"I'm very happy that you're willing to become a follower of Maria, but I don't quite understand what you mean." Eryi withdrew her hand. Normally, this would be a declaration of a desire to be her subordinate. But this was the monarch of a country, so that wasn't the intention.
Moira's brown hair was neatly combed, and there was not a single wrinkle on her smooth forehead. For a human over a hundred years old, she looked too young.
"I'm sorry, maybe I expressed myself too implicitly." She raised her head and looked into Eryi's eyes: "I mean, I hope to have the honor of becoming your knight." Her light blue eyes contained sincere kindness.
Eryi opened the personal panel of the monarch in front of him.
Moira Cecil [Level 8 Human]
HP 100% Fatigue 2/120 Mana: 12780
Holy Element Affinity: 52
[Blessing of the Dragon Clan]
“…”
The establishment of all countries on the continent of Nadus requires the support of the church, such as the empire.
While the Empire allows all churches to flourish freely, the Church of the God of Light is the official state religion. Every time a new monarch changes, the Pope of the God of Light prays for their blessing. The people believe that only a monarch blessed by the gods can lead them to prosperity.
The Church has certain rights in choosing the monarch.
But in most cases, the church will not interfere too much with the heir to the kingdom unless that person is an unforgivable criminal.
The country of Kayas is naturally no exception.
But the new monarch of Kayas had just driven out the gods chosen by the previous monarch, and her country now had no state religion. Her ascension to the throne had never been as logical as other monarchs, and now it was even more unjustified, as she had not even officially moved into the palace.
A month ago, she noticed a newborn deity named Maria.
At that time, she had just returned from the Dragon Continent on the other side of the empire, and her chosen place of residence happened to be a small town on the border of the empire.
A group of young adventurers are being chased by a golden bull. It looks like the adventurers have just robbed its lair. The golden bull likes to hide the coins it finds. If you can find its lair, you can find surprises every now and then.
The adventurers ran so fast that the cattle chasing them were exhausted and panting. After observing for a while, Moira found that the adventurers' endurance seemed inconsistent with their own strength.
As a superior who had personally trained a large number of soldiers, Moira was well aware of the difference between soldiers and adventurers.
Adventurers' strength lies in their flexibility. Their attack methods are diverse, and they are always able to come up with some fantastic ideas. However, their team combat capabilities are generally poor, and when there are too many of them, a few of them can sometimes hinder the team. Moreover, due to their lack of systematic training, their combat endurance is not high.
Soldiers are different; they are better at teamwork and, after systematic training, their physical strength is much higher than that of adventurers.
But according to Moira's observation, the physical strength of these adventurers exceeded that of the soldiers she was training at that time.
Had something changed in the years she'd been away? Moira decided to observe carefully.
Half an hour later, the Tibetan golden bull finally gave up chasing and returned to its nest.
"Let me see how many this time."
"After running for so long, it would be great if I could get a gold coin."
"Forget it. The most it can usually pick up is silver coins. I said let's wait a few months."
The adventurers happily began to count their gains and looked very energetic.
This puzzled Moira. From her observation, these adventurers didn't use any special methods when running. Unlike the soldiers, they would correct their posture and breathing during training to quickly reach the standard, which was why they had higher physical strength.
"Two hours have passed. Please pray for me again, please." A swordsman suddenly said to the female archer in the team.
"You're behind me." Another adventurer pulled the swordsman away. "I'm your official subordinate."
The female archer seemed accustomed to the situation. She took out a thin holy book and began to pray for her companions one by one.
Moira was found to have affinity with magical elements and holy elements since she was a child, and she could memorize and use both magical and priestly terms.
The words of the prayer alone revealed a fatigue-reducing prayer. Priests typically performed this prayer on major holidays for a small number of believers. This spell was definitely not something an ordinary adventurer could cast.
At first she thought this was some desperate priest who had quit his job to become an adventurer.
Moira had too much to do, and after returning to her country, she gradually forgot about it until she needed a god to bless her as a monarch.
Maria's reputation gradually reached her ears. She compared what happened at that time with Maria's deeds, and found that the adventurers had physical strength beyond that of ordinary soldiers because of the blessing of Maria priests.
