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Chapter 239 Defending the True Sect

Expecting to suppress Zhenjiao is not only because of King Anukt's personal reasons.

It is the collective appeal of almost all nobles.

Although the nobles were dissatisfied with King Anukt's harsh punishments, they did not dare to resist, but only dared to obey.

However, most of the true believers are stone slaves with no power and low status. The nobles cannot pour out their dissatisfaction on King Anukt, so they can only pour out their grievances on the issue of true believers.

Prime Minister Ibia wanted to say something else, he asked:
"But what about the prophet, the God of the church..."

Before the words fell, King Anukt on the throne frowned and interrupted the prime minister who was always at the helm.

"Prime Minister Ibia, what are you afraid of?
Has the God their churches spoke of ever appeared before us?
Never, my chancellor. "

At this time, Hotep, the high priest of the Great Temple, also stood up:

"Prime Minister, you are too worried.

The Creator that those elves talk about has never appeared in front of us three-eyed ape-men.

Moreover, our three-eyed ape-man is a race created by Kagaus. The gods have their own laws. Even if the creator really exists, he must be a member of the gods. How could he cross the border to interfere with the three-eyed ape? Something inside the apes? "

After Hetaipu's remarks, Prime Minister Ibia was speechless.

The civilization of the three-eyed ape-man has been developing and growing, so those high priests who serve Kagaus on weekdays also capture the laws of the gods from the stories of the gods.

The priests speculated that the gods should have something similar to a mortal law or agreement, which prevents the gods from interfering with another race because of personal grievances.

But in the limited field of vision of the priests, no matter how lofty the Creator the elves say is, it is just one of the gods.

After all, they have never seen the appearance of the Creator.

A nobleman stood up and said to the king:

"Your Majesty, we should stop the growth of that church as soon as possible, confine their preachers to the royal city, and prevent them from disrupting the order of our entire kingdom."

And the high priest Hotep added:

"Your Majesty, I heard from the priests that these true believers do not respect our ancestors and traditional beliefs. Their filth and depravity have attracted most of them low-status stone slaves rather than pure-blooded ones. Three-eyed ape.

But if they continue to be deceived over time, I am afraid that even the Great Temple of Cargauth will turn into another 'New Law Garden'. "

King Anukt listened to the successive exhortations in the palace.

Although King Anukt is wise, he is extremely selfish and conceited.

And that selfishness lies in that he will be driven by his own emotions, according to his enthusiasm for Cargaus, and to conform to the desires of the nobles in front of him, to add fuel to the fire and make the situation worse.

"In this palace, almost everyone hates the true religion."

When King Anukt thought of this, he couldn't help wondering whether his move to unify the two religions was too benevolent.

He is the king on the throne, the magnificent palace is his daily contact with the world, and the reports of the nobles and ministers are the public opinion of the whole kingdom.

King Anukt saw only what he could see. He thought he could overlook the border of the kingdom, but his vision was still narrow, and among the kings of all ages, even the wisest king could hardly realize his own narrowness. Not to mention Anuckt.

"Wait, everyone, when General Baker brings the news of his triumph, we will properly deal with the issue of the true religion."

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In the Great Temple.

Antinon was restless.

As the son of prophecy, he prayed to Cargaus in the prayer room with a voice that only he could hear.

Antinon was hesitating.

The current situation is developing in a direction that is more and more unfavorable to the true religion, and he has always had a close personal relationship with Xi Lan and others, so naturally he does not want to see the church collapse.

In Antinon's eyes, the church's wavering of Cargauth's faith certainly exists.

But Antinon opposed any barbaric decree, he respected debate and questioning, and compared to corrupt priests, Antinon favored poor true believers.

"Cagaus, the mysterious prophecy, the one who has always guided me.

I beg you to enlighten me, tell me, what should I do?
Should I meet King Anukt and try my best to find a final turning point for Sealand and the others? "

After praying, Antinon closed his eyes silently and waited quietly.

Soon after.

A wonderful feeling came from a distant place and fell into Antinon's mind.

Antinon slowly raised his eyes and nodded
"Cagaus, I see."

After finishing speaking, Antinon clenched his fists and looked in the direction of the palace resolutely.

God of Prophecy granted the Son of Prophecy's thoughts.

Antinon stood up, and he walked slowly towards the palace.

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Soon after, King Anukt received the priest from afar in his study.

"Your Majesty the King."

Antinon said humbly.

King Anukt said softly:

"Don't be too polite, Antinon, I'm just a servant of Cargauth."

Antinon nodded, and King Anukt continued to ask:
"Then what do you come to see me for? Antinon."

