Game of the World Tree - Chapter 878

878. Chapter 874 Martyrdom

The falling snowflakes gradually became smaller, and the sharp wind blew.

Old John’s eyes swept across the dignitaries on the high platform, the onlookers, and finally stopped at the Bishop of Inquisition who was arguing with him.

He sighed and said:

“Order is indeed hierarchical, but the creatures that make up the order should be equal in personality.”

“Absolute fairness is indeed difficult, but we should not give up the pursuit of fairness because of difficulties.” “

Fairness means opportunity. Every life has a bright future and every life has hope.” “

There is no nobility, no privileges. All beings, whether they are extraordinary or ordinary people, whether they are immortal or short-lived, can respect each other and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.”

“And this is what our Life Church really pursues.”

“Quibbling! Absurd! How can extraordinary people be the same as ordinary people? How can immortal species coexist with short-lived species? These misleading words are just excuses for you to cause chaos in the empire and realize your ambitions!”

The Bishop of Inquisition scolded.

“But what if you can do it?”

Old John asked back.

“Impossible!”

The Judge Bishop denied subconsciously.

Old John smiled slightly:

“It seems that you have never been to Maple Moon Free Territory.”

“Maple Moon Free Territory? It’s just a lie made up by the elves, a colony oppressed by the elves. Only those ignorant and bewitched people will flock to it.”

The Judge Bishop sneered.

Old John shook his head:

“You haven’t been there, how can you know everything there?”

After saying that, his expression suddenly became pious:

“Maple Moon Free Territory, it is a real paradise on earth, it is the future of the human world!”

“Future? Ridiculous! It’s just an illusion created by the Life Church to deceive believers!”

The Judge Bishop refuted.

Old John sighed:

“However, even if it is an illusion, compared with the Life Church that created this illusion, what has the Eternal Church, which has always used the beauty of the afterlife to describe the illusory future, done for the lower class people in reality?”

The Judge Bishop was slightly stunned.

He was about to continue to refute, but suddenly he didn’t know where to start.

In fact, as a church that is highly tied to the ruling class, a church whose main source of faith depends on professionals, and a church whose believers are spread throughout the universe, the Eternal Church has indeed been separated from the vast majority of ordinary believers who do not even have a little supernatural power for too long…

Intelligent creatures can provide the power of faith, and the level of faith power is proportional to the strength of the soul. Perhaps the power of faith of a hundred mortals is not as good as the power of faith of a devout supernatural person.

During the thousand years of expansion, the interests of the Eternal Church have long been deeply tied to the nobles and professionals.

As Old John said, they… have indeed not paid attention to ordinary people for a long time.

Perhaps in a peaceful era, they can rely on the oppression of the ruling class to maintain the unity of faith, but when magic revives and the world is in turmoil, this former way of ruling will inevitably be impacted.

Old John’s rhetorical question left the Bishop of Judgment speechless for a moment, and seeing the Bishop of Judgment reveal a flaw, Old John continued:

“I used to be a devout believer in eternity. It was not until I went to Maple Moon Free Territory that I knew what true equality was for the people, and what true hope was for the people…”

“I saw with my own eyes that the indifferent refugees found the meaning of life and hope for the future in Maple Moon Free Territory.”

“There, there are no nobles, no oppression, everyone is equal, and everyone can fight for their own future.”

“Under the reforms of the Church of Life, no nobles monopolize extraordinary knowledge, all people share knowledge, and everyone has the opportunity to walk their own path.”

“Under the guidance of the believers of Life, different races live in harmony, complement each other’s abilities, respect each other, and achieve win-win results. In the streets and alleys of Maple Moon Free Territory, you can always see the happy smiles of the people.”

“Lies can deceive people, but happy smiles cannot deceive people… Mr. Bishop of Judgment.”

“While the Life Church is doing these things, what is the Eternal Church doing for the people?”

Old John described the beauty of Maple Moon Free Territory word by word. Listening to his story, the onlookers became more and more serious, and many of them showed a trace of yearning.

