[Chapter 195 The Holy Light and the Earth Are Deceiving You Together]
“Missionary?” David looked at the man who suddenly appeared, and looked at Gareth Stanton next to him with a surprised look.
This missionary named Raines was brought here by Gareth Stanton.
“This missionary was introduced by Earl Sutton Stewart.” Gareth Stanton explained the situation in the simplest words.
Hearing that it was Earl Sutton Stewart, David immediately understood what was going on.
Back then, he learned about some plans of the Temple through the eavesdropping device in the capital. He had been back for almost a year and had not seen any special movement. He thought that the pharmacist Cordell was a pawn specially arranged by the Temple to be by his side.
I didn’t expect that there would be missionaries coming here… If
you think about it carefully, this situation is also reasonable. If the Temple wants to develop believers in the northern part of the Kingdom of Tilan, someone must be responsible for preaching.
This kind of work cannot be entrusted to people like “spies” or “pharmacists”.
“Welcome to Winter Town, Missionary Raines.” After welcoming the missionary, David asked in a pretentious manner, “Does Missionary Raines have something important to do when he traveled all the way from the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt to the northernmost border of the Kingdom of Tilan?”
“To spread the gospel of the gods.” Missionary Raines explained his purpose very readily. He planned to build a church in Winter Town and then spread the teachings of the temple, so that the Kingdom of Tilan, the northernmost human kingdom on the continent, would also become a place where the glory of the gods could shine.
Before coming here, he was not satisfied with this task, and felt that going to a remote village with a harsh environment was not a task worth looking forward to.
Even if he could succeed, he did not think that a remote town could affect the entire Kingdom of Tilan, and he was not very optimistic about the plan of slowly affecting the core of the kingdom from the periphery.
But the task had been handed over to him, and he had no room for refusal, so he could only bite the bullet and set foot on the road to the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Tilan.
Along the way, he felt more and more that this mission was a headache for him. He was afraid that he would suffer for many years in this remote countryside.
He even wondered if he had offended someone? That’s why he was sent to such a place?
When he arrived at the northern plains, looking at the rough and backward small villages, he began to calculate which enemies he had?
Until he arrived at Winter Town!
It must be said that when the completed Winter Town appeared in front of him, he once suspected that he had gone in the wrong direction.
Raines believed that he had not come to the remote border of the Kingdom of Tilan, but to the most prosperous and lively area of the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt.
Only there can you see such a beautiful, gorgeous and clean town.
“No, even those places can’t be cleaner and tidier than here!”
The houses in Winter Town are beautifully built, and there is no dirty and smelly filth and garbage on the flat and wide road, which is enough to make the road where several carriages are driving side by side look very imposing, and even more impressive. The palace in the distance is extraordinary.
Raines realized that his mission was not that bad, and his mood immediately went from the abyss to heaven, so he was in this state when he met Baron David Glamorgan, the Lord of Winter Town.
However, when he greeted Baron David Glamorgan and hoped to build a temple dedicated to the gods in Winter Town, the Baron was very cold.
This is not surprising, the people of the Kingdom of Tilan do not believe in the gods of the temple, otherwise he would not have come all the way to Winter Town.
The missionary anticipated the troubles he would encounter next, and he decided to start his work immediately. After all, he had obtained the consent of the Lord to build a house of his own.
Of course, he had to hire a local construction team in Winter Town, and he had to buy a piece of “land” from the Lord first.
Although the Lord said that only areas with infrastructure can build houses for people to live in, he didn’t quite understand what it meant.
But he understood that it was all about money! This was not a problem for Raines, who had sufficient start-up funds!
Things that can be solved with money are not a problem!
“It would be great if I could pay the lord of Winter Town to help me promote the faith of the Temple.” Unfortunately,
Baron Glamorgan did not take up the topic at all. He just said that the people in Winter Town were free to believe in whatever they wanted. You can develop believers in Winter Town on your own, provided that you do not violate the laws of the Kingdom of Tiran and Winter Town.
In any case, Raines obtained a piece of land and could preach in Winter Town, and his mission officially began.
So far, everything has been going well, until he began to contact the people in Winter Town, and found that many people here have their own beliefs.
