It seems that these servants of heaven, the most skilled, is to build churches such things.
George had thought that colors could only be used with dyes, and never thought that stones and wood could form this or that shape and curvature after processing and mortising, and found for the first time that they would be more beautiful than precious stones after being carved and set.
If anything, the 'St. Verlake Cathedral' is a miracle that people look up to because of its grandeur. This chapel, then, is a wonder to marvel at because of its beauty and detail.
This building probably should not have appeared in this world, but was simply carried down from the kingdom of heaven.
It will surely become a monument and pass on to the world.
Gradually, the 'St. Johannes Chapel' infrastructure was nearing complete completion, and the decoration had begun. One day, all the servants of the Kingdom of Heaven gathered at the front of the church hall, and after they left on their pilgrimage, a strange 'sculpture' was suddenly erected there - that was supposed to be the location of the idol. But what the servants of heaven built with their own hands was not a human or divine form, but a light and shadow made of seven simple, surviving symbols, as if dovetailed together.
The shape of the light and shadow is like a horizontal drawing of the gamma (gamma or long V) symbol, which is dotted with light, sometimes mistakenly seen as two intertwined rivers of stars.
George recognized the seven symbols, so when he saw it, in shock almost fell to the ground.
Because in all the churches he had seen, what was erected were seven male and female idols, not these symbols.
And these seven symbols, described in the archives of the Kingdom of God, are not something mysterious and miraculous, but the seven pure emotions of mankind (also translated as the seven glories), condensed from the seven pure energies - love, compassion, courage, justice, hard work, wisdom, generosity.
He thought for a long time but did not understand the meaning of the servants of the Kingdom of Heaven standing them here.
He just looked at the light and shadow made of those seven things and froze in a daze - there was a very special line of font faintly about to be revealed on that light and shadow - [Hope: XXX/XXX].
'God of refuge, you always say that I am faithless, but even you, yourself, do not consider yourself as a god...'
George observed for a long time before this light and shadow, and confirmed that those two words should be 'hope' and not some divine grace. And after those two words, there seems to be a line of numbers, but at this time is not yet clearly revealed ...
The people who came to deliver things, after seeing this strange statue, did not feel shocked and surprised. This made George extremely puzzled at first. However, after the conversation, he suddenly found that, it seems that in addition to himself, in the eyes of all people, what they saw was the idol ...
This matter did not take long to be put in the back of George's mind, but one day, he found another strange thing.
Since the church, an unfinished site, began to have this 'idol', there are people coming here one after another to worship. And among those who came here, there were surprisingly many newcomers.
Among these newcomers, there is a part of people, never drink wine, nor eat broth. Much less will they taste those grapes picked back from distant vineyards.
They not only eat those light food, but also will take the initiative to eat roasted grasshoppers, in the work, but also from passive numbness, into active and positive.
George looked at these people and was puzzled. Until he climbed into conversation with a former inferior citizen.
"My lord, what happened in the shelter, let them see that we are making miracles. And after that, I gave them the answer to the question that had been puzzling them - that some people are destined to take a different path."
The veteran, in an extremely reverent gesture, gave him the 'standard' answer - they were born sinners!
That question again...
This time the one who gave the answer was the one who had condemned himself.
And the one who accepted this answer was the group of people who were once in the midst of generosity and mutual help, but still desperate...
He seemed to have no solution to this question.
Because their despair of the end has also affected himself...
For a while, George looked at these people who had been deceived into finding meaning in their lives again amidst the lies of their lords, and had a feeling of utter absurdity. He knew that the lie that the veterans had been believing in was one that he had made up. He also knew that, for the sake of the shelter, in order to be able to keep himself alive, to be able to keep more people alive. What he did was right.
Even such 'guilty' can be a little more.
But he still can't help but always rise up in his heart a deep sense of guilt.
Because those who were killed and thrown into the coal mine were not guilty, and those women who were kept in captivity and became pregnant did not do anything wrong!
But his lies, but after fishing these people out of hell, once again, they have carved a brand of sin!
