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Chapter 26 The Church(1/3)

Ogma, a powerful god in an absolutely neutral camp, also known as the god of inspiration, invention and knowledge, is also known as the name-defininger and the lord of knowledge, and the shape of the holy emblem is an open scroll.

First of all, Ogma is not a god born in Torrell in mythology. His believers have a myth about the beginning of heaven and earth.

Shortly after the birth of the Moon Goddess Sulun and the Night Goddess Shar created the world of Torrell, and the Earth Mother Shtiya, a traveler ventured to come here from an extremely distant country.

When this traveler came to this world, He found that this new world was in chaos, and many basic concepts were still changing and forming, and these constantly changing concepts were extremely in need of settlement and fixation.

So, the traveler defined and named each concept over the long years that followed.

The name given by the traveler has produced power, fixing all the originally unpredictable concepts of transformation, thus forming a materialized natural world.

This traveler is Ogma, the binding member of all knowledge, who brings order to the chaotic world. This legend also explains why Ogma is called: the name-definer.

Although for personal reasons, Brian would not dedicate his faith to a certain deity, this does not mean that he would be as quirky and arrogant as the great arcane masters of the Naserel era.

It is said that during the time of Neseril, these arcane wizards would rather use healing potions than accept the priest's healing magic.

Because they believe that receiving healing from God’s servant pastor is a kind of abandonment of their own opportunity to become God, or a blasphemy of their own belief in becoming God.

It is like one god disdaining to accept another god for healing himself.

From this we can see that they are so arrogant that they are desperate.

As for the potion bottles, they believe that these are created through magic, so they do not reject potions.

After all, if this is rejected, your life will be lost.

Not only is Brian not as pedantic as them, but on the contrary, he even takes the initiative to contact some kind of god who is in line with his own ideas.

Ogma, the God of Knowledge, is one of them. If he forcibly divides his faith, he believes that he will definitely belong to the pan-believers of Ogma, the God of Knowledge.

He originally planned to wait until his territory was stable before going to contact the Ogma Church. Who would have thought that they would come here on their own initiative?

In this regard, he naturally would not miss the opportunity to win over the church to serve his territory.

After all, Ogma, the god of knowledge, is a very influential god in the kingdom.

Miriel, the god of poetry, the god of eloquence, the god of singing, and Diniel, the master of words and images, and the god of literature and language, are all considered to be like Ogma's follower.

And at present, that is, after the end of the Ofa Catastrophe, Ogma's belief has been further developed.

He not only masters inspiration, invention and knowledge, but also represents the highest and most primitive form of knowledge - concept.

As Ogma's pastors recited in the verses: Ideas have no weight, but they can shake mountains, ideas have no rights, but they can command thousands, ideas have no power, but they can destroy empires, and ideas must exist before anything can exist.

Ogma's believers firmly believe that knowledge is the greatest tool of mortals, better than anything created by human hands.

In the words of a famous wizard from other planes, it is: what seduces the body is money and luxury, and what attracts the soul is knowledge and ideas.

Therefore, Ogma's believers will spread and preserve knowledge as much as possible, and at the same time, eliminating illiteracy is also an important task of the Ogma Church.

However, the Ogma Church's extreme attitude towards the protection and protection of knowledge has often led to conflicts and contradictions with other churches and forces.

The Ogma Church believes that no knowledge should be destroyed and that knowledge itself has no problem. In the words of another famous master in another plane: power itself is not terrible, what is terrible is its master.

Some Ogma believe that all knowledge should be spread and hiding knowledge will definitely not bring any benefit.

No matter how illusory or crazy a new concept may seem, don't hide or cover it up, it should be left to the public for judgment.

This makes many Ogma temples usually contain a large amount of ‘tag knowledge’ or ‘knowledge that should be destroyed’ recognized by other churches and organizations.

The most typical one is necromancer. On the other hand, the Ogma Church will also actively crack down on organizations that spread hypocritical knowledge, rumors and lies.

All those who encourage deception, fraud and think that ignorance is a good thing will be regarded as enemies of Ogma, so members of Ogma Church are not so leisurely.

Ogma's followers are mainly wizards, cartographers, bards, artists, clerks, inventors, sages, scribes, and all kinds of people who discover, protect and create knowledge and knowledge.

At the same time, even among ordinary people, Ogma is highly respected.

His name is often spoken, after all, no matter where you work or what industry you are in, knowledge is a necessity for you.

Brian knew very well that if he wanted to establish the Demonic French, the first thing he needed to do was to enlighten the people of the territory. The so-called enlightenment was to let them learn to read and read, and teach knowledge related to various fields.

This seems to be a very simple thing, but if you really recommend it, not to mention the difficulty of the implementation, just the wealth spent is immeasurable.

It is different to get help from the Ogma Church. With the support of the pastors of the God of Knowledge, he received many free mentors who specialize in knowledge in various fields such as art, invention, and drawing for no reason.

This is a win-win choice for both Ogma Church and himself.

Brian signaled Ballerus to wait outside the door and enter the study alone.

The moment he entered the room, Ogma's pastor immediately noticed his arrival, put down the books in his hand, and stood up to signal.

This is a middle-aged priest, tall and thin, but shorter than him, his eagle-mouthed nose emerges from his skinny face, his eyes like steel, with a few white beards hanging to his waist.

B. Tysonde.

Brian recalled some information about the Reverend Ogma and his organization, the "Gilded Laurel".

The system of the Ogma church once depended on a person's will. Archbishop of Ogma Curran Codmente, who had always lived in the knowledge city of 'Prokanpur' and was recognized as the 'voting and spokesperson of Ogma'.

