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As soon as he said this, Lei and Kasali, who were originally smiling, both had their faces darkened.

The person who said this was the current chief priest of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest. Since the death of the former chief priest Holly Riley, this old man who originally stood aside at the center of the church's power has turned around and become the head of the entire church. For more than a year, he has always been very low-key, keeping a low profile and rarely seeing people. He prays in the rebuilt temple all day long, making people feel that he is just a decoration.

But now, it turns out that he is not a decoration, he has just been waiting for the opportunity.

At this moment, he raised a "prayer" in front of everyone at the celebration, which immediately posed a problem for Lei and Kasally.

Praying can be a big or small thing. For example, visiting a temple in private to pray is simply not a big deal. As long as you don't go to a temple that has a grudge against your own gods, it won't be a problem at all. For example, Lei believes in the "Mask of the Void", but he also often visits the Church of the God of Wealth. Every time he goes, he has to pray silently in front of the statue of the God of Wealth.

This is just etiquette and proper etiquette.

But at a celebration, leading everyone to pray together is completely different!

Since the Church of the Harvest Goddess was hit hard, almost all the core masters were wiped out. Even the goddess herself suffered a big loss. They have basically lost their influence in Gars City. Especially in the process of rebuilding the city, the main contributor was the Church of the God of Wealth, which pushed them aside based on the foundation of their faith.

People in this world generally have very poor education levels, and the vast majority of civilians are not even literate, but they are not stupid. Who treats them well? Who helped them? They know it clearly in their hearts.

Faith is a matter of the soul and cannot be faked or deceived. It is an indisputable fact that the long-standing status of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest in Gars City is being gradually replaced by the Church of the God of Wealth.

If you want to restore your faith, the most practical way is of course to provide money and people to help residents revitalize the city. The Church of the Goddess of Harvest certainly has money and people, but now there are many conflicts within the church. Various local temples have seen opportunities and are looking for the possibility of replacing the Gars Temple as the main temple of the church. How could they possibly pay for help at this point? It’s a good thing if you don’t hold back!

If the new chief priest had enough prestige or strength, he might be able to forcibly suppress temples in various places. But he had neither, and could think of no other solution besides praying every day.

But not long ago, a friend from a friendly church visited him and gave him an idea.

"Inviting Kasali to lead everyone to pray to the goddess during the celebration?" The chief priest looked confused at the time, not understanding what this friend who was always known for his wit meant.

The friend smiled mysteriously, lowered his voice even in the private study room, and explained to him before he suddenly understood.

In terms of manpower and material resources, he really can't come up with it now. However, the Church of the Harvest Goddess has been entrenched in Gars City for so many years and has accumulated a very profound influence among the people. As long as you find an opportunity to use these influences, you can reshape your image and restore the previous bad influence.

And... if it is done well, it can even occupy the magpie's nest and swallow up the fruits of the God of Wealth Church's hard work during this period!

The key to this plan is to take the opportunity to force the Lord of Kasali to lead everyone to pray to the Harvest Goddess and thank the Goddess for the harvest.

At first glance, this seems to be a matter of course, but on this occasion, the city lord led everyone to pray and thank God, which is tantamount to re-establishing the dominance of the Church of the Harvest Goddess in the religious world of Gars - after all, this is actually It is a long-standing tradition in the city of Gars, and almost every resident has participated in such prayers more than once. As long as they are reminded of the past and connected with the present, they will naturally resume their belief in the harvest goddess.

The hundreds of years of dominance of the Church of the Harvest Goddess and the hundreds of years of management of the Riley family are extremely deep foundations. As long as you find an opportunity to use this deep foundation, you will immediately have the magical effect of bringing the dead back to life!

Facing the silent Lei and Kasali, the chief priest showed a proud smile on his old face. With a wave of his hand, he asked the church personnel to prepare to start the prayer ceremony.

Of course he could see that the two of them didn't want to, but so what if they didn't want to? Don’t forget, the Lord of Kasali has believed in the Harvest Goddess since she was a child, and she is also a member of the church. Unless she had the courage to change her mind now and declare a change of faith and withdraw from the church, she would not be able to refuse this perfectly reasonable request.

Does this vase, which has nothing but beauty, have the courage?

The chief priest sneered in his heart and was even more filled with joy.

During this period of time, many people in Gars, including Kasali, have alienated themselves from the Church of the Goddess of Harvest—it was the goddess who destroyed the city of Gars in the first place because she blew herself up in anger. Facing the enemies who are causing the destruction of their homes, it would be kind to not draw their swords against them. How can we expect them to still respect and believe in the goddess of harvest as they did in the past?

