[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing":3,"chapter-the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-101":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Holy Church Begins with Bestowal of Blessings",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1688774,2156,"Chapter 101 : Holy Relics, Secrecy, Treasured Artifacts, Sacred Vessels","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-101",101,"\u003Cp>Chapter 101: Holy Relics, Secrecy, Treasured Artifacts, Sacred Vessels\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he had said, Knight Wolf merely glanced from afar before leaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before his departure, however, he left behind three chests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Lord is absent, so according to tradition, these three items are to be entrusted to the bishop.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Though it is now a Church and no longer merely a Small Church,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can no longer keep these things in my possession.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Simply transporting them back already cost the lives of two young men.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the two days they remained in my house, another seven from the family died.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If not for the help of Nyx, that number might have doubled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were the words left by Knight Wolf before his departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ordinary people, Secrecy remained far too dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instructing the Temple Warriors to shut the Church Entrance, Bishop Corleon placed the three chests beneath the Lord’s Throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he opened the leftmost chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside lay a bone shovel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a Holy Relic brought by the Cave Dwellers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Western Baronies to the west had no being like the Wolf God, so Bishop Corleon had long since seen these Cave Dwellers using this type of bone shovel-shaped Holy Relic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cave Dwellers were subterranean creatures, highly skilled in digging. A thousand Cave Dwellers could dig an underground city the size of York Town in just one month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this bone shovel was a Holy Relic of the Cave Dwellers, used precisely for digging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the recent battle, the Cave Dwellers had tunneled beneath Baron Sacker’s territory, creating holes everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was it useful for ambushing Baron Sacker’s people, but it also served as daytime shelter for those Dark Creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, leveraging the power of this Holy Relic, the Cave Dwellers nearly uprooted the entire Church from Baron Sacker’s land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corleon thought that if given to Cicero, he would certainly be delighted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside other uses, with one swing of this shovel, Cicero could excavate foundations precisely as he envisioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was a price to using this item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the Holy Relics of the Dark Creatures were created through the most primitive Rituals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason the Cave Dwellers had not fully excavated and buried Baron Sacker’s territory over such a long time was simply due to their limited numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each use of the Holy Relic required the sacrifice of Cave Dwellers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To dig a pit the size of a large Church would require at least three Cave Dwellers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using other life forms as substitutes was possible, but their effect was far inferior to that of Cave Dwellers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lifting the bone shovel, Corleon’s eyes gleamed golden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he placed the shovel back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps these Holy Relics needed to be refined, transformed from Dark Creatures’ Holy Relics into Sacred Vessels of the Church of the Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle chest was half the height of a person, containing a cage inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Goblins’ Holy Relic, a birdcage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These cowardly, cunning, and cruel creatures had slain a bird-type magical beast and turned its corpse into this Holy Relic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the primitive Ritual-based Holy Relic of the Cave Dwellers, this cage required less of a price to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By throwing a few Goblins inside as sacrifices and sincerely praying to the Bird God, the cage would produce a Meat Bird as needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These birds served as food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Meat Bird created from a single Goblin sacrifice could feed a hundred Goblins for a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar to the Cave Dwellers’ Holy Relic, using other life forms in sacrifice yielded much weaker results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cave Dwellers’ shovel was used to build the underground city, while the Goblins’ Holy Relic produced food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Together, these combinations allowed the Dark Creatures to establish a foothold in Baron Sacker’s territory, nearly conquering it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, like the bone shovel, this birdcage would also need to be refined into a Sacred Vessel of the Church of the Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After closing the birdcage’s chest, Corleon turned to the rightmost chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one was quite small but much more finely crafted, even adorned with a gem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been specially prepared by Baron Sacker for Knight Wolf to transport Mystery with greater ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brushing over the chest and lifting the lid—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Black Mist burst forth, as though to engulf the Church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that instant, the cross atop the Lord’s Throne radiated light, purifying the Black Mist in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if encountering its nemesis, the mist instantly recoiled, revealing its true form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a slender horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden light shimmered in Corleon’s eyes as he stared fixedly at the horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come, let me see what you are,” Corleon said, and the horn inside the chest trembled as if in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, that faint trembling subsided into calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s what it is.” The golden light faded slowly from Corleon’s eyes—he had seen the horn’s True Name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slumbering Horn, so it steals the power of dreams.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each instance of Mystery, once birthed, bore its own name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon mastering and understanding it, one would learn its True Name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was its anchor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So long as someone knew its True Name, the Secrecy would retain its form as a Treasured Artifact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even as a Treasured Artifact, if one lacked the ability to control it, its True Name would gradually fade, much like a Lucid Dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such was the case with this horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the baron’s Church had successfully stolen the power of dreams, they lacked the capacity to wield it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the baron would not have given the horn to Knight Wolf so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corleon picked up the horn, gently rubbing it in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mystery created by humans was more refined than Holy Relics of Dark Creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once blown, the Slumbering Horn would plunge all who heard it into Eternal Sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warriors who transported it, as well as the members of Knight Wolf’s family, had been tainted by the mystery that leaked from the horn, leading them into Eternal Sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those who fell asleep could never be awakened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the instant they slipped into dreams, they had already lived out an entire lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What awaited them next was natural death of the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corleon felt somewhat thankful that this era lacked technology like telephones or broadcasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the sound of this horn were broadcast worldwide...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as a Treasured Artifact, if its wielder lacked sufficient ability, they too would fall into Eternal Sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a dangerous thing,” Corleon muttered, shaking his head as he placed the horn back into the chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he closed his eyes and entered the space where the Light Orb resided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the Light Orb was covered in over a thousand Threads, and Corleon could no longer discern which thread belonged to whom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by ‘seeing’ the threads and sensing the strength of their Faith could he barely match them to their respective people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corleon had considered condensing a higher-tier Commandment of Priesthood—such as the supreme Pontiff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he felt it would require at least tens of thousands of threads to construct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closing his eyes, Corleon reached out to touch the Light Orb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, within the Church, the cross on the Lord’s Throne emitted a faint glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As though reaching out, one invisible thread was drawn from each of the three chests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All power in this world had a source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Slumbering Horn nurtured within the human Church remained connected to the ancient, slumbering God of Dreams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the Light Orb's space, Corleon grasped the thread belonging to the Slumbering Horn and forcefully severed it, crystallizing both ends and fixing them within that space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God of Dreams’ power continued to be siphoned, but the space would now act as a filter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the filtered power would then enter the Slumbering Horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would weaken the horn’s power but would also prevent irreversible outcomes upon activation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, those who fell asleep could now be awakened by the Church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to this dangerous horn, the two Holy Relics of the Dark Creatures could almost be deemed harmless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their modification was also simpler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since both had been formed through sacrificial Rituals, Corleon merely needed to change the object of worship to the Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the activation of their Holy Relic powers would shift from blood sacrifice to Faith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this alteration weakened their power compared to blood offerings, at the very least, they had been ‘tamed.’\u003C\u002Fp>",1400,"2026-06-06T13:52:13.932Z",1,"novelbin.me","8c3c0c280414605f4d37fe2e4e9891831201cda78120bfcf8f7c40c6cae3fc9c","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-102","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-50",373,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-cover.jpg"]