Game of the World Tree

God-Blessed John was captured by the Judgment Knights of the Eternal Church.

With the return of the players' death, this matter quickly spread among the players, and then spread throughout the human world.

Over the past few months, God-Blessed John has already made a name for himself on the continent of Seggs through his preaching activities.

For many newly converted life believers in the human kingdom, he is almost a teacher-like existence. Therefore, this incident quickly caused an uproar in the human world.

For a time, the Life Cultists everywhere were filled with righteous indignation, and the tension between the two parties that had been caused by the persecution of the Life Cultists by the Eternal Church and the imperial nobles became even more tense.

"Master Elf Priest! Please lead us to save Master John! He saved us from the darkness and brought us the goddess's belief!"

"That's right! The Eternal Church is degenerate and corrupt, and Lord John will definitely be brutally persecuted by them!"

In the slums of Larona, the converted human believers were furious and prayed to the players who had accepted the mission of Old John and were stationed here to continue preaching.

However, Larona's players seem to be more resentful of what happened to Old John than the worried and angry human believers.

They were all red-eyed and gnashing their teeth, as if their own father had been arrested.

"Don't worry everyone! We will definitely not let the Eternal Church succeed! Lord John is the goddess of the goddess, a righteous and kind elder, and it is our duty to save him!"

The players said with righteous indignation, justice and awe.

Of course, it is not known whether it is justice and awe-inspiring, or because the arrest of the NPC who sent the quest to him may lead to the death of the quest.

On the border between the Holy Mannia Empire and the Kingdom of Ayres, in the cities where Old John once stayed, the believers of life who regarded him as the object of their follow-up were also fried.

"The evil Eternal Church has kidnapped the goddess's proxy, Lord John! These bastards only know how to bully the weak!"

"What did Lord John do wrong? He brought light and hope to us, why persecute him! Just because the gods are different?"

"What if the gods are different? When the demons attacked, where were they? When the nobles oppressed us, where were they? Only the great goddess has sent an army of elves to help us!"

"Degenerate! The Eternal Church has really fallen! They have completely forgotten their original intentions!"

"Protest, we have to gather and protest against the Eternal Church!"

The devotees of life were outraged and soon gathered to protest and march to the local Eternal Church.

In some more violent places, there have even been violent attacks on churches.

However, most of them are ordinary people, no matter how angry and united they are, they are still not the opponents of the trial knights, so they were soon brutally suppressed by the Eternal Church.

However, instead of solving the problem, this further aroused public anger.

In particular, I don't know when, the news of the Eternal Church's violent suppression of life believers began to spread on the mainland.

The troubadour sings ballads that satirize the Eternal Church and sing about the life believers who are fighting.

In the underground black market, there are even a large number of images of the Eternal Church's bloody suppression, making the Eternal Church's reputation already in jeopardy worse.

It was like poking a hornet's nest. For a while, it seemed that the name of the Eternal Church was quickly equated with the evil demon. Although it did not fall to the point where everyone shouted and beat it, it also completely aroused the anger in the hearts of the poor at the bottom.

Gradually, before Old John was escorted to Mannia, the storm quickly spread to the entire empire, and even the kingdom of Iris in the south. They were all dumbfounded.

"Damn, what's going on? Why did you suddenly arrest the God-Blessed Ones of the Church of Life? Those are the God-Blessed Ones, not ordinary believers! Do you know how much trouble this will bring to the Church and the Empire?!"

In the trial court of the Eternal Church, Bishop Winster, who is also the regent of the empire, had a livid face and roared at the priests and bishops of the trial court.

The black bishop who was in charge of this matter also looked ugly.

He said gloomily:

"Lord Winster, please calm down, this is the decision of the Pope."

"Your Majesty the Pope..."

Bishop Winster's pupils shrank, and then he was furious:

"Is his old eyes dim?! Saigus' magic power is recovering, and the empire is unstable. It is the time to stabilize people's hearts. At this time, he..."

"Lord Winster."

The black bishop interrupted Bishop Winster.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes darkened:

"The Pope is the eyes of my lord on earth. To slander the Pope is to blaspheme the Supreme Lord. Please speak carefully..."

Bishop Winster paused slightly.

His expression changed, and then he gritted his teeth and said:

"Even if he is the Pope, he can't mess around! Acting on the pagan gods is tantamount to declaring war. Do you think we are now ready to go to war with the Church of Life?!"

"Lord Bishop Winster..."

The bishop in black sighed slightly.

He took a deep breath and said:

"Now, do you still think that time is on the side of the church?"

After hearing his words, Bishop Winster was stunned for a moment.

The next moment, his expression changed and his eyes were complicated.

Where does time stand?

If it was five years ago, he would not have put down a small church of life that even half-orcs could not defeat.

However, in the past few years, this existence that he could not take into account, has swelled into a behemoth that shakes three times in the Seggs continent...

And the goddess they worshipped was also transformed into a world tree with powerful divine power from a goddess of life who popped out of that rocky nook.

Seriously, Bishop Winster was quite shocked when he knew the true identity of Eve, the goddess of life.

And now the black-clothed bishop's soul asks back, and finally brings a reality deep in his heart that he doesn't want to face, but actually already has the answer, and puts it bloody on the bright side.

At this moment, Bishop Winster was silent.

Seeing Bishop Winster calming down, the black bishop continued:

"Lord Winster, the Church of Life is developing too fast, and the time given to us... is running out."

Bishop Winster said nothing.

In many cases, the attitude and thoughts of the heart have been expressed without a word.

However, Winster's eyes were still a little complicated, and it seemed that he was still unwilling to do so.

