[{"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-142":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},1688815,2156,"Chapter 142 : In the Name of the Lord","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-142",142,"\u003Cp>Chapter 142: In the Name of the Lord\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Landon’s eyes turned red, filled with pain and rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected that a theocracy established upon the Holy Scriptures and extended through the Nation Founding Manifesto would turn out like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly wanted to meet that flag-bearing man, that Zezel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this the Heavenly Kingdom on Earth he had sought to create, the one he had wished to see?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the act of eating human flesh...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George suddenly felt a surge of fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was blasphemy. They were committing evil in the name of the Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landon didn’t stop speaking. He said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even when the local gentry exploited us in the past, every family still had enough to eat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At that time, there were still weedy fields, and we could graze our sheep.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But after you came, you took away our last bite of food, took our sheep, and robbed the land of its life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Compared to your Holy Scriptures, your priests cry out judgment upon heresy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re the ones who more closely resemble that evil.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Lord is the greatest evil.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every syllable he spoke was pure anger and hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George let out a heavy breath and restrained his own fury, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m very sorry I didn’t come sooner, to witness your suffering.” George slightly bowed his head, offering Landon an apology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I still hope you can trust me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Church of the Sanctuary and this theocracy are not the same.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Although we do not have such vast lands, we have built churches and monasteries where believers can worship.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Sacrament is merely plain white bread—an act of mercy granted by the Lord to the hungry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We oppose evil and sin, but we do not inflict painful torture upon others because of it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand that these people have committed revolting acts in the Lord’s name, so you cannot place your trust in me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I ask you, at the very least, for the sake of me lessening your brother Igor’s suffering, do not treat me as an enemy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landon froze, then his anger intensified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop lying! You frauds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must’ve already killed my brother Igor. He endured so much torment, and now I can’t even hear his groans of pain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George kept his distance from Landon, stepping aside and giving space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only asked the Lord to ease his suffering and let him sleep peacefully. He needs rest now,” George said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can check on him. I promise I won’t come near you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landon still eyed George with suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He is your brother Igor. And you’ve seen my power,” George said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I truly wanted to harm you, the dagger in your hand wouldn’t be able to stop me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landon hesitated upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still remembered the speed he had felt when George carried him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cautiously, still watching George, he slowly approached Igor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Igor’s face bearing a smile, his chest gently rising and falling, and even hearing soft breathing sounds—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Landon looked back at George, the hostility in his eyes had diminished somewhat, though it was now mixed with greater confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seems like you’ve confirmed your brother Igor is still alive,” George said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He probably won’t sleep for long. The Lord only eased his pain to make him a little more comfortable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the proper degree of pain helps preserve his life. Though it hurts, it proves he’s still alive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, after some hesitation, he took out his Holy Scriptures and placed them on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is my Holy Scriptures. If you can read, I’d like to ask you to check whether it matches what you’ve seen and what those priests have spread.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you can’t read, I’ll read it to you later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, I also hope you won’t vent your anger by tearing up my Holy Scriptures.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going to find some food for you. The situation here is far worse than I imagined, so I’ll be staying for a while until the problem is resolved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, anger appeared on George’s face as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They dared to commit such evil under the name of the Lord. As a Servant of the Lord, I cannot turn a blind eye.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, George suppressed his fury and said to Landon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your brother Igor isn’t in a condition to travel, and given the current situation, you can’t take him away from here either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I hope you’ll rest here for a while. Later, I want to hear from you what exactly went wrong with this sinful theocracy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After George left, Landon looked at the sleeping Igor, then hesitated and picked up the Holy Scriptures George had placed on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was literate. His full name was Landon Avery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the illegitimate son of the village’s local gentry—one of the favored illegitimate sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father once considered putting him in charge of a merchant caravan trading with the Principality of Patlin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before that could happen, the theocracy’s people came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landon had no choice but to hide. It was his brother Igor who had helped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he would’ve been killed alongside his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon opening the Holy Scriptures, he saw rather ugly handwriting, inscribing words so familiar that Landon, just reading them, felt a surge of fury and the urge to rip it apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides those words, there were even smaller, uglier notes—like travelogues written by that man calling himself a Temple Warrior, George.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he read on, he forgot to look at the sacred texts and became immersed in George’s recorded adventures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until George returned that he came back to his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like you can read—you’ve been through the Enlightenment Ritual,” George said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though slightly prejudiced, George had noticed that those who underwent enlightenment were often smarter and more thoughtful than ordinary folk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carried a brown python on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the only edible thing he could find.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had traveled a large circuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as Landon said, this land had lost its life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t found any prey or fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only through the use of Prayer Technique, seeking the Lord’s guidance, that he had found this edible python.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I searched for a long time to find this,” George said, drawing his sword to skin it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you finished reading the Holy Scriptures? Is it the same as what you’ve heard before?” he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Landon looked a bit embarrassed. He hadn’t read much of the Holy Scriptures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem, well, I haven’t finished reading, but the contents match what those priests preached.” Landon paused, then continued,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re all equally seductive, like they’re trying to bewitch the soul.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so...” George’s expression turned grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like I’ll need to write to the Bishop,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as he finished speaking, the sound of flapping wings came from above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, they saw a white dove circling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George couldn’t help but smile, and from inside his armor, another white dove emerged, gazing at its companion in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George raised his finger, and the white dove from above landed naturally on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good child.” After removing the message tied to its leg, the dove hopped onto George’s shoulder and gently bumped beaks with its fellow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the message, George found it brief due to the paper’s constraints, so he finished reading quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after reading it, he furrowed his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corleon had only asked him to go to the theocracy’s capital. There, he would find the answers he sought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he was to send the details of what he had seen here via white dove to Marl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George knew Marl and the others were handling the werewolf situation in the Marquis Demitri’s Territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But George had moved too fast, and the warband led by Marl hadn’t caught up, so they had yet to meet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After storing the message, George hesitated and looked toward Landon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the latter was now staring at the white dove on George’s shoulder, gulping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George now understood what the Bishop meant at the end of the letter: “Do not eat the white dove.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1365,"2026-06-06T13:52:13.932Z",1,"novelbin.me","90b5a8da4ac00973a3cf36a9aa1f191009e15c3802e14d498cd26b4962b66dc9","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-143","the-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-chapter-141",373,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-holy-church-begins-with-bestowal-of-blessing-cover.jpg"]