But in the eyes of the chief priest, these people are ungrateful and ignorant! Destroying the city of Gars is nothing, everything they have belongs to the goddess! As a believer, it is natural to sacrifice your life for the gods, let alone a few houses!

So he was always angry in his heart, but he suppressed it, like a volcano quietly accumulating strength.

At this moment, seeing the leader of the Gars people in such a difficult situation, he suddenly felt the joy of revenge, which made him want to laugh.

Of course, it is not time to laugh yet. When everything is settled and he can enjoy the fruits of victory with peace of mind, he can laugh without any scruples.

Kashali was very hesitant. Although she had no talent or knowledge, she could still tell who was good and who was bad. The Church of the Goddess of Harvest made almost no contribution to the city's revival, but now it stood up and wanted to receive the honor of revival as a matter of course. This is unacceptable!

As for faith... She was not a very pious person. After experiencing that terrible riot and battle, she even felt fear and alienation towards all gods. Over the past year or so, she has carefully avoided any temple, because as long as she saw the temple, it would remind her of the terrible memories at the beginning.

From the perspective of the gods, it can be seen that Kashali no longer has the thread of faith. At this moment, she is the so-called "non-believer".

Whether out of emotion or faith, she is unwilling to pray to the Goddess of Harvest, and even more unwilling to lead everyone to pray together and attribute the results of everyone's efforts to the blessing of the Goddess of Harvest.

But... she didn't have the courage to refuse the high priest's request.

Just as the high priest's friend estimated, Kashali was just a vase after all. She received literary and artistic education since she was a child, and knew nothing about politics, military affairs, martial arts and magic. The original intention of City Lord Joseph was to let his little daughter be an artist who was not involved in politics, marry to a friendly city and become the wife of the city lord, and live a stable life.

Her father was a legendary strong man in his prime, and he could live for at least a few hundred years; her sister was the high priest of the Harvest Goddess Church, and even if she didn't enter the legendary realm in the future, she would at least be a high-level priest; her brother was a swordsmanship genius, and his future was also bright; she had the support of the Riley family, which was powerful on the East Coast, and the commercial city of Gars, which was one of the top few in the continent... With such a backer, she didn't need to study hard at all, and just enjoyed life.

But who could have thought that there would be unexpected changes in the world, and Kashali's many backers all fell overnight!

Now she is just a weak woman alone, but she has been pushed to the forefront by fate. It was just like a piece of cooked fat meat, placed in the wild, attracting countless hungry beasts to covet it.

If she hadn't been lucky enough to meet a knight with an excessive sense of justice, and that knight was actually a legendary strongman, I'm afraid he would have been eaten up by someone, skin and flesh, without even a little residue left!

However, Lei could block those malicious peeping for her on weekdays, but he couldn't support her at this time. After all... the high priest's request was completely "reasonable".

This is the benefit of "legitimate".

Kashali hesitated and looked at Lei subconsciously.

During this time, she has become accustomed to relying on this upright, powerful and handsome knight. No matter big or small, as long as she asks him for help, she will definitely be able to solve it.

Just like Tang Seng always shouts "Wukong save me" when he encounters danger, Nobita Nobita always cries and goes to Doraemon when he encounters difficulties. Although the world is different, the feelings are the same.

Lei sighed secretly in his heart, took a step forward, and stood between Kashali and the high priest.

"The city lord has been in poor health recently, and she needs to rest." He said.

How could the high priest let Kashali escape so easily! He smiled kindly and said, "Poor health? Then you should pray even more! Pray for His Majesty to give you divine grace so that the city lord can recover."

His smile was harmless, but that smile made Lei secretly angry.

Unfortunately, it was not suitable for a big fight at this time and place.

The last celebration chaos had left deep scars in the hearts of the people in Gars City. If something unexpected happened at the celebration this time, I am afraid that the people's hearts that had just gathered together would really be scattered!

He was so angry that his teeth itched, and he couldn't help but pray to Sui Xiong silently, asking Sui Xiong to punish these bastards - it doesn't need to be too much, just make them dizzy and "intolerant of alcohol"!

Sui Xiong received his prayer immediately, and couldn't help but smile at Weiye and Hemsala.

"The time is ripe!" he said.

Hemsala immediately sent a message, and with a breeze, the sea water near the port of Gars suddenly rolled up, and a huge wave rose up, but it did not spread around, but slowly rose into the air.

A melodious song came from the waves. The song was not loud, but ethereal and distant, making the people who heard it feel like they were caught and immersed in it all of a sudden.

The originally noisy square quickly quieted down, and only the song echoed in the air.

This is the most famous song in the world, the mermaid song, which is the real sound of nature.

I got the time of automatic release wrong... Sorry, sorry...