It wasn't until a moment later that he said dryly:

"But... Hasn't my lord already lowered his strength, given blessings, and cultivated a large number of judgment knights?"

"As time goes by, our trial knights will become more and more! Although the goddess of life is a world tree, it will not recover soon after all. Is it possible that she really has the power to compete with my lord?!"

"Not to mention, the world of Seggs is about to be unblocked. Once it is unblocked, we..."

"Lord Winster."

The black bishop interrupted Bishop Winster again.

He sighed lightly and continued:

"Lord Winster, before the world of Seggs is unblocked, it is not only an oracle from the Pope, but also an oracle from our lord."

"Oracle? This...how is this possible?! Does my lord think that we won't be able to hold on to the day when the blockade is lifted?!"

Bishop Winster's eyes widened, and he could no longer hide the shock in his heart.

The bishop in black said solemnly:

"If it is the former World Tree, it is indeed not my lord's opponent, but his power is not only the power of the past."

"Not just the power of the past..."

Bishop Winster's pupils shrank again.

As if thinking of something, his expression changed slightly:

"You mean... it's those..."

"Elves."

The bishop in black said solemnly:

"It's the elves who are called the Chosen by the Life Believers and like to call themselves players!"

"Lord Winster, don't you think that the recent spread of the Church of Life in the Empire seems to be too exaggerated? Even if the Church has begun to suppress it, it still doesn't help..."

"This is all done by those Elf Chosen. According to the estimate of the trial, there are probably at least 200,000 Elf Chosen lurking in the empire to preach..."

"They have the ability to come back from the dead, and they can't kill them at all, but the more they are killed..."

"Not only that, the news of the arrest of John the God-Blessed this time was leaked and spread rapidly across the continent. We found that there is also the shadow of the Elf Chosen behind him..."

"They're crazy, aggressive, and very provocative and seductive..."

"It is because of their existence that the poor people of the Empire are quickly deceived and degenerated into heretics."

"Not only that...According to the inferences of several divine envoys, the number and strength of these elf chosen ones also seem to be related to the strength of the World Tree."

"These Elf Chosen are our great enemies when we fight against the Church of Life!"

After hearing the words of the black bishop, Bishop Wenster was completely silent.

After a long time, he sighed:

"I understand."

He returned to his usual calm and solemn appearance, but he looked at the bishop in black with a little more inquiry.

"but……"

He turned around:

"His Excellency Judge Bishop, are you and the Pope hiding something from us?"

This time, it was the black bishop's turn to be silent.

Seeing this, Bishop Winster's eyes flashed with a trace of fluctuation:

"It seems...that there is indeed."

After speaking, he raised his head and stared at the black bishop:

"His Excellency Bishop Judge, is it related to my lord's oracle? Isn't what you just told me the whole content of the oracle?"

The black bishop remained silent.

Winster looked ugly, and he said displeasedly:

"Your Excellency Judge, as a fanatical believer of our Lord, I am also qualified to know the entire contents of the oracle!"

Hearing this, the black bishop finally sighed:

"Lord Winster, if you have any questions, please pray directly to the Lord."

After speaking, he gave the other party a meaningful look:

"If you really have the Lord's approval, then... I think you will understand what the Pope is doing."

Bishop Winster's heart jumped, he glanced meaningfully at the trial bishop who didn't even know his name, snorted softly, and walked away.

However, after leaving the courthouse, he did not return to the palace, but came to the church closest to the courthouse.

"Prepare me a prayer room of the highest level, and I want to communicate with my lord."

Bishop Winster ordered the priest.

Although he is not a favored person, as the regent of the current empire, he has also obtained some favors from the Eternal Lord on the Holy Mania Empire.

In theory, as long as his beliefs are sufficiently devout, he also has the ability to communicate with the true God to a certain extent.

Hearing Bishop Winster's order, the priests quickly withdrew respectfully and prepared a solemn prayer room for him.

Entering the prayer room, Winster closed the door and came to the statue of the Eternal Lord.

He took the sun badge that symbolized the Eternal Lord from his arms, put it on his chest, knelt down gently, and closed his eyes reverently.

"Merciful and great, the supreme my lord..."

"Your devout servant Winster, I would like to ask you to answer the doubts in your heart..."

Winster's voice was wild and sincere.

And as he prayed, gradually, the white-gold light began to bloom on the statue.

Faintly, there seemed to be a sacred and majestic figure appearing behind the statue.

The ethereal voice slowly rang in Winster's ear, making him instantly excited.

That voice was nothing but an oracle from the gods...

The oracle is intermittent, ethereal and majestic.

Gradually, Bishop Winster's eyes widened, and his face was astonished.

But after being shocked, his expression turned into confusion again, and in the confusion, it seemed to show a bit of shock and surprise.

It wasn't until a moment later that the changing expression was gradually replaced by solemnity, and after the solemnity, Bishop Winster's eyes seemed to become more pious and fanatical.

Gradually, the phantom behind the statue slowly dissipated, the ethereal oracle also disappeared, and the light shrouded in the statue of the Eternal Lord returned to dim.

Bishop Winster took a deep breath, bowed respectfully to the statue again, and drew a sun symbol on his chest, saying:

"Praise you, great Lord..."

"Your devout servant Winster, obey your oracle!"

"May your brilliance illuminate every corner of Seggs!"

No one knows what kind of oracle Winster heard.

However, after coming out of the prayer room, he no longer questioned the Pope's order.

On the other hand, after successfully smashing the rescues of the Elf Chosen one after another, the trial knights finally succeeded in bringing the God-Blessed John back to the eternal holy city of Mania, the capital of the Holy Mania Empire.