Game of the World Tree - Chapter 870

870. Chapter 866 The situation worsens

John, the God-favored, was captured by the Judgement Knights of the Eternal Church.

As the players returned from death, this matter quickly spread among the players, and then spread throughout the human world.

For several months, John, the God-favored, had already made a name for himself on the continent of Segos through his preaching activities.

For many newly converted believers of life in the human kingdom, he was almost like a mentor, so this matter soon set off an uproar in the human world. For

a time, believers of life everywhere were indignant about this. The increasingly tense situation between the two sides caused by the persecution of believers of life by the Eternal Church and the imperial nobles became even more tense.

“Master Elf Priest! Please lead us to save Master John! It was he who saved us from the darkness and brought us the faith of the goddess!”

“That’s right! The Eternal Church is degenerate and corrupt, and Master John will definitely be cruelly persecuted by them!”

In the slums of Larona, the converted human believers were furious and prayed to the players who accepted the mission of Old John and stationed here to continue preaching.

However, compared to the worried and angry human believers, the players of La Rona seemed to be more angry about what happened to Old John.

They were so anxious that their eyes turned red and their teeth were gnashing, as if their own father had been arrested.

“Don’t worry, everyone! We will never let the Eternal Church succeed! Lord John is the goddess’s favored one, a righteous and kind elder, and it is our unshirkable responsibility to save him!”

The players said indignantly, righteous and awe-inspiring.

Of course, whether it was righteousness or because the NPC who gave them the task was arrested, which might lead to the death of the person and the cancellation of the task, is unknown.

On the border between the Holy Mania Empire and the Kingdom of Iris, in the cities where Old John had stayed, the life believers who regarded him as a follower were also furious.

“The evil Eternal Church actually kidnapped Lord John, the agent of Her Majesty the Goddess! These bastards only know how to bully the weak!”

“What did Lord John do wrong? He brought us light and hope, why persecute him! Just because the gods are different?”

“What if the gods are different? Where were they when the demons attacked? Where were they when the nobles oppressed us? Only the great goddess sent the elf army to help us!”

“Fallen! The Eternal Church is really fallen! They have completely forgotten their original intention!”

“Protest, we must gather together and protest against the Eternal Church together!”

The life believers were furious and soon gathered together to protest and march to the local Eternal Church.

In some more intense places, there was even a violent attack on the church.

However, most of them are ordinary people. No matter how angry and united they are, they are still no match for the Knights of Judgment, so they were soon brutally suppressed by the Eternal Church. However

, this not only did not solve the problem, but further aroused public anger.

In particular, since when, the news that the Eternal Church violently suppressed the life believers began to spread on the continent.

The bards sang songs satirizing the Eternal Church and singing about the life believers who were fighting.

In the underground black market, there were even a large number of images of the Eternal Church’s bloody suppression, which made the Eternal Church, whose reputation was already precarious, even worse.

It was like poking a hornet’s nest. For a time, it seemed that the name of the Eternal Church was quickly equated with the evil demon. Although it did not fall to the point where everyone shouted and beat it, it also completely aroused the anger in the hearts of the poor at the bottom.

Gradually, before Old John was escorted to Mannia, the storm quickly spread to the entire empire and even to the Kingdom of Iris in the south. The speed of its spread even stunned the black priests of the Tribunal who were responsible for intelligence within the Eternal Church.

“Damn it, what’s going on? Why did you suddenly arrest the God-favored Ones of the Life Church? They are God-favored Ones, not ordinary believers! Do you know how much trouble this will bring to the church and the empire?!”

In the Tribunal of the Eternal Church, Bishop Winster, who also served as the Regent of the Empire, was livid and roared at the priests and bishops of the Tribunal.

The black-robed cardinal in charge of this matter also had an ugly expression on his face.

He said with a gloomy look:

“Lord Winster, please calm down. This is the decision of His Holiness the Pope.”

