Chapter 230

“Priest Garen, can’t you really save our mother?”

“Hu, this is a disease which she got from not eating anything and making her body weak . Divinity isn’t almighty . ”

The ghetto outside of the capital Bless .

Two people were talking inside a house made of wooden planks and woven clothes .

It was an old house, but he was a young man in his 20s with a middle-aged priest with a lean physique and a clean priest uniform .

At the words of Priest Garen, the young man burst into tears .

“Kuk! This dammed world!”

The mother of the young man began to suffer from rashes, and within a span of a few days, she rapidly deteriorated .

It was then that he went to the Sanctity of Holiness to find some relief for his poor mother .

However, it was already too late .

“Because of the war, they have doubled our taxes . How do they even expect us to live in such a situation?”

The young man was screaming through his tears .

Only if he didn’t have to pay the doubled taxes and make his mom starve, his mother might have lived .

“I will leave some food and money over here, so you can take care of her till the end . ”

With a sad expression, Garen put a pouch on the wooden table .

The young man, seeing it through his tears, threw it away .

“I don’t need that! This is all because of the greedy and corrupt priests! Why is Lord El Kassel just leaving them like that! I won’t be preaching or believing in God from now on!” Shouted the broken-hearted man .

Garen could only sigh; he had no one to blame .

He just bowed his head in front of the young man and apologized .

A few moments later, Garen left the young man’s house and looked at the night sky to ask God .

‘Is all of this really your doing?’

He was once told that an angel had descended, and he had expected for the corrupt and fallen propaganda to become better .

But rather than that, the confusion and anxiety of the people just worsened .

When the face of the new pope didn’t show up, the authority began to fall, calling in a revolt from all sides .

The rebellion was used as an excuse so more taxes could be collected from the temples and palaces .

They were already recruiting young men into soldiers .

A battle went on between the leaders, and the people were the ones who suffered .

‘If we had a little more power in our sanctity, we could have been able to help more people…’

Rather, their opinions were divided as well . They couldn’t decide if the people should be treated for free or with a fee .

That money could save so many other people .

However, at that time, Priest Luther jumped at the story .

“If we receive the money, we will be the same as those who sell things in God’s name . Rather, we need to go hungry if it means using that money to help the poor . ”

‘Ah, I don’t know if Luther is safe or not, but a huge fight will happen there soon enough . ’

Two months ago, Luther had gone to Alvera to help the needy and the poor .

It turned out to be a place where a rebellion was happening that was much worse than the capital’s .

Everybody tried to stop him, saying that it was dangerous, but they weren’t able to convince him because of his stubbornness .

‘But I am relieved that he is there next to Priest Luther . ’

There was a man who came from the southern continent a year ago .

He was in his early 30s, and his name was ‘Hwang Bo-sung’ .

While he was dragging himself in the harbor like a beggar, he got saved by Luther, seeing that the man was on the verge of starvation .

Hwang Bo-sung, who got treated with the divine power of Luther, didn’t just recover, but he even walked and managed to overpower the other hunters .

From what Hwang Bo-sung had said, he was a warrior in the southern continent .

The warrior was similar to the knights of the Rhodesian Continent, and Hwang Bo-sung, with his excellent skills in close combat and martial arts, could even overcome a swordsman with only his bare hands .

He never spoke about why he had to enter the nation or how he wasn’t able to move .

According to Priest Luther, someone had cursed him with a technique similar to dark magic .

In any case, Hwang Bo-sung later began to stay at the temple and was in charge of assisting or escorting the priests of their sanctuary .

And thus, he ended up becoming a paladin of their own sanctuary .

Previously, there was no paladin in their sanctuary . Harboring a paladin called for a lot of money and then a lot more to train them .

However, if they did have the money in hand, they would rather spend it on the poor than on a paladin .

Even though it might be due to the creeds, they had gained a lot of popularity and had greatly expanded their preaching, especially among the lower class .

As a result, other denominations, especially the Marius Faction, was being led by Constantine . They were keeping a close eye on Luther .

There were times when Luther was attacked several times by assassins who allegedly were instigated by the Marius Faction .

If it wasn’t for Hwang Bo-sung, Luther would be dead already .

‘Please come back safely! There are way too many people who need your touch . ’

Staring at the night sky, Priest Garen prayed for Priest Luther and Hwang Bo-sung .