Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

(Linde!) As the Emperor disappeared, the voice of the Earth Mother Goddess rang in my mind like a dam bursting. (Can you hear me!?)

(I heard it.) Linde's head was buzzing because of the noise. (Speak softly, you are making my head hurt.)

(Finally connected!) Seeing that the connection with Linde was finally connected, Mother Earth breathed a sigh of relief. (Great! I was worried that you were burned by that racial mysophobia.)

(Racial cleanliness?)

(The guy who just spoke to you and refused to admit that he was a god.) Mother Earth said with lingering fear. (He is very extreme on racial issues.)

Refusing to admit that she is a god? Racial cleanliness? The Earth Mother Goddess's short words contained a lot of information.

But now is not the time to go into details because of the War Nun on the opposite side.

The God-Emperor had left, and the Sisters of War also stood up from the ground. This group of older sisters all looked at Lind not far away.

At this moment, all the sisters of war had very complicated feelings. As devout sisters of the Emperor, they should strike hard at believers of other religions, especially those on the blacklist, but the pagan in front of them had just finished a conversation with the Emperor.

It felt like an Islamic imam having a cordial and friendly conversation with the fallen Jesus Christ in a Catholic church. The scene was enough to burn the brains of the believers who witnessed it.

In order to calm her raging heart, Shanoya could only convince herself that "the God Emperor also recognizes other gods."

However, there is one thing that surprised the Sisters of War. That is, Lind admitted with his own mouth that he could always hear the whispers of the Chaos God, and there was more than one.

Isn't this a heavy punch?!

The war nuns are now most concerned about this issue: should they, as they did in the past, treat Lind as a reserve follower of the evil god and be loyal to him?

Linde could naturally see the inner entanglement and confusion of the war nuns, but Linde had no intention of enlightening them. He was not a believer, and could not talk to the believers, so he let their God Emperor figure it out himself.

Just like that, Lind planned to leave with the two books without saying a word, but they were too heavy to carry.

It took me a while to lift them up. The two books together weighed more than ten kilograms. It was no problem to lift them, but the thought of carrying such heavy books back to the tent...

For the nuns' monasteries, monasteries are often built in the suburbs far from the city. Although the monastery of the war nuns is not built outside the camp, it is still quite remote. It is still a long way to walk back. Carrying such a heavy book...

Just as Lind was about to activate the "bear power" to walk back, suddenly a pair of hands reached out and picked up the two heavy books.

"Sir Lind, these two books must be very heavy." Cynthia, a one-eyed nun with an eye patch on her face, came over and took the initiative to help Lind pick up the books. "Let me help you carry them."

"...Ah, thank you, big sister." Linde was stunned for a moment, but reacted quickly.

In this way, the twelve-year-old boy Linde and the twenty-five-year-old sister Cynthia left the monastery one after another, holding two heavy books. After Linde left, Shanoya immediately knelt down in front of the portrait of the Emperor of God again, clasped her hands together, bowed her head and prayed devoutly.

Following the chief nun, the rest of the war nuns also knelt on the ground and prayed devoutly together.

For the followers of the Divine Emperor, not every prayer will be answered. It is common for the followers to have no response to their prayers. The original Linde prayed for eight years and never heard a fart from the Divine Emperor. For the followers, it is normal for their prayers to be unanswered.

If it is easy to get a response from the gods, then there is no need for pious faith. A living saint of the Divine Emperor in history said this.

Shanoya knew that prayers would not be answered most of the time, but at this moment, Shanoya desperately hoped that the Emperor of God would respond to her and answer her inner doubts. To put it bluntly, if the Emperor of God did not respond, Shanoya's faith would be shaken.

The combat nuns present basically had similar thoughts, and they were eager to get answers from the Divine Emperor.

It was disloyal to ask the Emperor for an answer, but they could no longer care.

"My daughters." Thankfully, the Emperor responded, and quickly.

"Your Majesty!" After receiving the response, Shanoya raised her head in ecstasy.

"I can sense your doubts." The Emperor's voice lingered in the minds of the nuns. "That Lind Hunter, look at him, watch him, your doubts will soon be answered."

After saying this, the Divine Emperor’s voice disappeared again.