Under King Anukt's sharp eyes, Antinon said neither humble nor humble:

"Your Majesty, I'm here for the cause of the true religion, and I'm here to defend them.

All the while, I never defended them directly,

But today, I must pour out my thoughts for them. "

King Anukt, who originally respected the priest and was gentle and polite in front of the priest, now had cold eyes.

"What do you have to defend, Antinon?
In the palace, my nobles have explained to me the many crimes that the true believers have committed against our kingdom.

It's just that you don't like stepping into power struggles, and you haven't heard the many accusations my nobles have against them. "

Antinon stood still. He had heard from other priests in the past that true believers punished the law.

But Antinon already had an idea.

So he said:

"Your Majesty, please allow me to elaborate on these secular affairs later."

Then, Antinon changed the subject:
"The first defense I want to do is spiritual, and it is a defense under the guidance of Kagaus."

King Anukt raised his eyebrows,

"Then tell me, you are the disciple of the hermit, I have heard about the hermit from the Lonely Island, he is one of the people who know the Lord God best in the world.

Antinon took a deep breath, and after finishing the draft, he looked directly at King Anukt.

"Your Majesty, those true believers have never offended the glory of Cargaus."

King Anukt looked directly at Antinon, and said in a deep voice:

"You are a priest, you know better than me how many temples of Cargauth are abandoned because of the true believers."

Antinon looked directly at King Anukt, and said slowly:

"Your Majesty, it is not the temple of Cargaus that was abandoned by the true believers, but the temple was abandoned by the priests."

King Anukt looked at Antinon, and saw the latter staring at the king without giving way.

"My teacher, the hermit Naya, was entrusted by the high priest Ola to come to the land of Aga to spiritually subvert the churches of the true believers.

My teacher was such a pious man that when he returned to the land of Aga, he kissed the land blessed by Cargauth. "

King Anukt slowly said:

"Of course I know the piety of the hermit.

But what reason do you have to accuse the other priests?

Antinon, they cleanse themselves every day, strictly abide by the precepts, and recite the name of the prophetic god hundreds of times every day. "

King Anukt's voice was flat, but it revealed the majesty that a king should have.

Antinon raised his head and asked slowly:

"What is the point of purifying the body if it cannot purify the soul?
Strictly abide by the precepts, if the precepts are the precepts of people, not the precepts of gods, how can the precepts please the gods? "

The words fell to his ears, King Anukt was stunned for a moment, and asked in a deep voice:

"Antinon, do you know what you're talking about?"

Today's priests of the Great Temple almost all stand on the side of King Anukt, but Antinon categorically denies the priests of the Great Temple in front of him, which is nothing more than a kind of disobedience.

"I know what I'm talking about,"

Antinon looked directly at King Anukt, and said word by word:

"Your Majesty, my teacher once wanted to crush the spirit of the church, but quietly gave up.

Why is that?
It was because my teacher knew that the priests of Cargauth abandoned the abandoned temples, not the true believers who forced the priests to abandon them in order to erect their own temples.

Even the New Law Garden was built on top of an abandoned temple. "

King Anukt was sullen, and he asked in a deep voice:

"Antinon, you are talking too much.

You are a priest serving Cargauth, you deserve to learn humility! "

Facing Anukt's scolding, Antinon leaned forward, completely unafraid of this secular authority.

"Your Majesty, let me ask you,
If the priests really worshiped Cargauth, how could they have the heart to let the temple go to waste.

Could it be that the devotion of reciting the name of the prophetic God hundreds of times is not enough for them to endure a life of poverty? ! "

Antinon's rhetorical question was like a storm, he didn't care about King Anukt's face,

"Those priests who kept saying that they were 'pious' abandoned the temple so easily."

"What do they want?"

"What do they want is a mountain of gold and silver, or a poor and poor temple?!"

Antinon's voice rose higher and higher, as if he represented not only himself, but the hermit who had disappointed the priests,

"That stone statue, they decorated it with gold and silver when they were rich, but ignored it when they were down."

"What god are they going to serve?"

"Are they going to serve a cold stone statue, or the real Kargaus?!"

The lingering sound echoed in the study, and the loud questioning was like thunder, beating King Anukt heavily.

King Anukt's face turned blue and white, and he looked directly at Antinon angrily, the royal robe on his body trembling slightly.

The king was enraged, and the majesty of the monarch was ignored by the priest in front of him.

Antinon attacked the priests, and undoubtedly also attacked himself who supported the Great Temple.

What I have done has been recognized by most of the nobles of pure blood. I am the king of a country, the king who is blessed by Cagaus. Even if Antinon is a disciple of a hermit, he is nothing more than a priest. .

How dare he offend the authority of the king of a country? !
(End of this chapter)