Mage? Spell Engineer!

After the new church was completed, many refugees came to join it. Even believers have strong and weak beliefs. A wave of people with strong beliefs rushed around, applied for and contributed money and efforts. After the church was built, the shallow believers who had been silent and watching emerged again to receive the "Holy Communion".

Not to mention, unleavened bread made from white flour smells very fragrant when freshly baked.

The old man who was elected as the "Church Keeper" had red eyes and began to make a speech again. After thanking the Lord, thanking the church members, and by the way thanking a certain mage who was an unbeliever, a lost lamb, and a godless person who had gained land and money, he He assured everyone with a trembling voice:

“The Lord teaches us that brothers and sisters love each other equally. This is the hall of love promised by the Lord. Regardless of whether we are rich or poor, we are all qualified to pray, chant scriptures and praise our God here.

"Muhuitang will go through ups and downs, but it will never deteriorate!"

There was thunderous applause, and the congregation chanted praises to God in unison.

Haha, just be happy. After confirming the effect of the arrangement, Rorschach and Andre left the outer courtyard of the church. Andre found that there were people inside and outside. He frowned and raised his second concern: "Are there too many believers?"

Rorschach nodded: "Yes, the city manager's handling ability will be tested in the future. The key lies in whether the restrictions on preaching can be implemented. But from another perspective, this is also a good thing."

"Good thing?"

"Everyone who comes to the church now is a refugee, right? But not all refugees come."

"That's right."

Rorschach used illusions to change the clothes and appearance of himself and Andre, becoming two thin teenagers who had recently suffered from malnutrition, and their clothes also changed to Valois style.

Then they went to the communities housing the homeless and found people who didn't attend the new church. Downstairs a group of people were playing cards in the winter sunshine. Rorschach greeted in a Valouana accent: "The new church is giving out Holy Communion! Don't you want to go?"

The card player flips one card to the discard pile: "The Three of Swords."

"Yes." The card player ignored it, and Rorschach said it again. The three people playing cards looked up and saw that Rorschach and Andre were also refugees. They finally stopped their game and said, "Holy Communion? Humph."

Another card player was also disdainful: "Whoever goes, will follow the devil's ways! Kid, I advise you not to go either. What qualifications do they have to build a church? Do they have a priest? Has the Pope issued a decree? Who takes the lead? They must be imperial spies, taking advantage of our troubles to confuse fools with heresy."

These words aroused the recognition of card players. Rorschach followed suit: "So we still have to go back to our hometown and find a real church to worship."

"Of course! The Lord is testing us now, and we cannot be fooled easily. Now that we are in other people's territory, even if we only pray to God in our hearts, it is better to go to the false church of the heresy and commit a small heresy unknowingly. "

Rorschach and Andre left the community, and he asked his apprentice: "Do you understand what I mean now? Real die-hards don't go to church. I'm afraid we won't be able to retain such people, nor can we fully integrate them into Byrne's society. .

"The refugees who have accepted the new church will also have a place to live spiritually. They will work harder and buy a house without hesitation. They will gradually develop a sense of belonging here, and then they can stably transform into Kempson or even Byrne." a member of.

“Also, compared with the church organization, the new church is a neutered building.”

"Castration" is an apt description. It is restricted from preaching, has no monastery to study scriptures, does not undertake or monopolize education here, and does not have the right to interpret scriptures and legitimacy recognized by the church. Then the "reproduction of faith" will Greatly weakened.

As long as Rorschach is still around, he will not allow the above functions to "grow".

Andre thought about it for a while and realized that it was like this: "I have learned a lesson."

"What kind of teaching do you want? After you rest, you can study magic for me!"

The updated spells also required relearning for Andre, and Rorschach taught him all the recorded tricks, as well as a small amount of first-level magic.

Because of the update, Andre finally had doubts about the new spell system given to him by Rorschach: "Teacher, are you teaching me your own system now?"

"It's just a method of casting spells, and the effect is basically the same as other mages." Luo Xia was pleased that the student finally started to reflect and explore the principles, and simply told him about the existence of the "Spell Cloud".

"Great invention!" Andre did not flatter him, but admired him sincerely. The clues from before were gradually connected: "No wonder I can make rapid progress. It turns out that it is with the help of your system." He thought about how Rorschach had updated the spell system after doing something in the church, and he was shocked:

The teacher is stealing the power and authority of the Lord of Order?

The way he looked at Rorschach changed, and he said tentatively: "Since we are borrowing power from you, can it be regarded as something close to divine magic? Teacher, I don't think it is necessary to collect the power of faith from the followers of the Lord of Order. , it is better to design a set of prayers directed towards you and let the mages who join the new system pray to you.”

Luo Xia shook his head resolutely: "'Borrowing' is just a temporary measure. I just haven't found a way to improve the connection ability of the 'Spell Cloud', so I made this decision. You must never pray to me or anyone else." , if you do this, don’t call yourself a mage again!”

Rorschach's words were a bit harsh, and Andre hurriedly said that he was wrong.

If he really wanted to take this path, he could follow the example of the underground cult and secretly use alchemy techniques and magic to fool ordinary people. He could even issue an order in three factories: before eating and receiving wages, he must thank Lord Rorschach and sing Luo Xia. Xia's hymn, brainwashing them that "Rorschach's kindness is endless", and then collecting the transformed faith power.

But Rorschach's ideal is that the "spell cloud" should eventually exist apart from himself. If it is really all about one person, then this spellcasting system will be very limited and narrow. He is the founder, but in the future every mage can become a collaborator, recording the spells he has mastered or created and sharing them, or jointly maintaining them.

He doesn't want to create some religion and let others kneel down to pray for his power. Rorschach wants everyone to stand one day and perfect it together, so that the abilities and possibilities of all users will be expanded.

As for the believers in the church, they are kneeling well, and Rorschach will only become anxious if Rorschach tries to pull them up. Rorschach also respected it and spent money to give them a place to kneel, help them kneel comfortably, and do an experiment on the way.

The existence of the "Spell Cloud" is now secretive, or because Rorschach is not sure what the current great mages will think after discovering this system. If someone wants to take it for themselves and dominate it, it will be in trouble.

At present, both the "Spell Cloud" and myself are not strong enough, so we can only start with apprentices who accept this system, and cultivate a group of spellcasters who can identify with Rorschach's philosophy to jointly maintain the "Cloud".

In order to ensure that they do not "kneel down," Rorschach must first ensure that his relationship with them is no more than "teacher and student" and do not think about worship or deification.

Rorschach apologized to Andre: "Sorry, what I just said was a bit harsh. But I hope that one day you can create your own spells and upload them for other spellcasters to learn and use. Isn't this a cool thing? What fake Divine magic is so boring.”

At this point, there was a new "signal source" in the Kempson area. The absence of Rorschach or his clones could allow the mages here to link to the "spell cloud" without delay, but he felt that it was not enough.

Inspired by the "church", he felt that the "spell cloud" should really be placed in the "cloud", that is, let it be projected or simply moved to the symbolic world, instead of being squeezed into a closed secret room in the material world. This is the only way Only in this way can we break through the limitations of real distance.

So what to do? First of all, we need to find the location and method of relocation. Rorschach began to have the idea of ​​"ascension" again.