Yet the most ironic thing is that they are glorious for it, and truly changed.
Their faces resurfaced with smiles and their eyes became lively again. They became as enthusiastic as those old lords, as if a rainbow had been injected into their once empty bodies.
'You should not glory in such thoughts...' George tossed and turned every night, fingernails clasped dead to the palms of his hands, staring at the shed roof of his room in a daze.
Until one day, he suddenly found that not everyone had faith ...
Because the heart of the passion of the people of the territory more and more, but not everyone austerity-style life. And those who strictly controlled their appetite would occasionally eat a grape handed to them by the old lords, or take a sip of wine.
Above the heads of many of them, there were no notes of believers or anything like that. God's grace did not increase, but the word 'hope' gradually to reveal, and the font and the light in the church on the note almost exactly the same.
That day, George stood in the church, watching the symbols representing the seven emotions of mankind flowing, watching the font on it getting brighter and brighter, his brow furrowed...
The main body of the church was gradually completed, and the decoration in the chapel was over. The font on the light and shadow is finally about to be fully revealed, and George can finally read the note - 'hope' (284/657)
And the 'divine grace' (170/471) on top of the scroll was also getting thinner and thinner...
The light and shadow kept flowing, and it seemed to flow every time a smile appeared on the face of one of the lords.
When a mother smiles at her child, the symbol that flows is 'love'; when a farmer takes a break, wiping the beads of sweat on his head and looking at the sun in the sky, the symbol that flows is 'hard work'; after the food is distributed at lunch, the old lord gives a spoonful of the contents of the bowl to the newcomer. Then the symbol of 'generosity' will appear. When old Duke was thinking in the smithy, a spark of 'wisdom' would often erupt; courage would often flow from the heads of the soldiers, and justice would occasionally appear above Jack's head.
And when Rona in the tavern to deal with the prey, but also in the fear of life, there will be compassionate fluorescence on the head constantly flashing ...
George suddenly found that these people suddenly glowed with hope for life, seemingly not because of that faith in God, nor the damn 'sin'.
Rather, in the midst of their despair, they had gradually found the light of hope that belonged to them!
George began to talk with those newcomers, to understand what was really in the hearts of those people.
He gradually found that those people did not go to eat meat, just because they wanted the soldiers to have one more bite. They didn't drink wine simply because they heard that it could be exchanged at the merchants for the things that the territory needed.
These people don't eat grapes because they can't let go of the fruits of that long journey to collect back personally. To eat roasted grasshoppers, but also from others heard that the lord hope to save more food in this way.
They do work hard, but that's because that's the way they are!
They are active because they want to make life better for those who are good to them!
It is true that they have lost all purpose in life, but now, they want to live for everyone!
To let those friends and family who have given and even sacrificed for them, see themselves alive and well!
People always look forward - even if they once looked in the opposite direction and thought for a while that was the ultimate destination. But what if they find that all those around them are moving forward and unwavering?'
''Once, these people lived like walking corpses, just waiting for the final moment of that final day. But, who can know, they are not a last hope left in their hearts to wait for the miracle that always appears at the last moment!
''They used to be afraid to believe in anything anymore!
''But what the Lords have done has given these people, who no longer believe in anything, one last belief.''
''And the hope that kept appearing around them, the miracle that was uprooted by their own participation, also let them see that they could do it all!!!''
At this moment, that depression in George's heart finally relaxed. And this once intended to be the most cheerful people in the last days of the lord, suddenly also felt an invisible pressure on the shoulders!
That pressure, called 'other people's hope'!
In the shelter, the team with hope, in the continuous forward.
And himself, is the one standing in the forefront.
As the leader, as the person at the forefront, he must look forward, must keep moving forward to do.
But in front of him is no reference, because even the god of refuge, in the first encounter with the ancient gods, defeated...
So he will inevitably be like last night, confused and hesitant, do not know whether what he did has meaning.
