One Piece: Holy Cult

Chapter 252 Desire for Divine Art (Part [-])
Uriel's act of donating the harvested rice seeds cleanly and neatly made Long's favor towards him soar, and then he didn't hold back, and honestly put forward other demands.

Although he is begging for help, Long's attitude is generous and straightforward, unlike many people who often have to take into account their own face and make fifty or sixty detours before getting to the point.

This style of behavior immediately won Uriel's appreciation.

He smiled and said, "Another requirement? Let me guess, do you want the church to support you with various magical arts?"

Seeing Long and Salor staring at the training ground intently, and seeing the knights releasing magic spells, their eyes brightened with eagerness, how could Uriel fail to guess what was on their minds.

"Haha, the White Pope is indeed the White Pope, I guess right," Long admitted with a big laugh.

Then he said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable in life for everyone. However, the world government is too wary of the revolutionary army and has imposed a strict blockade on us from all aspects. Food is still easy to solve, but many medicines are really rare. We suffer from not having enough. The medical staff and medicines are long gone."

"Fortunately, Mr. Pope Bai and the Miracle God Cult turned out to give us hope to break through the predicament."

"So, I would like to implore Pope Bai and the Miracle God Sect under his command to support our revolutionary army with enough magic, or in other words, users of magic."

Long was very frank in his words, and he didn't mind exposing the embarrassment and weaknesses of the revolutionary army to Uriel. This shows the sincerity of cooperation.

"It's not difficult," Uriel said. "In the church, priests and apologist knights have good and efficient medical capabilities, and they can also be lent to the revolutionary army."

Then the topic changed, "However, if there is only demand but no payment, it is not called cooperation."

"I solved the supply and medical problems for the revolutionary army, so what can you give me, what can you teach the gods?"

Uriel was open and honest, asking questions of his own.

Long and Salor looked at each other with wry smiles, and then said to Uriel: "Actually, we asked ourselves this question before we came here, but after thinking about it, we really can't think of where the Revolutionary Army can contribute to the Miracle Cult. Your Excellency's ability It’s too comprehensive and powerful, and it’s a problem for us.”

"So, our decision is," Long said resolutely, "You, Mr. Pope Bai, will make the conditions, and we will do whatever we can."

Long said this very grandly, and Uriel could tell that he was speaking from the bottom of his heart, and there was absolutely no falsehood, and it was not just a pretense to answer the story.

"Good! I have received the sincerity from the Revolutionary Army!"

Uriel clapped his palms together and said in admiration.

"So for now, there is only one requirement of the Miracle God Cult." Looking directly at Long and Salor, Uriel said, "Since you want the priests and knights of the God Cult to go to support the liberation cause of the Revolutionary Army, then I I also hope that you will allow them to preach freely in the territory of your revolutionary army and spread the glory of the God of Miracles."

For Uriel, with the strongest religious system in his body, many things can be obtained easily, and only believers are his only needs.

If you can broadcast the teachings on the territory of the revolutionary army and recruit believers, it will be equivalent to capturing a country again by yourself, and it will save you worry and effort.

"Preaching? This..." Long pondered for a moment.

"The purpose of our revolutionary army is to guide people to pursue their own freedom. If they believe in gods..."

He hesitated.

Seeing his hesitation, Wu Lie cut off the conversation.

"Of course I know what the revolutionary army is pursuing. However, being loyal to freedom and being loyal to the gods are never in conflict. On the contrary, being able to freely choose one's own beliefs, and choose the object of one's wholehearted dependence and yearning, is the instinct and nature of human beings." Emancipation is the freedom that people also deserve."

"There is refuge in the soul, and at the same time, you can obtain magical powers, so that you can make the lives of others better. Isn't it the ultimate yearning for people to pursue freedom under the surface?"

"As far as God's religion is concerned, we open our arms to welcome believers who follow and yearn, but we never force everyone to become a lamb of God. This is neither our doctrine nor the need of the God of Miracles."

Uriel's words left Long speechless.

At this time Salor spoke from the side, and said to his leader, "Why bother? In fact, think about it carefully. Aren't there many partners in our revolutionary army who are also believers in other churches who never leave their Bibles? What a negative impact on our cause, but because of the heart, the will to pursue freedom and liberation is more determined."

One word awakened the dreamer, and Salor's words suddenly enlightened Long.

"That's right, I thought too seriously," he said sincerely.

"Just looking at the style of the Miracle God Sect, I also know that you are definitely not comparable to those cults who want to gain benefits from believers. I am thinking too much."

He apologized to Uriel.

After waving his hands, Uriel said that he didn't care, "In fact, allowing us to preach is beneficial and not harmful to the revolutionary army.

As a leader, don't you want the Revolutionary Army to have its own priests and knights instead of relying on the support of the Cult? "

"You know, as long as you study the Gospel by yourself, everyone has the possibility to perceive the grace of God with their own piety, realize the magic, and bring huge benefits to your revolutionary army and ordinary residents in the territory. There are advantages and no disadvantages. There is no need to refuse."

He said this to the apex of their hearts, and just imagining the beautiful scene of a large number of magic users appearing in the revolutionary army, the two of them were already moved by it.

"And what about the knight?"

Long stretched out his hand and pointed to the holy light in the training ground, which alternately transformed into various abilities such as healing, protection, and punishment.

Now that he can have a priest, he can't help but yearn for a more combat-capable guardian knight.

"Want to train knights in the revolutionary army?"

Uriel thought for a while and said, "This is a little more difficult than cultivating a priest. The ability of a guardian knight comes from inheritance. It needs to be inspired, and it is difficult to comprehend it by oneself. If the Revolutionary Army really needs it, I have a suggestion."

He said to the two, returning four questioning eyes.

"You can choose some potential talents from the revolutionary army, send them to the Church Hill for further training, and then the knights of the God Religion will give them inheritance and inspiration."

"In this way, when they have cultivated to the point where they can condense the seeds of the Holy Light, they can return to the Revolutionary Army, inspire and pass on the power of the Holy Light to others, and provide the Revolutionary Army with more and stronger combat power."

"Compared to the relatively rare devil fruit ability users and domineering practitioners, anyone has the opportunity to become a guardian knight, which can be regarded as the gospel brought by the god of miracles to me and other mortals."

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