Chapter 74 : Temple Warriors
Chapter 74: Temple Warriors
The next day, Nyx brought a werewolf with severed limbs and broken teeth, packed in a box, to Garcia Village.
After being captured last night, even with only his legs remaining, the werewolf attempted suicide, prompting Hod, who was guarding him, to decisively amputate his legs as well.
Werewolves are dark creatures; although scholars rate them as the lowest level of mystery, ordinary people who see them might still be distorted into imbeciles by the corrective force of lucid dreams.
Although such occurrences are rare, and few care if a commoner becomes an imbecile.
However, as church personnel, they would not allow such incidents during the transportation of the werewolf.
Corleon assigned two Temple Warriors to escort and protect Nyx.
After the Gospel Day, when the temple was completed, Corleon organized these restored warriors into Temple Warriors.
Due to their previously twisted minds, after undergoing enlightenment and having their minds restored by the gospel, they became somewhat extreme fanatical believers.
Only Hod, having undergone enlightenment and for other reasons, did not have his mind completely twisted like the others, only slightly affected.
After receiving blessings, he became a true believer; however, Corleon abandoned the idea of making him a monk.
He harbored hatred—towards the one who killed Noah and towards these dark creatures.
Corleon would not let someone already filled with hatred become a monk or priest.
At least not now.
The combat sequence suited him better.
Thus, Hod also became a Temple Warrior, currently serving as both an instructor and squad leader.
The instructor's duty involves leading the Temple Warriors in daily training and prayers, while the squad leader leads three Temple Warriors.
Currently, Hod's team is only responsible for patrolling around the temple, with no other tasks assigned.
Two days later, Nyx returned with three young men.
"They are juniors of Knight Wolf, admiring the Lord's glory, so they wish to study at the church, hoping to become servants of the Lord," Nyx said.
Corleon looked over the three, feeling a sense of familiarity.
"I have already baptized them," Nyx whispered, noticing Corleon's gaze.
In other words, he had enlightened them.
Corleon understood, also grasping Nyx's implication.
"The church welcomes all who admire the Lord's glory, but to become servants of the Lord, you still need to undergo some training," Corleon said, then called over Agamemnon.
"This is Agamemnon, a monk of the church. He will be your mentor for the time being. Once you possess the ability to become monks, he will clothe you in monk's robes at the monastery."
Although the monastery was not yet completed, they would still be taken by Cicero to work as helpers.
Agamemnon tightened his young face, slightly bowing to the three in greeting.
Though only eight years old, he had already guided many newcomers.
This time, however, Corleon specifically designated him as a mentor, adding pressure.
Nevertheless, he did not refuse.
As a servant of the Lord, a devout true believer, and a monk of the Temple Church, he believed he should obey the bishop's words and spread the Lord's teachings.
The three did not dare to underestimate Agamemnon.
Setting aside the ambiguous status of the Temple Church in the territory and the orders from their elders, merely Agamemnon's identity as the first heir of the Adams family made them cautious.
After all, they were merely illegitimate children, while Agamemnon was the legitimate son of the knight privately referred to as the last pride of York Territory.
After Agamemnon took the three away, Nyx sat on a pew in the church.
"The eldest is Knight Wolf's illegitimate son; the other two are also illegitimate sons of direct members of his family," Nyx said.
"Knight Wolf's illegitimate son? He sent his own children over?" Corleon was somewhat surprised.
Due to the bloodline curse, although illegitimate children have the lowest inheritance rights, they are still accepted by the family.
After all, with noble blood, their chances of achieving success are much higher than those of commoners.
"Knight Wolf captured a slave, inflicted fatal wounds on him, and I simply stitched the wounds and applied healing potion. In a short time, the wounds began to heal and stop bleeding."
"Although the wounds looked ugly due to my stitching skills, the slave could still survive after applying the potion."
His voice carried a hint of joy.
Compared to Corleon, he adapted more to the rules of this era, such as testing medicine on slaves—a common practice.
He felt no pity, only joy at the potion's success and potency.
Corleon remained silent but said nothing more.
"Afterward, I baptized his illegitimate son, and then he could read."
"Last night, Knight Wolf brought two more people, asking me to baptize them."
"After I quickly completed their baptisms, he hoped these three could join the Temple Church and become monks."
"Bishop, it seems Knight Wolf has no ill intentions toward us and wishes to cooperate. Sending his illegitimate sons over shows his sincerity," Nyx said.
This was also the best outcome he hoped for.
"Is that so." Corleon nodded, then closed his eyes. Upon reopening them, he said, "Then let them practice at the monastery."
Nyx merely looked deeply at Corleon.
In their conversations, whenever a decision was to be made, Corleon would do this.
Corleon had told him that after becoming a bishop, one gains the ability of revelation.
One can request the Lord to grant revelations to predict one's decisions.
He was very curious about this ability and longed to have it, believing that with it, he might truly communicate with the 'Lord.'
However, this power could only be used after becoming a bishop.
"Then, Priest Nyx, are you staying here today?" Corleon asked.
The blueprint Cicero provided for the small church in Garcia Village wouldn't be completed so quickly.
"No," Nyx shook his head. "I came to ask the bishop to help me enlighten a batch of oak spears."
"Knight Wolf is very concerned about the werewolf news. In the past two days, there have been reports of suspected large beasts attacking humans in other areas."
"However, the territory's beast population hasn't recovered yet, so such incidents are strange. Knight Wolf plans to send troops to investigate whether other werewolves have entered the territory."
"He also knows that blessings from the church help in exterminating dark creatures, so he hopes I can bless the warriors going on the expedition."
"That's naturally not a problem, but I hope more of them can return alive, so I want to ask the bishop for a batch of oak spears you've enlightened."
Enlightened oak has greater power against dark creatures; he witnessed this firsthand the night they captured the werewolf.
However, the duration of an item's properties after enlightenment depends on the enlightener's ability.
In Nyx's current state, the properties of enlightened items would disappear within three days.
Therefore, he came to find Corleon.
Currently, the oak spears enlightened by Corleon had lasted seven days without any weakening of their properties.