Chapter 553: The Trial of Lady Rand! The Wishes of the Torch Goddess
With Rand's help, Olenna has passed this hurdle for now.
As long as we don't reveal too many flaws, there won't be any big problems.
Bolan breathed a sigh of relief.
After entering the lord's hall with Rand, Bolan discussed some official business with Rand and Olenna, and then Olenna left to make some preparations, such as making the bed in the bedroom.
The bedrooms are maintained by the high-ranking officials of the sanctuary and will not be entrusted to the maids.
At this time, Rand was standing on his lord's chair, looking very inappropriate, but Bolan knew what Rand was going to do.
Go to the Kingdom of God.
There was an evil altar buried beneath Rand's chair, and he seemed to have mastered some skill that allowed him to gain favors from the gods without paying any price, and Bolan knew it.
"Do you want to go to the bedroom?" Rand asked Bolan before going to the kingdom of God.
Bolan put his palm to his forehead: "According to the Sanctuary's safety regulations, shouldn't there be at least one senior person by your side to protect you?"
"Except for the Lord's Hall. I am almost immortal here." Rand smiled.
"Oh, then I'll go and take a look." Bolan did not stay in the lord's hall any longer.
Rand left only one set of clothes behind and headed for the Mother Goddess's kingdom.
Since obtaining [Blessing 8: Rand's Eternity], Rand has studied it several times, but has not figured out its specific function.
This seems to be transformed from Will N, which can make him completely immune to the side effects of [Blessing 1: Thirst of the Black Goat Mother].
Now, in addition to the original function of Will N, this Blessing 8 seems to be... some kind of qualification? Rand is still studying it, and maybe what role it will play in the future.
Since this ability is named after me, it means...
However, this time Rand went to the Kingdom of God not to study his own blessing8.
Instead, it deals with the follow-up issues of Grand Duke Vladimir's sacrificial offering.
According to the original history, the sacrifice of Grand Prince Vladimir would really bring about some changes in the world.
It will allow the gods who were originally isolated in the kingdom of God and had difficulty intervening in this world to actually take the initiative to do something for the main world.
Normally, gods cannot do this.
They can only make deals by getting believers to voluntarily "sacrifice" because of the nature of their power and the authority they hold.
This may be the only way that gods could influence the world in the past.
Perhaps it was due to the rules established in ancient times, or perhaps it was because the main world had an inherent aversion to gods. Rand was not sure of the specific reasons, but at least he was certain that before the incident of Grand Duke Vladimir's sacrifice, the means for gods to intervene in this world were quite limited.
But after the events of Prince Vladimir's sacrifice...
This is what Rand is doing now. It is the fact that Grand Duke Vladimir has come to the main world that has caused the gods to increase their means of influencing this world and even to issue oracles directly.
Or maybe, Grand Duke Vladimir's sacrifice was just part of many events that followed. Whether Grand Duke Vladimir sacrificed and descended or not, the gods would gradually "wake up"? Rand didn't know, but this matter was very important, so Rand came.
The Mother Goddess's kingdom remains the same as always.
The wriggling of flesh and blood and the spread of thirst are always the main themes here, or the whole theme.
The mother of all things, Gauze Nicholas, is not a god with much rationality. Rand didn't even think that what he saw was her true self.
But none of this matters, everything is normal here. Rand has been here many times, and is somewhat familiar with the tentacles and other gods' flesh and blood here. Rand can even feel their possible "emotions".
And at least now, everything is normal here and there seems to be no problem.
Rand returned naked to his seat in the lord's hall.
Then after a moment it disappeared again.
Rand brought the altar of the Mother Goddess to the White Kingdom. In the White Kingdom, Rand had tried to observe the situation of the Mother Goddess's kingdom. Now going there again is just a side trip, and the kingdoms of the other evil gods that remained in the territory are the highlight.
The kingdom of the God of Struggle was still in ruins. The wolf-shaped god still looked down on Rand. When Rand first came here, the wolf-shaped god cast a glance at him, but did not react much.
Rand observed the huge god and this kingdom of God.
