Chapter 277: Bringing Smiles with Games (2/2)

There was disbelief in Gerald’s face.

Perhaps because the Players had gotten used to being resurrected, there was no defining idea on how unbelievable that ability was in truth.

On the other hand, Marni who often dealt with the traders and nobles of Lancaster and was closer to the average person in mentality definitely knew how shocking his revival was to Gerald.

In other churches, ‘resurrection’ was entirely a divine miracle, the pinnacle of a god’s grace.

After all, the other gods were not like Xi Wei, who possessed the Authority of the God of Games, could rely on his Earthling knowledge in his past life and exploit loopholes from certain perspectives. Having them resurrect their believers was equal to stealing from the Prince of Darkness, one of the Seven Divine Fathers.

True, the Prince of Darkness wasn’t as enigmatic as Magic Violet or as powerful as Kratos the God of War. In fact, his believers were basically nonexistent compared to Lyante, the God of Light.

Even so, as the one mysterious primordial god whose actual Authority was undefined who had also slain the previous God of Death personally a thousand years ago, hence claiming his divinity and divine kingdom (the underworld), no god dared to test his wrath.

And that was the same even for his fellow Greater Gods of the Seven Divine Fathers.

Here, one should remember that Gerald was a city watch knight who was born into a noble family and had a bright future ahead. He would have been unmatched in a third or fourth-rate church (such as the Temple of Justice which belongs to Aslan the Great Lion), and receive the favor of the church’s hierarchy or even the patron deity himself.

Even so, his family was attached to the Brilliant White Church by tradition, which belongs to the God of Light.

As the greatest religion of present, the members of the Brilliant White Church were numerous even amongst royals. Even counts wouldn’t have a high standing there, let alone a measly knight.

Therefore, even if the Brilliant White Church held a rare biannual resurrection miracle, Gerald was never going to have the honor.That was why he was so astonished upon learning that the Church of Games grants resurrection too—freely and quickly at that.

“I could recommend you to join the Church of Games if you’re interested,” Marni promptly mildly persuaded Gerald, sensing that the young knight was stirring. “You have a long road ahead, and now the system within the Brilliant White Church is unbelievably swollen, taxing the peasants and selling yearly indulgences just to grease themselves now. Bloated systems like that would only mean that their reaction towards all things would decline, not to mention that the various denominations in the Holy City had slipped so much in competence that even the various branches across the continent are about to become shelters for the wicked.”

“But…” Gerald, who was still extremely shocked by Marni’s rebirth was immediately wrong-footed in thoughts thanks to Marni, even though his instincts felt that something wasn’t right.

“Hey, no buts!” Marni struck the iron when it’s hot when he saw his chance. “Didn’t you lose your bet with me before anyway? You definitely could use that as an excuse to denounce your faith and join us!”

“The Church of Games… May I ask what is your doctrine like?” Gerald asked.

Marni did a double take, but also felt that repeating the Eight Honors and Eight Shames[1]—I mean, the eight commandments here was a little wrong.

Still, he answered after thinking about it for a moment. “To put it simply… We are bringing smiles to the world with games!”

[1] The Eight Honors and Eight Shames are the PRC’s official moral guidelines.