It took Wright a long time to hand over the dock until he saw the fugitives from the Holy Spirit Plain complete all registrations, undergo a doctor's disease examination, and be taken to the buffer camp for rest. He calmed down.

These people chose to leave their hometowns with trust in him and chose to go to an unknown land like the Southern Region. Although they were attacked by the Holy Light Church and captured by the lords in the local area, they had no way to live, but they did not have the only way to go in the Southern Region. But since these people chose to follow him, he had to bear the responsibility to the end.

Only when a person fulfills his responsibilities can he talk about morality. This is what the Holy Light tells him.

Holy Light...

Wright stood at the edge of the dock square, looked down at his thick and powerful hands. On his palm, he could see two wounds that were still healing. They were left behind when he was passing through Carroll's lord. The two small wounds were exchanged for the life of an innocent girl who was designated as a cult. This was a very worthwhile price, but these two small wounds have not yet fully healed, which only means that the Holy Light has really left him.

Wright sighed softly, then looked up at the bustling and lively neighborhoods in the city.

"Cecil...I'm back."

He walked through the busy and fishy streets in the dock area, through Pinezi Street and Pebble Park, and finally arrived at the residence where the lord was.

In the study of the Lord's Mansion, Gao Wen, who was reviewing the report, saw Wright Aviken, dressed in ordinary robes. He was also a little surprised that the pastor returned early, but before Wright entered the door, he had already heard from Amber about what happened in the Pier Square. He nodded to the strong pastor: "Welcome back I heard that you have brought back a dozen people who have fled? Is it going smoothly?"

"Thank you for your concern," Wright lowered his head slightly, "those people were unexpected situations I encountered on the way back."

He really didn't expect that he would bring so many people back. At first, he just wanted to bring the young couple he met in the northern village of the Rock Fortress back to Cecil's territory, but he didn't expect that he met more people in need on the way back. In the end, more and more people followed him, and he became a small team. Fortunately, after passing through the Carol Territory, he met a caravan that was about to return to Cecil, otherwise the journey would definitely be much more difficult.

"Where is your priest's robe?" Gao Wen looked at Wright curiously, "and the prayer book you usually hang around your waist?"

"Sold it," said Wright calmly, "A dozen people want to eat. If I don't have enough travel expenses, they are all poor people. Moreover, most of the property has been taken away by local lords or churches. When I went on the road with me, I sold my robes and prayer books."

Gao Wen was surprised: "Sold? Shouldn't that be very important to you?"

Wright smiled slightly: "That robe is just an old robe. Although the fabric is good, it is just a body robe. I copied the prayer book myself. I can recite all the contents on it. I can write another one after another when I look back. The teachings of the Holy Light are not in the carrier, but in the heart."

Looking at the Holy Light Pastor who was very calm, Gao Wen couldn't help but feel a little touched. He nodded slightly, and did not mention any more about the robe and prayer books. Instead, he asked about the other party's experience of going to the Holy Spirit Plain this time: "You return early, probably you have seen what you want to see, right?"

"To be honest, I would rather not see..." Wright sighed, "The church has fallen... It should be said that it has fallen long ago, but I have always deliberately ignored this fact and numb myself with the saying "Everyone believes in the Holy Light". Today, the Holy Spirit Plain is no longer a paradise for the Holy Light to protect the world. The priest-minded priests and greedy noble lords colluded with the last drop of blood and sweat of the civilians and expelled all those who disobeyed them from the land where they lived for generations. The only thing I can't believe is that it's only only two years since I left there, and they can fall so quickly and thoroughly..."

"According to the information from the Holy Spirit Plain, since the Cathedral of Holy Light held a cardinal meeting of bishops or above last year, their style has become more and more extreme. On the one hand, the Holy Light Denomination has been expanding and corrupting as the peak of the strength of each denomination for so many years. On the other hand, it must have been instructed by the upper class of the church," Gowen said as he knew, looking into Wright's eyes, "But I believe that a church cannot fall 100% if it falls 100%. Just like you, in my eyes, is a true practitioner of the Holy Light. Welcome back to this still clean land. The key to the church is at the sermon square manager. I have already told you to go back and remanage the church at any time."

"...Lord, this is exactly what I want to say," Wright suddenly smiled bitterly and spread his hands, "I am afraid I can no longer serve as the minister of the light, and the same is true for the church management."

This was really beyond Gao Wen's expectations. He stopped reviewing the report and looked at the only pastor in the territory in front of him with surprise: "What's going on? You won't be too stimulating and then you will just quit your education, right?"

Wright did not answer directly, but raised his hands. After a moment, a little holy white light burst out between his hands, but the glory broke out without even holding on for a second.