In a short period of time, the Divine Emperor appeared twice in the same place. If the Patriarch of the Holy Empire knew about this, he might directly recognize this place as a holy place.

After the Emperor's response, the Sisters of War stood up silently. The sisters looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion and puzzlement.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" After a moment's silence, one of the nuns broke the silence.

"Your Majesty wants us to monitor Linde Hunt." Sister Millia, with a melancholy face, expressed her judgment.

The Sisters of War pondered over the possibility of Miria's statement. The words of the Emperor were often profound, and the believers needed to figure out the Emperor's meaning themselves.

"Let's do this first." Shanoya sighed. "Your Majesty must have his reasons for doing this. Perhaps after reading the "Words of the Divine Emperor", Linde will return to his true faith. After all, the blood of the Divine Emperor flows in his body."

"So what should we do now?"

"...Let Cynthia monitor first." Shanoya thought for a moment. "Didn't Cynthia take the initiative to help him get the book? Let Cynthia observe first, and don't forget Cynthia's affiliation."

After being reminded by the head nun, the nuns reacted and nodded in agreement.

The reason is simple. Cynthia belongs to the branch of combat nuns who are specifically responsible for interrogating heretics, the Blood Rose Combat Nuns.

Chapter 187: The Traitor's Work

Linde left the convent of the Sisters of War with two huge books.

One of them is the "Words of the Divine Emperor", a book of the Divine Emperor Church, which is as important as the Bible in Christianity. Linde has always been very interested in this book and wants to find a copy to read.

It's quite ironic. The original Linde was a devout believer of the Divine Emperor Church, but he hadn't read a single word of "The Holy Words of the Divine Emperor" in eight years. This really made Linde, who traveled through time, speechless.

However, when he thought about some of the so-called Christians he had met before traveling through time who had never even read the Bible, Lind felt relieved.

The "Holy Words of the Divine Emperor" in Lind's hand belongs to Sister Shanoya. According to Shanoya, this book has been handled by four sisters and is very precious. However, for Lind, it is just an old book. Unless there are notes left by the previous owner, it is no different from an ordinary "Holy Words of the Divine Emperor".

In addition to the "Divine Emperor's Sacred Words", Lind also obtained a seamless scripture. This tightly sealed iron box was left behind when the Divine Emperor was still walking in the world, and it had never been opened in the past five hundred years.

"Thank you for taking the book back." When Linde came out of the monastery, there was one more person beside him than when he went in. The one-eyed nun Cynthia followed Linde towards Linde's tent.

Although there were only two books, they explained to Lind very intuitively what the weight of faith was. The combined weight of the two books exceeded ten kilograms, and it was a big challenge for Lind to carry them all back.

However, Cynthia took the initiative to help Lind get the book back. She did not care about Lind's pagan identity and was very kind, which was a huge change from when she called him a heretic as soon as the door opened.

Although she looked a little scary, with only one eye, the left eye was covered by an eye patch, and scars on her face, and a wide nun's robe covering most of her body, the exposed skin was covered with various scars, which made people feel scared.

But Cynthia was like a kind older sister at this moment, and took the initiative to help the beautiful boy carry the heavy things.

"Nothing, just think of it as a way to digest food after breakfast." Cynthia waved her hand, indicating that it was just a small favor.

The two walked side by side. Cynthia held the things in her arms easily, as if she didn't feel the weight.

She is indeed a Sister of War who can charge even in full heavy armor.

When it comes to fanatics, the Sisters of War are always one of the first groups that come to mind. Some people even describe them as crazy women behind their backs. It is said that the Sisters of War are so fanatical in their beliefs that even the confessors who whip themselves with thorns all day long will say, "You are too extreme."

As a fanatic, Cynthia was smiling warmly at this moment, just like a strong big sister next door. It must be said that this was a bit abnormal.

"Sister, do you know what's in that box?" In order to relax the atmosphere, Linde took the initiative to talk.

"Of course I don't know about this." Cynthia raised the tightly sealed seamless scripture. "The Divine Emperor Church has strict rules that forbid anyone to open this box."

"I see." It was the same answer as Shanoya's. "What about the "Divine Emperor's Words"? Was it written by the Divine Emperor?"

