[{"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-115":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},1688788,2156,"Chapter 115 : Blood Cross Theocracy","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-115",115,"\u003Cp>Chapter 115: The Cross Painted in Blood Theocracy\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know where he came from, but I do know that he can make you stronger, make me smarter, help me see the road ahead, and tell me secrets I could never reach.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the price of the deal was my body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has already devoured me completely, leaving only this head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zezel spoke, and it seemed even his face revealed a trace of pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it was worth it.\"he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darks halted his steps and planted the flag in the ground. They were but a single step away from the border of the Principality of Corlay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people who followed behind him also stopped when they saw the flag come to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies trembled, as if they might collapse at any moment, yet their eyes still gazed at the flag with reverence—at the man in golden armor beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darks held Zezel, turned around, and looked at the shadowed clouds creeping in from afar, veiling the Morning Star’s light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, you’ve already become their pillar. You are, in their eyes, the manifestation of the Lord in the mortal world.\"Zezel smiled, his eyes filled only with the commoners who followed them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the distant shadowed clouds, countless werewolves ran. Within those clouds, it seemed a pair of eyes were staring at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darks tightened his grip on the greatsword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you still remember this greatsword?\"Zezel said.\"We found it in a church.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This greatsword possesses immense power. One must know it, understand it, master it, and finally, earn its name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the priest who served it is already dead. No one knows what it is anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I made one final deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is also the last thing I can do for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Darks, once you arrive in the Principality of Corlay, seize a territory as quickly as possible, then proclaim the founding of a County.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you've memorized everything I wrote down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must use what I wrote as the laws of the County, and have the entire nation follow them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must make the Lord the symbol of this country.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must suppress the nobles within this country and let the shepherds govern it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must raise the flag we brought high—this is the flag that unites all people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must become my eyes, and see with them the Heavenly Kingdom on Earth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the voice slowly faded, within the cloth bundle held against Darks’s chest, only a hollow human skin remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darks’s breathing grew heavier. From the two narrow slits of his helmet, like an iron bucket, crimson light seemed to flicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the shadowed clouds, the Wolf God’s vertical pupils suddenly shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt immense fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, he abandoned the cloud and the werewolves on the ground, fleeing toward the castle under the searing blaze of the Morning Star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom\"He heard the air hum, and the earth tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forcing himself to glance back, his eyes instantly burst under the overwhelming scorching power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a miserable scream. Vaguely, he heard a voice filled with fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dawn Reversal, Darkness Annihilation, Balmung！\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadowed clouds dispersed. A massive fan-shaped crater was carved into the land. After a storm, this place might become a crescent lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darks held the greatsword Balmung with one hand. At this moment, its blade glowed crimson and radiated intense heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commoners’ gazes turned back from the massive crater and looked up at Darks, who stood behind the planted flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, someone let out a cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Praise the Lord, praise Darks！\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Lord’s descent！\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the miracle of the Lord, manifested through the Saint’s talent！\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They cheered fervently, their eyes burning with passion. They followed their shepherds and praised with all their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Darks realized—none of them mentioned Zezel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darks remained silent. Then he suddenly turned, pulled out the flag, and swung it forcefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fanatical commoners followed behind him, watching his figure, watching that flag, as if they felt the miracle of the Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power surged endlessly through their bodies. Under the guidance of the shepherds, they loudly recited the Holy Scriptures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, we were already approaching the Heavenly Kingdom on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, a cold silver light wiped away a baronial fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, Darks led over a thousand commoners to establish a nation of their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cross Painted in Blood Theocracy—this country had no nobles, knights, or gentry, only the Lord’s shepherds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Church of the Sanctuary, inside the church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten white doves perched on the wooden cross. These were all generated from the birdcage during this period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corleon opened his eyes, looking somewhat weary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now, he had sensed the disappearance of the obscuration over Marquis Demitri’s Territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he swiftly used Revelation to sweep across the marquis’s land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George was with the nobles clearing out the werewolves. Hode was tracking the whereabouts of an Upper-Ranked Werewolf with two Temple Warriors, as well as the group that had already reached the border, raising the flag of the Cross Painted in Blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to George and Hode, the experiences of that other group left Corleon in silent contemplation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corleon did not know what the future held for them, nor did he dare to use Revelation to peek into their future. He simply bestowed a Blessing upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lowering his head to look at the words appearing on the ground—these were contents written by Zezel, recorded through Revelation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after writing only a few lines, Corleon gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt that this act of his would be a desecration to someone who burned themselves for change, someone who tried to change the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corleon wrote a letter using small clipped paper strips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rolled the letter into a tube and sealed it inside a wooden tube thinner than a pinky finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his hand, and a dove flew down from the cross, landing in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tied the letter to the dove’s leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good child, go find George and deliver this message to him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed the dove against his forehead, gave it a mark, and then released it into flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He planned to have George handle his affairs first, then proceed to that newly founded nation and seek the writings of Zezel, a man worthy of being called a Saint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the agreement between George and that noble, Corleon could only shake his head helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knight George.\"From the shadows untouched by the light of the White Star, a knight greeted George.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hesitating slightly, George glanced at the banquet hall where the feast was underway but still walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knight Julian.\"George responded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, Knight George is still as dull as ever.\"Julian said with a smile, his tone ambiguous—whether mocking or teasing, it was unclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m just not used to the atmosphere of such banquets.\"George replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he drew closer, George could see the knight clearly in the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s red beard was vivid even in the dimness, and he wore a luxurious robe like the others at the banquet—except he appeared somewhat bulky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t due to actual fatness but because beneath that robe, he was also wearing a leather armor.\u003C\u002Fp>",1192,"2026-06-06T13:52:13.932Z",1,"novelbin.me","f71576fd3a74a182de4c708ab396e658637b9444de8114c4ec368c861a7ffae9","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-116","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-114",373,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-cover.jpg"]