Some clergymen of the church were thoughtful, but most of the nobles on the high platform frowned.

Noticing the changes on and off the stage, the expression of the Bishop of Judgment changed slightly.

He snorted and sneered:

“As expected of a preacher of the Life Church, even now, you still want to incite the people and make them a stepping stone for you to realize your ambitions!”

“Ambition? Stepping stone? No, Mr. Bishop of Judgment, you are wrong. We just want to make this world a better place.”

Old John shook his head.

As he spoke, his expression became serious:

“If we really have ambitions, then… ambition is to make everyone have equality in personality and let everyone have a bright future.”

“If there really is a stepping stone, then we, the believers of life, are willing to be the first stepping stone on this difficult road!”

“Crazy, you are crazy, you have been completely bewitched by the hypocritical teachings of the Goddess of Life!”

Looking at the fanatical old John, the Bishop of Judgment scolded in disbelief.

Old John sneered:

“Crazy? No… It’s not me who is crazy, it’s you.”

“Mr. Bishop of Inquisition, you are so high up that you will never understand the struggles of the lower classes…”

As he spoke, Old John’s expression gradually became agitated, and his voice was a little angry:

“Have you ever experienced the days when you worked hard for a day and the harvest was not enough to fill your stomach?”

“Have you ever experienced the days when you constantly struggled for your livelihood while having to endure the bullying and oppression of the nobles?”

“Have you ever experienced the tragic experience of giving birth to a child but being unable to bear the pressure of raising it, and ultimately having to reluctantly kill the baby?!”

“Have you seen the tragic scene of the nobles fleeing early and abandoning their people to let the demons kill them after the demons invaded and ravaged the village?!”

“No, you haven’t! You don’t even know some of these things!”

“You only communicate with the nobles and the church. You are used to judging and punishing, but you have never thought about why people resist.”

“You only have yourself in your eyes!”

As he spoke, Old John seemed to have awakened the sadness in his heart, and he gradually became angry.

His eyes were red and his voice was trembling:

“These things happen almost every moment in the entire human kingdom. People are helpless, people are in distress, people are confused, and people want help, but where are the Eternal Church and the nobles?”

“They are at the banquet, they are competing, they are enjoying themselves with peace of mind, and everything they enjoy is obtained by exploiting ordinary people!”

At the end, Old John shouted angrily, and the loud voice almost reached every corner of the square.

Hearing the anger in his words and recalling what they encountered in their daily lives, the people seemed to resonate with him, and a commotion began to appear faintly. Many people looked at the nobles and the Eternal Church with a hint of subtlety.

And Old John became more and more excited:

“You believers of the Eternal Church are like fireflies in the forest in summer, living in your own world, and never knowing the coldness of ice and snow in winter…”

“You are only protecting your own interests and never consider the vast majority of the people!”

“You hold the path to rise, you stifle progressive ideas, you oppress, you exploit, you are the enemy of the people!”

“It is because of your existence that ordinary people cannot be liberated, and it is because of your existence that ordinary people can only struggle on the line of food and clothing!”

“Such a corrupt country! Such a degenerate church, only when it is overthrown can people be liberated from oppression and have a better future!”

Old John said shockingly.

Hearing his words, the nobles on the high platform changed color, and the clergy also changed their expressions.

Duke Correns snorted coldly and cursed:

“What nonsense is he still talking about? Hurry up and shut his mouth!”

“He’s crazy! Burn him!”

The archbishops sitting high above also scolded.

The Bishop of Judgment was even more panicked.

Speaking of which, this was just his first time as a judge, and he was promoted from a priest to a bishop because of this. He thought it was a good job by chance, but he didn’t expect to encounter such a thing.

At this moment, he seemed to feel the pitying eyes of his colleagues.

The face of the Judge Bishop was a little pale. He looked at the angry nobles, then at the ugly-looking bishops of the church, and finally stopped his gaze on Pope Benedict II.

