Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Rorsted Archipelago, Bayam, the City of Generosity, on the bell tower of the Church of the Waves.

Alger looked toward the port in the distance. The fleet belonging to the Church of Storms set sail with the sound of whistles, carrying the believers of the Church of Storms into the distance.

At the same time, a large number of rebels entered the city and took over various facilities that originally belonged to the colonial government.

People rushed to tell each other and lined up in the streets of Bayam to welcome him, with lights and decorations all over and faces filled with joyful smiles.

Most of these people are local natives. Compared with the Loen people who colonized and enslaved them, the indigenous rebels are undoubtedly more popular.

For them, the arrival of the rebels did not mean a disaster, but rather a symbol of liberation.

Just as Alger had this thought, he heard the sound of footsteps: 'da, da, da'.

Alger turned around and saw a middle-aged man standing behind him.

He has soft yellow hair and wears a robe embroidered with lightning patterns. His name is Sainz, and he was Alger's former partner. But later, one of them chose to be the captain of a ghost ship and continued to drift on the sea, while the other returned to the clergy system.

And now, one of them has become the cardinal of Rorsted Archipelago, and the other has been sent to Bayam as a bishop.

Alger knew that Sainz's staying here had other special meanings, but he didn't care. Because when Yann Kotman asked him to stay and become a cardinal, Alger already understood everything.

Alger said slowly:

“Don’t hinder the Church of Fools from taking over the church, and try not to conflict with them.”

"I understand." Sainz said solemnly.

Although it was unclear why the Church of the Storm withdrew from the Rorsted Archipelago and left it to an unknown Church of Fools, Sainz knew that there must be a secret deal involved that he was unaware of. He did not need to know the reason, he only needed to fulfill his mission.

"Storm believers who don't want to leave will come here to pray as usual, and the Church of Fools will not interfere. But you must stop preaching to the locals. All missionary activities must be stopped. Unless believers take the initiative to come and pray, don't do anything unnecessary."

"In addition, ask the clergy of the Storm Church to avoid going out as much as possible."

Sainz frowned and said puzzledly:
“Is it necessary to go to this extent? The Church of Fools doesn’t seem like the aggressive type.”

Alger said in a deep voice:

"I'm not worried about them, I'm worried about the local Aboriginals!"

Saien's heart suddenly trembled.

In the decades since the Rhoside Archipelago was colonized by Loen, the Storm Church has been trying to convert the local natives into believers. Unfortunately, due to the existence of the "Sea God" Kalvetuwa, the efficiency of missionary work has not been high.

Although some natives converted to the Storm Church, they were still a minority.

Most people still hate the Kingdom of Loen that colonized them, and are full of hatred for the Storm Church that forced them to change their beliefs. In the past, they were suppressed by absolute power, and these natives did not dare to openly resist the Storm Church.

But now, most of the Storm Church's forces have evacuated Bayam, and the Fool Church and the rebels have taken over the city. This is likely to release the suppressed hatred of the local natives, and some of the extremists among them will try to frantically attack the Storm Church's believers and clergy.

Sainz took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"I'll give the order."

In fact, Sainz was a little unhappy in his heart. When had the Storm Church ever suffered such grievances?
But after all, it was the order of Cardinal Alger, and what he said was indeed reasonable and was for the good of them, the clergy, so Sainz couldn't say anything.

Alger nodded slightly, then handed a book to Sainz.

Sainz glanced at the cover:
"The Sayings of Fools".

Saiens' pupils shrank slightly. This was the holy book of the Church of Fools. Why was it in Alger's hands?

Alger saw the suspicion in Sainz's eyes and said:

“Call all clergy and have them recompile the Book of Storms based on the scriptures of the Church of Fools.”

Sainz's expression changed drastically, and he said sternly:
"Are you crazy?!"

Giving the Rhoside Archipelago to the Church of Fools was the decision of Archbishop Cotman, and it was an instruction from the Pope himself. And this actually did not cause any substantial loss to the Church of Storms.

During the war, it was difficult for the Storm Church to take into account the interests of the Rorsted Islands, not to mention that their missionary work here had not been very successful. The local indigenous people were very hostile to them, so giving up the Rorsted Islands now would actually be more beneficial than harmful to the Storm Church.