“Your Holiness the Pope…”

Bishop Winster’s pupils shrank suddenly, and then he became furious:

“Is his old eyes blurry?! The magic power of Segus has revived, and the empire is unstable. It is the time to stabilize people’s hearts. At this time, he…”

“Lord Winster.”

The black-robed cardinal interrupted Bishop Winster.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes heavy:

“Your Holiness the Pope is the eyes of our Lord on earth. To slander His Holiness the Pope is to blaspheme the supreme Lord. Please be careful…”

Bishop Winster paused slightly.

His expression changed, and then he gritted his teeth and said:

“Even if he is the Pope, he can’t do anything reckless! To attack the pagan gods is tantamount to declaring war. Do you think we are ready to go to war with the Church of Life now?!”

“My Lord Bishop Winster…”

The black-robed cardinal sighed slightly.

He took a deep breath and said,

“At this point, do you still think that time is on the side of the church?”

Hearing his words, Bishop Winster was stunned for a moment.

The next moment, his expression changed and his eyes were complicated.

Which side is time on?

If it was five years ago, he would not have taken the small Church of Life, which even the orcs could not defeat, seriously.

However, a few years later, this existence that he once did not take seriously has expanded into a behemoth that would shake the continent of Segs three times if it moved…

And the goddess they worship has also changed from a goddess of life who jumped out of an unknown stone crevice to a world tree with powerful divine power.

Seriously speaking, when Bishop Winster learned the true identity of the goddess of life Eve, his heart was quite shocked.

And now the soul question of the black-robed cardinal finally put a reality deep in his heart that he was unwilling to face, but in fact he already had an answer, bloody and exposed.

At this moment, Bishop Winster was silent.

Seeing Bishop Winster calm down, the black-robed cardinal continued:

“Lord Winster, the Church of Life is developing too fast. We don’t have much time left.”

Bishop Winster said nothing.

And many times, not saying anything already shows one’s inner attitude and thoughts.

However, Winster’s eyes were still a little complicated, as if he was still unwilling to accept it. It was not

until a moment later that he said in a dry voice:

“But… Hasn’t our Lord already given power, given blessings, and trained a large number of trial knights?”

“As time goes by, we will have more and more trial knights! Although the goddess of life is the world tree, she has only been revived for a short time. Could it be that she really has the power to compete with our Lord?!”

“Not to mention, the world of Segos is about to be unsealed. Once it is unsealed, we…”

“Lord Winster.”

The black-robed cardinal interrupted Bishop Winster again.

He sighed lightly and continued:

“Lord Winster, taking action against the Church of Life before the world of Segos is unsealed is not only the oracle of His Holiness the Pope, but also the oracle of our Lord.”

“Oracle? How… how is this possible?! Does our Lord think that we can’t even survive until the day of the unsealing?!”

Bishop Winster’s eyes widened, unable to hide the shock in his heart.

The black-robed cardinal said in a deep voice:

“If it is the former World Tree, it is indeed no match for our Lord, but its power is no longer just the power of the past.”

“Not just the power of the past…”

Bishop Winster’s pupils shrank again.

As if he thought of something, his expression changed slightly:

“You mean… those…”

“Elves.”

The black-robed cardinal said in a deep voice:

“They are the elves who are called the Chosen Ones by the believers of Life and like to call themselves players!”

“Lord Winster, don’t you think that the speed at which the Church of Life has spread in the empire recently seems too exaggerated? Even if the church has begun to suppress it, it is still of no avail…”

“This is all done by those elf Chosen Ones. According to the estimation of the Inquisition, there are probably at least 200,000 elf Chosen Ones lurking in the empire to preach…”

“They have the ability to resurrect from the dead and cannot be killed at all. Instead, the more they are suppressed, the more they increase…”

“Not only that, the news of the arrest of John, the Favored One of God, leaked this time and spread rapidly on the continent. We found that there are also shadows of the elf Chosen Ones behind it…”

“They are crazy, aggressive, and very inflammatory and tempting…”

“It is because of their existence that the poor people of the empire will be quickly bewitched and degenerate into pagans.”

