The prayer hall of the Church of Night was as dim as ever. Only through the holes in the wall could some light seep in, like stars in the night.

Klein sat in an inconspicuous corner, took off his tall hat, and began to pray like a devout believer.

He briefly mentioned that Russell had been resurrected in the last mausoleum, and focused on the pollution of the "original moon". He specifically emphasized that in order to prevent the "red moon" in his body from being born in the real world, the emperor took the initiative to interrupt the process of returning to the "uniqueness" of the "Black Emperor" path and the three copies of the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics.

At the end of the prayer, Klein pointed out the hidden dangers of the "blasphemy card" and expressed concern about the whereabouts of the "Mother" and "Moon" cards.

In fact, Roselle only said to be careful of the "Mother" card and did not mention the "Moon" card. However, Klein knew that both the "Earth" and "Moon" paths once belonged to the "Fallen Mother Goddess", so he was cautious and deliberately added the "Moon" card.

This is also the main reason why he is worried about "Mother Goddess of the Earth" Lilith.

Compared to most of the twenty-two paths, the High-Sequence Beyonders of the "Tillage" and "Moon" paths have a great advantage, which is that they do not need to worry about the Original awakening in their bodies, and they are not afraid of having "split personality" when they are close to the underground, because the Beyonder characteristics they possess do not directly come from the Original, and there is no corresponding mental imprint - if they go directly underground, into the "Chaos Sea", no matter who they are, they will be contaminated, but the degree and manifestation will be different.

This advantage was probably the reason why Lilith, the ancestor of the blood clan, was more special than other ancient gods in ancient times. After all, she did not need to devote a large part of her energy to dealing with the will of the original awakening. At that time, the invisible barrier protecting this world was still strong enough to keep the "Fallen Mother Goddess" and other old stars out, making it difficult for them to exert too much influence on the situation inside.

But as time went by, this advantage gradually became a problem.

As underground pollution became weaker and weaker, the invisible barrier also became more and more fragile, and some cracks appeared. Under this circumstance, the situation of "Mother Goddess of the Earth" Lilith became more and more difficult, because she was facing the erosion of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" who was becoming more and more powerful and terrifying. In this regard, the dead original creator was definitely not as good as the living "Fallen Mother Goddess".

Considering the influence of the Outer Gods beyond the Sequence on their own paths, Klein believed that there must be no negligence in the corresponding matters.

After praying, he waited for nearly five minutes, and only when he was sure that there was no response did he stand up, put on the wandering magician's tall hat, and walked out of this church belonging to the night at a moderate pace.

For him, this was mainly about fulfilling his duty to inform. As for what the "Goddess of Night" was going to do and whether she would remind him of something, he had no control over it.

In short, Klein could only temporarily believe that the "Goddess of Night" knew the difference between priorities.

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Backlund, South Bridge, Harvest Church.

Emlyn White got off his carriage, looked at the sun obscured by clouds and mist, and put on a half-high silk hat.

On his way to the church door, he gently turned the ring on his left hand, as if to reveal his identity.

The ring was translucent, as if made of light red amber, with a blood-red gem inlaid on the top. It was the reward Emlyn had received long ago: "Lilith's Ring".

——After becoming a demigod, Emlyn was able to suppress the "blood thirst" that came with the ring to a certain extent. He only needed to drink human blood from three blood bottles every day to no longer suffer the corresponding negative effects. Therefore, in order to reflect his special identity as the one favored by the ancestor, he began to wear this ring for a long time.

After entering the Harvest Church, Emlyn took off his hat automatically.

At this time, Kasimir, Oness and other Backlund vampires who were waiting for Bishop Utravsky's sermon stood up one after another, looked at the ground in the aisle, and spoke in a low voice:

"Good morning, Your Excellency."

Emlyn looked forward and nodded imperceptibly:

"Is Mistral not here yet?"

"Count Mistral has a small chapel in his home," Ernes explained briefly.

Emlyn did not comment on this behavior. He just walked forward and said casually:

"But you still have to come here when Mass is held."

He glanced around and then said:

"Where is Bishop Utravsky?"

"The bishop is waiting for you in the back. The messenger from the church has arrived." O'Ness controlled his facial expression and answered Emlyn's question respectfully.

The church's messenger... Emlyn turned the light red ring on his left hand and walked to the back of the church.

Soon, he saw Father Utravsky and the church messenger with curly black hair, a high nose and deep eyes in the reading room.

"This is His Excellency Archbishop Loreto." Father Utravsky introduced him to Emlyn.

He stood by the window, blocking out most of the light.

"Good morning, Master Loreto." Emlyn responded in accordance with the etiquette of the Church of the Earth.

