.

Of course I know it by heart!

Aragorn trusted me, and he taught me a lot since I was a child. He once said that if I hadn't followed him, I could have achieved great things with my own talents and brains. So he often feels sorry for me.

During those two months, I suffered from a sore scalp, a sore throat, and changes in bone growth. I am reciting the Goddess teachings of the Church of Illuminati every day.

After two months, I believe that my familiarity with the Goddess' teachings is definitely no worse than that of any real priest!

Then, we started the 'Usurp God' project!

From that day on, I just changed my name to 'Mi Hughes', and my identity was no longer that of a farmer's son, and that I was no longer the servant of the master of Aragon. My identity is Mishus, a young priest of a church! "

QQ's laughter became more and more cunning and insidious: "Then I contacted other powers of the Illuminati Church in my identity as Mihus. Although the Illuminati Church was huge in that era, the organization was very loose, and there was no unified and strict system. Organization. I am a priest of the church. It is easy to break into the interior of the Guangming Church. And I have a good background, and the records show that I have been a devout believer since I was a child. Fei-teng-literary hands. Of course no one will doubt me. I In the church, I quickly used the funds that Aragon gave me. Gathered a group of people, and then used my influence to gather the power of the church in some small places to support Aragon. Then Aragon came forward again, and several schools of the church A summit transaction. At the price of establishing the orthodox and legal status of the Church of the Goddess, in exchange for the Church’s support for his unification of the mainland. And I, in this process, have become more and more high in status...the latter things. I don’t need to talk about it!”

This is the last word. Let Du Wei sweat profusely!

Michael Hughes! This is where Michelle comes from! This is the real Mythus' secret! !

What is the founder of the temple... the greatest believer of the goddess.

It's all a conspiracy!

The "Usurping God" plan... God!

"That is to say. The real Messius died in the war a long time ago. And you, after discussing with Aragorn, entered the church under a false name. Then... step by step Use the power of the church to complete the unification war." Du Wei sighed: "What a conspiracy! What a calculation! What a strategy! What a boldness!!"

He said a few "good" words in a row, and he had to deeply admire Aragorn's long-term calculation in his heart!

"Actually. Although we used the Church of Light, we quickly discovered a problem. With the progress of the unification of Aragon, the power under the banner of the Thorn Flower is getting bigger and bigger. And the church is also gradually growing! This For the future, it is definitely not a good signal! A stable empire can only have one strong center! If an empire has two strong inner circles, then it will definitely be the bane of turmoil. And the development of the church. It also stimulated a lot of magic sticks in the church, those ambitious magic sticks, began to fantasize about all ridiculous things. For example... theocracy.

They start fantasizing. Use the influence of the church. Control everything and use the power of the church to override the power of the world. Religion became the only master in the world. All emperors, kings and nobles must submit to the church.

However, these greedy sticks who only know empty talk and intrigue. What do they know? They are as greedy as pigs and vicious as snakes. If they control the supreme power and become the masters of the mainland... Huh, do they know how to govern the country?

Of course, I didn't pay much attention to these magic sticks at first.

Because although these guys are vicious and greedy, at least they are still very useful at that time. But Aragorn was different from what I thought. He has always been afraid of the church.

Especially, one thing happened afterwards!

Du Wei, I think since you have read the scriptures of the Temple of Light, you must have read the records of the famous "miracle" in the scriptures! "

Du Wei nodded.

The scriptures of the Temple of Light are similar to the Christian Bible in Du Wei's previous life.

In addition to preaching the Goddess' teachings, the scriptures also deified and beautified the process of creating the Temple of Light. In one of the most important chapters, I wrote a story that Du Wei thought was nonsense:

When the Empire of Light was founded, the Church of the Goddess of Light, which was allied with Aragon, was also very powerful at that time. At this time, the people below called for the establishment of a powerful and holy religious organization, a united and strict organization to control the religious affairs in the area shrouded in the glory of the goddess.

At this time, amidst the shouts, suddenly, the miracle of the goddess descending appeared! This matter is considered to be the approval and authorization of the goddess by the church!

Most non-believers scoffed at this record. Smart people believed that it was fabricated by the temple to beautify itself. Including Du Wei.

Especially within the Magician's Union, they also dismissed this so-called miracle anomaly!

Here's the thing:

The last chapter of the first volume of the first book of the Canon, the chapter is called 'The Goddess bestows eternal light on the temple'.

Legend has it that on the eve of the establishment of the empire, the leader of the Church of the Goddess of Light at that time, Misius, who was later the first pope of the Temple of Light, His Majesty Misius, received the guidance of the goddess in his sleep, the goddess of dreams Send down the decree and tell His Majesty Michus, ordering him to go to the top of a mountain in the northwest outside the imperial capital at noon the next day to meet the miracle of the goddess coming. .

So His Majesty Michus took a bath and fasted, and at noon the next day, he did not bring any entourage. Alone, barefoot. Come to the top of that mountain. Even if the sharp stones cut his feet, it can't stop the devout heart of His Majesty Mihus!

And at noon. In the sky, when the position of the sun is just above the head of the person, the god mark of the goddess descending as promised! In an instant, the red light exploded, and even hundreds of miles away, the faint vibration of the earth could be felt, and the red light spread thousands of miles away. Thousands of miles of red clouds above the sky!

