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Chapter 466 What Are They Praying For?
To reach the Old Kingdom of the Elves, where the High Mountains are, it was a good choice for the Order to cross the desert via the Land of Agar.

Although this road is not very safe, it is necessary to cross the desert like the Prophet Norn, but if you don’t take this road, you will have to go around a long way to reach Nuss first, and then reach the ancient kingdom of elves. The priest of the order roughly estimated that , this road will take at least three years, but it only takes half a year to go directly from the land of Ajia.

Moreover, the most important thing is that with the increasing number of true believers, more and more people travel thousands of miles to the Holy Land for pilgrimage. With more people walking, the dangerous desert has become much safer than before. With a few guides, you can always reach the ancient kingdom of elves without making any big mistakes along the way.

After comprehensive consideration, the religious group decided to pass through the land of Aga.

They took a boat at the border port of Karrond, the dwarf kingdom, and it took them half a month to disembark at the port of the Aga kingdom. Dwarves, they have been with mountains all year round, and not many people set foot in the sea, so their water quality is generally poor.

But the religious group finally arrived in the land of Aga safely. Wildo stepped off the ship in a daze, looked up, and saw the standing statues of the king and queen. Eyed ape-man, but two humans!

"What's going on, isn't this Aga?"

Wildo said in surprise.

The old believer looked down and saw the stele under the statue, on which was written a series of Deschanel and Aga languages.

"Isn't it written on it?"

Wildo looked over, but he couldn't read big characters, so he couldn't understand what was written on it.

"I don't understand."

The dwarf youth muttered.

"In short, Aga has changed its dynasty a long time ago. The current king and queen are all human beings. They probably came to rule here during Aga's civil strife."

The old believer explained in common language, pointing to the stone tablet and saying:
"It is now the sixth generation. The stone tablet above says that this human family accepted the call of Cargaus, and it was the prophetic god who gave them the supreme power to rule this place."

At this time, Wildo suddenly realized that the land of Aga, where the three-eyed ape-man lived for generations, had changed hands in this year, but looking at the appearance of these three-eyed ape-man, it didn't seem that he hated the human family on the throne so much.

Common people are like that, and often don't care too much who rules them.

After walking for a while, the old believer suddenly turned around and asked:
"You can't read?"

Wildo nodded without hiding anything.

There is no shame in being illiterate, and many people are illiterate.

"Then I will teach you how to read..."

After a pause, the old believer added:

"So that you can help me with my work in the future."

Hearing this, Wildo was taken aback for a moment, and then a burst of ecstasy filled his heart.

Helping the work of the old believers, doesn't that mean that he can get access to the money of the church, and Wildo is naturally 1 happy about this.

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The religious group set off from the port city where they landed, and headed towards the city of King Aga. They were going to the high mountain, and they would also stop by to worship at the church site founded by the prophet Norn and his disciple Xilan.

In the land of Ajia today, the hatred for these true believers is no longer as it has been for thousands of years.

why?

Because as more and more true believers came to worship the ruins and go to the mountains for pilgrimage, the three-eyed apes in the land of Ajia gained more and more benefits.

True believers are not iron men. Everyone is flesh and blood to eat and live. They come from afar and trade with the three-eyed apes here. A large amount of gold and silver flow into the land of Ajia, making this place Wealthy lands became full of fat.

Either for the convenience of trade, or under the influence of these true believers, many three-eyed apes converted to the true religion and abandoned Cargaus. It can be seen that money is really a sin, and it can often overcome the barriers of belief.

With the benefits brought by the true believers and the increasing number of Aga’s true believers, the original three-eyed ape-man priests began to become more relaxed, and the conflict of beliefs was no longer in blood, even though the opposition still existed, But it has also turned softer.

Places such as the church ruins, the prison where Xilan was in before leaving, etc. have all been packaged up and become famous tourist attractions. All true believers who come here to worship or pilgrimage have to pay a tax. To go and visit.

The religious order has always lived frugally and does not have much spare money. Although the true believers want to worship the footsteps of their predecessors, they can only give up.

In this regard, the priest of the order exhorted them:

"Don't care about the 'new law garden' here. When we go to the Holy Land, the law garden we see is far older than here and closer to God."

The true believers of the order obeyed the exhortation, so they decided not to stay in the royal city, but continued to embark on the road to the holy land.