There seemed to be no movement.
The next one is the Scourge Apostle. The Scourge Apostle’s kingdom of God is as silent as ever.
The Scourge Apostle himself is a normal human-shaped skeleton, and he did not react much to Rand's arrival.
There seemed to be no movement.
Then you have basically finished watching the kingdom of the evil god.
Rand tried to send people to look for the Blood of Nourishment, or some other altar of evil gods that had appeared in history, but either they "could not get in touch" or there was no altar at all.
For example, Rand had no way of using the altar of the Naga god, as the god seemed to be dead. Anyway, humans like Rand who were not of Naga royal blood could not sacrifice themselves.
As for the Nurturing Blood, the altars of the Nurturing Blood were basically destroyed by the Torch Church. At that time, the Torch Church was the most powerful, and all countries hated the Nurturing Blood very much. However, Rand never had the opportunity to touch the altar of the Nurturing Blood.
Then there is only one left.
Rand put on his clothes and found Bolan, who had returned to the Lord's Hall and looked very confused: "I want to go to the Torch Church at the foot of the mountain."
Bolan nodded to show that he heard it.
She had just seen Rand's bedroom, and now she had some doubts.
Before leaving, Ellie did not mention anything about the bedroom, and since Ellie did not mention it, Bolan assumed it was normal.
Although Bolan had no experience, he had a general idea of how a normal aristocratic family lived.
For example, the Snow Wolf family where Ellie lived as a boarding student when she was a child. The Snow Wolf Duke and the Snow Wolf Duchess lived together. The Snow Wolf Duke himself also had some lovers, but they all lived in other places, such as some manors, or simply had some residences of their own.
But Rand...
It is true that Rand lived with Ellie and her husband, but everyone also lived with Rand's other lovers.
Rand's lover also holds a high-level position in the Sanctuary, and at the same time lives with the Rands as Rand's lover.
It is very rare for a lover to hold an important position in a territory. The lovers of nobles generally do not participate in the management of the territory. Only the wife is qualified to assist in the management of the territory.
If the lover gets involved, it would be a provocation to the lady in a sense, but the Dukedom of the Moon is different, everyone has always been like this, and the attributes of the high-ranking officials in the territory may be higher than those of Rand's lover.
Lovers of other nobles would not live with the noble couple, or in theory would try to avoid appearing in front of the couple to avoid being dealt with by the real power.
But Ellie would prefer everyone to live together as one big family.
Bolan didn't know what the high-ranking officials of the Sanctuary were thinking, but Ellie actually took it for granted and didn't even mention it? Bolan had never been anyone's wife, and Ellie's taking it for granted made her a little unsure. Was it true that some noble families were like this? From Rand's appearance, it seemed that there was no problem living with his lover, so what should he do at night?
Who would accompany Rand and the others to go out and enjoy the cold wind? I don't understand.
Now we can only take things one step at a time. Rand's expression looks very serious. I guess he still has some important things to do. I'll ask him again in the evening.
Bolan has further felt the specialness of this place.
Rand and Berlan entered the Torch Church together.
Today, after numerous expansions over the years, the Torch Church in the resort is no longer the Torch Church chapel that was originally planned.
Now the church's spire pierces the sky, the glazed tiles reflect the sunlight into brilliant light, and huge stone pillars support the dome with intricate artistic paintings.
This is the current Central Cathedral of the Newborn Torch Church.
Yes, although there are still some old members of the Torch Church's newborn faction who do not agree with the current changes, they will not really do anything to oppose it or betray the newborn faction.
The elders of the Torch Church's newborn sect have also seen many things happening now. At least now, although the Torch Church's newborn sect has changed, its original intention has certainly not changed. It's just that the means chosen are different from before.
They don't understand, but they won't hinder them, and if their superiors call on them, they will obey orders.
The current Central Cathedral of the Torch Church in the holiday resort is already the recognized core of the new sect of the Torch Church, or in other words, the orthodox core of the Torch Church.
The now silent Turtle Faction has completely closed itself off from the outside world.
