Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 295 Priest
In the world of the book, the original severe cold has long since disappeared, replaced by a vibrant and flourishing world.

A city with an outer wall more than fifteen meters high stood not far away. Gatekeepers wearing leather armor were guarding the city gate, checking pedestrians coming and going and collecting city entry taxes from them one by one.

The large characters engraved on the city gate tell the name of this city:
Pesot.

In the city of Peso, a relatively remote place.

There is a church built of stone blocks, with a rough appearance and waiting to be polished. The most conspicuous and exquisite thing inside is an altar, on which stands a wooden cross and a tall statue carrying the cross.

A priest with simple clothes and a beard sat in the front row, facing the statue, with his head buried and eyes closed, praying intently. Even the footsteps behind him did not disturb him at all.

Yu Jin sat down beside the priest, quietly waiting for the prayer to end.

After a long time, the priest finally slowly opened his eyes, and those golden eyes stared at him.

The priest spoke slowly:
"I thought you would come sooner."

Yu Jin still looked at the tall figure carrying the cross, and asked as if he was chatting with a friend:
"I think it's quite early. How long were you in the book?"

"I can't remember clearly, it should be several decades. The time flow in the world of the book is not synchronized with the outside world."

"You never thought about going out?"

The priest did not respond, but asked:
"So, what are you going to do with me?"

The priest's golden eyes were extremely calm, as if he was not talking about his own fate.

Yu Jin thought about it seriously and said with a smile:

"Who knows, maybe I'll let you go."

"After all, you are just a product of fantasy. Even killing you will not help."

"really."

The priest nodded slightly in agreement.

He also did not show any resistance to the claim that he was a figment of imagination, because that was the fact, he was not the real Adam, but just a figment of imagination.

"When He created you, didn't He ever think of injecting a bit of humanity into you?"

“Humanity is a burden.”

The priest's tone was still unusually calm:
"That would only increase my risk of betrayal."

The priest had no reservations and spoke openly about the possibility of "betraying himself".

Ember asked back:
"Then have you ever thought that perhaps divinity is a burden?"

"You want me to deny the meaning of my existence?"

The priest asked again, and he said calmly:
"You are not good at disturbing others with words, and you don't have the authority to do so. Why bother doing useless work?"

Ember has a weird expression:
"I thought we were just chatting, which means you were secretly trying to disturb me with your words, right?"

The priest nodded calmly:

"Correct."

The priest was quite frank and didn't think there was anything worth hiding.

After all, this was an open conspiracy, and he never expected Yu Jin to not see through it.

As for whether the overt conspiracy will be effective, who knows.

Before the meeting, the priest had already envisioned the scene of their meeting.

Maybe Ember would just kill him outright, which would fit his impression of the undead.

Perhaps Yu Jin would choose to chat with him, just like now. Only when the other party wanted to talk, his conspiracy would have room to be carried out. As for whether it would work, that was not his concern, that was the main body's concern.

He was just doing what he was supposed to do.

Yu Jin laughed in silence and suddenly asked:
“What do you think God is?”

He pointed to the tall statue carrying a cross and asked the priest next to him.

The priest asked back:

"Which God?"

"In your impression."

The priest was silent for a while, and the scene before him suddenly changed.

The original stone church disappeared, and was replaced by another church, an extremely majestic church.

Classical stone pillars support the towering dome, but do not divide the hall into pieces, making it still extravagantly wide.

The door of this church was too high and too wide even for a giant, and on either side were candles in silver cups that emitted a warm glow.

The altar in the front is magnificent, with a gray-white cross and a statue carrying the cross on top.

They still sat in the first row, with the altar in front of them, facing each other.

The priest said calmly:

"I am God."

"Correction."

Yu Jin interrupted the priest, and the magnificent church disappeared in an instant. They returned to the simple stone church, but Yu Jin said seriously:
"You should be talking about your original body, or the original body before your original body."

The priest's tone remained calm:

“We are one.”

“So, I am God.”

The stone church was once again replaced by a magnificent cathedral. This time, Ember did not interrupt him again, but watched him calmly.

Invisible waves occurred, and the altar in front of the church suddenly became blurred.

This magnificent object, along with the cross and the statue on it, became blurred and distorted at the same time, and then suddenly expanded, bursting out with not very strong light and shadow.

The light and shadow intertwined into a three-dimensional picture. It was a majestic and continuous mountain range, with the main peak towering into the clouds. However, the white clouds did not dare to cover the main peak and separated to both sides.

At the top of the mountain stood a huge cross that was taller than the mountain, and in front of it sat a majestic figure covered in layers of glory.

Angels with two wings, four wings, and six wings, some holding trumpets, some playing harps, and some blowing flutes, circled and danced around the majestic figure, sometimes praising and sometimes singing.

Eight blurry human figures with twelve pairs of wings on their backs gathered around the majestic deity. Some sat down at His feet, leaning against Him in a dependent manner, while others floated on both sides, waiting for orders.

In this magnificent scene, Yu Jin suddenly spoke:
"More than half of the eight angels chose to betray. This is consistent with my impression of God."

"What's that painting called?"

The priest calmly gave him the answer:
“The Last Supper.”

Ember exclaimed in praise:
"Yes, the Feast of Judah."

The priest nodded slightly:

“They are indeed Judas.”

Yu Jin stroked his chin and asked in confusion:
"Didn't you see all this at the time?"

The priest tilted his head again and said with clear eyes:
"In order to counter the resurrection of the original, I eliminated the characteristics of dreamers and errors and gave birth to Adam and Amon."

"But He still revived in my body, which made me use my backup plan prematurely. In the end, I had to choose to kill myself. In my state at the time, I couldn't see much."

"Even if I knew they would betray me, I would still act because I had no choice."

"It's just that the subject of the betrayal is different from what I expected."

