Chapter 422: Deterrence

The sun was shining brightly on Monday morning, just like Father Miro's mood at the moment. Colorful flags were hung everywhere in Storm City, and the publicity leaflets about the official opening of the Cathedral of Grace filled the streets and alleys of the city like fireworks. This day was definitely a special day for Storm City.

People came out of their homes, fully dressed, and gathered in front of the Charismatic Cathedral, which was to be built from a temple.

The cathedral is magnificent and majestic, with towering spires, white pillars, colored glass curtain walls and various exquisite reliefs appearing on the buttresses, all of which create a sacred and solemn atmosphere. In front of the arch of the church, Father Miro, wearing a white sacrificial attire and with a serious face, held the scripture that had just been compiled, and said to the people below: "Today, I am very happy to tell you a piece of good news. The cathedral will open from here It will be officially opened to the public from this moment, which means that the Lord’s grace will be blessed by this lucky city. Yes, this is a [pig][pig][island] novel ww.zuhm a city favored by divine grace. I Brothers and sisters, you should remember that not long ago, our city was under siege. At that moment, I was as desperate as you are from the bottom of my heart."

"However, at that time, only our saint's face remained unchanged. She said to me: The Lord of the sky will never give up this city, because we often praise his holy name." Milo's voice Raised a few degrees and said: "So I cheered up again, and the facts also proved that those villains were finally expelled, and we were reborn!"

Father Miro closed his eyes, and heard people cheering as expected. As early as a few months ago, he began to preach in the city of Sur, and obtained the first batch of believers with some small means. Even though there were only a few believers at the time, he then played the Vera card, using Vera's ability to peek into the future, and after several accurate predictions, the priest's followers suddenly increased.

Although within the Balegon Empire, all kinds of beliefs spread throughout every corner of the empire. However, these beliefs, as well as the gods represented behind them, are all images and legends created by people. Even in history, it has been used by some caring people to artificially create so-called miracles several times. But so far, some sects have withered, and some are still struggling to support, but they have gradually declined.

At this time, the priest appeared with the teachings of Christ, and performed miracles one after another, immediately winning the hearts of the people. After all, a god who shows miracles through believers is far easier to gain people's faith than those gods who only have legends but no actual actions.

The society developed in the city of Sur, and things about Christ, the Virgin Vera, and many miracles also quietly spread to Storm City. Coupled with Edward's planning and instigation behind the scenes, after Father Miro came to Storm City, he also successfully gained a group of believers. Today, all the believers gather here, giving the priest a sense of coronation of the Pope.

Enjoying the sound of the waves, Father Miro reluctantly opened his eyes, made a gesture with both hands to quiet the crowd, and said, "Now, we ask our saint to make a new prophecy for the cathedral."

Vera, the saint,

After the prophecies made have been confirmed many times, people have firmly believed that the gods saw the future through her eyes. Therefore, Vera's status in the hearts of the people is much higher than that of Father Miro. This is no wonder, after all, the former is the spokesperson of the gods, while the latter is the servant of the gods, so it is clear at a glance who is more important.

Today, the girl dressed in a pure white holy robe is indeed somewhat sacred. Especially Vera's black hair and black eyes always give people a sense of transcendence. Coupled with the ethereal temperament of the girl herself, the crowd cheered again as soon as Vera appeared on the stage.

Vera stood before the arches of the church and raised her head gradually. His eyes were like black jade covered with a layer of water vapor, and he slowly scanned the crowd below. Wherever her gaze swept over, the crowd fell silent. Some even fell to their knees directly, paying homage to Vera. Withdrawing her eyes, Vera spit out a sentence from her mouth: "Father who walks in the sky is the only true God in the world. Hearing his name will bring you peace and avoid disasters and diseases. Praise him and love him, when You return to dust, and an angel will lead you to his kingdom."

"The Lord said that if there are people in this city who love him, they will let the grace of God be here forever, for the gospel."

Vera raised her hands horizontally, and the choir behind her who had been waiting for a long time immediately sang hymns loudly. Behind the cathedral, balls of fire and blue light suddenly rose up. They collided with each other and exploded in mid-air, bursting out colorful fireworks, and then slowly fell down.

Father Miro rushed forward and said, "This is a holy baptism, and this place will become the birthplace of the Gospel. Praise you, Almighty Lord!"

Immediately, the atmosphere of the ceremony reached a climax.

After the choir finished singing, Allen and Edward pushed open the door of the Grace Cathedral in person, marking a perfect end to today's ceremony. The crowd can enter the church to visit, and at the same time, they can receive a gift from the church at the door. The gift is just a fairly ordinary biscuit or bread, but such an inconspicuous gift is enough to impress the image of the church into thousands of households.

Christianity has been spread on the earth for thousands of years, and a set of inherent patterns has long been formed for how to harvest people's hearts. Father Miro only took one or two of them, but he has already benefited from them. The biggest feature of this sect is its openness. Christianity does not require the status of its followers, ranging from the emperor of a country to beggars on street corners. As long as you are willing to convert, the church will accept it.

This alone determines that this sect has a large audience, far above other temple sects.

After the two important figures, Allen and Edward, expressed their conversion to the church in front of everyone, other officials, military officers, and civilians all expressed their willingness to join the church. So this morning, Father Miro was so busy that he didn't even have time to drink his saliva, but the priest's face was always filled with a bright smile.

During the entire ceremony, Higgs was on the sidelines. Judging from Alan's approach, there is no doubt that this church was established under his deliberate promotion. Higgs couldn't understand this. Although it is not uncommon for the superior to control the people through faith, Allen's move obviously exaggerated the status of the church. This will have an irresistible impact on his management in the future. As long as a lord with a little common sense would not allow the power of the church to be above him.

So he didn't understand why Alan would do this.

But these are not the main point, the main point is the fireball and light that soared into the sky before the ceremony ended, which is naturally not the so-called holy baptism that Father Milo said. Those fireballs and lights came from an army deployed by Allen behind the church. Higgs' entourage told him very clearly that the firearms used by that army were not common spontaneous fire/guns. The important thing is that the fireballs fired from the firearms are transformed by the source force, or the bullets that are highly condensed by the source force.

Whether it was a fireball or a source bullet, Higgs could slightly predict their power, and the result surprised him. That is, if Allen uses this army to fire at his most elite Black Cloud Knights, the Black Cloud Knights will be swallowed by Allen's firepower before they hit the opponent's line.

When the peace agreement was signed last time, Higgs had never seen this army. Allen only showed them now, but it actually had a shocking effect. How could Higgs not be clear, what Allen did was undoubtedly a warning. Warned Black Iron Fort not to do things that violated the agreement. After many inquiries, Higgs firmly remembered a name in his heart.

inch fire!

This is the number of that unit, in Higgs' heart. This name is quietly exalted above the King of the Mountain and the Dark Blade.