Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton - Chapter 809

Chapter 809: Chapter 457: Offending the Saint, Slapping the Face

Anthony, Archbishop of the Church of Light… had been crowned Pope. He understood the Church of Light better than anyone, even more than the theologians studying in the Master Plane, because he had burned many scriptures.

Many symbols, imprints, customs, and patterns passed down by the ancient church had been lost to the Church in the Master Plane.

Thus, Anthony found that on the streets and alleys of Deloge City, there would occasionally appear symbols and imprints that he recognized. They were inconspicuous, like the random scribbles of children, but following their traces, Anthony discovered many secret messages.

From these messages, Anthony learned that they were trying to acquire the method to make ‘particularly hunger-resistant’ rapeseed cakes. He decided to use this in his favor, luring them out with the cakes and capturing them all at once.

Interrogation revealed that they were Followers of Light, lurking in Deloge City. While preaching among the disaster victims, they had tried the rapeseed cakes and immediately realized the advantages of this food.

Having the method to produce these cakes would easily reduce the volume and weight of the food to one-tenth of its original size, significantly alleviating the pressure of transportation and storage.

What used to require a hundred carts for a hundred people’s food, now needed only ten carts. What previously needed a thousand carts now only required one hundred.

The road costs, including horse feed, subsequently dropped by ninety percent, which meant transportation costs reduced by ninety percent. Even the space for storing them could be significantly reduced.

This was a revolutionary technology.

Thus, the priests notified the curia, and the curia quickly issued an order demanding that they thoroughly secure the method of making this food. Suddenly, all the Followers of Light who were hiding in Deloge City mobilized, quickly falling into the net set by Anthony.

Interrogation revealed that the Church of Light still held significant sway, had many followers, and was very wealthy.

Because they were oppressed by the Undead, the Church of Light could not openly propagate their faith or build various labor-intensive and costly magnificent buildings. So, they focused on making money and had amassed a great deal of wealth.

Hearing about the wealth and followers, Anthony was moved and hastily had the people brought over to see if he could extract their Faith Elemental Force. If he could, there would be no need to kill them–the believers could provide a vast amount of Faith Elemental Force.

Ange didn’t know for sure, so they just tried. They made a tremendous noise, and then moved the blindfolded Followers of Light to a new location.

…

Agli was terrified, trembling as she walked forward, nearly falling several times due to her weak legs.

Her mind was awash with countless horrific legends, such as zombies eating human brains, Undead devouring souls, skeletons stripping flesh from bodies, turning living humans into skeletal frames, and so forth.

To frighten the believers, the Church had fabricated numerous terrifying legends that they had taught from childhood.

Especially those legends about falling into the hands of the Undead, where they couldn’t live or die, their flesh rotting away while they were still conscious, seeing maggots crawling in their guts–a scenario that drove many devout believers to choose sacrifice over suffering, burning their souls rather than falling into the hands of the Undead.

Agli also wanted to die by sacrifice, but unfortunately, she hadn’t learned how to offer her soul, couldn’t die by biting her tongue, and found it even harder to kill herself by hitting her head against a wall; that might just provoke their captors and truly have them tortured as in the tales, which would be dreadful.

Better to obediently comply, answer whatever was asked, and pray that they might grant her a quick death once satisfied.

She felt herself being led into a confined space because she could hear the echo of footsteps, which suggested it was a large space like a cave.

Agli felt her blindfold being pulled off, and a holy light stunned her eyes momentarily, blinding her as she saw a delicate figure with six flapping wings.

After rubbing her eyes and adjusting to the light, Agli could clearly see that it was a Six-winged Archangel, holding the Great Angel’s Staff, and sporting three pairs of wings on its back.

“Ah?!” A Six-winged Archangel? A Six-winged Archangel! Agli couldn’t help exclaiming, but she immediately reacted, clasping her hands tightly over her mouth.

Her companions repeated her action, all equally terrified as they stared at the Six-winged Archangel before them after their blindfolds were removed.

What’s going on? Why is there a Six-winged Archangel here? Have we arrived in the Divine Country?

Agli had never seen a Six-winged Archangel before; the name existed only in legends, and not even pictures had dared to be transmitted, for fear of discovery by the Undead.

It was only from the stories of the older priests that Agli knew the Six-winged Archangel had six wings, one pair of true wings, and the remaining four being Light Wings.

Agli carefully observed the Little Angel’s back, seeing the True Wings and Light Wings matching the legends, but… but… why would the legendary Six-winged Archangel suddenly appear in front of them?

This question echoed in the minds of all the Followers of Light, only to be interrupted by a voice: “You idiots, you almost exposed me, morons! Do you even know how to act?”

Following the direction of the voice, Agli and the others saw something that made them gasp collectively. The person who had captured them was scolding them, wearing an Archbishop’s ceremonial robe, but it was more luxurious and formal, with richer and trendier details.

The Church of Light in the Master Plane had evolved over thousands of years; both its aesthetic and design far surpassed anything here.

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