[{"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-135":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},1688808,2156,"Chapter 135 : Rain of Arrows","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-135",135,"\u003Cp>Chapter 135: Rain of Arrows\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, a person like that actually dares to use a Holy Relic.\"Knight Wolf could see the man on the wall loosen the bowstring, his entire body frozen in place by the shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, his expression changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After releasing the string, the arrow on the bow was fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it did not aim at him. Instead, it carved a blood-red arc across the sky, flying straight toward the rear behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His target is the army? Even at a distance of nearly a thousand meters, he can still hit it?\"Knight Wolf’s face darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was beyond his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A conventional bow and arrow with a killing range of a hundred meters was already considered the work of an elite archer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At three hundred meters, one could be hailed as a marksman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had given enough attention to the Holy Relic, thus placing the army a thousand meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this distance, once he opened the Main Gate, the warriors would be able to rush into the town as quickly as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, seeing the distance the arrow now flew—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he had lost the bet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrow plunged into the phalanx formation without causing any noticeable commotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Knight Wolf did not believe that a Holy Relic was merely about distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze shifted toward the town, no longer concerned about what was happening behind him. His footsteps quickened. The swirling mist gathered, coating his armor in a layer of blood-red hue, and the gray Short Sword in his hand also turned crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His walking pace sped up, then turned into a run. Accelerating—accelerating—when he was within a hundred meters, Knight Wolf, like a crimson shockwave, viciously slammed into the town's Main Gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A \"boom\" rang out. Knight Berna on the wall felt the ground itself tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He steadied his footing, hearing the thunderous sound of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without needing to turn back, he already knew that the town’s Main Gate had been smashed open by Knight Wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knight Berna’s expression remained calm. Even with a Holy Relic, breaking through a thick wooden gate was not something surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, upon realizing that Knight Wolf’s Holy Relic wasn’t a large-scale weapon, he even let out a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rationally, he ordered his squire to wave the flag bearing his Knight’s Emblem, rallying the Prospective Militia inside the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stand up, brave warriors! The enemy is but one man!\"he shouted loudly, fastening his helmet and gripping a long-handled axe, preparing to head down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before going down, he said to Dino’s guards,\"Take the Hunting Fang with you. You must use your lives to send it back to the Fortress.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knight Wolf, who had broken through the Main Gate, exhaled deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His helmet and right shoulder armor had already become deformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, he intended to leap onto the town walls, but that Holy Relic’s target wasn’t him—it was the army behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that case, the idea of slaughtering using the power of the army could no longer be realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was only one man. With a single sword strike, he could only kill one person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he needed to use greater terror to make the people here feel fear toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, he chose the most primitive, most brutal method of combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Conscripted Militia, holding spears, surrounded him, their legs trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their eyes, Knight Wolf, who had broken through the Main Gate, looked like a demon crawling out from Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The collapsed gate beneath his feet had crushed a few unlucky souls. The blood-red mist swirled around the knight’s entire body. From the crevice of his deformed helmet, one could almost see a blood-red glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wolf, your slaughter ends here.\"Knight Berna charged out, wielding a long-handled axe, slashing toward Knight Wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even he, looking at Knight Wolf’s state, felt his scalp tingle. Let alone these Conscripted Militia—losing the courage to charge was only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in such moments, it was up to a knight like him to reinvigorate morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knight Wolf did not respond. He simply stood motionless where he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A “clang” echoed as the long-handled axe struck Knight Wolf’s left shoulder. The knight’s immense strength dented the tough armor inward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knight Berna could be certain—this degree of denting had definitely crushed the opponent’s collarbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, all he saw was Knight Wolf raising his left hand—the one not holding a sword—and then gripping the axe handle, slowly pushing himself upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knight Berna used so much strength that both his arms were trembling, yet the axe handle was slowly lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such overwhelming power—one he could not stop. That thought flashed through his mind, and Knight Berna released both hands and retreated two steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems I’ll be able to kill to my heart’s content.\"Knight Wolf’s voice was low, as if tinged with the scent of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, Nyx felt his heartbeat quicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, an arrow had been fired from Forth Town, crossing a distance of a thousand meters to land before them, stirring a brief commotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it quickly quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no one had been hit or injured by that arrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Nyx knew—for an arrow to fly such a distance, it had to be the Hunting Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that Holy Relics—some nobles used them liberally, flaunting their power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others preferred to conceal their Holy Relics’ secrets, maintaining as much mystery as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viscount Youn was one of those who concealed the effects of his Holy Relic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As far as Nyx knew, all he was aware of was the name Hunting Fang, and that it was a bow-type Holy Relic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no idea what the actual effect of Hunting Fang was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the speed of his heartbeat now—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyx even wondered if this was the effect of the Revelation mentioned by the Bishop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes scanned the surroundings. There was no movement anywhere nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyx suddenly looked toward the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was starlight that shimmered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, it was daytime now, and starlight wouldn’t be that dense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arrows falling like raindrops, densely packed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several knights at the front, mounted on horseback, seemed to sense something and looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they moved, the warriors also noticed the anomaly above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked up—someone couldn’t help but cry out in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a rain of arrows!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already too late to scatter. The area covered by this barrage of arrows was as large as a village. With the speed at which they were falling, there was no way to escape the zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, Nyx recalled the battle that Knight Wolf had described to him when he was rescued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the power that had nearly erased that monstrous being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he raised the Holy Scriptures in his hand high and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lord is here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy Light rose, and even in broad daylight, it shone dazzlingly bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the Cross seemed to respond, supporting the Holy Light. Above the crowd, a thin film of Holy Light formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrows fell rapidly, plunging into the membrane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they did not penetrate the film. Inside and outside the Holy Light membrane seemed like two different worlds. The arrows vanished the instant they touched it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrow rain lasted but a brief breath before ceasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Holy Light membrane slowly dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence. Then the Conscripted Militia surrounding the Cross erupted in cheers. They looked upon the Cross, upon Priest Nyx beneath it, with eyes full of reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nyx’s figure wavered. His face was deathly pale. His body was even more emaciated, as though eighty percent of its moisture had been drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gripped the Cross to stop himself from collapsing. His lips trembled, and he spoke in a hoarse voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look—those sinners try to stop us. They cower, hiding behind their sturdy walls.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, this is the time to purify sin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Lord of Hosts is with you all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was hurried, as if forcing himself to finish the proclamation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as his words fell, the Conscripted Militia let out a roar, then raised their weapons and charged forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They rushed through the array of elite warriors, bypassed the cavalry who were calming their warhorses, and—ignoring the angry stares of the knights—charged straight toward Forth Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief consultation among a few knights, Knight Borien drove his warhorse toward the Cross, while the others calmed the warriors and reorganized the formation.\u003C\u002Fp>",1399,"2026-06-06T13:52:13.932Z",1,"novelbin.me","5041c0bd96ddda783574340b9d13adbc0b910ca8b86873a73e4136a96c7a8d88","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-136","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-134",373,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-cover.jpg"]