"Of course not." Cynthia shook her head. "The author of The Divine Emperor's Words is Urizen."

"Ulrich?" It was an unfamiliar name, but after thinking about it carefully, I seemed to have some impression of it.

"What? You know this name?" Cynthia asked with interest, looking at Lind's reaction.

"...Is it the traitor who betrayed the God-Emperor after the Great War?" After digging hard into the memories in his mind, Lind asked back.

"Yes." Cynthia nodded with a complicated expression. "It's the traitor."

In Western countries before the time travel, there were a lot of repeated names. Names like John and Mike would have a dozen people turn around and say "yes?" if you shouted them on the street.

There is a similar situation in this world. Lind encountered this problem when the camp was just beginning to be built. There were too many people with the same name.

Because there are too many names that are the same, and people like to take the same names as their famous predecessors, there is often a phenomenon of names being clustered together. Just like the Arab world before the time travel, Muhammad was everywhere.

However, some names, due to special historical reasons, will hardly be used by anyone else. For example, Judas from the world before Lind traveled through time will hardly be used by anyone else.

And Urizen is in a similar situation. There is no other person in this world with this name.

As a knight's squire and future knight, Lind needed to receive various kinds of education. However, due to the special nature of his profession, the education he received was basically related to combat, and the cultural courses were very limited. Basically, he only learned to read and write. It was also because of this education method that most magicians believed that knights were all brawn in their heads.

That's why when Elisa was crushed by Linde in terms of knowledge, she felt so complicated.

Although the education of knights and squires did not emphasize cultural subjects, history, especially the history of war, was part of their education. As the most important war in the history of the Holy Empire, the Great War was naturally impossible not to teach.

And as long as we talk about the Great War, Urizen is a name that cannot be avoided.

"Urison was originally one of the most loyal subordinates of the God-Emperor. He always rushed to the front in all wars and regarded death as nothing. He made great contributions to the final victory of the Order Alliance. But in the end, he betrayed the God-Emperor and became a shameful traitor!" At this point, Cynthia subconsciously clenched her fists, trying to control her anger.

"Although Urizen ended up being a shameful traitor, but..." Cynthia said this, helplessly picking up the "Words of the Divine Emperor" and pointing at the small words on the cover. "We have to admit that the work of this traitor has forever become a part of the empire."

The most important scripture of the Holy Empire's state religion, the Divine Emperor, was written by a traitor to the Divine Emperor!? Lind opened his eyes wide in disbelief, feeling that his brain was a little confused.

Since the original Lind had never read "The Divine Emperor's Words", he had no idea that the author of "The Divine Emperor's Words" was actually a traitor! ?

"Ahem." Cynthia's expression was very awkward. "Although this was written by a traitor, there is nothing wrong with the content of the book. The first pope of the Divine Emperor Church, Saint Venarius, has already explained this issue in detail."

"If you're interested in this, you can come to my room after dark and I can explain it to you in detail."

Chapter 188: The Divine Emperor's Words

Honestly, this trip to the monastery was more rewarding than Lind had expected. He had originally just wanted to ask the elder sister Shanoya if there was any way to temporarily block out the whispers of the evil god, but he ended up having a cordial exchange with the legendary God Emperor and brought back two books.

One of these two books is the "Divine Emperor's Words" that Linde has always wanted to read. It is in the hands of the elder sister, and it is the kind that is brand new for her own use. Not only is the current owner a elder sister, but it has also been passed down from four elder sisters. In the game, this is at least an S-level item, right?

As for the other one, it was very mysterious. It was said to be inherited from when the Emperor was still walking in the world. It was sealed tightly in an iron box and no one was allowed to open it. If all the followers of the Emperor strictly abide by this rule, then Lind will be the first person to open this seamless scripture.

Why do I feel like the gears of fate are starting to turn...

With the help of Cynthia, Lind brought the two heavy books back to his tent. Before leaving, Cynthia told Lind that if he had any questions during the reading process, he could come to her at night.

The reason why it's not possible during the day is because Cynthia has a lot of things to do during the day.

After Cynthia left, Lind was the only one left in the tent. Katie and Kitama must have gone to work in the fields, while little Schnee went hunting.

