Chapter 221 The Arrival of Mir (5k1)
After Luo Xiu finished processing the files for the day, he went to the living room and met Lord Nelson in person.
Lord Nelson had been waiting here for a long time. When he saw Luo Xiu, the church's "master of ceremonies" arriving, he stood up and offered Luo Xiu a pious sacrament.
"Thank you for your time, Lord Luo Xiu." Nielsen said in a respectful tone, "From the side court, I heard that you ruled on the matter of 'Death Teller' Gray, and I came here to express my most sincere wishes to you. gratitude."
"You have eliminated this harm for me and the residents of Red Maple City. This is really great news."
"That's just my responsibility as the 'Grand Priest'." Luo Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "You don't need to make a special trip for this, Mr. Nelson."
"No, no, you are too polite, Lord Luo Xiu."
Nelson shook his head and said:
"Grian, the Informer of Death, has always been a major concern of the Grand Inquisitor Baines. I would like to express my gratitude to you not only on behalf of myself, but also on behalf of the 'Side Court'."
"Lord Baynes asked me to tell you that he is willing to achieve further cooperation with the church. To this end, the side court is willing to open a quarter of the church's ring treasure house. At the same time, Lord Baynes promises to cooperate with the church in the future. Share all intelligence.”
"And this time, I personally would like to donate another five thousand gold coins to the church. Lord Baines and the 'Bianting' also asked me to donate 20,000 gold coins for the church. This is just our humble intention. I hope you will accept it. Please Don't refuse."
Nelson's words were full of sincerity, and the expression on his face was full of piety and reverence like a true believer. Luo Xiu looked directly into his eyes. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said:
"I understand, Lord Nelson. I have indeed received the goodwill from you and the 'Bianting'. After that, I will let the clergy of the secret place hand over to your attendants. On behalf of the church, I would like to thank you for your donation."
After hearing that Luo Xiu, who was "hosting the grand ceremony", said that he had accepted these gifts, Lord Nelson also breathed a sigh of relief.
He came here again under the order of the "Grand Inquisitor" Lord Baines. One of his important tasks was to use him as a link to establish a good relationship with the church, especially the church's "Grand Priest" Rossio Carlos. relation. Since Luo Xiu has accepted these "goodwill" gifts, this task can be regarded as accomplished.
Later, Nelson heard Luo Xiu continue:
"Deepening the cooperative relationship with Bianting is what I have been pursuing, and your arrival has allowed me to see an opportunity, Mr. Nelson."
"I hope you will go back and tell Mr. Baines that if there is a similar danger like the 'Death Teller' again, you can send someone to the church to inform me as soon as possible. I swear in the name of the Holy Light, such filth will be punished. Divine sanction.”
"That couldn't be better, Lord Luo Xiu."
Lord Nelson stood up and bowed deeply to Luo Xiu again.
At this time, he had conveyed the goodwill of "Bianting" on his behalf, and had received an accurate reply from Luo Xiu, the "host of the grand ceremony", so he prepared to say goodbye to Luo Xiu and said:
"Then, Master Luo Xiu, in this case, I won't bother you too much."
"I will convey your words to Lord Baines exactly as they are. He will definitely be happy with it."
After saying that, Lord Nelson formally bid farewell to Luo Xiu, left the living room under the watch of Luo Xiu, and left the church under the guidance of the clergyman.
Luo Xiu also immediately left his residence and went to the Holy Office, preparing to assign a task to the "Missionary House" to receive the "gift" conveyed by Lord Nelson.
During this trip, the church received 25,000 gold coins donated by Nelson City Lord "Bian Ting" together. In addition, the "Supreme" in charge of Bian Ting's newly built 'Ring Treasure House' in Red Maple City, A quarter number was also opened to the church. With the size of the "side court", the church no longer has to worry about basic supplies, which is really a good thing.
Luo Xiu was thinking about these, and he was also thinking about other issues at the same time.
Since Luo Xiu officially assumed the priesthood of "hosting the grand ceremony" of the wartime church in Red Maple City, the church has obtained a lot of resources and financial savings from different channels. Lord Nelson's two "sacred donations" amounted to 10,000 gold coins, and "Grand Inquisitor" Baines asked him to make another 20,000 "sacred donations"... In addition, many devout believers have recently received "sacred donations" "Thousands of gold coins donated" and those seized from pagan strongholds by the Holy Judges led by Anthony and Pamier, the church's current financial reserves are nearly 60,000 gold coins.
Although this number is not impressive compared to the 200,000 gold coins he once had in the "Golden Country Bank", it is still a large number... In a daze, Luo Xiu felt inexplicably that he seemed to have some kind of Innate ability to attract money.
So, now that the resources are sufficient, Luo Xiu also needs to consider the recruitment and expansion of the church in the future.
After recording all these thoughts, Luo Xiu took the newly written note to the mission house and the secret sanctuary, and conveyed his requirements to the chief officials of the two sanctuaries respectively.
After receiving a positive response, Luo Xiu returned to his home from the two sanctuaries, pulled up the barrier and took a rest.
