Chapter 58 This is a necessary sacrifice
"God's power is not infinite."
Standing under the statue of the God of the Rhine, Corey uttered these "blasphemous" words lightly, which made Heri behind him sweat profusely.
"Your Excellency," Heri said with a wry smile as he wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief, "Anyway, your words are a little too shocking."
"Don't react like that, old man." Corey turned around calmly and faced Hurry. "There are only two of us here. There are some things that are well known to everyone. In this case, there is no need to hide them."
"What you just said is not well known." He Li sighed softly, "But I understand what you mean, and this question..."
He raised his head and looked at the Rhine statue behind Corey.
“It’s really getting worse.”
After listening to Heri's answer, Bishop Corey nodded in satisfaction, and then walked forward slowly: "You can face this, which is much better than most people, at least than the old guys in the other three churches. They always refuse to face the reality, thinking that the power of the Lord is endless, but they are always unwilling to calm down and take a closer look. Rhine, which only relies on the power of the Lord, is no different from when the church was founded a hundred years ago. But other churches are different."
Corey walked over to Hurry and stood side by side with him.
And Heri also understood what Corey meant. When Corey stood under the statue of Rhine before, he was like the number one man under God, and the one that he, the high priest, needed to look up to.
But now, Corey was standing beside him, and the two seemed to be on the same side and in the same position.
Corey hoped that Hurry would let down his guard and say something bolder.
So after a little consideration, He Li spoke up: "It is not necessarily that the Lord's power is limited. We have no way to guess the Lord's power. We can only say that the power the Lord gives us is limited. Perhaps when the Lord gave the power to the Origin believers, he thought that this power was enough to use, but..."
At this point, Hurry couldn't go on.
Because if they continued to say this, wouldn't it be showing that their Lord is neither omniscient nor omnipotent?
As a high priest, he would never dare to say this, and this is the most he could say.
But even so, Corey was already very satisfied.
"No matter whether the Lord had some additional considerations at the time." Corey said lightly, "but the fact is that this power is not enough. The power of the entire Rhine is based on the power of the Lord. Because we have a more powerful "God's Blessing" model than other churches, we can better utilize the power of the Lord. So when we first established the church, we were the most powerful existence in this land. At that time, we had four archbishops and tens of thousands of Rhine Knights, but what about now? How many years have passed, and we still only have these. We have been standing still for hundreds of years."
Hurry didn't say anything, but he knew what Corey said was right.
In this world, mortals’ power cannot compare to that of gods. Even mortals’ power cannot harm gods.
Gods will not be influenced by some earthly means - except for that existence that is not sure whether it is God or human.
So this means that no matter it is the church or an individual, the more proficient they are in using the power of God, the stronger they will be. Compared with other sects, Rhine's advantage lies here. The origin believers are the ones who have the deepest connection with Rhine, and Rhine's "God's Blessing" model also has a deeper "bond" with God than other sects, and can directly obtain stronger and more stable God's power.
It was with this advantage that Rhine became the most powerful force during the chaotic years.
But just as Corey said, Rhine's advantage lies in the power of God, and his disadvantage also lies in the power of God. The power distributed by God is limited. Before a bishop falls, a new bishop cannot appear. Before a knight dies, a new knight cannot obtain his share of God's power.
"The Rhine Knights who used to dominate the world are now like a handful of pebbles thrown into the sea, so thin that they are almost invisible." Corey said, "This is no longer the chaotic era of the past. After development, the habitable area is getting larger and larger, and the population under the territories of various churches is also increasing. Everywhere is developing and progressing, except the Rhine. Our power, which has not grown at all, is completely unable to protect the current achievements, so that we can only send one or two low-level priests to govern the marginal areas, but even so, it is not enough..."
Corey paused, then looked into Hurry's eyes.
"We even have to take some special measures and methods to curb our own development."
Heri was silent for a while, then said, "Those are necessary sacrifices. They will return to the embrace of Rhine."
"Maybe, but you know I didn't come to you to hear that." Corey waved his hand impatiently and said, "It doesn't matter if we sacrifice or not, but we can't be the only ones to sacrifice. God's power is limited. This fact is not limited to our Lord, but also to every supreme being. But whether it is the other three major religions or the four worms in the gutter, they don't have the same restrictions as us."
Hurry said: "But their development is not fast, and no one can break free from this bondage."
"They are not fast, but we have not moved for a long time, and we are even retreating." Corey stared at Hurry and said slowly, "They have found a strategy to deal with it, but we haven't. This won't work. We need some power and means other than God."
Hearing what Corey said, Hurry subconsciously looked at his left eye. Although Hurry quickly looked away, Corey still noticed it.
But Corey didn't care, he just said calmly: "Yes, this is also one of the extra powers."
He Li hesitated: "But the power of corpses cannot be copied, and is more limited than the power of gods."
"So I said one of them." Corey said, "No one would want to copy Visas' power, and our Lord would not allow it. But at least we can learn from others."
"...You mean, Tianqin?"
"Yes, they want me to help get rid of that guy." Corey chuckled and said, "And the price I offered was... that guy's body."
He Li was stunned: "They agreed?"
"They didn't want to agree, but it was obvious that they really wanted that guy to die, so they nodded." Corey said, "Tianqin started studying how to maximize the power of their gods a long time ago, and it was very effective. We will soon know what secrets are in those mechanical bodies."
He Li frowned slightly: "Then, when exactly is it?"
"Tonight at nine o'clock." Corey looked up at the setting sun and said slowly, "Right here."
"Right here?" Harry was very surprised.
"Yes, so you have to take the knights away and leave me alone here. After all, this is just a deal between me and them, not a deal between Rhine and Tianqin."
"…But will he come? Isn't this an obvious trap?"
"He will come." Corey said calmly, "I've read his information. He was once a hero of Lyra. If they ask him to die, he will really die."
He Li was silent for a while, but nodded helplessly: "I understand, but..."
"What?"
"Is Uru still in this city?" He Li said, "If he comes to you at this time..."
Corey interrupted Hurry calmly and smiled.
"Isn't that better?"
(End of this chapter)
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