But unlike yesterday, today he suddenly knows that when he is confused and hesitant, he will have a group of people behind him who are steadfast and pushing him - even if these people are doing so because they are fooled by him...
George, the faithless man, suddenly had faith on this day.
But what he believed in was not the God of refuge as written in the sacred texts.
Rather, it was the bright side of humanity's humanity.
This humanity was embodied in the people of the territory, seen by him. They gave rise to hope against the end.
'Perhaps there is no God of refuge in this world, what guards this world is just the energy gathered by the positive thoughts of human beings... This power, materialized in the human imagination as a god, and has a mind of its own...'
''This mind once gave birth to its own thoughts and took control of this power of mankind for hundreds of thousands of years, and became a god...''
Just at this time, before the eyes of George who was murmuring, these lines suddenly appeared.
[However, in the face of that ancient god, He completely failed...]
[The new god is no longer, born out of the human mind, has been completely annihilated with the old world. And with it, faith was returned to the hands of mankind...]
No matter how desperate, there is a last glimmer of hope left in people's hearts. And this hope is the only power to fight against the ancient gods that represent despair.
Gradually, this power, along with the prayers of the human heart, appeared in a corner of the world, giving birth to a ray of light that could dispel the fog...]
The last place of hope in the hearts of mankind is called the shelter.
[The light shone on this land and awakened a self-reliant man.] [The light shone on this land and awakened a self-reliant man.]
Perhaps he was born out of luck, or perhaps it was all just a coincidence...]
But on this day, he finally saw his faith in the prayers of human hearts.]
And he was finally qualified to see the true secrets of this world...]
The flashing light faded away, and a line of script reappeared in front of George's eyes.
[The asylum has unlocked its veil. Please 'Administrator' to check it out.]
''Administrator? Is that about me?" George, who hadn't yet returned to his senses, suddenly widened his eyes, unfolded his Shelter scroll, and found that everything had taken a new turn!
[Shelter]
[Status: Secure]
[Administrator: George. William. Austin]
Buildings: Castle (slightly damaged), tavern, blacksmith store, mill, farmhouse, cemetery, church (soon to be completed)]
The list that read [Grace: 170/240] gradually began to fade away, and was replaced by another line...
-- [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)
[English: 1/2 (-4 hope/week)
[Servants of Heaven (Artisans): 10/10 (-10 hope/week)]
There are also new explanations about many things.
[Shelter: In that desperate time, people had been expecting such a place to appear. So it appeared quietly...]
[The 'mysterious light and shadow': above the throne of God in this church is actually an energy that has a certain autonomous will. It is a combination of human wills. This newborn light, which unites the seven sources of power, gives birth to a force that can dispel the fog and fight against despair...]
[It is called hope, also called 'the light of dawn']
[Hope comes from every survivor, it crosses the boundaries of race, even across time and space and death.
Every survivor expects that 'light of dawn' to appear, and as the first person realizes that this power should be created by themselves, it gradually becomes available to people.
[You are its first believer, as you said, it is a pure faith. And the source of the power of this faith comes from the user himself, and as the user becomes more and more devout and firm in what he holds, the more this power will become pure!
Go and spread hope to the world, tell them that although the old world has been annihilated, a new era will reappear in the creation of people's hands!
At this time, in George's eyes, the shadow of light had a new name: 'Light of Dawn'.
''This company turned out to be crowdfunded...''
Seeing this, George lifted his head and looked at the 'Light of Dawn' that was flowing with light and shadow.
Its two branching arms were like a nebula slowly rotating, the 'body' in mid-air was only slightly taller than Alexander, placed in the main seat of this wide 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 this it in front of him is the true consciousness of the asylum - or rather, it is the 'God of Asylum' that has been drawing words in front of his eyes.
The word 'Naru' suddenly ghostly flashed in George's mind.
'So, it's been such a thing in fooling the old man? Is there really no god to give me this good lord as a backer? The so-called future increasing investment, is also a fucking fool me?
Seemingly sensing George's gaze, a: [?
"..."
George was speechless for a while, he pretended that he was not thinking about it just now