In the end, countless meteorites fell from the sky! At that time, people panicked and thought it was some kind of disaster. But those meteorites that fell from the sky. It landed in the imperial capital city under construction, and it landed at the headquarters of the Church of the Goddess of Light at that time (there was no temple at that time). When the meteorite is about to hit the ground. But the speed slowed down, and it floated lightly and landed on the ground. When the people in the church gathered around to look at it, they found that these meteorites were densely engraved with various characters. The above content is...

Goddess descended to teach the church to 'magic'!

The goddess imparted these 'divine arts' to the church, making the people of the church. From now on, you can learn these powerful magic arts. Have the strength to defend the authority and honor of the church!

And before that. Although the Church of the Goddess of Light has a large number of people. The power is huge. But including the leaders within the church, they are all ordinary people. No spells of any kind. And after this 'miracle'. A 'magician' appeared in the church! It is used to compete with the magicians on the mainland and defend the authority of the church.

This matter was written on the scriptures by the Temple of Light. express their power in the world. It is authorized by the goddess! and. This incident also made the people of the Bright Church heaved a sigh of relief!

because. Although the Church of Light believes in the Goddess of Light. But what is embarrassing is that the goddess of light has been there for a long time. No miracles have ever happened! Even many hostile religions mocked them, saying that the goddess had already abandoned them.

This time a miracle came. It not only put a layer of legality on the Church of Light, but also solved their crisis of trust. From then on. The momentum of the church is getting higher and higher.

certainly. Sneering at this matter, first of all, it is the Magician's Union!

The Magician's Union has never recognized any "magic". They believe that only the magic studied by magicians is the true meaning of the power of gods! Everything else is heresy.

And the magic of the church. Basically, he stole some magic and tampered with it, calling himself the so-called "divine magic" to beautify himself.

As for this miracle, magicians generally believe that it was fabricated by the church in order to beautify itself.

Inside the magic guild, it is believed that magicians are the most loyal to the gods, because magicians will not talk about the gods like those magic sticks and grandstanding. The devotion of the magician to the gods is expressed by practical actions: every magician has been working hard to study the profound meaning of the power of the gods all his life!

If the gods are going to perform miracles, then it's not the turn of those magic wands! Instead, it should be handed over to the magician.

"I've read the scriptures, and of course I know the description of this miracle." Du Wei smiled and said, "But, aren't these fabricated? And... Objectively speaking, it is precisely because of this miracle that more You have established your position in the church as Misius! Because you were notified of the miracle of the goddess first, your position in the church was unshakable, and finally you were officially commended as the pope. Because you have received The goddess appeared in a dream, so you are regarded as the spokesperson of the goddess in the world! Right? If it weren’t for this incident, you might not be able to become the pope! Although you had a high prestige at the time, after all, the leaders of several schools The power here is not low."

"You are right about the second point. Indeed, because of this matter, I was given a layer of deification. When I finally became Pope, no one dared to oppose me or compete with me. But... The first point you said is wrong! This matter is indeed not made up...it is real!" QQ said solemnly: "The Goddess of Light really appeared! That's when it started...I believe it, God does exist."

Du Wei's expression was a little weird, he quietly waited for the qq master to say the following.

"That day, I dreamed at night, and I dreamed about the will of the goddess in my sleep. When I woke up, I thought it was just a dream, but then I found that there was something next to my pillow, which was A small stone, in my sleep, the goddess told me that if I take this stone and go to the top of the mountain, I will be able to meet the miracle of her coming. So, I realized that this is not a dream, but a reality!"

After hearing this, Du Wei suddenly smiled strangely: "I don't think this goddess is capable... Hmph, you are obviously a villain hiding in the church, you are not a believer of the goddess at all, and she even gave you miracles... ...it's terribly confused."

"You are wrong again, Du Wei." QQ sighed: "The goddess of light is not so kind, do you think she really chose me to be the spokesperson of the world? Then you are wrong...the goddess will not choose at all Anyone can be the spokesperson! In the eyes of the gods, all human beings are small and humble, just like you and I look at the ants on the ground. Would you care whether one of the ants is good or evil? I don’t care about such boring issues. And the gods look at people like people look at ants!"

"Then...the miracle..."

The tone of qq changed: "When you read this record in the scriptures, don't you think it's strange? Those stones with magic spells descended directly on the church, so...why does she want me to go to the top of the mountain?" ? What am I going to meet on the top of the mountain? Do you know? This is not written in the scriptures!"

indeed!

This reminded Du Wei immediately, he frowned and said: "That's right!! Did you come back from that mountain top empty-handed?"

QQ did not directly answer this question, but said leisurely: "Du Wei, if you are a herdsman, when you herd a group of cattle and sheep, in order to facilitate management, you will choose a cattle and sheep to be the manager who?"

"No." Du Wei shook his head.

"That's it." qq sighed: "The herdsmen will choose to send a shepherd dog. So... the goddess asked me to go to the top of the mountain to meet a 'shepherd dog' she sent to the world! The gods despise humans, yes She doesn't trust humans. In order to maintain her faith in the world, she will not choose me or any human beings as spokespersons, but descended to a spokesperson!"

Speaking of this, qq's eyes are a little erratic:

"That day, I came to the top of that mountain and welcomed the miracle of the goddess. This goddess descended to a divine envoy to the world...an angel."

Du Wei's eyes flickered...

Angel? ! .