Although they had lost the foundation for their long-term foothold in the Rorsted Archipelago, they had also gained the support of the Church of Fools, an ally. At the same time, they could also concentrate their forces to better defend Pasu Island and even launch a counterattack against the Feysac people.

But what Alger wanted to do was completely different. He actually wanted to revise the Book of Storms!
This is undoubtedly shaking the foundation of the Storm Church and is an absolute act of apostasy!
For a moment, Sainz even had the thought of dying together with Alger!

Facing the somewhat angry Sainz, Alger still said calmly:

“This is the Pope’s instruction.”

As he spoke, he spread out his palm, showing what was in it.

It was a badge, a 'Holy Emblem of the Storm' composed of symbols of strong winds, waves, thunder and lightning. It contained a sacred and violent aura, and just one glance at it made people want to kneel down and submit.

Sainz calmed down immediately, because as someone who had worked at the headquarters before, he could clearly recognize the uniqueness of this holy emblem, which contained the power of Pope Gad II!
This also directly confirmed Alger's words - this was the Pope's order.

The Pope is the spokesperson of the Lord of Storms on earth, which means that this is an oracle issued by the Lord of Storms himself!

But why would the Lord of Storms issue such an oracle? Why would he let them do such a thing? And why did he choose the critical moment when Courtman and others left the Rorsted Islands and Alger took over the position of Cardinal? Could this be forged by Alger?

No, it's impossible.

Even though Alger was already a demigod, how could he forge an angel's holy emblem? Even if other angels took action, the power they possessed would certainly be completely different from that of the Pope, and he would not feel familiar with it.

But if not, how do we explain what is happening now?
Sainz's mind was in a mess, with all kinds of thoughts popping up in his mind one after another.

Seeing Sainz's silence, Alger sighed imperceptibly.

Although he had done things that were disloyal to the church under the coercion of Qilingos, although he joined the Tarot Club and moved further and further away from the 'Storm Abyss', believed in Mr. 'Fool', and sought stronger power and greater authority, although he repeatedly betrayed church intelligence and was passive in certain matters, he always felt that he could still be considered a believer of the 'Lord of the Storm'.

Because of this, the suspicion of his former friend really made him a little sad. In the end, Sainz's faith forced him to suppress his uneasy thoughts. He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"I'll tell them."

Alger was about to speak when he suddenly had an idea and cast his gaze towards the northwest sky.

Wherever he looked, the sky suddenly darkened, layers of dark clouds piled up, and countless silver-white electric snakes jumped out.

Many deep blue waves surged high, carried by the wind, and rushed towards the clouds, connecting the sky and the sea.

At the junction of the sea and the sky, rays of light lit up. They were not brilliant, clear, or colorless, as if they were composed of a vast amount of illusory things.
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"Praise Mr. Fool!"

In various places around Bayam, the residents of Silver City and Moon City, who were taking over the city together with the resistance army, stopped at the same time.

They looked at the changes in the sky, muttered to themselves at the same time, and pressed their right palms on their left chests.

The rebels traveling with him hesitated for a moment, but were soon infected, and voices of praise rang out in the team one after another.

Eventually, the 'infection' spread throughout the city.

Almost all residents bowed their heads and chanted devoutly, either actively or passively:

"Praise Mr. Fool!"
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Above the gray fog, Klein the Fool saw everything that happened to Bayam. He heard countless illusory voices coming out of the air, which mixed with real praises, surrounding him and fixing him.

“The effect is better than expected.” Klein murmured in a low voice.

I thought it would be difficult to convert all the residents of Bayam into my followers, and it would take a long time to get used to them. But it turned out to be much easier than I thought.

On the one hand, he had the foundation of the 'Sea God' Kalvetuwa, and on the other hand, he also had the assistance of 'expelling' the Storm Church, performing miracles to protect the Rorsted Islands, and distributing relief food. Under the leadership of the residents of Silver City and Moon City, he caused a huge resonance in the entire Bayam, and directly made the vast majority of the residents of this city become his believers!

Although more than 99% of them are shallow believers, they are the type who believe in you today, but may convert to other existences tomorrow because other churches give them more relief food.

