Chapter 400: Healing
The hijacked passenger ship was sailing on the dark sea of Conquest at night. In the cabin of the passenger ship, Vanya, who was originally entering the ship to treat the wounded, officially had the opportunity to contact and communicate with the hijackers. However, the communication did not begin for long before Vanya was stunned by Bahoda's words, and then spoke in disbelief.
"Terrorist suppression...brutal slaughter...like pirates, are you...are you talking about the church? Would the church do such a thing? Is there some misunderstanding?"
"Misunderstanding? There is no misunderstanding here, Sister. Your Radiant Church has been cruelly oppressing pagans for a long time. Over the years, how many people on the many islands in this sea who were unwilling to obey your alien beliefs were exterminated by you? How many innocent people you called pagans died in your hands? Before us Xia Shu, there have been countless precedents. You colluded with the countries on the mainland, killing the people of the islands and plundering the land of the islands. These are the facts I have seen with my own eyes. You are still saying that there is a misunderstanding here?"
Facing Vanya, Bahoda spoke with a cold expression, and Bahoda's words made Vanya feel a little at a loss for a moment, not knowing how to respond.
"Well... well, I think there must be something wrong here. Generally speaking, anyone who does not respect the holy scriptures and worship the Three Saints is evil... well..."
Vanya, who grew up under the influence of the church, wanted to instinctively say that anyone who did not believe in the Three Holy Trinity was an evil cultist, but she suddenly realized something and abruptly closed her mouth.
In the religious education that Vanya originally received, anyone who did not believe in the Three Saints was an evil heretic or cultist. Cultists and heretics were absolutely evil and they needed to be watched out for at all times. They all deserved to be eliminated. Vanya used to agree with this statement from the bottom of her heart until she received the divine revelation from Akka and met Dorothy.
After experiencing a series of things, Vanya now really can't say that she doesn't believe that the Three Saints are cultists. After all, in a sense, her own beliefs are not very pure.
Seeing that Vanya was speechless for a moment, Bahoda thought that it was his words that made the other party speechless, and he couldn't help but raise his momentum and continued speaking.
"Huh...it seems like you can't say anything more to defend your own Glory. So the truth is clear, isn't it? Glory doesn't have the power to force others to accept their way of thinking, nor does it have the power to kill innocent lives at will. In our opinion, you are the cult, the cultists we must fight against."
"Well... Even if that's the case, even if the church has many faults, you shouldn't target these pilgrims. Most of them are ordinary people who believe in the Virgin Mary... not members of the church. I'm the only one who truly belongs to the church on these three ships. Even these sailors, although they belong to the Knights, are relatively marginal characters. So can you let the others go?"
Covering her chest, Vanya tried to persuade Bahoda with a worried look on her face, but Bahoda responded coldly.
"When you, the Glory, attacked the heretics, you didn't consider whether they were ordinary innocent people. We are just returning the favor. Countless people in this sea have been persecuted by you. Now it's finally our turn. We don't have time to care about more things."
Bahoda spoke to Vanya sternly. Vanya was startled after hearing Bahoda's words, and then continued to ask.
"It's your turn... Are you being..."
Listening to Bahoda's words, Vanya seemed to realize something and said, Bahoda at this time seemed a little impatient with communicating with Vanya, and he spoke bluntly.
"Now, you don't need to know too much about our affairs, Sister. Just complete your mission and treat the wounded here."
After hearing what Bahoda said, Vanya paused for a moment, then sighed and bent down to continue treating the wounded in the cabin. At this time, Dorothy, who was far away, was sitting in the cabin of her own passenger ship, sorting out the information she had obtained.
'According to what these guys said... they seem to be natives living on remote islands in the Conquered Sea. In this world, there are some areas that the "civilization" of the main continent has not deeply involved in. They still maintain the primitive beliefs of their own nation since ancient times, just like the indigenous people of Capac in the New World...
'But the difference is... compared to the New World, these islands are closer to the main continent, closer to the Glorious Church and the countries on the main continent, so they are more susceptible to its influence. Now it seems that the Glorious Church seems to be cooperating with other colonial countries to conquer those remote islands in the sea and carry out forced missionary work. If the natives of these islands refuse to listen to their teachings, they will be subjected to tough measures including military operations. At present, Xia Shu Island, where these hijackers belong, is facing such threats from the church.
'So...the reason they hijacked the church's passenger ship was probably to threaten the church to stop the violent actions that the church was about to carry out against them. Now the pilgrims on these three passenger ships are hostages, hostages in the hands of the Xiashu natives.
'These guys want to use hostages to force the church to make concessions on the missionary issue? This is completely impossible. The church will not compromise for such a small number of people. Even if these people cannot be saved, the church will never agree to their conditions.'
Sitting in her dim cabin, Dorothy was anxiously analyzing. In her opinion, Vanya and the others were in a very dangerous situation, because in her opinion, the possibility of the church agreeing to the conditions was almost zero. Vanya and the others were always at risk of being killed. If the church could not provide strong rescue, then these hundreds of people would be doomed.
Dorothy was anxious, and with this anxiety, she also had some doubts.
'But then again, how did this group of island natives attack Vanya and her crew so accurately? The main extraordinary combat forces on their fleet were detained by the Inquisition because of the Navaha incident. Their voyage from Navaha to Ivig was in a window period when their defense was the weakest, and they just took this opportunity to carry out the hijacking operation. This is too coincidental, as if they knew that the fleet's defense was weak.
'So how did they get this information? Is there a spy in their church? But it doesn't seem like that. Do these natives have the ability to plant a spy in the church?'
Dorothy thought with a confused look on her face, but the information she had obtained so far was too little, so she couldn't do anything, but she still didn't know how to deal with them.
"My main body is too far away from there. Currently, I can only exert influence there through Vanya. What I can do is very limited, so I have to think of a way to increase the expansion of influence..."
Dorothy thought so in her heart, and then she began to follow Vanya's senses to continue observing the situation in the cabin in the distance, trying to find other points of contact.
Vanya is Dorothy's first companion, subordinate and believer. She thinks highly of Vanya and does not want anything to go wrong in this incident involving Vanya. Regardless of whether the church launches a rescue or not, Dorothy must ensure Vanya's safety.
In the cabin of the hijacked passenger ship, Vanya continued to treat the injured sailors carefully. With her rich medical knowledge and the ability of a healing priest, her treatment was very effective and fast. The hijackers who were watching from the side were all amazed for a while.
As Vanya treated the patient, more and more native hostages came to the cabin to watch. Some of them were injured in the previous battle. Although most of their injuries were not serious, they were still wounds, and they were very painful wherever they were.
Although the extraordinary people in the "Cup" have the ability to heal themselves, that is generally a matter of reaching the Chasm stage. Most of these people are black soil, and they have no self-healing ability without the help of extraordinary props. Therefore, these injured hijackers, after seeing Vanya's healing ability, are a little jealous.
Just as Vanya was treating the last few sailors, one of the hijackers said something to Bahoda, the leader, in a language that neither Vanya nor Dorothy could understand. After thinking about something, Bahoda responded directly to the hijacker's question. After hearing Bahoda's response, the hijacker shook his head in disappointment for a moment.
After seeing the other party's performance, Dorothy in the cabin couldn't help but touch her chin and had some ideas in her mind.
Finally, Vanya completed the initial treatment of all the sailors. After the healing was completed, the nun in the robe stood up from the wounded and silently looked at the hijackers in front of her.
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