Wearing black silk for a foreign woman

Around the Sisters of War, one can see some human militiamen praying. This is not surprising, as there are already believers of the Church of the Divine Emperor in the camp. After all, the camp is full of prisoners exiled from the Holy Empire. In addition, there is no church yet, so some believers will go to the monastery of the Sisters of War to pray.

Since the Divine Emperor Church did not have a strong tendency to "make it difficult for me because you refuse to convert and die", Lind did not deliberately stop the people from praying spontaneously. After stopping to take a look, Lind headed towards the mountain pass.

Before reaching the mountain pass, Lind saw a group of new beastmen gathered together. There were many of them, some from the camp and some from other tribes. These beastmen sat together, and Fran was standing on a large rock in the front.

At this time, the former Chaos Shaman, wearing the nun's uniform of the Divine Emperor Church and holding the scepter of the Earth Mother Goddess, was holding a simple booklet in his hand and said loudly to the new beastmen in front of him: "The Son of God said: When facing a situation that you don't understand or have never seen before, you should think more."

What!? Linde stared at Fran on the stone in a daze.

Chapter 222: The Words of the Son of God

Looking at the scene in front of him, Linde was very confused. A new beastman from the fox tribe, wearing the nun's clothes of the Divine Emperor Church, holding the staff of the Earth Mother Goddess, proclaiming the teachings of the Earth Mother Goddess's son. By analogy, it feels like a woman wearing Taoist clothes, holding Buddhist beads, putting her hands together and saying "Amitabha".

Then think about it, this shaman who presided over the sermon was a Chaos Shaman of a Chaos Beastman before, and he converted to the Mother Goddess of the Earth after being influenced by the superb preaching of the Son of God. If we make another analogy... Lind no longer knew how to make the analogy.

All in all, this was a very explosive scene.

Not only Lind, when Fran was presiding, Lind could clearly feel the murderous eyes of the war nuns behind him. In another situation, Lind had no doubt that they would rush up and knock Fran to the ground, and then perform the otherworldly version of the Eighteen Bronze Men Formation.

However, it is time to change Fran's clothes. She always wears the nun uniform of the Divine Emperor Church to spread the glory of the Mother Earth. This is not a question of "why do you wear Pinru's clothes?" It may even trigger a religious war.

But the Mother Earth doesn’t even have a systematic religious organizational structure and is still in the primitive religious mode. Does she have a uniform?

Let’s put the matter of clothes aside for now, this fox is preaching in his own name!

How can this be!

The new beastmen followed Fran and repeated Fran's words, but the content sounded strange, with a kind of "God said to believe in science" aesthetic. Even more weird, Lind also saw many human militias in the crowd, and even saw Knight Ram!

Just when Linde felt as if there were 10,000 alpacas running through his heart, Fran on the stone also saw Linde not far away. Seeing Fran was about to say hello to him, Linde hurriedly made a no gesture and stopped Fran.

After stopping Fran, Linde waved to her and asked her to come over.

"Everyone keep praying, I'll be back soon." Fran said to the believers, then ran towards Lind happily.

Some believers followed Fran's gaze and saw Lind. They became excited and some of them prayed devoutly to Lind.

Led by someone, all the new beastmen turned around and prayed to Lind, which made Lind feel extremely complicated.

This was outdoors, there were no chairs or benches like in the church, and these people knelt on the ground to pray. So many people knelt down at once, and they knelt towards him, which made Lind feel very uncomfortable.

Even if gods really existed in this world, and he was the son of God, they were still kneeling to him. This made Linde feel uncomfortable all over, especially the last point, they were still kneeling to him.

Then the key point is that Lind can't shout "Don't kneel!" at them now, not just because he doesn't have a gun.

"Your Highness the Son of God, are you looking for me?" Fran came to Lind happily with a flattering smile on her face.

"What's going on?" Linde took a deep breath and pointed at the crowd praying towards him with a bad look on his face.

"Leading the prayers." Fran said as a matter of course. "As the shaman of the Mother Earth, it is my duty to lead the prayer ceremony for the believers."

The problem is that the ritual of the Earth Mother is not like this... Linde was confused. If he remembered correctly, the sacrificial ritual of the Earth Mother was more primitive, with the shamans singing and dancing around the fire.

"I remember that the ceremony of Mother Earth was not like this." Lind asked his doubts.

"There is no fixed way to worship the Earth Mother Goddess. I learned this from the Divine Emperor Church." Fran said with a smirk on her face. "The original ritual required singing and dancing. This outfit is not suitable. My breasts hurt a lot. So I referred to the Divine Emperor Church's method and made some improvements. Don't worry, your mother has agreed."

"She is not my mother..." Linde felt his temples throbbing.

"But haven't you already accepted the title of Son of God?" Fran smiled softly. "And if you deny it now, it will be very bad~"

Linde looked deeply at Fran in front of him. In Linde's eyes, the other person's smile also felt a little evil.

At this moment, Linde understood a little bit how Zhao Kuangyin felt back then. The title of Son of God was initially accepted in order to cooperate with the Mother Goddess of the Earth, but the current development of the situation made Linde feel that he had no choice.