"Adam and Amon were born to fight against the Origin. Their births are inextricably linked to the Origin."

"Herabergen is a speculator. His becoming the King of Angels is just a way to appease other races. He himself is not trustworthy."

"The others were all trained by me. I treat them like my own children."

"But half of these people chose to betray."

"Even though I've given them enough, they still don't know what satisfaction is."

"And a few others."

The priest paused and spoke slowly:

"I cultivated Dark Night, and Lilith owes me a favor."

"It turns out that they did return the favor. At least they didn't get involved. Otherwise, I would have had a hard time surviving." "The only thing that surprised me was that they were all your people."

The priest sighed softly, seeming to feel a little regretful:

"I originally thought that Hei Ye would restrain Lilith, and they would have the God of War, their mortal enemy, by their side. Even if one of them had evil intentions, nothing would happen if the three of them restrained each other. But I forgot that she is the mother of the God of War, and Hei Ye has known her for a long time, and they both chose to stand by and watch."

Yu Jin asked thoughtfully:

"What about the Missy and Sister Friede?"

The priest leaned forward slightly and explained briefly:
"They are not part of my plan."

"They were not in my original plan at all. Maybe they contacted me in the dark, or maybe they came uninvited, but all of this has nothing to do with my plan. Although their appearance did not affect the outcome, it is still an unstable factor."

"So even until now, Herabergen and the others don't know the true identities of these people."

"Even when I first met you, I didn't connect all this together. By the time I really figured it out, everything was a foregone conclusion."

"You awakened when you became a 'dreamer'?"

"No."

The priest looked forward and answered gently, "When I fell, the truth was born."

"He inherited humanity, and you only have divinity left. Why not just inherit from the same person from the beginning?"

"That would mean losing the avenue of fantasy, just like Amon, and that would only make my situation worse."

"Even if it means sacrificing a son?"

The priest said calmly:

"This is a necessary sacrifice."

"Their birth was an accident."

"If you can split into three, even Amon will be in danger, right?"

"Do not."

The priest denied it:
“His way is not suitable for me and will only make me lose control again.”

Yu Jin asked back:
"Then why didn't you just make Amon a god from the beginning?"

"If He could become a god, your experience might not be so bad, right?"

The priest's golden eyes, which seemed to be free of any impurities, remained calm:

"A natural mythical creature and a natural god are two different concepts."

"Being born a mythical creature already makes him flawed, being born a god will cause him to lose control directly."

"When he grows up, my condition will no longer allow me to help him become a god."

"Besides, I didn't have enough trust in him at the time. He might help me, but he might also betray me. If he became a god, it would be unknown whether Zhen Zhen could survive."

Inside the magnificent temple, the enshrined god calmly recounted the fact that he did not trust his own son.

Yu Jin shook his head and asked:
"Do you know why I'm telling you so much?"

The priest's eyes were clear:

"You are testing whether I or the truth is more worthy of investment."

"But that makes no sense. To me, we are one."

“No matter who you invest in, I’m the one who benefits.”

Ember laughed in silence:

"If that's the case, why don't you just sacrifice yourself and become one with the true Creator?"

"In this way, His strength may increase dramatically, and He will have the opportunity to regain the lost authority one by one."

"So, in the end, divinity also has a selfish side?"

The priest said with a gentle expression:
“There’s a selfish side to everything.”

"Even though we are already one, we still hope to gain the initiative after the integration."

"Is this why you cooperate with Him?"

“He is my best choice.”

The priest turned to the ember and said slowly:

"And you, you might go through the same experience as I did."

Ember smiled and said, "Is this a curse?"

"Just take it as such."

The priest withdrew his gaze and spoke calmly.

Yu Jin nodded slightly, and suddenly asked:

"Are you really not going to try to escape from here?"

The priest asked calmly:

"What happens after I escape? Do you follow me to find my real body, or do I get absorbed by my real body?"

Yu Jin kindly reminded: "The two are not in conflict."

The priest said calmly:
"So, I might as well stay here. At least I can catch up with my old friends."

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene before their eyes changed again.

The originally magnificent temple disappeared, and in its place was a "deep-sea pit" with an island-sized city in the center.

The foundation of this city is greyish white, with majestic stone pillars tens or hundreds of meters high standing on it. Some of them stand alone, while others jointly support towering and ancient palaces. The whole is both strange and magnificent, and it does not seem like something that can be built by ordinary creatures.

"The City of Miracles, Levished..."

The corresponding knowledge emerged out of thin air in Yujin's mind.

Levished is a floating city imagined out of thin air by the ancient god Angerweed, the 'Dragon of Imagination'. From any perspective, it can be called a miracle, or even a miracle.

It is more grand and wild than the 'Giant King's Court', and has unique characteristics. Each stone pillar is nearly 100 meters high, like a seat for a giant dragon to rest. It is a city that is so impressive and unforgettable just by hearing about it.

Yu Jin suddenly asked:

“Can you do something similar?”

"easy."

"I mean now."

“It’s a little difficult.”

Ember smiled and didn't pierce him.

The priest stood up from his chair and for the first time took the initiative to invite:
"If you want to explore the Giant King's Court, why not explore another ancient god's kingdom first?"

Ember gladly accepted:

"You lead the way."

The priest took a step forward and reappeared in the magnificent city of miracles.

This is the ocean of subconsciousness, where priests on the Visionary Path feel at home and can exert their full strength.

Livesey is huge, and even if it could fly, it would take several days to complete the flight.

But for the priest, he seemed to have known everything here.

He ignored most of the buildings in the city and went straight to the center of the city.

The priest pointed and introduced:

"That's where Angleweed once lived."

Ember appeared beside him and looked in the direction he pointed.

It was a huge palace over two hundred meters high.

(End of this chapter)