I have a shelter

It seems that what these servants of heaven are best at is building churches.

George originally thought that color could only be achieved with dyes. He never thought that stone and wood could be processed and joined together to form such shapes and curvatures. For the first time, he discovered that after they were carved and inlaid, they would be more beautiful than gemstones. .

If we say, the 'St. Willeck's Cathedral' makes people look up to the miracle because of its magnificence. Then this chapel is amazing because of its exquisiteness and details.

Perhaps this building should not have appeared in this world, but was just moved down from the Kingdom of Heaven.

It will surely become a historical monument and be passed down to the world.

Gradually, the infrastructure of the 'St. Johannes Chapel' is almost completed, and decoration has begun. One day, all the servants of the Kingdom of Heaven gathered at the front of the church hall, and after they left to worship, a strange 'sculpture' suddenly erected there - where the statue of the god should have been. But what the servants of heaven built with their own hands was not a human or divine form, but a light and shadow composed of seven simple and pure symbols, like tenons and mortises held together.

The shape of the light and shadow is like a horizontally drawn γ (gamma or long V) symbol. The dots of light on it can sometimes be mistaken for two intertwined galaxies.

George knew these seven symbols, so when he saw them, he almost fell to the ground in shock.

Because in all the churches he had seen, there were statues of seven men and women, not these symbols.

And these seven symbols, described in the archives of the Kingdom of God, are not mysterious and magical things, but seven kinds of existence condensed from the seven pure emotions of human beings (also translated as seven kinds of radiance). The pure energy - love, compassion, courage, justice, hard work, wisdom, generosity.

He thought about it for a long time but still didn't understand the significance of the servants of heaven setting them here.

Just looking at the light and shadow composed of those seven things, I was stunned - there was a very special line of font faintly revealed on the light and shadow - [Hope: XXX/XXX].

‘God of protection, you always say that I have no faith, but you don’t even regard yourself as a god’

George observed this light and shadow for a long time, confirming that the two words should be 'hope' and not some divine grace. And after those two words, there seems to be a line of numbers, but it is not clearly revealed at this time.

The citizens who came to deliver things were not shocked or surprised when they saw this strange statue. This made George extremely puzzled at first. However, after the conversation, he suddenly discovered that it seemed that in the eyes of everyone except himself, all he saw were statues of gods.

It didn't take long for George to put this matter behind him, but one day, he discovered another strange thing.

Ever since the church, an unfinished construction site, began to have this ‘statue’, people have been coming here to worship. And among the people who came here, there were actually quite a few newcomers.

Some of these newcomers never drink wine or eat broth. Not to mention tasting grapes picked from distant vineyards.

Not only do they eat light food, but they also take the initiative to eat roasted grasshoppers. At work, they also change from passive and numb to active and active.

George looked at these people, puzzled. Until he had a conversation with a former bad citizen.

"Sir, everything in the shelter allowed them to see that we were creating miracles. And after that, I also gave them answers to the questions that had always puzzled them - some people are destined to take different paths."

In an extremely pious gesture, the veteran gave him a 'standard' answer - they were born sinners!

This question again

The person who gave the answer this time was the person he had already convicted.

And those who accepted this answer were the group of people who had once been generosity and mutual help, but were still desperate.

He seemed to have no solution to the problem.

Because their despair for the end has also affected him

For a while, George looked at these people who had been deceived by the lord's lies and found the meaning of life again, and had an extremely ridiculous feeling. He knew that the lie that the veteran had always believed was made up by him. He also knows that for the sake of shelter, in order to allow himself to survive, more people can survive. What he did was right.

There can even be more such ‘guilty persons’.

But he still couldn't help but feel a deep sense of guilt in his heart.

Because those who had their relatives killed and thrown into the coal mines were not guilty, and those women who were imprisoned and pregnant did not do anything wrong!

But his lies, after pulling these people out of hell, once again marked them with sin! !

However, the most ironic thing is that they are proud of this and have truly changed.

Smiles appeared on their faces again, and their eyes became lively again. They became as enthusiastic as the old residents, as if a rainbow was injected into their once empty bodies.

‘You shouldn’t feel honored for such an idea.’ George tossed and turned every night, his fingernails tightly clasping his palms, staring at the ceiling of the room in a daze.

Until one day, he suddenly discovered that not everyone had faith

Because there are more and more enthusiastic citizens, but not everyone lives an ascetic life. People who strictly control their appetite will occasionally eat a grape handed to them by an old leader, or take a sip of wine.