Especially now, with the establishment of the new Beastmen Alliance, the importance of Lind's banner is self-evident. If Lind firmly denies his identity as the Son of God at this time, the disintegration of the alliance would be an understatement.

"I'll settle the score with you after the war is over." Linde suppressed his anger and stretched out his hand to Fran. "Let me see the book in your hand."

"Here~" Fran obediently took out the booklet from her chest and handed it to Linde.

The corners of Linde's mouth twitched again. Doesn't this nun's uniform have pockets?

He took the booklet, which was made of a few pieces of wood and was very crude. It was a temporary substitute for the lack of paper in the camp. After the war, Lind also planned to develop papermaking.

Lind opened the book and saw that the words were crooked and very large, just like the handwriting of a preschooler who was just learning to write.

How come this handwriting is uglier than my own? Linde glanced at Fran, who smiled brightly in response.

This fox...

When Lind opened the first page and read the first sentence, he was puzzled. There was only one short and powerful sentence on the wood chip: Convert to Mother Earth!

"This is the first sentence you said to me." Fran explained at the right time. "What is written here is what you said, Your Highness the Son of God~"

"What did I say!?" Lind was stunned, then continued to read.

After reading a few pages, Lind was sure that these were indeed what he had said. What was going on? The Words of the Son of God!?

"Your Highness, Son of God..." Just as Lind was reading his quotations, Fran asked cautiously, "You seem... not to like God? And I remember you said that you don't believe in any God?"

Linde looked at Fran deeply and answered with his eyes.

"Can I ask why?" Fran asked with a smile.

Linde was silent. How should he explain this? How should he explain to the other party what materialism was?

"It's not that I don't believe in the existence of God. After all, God's power has appeared before me many times." Linde thought for a while.

"Then why... don't you believe in God?" Fran asked.

"Grandma Fran, let me ask you a question." Lind looked at Fran seriously. "If no one had ever told you the principles of magic, what would you think when you saw someone casting magic for the first time?"

Chapter 223: God Emperor's Blessing

Everyone who has spent some time with Linde knows that he is a very easy-going person, without any airs. He can treat everyone with the same attitude, whether the other person is a noble countess or a dirty serf.

Completely different from other nobles who pretended to be friendly to the people, Linde's equal treatment came from the heart and was definitely not a pretense to win people's hearts. He truly felt from the bottom of his heart that nobles and serfs were equal.

As a member of the aristocracy, he was able to treat serfs and nobles equally from the bottom of his heart. Even the legendary saints might not be able to do this.

If treating nobles and serfs equally was surprising but acceptable, then the next thing was enough to make everyone drop their jaws: Lind did not believe in God.

Everyone who has dealt with Lind to a certain extent knows that Lind does not believe in God. It is not that he does not believe in any God, but that he does not believe in any God. Lind has never concealed this point of view. When you think he is joking, you will find out that he is serious in the following interactions.

He really didn't believe in any God. Linde had never prayed to God even once. When he encountered any trouble, he never sought help from God. Instead, he thought of solutions on his own and then came up with some methods that were useful or would be useful in the future.

A son of God, the son of the Earth Mother Goddess, actually doesn't believe in any god. If anyone said this, they would think it was a joke, but as the shaman of the Earth Mother Goddess, Fran knew it was true.

Because Mother Earth once gave Fran an oracle, asking her to try every possible way to strengthen the relationship between Lind and Mother Earth, and she also made a suggestion.

Fran knew that completing this mission was the quickest way to obtain the blessing of Mother Earth.

If you want to strengthen Linde's faith, you must first find out the reasons why Linde formed this idea. There was no opportunity before, and it was not easy for Fran to just say "Son of God, why don't you believe in your mother?" Now that the Son of God has taken the initiative to bring it up, Fran must seize the opportunity.

Fran didn't really know the principles of magic, she only knew it was related to magic power and magic runes. But since Shen Zi asked, assuming she didn't know the principles of magic at all, if she saw magic for the first time...

"Hmm... I think this is a power bestowed by a certain god on their believers?" Fran thought for a moment and gave her own answer.

"That's right." Lind nodded with satisfaction. As expected of a Shaman who could maintain his sanity during the Chaos Beastman period, he had a good brain. "But in fact, magic has principles, and it can be mastered through learning."

"When did humans learn the principles of magic?" Lind asked.

"That... I don't know." Fran smiled bitterly and shook her head. "I'm just a beastman shaman. I don't know such profound knowledge."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know." Lind shook his finger. "In the Holy Empire, there are two theories about the origin of magic. One is that the high elves taught it to humans, and the other is a revelation from God, the God of Magic, Mamiel."

"Is that so?" Fran nodded in agreement.

"Let's put aside where human magic originated from, but the power of magic is still developing. As far as I know, in the past, magic was also called the power of God. But now, it has become a noble knowledge that human nobles can learn, and it will soon be available to ordinary people."

"If magic is like this, why can't divine arts be the same?" Linde smiled. "If magic can be transformed from the power of God into a noble knowledge, why can't divine arts be the same now?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Fran denied it instinctively. Forget magic, but how could humans master the power of God?!