She began to collect information about Maria everywhere.
The newly established church's divine guide was a young woman with no other support. The only noble who seemed even remotely interesting was a baroness.
The God Guide almost let the priests under his name run wild, which resulted in a large number of ordinary priests in Maria, and they were greatly favored by adventurers.
Adventurers were once a blind spot for various churches, and priests of all gods gave up preaching to them. Their faith was in themselves and in freedom.
But now, Maria not only gave them blessings, but also gave them freedom, which was exactly what the adventurers liked. Many adventurers had not been formally baptized, but in fact, they had already surrendered their faith imperceptibly.
Maria's guides never seem to worry that her laissez-faire attitude will lead to the loss of believers. In fact, the number of believers has not decreased, but has increased rapidly.
Look at her divine power again. Not to mention ordinary healing, limb regeneration is an ability that not ordinary gods can provide, not to mention that she is also good at expelling curses.
No god is more suitable than her to deal with the curse left by Boyle.
The adventurers were isolated by the knights brought by Moira. When they heard the conversation between Moira and Eryi, they all covered their mouths.
A tall and thin adventurer lowered his head and relayed what had just happened to his short companion.
In the history of the continent of Nadus, there is only one case of a monarch becoming a priest knight.
That is the first monarch of the empire that now occupies the largest piece of land in the continent of Nadus, and the priest of the Church of the God of Light at that time.
After the establishment of the empire, the Church of the God of Light became the state religion of the empire and expanded again. The priest naturally became the first Pope.
The custom of the monarch needing the blessing of the gods also officially began at this time.
[Sudden Mission: Accept this believer in front of you. Reward: You can add 1 branch station in this plane.]
This task pop-up window made Eryi swallow his refusal.
"I think we should talk some more."
"As you wish." Moira stood up and followed Eryi up to the second floor.
…
Eryi led Moira into the reception room on the second floor. Moira asked all her guards and followers to leave, and now there were only the two of them in the room.
The moment the door of the conference room opened, Maomao slipped in. It raised its head and looked at the strange human for a while, then swept its tail and lay down beside Eryi's legs, occasionally raising its eyelids to glance at Moira.
Moira had a standard aristocratic smile on her face and looked very decent.
What she needs is the monarch's blessing from God and the full assistance of the church.
Driving a god out of a country is easy to say, but it is not a simple matter. She demolished all the churches and temporarily imprisoned the priests. Next, she had to find a new god to replace him.
This is almost the same as letting two gods face off directly, so she has to pay a price.
Moira lived a long life and lived as the second heir to the throne for a period of time, so she knew more about the affairs of the gods than others.
Moira understood the significance of being the guide of a powerful god. Ultimately, the power of a god wasn't something this land possessed; it was the lives of its inhabitants that ultimately controlled everything. Whether this mission could be accomplished depended on her.
According to previous inquiries, this divine guide does things casually and does not have a fixed pattern of action.
Although there are rumors that she is very greedy, based on the medical prices in the treatment station and the cost of limb regeneration, it must be a misunderstanding.
The price of ordinary treatment is set so that ordinary people know that they can afford it. After all, this price is lower than all potions and priests serving other gods.
Limb regeneration, on the other hand, does not set any price, which allows ordinary people to come for treatment without any worries.
She has a noble character, a quality that is as precious as a treasure no matter where she is.
Moira had inquired before coming, and found out that the divine guide had not yet appointed any subordinate, so she lacked a powerful knight.
Kayas lacks a god who can bring them hope.
Eryi didn't want to beat around the bush. She raised her brown-black eyes seriously and said, "I need to know the reason."
"You can't hide it." The mystery grew on Eryi, and the words he spoke earnestly without any spell already had the effect of making people confess.
Moira stopped thinking and the proper smile on her face froze instantly. At this moment, she just wanted to tell everything.
Half a second later, Moira's state returned to normal again, and she thought she knew what she should say.
"I need your help."
"Kayas needs Maria's help."
——Confess before God’s spokesperson, and your secrets will be revealed.
This sentence was once recorded in ancient documents. Everyone thought it was written to highlight the power of the gods. After all, no one has been able to do it so far.
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