There are no notes about believers above the heads of many people. The divine grace has not increased, but the word "hope" is gradually being revealed, and the font is almost exactly the same as the note on the light and shadow in the church.

That day, George stood in the church, watching the light and shadow of the symbols representing the seven human emotions flowing, watching the fonts on it getting brighter and brighter, frowning

The main body of the church is gradually being completed, and the decoration in the chapel has been completed. The fonts on the light and shadow were finally fully revealed, and George was finally able to see the note clearly - 'Hope' (284/657)

And the ‘divine grace’ (170/471) on the scroll is getting weaker and weaker.

The light and shadow are constantly flowing, and it seems that every time a smile appears on the face of a citizen, it will flow.

The mother's smile to her child is a symbol of 'love'; when the farmer takes a break, wiping the sweat from his head and looking at the sun, the symbol is 'hard work'; after distributing food at lunch, the old leader Give the couple a spoonful of the contents of the bowl, and a 'generous' symbol will appear. When old Duke was thinking in the blacksmith shop, sparks of 'wisdom' would often burst out; courage would often flow from the soldiers' heads, and justice would occasionally appear from Jack's head.

And when Lorna was handling prey in the tavern, she would also be in awe of life, with the fluorescent fluorescent light on her head constantly flashing.

George suddenly discovered that these people's sudden hope for life did not seem to be because of their belief in God, nor their damnable 'sin'.

But in their despair, they have gradually found their own light of hope!

George began to talk to those new people and find out what was really going on in their hearts.

He gradually discovered that those people did not eat meat, but just wanted the soldiers to have one more bite. I didn't go to drink just because I heard that you could exchange that thing with a merchant for the things you need for your territory.

These people don’t eat grapes because they are reluctant to part with the fruits that they have traveled a long way to collect in person. Going to eat roasted grasshoppers, I also heard from others that the lord hoped to save more food in this way.

They are indeed hardworking, but that’s because that’s who they are!

They are active because they want to make those who are good to them live a better life!

They have indeed lost all goals in life, but now, they want to live for everyone!

In order to let those relatives and friends who have sacrificed for them, even sacrificed, see that they are still alive and well!

‘People always have to look forward – even if they once looked in the opposite direction and thought that was where they would end up. But what if they find that everyone around them is moving forward and unswervingly? ’

‘Once upon a time, these people lived like zombies, just waiting for the last moment of the end. However, who knows, maybe they still have a trace of last hope left in their hearts, waiting for the miracle that always appears at the last moment! ! ! ’

‘They no longer dared to believe anything! ’

‘But everything the people in the territory have done has given these people who never believed in anything any more their last chance to believe. ’

'And the hopes that keep appearing around them, the miracles that they have personally participated in, also let them see that they can do it all! ! ! ’

At this moment, the depression in George's heart finally relaxed. And this lord who once planned to be the happiest person in the apocalypse suddenly felt an invisible pressure on his shoulders!

That kind of pressure is called ‘other people’s hopes’! !

In the shelter, the team with hope is constantly moving forward.

And he is the one standing at the front.

As a leader, as a person at the forefront, he must look forward and must keep moving forward.

But there was no reference in front of him, because even the God of Protection was defeated in the first confrontation with the Ancient God.

So it was inevitable that he would be confused and hesitant like last night, wondering if everything he did had any meaning.

But the difference from yesterday was that today he suddenly knew that when he was confused and hesitant, there would be a group of people behind him who were unwavering and pushing him - even if these people were like this because they were deceived by him.

George, the unbeliever, suddenly had faith on this day.

But what he believed in was not the god of protection written in the holy scriptures.

It's the bright side of human nature.

This kind of humanity is reflected in the people of the territory and is seen by him. They give rise to hope and fight against doom.

'Perhaps there is no god of protection in this world at all. What protects this world is just the energy condensed by human beings' positive thoughts. This power has become a god in human imagination and has its own power. thinking'

‘This thinking once gave birth to its own thoughts for hundreds of thousands of years, and controlled the power of human beings, becoming a god’

At this moment, a few lines of words suddenly appeared in front of George, who was muttering to himself:

[However, when facing the ancient god, he completely failed]

[The new god is no longer here. He who was born from human thought has been completely annihilated along with the old world. And faith has been returned to the hands of humans.]

[No matter how desperate people are, there will be a last glimmer of hope in their hearts. And this hope is the only power to fight against the ancient god who represents despair.]