Now, most of the important matters for his new appointment as "presiding over the high ceremony" of the church have been completed. The clergy under the church will perform other trivial tasks, so there is no need for Luo Xiu to distract his energy.
He was then able to plan to do something of his own, outside the church.
Luo Xiu then tidied up his room, then put on his regular clothes, walked out of the boundary of his residence, went to the missionary and explained some things to Anthony, then left the church and walked towards the main street of Red Maple City.
He always remembered another thing - looking for a shop suitable as a new blacksmith shop for the dwarf Mir, and now Luo Xiu finally had free time to complete this agreement.
Calculating the schedule, the dwarf Mir said at that time that he still needed to deal with some aftermath matters, and now it was almost time for him to prepare to leave.
While thinking about this, Luo Xiu took a leisurely walk along the main street. He walked around and looked around, feeling quite happy.
After settling a lot of things at the beginning of taking office, now is the most sacred and precious private vacation, and no one can interrupt it.
Luo Xiu thought so firmly in his heart.
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One week later, it was mid-October 767 of the Tianqi Calendar.
Since the unprecedented horrific plague broke out in the Nolan Empire last month, an unprecedented famine has also swept across the eastern part of the empire and quickly spread to large parts of the empire's borders.
The previous plague had severely damaged the vitality of the empire. And now the famine that followed has aggravated the situation, causing extremely serious turmoil in the empire's domestic situation.
And when the news that a large area of the empire suffered from severe famine reached the Songyuan Territory and then to Red Maple City, the famine had already caused irreparable and extremely huge losses to the empire.
——"October Famine". This was how the emperors of the empire later named this famine.
The "Side Court" first received this news from the Songyuan Territory's Department of Justice, and the leader of the "Side Court", "Grand Inquisitor" Baynes, also fulfilled his previous promise of "intelligence sharing" and transferred the information about the famine to The information was synchronized to the church.
Therefore, Luo Xiu was able to learn the news immediately. Although the famine and plague did not completely spread to the Songyuan Territory, the situation was not optimistic at all.
This shows that the time when the "Judgment War" really comes is getting closer... Luo Xiu knows this better than anyone else.
Soon, more terrorist actions will break out in the empire - the tragedy of the pagan massacre of the "Rolling Stone City Sacrifice", the horrific assassination of the "Black Knife Incident"; the border independence movement of the "Bloody Declaration"... One after another, terrorist riots will occur one after another, gradually bringing the empire's rule to the brink of collapse.
Finally, with the "Wailing Night" in which a duke, three marquis, and a dozen earls were cursed to death as the final trigger, the Dark Principality will officially declare war on the empire, and the "War of Revenge" and "War of Trial" will begin. The trumpet will really sound.
Now, there is not much preparation time left for Luo Xiu, and Luo Xiu knows this very well.
But he could not, nor did he intend to, forcefully reverse the pain and tragedy that preceded the war.
Although Luo Xiu is now a "fourth-level destiny" and has a strength that is difficult for most extraordinary people to match, he also knows that this kind of self is far from strong enough, and is the initiator of these pains and tragedies. , there is no doubt that it is at least a game between extraordinary beings above the level of "saints".
His ability to predict what will inevitably happen in the future is enough to give him an absolute advantage. And the result of forcibly entering such a high-end game is also obvious. As long as he is a little negligent, he will be crushed to ashes by the real strong ones and will never recover.
In such a situation, Luo Xiu still chose to stay in Red Maple City and develop stably. Only after he continues to become stronger and truly advances to become a "saint" of the fifth level of destiny, can he practice more. After learning that the "October Famine" had truly arrived, Luo Xiu made such a decision.
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Red Maple City, Glorious Church.
In the week after meeting with Lord Nelson, Luo Xiu maintained his normal work rhythm as "hosting the grand ceremony", handling various church affairs in an orderly manner, and steadily improving his strength.
During this period, the diocese had received significant achievements made by Luo Xiu since he took office, so more priests were assigned to the church and more tilt was given to the church.
And Maiyev, the chief officer of the "Missionary Office", also carried out Luo Xiu's orders very well and selected many well-qualified young people from among the devout believers in Red Maple City.
Some of them joined the church, and under the guidance of the missionary priests, they successfully understood the way of [Glory] and embarked on the first path of destiny. As "enlightened ones", they each served as novice priests.
Today, the number of priests in the church during the war in Red Maple City has reached seventy-six, which is twice as many as when Luo Xiu took up the post of "hosting the ceremony".
These are all good signs, indicating that the church is indeed developing rapidly, and there are no major problems with the development policy I set for the church before.
Luo Xiu thought happily, and he had just finished handling church affairs for the day, and he also received a new report from the guidance priest in the morning.
The guide priest reported to Luo Xiu that there was a dwarf at the door of the church. He told the priest on duty the surname "Carlos" and asked to see the saint with this surname. Job seekers.
The guide clergy also knew that in the church, the only clergyman with this surname was Luo Xiu, the "presiding priest".
The clergy leader did not dare to neglect and respectfully asked the dwarf to wait at the door of the church. Then he hurried to report the matter to Luo Xiu.