“Holy light? What is that?” It
was not until this time that Raines knew that the huge building located in the southwest of Winter Fortress was called the Cathedral of Holy Light. The people here generally believed in an existence called Holy Light, and the Cathedral of Holy Light was built for this purpose…
After meeting Raines, David returned to his office and called Edwin Van Cleef to ask him to focus on this missionary from the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt.
“If he promotes the faith of the temple to the people in the town, you know what to do…”
“Yes, sir, I know what to do.”
So, when Raines discussed faith with the residents of Winter Town, there would always be someone who would interrupt at the right time and say, “We believe in the Holy Light.”
Since most of the people in Winter Town are former members of the Stonemasons Guild and their relatives from Azeroth, everyone agrees with this answer.
Even if Raines occasionally encounters “natives of this world,” someone will answer at the right time.
Because they have lived together for a long time, the farmers are familiar with each other, and no one will notice anything unusual when they are together. These people who interrupted are indeed farmers in Winter Town, so Raines can’t see any problems.
In addition, the Holy Light is no longer a secret in Winter Town. As the number of people using the Holy Light increases, more and more people have seen the Holy Light.
Occasionally, if a resident has a headache, fever, or is injured, they can find someone in Winter Town who knows the Holy Light and get treatment quickly.
Especially after Liadrin and Sally Whitemane, two Holy Light priests, came to Winter Town, when they saw someone in need of help, even if the other party did not ask for help, they would take the initiative to help.
The two Holy Light priests made the Holy Light quickly popular in Winter Town, which was not a big town. Therefore, even if someone answered “on their behalf”, these “natives” would echo and say “Yes, we all believe in the Holy Light!”
In this way, Raines could not detect any abnormalities. He only felt a huge crisis: What exactly is the Holy Light? Why did it gain such strong recognition in this remote place?
Just when he was confused and continued to wander around Winter Town, wanting to learn more information, he met Mark Watney, who had nothing to do recently and was planting new fruits in his fields.
After trying to ask again, he finally didn’t hear the word “holy light” from the other party. When he tried to ask if the other party had any “faith”, he got a reply that made him even more confused.
“Mother Earth is protecting you!”
“???”
While Raines was in a state of confusion, David was listening to the information brought back by Floyd and Krausa.
“One hundred knights (cavalry) of the Iron Tree Knights? Three hundred fully equipped elite infantry and one hundred strong archers?” David looked at the two people in front of him and was a little surprised at the “number of reinforcements” given by the two people: “Iron Tree Castle has invested a lot this time.”
He did not question whether the information they brought back was accurate, because Krausa and Floyd not only carefully observed the situation of the reinforcements, but also took many photos.
“In addition, there are nearly a thousand auxiliary soldiers.” A thousand auxiliary soldiers are recruited farmers. These are semi-professional soldiers who have received training. When necessary, they can also be sent to the battlefield after being issued some weapons and simple protective gear.
Under normal circumstances, these auxiliary soldiers are only responsible for auxiliary work such as transporting supplies and setting up camps.
After looking at the photos in front of him, David also noticed another pile of photos, which were all ruins: “Are these… villages in the eastern part of the Northern Plains?”
“Yes! Klausa and I went to the east to check. I guess this is the real reason why Iron Tree Castle sent reinforcements.”
David looked at the photos quietly, and finally saw a large number of orcs in a few photos. There were even photos of orcs shooting arrows at the people taking pictures: “Oh, this one is good!”
David casually threw the photos in his hand, and what he thought about was another thing: the number of orcs is growing too fast! Where did so many orcs come from? Is there another area in the eastern part of the Northern Plains? There are a lot of orcs living in that area?
“It looks like this winter in Snowforest Castle will be very lively…”
“Sir.” After reporting the necessary military intelligence, Floyd added another thing: “On the way back, Klausa and I went to see the reinforcements and confirmed that they were indeed heading towards Snowforest Castle.”
It can be basically confirmed that this army is heading for the orcs. David does not have to worry about waking up and finding a bunch of people lined up on the plains outside Winter Town waiting to be executed.
“However, there is a smaller team that has separated from the main force. Judging from the direction they are heading, they may want to come to Winter Town.”
“Oh?” David lowered his head and searched through the photos. Floyd immediately found a few of the photos for David to check.
At first glance, David saw an acquaintance in the photo: “Isn’t this Marlonie Mansfield?”
(End of this chapter)