The Missing Piece

Of course, they weren't kneeling to Mo Tan. As Holy Knights qualified to guard the chapel, even the city lord of Pato City would have to treat them with courtesy. They were kneeling to the gods they each believed in...

As the Holy Church Coalition, which leaned towards order and good, none of the combined churches would have rules like the ones Mo Tan had just mentioned. Not to mention that ordinary people could worship and pray in the chapel, even the 'evil gods' in most people's eyes wouldn't refuse any potential believers.

So, although their behavior just now seemed a bit excessive, if they asked themselves honestly, it could already be considered a violation of doctrine.

Of course, Mo Tan didn't care or have the slightest interest in which doctrine of their respective gods they had violated, or whether they had violated one or two. He was just using this small incident to prove something.

That was how much influence the Unbeliever's talent could have on others.

After all, the description of this talent was too general...

[Unbeliever: You cannot choose faith, because you simply do not have reverence for any high-ranking existence. No preacher will waste time on you! None!]

Since this talent was forcibly placed on Mo Tan by the system, it hadn't shown any practical effect so far. From the description, he could roughly guess that he definitely wouldn't be actively approached by religious people to proselyti... teach, but he didn't know the specifics yet.

This talent might not have much impact on him now, but it was already enough to become a hidden danger, and might cause a series of unexpected changes in some situation.

And while Mo Tan liked and enjoyed seeing changes at this time, he hated any unexpected situations.

Rational people weren't scary, because their thinking patterns were too easy to deduce...

Smart people weren't scary, because as long as you carefully pondered, you would find the ideas behind their every step...

Madmen were even less scary, since they were already crazy~

However, someone who was both rational and smart, and whose thinking pattern was unpredictable, was a bit scary.

[Devout believers will have a slight aversion and vigilance towards me, but will not actively harbor strong hostility towards me unless I take some excessive actions, but they probably won't believe anything I say.]

Mo Tan narrowed his eyes slightly, while looking down at the two guards who were praying in a low voice, asking the gods for forgiveness, and pondered...

[Experience, wisdom, and rationality may all correct their actions. The older guy just now was obviously thinking more than the other simpleton, but he didn't completely block the influence of the talent.]

"Sorry, I said a bit too much." Mo Tan walked up to the two, half-kneeling in front of them, and said with a slightly apologetic tone: "Because some annoying things happened at home, I wanted to come to the chapel in our city to pray. I didn't mean to embarrass you two. Maybe it's because my mother is seriously ill, so I've been a bit restless. I was too emotional..."

[If I take the initiative to show goodwill when they are more vulnerable, and show enough kindness...]

"No, I was the one who offended you earlier." The younger Holy Knight lowered his head and said shamefully, "I didn't expect your..."

"Xiao Luo!" The older knight interrupted in a deep voice: "Don't get it wrong, what we violated was the canon... You should first be ashamed of yourself for violating the will and teachings of God!"

[It works, but it has little effect on people with strong faith. This may be related to my charm and eloquence attributes, but it cannot be verified now. What is certain is that whether it is a positive or negative influence, it is less effective against more powerful believers, but subconscious doubt is more troublesome... Heh... Interesting, let's stop here for now...]

"Then may I ask you two, can I go in?" Mo Tan stood up and asked politely, "I want to pray for my family."

The older one had already finished praying at this time, and seemed to have really received some feedback, as he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Please, but please abide by the rules here."

"This..." Mo Tan immediately showed a slightly embarrassed hillbilly expression, awkwardly tidying up his clothes and hairstyle, as if a thin-skinned hillbilly was entering the city for the first time, turning his face away and whispering, "Rules... I might not be very..."

This 'clumsy' way of relieving embarrassment was too easy to see through. The knight sighed helplessly and said to the young man beside him, "Xiao Luo, take him inside to pray. I'll watch here first."

"Okay, Senior." The Holy Knight called Xiao Luo responded quickly, then nodded to Mo Tan: "Please come with me."