Gao Wen only felt a very weak slight fluctuation of magic. Not to mention formal magic or magic, it could not even be called a magic trick.

"What's going on?" He frowned and asked, knowing Wright's original strength. Although the style of this priest was a little strange, his divine skills and priest profession level were still real. Moreover, because of his firm belief in the high affinity of holy light, his divine power was even upstream among priests of the same level. Why did he come back from the door and even couldn't even shoot out a holy light spark?

"I sat against the light," said Wright with a wry smile. "I beat my fellow church members who also believe in the light, and continued to beat him after he lost his ability to resist. After that, my power of the light quickly declined."

Gao Wen's expression became serious, and he stared into Wright's eyes: "What exactly happened?"

Wright did not hide it, and immediately told him his experience in the small village north of the Rock Fortress. He did not hide his anger and violence when he taught the two soldiers and the priest a lesson, nor did he hide his contempt and disgust for the other party. However, after saying this, he sighed long: "I do not regret my behavior, but I did violate the teachings of the Holy Light. I should have a better solution, but I was still stunned by anger."

Gao Wen frowned: "What after this?"

Wright spread his hands: "After this, I started to return, and rescued more than a dozen people on the way... and also taught a lesson for more than a dozen people."

Gao Wenxin said that this pastor seemed to be very often shattered by anger... Maybe he was thrown into pieces?

He stood up from behind the desk and walked around in front of Wright, falling into thought while walking. After a moment, he raised his head again: "Do you think it was because your behavior deviated from the Holy Light that caused the power of the Holy Light to be lost?"

Lait nodded: "This is the only explanation."

Gao Wen rubbed the beard on his chin with his hands, looked at Wright and asked, "Well, do you think that who is more deviant from the Holy Light than the pastor you taught you?"

"This..." Wright was probably hit hard before, so he never thought about this problem. At this time, when Gao Wen asked, he started to think about it, "I don't know..."

"You know, no one has a deeper understanding of the Holy Light than you, and no one practices the morality of the Holy Light better than you," Gowen interrupted Wright, "It is obvious that if you beat a priest and violate the Holy Light, then those priests who collude with local nobles for money, falsely accus and frame innocent civilians, and use divine art to harm innocent people are simply enemies of the Holy Light, and the dark side of the world."

Wright was a little speechless for a moment: "This..."

Gao Wen did not give the other party a chance to continue thinking, but continued: "The current situation is that you have lost the power of the Holy Light, but those priests who violated the teachings of the Holy Light more than you can still use divine arts. Why do you think this is?"

Wright fell into thought, while Gao Wen watched the priest who had lost the power of the holy light, and was also in deep thought.

He has always been curious about the gods and related religious beliefs in this world, but he did not dare to conduct in-depth research because he was afraid of the strange attributes of the gods. But now a special research sample appears. Perhaps it is a bit unfair to say this to Wright, but this pastor has indeed become a special research sample.

Just before Gao Wen, a living example of losing his magic skills due to the wavering of faith appeared.

Did Wright lose the favor of the holy light... reveal some secrets of the divine art? Or... reveal some secrets of the connection between man and gods?

Is the so-called magic art just a process of "self-suggestion", "self-affirmation", and "self-identification"? Or... this process strengthens the connection between humans and gods, which leads to the emergence of magic art?

While thinking, Gao Wen came up with another idea. If Wright re-establishes self-affirmation and makes him believe from the heart that his behavior is in line with the true intention of the Holy Light, then will his magic come back?

But he denied this idea as soon as it emerged: Although Wright kept saying that his behavior violated the teachings of the Holy Light, judging from his current performance, it was obvious that he did not think so in his heart. He clearly knew that the priest who really violated the teachings of the Holy Light was the priest who was beaten by him... So he did not shake his belief in the Holy Light in his subconscious mind...

His shaking is from another level.

Gao Wen thought quickly, and it took only a few seconds to pass by so many thoughts. He looked at Wright, who was still thinking, and after a moment of contemplation, he broke the silence: "Mr. Wright, you are still the priest in the territory."

Wright raised his head in surprise: "But the Lord..."

"I know you have lost your magic," Gao Wen raised his hand and interrupted the other party, "But magic is really everything you have as a priest?

"Your belief in the light, your persistence in those virtues and ethics, and your enthusiasm for the work of leading people to goodness, remains unchanged, and as long as these things do not change, you are the best candidate for the priests in the territory.

"Mr. Wright, you're just temporarily confused, but remember that losing the magic does not mean that you can't continue to help others. The dozen or so people you brought back were basically all rescued after you lost the magic, right?"

Wright was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded slightly: "As you said."
Chapter completed!