Until the turbulent year of the saint catastrophe, the archbishop disappeared without any news.

Regarding his experience, Ogma's answer is contradictory and confusing.

Because of this, the church has never had a supreme leader, so it has split into multiple factions and branches.

The biggest faction is the Orthodox Church of Ogma.

It does not recognize anyone who uses the title of bishop, because its ruling group believes that the Archbishop who disappeared during the turbulent years is still serving Ogma.

Perhaps the Archbishop was in another plane or sublimated to the state of a demigod, but in any case, he was the only legal Archbishop until Ogma made other statements.

The "Gilded Laurel" organization in Arab City's knowledge temple was also not recognized by Ogma's Orthodox Church.

The idea promoted by the Reverend Ogma of the ‘Golden-Crown’ faction is that it should be knowledge that should be used to arm yourself, not a piece of scrap metal.

The second largest faction is the Ogma Church in Sambiya, a business kingdom east of Cormier. The main difference is that it believes that a new archbishop has been appointed and that all knowledge should be proven to be worthy of dissemination before it is published to the public.

This faction is composed of pure intellectual suitors from the island of Mintan, which stands on the standpoint of the church ruling group rather than on theological standpoint.

Their philosophy is exactly the opposite of the ‘golden crown’, and these pastors believe that the most effective way to promote truth is swords rather than sheepskin scrolls.

The general meaning is that knowledge is not the only sacred thing, there is one thing that is far more sacred than this, that is truth. Knowledge comes from books, but there is only one way to bring truth to the people, that is action, which is a more paranoid method of spreading knowledge.

To date, most local churches have maintained fragile collaboration.

However, the disagreement between the Ogma Church and the Comey Church in Sambiya has led to the complete breakdown of the church relations in these kingdoms.

The masters of knowledge in one kingdom are not popular with temples in other kingdoms, and vice versa.

The core of this problem is caused by the hypothesis behind a theme speech by a Sambiyan master at a Sambiya Art Festival.

At that time, the Ogma Sect delegation of the Cormier led by the Philanthropist Tysonde was also participating.

So a pointed debate (trash talks are sprayed with each other), the relationship between the two churches was completely broken.

"Sorry, I've been waiting for you for a long time, Bishop Tysonde." Brian met the priest's gaze and greeted the priest in the study with a smile, "My name is Brian, the new lord of Mokou Town, the Kingdom of Cormier."

The priest wore a white shirt and pants, and a brocade vest on the upper body, depicting many hieroglyphs, symbols, runes, and symbols of magical power and arcane meaning.

These symbols seem to have run through the realms of all eras throughout the continent, and then all the marks are sewn together by golden braids.

The genius Tysonde was surprised that the strange and young lord called out his name directly, then bowed slightly, saluted him, and said kindly, "You are polite, Lord Lord, thank you for your hospitality. I apologize to you for your sudden visit. May Ogma protect you."

The priest's voice sounded a little hoarse, and Brian guessed that the other party was likely to be a sequelae of the debate.

"Thank you for your praise." He stopped talking nonsense, but chose to go straight to the topic:

"In fact, I also believe that there is great immortal energy hidden in books. Although knowledge has no weight, using knowledge can move the entire mountain range. Bishop Tysonde, I already know your purpose, and I hope we can cooperate happily."

Facing Brian's confession, the priest looked slightly shocked. If he looked at him with a deep sense, he said: "The Lord's pursuit of knowledge is respectable. The God of Knowledge Ogma will help every soul who is passionate about knowledge to pay tribute to Lord Cormier who has wisdom and strength."

After saying politely, Brian stopped going around, "Since that's the case, I will say it bluntly, Bishop Tysonde."

"As the lord of Mokou Town, I agree that the church of God of Knowledge has a foothold here." He thought for a moment and expressed his thoughts to the pastor.

"I am not only willing to divide a land for your church in Mokou Town for free, but also invest in the establishment of a monastery and temple of the God of Knowledge for you. What you need to do is to popularize education for the people of the territory, teach them to read and read, and impart knowledge in various fields. At the same time, help me defend the order of the territory together."

After listening to Brian's words, the Philosopher Tysonder was shocked to the spot, and his face showed an exaggerated expression without any concealment.

In fact, his purpose here was mainly to observe what was going on in this small town that was reconquered by the Kingdom of Cormier and whether it was suitable for the faith of the God of Knowledge.

Who would have thought that when he came to Mokou Town, the new lord here not only welcomed his arrival, but also took the initiative to propose conditions that he didn't dare to think about.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! For a moment, Tysonde actually felt that happiness came so unexpectedly.

He could even imagine what kind of appreciation he would have won after he talked about the new lord's conditions with the Archbishop of Arab City.

However, as a Philanthropist who has experienced many storms and waves in his fifties, Tysonde quickly recovered from his shock.

He glanced at the confident lord of Mokou Town, calmed down immediately, and said to him,

"I'm very sorry, Lord Lord Ogma is here, I can feel your passion for knowledge, but this matter is beyond my ability to decide. I must return to Arab City and report to the Archbishop, and he will make this decision."

"It's understandable." Brian didn't care, because he had guessed that would be the case.

Although the conditions he proposed seemed to be very beneficial to the Ogma Church and allowed them to take advantage of themselves, he also played a small game of words in these words.

That is the words "My Territory".

In Tysonde's perception, he must have instinctively believed that the so-called lord refers to Mokou Town, but Brian's eyes were not as simple as Mokou Town.

If he knew that he had a small world...
To be continued...
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