In fact, the Holy Church Coalition's chapel didn't have too many taboos. After all, it wasn't an independent church that only worshiped one god, but a relatively loose alliance. Unless someone made blasphemous actions in public, there wouldn't be too many rules to violate.

But the Holy Knight didn't know why, but he always felt that this fair-skinned guy in front of him was a bit worrying. Blaspheming a god or something... What if he could really do it?!

So it's better to have someone watch him.

And that was exactly what Mo Tan wanted to see~

"Sir Knight, I'm really sorry about what happened just now." As soon as he stepped into the chapel, Mo Tan smiled at Xiao Luo beside him: "I didn't mean to offend you, please don't take it to heart."

"No, no!" Xiao Luo waved his hand immediately: "It was clearly my fault just now, and I'm far from qualified to be given the title of knight in the Holy Church..."

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the center of the chapel. Although this place looked relatively simple, its scale and area were several times larger than the nearby city lord's mansion. The surrounding walls were covered with exquisite reliefs, interspersed with a large number of prayers and the doctrines of many gods, and every few steps there was a miracle picture, generally telling the stories of the gods worshiped by the Holy Church Coalition saving people from famine, suffering, drought, floods, and landslides...

"Is it so difficult to be a knight?" Mo Tan tried his best to resist the urge to roll his eyes at the surrounding reliefs and statues, and said to Xiao Luo in surprise: "We've had several knights in our town, and they don't seem as temperamental as you."

No one doesn't like to hear praise. If someone really doesn't like to hear it, it's because the other person's words are barbed or the flattery is too clumsy. Everyone understands this principle.

And Mo Tan's simple-looking praise undoubtedly made this young man a little happy. After all, with his qualifications, he didn't have many opportunities to be praised by others. Although he was shaking his head gently, the corners of his mouth still curled up unconsciously: "It's very difficult to obtain the title of knight in our Holy Church Coalition. Being awarded the name 'Holy Knight' is my dream, but it's definitely impossible in recent years..."

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the center of the chapel, in front of a huge statue of the gods. The halo seeping through the skylight gave it a layer of holy light, making it look solemn and sacred.

It was said that every statue of the gods in the Holy Church Coalition was personally blessed by the high priests of each church, and all had multiple divinities, but it was unknown whether it was true or not.

"Most people pray here." Xiao Luo first bowed in a way that didn't seem to belong to any particular church, then smiled at Mo Tan: "As for the method, there are many ways. The gods are merciful and won't ask for too much, especially since you're not a believer..."

Mo Tan nodded gratefully to him: "Thank you."

"You're welcome, then I'll... uh..." Xiao Luo hesitated, as if he was hesitating about something, and finally said, "I'll wait for you a little further away, and then accompany you out later."

In fact, he originally wanted to say that he would leave first, but looking at the seemingly generous and easy-to-talk-to Half-elf in front of him, he didn't know why he was a little worried, and a little resistance always lingered in his heart.

Here, we have to exonerate the 'Unbeliever' talent. This wasn't caused by the talent problem. The point was that when Mo Tan logged in as the Tan Mo character, his body was always occupied by an indescribable temperament. If you had to describe it, it was...

Chaos, extreme chaos.

This innate estrangement from the lawful alignment, coupled with Mo Tan's unbeliever temperament in the eyes of the NPCs, how could people completely trust him?

In short, Holy Knight Xiao Luo left the center of the chapel like this and walked to a slightly farther place, casually chatting with people.

Although it was noon at this time, there weren't many people who came to worship and pray, but many clerics of the Holy Church Coalition had already come to the chapel to perform daily prayers and guard and clean.

And Mo Tan pretended to close his eyes, pretending to pray for the 'family' he didn't know when he made up, but in fact, he was quickly calculating the known information he had collected so far in his mind...