Loreto laughed in a rather awkward Loenese:

"You don't need to call me Your Excellency. Although you are not the Archbishop, you have the status of an Archbishop. From today on, you are the clergyman and senior deacon in charge of the affairs of the Backlund vampires in the church."

Without giving Emlyn time to digest the news, Loreto continued:

"I came to Backlund because I was asked by the Holy See to tell you in person some matters that need attention within the church."

"Please go ahead." Emlyn suppressed his inner complacency and said politely.

Loreto's expression suddenly became serious:

"First of all, the most important point is that no matter if they are clergymen of the church or believers of the Mother Goddess, as long as they claim to have received divine revelation, they are all being oppressed by the devil, without exception.

"If someone reports something similar to you, or if you yourself have received divine revelation, please inform Bishop Utravsky as soon as possible and report it to the church."

The priest didn’t mention this before... This request sounds strange, as if he is doubting something... Emlyn frowned and glanced at Father Utravsky by the window and said:

"The bishop never said anything about paying attention to this aspect..."

Before he finished speaking, Emlyn suddenly felt that he was blaming Bishop Utravsky, but he couldn't find a better excuse in his haste.

Almost at the same time, he understood the strangeness of Archbishop Loreto's words just now:

This is to tell everyone that the Mother Goddess you sense is most likely not the real Mother Goddess!

This is just like saying that a large part of the revelations from our ancestors that our blood race has obtained are fake and come from the devil or evil gods... Emlyn's eyes sank slightly, and he tried to maintain his composure and not lose his composure.

At this time, Loreto smiled without any concern:

"Bishop Utravsky didn't tell you because he didn't know either."

The priest didn't know... For a moment, Emlyn actually felt a little sympathy for Bishop Utravsky. He felt that as a Feysac native and a clergyman who converted later, he was rejected by the rest of the Church of the Earth, either overtly or covertly.

Noticing the change in his eyes, Loreto added:

"That's because he is a person favored by God and doesn't need to care about the devil and evil gods."

Bishop Utravsky nodded and said calmly:

"The revelation of the Mother Goddess is in Her holy scriptures, in Her teachings. Anything else is heresy."

Emlyn was slightly puzzled, but he felt there was nothing to ask, so he said "hmm" and said to Loreto:

"So what's the second point that needs attention?"

Loreto returned his expression to seriousness:

"If you receive an oracle, do not believe it blindly, seek confirmation from Bishop Utravsky immediately."

"Why?" Emlyn became more and more confused.

This is almost telling him that those who would respond to him are evil gods or demons.

Loreto considered his words and explained in detail:

"In this world, there are many evil beings who pretend to be gods, deceive clergy, and deceive believers.

“Because the two main paths of our Earth Mother Church are related to life, we are more seriously affected than other churches. From time to time, some people go astray and try forbidden life experiments, becoming corrupted little by little.

"In order to curb this trend, we have reorganized the church under the guidance of the Mother God's will since a very early time, and established the two major systems of God's Grace and God's Favored."

The God-blessed and the God-favored... Emlyn's knowledge of the Church of the Earth was limited to the contents of the holy scriptures and some texts, so he was a little confused for a moment.

He never took the initiative to ask Father Utravsky questions about the Church of the Earth.

Loreto glanced at Emlyn and nodded slightly.

"The ones who are blessed by Goddess of God are the clergymen who are blessed by Mother Goddess in the two paths of 'Earth' and 'Moon'. The ones who are favored by God are those who are favored by Mother Goddess from the outside and from other paths.

“The latter are less influenced by demons and evil spirits and can help us identify the authenticity of oracles.

"Under this premise, even if it is a decree issued by the Holy See, it must be countersigned by at least one person favored by God, otherwise it can be considered invalid."

As he spoke, Loreto took out a document and unfolded it for Emlyn to see. The main content of the document, in addition to what the archbishop had just said, was the part where he accepted the appointment as an envoy.

At the end of the document, there were several names lined up. The first one belonged to the Apostle of the Church of the Earth, Madam Roland. The rest were names Emlyn did not recognize. He could only barely recognize the last one as Father Utravsky.

The priest's handwriting is so ugly... Emlyn muttered to himself as he began to have strong doubts about the two major systems of God's Grace and God's Favored.

Why are those favored by God less likely to be attacked by evil gods or demons?

Why can they tell whether oracles are true or false, but the divinely-blessed ones cannot?

As his thoughts raced, Emlyn suddenly noticed a detail:.

Those favored by God do not belong to the two paths of "Earth" and "Moon"!

So, the problem is not with the God's Grace, but with the two paths themselves? Emlyn vaguely felt that his guess might be the truth.