Give Me the Name of God

The archbishop said with a smile: "Your Majesty, although I came back a little late, Leo has prepared the New Year's Service for me. The Lord will bless you as scheduled. Please don't worry."

The king looked concerned and said: "I was worried about this matter. Fortunately, you came back safely. Archbishop, maybe I shouldn't ask more, why did you personally lead the troops to deal with the bandits in Rockland?"

"I bought a batch of food and wanted to give it to the refugees in Mount Bergemia. You know, their winter is not easy, but Rockland, a group of heretics abandoned by the Lord, actually robbed the food of the refugees. I I feel the wrath of the Lord, and as the Lord’s servant, I must send the Lord’s punishment to them in the name of the Lord!”

"Why didn't you tell me in advance? I could dispatch the army from the royal capital to destroy those hateful bandits."

The archbishop shook his head and said: "Thank you for your kindness, may the Lord bless you, and may the Lord bless your kingdom."

After saying a few more polite words, the archbishop left the palace. Looking at his strong body and calm steps, the king felt that this old guy could live for another few decades.

…

Howitt returned victorious, and Leo was ecstatic.

He asked about the battle and Bucken's whereabouts. He asked many things, but the archbishop did not give an answer. When he realized that something was wrong, the archbishop asked him: "Do you still remember your father?"

Leo was startled and said in surprise: "Why did you mention it suddenly..."

"I miss him a little," the Archbishop sighed softly. "We have been fighting for the Pope for twenty years together. He only had you when he was almost forty years old. We are servants of the Lord and we cannot have children. In order to keep you, he promised the Pope to be a bait and participated in the fatal battle.

I still remember that battle. He held the wound on his stomach and stuffed the spilled intestines back. He held my hand and asked me to take good care of you. He said you were an honest and kind child. "

Leo lowered his head, ashamed of the archbishop's words.

Horwitt continued: "Your father was a brave warrior. I always regarded him as my own child. I miss him very much. I really miss him. I always regarded you as him. To be honest, except for your appearance, you really Nothing like him at all. You are stubborn, pedantic, and always abuse your kindness. Maybe it’s because I have lived too long, maybe because I miss him too much. I also regard you as my son. I have always indulged you. You, trust you, I believe you will change, I want to leave everything I have to you, but you deceived me."

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Leo was speechless.

"You lied to me." Howitt dropped his hands on his knees and sat silently under the statue. At that moment, Leo realized that he was really old.

After a long silence, the archbishop raised his head and said: "I fell into Bucken's trap. I didn't expect that he summoned so many soldiers. With the blessing of the Lord, I defeated him, but he was still alive. He escaped, holding There are still more than a thousand people, and there will be more in the future, and more than half of the two thousand people I brought with me died in the battle."

Leo said in shock: "I clearly saw that our soldiers came back safely..."

"Look carefully at their faces, don't they feel strange? No wonder, you are not familiar with the army." Howitt sighed, "Those are the refugees I intercepted from the road. I gave them food and let them wear clothes." Without the armor of the dead, I cannot let the king see that we have lost so many soldiers, and I cannot let him see my weak appearance."

While speaking, Howitt was coughing violently. He untied his robe, and a horrific wound appeared on his chest.

Leo was shocked and was about to go find a doctor, but was stopped by Howitt.

"It's useless. This was cut by Buckon's Sword of Holy Power. The blood of the Lord is condensed on that sword. The wound left by it cannot be healed. I can't last long. It may be several months, maybe Shorter, you have to learn to survive, Bucken will be back soon, if I am dead by then, you have to survive, do you understand?"

Leo looked at the archbishop tremblingly. He wanted to cry, but the tears couldn't come out.

It's just a lie. Why did it become like this? Could it be that the Archbishop was killed because of a lie? Killed the old man who looked like his father?

The archbishop closed his robe, coughed twice and said: "Those refugees can't be hidden for long, and it will be useless if we start a war. You must recruit soldiers as soon as possible, at least to restore the previous strength."

Leo nodded and saw the archbishop taking out a piece of parchment from under the statue and handing it to his hand: "According to the content on it, prepare a sacrifice. I will help you enter the level tonight."

Leo was shocked and shook his head quickly: "You want me to become a God's Punishment Warrior? I, I really don't want to..."

"You have to learn to survive! Don't you understand now?"

"But, but, I made a vow in front of the Pope that I will never become a Divine Punishment Warrior for the rest of my life."

"Forget that stupid oath. It was the Pope's defense against you. Your father has a high prestige in the army. He doesn't want you to have anything to do with the army anymore!"

"But when I was in the cathedral of the Holy Kingdom, the Lord would hear my voice."

"The Lord doesn't care about this. The Lord only trusts the strong!" Horwitt began to cough violently again. Leo did not dare to continue to argue. He prepared the sacrifice. That night, on the roof of the cathedral, Horwitt asked He became a first-level divine punishment warrior.

"I will tell you all the methods I know about how to upgrade. Sacrifice are not difficult to find, but the Lord has very strict requirements on strength. Before I die, you must upgrade to at least the third level. Do you remember?"

Leo, who had just completed his promotion, was very tired. He looked pale and said, "I'm afraid I don't have that kind of talent. There are many God's Punishment Warriors who spent decades just rising to the second level."

"You have talent. Your talent is here." Howitt took out a sacred blood stone from his arms. "This belongs to a second-level warrior. He is very brave on the battlefield. Eat it. This is The best ceremony for him."

Leo held the divine blood stone and didn't know what to do for a moment. In his opinion, this feeling was no different from cannibalism, which completely subverted his understanding of faith.

"I know this is hard for you and you risk getting lost, but you have no choice."

Looking at the pale archbishop, Leo temporarily forgot his faith and swallowed the sacred blood stone.

Howitt nodded with satisfaction and warned: "Have a good rest for a few days and keep in good health. I will soon promote you to the second level. Remember, the promotion ceremony must be carried out where you can see the sky. Otherwise the Lord will not respond to you.”

The weak Archbishop went back to his room to rest, but the tired Leo could not sleep. Guilt, regret and helplessness kept tearing at his body. At midnight, he left the cathedral and walked to Manda's official residence with difficulty. .

The moment I saw Manda, the tears that had been holding me back suddenly burst.

"I'm a stupid person, right?"

This unreasonable question is very confusing, but Manda can guess why he asked this question. It seems that the archbishop's situation is not optimistic.

After thinking for a moment, Manda gave the answer: "You are a kind person. Sometimes you are too kind, but I never think you are stupid."

Leo took out a letter from his arms and put it into Manda's hand: "This is the reply from the grain merchant. Bucken has left Rockland Hills. Take this letter. You can buy it from Blue Bay. Grain, and then deliver the grain safely to Mount Bergemia.”

Manda held the letter and was speechless for a moment. At this time, Leo was still thinking about the refugees.

"You won't lie to me, right?" Leo stared at Manda, as if he could see through his soul.

Manda did not lie: "This matter will not happen."

Leo left the mansion, staggered and disappeared into the night.

Manda sighed softly and took the letter into her arms.

Of course, we have to buy food, keep some of it in Begomia Mountain, and send most of it to Qixing Mountain.

The archbishop was not optimistic, which meant that the capital was not optimistic either. Manda wrote a letter overnight and stuffed it into the Styx Island.

He ordered Stanley to send out troops immediately, in the name of Roman Wilkins, to capture Grayfish Town before the arrival of the New Year.