Chapter 49 Faith and Determination

  Fortunately, Duanmu Huai successfully obtained the skull staff, unlike many plots. After that, he directly burned the entire monastery to the ground - there was no other way, the nuns and guards in the entire monastery had been transformed into undead creatures by that damned vampire necromancer, if If they are not burned, then they will only climb out again to cause harm to the world.

  Standing in the heavy rain, looking at the burning monastery in front of him, the trainee priest looked sad.

   "Why... why did it become like this..."

   "I advise you not to think wildly."

  Hearing the trainee priest whispering to himself, Duanmuhuai's eyes were serious, and he said in a cold voice, but hearing his reprimand, the trainee priest shook his body.

"But……"

"I can almost guess what you're thinking. You think they believe in the goddess of the lake, but they didn't get a good end. Instead, they died in pain and even became evil undead creatures. Therefore, the belief in your heart It's starting to waver, right?"

  “………”

  The trainee priest did not speak, but it was obvious that she did not deny Duanmuhuai's statement.

   "Listen up, little girl."

   Duanmuhuai lowered his head and stared at her.

"Don't forget what the dean once said. Their mission here is to protect the artifact, so they are ready to sacrifice their lives. Of course, this is not the ending they expected, but how can people in this world go as they wish? The knights shouted to fight for the goddess, but how few were hacked to death by the green-skinned orcs? This is how this world is, get used to it.”

   "Yes, but... what should I do?"

  Hearing this, the trainee priest finally couldn't bear it anymore, raised his head to stare at Duanmu Huai, and roared loudly.

   "If even the goddess is unwilling to protect us, then who can we rely on?"

   “At the end of the day, it’s only you.”

   Duanmu Huai sighed, and patted her on the shoulder.

"Remember, little girl. It is a very stupid thing to pin your hopes on others. It is a choice that cowardly people can't do anything about. If you want to change your destiny, then you must stick to your heart, Make yourself stronger, face it all...bear it all...not always thinking about running away, thinking about escaping, thinking about finding someone to protect yourself. Of course, this should also pay attention to the method, if you choose Rely on the power of the evil god, then... you know what the consequences will be."

Looking at the trainee priest in front of him, Duanmuhuai's eyes did not fluctuate at all. He was not sure whether this child could get out of the shadow of this incident, maybe she would be hit by it and become a believer of evil gods... This kind of The possibility is not only not small, but also very large.

by that time………

   "Or, if you feel too tired to live, I have a better way."

   Having said this, Duanmu Huai drew out the mechanical sword behind his waist.

   "Let your soul return to the goddess, so that you will no longer have to bear the pain in the world."

  “…………”

   This time, the trainee priest was silent for a long time. Finally, she made up her mind and raised her head to look at Duanmuhuai.

   "Sorry, Lord Knight, I don't know... what should I do. I think, maybe I can no longer believe in Goddess as I used to... Is this okay?"

"This is normal."

  Duanmuhuai nodded, and put away the mechanical sword.

   "Also, I think you may have some wrong ideas about faith and gods."

"Why?"

  Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, the trainee priest froze for a moment, and stared at him in surprise.

   "Perhaps in your opinion, as long as you believe in the gods devoutly and dedicate everything to her, you can get the protection of the gods, but in fact most of the time this is not the case."

"is that so?"

   "Exactly."

   Duanmuhuai nodded.

"Nothing will fall from the sky, whether it is the blessing of the gods or the pie. There is a saying in my hometown that one knows the fate of all things. Simply put, people should do everything After you're done, it's up to God and fate to decide whether you can succeed in the future. Instead of giving up at the beginning and waiting for the gods to save you."

   Having said this, Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at the forest not far away. In fact, this is a common problem of many believers. They all feel that I have dedicated everything to the gods. They believe in you so devoutly that they have to chant scriptures and worship Buddha every morning and evening. When encountering difficulties, you will naturally help me. If the gods don't appear, then the gods have betrayed me. I'm so devout, but you still don't want to save me from the crisis... It's all your fault!

This is why many senior believers go to another extreme immediately after giving up their beliefs, because they think that they have done nothing wrong, it is the gods who did not respond to their expectations, so the fault is not me but the gods, since the gods betrayed Me, then I just fall into the game...

   But actually? That's not the case at all!

  Gods also depend on performance and performance. You don’t do anything, just chant sutras all day long, or give a lot of money, or work for the temple—is this called performance?

   Of course this is not called performance.

  Take the goddess of the lake as an example. Could it be that those knights went to worship every day and could see her with all their devotion to the Buddha?

  Of course that’s not the case. If you want to get the blessing of the Goddess of the Lake and become a Holy Grail Knight, you must embark on an adventure and a difficult journey. Only after a narrow escape can you get the blessing of the Goddess of the Lake, right?

   So, who is this blame on?

   Naturally, those missionary guys.

Think about "As long as you believe in the goddess of the lake, you can bless your fortune and prosperity from evil" and "If you want to get the blessing of the goddess of the lake, you must become an adventure knight and go through a journey of nine deaths to get what you want", which one is better? Is it easier to attract believers?

   Of course it is the former.

   After all, most people don't have the courage to die.

  Of course, except for some idiots who got into their brains.

To be honest, Duanmu Huai often felt that those superficial believers might be the second or fifth youngsters sent by the evil **** of chaos. As far as their methods of persuading believers were concerned, they seemed to wait for their faith to be shattered and fall into chaos. prepare.

   Therefore, most of the judges don't have a good impression of the clergy... These **** have no idea how many future potential perverts have been fooled by the Chaos God.

  And they themselves are still complacent and think that they have made a lot of contributions to the gods they believe in.

   It never occurred to them that the gods they believed in might be in the sky, so angry that they wished to kill these **** with a flash of lightning.

  Duanmuhuai didn't want to see the trainee priest appear in the Chaos God's team one day when his faith was disillusioned, so he decided to vaccinate the other party - as long as his mind is firm and he can see the world from a different angle, it is also a good choice.

  After listening to Duanmuhuai's words, the trainee priest lowered his head and thought for a while.

   "I, I don't know...but I'll try to figure it out..."

   "Come on."

   In this regard, Duanmuhuai said only these.

  After a fire burned down the monastery, Duanmu Huai took Augis and the trainee priests to a nearby temple of the Goddess of the Lake, and told the priests of the temple what happened in the monastery. The latter was also taken aback when he heard that there was a vampire invasion, and said that he would immediately send someone to deal with the aftermath. As for the trainee priest, Duanmuhuai left him in the temple. As for what kind of path she will take next, it is up to her .

   "This time it was really a close call, and the car almost overturned."

  Leaving the temple, Duanmuhuai was also in a cold sweat recalling what happened before. Thanks to my quick action, otherwise, if it is a few days later, when he arrives at the monastery, he may only be able to see the ruins of the monastery. If the system plays him another tracking and searching task at that time, then Duanmu Huai's heart is gone.

   What annoys him the most is this kind of tracking search task, not to mention the waste of time, the process is still long and annoying.

   This is also the reason why Duanmuhuai came to get the skull staff first. After all, compared with other artifacts buried in the ruins, this sealed thing is the easiest to be targeted by people.

   But fortunately, I finally got it!

  (end of this chapter)