Chapter 149: Priests and Religion

Chapter 146 – Priests and Religion

Owen is swooping almost by the system’s breakthrough flash waist, originally can still hold on to hold on, but the result of a foot throttle too much, stepping horse lubricant are sprayed out, directly skid into the drain to end the race process.

The expression of some strange Owen put on a robe, holding the berry water hurried to the dungeon chamber, tonight he intends to sleep on his own, but before that first study the system that inexplicably broke through.

In the middle of the night, what exactly happened to make the system suddenly upgrade?
Owen, who was full of fog, couldn’t figure it out at all, and even called in the ninjas to inquire about it, but the result was that the territory was safe and sound, and there was no movement.

After asking around and not finding any clues, this makes Owen very helpless, because he has not been able to figure out the reason for the system upgrade in the end what is the reason, this is also the reason why he did not abandon the territory to seclusion, because Owen always feel that the system upgrade has something to do with the development of the territory, the question of which aspect is the cause of the system breakthrough always can not be figured out, but this does not delay him to look at the rewards given by the system upgrade this time, as well as the changes in the system.

Starting from ten points of progress value, every breakthrough the system will give a reward.

The breakthrough to twenty points rewarded Ninja 10, Templar Knight Profession, Iron Cloth Skill, and Blacksmith Shop Building.

When breaking through to thirty points rewards Teutonic Samurai 10, Lord Template, Mystic Arts, Town Center.

And this time, breaking through to forty points rewarded Priest 10, Alchemist Profession, Qi Magic, Essence Workshop.

“Priest?!” After seeing the first reward, Owen was stunned, then came to spirit.

Although the monks in the Age of Empires mastered some mysterious powers, able to brainwash and recruit, able to heal the sick and wounded, but these abilities were limited, more often than not, the monk was more like a scholar.

Previously, because the size of the territory was not large, scholars had no use, so Owen had never exchanged monks, but the priests rewarded by the system were different.

Priests from Invincible Heroes have a firm faith and strong physique, with a bible in one hand and a war hammer in the other, they are true ascetics, even in the world of Invincible Heroes, where legends are inferior to dogs and demigods are everywhere, they are still able to serve as a backbone of the fifth-ranked soldiers.

Priests can attack from afar, can fight in close combat, can resist and also milk, except for the poor speed, it is simply the ideal hexagonal warrior, so Owen somewhat impatiently summoned the ten priests, and it did not let him down.

Each priest is two meters tall with a big waist and thick arms, one hand holding a bible with copper skin and iron horns that can be used as a shield, and one hand holding a bowl-thick war hammer.

This situation, when they calmly reason with you, I guess there are not many people dare not reason, otherwise knowledge changes destiny is really not a joke, so big a Bible shot down, purely physical transcendence, directly into the next life reincarnation.

In addition, let Owen surprised, these priests faith is actually him?
Owen can clearly feel from the ten priests similar to Char’s fanatical loyalty, no, I should say faith, extremely pure faith.

If not for the lack of certain conditions, Owen even felt that he was able to make some impact or response to this.

Interestingly, obviously the object of faith is him, these priests are bizarrely mastering the power of holy light, this makes Owen puzzled, after all, he doesn’t think he has a dime’s worth of relationship with the holy light, even if he puts out yellow lazy light waves he can understand, but what’s the deal with such pure holy light?

However, this does not prevent the priest from becoming the strongest soldier in Owen’s hands, the comprehensive value is still above the Teutonic warrior, after all, the priest can not only fight and resist, but also heal and spread the faith, the latter two points alone are enough to be valued by Owen.

With the development of the territory, in addition to some messy things mixed in, faith is also a problem that needs to be considered.

The empire does not have a state religion, this is a lesson learned after paying a terrible price, so it is very liberal about faith, as long as it is not biased towards evil, even as long as the local lord does not explicitly prohibit it, preaching is very free.

This is a very clever point, after all, the number of sects is so large that they have to fight themselves, so they still care about affecting the rule of those in power.

If Owen didn’t want to introduce foreign religions, he had to have his own. This aspect of the situation, Owen learned some from where Maya was, as this also belonged to the necessary knowledge of a lord.

The religions in this world were divided into three categories, namely the Idea School, the Sacred Object School and the Divine Spirit School.

Conceptualism was the simplest, believing in a certain concept, such as serving the church, they believed in the way of service, and there was no specific deity, after all, it was impossible for a single-minded deity to exist.

The Relics are also very simple, believing in a certain object.

As for what the item is does not matter, can be artifacts, can also be ancient relics, or even a certain drunkard tripped over a horseshoe, and then carrying a horseshoe to the tavern, a few cups of wine, and then win a few hands of cards, a group of drunkards set up the Church of the Lucky Horseshoe appeared.

In fact, the real church needs to be answered and sheltered by the gods, and only then can it be called the real church, such as the noble goddess of the nobles’ faith.

Owen didn’t intend to attract the eyes of the gods to the territory, so he had to fill this void with a new religion, leaving the other side with no way out.

Because of the system, Owen didn’t worry about the beliefs of the territory’s residents, the key was that having a mass base wasn’t enough, without a backbone, no matter how many people there were, it was still just scattered sand, and it was also easy for the foreign missionaries to notice that something was wrong.

Now that there are priests, the needed backbone is there.

Owen had no sleep at all at this time, he told these priests about the situation of the territory and his purpose.

True to form, these pastors were familiar with everything from the grassroots evangelism, to the formation of the middle level, and they even planned to write a new bible with Owen as the subject matter.

Even though Owen’s cheek thickness had increased quite a bit, he still blushed a bit when he heard these words, and hastily humbled himself for a few moments before stating a few points of his requirements.

Suppressing the idea of wanting to write a dark bible, Owen’s proposed three views were still very positive, receiving a burst of pious praise from the pastor.

Well, he was just so light and positive, it didn’t matter if others believed it or not, anyway, Owen himself believed it.

Although the religion lacked a high-level part, it was sufficient for the current situation, and the grassroots part could be made up with monks.

Monks belonged to a special troop type, each worth fifteen progress points, the same as Teutonic warriors.

However, compared to the Teutonic warriors who could fight and resist, monks who possessed a small amount of mystical power and were more like scholars did not meet Owen’s needs, simply put, they were not cost-effective.

However, now that the upper limit of progress value had reached forty points, and the speed of progress value recovery had increased again, monks worth fifteen points of progress value were no longer so unattainable, and Owen didn’t mind exchanging some of them when the need arose.

After all, compared to the priests that could not be exchanged at all now, the monks that could be exchanged were undoubtedly a good choice.

After having a mass base and grassroots backbone, there was still a lack of a majestic church and a religious arm with a big enough fist.

The former was the center of gathering faith, and the latter was the fist that kept the peers calm.

(End of chapter)