Collection (kneel on the corner of your clothes, whimper

A dazzling golden torrent filled the church, roaring and rushing down the hillside, as if the mountain torrents of the spring melted ice and snow, flooding the entire mountain village. It roared in a low voice, like a beast that broke out from the railing.

The sleeping village woke up from a beautiful dream.

The villagers all walked out of their homes and looked at the gate of heaven that opened above the church in amazement.

There was a bright light shining on the hillside, and the church's spire seemed to be facing a sun. An angel seemed to appear in the clouds and mists, and the bewitching fairy music echoed in their ears. This was a wonder that they could never see in their entire lives.

In the light of dispelling darkness, the pastor's prayer suddenly became clear. His voice gradually became louder, gradually clearer, and finally became more and more high-pitched, overshadowing the angel's singing. However, the fatigue in the pastor's ups and downs were revealed. Leo could hear that only fanaticism and fragile hope were supporting his weak and old body.

There is no doubt...

"He will die because of this." Evila stood up on the table, her face full of unbelievable surprise. "His spell will kill himself...how did he choose this?"

"Evila," Lu Yuewu asked in confusion, "What the hell is going on?"

Evila calmed her mood slightly. She looked up at the steeplet church in the light on the hillside and slowly spoke, "This spell... summons the gate of heaven... beyond his load." She sighed powerlessly and sadly, "Once the priest cannot support it, it will begin to devour his life until he... becomes a dead bone and becomes ash."

"We should probably stop him from continuing."

"This is the way he chose, Moon Dance." Evilla shook her head and said to her, "He is a believer of the gods, and he regards dedication as grace and as a shortcut to the kingdom of the gods. There is no compulsion, it is his own decision."

But Leo's view was different from her. "No, you're wrong, Evila." He corrected, "He was just praying. Do you think he could know the secret of divine art? He wouldn't understand until he died. He was just a pastor in a remote mountain village, probably only knowing how to choose a certain passage in the scriptures and recite the magical secret texts on it in the way the church taught."

"We should stop him." Lu Yuewu said, but Li Ou did not move. "Are you going to watch someone die in front of you again?"

She looked at him reproachfully and dissatisfiedly. He did not retreat, and looked at her disgusting eyes. He saw many things that surprised him from it, just like when he was in the desert, her eyes were filled with resistance to him. He suddenly felt that he might never understand her way of doing things.

"There's no way to stop it." He turned his head and exposed a tired and injured face to Evira. He smiled helplessly at her, letting her see it was better than being discovered by the female swordsman. "Yuewu, look at the people below, look at their faces." He tried to make his words sound more normal. Thankfully, the noise below covered his tremolo. "Do you think we can get close to the church? As an unpopular outsider, I'm afraid that he would be stabbed to death by a feces fork as soon as he appeared in front of them."

Looking down through the window, there was a tiny bit of daylight around.

The residents of the entire village gathered at the foot of the church. The expressions on their faces were like foolish believers in the wild desert in front of the "miracles". What did their piety get? Leo wanted to know the fate that these people were about to reveal.

The priest's hoarse prayer was like a big bell and drum, and the slowly opened door of the Kingdom of God buzzed.

"It's Lord Pastor!" a man shouted loudly with excitement, "It must be his prayer that brought the miracle."

Women's eyes were filled with tears.

"Thanks to the Virgin, we are saved."

"The loving goddess has not abandoned us, nor has she ignored her Lamb."

They prayed humbly and devoutly, as if the dead gods would respond to them. Even the demons were laughing at them in the sky, right? Through the golden torrent, Leo saw the dark sky. It was like a hell without seeing the sun.

An old man threw away the crutch and knelt in the mud first. He lay in the mud with the most pious posture. Then, more people responded to him. In just a short moment, except for them, all the villagers knelt on the cold ground, bowed three times and nine times in the direction of the church, tears streaming on their faces, and murmured to beg for blessings.

However, suddenly, the pastor's prayer came to an abrupt end, and the glory of heaven became more and more brilliant.

"The pastor...what happened?"

Leo was not sure yet. The prayers around him were coming one after another, twitching his irritable heart. He stared at the church gate. No matter what, the frozen paladin should have woken up. Such a powerful positive energy wash is enough to cure the stubborn disease and eliminate all evil infestations. However, if... Leo clamped the scabbard tightly.

But he forgot that the Goddess of Doom is favoring them now. Her mood was as happy as ever, and even favored everyone they met. Just as Leo was about to wait and see, the gate of heaven began to disappear without warning...

"There is a problem!" Li Ou Teng stood up.