[Gradually, this power, accompanied by the wishes of human hearts, appeared in a corner of this world, and a ray of light that can dispel the fog was born.]

[And this last place of hope in the hearts of humans is called the Sanctuary.]

[The light shines on this land and awakens a self-reliant person.]

[He who awakened through time and space may have been born at the right time, or perhaps, all this is just a coincidence.]

[But on this day, he finally saw his faith in the wishes of human hearts.]

[And he is finally qualified to see the true secret of this world.]

The flickering light gradually disappeared, and a line of words appeared in front of George again:

[The Sanctuary has unveiled its veil. Please check it out, 'Administrator'.]

'Administrator? Are you talking about me? ' George, who hadn't recovered yet, suddenly widened his eyes, unfolded his shelter scroll, and found that everything had changed!

[Shelter]

[Status: Safe]

[Administrator: George William Austin]

[Buildings: Castle (slightly damaged), Tavern, Blacksmith Shop, Mill, Farmhouse, Cemetery, Church (to be completed)]

The words [Divine Grace: 170/240] gradually faded, replaced by another line of words

——[Hope: 284/657]

[Resources——Food: 8017 (-28/day) Wood: 3538 Stone: 952 Metal: 937 Magic Materials: 0]

[Heroes: 1/2]

[Residents: 243/300 (+18 Hope/week)]

[Heroic Spirits: 1/2 (-4 Hope/week)]

[Heavenly Servant (Craftsman): 10/10 (-10 Hope/week)]

There are also new explanations for many things.

[Shelter: In the midst of despair, people have been looking forward to the emergence of such a place. So it appeared quietly]

['Mysterious light and shadow': On the throne in this church, there is actually a kind of energy with a certain autonomous will. It is a combination of human will. This new light condenses the source of seven powers and gives birth to something that can dispel the fog and fight against despair]

[It is called hope, also called 'light of dawn']

[Hope comes from every survivor. It transcends the boundaries of race, and even transcends time, space and death. ]

[Every survivor hopes for the appearance of the 'light of dawn', and as the first person realizes that this power should be created by himself, it can gradually be used by others. ]

[You are its first believer. As you said, this is a pure belief. The source of power of this belief comes from the user himself. As the user becomes more pious and firm in what he insists on in his heart, this power will become more pure! ]

[Go and spread hope to this world, tell them that although the old world has been annihilated, the new era will reappear in the creation of people's hands! 】

At this time, in George's eyes, the group of light and shadow has a new name: 'Light of Dawn'

'This company was originally crowdfunded'

Seeing this, George raised his head and looked at the 'Light of Dawn' with flowing light and shadow.

Its two arms slowly rotated like a nebula, and the 'body' in the air was only slightly higher than Alexander, placed in the main seat of this spacious church, like a baby

During this period, when seeing this thing, George always had a feeling that it was alive. And at this time, he was able to confirm that the one in front of him was the true consciousness of the shelter - or in other words, it was the 'God of Shelter' who had been drawing words in front of him.

The word 'Naru' suddenly flashed in George's mind.

'So, this thing has always been fooling me? Is there really no god to support me, a good lord? ? The so-called increasing investment in the future is also a fucking fool to me? ! '

As if sensing George's gaze, a word suddenly appeared on the Light of Dawn: [? 】

"..."

George was speechless for a while. He pretended that he had not been thinking about anything. He whistled, shook his legs, and looked away.

A bitter feeling arose in his heart. He forcibly suppressed the idea of ​​asking the Light of Dawn about something, and continued to observe the scroll to distract himself.

[Church: Maybe you should name it now: Cathedral of Dawn? The Light of Dawn resides here. If you want it to pierce the entire fog, you need to gather the hopes of more people.]

[Since you are the first guardian of the Light of Dawn, you can become a 'Dawn Knight' (perhaps you, who are vain, prefer to call it a 'Templar Knight', but in fact the two are fundamentally different, so don't call it the wrong name) under the baptism of the Light of Dawn, and master the ability of the 'Seal of Dawn' - but you have to get the recognition of some people in the training ground first.]

[Explanation: When the sanctuary has a cathedral and a ‘Knight School’, the holy knights will be able to be baptized under the light of dawn and become ‘Knights of the Dawn’]

George's hand moved and changed the words Knight of Dawn into 'Knight Templar'.

【. . . . . . 】

"..."

George ignored the note on the light and shadow and continued to look down.