“Not only that… According to the inference of several God’s Envoys, the number and strength of these elf Chosen Ones seem to be related to the strength of the World Tree.”

“These chosen elves are our biggest enemy when we fight against the Church of Life!”

After hearing the words of the black-robed cardinal, Bishop Winster was completely silent.

After a long time, he sighed:

“I understand.”

He became his usual calm and solemn appearance again, but his eyes looking at the black-robed cardinal were more inquiring.

“But…”

He changed the subject:

“Your Excellency the Judge Bishop, are you and His Holiness the Pope hiding something from us?”

This time, it was the turn of the black-robed cardinal to remain silent.

Seeing this, Bishop Winster’s eyes flashed with a trace of fluctuation:

“It seems… it is indeed.”

After saying that, he raised his head and stared at the black-robed cardinal:

“Your Excellency the Judge Bishop, is it related to the oracle of our Lord? What you just told me is not the entire content of the oracle?”

The black-robed cardinal remained silent.

Winster looked ugly, and he said unhappily:

“Your Excellency the Judge, as a fanatical believer of our Lord, I am also qualified to know the full content of the oracle!”

Hearing this, the black-robed cardinal finally sighed:

“Lord Winster, if you have any questions, please pray directly to our Lord.”

As he said, he looked at the other party meaningfully:

“If you really have the Lord’s approval, then… I think you will understand what His Holiness the Pope is doing.”

Bishop Winster’s heart skipped a beat, he looked meaningfully at the judge bishop whose name he didn’t even know, snorted, and left.

However, after leaving the trial, he did not return to the palace, but came to the church closest to the trial.

“Prepare a prayer room of the highest level for me, I want to communicate with my Lord.”

Bishop Winster ordered the priest.

Although he is not a favored person, as the regent of the current empire, he has also obtained some of the favors bestowed by the Eternal Lord on the Holy Mannia Empire.

In theory, as long as his faith is devout enough, he also has the ability to communicate with the true God to a certain extent.

Hearing Bishop Winster’s order, the priests quickly withdrew respectfully and prepared a solemn prayer room for him.

Entering the prayer room, Winster closed the door and came to the statue of the Eternal Lord.

He took the sun badge symbolizing the Eternal Lord from his arms, placed it on his chest, knelt down gently, and closed his eyes devoutly.

“Merciful and great, the supreme Lord…”

“Your devout servant Winster, I want to ask you to answer the doubts in my heart…”

Winster’s voice was fanatical and sincere.

As he prayed one sentence after another, gradually, the platinum light began to bloom on the statue.

Faintly, it seemed that a sacred and majestic figure appeared behind the statue.

The ethereal voice slowly sounded beside Winster’s ears, which instantly excited him.

That voice was nothing else, it was the oracle from the gods…

The oracle was intermittent, ethereal and majestic.

Gradually, Bishop Winster and others widened their eyes and looked astonished.

After the shock, his expression turned into confusion, and in the confusion, he seemed to reveal some shock and realization.

It was not until a moment later that the changing expression was gradually replaced by solemnity, and after the solemnity, Bishop Winster’s eyes seemed to become more pious and fanatical.

Gradually, the shadow behind the statue slowly dissipated, the ethereal oracle also disappeared, and the light shrouded in the statue of the Eternal Lord also returned to dim.

Bishop Winster took a deep breath, bowed respectfully to the statue again, drew a sun symbol on his chest, and said:

“Praise you, great Lord…”

“Your devout servant Winster, obey your oracle!”

“May your glory illuminate every corner of Segs!”

No one knows what kind of oracle Winster heard.

However, after coming out of the prayer room, he no longer questioned the Pope’s orders.

On the other hand, after successfully crushing the Elven Chosen’s repeated rescues, the Judgement Knights finally succeeded in bringing John the God’s Favored back to the capital of the Holy Mannia Empire – the Eternal Holy City of Mannia.

Finally discharged from the hospital!

But I still need to recover for a while…

Every time I go to the toilet and change the dressing is a torture…

After I recover, I must correct my work and rest schedule!

(End of this chapter)