Chapter 49 Faith and Determination
Fortunately, like many plots, nothing happened at the end, and Duanmu Huai successfully obtained the skull staff. After that, he burned the entire monastery to the ground - there was nothing that could be done about it. The nuns and guards in the entire monastery had all been transformed into undead creatures by that damn vampire necromancer. If they are not burned, they will only crawl out again and cause trouble to the world.
Standing in the heavy rain, looking at the burning monastery in front of him, the trainee priest looked sad.
"Why...Why did it become like this..."
"I advise you not to think wildly."
Hearing the trainee priest's low voice, Duanmu Huai's eyes turned solemn and he said coldly. When he heard his rebuke, the trainee priest shook his body.
"But..."
"I can almost guess what you are thinking. You think they believed in the Lady of the Lake, but they did not get a good end. Instead, they died in pain and even turned into evil undead creatures. So the belief in your heart It’s starting to waver, isn’t it?”
"………………"
The trainee priest did not speak, but it was obvious that she did not deny Duanmu Huai's remarks.
"Listen up, little girl."
Duanmuhuai lowered his head and stared at her.
"Don't forget what the dean once said. Their mission here is to protect the artifact, so they are ready to sacrifice their lives. Of course, this is not the ending they expected, but how can this world be what people want it to be? The knights shouted to fight for the goddess, but there were not many green-skinned orcs hacked to death? This is how the world is, get used to it."
"But...but...what should I do?"
After hearing this, the trainee priest finally couldn't help it, raised his head and stared at Duanmu Huai, and roared loudly.
"If even the goddess is not willing to protect us, then who can we rely on?"
“In the final analysis, it’s all up to you.”
Duanmuhuai sighed and patted her shoulder.
"Remember, little girl. It is a very stupid thing to place your hopes on others. It is a choice that cowardly people cannot do. If you want to change your destiny, then you must stick to your heart. Make yourself stronger and face all this... bear all this... instead of always thinking about running away, thinking about escaping, and thinking about finding someone to protect you. Of course, you must also pay attention to the methods. If you choose to rely on the power of the evil god, then...you know what the consequences will be."
Looking at the trainee priest in front of him, Duanmu Huai's eyes did not waver at all. He was not sure whether this child could get out of the shadow of this incident. Maybe she would be hit by this and become a believer of the evil god... This This possibility is not only not small, but also very high.
Until then…………
"Or, if you feel that living is too tiring, I have a better way."
Having said this, Duanmu Huai drew out the mechanical sword from his waist.
"Let your soul return to the goddess, so that you will no longer have to bear the pain of the world."
“……………………”
This time, the trainee priest was silent for a long time. Finally, she made up her mind and raised her head to look at Duanmu Huai.
"I'm sorry, Lord Knight, I don't know... what should I do. I think maybe I can no longer believe in the goddess as before... Is this okay?"
"This is normal."
Duanmuhuai nodded and put away the mechanical sword.
"Also, I think you may have some wrong ideas about faith and gods."
"Huh?"
Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, the trainee priest was stunned for a moment and stared at him in surprise. "Perhaps in your opinion, as long as you devoutly believe in the gods and dedicate everything to her, you can get the protection of the gods, but in fact, this is not the case most of the time."
"Is...is that so?"
"That's right."
Duanmuhuai nodded.
"Nothing will fall from the sky, whether it is blessings from the gods or pies. There is a saying in my hometown that people should know the fate of destiny. To put it simply, people should do everything they should. After you finish it, it’s up to God and fate to decide whether you can succeed or not, instead of just giving up at the beginning and waiting for God to save you.”
After saying this, Duanmuhuai turned his head and looked at the forest not far away. In fact, this is a common problem among many believers. They all feel that I have dedicated everything to the gods. I believe in you so devoutly that I chant sutras and worship Buddha every morning and evening. When I encounter difficulties, you naturally want to help me. If the gods don't appear, then the gods have betrayed me. I am so pious, but you are still unwilling to rescue me from the crisis... This is all your fault!
This is why many senior believers go to the other extreme immediately after giving up their faith, because they think they did nothing wrong and it was God who did not respond to their expectations, so it is not me who is wrong but God, since God betrayed Me, then I might as well fall into the trap of counting...
But what is the reality? That's not the case at all!
Gods also look at performance and performance. If you do nothing but just chant sutras all day long, or give a large sum of money, or work on the temple - is this called performance?
Of course this is not called performance.
Take the Lady of the Lake as an example. Could it be that those knights who go to worship every day and worship the Buddha wholeheartedly can see her?
Of course that's not the case. If you want to get the blessing of the Lady of the Lake and become a Knight of the Holy Grail, you have to embark on an adventurous and difficult journey with a near-death experience before you can get the blessing of the Lady of the Lake, right?
So, who is going to blame this?
Of course it's the guys who preach.
Think about it, "As long as you believe in the Lady of the Lake, you will be protected from evil and prosperity" and "If you want to get the blessing of the Lady of the Lake, you must become an adventure knight and go on a journey of almost death before you can get what you want." Which one? Is it easier to attract believers?
Of course it's the former.
After all, most people don't have the courage to die.
Of course, except for some idiots with chuunibyou.
To be honest, Duanmu Huai often thinks that those superficial believers are probably the second or fifth disciples sent by the Chaos Evil God - judging from their methods of persuading believers, it seems that they are waiting for their faith to be shattered and fall into chaos. And prepared.
Therefore, most inquisitors don't have a good impression of priests... These bastards have deceived many future potential degenerates for the Chaos Evil God just by talking.
And they themselves are still complacent about how much they have contributed to the gods they believe in.
It was completely unthinkable that the gods they believed in might be so angry that they wanted to kill these bastards with a bolt of lightning.
Duanmu Huai didn't want to see the trainee priest lose his faith and appear in the team of the Chaos Evil God one day, so he decided to inoculate the other party - as long as he had a firmer mind and could see the world from a different angle, it would be a good choice.
After listening to Duanmu Huai's words, the trainee priest lowered his head and thought for a while.
"I, I don't know...but I will try to figure it out..."
"Come on."
In this regard, this is all Duanmuhuai said.
After burning down the monastery with a fire, Duanmuhuai took Ogis and the trainee priest to a nearby temple of the Lake Goddess and told the clergy of the temple what happened in the monastery. The latter was also shocked after hearing that there was a vampire invasion, and said that he would immediately send someone to deal with the aftermath. As for the trainee priest, Duanmu Huai left him in the temple. As for what path she will take next, it depends on herself. .
"This time it was really a critical moment. I almost overturned."
After leaving the temple, Duanmu Huai broke into a cold sweat when he recalled what had happened before. Fortunately, he acted quickly, otherwise if it were a few days later, when he arrived at the monastery, he might only be able to see the ruins of the monastery. If the system gave him another tracking and search mission, Duanmu would be Huai is ready to die.
What annoys him the most is this kind of tracking and searching task, which is a waste of time and the process is long and annoying.
This was also the reason why Duanmu Huai was the first to get the skull staff. After all, compared to other artifacts buried in the ruins, this sealed thing was the easiest to be targeted.
But luckily, I finally got it!
(End of chapter)