Putting the two things on the table, the heavy feeling is like throwing two bricks on the table.

There was no place where the tightly sealed seamless scripture could be opened. Although the Divine Emperor said that it could be directly split open with an axe or sword, considering that the things inside might be damaged, Linde put the seamless scripture aside for the time being.

First came the "Words of the Divine Emperor". After loosening the rope, Lind opened the first page of this beautifully decorated book.

After opening the first page, the heavy feeling of history hits you. The yellowed paper shows that this book has been around for hundreds of years.

In the center of the huge piece of paper was a huge gilded sentence with beautiful fonts: Death is the direction of progress. Take the will of the God-Emperor as your torch and use it to destroy all shadows. As long as your faith is not shaken, the God-Emperor will bless you.

The words are sonorous, clear and concise, and the gilded fonts make them full of power.

But such a large piece of paper is gone with just this one sentence!

Linde looked at the parchment paper which was equivalent to 16-page size, and there was only this sentence written on it. Although the huge font made up for the blank space on the paper to a certain extent, it was too wasteful!

With so much complaints in his heart but nowhere to vent, Lind turned to the next page. Same recipe, same taste, and just one sentence written on Norda's paper: Surrendering to failure is a blasphemy against the God-Emperor. Purify your soul with prayers and temper your body with pain. Only the God-Emperor is our shield and our guardian.

After reading the second page, Linde was so angry that he almost burst out. It was not only about the waste of paper, but also about the content.

He closed the book and looked at the author's name on the cover again: Urison Oriel, the greatest traitor in the history of the Holy Empire.

Lind had some memories of Urizen. He was originally a very loyal follower of the God-Emperor Neos, and had made great contributions to the God-Emperor in the Great War. Compared with his military achievements, Urizen's greatest achievement was persuading many other human forces to join the God-Emperor's team, and eventually established the most solid human coalition in the Order Coalition in the Great War.

During the Great War, Urizen was undoubtedly very loyal, but everything changed after the Great War. When the Chaos God's demon army was defeated by the Order Alliance and driven out of the continent, Urizen suddenly betrayed the Emperor, causing an irreparable wound to the Emperor. After that, the Emperor Neos sat on the Golden Throne and became the eternal Emperor of the Holy Empire.

There are many different opinions on why Urizen rebelled, but just like why Akechi Mitsuhide burned Nobunaga at the Honno Temple, no one can explain it clearly. However, the impact of the rebellion was huge. The most direct one was that the Holy Empire did not eventually become an empire that unified the entire human race. There were also various other impacts that were hard to explain.

Then, the work of this traitor who stabbed the God-Emperor in the back actually became the most important and core scripture of the God-Emperor Church.

Cynthia said that the first Pope of the Divine Emperor Church, Saint Venarius, had already given a detailed explanation on this issue. If she was interested, she could go to her in the evening to learn more about it.

After hearing this, Linde did remember that the Divine Emperor Church seemed to have been established after Urizen's blasphemous rebellion and when the Divine Emperor sat on the Golden Throne.

I feel like there's a lot of complexity going on here.

Just as Lind adjusted his mindset and prepared to continue reading, Efit's voice rang out outside the tent.

"Master~ It's me~" Efit's voice sounded like a lark. "The mining team is ready to set off."

"Ah? Ah, I see." After a moment of pause, Lin De remembered that there was indeed such an arrangement today, to go to the mine to mine.

The little iron ore that was dug up before has been almost consumed. In order to prepare for the battle with the Lion King Mara, more iron is needed to make weapons. Now the new magic furnace has been completed and more iron ore is needed.

Originally, due to safety issues, it was impossible to mine much iron ore at one time, but now an alliance of new beastmen has been established, and with the addition of the pig beastmen who are an excellent labor force, the conditions for mining have been met.

I closed the "Divine Emperor's Words" and put it away, and put the seamless scripture with no openings together. I'll read it after I finish the work, and it's a good thing to kill time.

When he walked out of the tent, Efit was already waiting outside. To Linde's surprise, Efit had changed into clothes for outdoor activities.

Then Alyssa was also there, having also changed into clothes suitable for outdoor activities.