99 – Tales of true saints and filthy priests
Being a priest is surprisingly a job with a lot of corruption.
The clergy who believe in God and have integrity are really only a few people out of a very small minority. In addition, as time goes by, if such people also taste the taste of wealth and fame, it is impossible to return perfectly to the way they were in the past.
In fact, even if you look at the history of the past, there are countless things that the clergy did for power and wealth.
For example, in the past, there was a case in which the pope and the emperor fought over the right to appoint.
In order to become a cleric, they know that they need to know how to handle divine power to become a cleric, but unlike magical power, divine power does not exist for everyone in the first place.
A special power inherited from God.
That is what defines the concept of divine power.
Therefore, in order to become a priest, what had to be proved was not divine power, but proof of faith in God, and a good character, if not integrity and innocence.
yes, it was
“Shall we go to the casino today?”
“Arthur. Do you want to be punished by blowing up the donation again?”
“Ah, was that bastard really cheating? No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t make sense for a straight flush to come out of it… .”
As the pope had the right to appoint all the clergy, bribes in the name of various gifts to the pope really gathered more than the national budget of a single kingdom.
Now, then, what choice will the pope, the head of the church who received it, make?
Would you reject a gift because you obey God’s will?
No, it can never be. Even if he is a pope, he is just a human being, so he received the gift because he naturally had greed… He was intoxicated by the taste of power he had tasted once.
“I, under the name of Renaridios Cloud, appoint Ibn Serenia as a paladin.
“I will accept it gratefully.”
As the pope was given the right to appoint, money and gifts from people who had been bribing the emperor gathered in an instant. It’s ridiculous.
The number of just over 1,000 paladins had already exceeded 40,000.
In the case of simple priests, the number of 100,000 has already passed and is slowly approaching 500,000. Not just the faithful, but the number that the pope directly appointed as a priest.
Of course, in this case, it was not only because the right to appoint was concentrated on the pope.
It was possible because there were feats that would be recorded in the history books even if only one popped out in a century, such as the appearance of the saint and the saint, the subjugation of the Holy Knights led by the saint, the complete annihilation of the remnants of the demon king’s army, and the mass production of counterfeit holy swords.
“… So what about coming back to Lian?”
“With honor… It would be only a blessing in disguise.”
That’s right, the only thing that comes back after making the credit is common words of blessing and honor.
An honor that was too common for Lian, who was praised as a hero and a knight, whether in the empire or on the continent.
“really… I will go crazy.”
Not the worst environment. Since it is indispensable to be treated appropriately as long as one is revered as a saint, Lian’s room was enjoying a happy life in which he immediately received what he wanted in a more luxurious room than ever before.
Yes, a happy looking life.
“Master, you can never find happiness in things like that.”
“I guess so. Because the young master always longed for affection.”
If someone sees it, they might say that it’s because they’re full, but… No matter how much wealth and honor you accumulate, it is futile if there is no one to share it with.
Why do rich people want to show off their wealth by throwing parties?
Humans are social animals.
Talk to someone, meet and make contact. Or just being together normally is enough, but the fact that you are literally alone makes a person feel empty.
And for Lian, loneliness was one of the pains he couldn’t bear.
“Prin, what were you doing?”
“I was praying. How about Rihanna?”
So, Lian visited Prin every day.
If he was praying, he quietly prayed next to him.
If we were eating, we ate together even if we weren’t that hungry.
When I was sleeping, I spent as far away as possible, but there were cases where I bit my nails and stayed awake about 3 times a week.
person is broken
I have a hard time putting up with loneliness and I want someone every day.
And this time, the target was Prin.
His mental strength was starting to hit rock bottom to trust anyone else.
Even if he returns, there are memories of being genuinely happy by looking into his daily life, but even those memories will be forgotten in about 10 years if you are an ordinary person, leaving only traces that remind you that it was good back then.
Ryan is exactly the same.
want affection
When I recall the nostalgia of the past, I want the happy memories to unfold in front of my eyes once again.
“It’s damn stupid… .”
At Neros’s words, Liane couldn’t say anything.
Foolish… .