——That is the dwarf Mir, he is finally here! He said before that it would take almost half a month to deal with the aftermath, and he finally arrived at Red Maple City on time.
"That's an old friend of mine, Alz." Luo Xiu smiled and said to the guide, "He's finally here. You go and guide him in first, Alz, to the living room of my residence. , I’ll be there soon.”
"Okay, Lord Luo Xiu." The priest named "Alz" nodded and said, "I will guide the guest and arrange for him to meet you in the living room."
Afterwards, Alz resigned to Luo Xiu and left. Luo Xiu also tidied up his clothes, packed up the files on the table, and then left for the living room.
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Outside the main entrance of the Glory Church, Mir was looking up at the priest on duty in front of him, with a curious expression on his face.
When he reported the surname "Carlos" to the two priests on duty and named the priests with this surname, Mir was keenly aware of the expressions on the faces of the two priests on duty. His expression seemed to become a little subtle for a moment.
Why...when I tell them the last name "Carlos" do they get this look on their faces? Mir thought with some doubts, but at the same time he was more curious about the identity of the friend of the Holy Judge who had been "away" for half a month.
Ever since Luo Xiu asked Mir to buy the "Heart of God", Mir knew that Luo Xiu's identity in the church must not be simple. But in the past, there were precedents for clergymen to purchase items for their direct "priests" and "bishops", so Mir didn't think too deeply about it.
A priest on duty asked Mir to wait for a while, and then entered the church to report this to the "presiding priest".
Mir waited patiently and briefly chatted with the remaining clergy about Red Maple City and the church. The clergy who had entered the church to report quickly came out of the church and said to Mir:
"The 'Master of Ceremony' has learned of your intention and allowed you to enter the church to pay your respects."
"Please come with me, guest. I will take you to the residence of Lord Daiji."
You are hosting the high priest... why should you go to the residence of that high priest? Mir thought with some doubts in his heart.
He hadn't yet figured out why the church's "high priest" wanted to meet him when he was just here to meet the friend of the Holy Judge... He didn't remember any interaction with the high priest. Of course, it was possible. It is the "Holy Judge" friend who is the confidant of the church's "high priest", and his "holy judge" friend may have already introduced him to the church's "high priest"...
While thinking about this, Mir restrained his spirituality, kept as low a profile as possible, and followed the clergyman to the inner courtyard of the church.
In the meantime, Mir looked around curiously, and as a "dwarf", Mir also attracted the attention of many priests.
But no cleric came to talk to Mir. Although "dwarves" were rare in Red Maple City, they could often be seen in various fields throughout the Norland Empire.
For example, in the current Red Maple City Church, dwarves can often be seen when building buildings. At this time, Mir was still dressed as a craftsman, which made the clergymen think that he was the builder who came to the inner courtyard of the church to inspect first.
As the guiding cleric led Mir to the "residence of the high priest" and was allowed to pass through the barrier and truly enter the residence, the cleric said to Mir: "Guest, the high priest is here. The reception room on the first floor is waiting for you. Please go there by yourself, Daiji-sama only allows you to enter alone."
I'm only allowed in alone? Mir's mind was spinning, and he could faintly smell something ominous in the words of the guiding priest.
But now that he has penetrated deep into the heart of the church, Mill can only bite the bullet and respond: "I know, I will go in by myself."
Mir is confident that he is a rune magic blacksmith with the "fourth level of destiny" in [Intellect]. If the host of the grand ceremony really wants to do something detrimental to him, then he has enough cards to escape...
While thinking about this and watching the clergyman who led him here leave, Mir's expression became grim and he strode towards the residence of the high priest.
The structure on the first floor of the residence was not complicated. Mir quickly found out the location of the living room, came to the door and knocked lightly.
"——Come in." A calm voice came from behind the door. It should be the voice of "hosting the grand ceremony", which actually made Mir feel a little familiar.
But Mir didn't think too much. After receiving the permission from the priest, he pushed the door open and entered.
Then, the expression on his face froze.
"Long time no see, Master Mir."
"Presiding over the grand ceremony" Luo Xiu, he was sitting quietly at the head of the living room, looking at the visiting guests with a smile.
But after truly seeing who the church's "master of ceremonies" was and repeatedly confirming that he was not dazzled, Mir finally couldn't stand it any longer.
"……ah?"
Mir blurted out "Ah", he could no longer hide his surprise.
He wanted to ask something more, but the huge shock and strong doubts had already flooded into Mir's heart, making him temporarily forget what he was about to say, and just stood there blankly.
And when he saw his old friend just stunned on the spot, a knowing smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face. He was very satisfied with Mir's reaction of shock and confusion when he saw him.
"I did not fully tell you who I am before, my friend."
Luo Xiu stood up, walked to Mir, extended his right hand to him, and said solemnly: "I am the 'Master of Ceremony' of the Red Maple City Church. My name is Luo Xiu. Luo Xiu Ka Los.”
"I am very happy to see you again after half a month's absence. I welcome you on behalf of myself and the entire church."
"——Welcome to Red Maple City, my friend."
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(End of chapter)