Chapter 14 The Work of the Priest
"Glorious people..."
Luo Xiu smiled, nodded to the believers and said, "May I bless you for a moment."
The pillar god of [Glory] - "Suncaster" is his honorable name, which means "the one who casts the sun". Among the believers of [Glory], people are more accustomed to calling him "Xuyu". This is His divine name.
"Thank you for your blessing, Lord Priest."
The believers standing in the front row made a triangle shape with their hands in front of their chests. This is a gesture of respect to God. "You are so young, but your temperament is almost the same as Father Ivan."
"You are exaggerating, sir... Compared with Father Ivan, I still have a lot to learn."
Luo Xiu responded with a smile, "Then, let us perform today's tribute and listen to the oracle from Xuyu together..."
…
When the bell of praise rang for the last time, Luo Xiu closed the "Glorious Listening" in his hand.
"Priest, your condition today is beyond all of our expectations..."
The believers praised: "We thought you would act more immature and jerky, after all, you have just turned eighteen...
However, I didn’t expect you to behave so steadily and maturely during the ‘Praise’! "
A lady wearing a plain dress nodded to Luo Xiu and praised her without hesitation: "There is no doubt that even if Father Ivan is not here, you can already take charge of your role..."
"May you shine forever, madam."
Luo Xiu waved his hand and responded to the lady's compliment with a smile, "The glorious oracle warns us to keep a humble heart at all times... I still have a long way to go."
Luo Xiu's appropriate expression made the believers present nod their heads, recalling the nearly perfect "praise" before, and the believers left with satisfaction one after another.
…
After watching the believers leave, Luo Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He immediately switched back to his original state, and his friendly and solemn image disappeared instantly.
When "praising" in the previous life game, Luo Xiu could let his physical body hang up automatically, while his spirit was in the background watching short videos, reading new episodes and novels...
But now, not only the body, but also the soul has to go to jail!
This is definitely not what Luo Xiu wants... This is hell!
……
Fortunately, he successfully completed the first day of praise. Luo Xiu shook his head and relaxed a little.
... He began to miss the good times when he and the two blood disciples were chasing each other.
Thrilling and exciting, you can also explode the enemy's gold coins! This is the attitude and pursuit that gamers should have!
Luo Xiu counted the time. By this time, the bodies of Morris and Feld should have been discovered and notified to the local sheriff.
According to the procedure, witnesses will first go to the Chenxi Town Affairs Office and report the matter to the local Sheriff. The Sheriff will notify the escort, who will first conduct an investigation.
After it is confirmed that the death of "Morris" and "Feld" is an extraordinary incident, the commander of the escort army will notify the nearest branch of the "Glory Holy Court" in Songyuan Territory and let the [Glory] Holy Judges solve the problem. .
This process will not go through the "Glory Church" in Morningside Town, because in the eyes of the sheriff, this church is just an ordinary religious place, the lowest-level institution of the "Holy Court", and has no ability to solve extraordinary events.
...Most of the guards also believe that instead of trusting a priest who is no different from a magician, it is better to seek help from those higher-level "Holy Judges" who truly have extraordinary qualifications.
But Luo Xiu knew that in the end these "Holy Judges" would still seek help from him. This was an arrangement and regulation that belonged exclusively to the "Glory Holy Court"... and outsiders did not know about it.
And from the Sheriff to the Guards, from the Guards to the Holy Inquisitor, from the Holy Inquisitor to himself...
Such a layer-by-layer, Russian-doll-like process will inevitably make work efficiency lag behind indefinitely.
But Luo Xiu was obviously not in a hurry. All he had to do was wait quietly for the arrival of the "Holy Judges". But, before that.
Luo Xiu felt the "attention" first!
It did not come from the "Holy Judges" who had not yet arrived. This gaze made Luo Xiu feel extremely familiar, as if he had been peered at with the same gaze...
I don’t know where the gaze comes from, but it is definitely quite close to me!
Luo Xiu's spirit, which had just been relaxed, became tense again, but he still put on a relaxed posture on the surface to prevent anything from being noticed.
Looking around, I saw that the believers had already left the church, and not a single one was left.
The windows were slightly open, and there was no one within visible range...
So who is watching?
Could it be that no one is watching... or...
When Luo Xiu thought of this, he subconsciously looked out the window.
Even in the severe cold environment, small and exquisite birds still like to fly happily among the treetops, but it was obviously not them who gave Luo Xiu such deep gaze.
As the eyes move, the birds fly away, fly back and forth.
Suddenly, Luo Xiu felt that his eyes and the eyes looking at him met in an instant!
Luo Xiu, who is about to be promoted to transcendence, is extremely sensitive to these perceptions.
And opposite his sight, there was a white cat lying lazily on a tree trunk...
Luo Xiu's memory suddenly jumped. He recalled that this was not the first time he had seen that cat!
He had already seen this cat before when he was attacked by Intis Vogne with greetings!
As if sensing Luo Xiu's attention, the white cat quickly jumped down the treetop and disappeared.
Its reaction was too fast, and Luo Xiu still didn't have time to throw the detection at it.
"What the hell is that..." Luo Xiu murmured.
But the other party didn't seem to have any ill intentions, so Luo Xiu simply stopped thinking about it.
…
A day passes quickly.
Just like the previous day, after leading the believers to complete the salute, Luo Xiu started to suffer from the mask alone.
But the process of expressing emotions through wailing did not last long.
Luo Xiu felt that the light that illuminated the interior through the church door dimmed a bit in an instant.
Looking up, a heavily armored knight holding a big sword and a young priest carrying a steel warhammer appeared at the door of the church.
The priest wears half of his cloak, and the other half reveals delicate scales; the knight wears heavy armor that covers his whole body, and under his burgundy-style helmet, subtle breathing can be vaguely heard.
On their chests, they all wear emblems symbolizing their affiliation to the "Holy Judge".
"Are you the "priest" who serves in this church...?"
A cold female voice came from the heavily armored knight's visor.
"Please come with us."
Modified a bit, some changes in sense of substitution and details
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(End of this chapter)