The power of the Utilitarian New Holy City has been greatly reduced after the actions of the Novice Faction. Moreover, since the Utilitarian Faction changed its leader, its actions do not seem to be as utilitarian as at the beginning.
However, the Torch Church's fledgling faction, which cooperates with the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health, continues to grow and develop with the cooperation between the two parties.
Rand's political influence continues to expand, while the Goddess of Harvest and Health and the Novice Torch Church provide religious influence. The two sides complement each other and develop at an extremely fast speed.
After Rand came to the church.
The church staff all saluted Rand.
"Archbishop, please follow me." A young, beautiful and simply dressed nun said to Rand.
In order to deepen the cooperation between the two parties, the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health and the Newborn Sect of the Torch Church now have mutual appointments.
For example, Rand is both the head of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health and the cardinal of the nascent sect of the Torch Church.
Today, Archbishop Karin and Archbishop Kahn also serve as bishops in the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health.
There is actually not much difference between the two sides' ideas in essence, they just believe in different gods.
And if there really are no gods in this world, the two sides might really merge into one.
Unfortunately, the power of gods still exists objectively, although they never issue oracles.
It's a rare opportunity to come to the altar of the Central Cathedral of the Torch Church's nascent sect.
The surrounding area has been cleared.
Rand stared at the statue of the torch goddess behind the altar.
The Torch Goddess is the only righteous god in this world. She does not accept any sacrifices of flesh and blood. She only blesses her believers when they destroy evil spirits with fire.
[Blessing 6: Favor of the Torch Goddess]
Rand had no chance to go to the Torch Goddess's kingdom.
But Rand still planned to come here to see if he could get any news.
At least judging from the blessing, the Torch Goddess doesn't seem to hate her.
Rand closed his eyes and prayed like a devout Torch believer.
Although he is actually the leader of the evil god sect and a messenger of God.
There doesn't seem to be any response.
Some time passed.
[Blessing 9: Wishes from the Torch Goddess]
Blessing 9 has no effect, just a message: "Evil is coming, may victory be with you."
It seems that some news has been obtained.
Just now I was thinking that the gods could never issue oracles to this world. I don't know how the Torch Goddess did it. Could it be that the gods can already intervene in this world? And it was Rand himself who was special? Rand's tone was a little more relaxed, and he said to Bolan: "We're done, let's go back."
Although after seeing the news about the Torch Goddess, it is estimated that the influence of the gods on this world will definitely be further strengthened in the future.
This world is full of evil gods except the Torch Goddess, so I guess there will be a lot of trouble.
But since he could get accurate information, it was still a good thing. At least Rand didn't plan to worry too much today. He had just returned to the territory and planned to combine work and rest.
I have been working for a long time just now, and I shouldn’t continue working now. After all, there is no such rush.
Bolan followed Rand back to the lord's hall in silence.
Then it was dinner, and then a bath in the large bathing pool. While bathing, Bolan was still careful to hide himself in the water.
And then.
Just go back to the bedroom door.
Just now, Olena came over and talked to Bolan about the shift schedule.
This is where the problem comes in.
Today, Olenna is accompanying Rand, so where does this "Duchess" live?
"Where do I live?" asked Bolan.
Rand was a little surprised: "Didn't Ellie tell you?"
Bolan shook his head.
Rand was a little disappointed. He thought Bolan was mentally prepared.
Now it seems that there is a problem.
"Uh..., anyway..." Rand stammered and quickly explained the situation.
And Bolan looked shocked.
"Ah? Ah!... Is that what Ellie does..." Bolan was at a loss for words, "Can I not do this?"
"Of course you can, but Ms. Boland, you don't want people to doubt your identity, right?" Rand said.
Rand didn't want to force Berlan to do anything.
It all depends on what choice Bolan makes.
Whether it is revealing that she is a woman and that she has a strange relationship with Rand, or always playing the role of Ellie, it is not an easy path to take.
This is a trial! It can only be said that someone has finally had to bear the consequences of the chaotic relationship between the top leaders of the Holy Land.
(End of this chapter)
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