The Truth of Magic

Chapter 43 The Temple

After this exchange, Zhao Xu probably understood Lei An's frivolous speech style.

"Also, you didn't think you could really hit Antinoya just now, did you?" Leian said.

Zhao Xu shook his head, he knew it himself.

And from Leian's tone, the fool knew something was wrong.

Antinoya could also cast the "Rainbow Ball" spell, which could also block an attack from him.

"Fortunately, you're not like me. Back then, I thought I really hit my mentor, which made me happy for a long time." Leian suddenly fell into a nostalgic mood.

Zhao Xu suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Why does this sound a bit like a bell grabbing stalk in an anime?

"Actually, you can't use any spells in front of Antinoya. Because we mages can 'counter spells', we can completely maintain a high degree of suppression against rookies like you. But this is a digression , we will talk about it after you have completed the 'Spell Identification' skill training."

Next, Leian also took him directly to Mystra below.

It was also half a month after Zhao Xu set foot on the real land of Arthur again.

He breathed the air on the surface, feeling something different too.

The Temple of the Goddess of Magic and the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the headquarters of the church, are adjacent to each other.

The temple was constructed and expanded based on the residence of the goddess before she became a god.

The Sacred Heart Cathedral is built closely adjacent to each other. The daily affairs of the church are carried out in the inner hall, and the outer hall is for believers to pray and believe in the gods.

Many research institutes and organizations in the headquarters of the Mage Association are arranged in the floating city.

Therefore, the entire temple and church occupy a very large area in the city.

Even the city of Mystra began to expand around it, radiating out in a star-like manner.

As the most central place for believers, the outer hall area of ​​the Sacred Heart Church is always full of people.

Zhao Xu had already realized this when he came here on the first day.

This time when he came back here, he found that the crowd was so dense that he couldn't squeeze in.

It stands to reason that the general church is more bustling when it is closer to the inside. I didn't expect that at this moment, it was already like this around the outermost periphery.

"Today is the Goddess's birthday, that's how it is." Leian explained.

Zhao Xu nodded when he heard this.

In the previous life, their family lived in the bitter cold area in the north, and most of the residents believed in the God of Justice, the God of War and the like.

On the day of God's birthday, local churches will send blessings to believers.

Among them, the most sought-after and most popular ones are those holy water that can only be bought at 25GP.

The holy water was given out for free on God's birthday, so it's not too much to grab it.

It's just that in a favorable place in the south, the residents of Mystra are like the residents of the capitals of those countries on Earth.

Not to mention being superior, at least the standard of living is among the top in all Arthur's towns.

Even looking carefully at the crowd in front of them, many of them were dressed in decent clothes, and they didn't look like poor people.

At further intersections, horse-drawn carriages were restricted from entering.

"It is possible for the goddess to come to Arthur's main plane at her will on God's birthday." Leian explained, "So, today is very likely to be blessed by the goddess and officially become a priest."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel moved when he heard this.

Although he felt that his chances of becoming a level 1 priest were ninety-nine percent, but if he could make up for the last one percent of the lack, don't let it be for nothing.

Arthur's pastor basically has two routes.

The first one is to be trained as a priest from an early age, to study the teachings of the gods step by step in the local church, and to do some professional basic training.

Then, wait.

Until the gods feel the piety, they will be in place in one step, from a trainee to a real level 1 priest.

If it is said that the route of mage apprentice is difficult first and then easy, then the route of trainee priest is easy first and then difficult.

In fact, most of the mage apprentice awakening ceremony that Zhao Xu attended that day would succeed.

But for trainee priests, there are still a lot of seniors waiting in line, waiting for the gods to see their piety.

Because the number of priests of the gods is also limited, otherwise it is possible to have a priest on hand and directly become the number one power in the mainland.

Another route for the priest is to win the favor of the gods and choose the priest directly.

This kind of people come to church, they have basically passed the water and received some training.

So Zhao Xu was fully confident that he would complete the pastor training within a week.

Speaking of which, Zhao Xu was also filled with emotion.

In his previous life, his wife was also an Earthling.

After crossing, she was appreciated by Bella, the local goddess of fortune, and accepted as a trainee priest.

But her wife wasted two years and failed to become a formal pastor.

At that time, the earth traveled through the crowds, and the player group that had transformed into an upper-level force was slowly entering the stage of marriage.

And Zhao Xu served as a security officer in the town for two years, and he performed well and had a good reputation, and he knew the basics.

With no hope of breaking through, his wife and Zhao Xu got married and had children under the guidance of their parents.

Put it on the earth in this life, if there is no crossing.

The other party, Bai Fumei, who was born in a noble family, was not at all close to his original class.

Even now he doesn't even have a channel to notify the other party.

It's just that one day he'll make Arthur's poets sing about him.

"Brother Lei An, why don't we just teleport it in?" Zhao Xu, who came back to his senses, couldn't help asking, seeing that Lei An was still queuing with peace of mind.

"When the president comes, he always enters through the main entrance." Leian said angrily. "You can fly in directly as a priest in the future, but I can't."

"Brother Leian, aren't you a pastor?"

"Nonsense, anyone in the association can work as a part-time priest, but I, the liaison officer, can't. Otherwise, I would be the liaison officer of the association, or the liaison officer of the Goddess Church."

When Zhao Xu heard this, he immediately knew that he was thinking less.

Although he was among the upper echelons of the town in his previous life, he hadn't been able to reach the level of heavenly hearing. Any lord could crush him to death.

"But the liaison officer won't have to queue up stupidly, right?" Zhao Xu said angrily.

To put it bluntly, Leian is considered an ambassador on this earth.

Not to mention privileges, but basic etiquette is also required.

"I notified you when I came. Who knows what's wrong with the church today? It's been so long. Usually, I'll take you to jump the queue or drive away the crowd with a random spell. How dare I go in today on God's birthday."

Suddenly, a middle-aged priest in a white robe came out.

When the believers around saw the pastor coming out, they all consciously spread out a way.

The outer door of the church, which was originally crowded like dumplings in a scenic spot, suddenly gave way to a path that was as wide as three people.

"Mr. Leian, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." The pastor bowed his head slightly to express his apology.

"It's okay, go in quickly, this kid is going to be a priest." Lei An said indifferently, and walked forward while pulling Zhao Xu's robe.

Zhao Xu was wearing a cloak at the moment, with the same shape as Antinoya, his whole head was shrouded in shadow, blocking the sight of the curious crowd around him.

The pastor looked at Zhao Xu one more time, nodded in the same way and said, "Then please follow me in."

After the middle-aged pastor finished speaking, Zhao Xu and the two hurriedly followed. Who knew if they would be made dumplings again if they walked two steps slower.

The exterior walls of the Sacred Heart Cathedral are all reliefs showing the miracles of the goddess.

The threshold of the gate is not a square stone threshold, but the side of a half-arched stone pillar, as if half buried in the ground.

After the first two walked over, Zhao Xu followed suit.

Suddenly, he felt his mind go numb.

At this time, melodious bells came from the temple behind the church.

Wave after wave.

"Praise the goddess." The middle-aged pastor quickly lowered his head and prayed silently.

Countless people around also bowed their heads in prayer, and some even knelt down on the spot.

"The goddess has descended." Leian said in a low voice.

Zhao Xu was a little dazed, in his mind.

It seems that there are more magical spell slots?

PS1: Thanks for the two rewards from Daoist V of Jiuyu, thank you very much.

PS2: I thought about it before. The protagonist does not have a level 3 mage and cannot use the extra level 2 spell slot brought by intelligence, so the first two chapters have been changed.