That’s what it says. The human named Lian Primal was foolish.
Without doing so, the idea of trusting the person who was betrayed once again is impossible, and at the point of not having a sincere revenge for the four people, the temperament overflowed.
The existence of Lian Primal was such a being.
It was foolish, stupid, and pure.
Yes, such a human ‘was.’
“As of this time, we excommunicate Lian Primal, who has committed sins by claiming to be a saint!!!”
The pope shouts from inside the magnificent church.
He lists the sins Lian did not commit, and people scold him and look at him with contempt.
Calling me a hypocrite… Forgetting how they were saved, they curse at Lian.
“… dirty.”
Lane groaned softly.
Being human felt so dirty.
The contempt could not be expressed in words. From Lane’s point of view, they didn’t even look like beasts below humans.
Prin? She didn’t even come to see Lian.
Even after hearing about Lian’s sin, he didn’t even respond and didn’t ask if it was like that.
As soon as I heard of Rian Primal’s crime, I was convinced that it was true, and I put all my energy into arresting and suppressing Rian, and I just watched this trial from afar.
That’s how Lian Primal fell from a saint to a dirty hypocrite.
And I was forced to realize that the words of an eagle with its wings ripped off were not kind enough to end with misery.
Kwadeuk!
“Kwaaa!!!!”
One of Lian’s fingernails falls off and falls to the floor.
The upper part of the fingernails showed sticky blood and pure white skin, but the subsequent blow soon turned the white upper part of the fingernails blue.
The fingernails had been removed and the pantyhose had been slammed down on the flesh without the fingernails.
“aaa!!!!”
The torturers were silent.
That was natural.
They are not interrogators trying to find out something through interrogation. A torturer who punishes those who betray God.
It’s their job to only cause pain.
It was an expression of their faith.
Kwadeuk!!
“aaa!!!!!”
Lianne was the only one who could watch Rian being tortured.
In order to record one of the few things she can do for her, who can do little on her own, she carefully watches Lian suffer.
Rip your nails. Eyeballs are stabbed. cut off the arm pull out claws barking at the intestines breaks the mind stop the heart for a moment
The torture created by human creativity took a whopping 30 days.
The death given to Lian, who had been tortured for a month, was not a kind death.
dump.
The fascia of the whole body was ripped off, and Lian, whose magic circuit was completely blocked, was thrown into the pit like a corpse.
There was nothing Ryan could do.
I didn’t even think about struggling in a situation where death was already confirmed.
pug… pug… .
As he stared blankly at the mound of earth falling over his head and stopped breathing to avoid suffering, the followers poured potions over it.
The soil soaks up the potion and energizes the whole body.
Lian closed her eyes to the cruelty of the torturer, who had no intention of killing her simply, and gave up the idea of a comfortable death for the first time.
The earth is covered and the vision is covered with earth.
But death never comes.
static, darkness.
In a situation where only these two exist, Lian’s body gradually fills with soil.
The dirt that began to penetrate through his mouth, nose, and even his pupils through pressure makes Lian constantly suffer, and the potion that exists, albeit faintly, delays Lian’s death.
Death is full of pain.
In the first death, mental pain.
If the second death was betrayal and physical pain.
The third death was something that would leave a lasting scar on Lian.
“… … .”
The only fortunate thing was that the quality of the potion was lower than expected and the potion neutralized through the soil had little effect, so Lian, who was already close to a living corpse, died in about 10 minutes.
“… f*ck.”
Neros cursed and covered his eyes.
For a moment, I thought I was lucky.
Relief? Don’t be funny. In the first place, there was no reason why Rian should suffer like that.
He was randomly taken and tortured for no reason to suffer, and he could not even accept a comfortable death, but Neros thought it was fortunate that he died quickly.
“It’s not over yet.”
“What?”
At Lianne’s words, Rain and Neros opened their mouths at the same time.
still left?
What the hell is going on?
Does it even exist to suffer more than this?
“… long time no see To see what the bitch who took my body did.”
A new life has begun with Rianne and Mal.
[quest!]
Starting with the quest order in the system window, which is now visible to Neros and Rain.