During this process, the old believers taught Wildo literacy day after day.

To say that Wildo is actually quite talented, he can read quickly, and is extremely enthusiastic. The old believers seem to trust this godson, and began to hand over a small amount of money to Wildo for management.

Wildo took over that part of the money with great excitement. The thing he dreamed of was finally getting closer, and it would not be long before it would come true. The most important thing now is to stabilize himself and not to be impatient, so as not to reveal his intentions.

The church's expenses began to flow through Wildo's hands. This young dwarf worked very hard, giving people a sense of intelligence and loyalty. No one would have guessed that he had other plans.

When they arrived at the city of Aga, due to the crowds, the religious group encountered many pickpockets along the way, but with the experience of being a wanderer, Wildo not only failed to let those pickpockets succeed, but even recovered from the pickpockets. A few silver coins.

But if you often walk by the river, there will always be a day when your shoes will get wet.

Wildo still missed.

The pickpocket was a little girl. She was so innocent and cute that people couldn't help but smile at her. She was blind in one eye and looked very pitiful.

At that time, the little girl was very polite and begged Wildo for a little money to buy bread.

Even Wildo didn't expect that under her polite appearance, there was a superb theft technique hidden.

Wildo didn't know what was wrong with him, whether he had been following this sect all the year round, so that he was blinded by hypocritical sympathy, or that the influence of faith had finally left footprints in his heart. Thirty silver coins were missing.

The young dwarf was in a hurry. He searched for the girl everywhere, trying to get back the thirty silver coins, but he was unfamiliar with the place, and he still found nothing in the end. In desperation, Wildo had to report the truth to the old believer.

"She stole thirty silver pieces from you?"

asked the old believer.

Wildo thought that there would be a scolding meal, but he didn't expect that after telling the ins and outs, the old believer would turn out to be very kind.

"The money you gave me is almost gone."

Wildo said angrily.

"Perhaps you should thank her."

So say the old believers.

"She stole not silver, but sin,

Hope she didn't steal your kindness away. "

After finishing speaking, the old believer threw a bag of coins and asked Wildo to keep it in safekeeping, so as to keep an eye or two in the future.

Wildo took the money bag, and he realized that he had not lost the trust of the old believers. For some reason, the young dwarf felt a little inexplicably happy.

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The pilgrimage continues.

The true believers of the order live a life of prayer and patience all the way.

They hired three guides and began to cross the desert, heading towards the ancient kingdom of elves under the scorching sun.

The guides are all experienced, and they ensured that there would be no mistakes along the way, but when they reached one third of the way, something went wrong.

The old believers and Wildo were the first to discover the problem. They noticed that this group of guides seemed to be premeditated, leading them to some remote places in order to extort more money from the church.

Without hesitation, the old believers and Wildo directly exposed the true colors of the guides. Those guides panicked instantly and fled in public. The guide managed to escape.

After threatening, the two guides promised to lead the true believers on the right path, which was indeed the case. After a small disturbance, the pilgrimage road was on the right track again.

Just when people were about to rejoice, a sandstorm suddenly encountered on the road.

The yellow sand swept across the sky, and the mighty wind tore the barren desert. The sand hit the body as painful as a knife cut. If you are not careful, you will be blown away by the strong wind.

The religious group was looking for a place to escape. In front of the huge natural surface, the manpower was so small that almost everyone was panicking.

Fortunately, they found a cave, and everyone poured into it. They waited until the sandstorm was over before starting their journey. When the priests of the order counted the number of people, they found that only one guide escaped in the chaos, and everyone else was well. of.

Wildo's face was full of embarrassment, and there was sand in his throat.

"Is it always that hard?
Is our pilgrimage always as difficult as this? "

The old believer panted heavily, wiped the yellow sand from his neck,

"There are more people in this world who have been through tougher things.

The pilgrimage road before us is not the most difficult one. "

Wildo turned his head and said hoarsely:

"Something harder? Death?"

He was stunned by the sandstorm and was talking nonsense.

"I heard that even if a storm hits the city, a volcano erupts, a mountain collapses... no matter what kind of catastrophe they face, there will still be true believers praying to God."

"There are always people who want to pray, what are they praying for?
Are you grateful for His silence, or are you praising His arrangements? "

This is the puzzlement that belongs to Wildo. In his bones, he still seems to be a selfish wanderer.

(End of this chapter)