Hearing the word "Great God" coming out of that guy’s mouth, Kelan’s eyelids jumped suddenly. Even though he paid attention to the two "priests" with tattoos, he found that the two men were staring at this mumbling guy strangely.
"Great God" is the unique name of heretical believers for the "God" they believe in. Obviously, this guy with sarcoma on his back should also be a heretical member.
And it seems that he should be a "priest" or something.
The "sick village" has been completely controlled by heretics? But if that’s the case, why didn’t the two "priests" who mixed into the miners identify themselves?
And judging from the facial expressions of these two people, it seems that they don’t understand the local practices very much.
Is there a split in the heretical sects department? Just like Christianity in the old era, although they all believe in the emperor, there are great differences between Catholicism and Protestantism, not only the hierarchy and address of clergy, but also the doctrines, ideas and some religious ceremonies.
In the early years after the separation of Protestantism, both sides not only refused to recognize each other’s followers, but also often had bloody conflicts, quarrels, fights and even vendettas. Many religious wars broke out in countries with different beliefs, and their contradictions gradually eased after the twentieth century.
Then, will the "heresy" in this sick village and the "heresy" in Alpha Star be the same?
They all believe in the "great god" but don’t regard each other as "one of their own". It is precisely because of this that the two "priests" chose to hide themselves in the miners’ team in the same way as Ke Lan and others?
Kelan felt that he should be very close to the correct answer, even if he didn’t get it right, he had guessed a large part.
The whole "mourning ceremony" lasted for almost ten minutes. After the last eulogy was finished, the "priest" who was burdened with huge sarcoma raised his head and looked at the newcomers like Kelan.
His face is very old, his cheeks are almost free of fat and muscle. At first glance, he looks like a skinny skeleton. There are enough scabies on the top of his head to make people crazy. Two muddy gray-yellow eyes are deeply sunken, and the edges of the eyes are covered with chapped lines like dried bark.
He is not like a man at all, but more like a ghost-this is Kelan’s first impression of this "priest"
Chapter three hundred and fifty-six Father
"You must learn our rules first when you come here," he said slowly.
"If anyone violates the rules set by the great God," he stared round and his cold eyes swept over every miner, "he will personally punish you."
Personally punish the criminal law? Another question mark popped up in Koran’s head. As far as he knows, the "heretical sect" on the ground, the great god they worship is invisible and intangible, except for making the "holy word". The great god is only a symbolic symbol.
But this great god in the mouth of this "priest" seems to be a real creature.
Could this be a metaphor? Ke Lan couldn’t help but think of a cold joke I saw before. A sinner was about to be sent to the execution ground. He claimed to be a devout believer, and only the emperor could be qualified to try him, but the executioner said a word to him. Well, now you can think about how you will justify your crimes in front of his old man’s house when you meet the emperor.
The same as this cold joke is a well-known movie line, "Forgive them is the emperor’s business and I am sending them to see the emperor."
The priest said that letting the great god personally punish the offenders … probably means killing people directly.
However, the priest’s sentence instantly made Koran realize that things didn’t seem that simple.
The priest turned to those who had just killed the seriously ill patients and said, "Take their flesh and blood to the great God and make them become the nourishment of the great God … this is the end of their old life and the starting point of their new life."
"To the great god? ！”
Is this the great god they believe in? !
Koran felt his heart beat a little faster. He clenched his fist and looked out of the corner of his eye away from the people. Leighton and Ivan had eavesdropping devices in their equipment, and naturally they could hear what the "priest" said.
Both of them seemed a little nervous. Leighton took out a Gaussian assault rifle from his backpack and copied it, ready to fight at any time.
His behavior naturally attracted the attention of the local people. The priest looked at him with disgust and both of them murmured a few words.
"He said,’ That’s not our compatriot,’" Asano said in his ear.
Kelan is not surprised by this. In the previous batch of explorer records, it was found that the residents in the sick village were extremely exclusive. If the identity of the investigator entered, it would be impossible to communicate with the locals.
"They … they have guns. Should we do it?" Another tall man with a cloak and a steel pipe in his hand asked the "priest" that Kelan noticed that although this man was nearly two meters tall, he was not strong, so he didn’t have many muscles at his roots, which gave people a feeling that he looked very big. That was because of his highly deformed skeleton-it was hard to imagine how such a skeleton was made if he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes. Those primate skeletons were much closer to humans than this guy.
"Don’t provoke them yet," the priest said. "Let them do whatever they want, but never let them near the residence of the Great God."
"Yes," replied the deformed giant respectfully.
The residence of the great god …
Does this thing really live?