Benedict II did not have any emotional fluctuations because of Old John’s blasphemous words, and even the vague commotion of the people in the audience did not seem to cause any waves in his heart.

He was like a bystander who had nothing to do with it, watching all this indifferently.

It was not until he felt the pleading gaze of the Judge Head Coach that he lowered his eyelids and nodded gently.

The Judge Bishop immediately understood.

He took a deep breath and ordered the knights around him:

“Why are you still standing there? He’s crazy! Execute! Burn him to death!”

He took a deep breath and suddenly shouted:

“People of the Empire! Look, this is the Eternal Church! The fallen Eternal Church! Once their sore spots are touched, they will not consider solving the problem, but will solve the person who raised the problem!”

“The nobles are corrupt, the church is corrupt, people, don’t be numb, wake up! Unite! Stand up again!”

“Don’t endure oppression anymore! Join the Life Church to fight together! Overthrow this corrupt country, expel this corrupt church, and truly establish our own new order of fairness and justice!”

“Shut up! Shut up this bastard!”

The nobles sitting on the high platform were furious and stood up and cursed.

The hideous look scared the young Princess Theresa.

The trial knights rushed up and quickly blocked Old John’s mouth with a cloth strip, but his loud voice still echoed in everyone’s heart.

That was one of the high-level divine arts of the Church of Life, [Psychic Resonance]…

“Don’t you want to live in an era without aristocrats, without oppression, full of hope and light, where everyone can enjoy the benefits of magic and have a bright future?”

“Everyone, join us! The Church of Life can guide everyone to a bright future, and every village, every city can become a rich and beautiful Zeroland!”

Under the spiritual resonance, Old John’s voice seemed more contagious, and this infection soon spread, and the people under the high platform became more agitated, and even the soldiers who maintained order felt great pressure.

“Burn him! Burn him quickly! Burn this abominable pagan!”

The nobles and bishops cursed.

The Knights of Judgment quickly ignited the flames under Old John, and the white-gold flames burned instantly.

That was not an ordinary flame, but a “purifying fire” specifically for those blessed by divine power.

The flames burned fiercely and soon devoured Old John, but his voice still echoed in people’s hearts:

“Hahahahaha… The Eternal Church is nothing but that! Nothing but that!”

“A single spark can start a prairie fire. If one Old John falls, there will be thousands of Old Johns standing up!”

“You can destroy my body, but you can’t destroy my soul!”

“You can persecute reformers, but you can’t stop the progress of the times!”

“The future belongs to the people, the future belongs to the Church of Life!”

“People of the Empire! Stand up! Join the Church of Life, overthrow this corrupt country, expel this fallen church, and establish a new order of our own! Establish a new order where no one will be hungry or cold, and everyone will have endless bread and beer!”

“The Church of Life will live forever, and the great goddess Eve will live forever!”

“The Church of Life will live forever, and the great goddess Eve will live forever…”

Old John’s voice became weaker and weaker.

The raging flames completely devoured him, and his voice finally stopped.

However, the loud laughter and scolding echoed in the minds of the people and could not be dissipated for a long time…

Old John’s figure turned into nothingness in the “Purification Fire”, but the nobles and archbishops sitting there did not feel the joy of victory at all.

The crowd watching the scene became more agitated, and the city guards had begun to suppress it violently.

Looking at the panicked and angry people under the brutal suppression of the guards, Princess Theresa on the high platform could not bear it:

“My Lord Bishop Winster, the common people…don’t they have bread and beer?”

“Your Highness, people are born unequal. Everyone has their own destiny. While some people are rich, there must be poor people.”

Bishop Winster said.

Theresa nodded gently, and couldn’t help asking:

“Without bread and beer, can they buy cakes and goat’s milk?”

Bishop Winster was slightly startled.

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PS: I took three days off this month, plus I became a leader, so I owe four chapters. I will slowly make up for it. I will

update once today, and there will be a dinner party at work tonight QAQ

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