Linde was not angry, he just looked at the other person quietly. He knew that just a few words from him could not easily shake the faith of a believer.

In Lind's opinion, magic and so-called divine arts are both a kind of power, and both are powers that did not exist in the world before crossing. But since magic has been preliminarily explained and the method of learning has been mastered, why can't divine arts work?

There is no god corresponding to magic, but does divine arts exist? Magic has a god, and the one that Ilfa and Elisa believe in is Mamiel, the god of magic.

"Your Highness, the Son of God." After the panic, Fran regained her composure. She looked at the Son of God in front of her and said with some confusion. "I think I understand what you mean. You think that divine arts, like magic, will sooner or later become a power that can be learned by ordinary people, right?"

"Almost." Lind nodded.

"But this doesn't conflict with belief in gods." Fran said in surprise. "Take Mother Earth for example. If you want to analyze Mother Earth's magic so that humans can learn and use it like magic, then wouldn't it be easier if we believe in Mother Earth?"

Fran spread her hands and looked at Lind in surprise, waiting for Lind's answer.

Linde looked at the other person expressionlessly.

Doesn’t studying and analyzing divine arts, or even gods, conflict with believing in gods?

No! It's very conflicting!

It is completely different from magic. The use of magic can be studied through logical reasoning and other methods. One important reason is that researchers can remain neutral, but divine arts are different. According to what is known now, divine arts require believers to believe in God wholeheartedly, devote most or even all of their energy to God, and act strictly in accordance with God's revelation. Only then can they get God's response, use divine arts, or receive God's blessing.

This means that if you want to study God and analyze divine arts, you must first become a believer and be devout enough to get a response from God. Even pretending to convert will not work. Once you really enter this state...how can you study God! ?

Admiration is the emotion that is farthest from understanding.

It is also because of this that although Lind has the title of Son of God, he has never enjoyed much blessing from Mother Earth. His so-called divine arts can only be used on call. If Mother Earth does not respond, they cannot be activated at all. They cannot be used offline like other chosen gods.

"What I want to understand is not just the magic of Mother Earth." Linde shook his head with a complicated expression.

"...You want to study the magic of other gods. It's not good to believe in any of them, so you just don't believe in anyone?" Fran thought about it and came up with an answer.

Linde shook his head again and was about to speak when he suddenly felt a burning sensation on the back of his right hand. He raised his hand and saw the holy mark of the Emperor's war hammer on the back of his hand.

Chapter 224: The Double Gods’ Choice

The two fell into silence when a warhammer pattern suddenly appeared on the back of Lind's hand.

Lind was very familiar with this pattern; it was the holy mark of Neos, the God-Emperor of the Holy Empire.

The expression on Fran's face at this moment was as strange as if she had eaten a fly. The holy marks of other gods appeared on the body of the son of the Earth Mother Goddess. It felt as strange as taking a string of Buddhist beads out of a priest's body.

After rubbing her eyes vigorously and confirming that the holy marks of the Divine Emperor Church really appeared on the back of the Son of God's hand, Fran changed her position and used her body to block the gazes of the majority of the new beastmen, preventing them from seeing the holy marks of other gods on the Son of God, which would cause the collapse of their faith.

Linde looked at the stigma on the back of his hand, and was very upset. Why do these gods like to scribble so much?

(Neos, can you hear me?) Lind called the other person's name in his mind.

(I heard it very clearly.) Soon, the voice of the God-Emperor appeared again, and along with it, there was also a feeling of cold light shining.

(What kind of background is this?) This cold light made Lind feel uncomfortable. When different gods spoke, they would have different lights, as if they had their own backgrounds. However, it was not real light, but an illusory feeling. The Mother Earth's light was a vibrant emerald green.

(You are the first one in five hundred years to have such a reaction.) Neos laughed. Although the laughter sounded tired, it sounded like the owner of the voice was in a good mood.

(…Why did you scribble on me without my permission?) Lind asked with dead eyes.

(Because I heard your answer and your attitude towards God.) God Emperor Neos replied happily.

Linde blinked in confusion. Because I don’t believe in you, you put your holy mark on me?

Obtaining the stigmata is a proof of devout faith. It's fine if it was given to the Mother Goddess of Earth, but now the God Emperor Neos has also put the stigmata on himself?

(Give me a reason that can convince me, otherwise I will refuse your stigmata.) Lind said with narrowed eyes.

(Haven't you read the book my daughter gave you yet?)

(You've been spying on me, haven't you?)

(Don't be so angry, my child. There are so many lost souls praying to me every day. I can't take care of everyone at the same time.)

(Do you admit that you are not omnipotent?)

(I never said I was almighty, I never even said I was God.)

(It’s interesting that you, who are worshipped as gods, say you are not gods.)

(You are not the same, being called the Son of God whom you do not acknowledge.)

In my mind, Lind and Neos were talking back and forth, and there was no sense of believers and gods in their conversations. Instead, it sounded like two old friends bickering with each other.

Those words just now made Linde's heart move.

(You don’t want the title of God yourself?) Linde raised his eyebrows.

(I am not a god.) Neos’ words were simple but firm.