"What's the problem?" Lu Yuewu looked confused, "Isn't it normal?"

It's not normal at all! "The gate of heaven will not stop once it is used, but now..." Li Ou looked up at the golden gate behind the mist. It had closed with a bang and was quickly becoming blurred. "Evila, stay here!" Uneasy grabbed his heart tightly, and he felt that his breathing was unsustainable. "Wake up the knights and killers and let them protect you. Yue Wu, come with me, I can't care so much."

The alchemist rushed out of the hotel.

The surroundings suddenly fell from the dazzling light into the darkness that was invisible to the point where they could not see each other. Everyone was panicked. They lost the response of the gods and could no longer tell the direction. The surroundings suddenly became chaotic, and there were people who were screaming and running away everywhere. More people knelt on the ground in confusion and looked at the direction of the church, with a confused look on their faces.

"Has the Virgin abandoned us?" Someone cried in fear.

A woman grabbed her face and shouted in grief and anger: "Oh my God, what did we do?"

In the light, shadows follow like shadows. This darkness drives them crazy.

Li Ou did not draw out his long sword. He pulled Lu Yuewu carefully through them, trying not to disturb these villagers. However, collisions were inevitable, and someone discovered them. When Li Ou saw that person, he expressed hatred in a blink of an eye. Then, more people discovered them.

A strong man stood up from the ground and blocked his way, "Where are you going?" he asked uglyly, accompanied by malicious push. "Say! Instruct honestly!"

"Where else can they go?" Another man surrounded him.

Lu Yuewu pulled her hand out of Li Ou's palm, "Get out of the way, we're going to church."

Her words attracted more attention. More people gathered around, and in the dark, they were like a group of hungry wolf. "Church!" one person shouted, "What are you going to church for?"

"They must have bad intentions!" another person continued.

"No," Lu Yuewu's argument seemed pale and powerless. "We are going to rescue the priest."

"Stop pretending!"

"The priest has the blessing of the Virgin, and it's not your turn to cry for the mouse to pretend to be merciful!"

No one will believe you. Leo thought. He blocked Lu Yuewu behind him, "Get out of the way, don't block the way."

"It's not that simple!" The man who started the dispute at the beginning stepped forward without retreating, and he waved his fists in front of Li Ou. "If you want to go over, ask my fists first. Either you walk over my body, or just go back obediently!"

He wanted to choose the third one.

But it seemed that even the people who had just escaped seemed to have the courage to surround them. More and more people were around, and torches were ignited, and shaking heads were everywhere, like a group of manipulated corpses. The villagers' eyes were filled with resentment transferred to them, and the fear of trying to vent them. A group of vulnerable people did not even dare to face the nightmare in their hearts.

"It must be because of them." One man shouted loudly. It was a middle-aged man with a pockmarked face. He pointed at Leo, but escaped from the latter's sight. He said timidly, "The pastor said that this man was disrespectful to the gods!"

“…it must be him!”

"It must be him, the Virgin who punished us."

"Catch him!"

The crowd rushed towards him, and Li Ou outlined a seal, but Lu Yuewu grabbed his hand. "Li Ou, don't do it." She begged in his ear. "Don't."

If you don’t take action, would you just wait to die? The people in front of you can’t listen to any persuasion, and you won’t listen to his excuses. This is a group of ignorant mountain villagers, who probably don’t even know the difference between a wizard and a priest. They are even more a group of believers of the gods. How can they listen to the statements about the death of the gods?

"Just surrender?" He stepped back and growled in anger, "You and I will be killed by them!"

"Then do you want to kill them all?" Lu Yuewu said, "Kill the people from the entire village? Then what is the difference between you and the demons and monsters they call?"

"I'm not that crazy."

But he had to come up with a solution as soon as possible. Some people had already surrounded him with a pitchfork in his hands. He didn't want to die in such humiliation at the hands of the mob. However, he found that he could not swing the sword or break through the siege. He had never felt helpless. I should have been cold-blooded. He thought wildly.

Just as people got closer and closer, a shock wave saved them without warning.

The earth shook around irregularly, the houses were wailing helplessly, and bricks and wooden blocks began to crack. Everyone fell to the ground and groaned in pain. They stared at everything around them in a daze, not knowing what was going on. However, a loud bang guided them in the direction.

Accompanied by the flying dust, they saw the church on the hillside collapse.

"The Virgin is above, what's wrong?"

"Is the devil coming?"

The villagers were frightened.

But the surroundings were silent, with no demons and no ghosts. Only when the dust in the sky dissipated, they saw a stranger standing on the ruins of the church. He was holding a fainting priest in his arms.
Chapter completed!