Dave and Sager were baptized active believers, and the god they worshiped was the guardian of knights, warriors, and judges: Heimel, the God of Justice and Courage.

But Dave betrayed and plotted to kill his classmates in the Knight Academy for some plan, which was absolutely not allowed by the deity he believed in.

Dave did not suffer divine punishment...

The end of the document once recorded that he had been working hard towards the goal of becoming a Holy Knight. Although he had not yet met the requirements, the martial arts talent he had shown in recent years was far higher than that of his peers.

But he should have been a young man without any outstanding talent.

The conditions for becoming a Holy Knight are temporarily unknown, but they shouldn't be a secret and can be found out in a short time.

But even if I know...

"I still feel like there are a couple of puzzle pieces missing..." Mo Tan murmured softly, rubbing his forehead, "It's easy to make Dave fail, but since I've discovered such a big sense of disharmony, it's too boring to sit idly by. This unique quest is really in-depth."

Destroying 'Hero' Dave, the reward for this quest is three question marks. Mo Tan doesn't think the system is deliberately mystifying, but that the reward will be determined based on his completion level. Although he doesn't care about the quest itself, Mo Tan's current personality will naturally strive for the greatest possible fun, and usually, fun and difficulty are often corresponding.

Oh well, it's better if it's difficult, after all, it's more interesting if it's challenging~

"I could tell that guy was no good!"

As Mo Tan was about to finish his pretentious prayer, a deliberately lowered mumble reached his ears.

This wasn't because Mo Tan was gifted or had undergone any special training, nor was it thanks to the half-elf's relatively superior hearing, but because the mammoth Half-Orc priestess's 'mumble' was a little too loud.

Almost the entire chapel's attention was drawn to her.

"Diaochi!" Little Luo, standing next to the mammoth big sister, was almost crying, her face flushed as she raised her head and whispered, "Keep it down! Keep it down!!"

"I'm being quiet enough!" The big sister was completely unaware, and even nudged her nose towards the center of the chapel where Mo Tan was, "Doesn't he look like a heretic full of crooked ideas?"

Heretic?! Crooked ideas?!

Something seemed to flash through Mo Tan's mind...

Two minutes later, in front of the chapel gate

"I'm really sorry..." Little Luo said to Mo Tan with a red face, "That little priestess is a new trainee, she doesn't think before she speaks."

Mo Tan blinked, "That 'little' priestess is almost as tall as the two of us stacked together."

Little Luo shrugged at him.

"Don't worry, I don't mind." Mo Tan smiled slightly, "Besides, I don't even know what a heretic is..."

Little Luo's expression immediately became solemn, "Those are terrible heretics, they are insane and do all kinds of evil, admiring all kinds of vile things, and even crowning them with the name of 'God'. Some heretics don't even have an object of faith at all, they just act purely for their own crazy evil thoughts. Murder and blood sacrifice are commonplace for them. Driven by evil thoughts, those heretics can do anything. Even the most evil deities are thousands of times better than the illusions they worship... Well, I don't want to say any more, discussing them is even a disrespect to the gods."

"Oh?" Mo Tan stopped just as he was about to leave the chapel, turned his head, and asked Little Luo curiously, "Then what are the benefits they offer? Like..."

Skill activated——[Guile]

"Being able to control monsters? Or greatly increasing talent and all aspects of ability?"

In Little Luo's ears, Mo Tan's voice suddenly became very kind, as if they were old friends who had known each other for many years and could talk about anything. Before her brain could react, her mouth had already subconsciously answered, "Well, the abilities of various heretics are all kinds of strange. They can force themselves to gain various powers by paying various prices or performing cruel rituals, but those are all evil ways... Uh?!"

Little Luo, whose eyes instantly cleared up, was suddenly a little dazed.

And Mo Tan was already walking out of the chapel without looking back, saying without turning his head, "Thanks, buddy~"

Then he merged into the dense crowd outside the chapel...

Chapter 25: End

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