But no matter how shallow a believer he is, he is still a believer!
At least in terms of numbers, the Church of Fools already has millions of believers!

Although there is still a small gap compared to the seven righteous gods, he has already won compared to the true creator, the original witch, the bound god and other evil gods who can only develop believers secretly.

However, this is also thanks to the cooperation of the Lord of Storms.

If “He” had not voluntarily given up the interests of the Rorsted Archipelago and reached an agreement with the Church of Fools, the Church of Fools would not have been able to move into Bayam so easily, and would not have had millions of believers in such a short period of time.

Moreover, He took the initiative to let Alger compile "Lord of the Storm", which actually showed His position.

He does not intend to be an enemy of the Fool or the First Fire.

There's something wrong with this.

Because the Lord of Storms was not aware of their plans, or rather, was not aware of all their plans. Even if the Goddess of Night had a better relationship with the Lord of Storms, she would not reveal these secrets to him.

But the Lord of Storms still made changes and chose to show goodwill to the Fool, letting the already known traitor Alger preside over the re-editing of the Book of Storms, but did not specify a specific direction. In fact, he gave the initiative to the Fool and let Him decide the content.

Of course, the Lord of Storms was not unprepared.

He evacuated all members of the Storm Church in Bayam in advance, leaving only some clergy from the Sea Wave Church, who were responsible for compiling the book. At the same time, the Fool had also made the entire Rorsted Archipelago "secret", so that outsiders could not enter, and those inside could not leave without permission.

And since these people are under the control of the Church of Fools, and the person in charge of the compilation is a traitor, then what the content of the Book of Storms will be is entirely up to him, the Fool.

But at the same time, because Bayam was kept 'secret', people outside would not know what was happening inside, nor would they know that Alger and his team were trying to rewrite the Book of Storms. As long as no one knew, the impact of rewriting the Book of Storms could be minimized.

Even if the Lord of Storms regretted it in the future, he could just "humanely destroy" the Church of Sea Waves and eliminate all traces. Even if someone found clues afterwards, Alger could be blamed - he was the one who forged the holy emblem privately and deceived other clergy to blaspheme the Book of Storms, and it had nothing to do with the Church of Storms.

Klein sighed in his heart:
"The Lord of Storms is indeed a wise man."

Everyone thinks that the Beyonders of the Sailor Path are manic and irritable, and often cannot tell the difference between a joke and a taunt. Once their anger erupts, they don't even consider the overall situation, so few people like to deal with them.

As the 'tyrant' at the pinnacle of this path, the image of the Storm Lord has always been a hot-tempered Lord. For example, in various legends, the Storm Lord likes to punish heretics and traitors with lightning.

But judging from the intelligence Klein had, this Lord of Storms was clearly not as simple as he appeared to be.

If he was really that violent and impulsive, he wouldn't have done so many things that were inconsistent with his personality.

Whether it was the carefully planned betrayal of the ancient sun god in the Third Age, or the request for the Storm Church to exercise restraint in the total war, or the act of releasing goodwill to the fool in this incident, all of this shows that under the wild appearance of the Storm Lord, there is a delicate heart hidden.

Ember had once met the Ancient Sun God, and the Lord of Storms was only a 'Wind Angel' at that time. Although he had never dealt with Ember directly, he must have discovered some clues from his observation of the Ancient Sun God.

Although this was not enough to help Him see the full picture of things, it was enough to keep Him alert. That was why He considered things more deeply than others and made these seemingly unreasonable actions.

This is a Wolf King-like existence, and the Beyonders of the Church of the Storm are indeed very similar to the Space Wolves.

For example, Alger, the 'Hanged Man', is the best example.

Although he is a Beyonder of the Sailor Path, even Klein sometimes feels that he is more like a 'conspirator' of the Hunter Path.

Klein sighed and cast his gaze towards the embers beside him:

"He is so sensible, it is difficult for us to do anything to him."

Yu Jin said calmly:
"It doesn't matter, it's all the same."

"That's true."

Klein smiled. The Lord of Storms was smart and had guessed some things, but he was not smart enough.

His vision is still not broad enough, and he has not yet seen through the essence of things.

After all, He didn't know what the dark soul was or what the first fire was.