Chapter 131 (1/2)

Since building a sacrificial altar required a lot of space, the altar of the Church of Void Faceless was built in a rather desolate open field. There was nothing at all in the surrounding area of one kilometer, and the building closest to the altar was a small watch-house.

In the observatory of the watch-house, three huge dragons that had changed into human form were watching carefully at the altar where the followers were praying.

“How amazing. Our church was just a small church, with less than 100 people, but among the followers, there are three legendary strong men already!” Shuang was a bit annoyed. “Is it very easy to be a legendary strong man now?”

“Actually, as long as one stays close to a powerful figure, he will also quickly grow strong.”

Snow was smiling and made a small blackboard with frost. Then she drew a light ball on it. Around the light ball sat many people. The light ball was shining and radiating its energy, and the people that sat closest to it also had a halo above their heads.

“Since you put it that way, why are Xian and I still not very strong?”

Hearing someone mention her name, Xian, who had been feeling sleepy, struggled to open her eyes and look around. When she saw nothing special, she leaned on Snow and fell asleep.

Snow sighed and said, “Xian is a bit lazy, and spends most of her time sleeping.”

“But I have always been hardworking! I don’t sleep as much as she does!” Shuang said.

Snow sighed. “You, however, spend most of your time arguing with others.”

Hearing this, Shuang was speechless, and so angry that his chins turned red and swelled up. Then he turned away from Snow, and stopped talking to her.

Seeing this, Snow smiled, turned around, and continued to watch the altar.

The followers of the church of the Void Faceless were very disciplined. The principle priest was standing in the front. He called himself Ray, but the people in the church called him Leon Igor. He was a knight who wearing white armor and a dark blue cloak. In Snow’s magic vision, both the armor and the cloak were shining. Obviously, the two objects were very rare.

In fact, Sui Xiong made this armor all by himself. The armor on Ray’s head, shoulders, chest and back was greatly strengthened, and the armor on his waist, hips, ribs, and stomach was decorated with metal plates. The metal plates were all of different patterns. They divided into different groups, which consisted either of one plate or a few plates, and each group was a magic array. When Ray was wearing the armor, he could easily practice forty magic spells or so, simply by activating the magic arrays on his armor with the intention to fight. Before, he was just a professional knight. With the help of this armor, he become a versatile knight who could not only perform martial arts, but also practice magic spells.

The first time he wore the armor, Sui Xiong jokingly suggested he should wear a hammer on his back and take a book with him. Then he would become a real ‘versatile knight.’ However, this joke could only be understood by someone from Earth, which made Sui Xiong feel a bit sad at the time.

As for the cloak, it was a treasured object from the secretive treasure-house of the Riley Family.

Kashali Riley was very naive, but very grateful to anyone who had ever helped her. Ray had been working very hard to help her rebuild Garth City, and to get rid of those greedy people who coveted the money the Riley Family had. So she really wanted to return this favor to Ray.

For a naive girl who was in this situation, the first thing that Kashali came up with was marrying Ray. Ray emphasized that he was sort of a clergy, and the reason he helped her was simply to stand for justice, not because of her beauty. Besides, when Ray heard that Kashali wanted him to marry her so she could return his favor, Ray refused and criticized her. He told her that beauty was not everything, she should spend less time dressing up. Instead she should spend more time studying politics and culture. He told her to stop wasting her time thinking about the boring stuff, and that she’d better begin learning how to deal with government affairs. After hearing this, Kashali immediately threw away her naive and romantic ideas.

Ray rejecting Kashali’s offer showed that he was indeed a decent man. This made Kashali think very highly of him and even like him better, but she didn’t ask him to marry her again. Instead she spent a long time in the secretive treasure-house, and managed to find an appropriate present for Ray.

This present was the dark blue cloak. It looked very smooth, and on the inner side of the cloak, there was a starry sky made of magic treasure stones, instilled with magic power. This cloak was full of powerful energy and could help its owner greatly offset the damage of certain magic spells. In addition, anyone wearing this cloak could walk on water, and its defensive powers were as strong as a set of well made armor.

Ray liked this cloak very much, so he timidly accepted it. He had no idea that after seeing his embarrassed face, Kashali thought of nothing but Ray when she came back home.

The whole set of armor was called the ‘void protection,’ and the cloak was called the ‘the starry sky above the sky.’ Since Ray helped to write the prayers, he got promoted and became the principle priest. Even, so he continued behaving like a knight.

Gerrard and Wor were standing side by side behind Ray. The three people were the most powerful figures in the church of Void Faceless. The group of three was so shockingly strong that everyone was surprised to see them, no matter which country the three went.

Behind them were Palin, Rode, Olian and Steele. They were in the higher levels of the church. Palin was in charge of the collection and management of books, Rode was in charge of foreign commercial trade, Olian was in charge of missionary work in the Geerteng area, and Steele was in charge of managing the medical team of the church.

Since Madame Teague was a follower of the Goddess of Forest, she didn’t join the church of Void Faceless. Neither did Liv, since she was a follower of the God of Knights. The two, along with young Nice, were standing in the distance, curiously watching this rare prayer ceremony.