[Heroic Spirit: The legendary contract with the world, the guardian soul condensed by human faith. Some heroes will also turn into heroic spirits after death because of people's belief in them, and continue to protect their people. Some heroic spirits have been elevated to a new level under the power of people's faith. According to your understanding, they should be translated as "Heavenly Arms", okay, let's call it that. 】

[Heavenly Arms: The armed forces that protect human beings are transformed from the hope in human hearts - you should be familiar with them]

[Servants of Heaven: Also known as spiritual power or obsession with hope - this is an obsession that consists of hoping that relatives and friends can continue to live a better life. It is transformed by thoughts and has a magical power after being supported by the power of human soul. 】

George looked at the scroll in a daze. In his daze, he silently took action, trying to change the word 'administrator' to 'lord'.

However, in the scroll, a note of [Failure] appeared.

"I am the lord of Johannes! Baron! Baron, do you understand?!"

The scroll did not answer him, but only showed some notes:

【You are just a stinky part-time worker】

"..." (veins appear on forehead)

【. . . . . . 】

The light and shadow flowed, and another line of words appeared in front of his eyes.

[Actually, as a CEO. You still have some rights and benefits]

(The wage earner George’s eyes widened and he continued to read)

[In that light and shadow, there is a group of armed forces, waiting for you to receive them in the future. But you have to remember that these armed forces are not working for you. They and your boss are the people in this world who are still suffering in the end of the world. The struggling survivors]

""

He silently reached out his hand again and added a note after the administrator: 'The current boss of Zhongsheng Group'.

【. . . . . . 】

"..."

early morning.

Since the autumn planting has ended and the residents have joined in the construction work, a steady stream of materials has made the church's progress faster and faster. In the later stage, some people were even able to free up some of their hands to pick grapes accompanied by soldiers.

The new wine was already being brewed. After George participated in the early guidance, he simply handed the recipe to Jim and asked him to help Old Duke manage the daily chores of the territory.

Although this guy has many shortcomings, his mind is very clever. Together with Old Duke, a down-to-earth guy, he manages the territory in an orderly manner.

Since George became the boss, he has gradually freed up a lot of time. Individual training on the school field has become his main daily routine.

But he still has to go to and from church several times a day.

Whenever he saw the empty church window, he always thought

'Damn it, if you remove the glazed glass from the old church and forcibly install it on the new church, it would be too ugly.' He looked back at the church in the distance. George thought about his Picasso-style church and rubbed his head. , while walking towards the tavern.

George went to church early this morning. The purpose was to confirm what was missing so that they could be exchanged at the noon lords’ gathering—according to the date given by Mishan, today was the day for the gathering of the survivor leaders.

But the problem of Liuli cannot be solved unless it is done now. Gu Mishan said that the lords nearby probably did not have the ability to make such a thing.

Of course, even if the glassware is empty, it can be used after the church is completed in a few days. But it's too

But that seems to be the only way it can be done for the time being.

‘The glaze technology in this world is completely monopolized. No one knows how to make it, but I remember it should be made from sand or quartz or something like that through high temperature, and the color can pass through metals, such as copper, which is green. After purchasing some materials from the lord, you will definitely be able to try it out. But if you want to cross centuries of technical barriers and achieve transparent painted glass technology, it may be a bit fanciful."

George understood that knowing and practicing were completely different things. I'm afraid that even if I have the formula in my hand, it would be a dream to get the qualified colored glaze in a moment.

I guess the most likely thing to come out of is a bunch of weird, turbid, bubble-filled stuff.

George felt that he needed to drink to relieve his sorrows - the beautiful orioles in the tavern were very comforting.

‘But you still have to go to the party, maybe there will be surprises. That location is not too far from the territory, and it won't take long to ride there. There’s no rush to go back after a while. ’ George shook his sore arm and pushed open the door of the pub.

The tavern is much quieter than usual today. But when George opened the door, the servants who usually couldn't calm down were all sitting there with serious faces. As for the Orioles who usually stick around, today they just sat on the table, glanced at their little lord, and turned their attention to the seats opposite the fire pit.

This solemn atmosphere startled George who walked in. Then his eyes followed Rona who was holding the plate and came to the table of the guest.

He wore a bamboo hat, and there were three swords of different lengths on the table. He wore an oriental black swordsman's robe with bronze shoulder pads, waist belt, wrist guards and iron boots. There were no iron tools on other parts.

But the most eye-catching thing was the gourd and flute on his waist, and the long black hair - when George saw these things, his scalp exploded!

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