Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

The north gate of Scone Town, the entrance to the canyon.

On the city tower, two generals wearing heavy armor looked side by side, like comrades commanding the army and guarding an important town.

However, listen to the conversation between them.

It doesn’t seem to be so harmonious:

"Why did you come to Scone Town if you didn't follow that Hornless Man?"

"Let's see when you die of old age... There's no point in glaring at me. If you don't leave for the final fortress, I'm afraid you'll be too old to lift the knife and be eaten to death by human-skin spiders."

"Want to duel? Little boy."

"I won't duel with an old guy who can't even defeat a bandit."

"you!"

Tie Luo and Xize glared at each other.

However, because they lowered their voices, the other Scone guards did not hear what the two invincible five people in the kingdom were saying to each other.

I just feel that the back figures of the two generals are extremely majestic and powerful, which is reassuring.

Caesar just snorted, turned his head, and continued to look at the wilderness to the north.

To Tie Luo's surprise, he didn't make any excuses.

Although even the Stone Demon Queen forgave his misstep, and Shaq's army was not defeated on the surface, but only retreated... But for this five-person group, a loss is a loss, and there are not so many reasons.

Seeing that he couldn't arouse the other party's emotions, Tie Luo felt bored and looked outside the city as well.

"What is that?" He suddenly saw a dark crowd approaching Scone in the distance. "An enemy attack?"

"You don't know?" Caesar didn't feel nervous at all and let the crowd get closer. "Isn't that what you arranged?"

"'We' arranged it..." Tie Luo let go of the ax handle, a little confused.

The guards under the city came forward to check, but the men in black robes and hoods did not resist.

General Shaq's eyes were attracted by the patterns on the clothes behind them and the prayer flags held high in their hands.

It was a silver mark, like burnt ashes.

Such uniform clothing and silent and pious behavior... Tie Luo had a flash of inspiration:

"The Order?"

He remembered a dispensation issued by Bayan a few years ago.

"Yeah." Caesar glanced at the people in the cult, "They call themselves 'Embers'."

"This attire... is said to be modeled after their founder."

"That small religious sect..." Tie Luo was stunned, "has it developed to this point?"

From a distance, they all look like an army.

"After all, with their public status, there is no obstacle to preaching, but not all of them are members of the cult - at least not now."

I saw that when being inspected by the guards, some people opened their black robes, revealing their skeletal bodies. They almost fainted from hunger, while the believers around them hurriedly supported them.

After the guards registered, they were released together.

"Those are hungry people who have fled famine. In the past, we just let them come here on their own. Now with the support of the Ember Order, the rate of absorbing the population is much faster. Moreover, when the hungry people are organized into an organization, ordinary robbers don't dare to provoke them." Nishizawa said, "Without them, these people would become hungry bandits in the future, and maybe they would defect to the King of Sand."

"There are still people in the religious order who are responsible for encouraging farmers to grow mulberry trees, and there are professional priests to assist the refugees in clearing wasteland. The new population has settled down faster and will be able to pay taxes soon."

"Even the hornless people in the town feel more at ease because they have something to do."

It can be said that the development of the Ember Order has filled the vacancies in grassroots governance, allowing the originally stretched military and police personnel in Scone Town to have more manpower.

Caesar was also happy to have someone do these chores.

"Is there any hidden danger in this..." Tie Luo was a little worried.

He found that he had underestimated the power of religion.

On the other hand, their biggest enemies are the fanatical lunatics in the north.

"If there were any hidden dangers, Bayan should have considered it carefully at the beginning!" Nishizawa did not give up any opportunity to be sarcastic, but he changed the subject, "I was worried at first, but then I went to visit their ceremony in person... It feels a little weird, different from the people we know in Auckland, no, from any denomination.”

"What's the meaning?"

"Cut off the power supply and praise Narko; twist it left and right, bid farewell to the haze of the past; the sacred tungsten wire is the grace born from the ashes..." Caesar chanted softly, as if he was praising some supreme existence.

"What the hell are you talking about."

Tie Luo frowned.

"Narco's Proverbs of Light teaches you how to change light bulbs," Nishizawa said. "There are also other scriptures and holy words that correspond to different areas governed by gods. In conjunction with their ritual movements, I have also learned several My old lady doesn’t mind if I don’t know how to work anymore... Do you want me to teach you this skill?”

Tie Luo: "...No need."

"Of course, there are higher-level rituals for high-level priests. I didn't understand them so I didn't get involved, but many craftsmen were very interested and said they could learn a lot of new skills." Ze put his hands behind his back and said, "Because of this relationship, the number of visits between technology hunters has increased a lot. Currently, they are mainly doing social observation."

"It is said that when their report was sent to the end of the world, even the mechanics were full of praise, saying that they had found a new way to spread knowledge in the Holy Kingdom... Of course, I know those people don't have the guts to do such a thing. "

"The Ember Order worships Narco as a god, worships knowledge and skills, and is keen on promoting mechanical creation. It is said that some higher-level people believe that flesh and blood are weak and should abandon the skin they were born with...Other teachings are also similar to Auckland's The Holy Cult is almost completely opposite, even their emblem is... It can be said to be a complete heresy, and there is no room for compatibility. "

"You can go back and ask Bayan about the specific situation. He will definitely know better than me." Xizawa said calmly, "It's just that no one else cares."

The Ember Order's team responsible for picking up the refugees has already entered the city. The leader wore a long knife at his waist, and his broad robe lifted up as he walked, revealing his right arm - which turned out to be a mechanical prosthetic leg made of steel.

This is almost practicing the teachings by example.

Seeing those devout believers are also envious.

Tieluo touched this strange cult, and he quickly understood the reason why Bayan allowed them to exist.

The Kingdom of Shark has its own traditions, but the set of barbaric warrior laws is what Bayan wants to innovate. In addition, the traditional theory leaves no room for other races and non-warrior classes.

Even if the refugees are absorbed, there will always be a gap between them and society. It is okay at first, but after stabilizing, it will eventually become a hidden danger.

Most of the humans in the Western Continent, even if they are not citizens of the Holy Kingdom, are influenced by the Auckland Cult, and are even more hostile to the Kingdom of Shake.

It is better to fight religion with religion.

Let them debate the scriptures on their own and seize the ideological base. Even if they cannot win, they can hedge their risks and confuse people's hearts.

Sometimes, it's not that Aucklanders are religious, but that they have no other choice.

"It's just that I didn't expect it to develop so quickly." After thinking about it, Tieluo was still secretly frightened, "If the leader of the religious group raised his arms..."

Then there are countless skilled technicians... and magic sticks.

The point is, even if it goes to other places, as long as there is suitable soil, the Ember Order can continue to spread its faith and develop and expand the organization.

"I thought you came here just to see them. Since it's not...then you can't really quarrel with me, right?" Caesar interrupted Tieluo's thoughts.

Tie Luo came back to his senses and was stunned.

"These two things are really related."

"I'm waiting for a reply from the Nameless One."

That guy... seems to be the founder of the Ember Order.