The carriage door closed, and the carriage drove away.
Inside, Fudeng closed his eyes and sank into thought.
Weigulin picked up the snow wolf blanket to cover the Whip Bearer's legs, only to discover, to her astonishment, that his hands were trembling slightly.
Yes, Fudeng was afraid.
Last time, he had suspected Kallen was the Inheritance Heir of one of Our Church's Branch Gods, or of a deity close to Our Church. Back then, he had endlessly enjoyed studying the cards and looking for connections.
This time, he already had a guess in mind, and his investigations and probing had brought him closer and closer to the real answer. Yet rather than feeling any joy, his fear had grown by the day.
Fudeng slowly opened his eyes and looked out the carriage window at the scenery of Church Headquarters.
Many of the temples bore clear traces of those "great ones." Those great ones had established many of the Order God Church's systems, and the walls were covered in their stories.
Yes, they were gods. However, partly because of the Order God Church's monotheistic tradition, and partly because Fudeng had reached this level himself, he perceived even those once-exalted great ones as essentially occupying nothing more than another position above his own or the High Priest's.
The Lord was different.
The Lord was unique, the Lord was supreme, the ultimate object of faith in Order.
Order Followers' faith in the God of Order had always differed greatly from other churches' followers' faith in their gods. For the latter, their god encompassed everything; for the former, a substantial part of that faith involved worship of an individual's heroic epic.
This was clearly evident in the attitude of Order's Branch Gods toward the God of Order.
It had also given the God of