Chapter 873 Martyrdom(1/2)
The falling snowflakes gradually became smaller and the bitter sound of the wind was whistling.
Old John's eyes swept over the powerful and powerful on the platform, swept over the onlookers, and finally stopped at the judge's bishop who was fighting with him.
He sighed and said:
"Order is indeed hierarchical, but the creatures that make up the order should be equal in personality."
"Absolute fairness is indeed difficult, but we should not give up our pursuit of justice because of difficulties."
"Fairness means opportunities. Every life has a bright future and every life has hope."
"No nobles, no privileges, all existences, whether they are extraordinary people or ordinary people, whether they are immortal or short-lived species, can respect each other and benefit each other for mutual benefit and win-win results."
"And this is the true pursuit of our life church."
"Quote! Absurd! How can the extraordinary be like ordinary people? How can the immortal seeds live with the short life seeds? These words that confuse the masses are just excuses for you to disrupt the empire and realize your ambitions!"
The judge's bishop scolded.
"But what if it can be done?"
Old John asked back.
"impossible!"
The judge's bishop subconsciously denies it.
Old John smiled slightly:
"It seems that you have never been to Fengyue Freedom."
"Fuxiong Free Leadership? It's just a lie made up by the elves, a colony oppressed by the elves, and only those fools and bewitched will flock to it."
The judge's bishop sneered.
Old John shook his head:
"You haven't been there, so how do you know everything there?"
After saying that, his expression suddenly became pious:
"Fuxiong Freedom, that is a real earthly paradise, that is the future of the human world!"
"The future? Absurd! That's just an illusion made by the Life Church to deceive believers!"
The judgement bishop refuted.
Old John sighed:
"However, even if it is an illusion, what has the eternal church, which has always described the illusory future with the beauty of death, done for the lower class in reality, than the life church that created such an illusion?"
The judge's bishop was slightly stunned.
He was about to continue refuting, but suddenly he didn't know where to start.
Speaking of which, as a church that is highly bound to the ruling class, a church that relies on professionals, a church whose main source of faith is to rely on professionals, a church whose believers are spread throughout the universe. For most ordinary believers who do not even have any extraordinary power, the eternal church has indeed been separated from them for too long...
Smart creatures can provide the power of faith, and the level of the power of faith is proportional to the strength of the soul. Perhaps the power of faith of a hundred mortals is not as good as the power of a devout extraordinary person.
During the millennium expansion, the interests of the Eternal Church have long been deeply bound to the nobles and professions.
As Old John said, they... have indeed not paid attention to ordinary people for a long time.
Perhaps in peaceful times, they were able to rely on the oppression of the ruling class to maintain the unity of faith, but when the magic revives and the world is in turmoil, this former way of rule will inevitably be impacted.
Old John's rhetoric made the judgement bishop speechless for a moment. Seeing that the judgement bishop showed a flaw, Old John continued:
"I used to be a devout eternal believer. It was not until I went to Fengyue Freedom that I knew what true equality is for the people, and what true hope is for the people..."
"I saw with my own eyes that insensitive escapees have regained the meaning of life and found hope for the future in Fengyue's free leadership."
"There are no nobles, no oppression, everyone is equal, and everyone can fight for their future."
"Under the reform of the Church of Life, no nobles monopolized extraordinary knowledge, and all people shared knowledge, and everyone had the opportunity to go out of their own path."
"Under the guidance of believers in life, different races live in harmony, complement each other's abilities, respect each other, and achieve win-win results. In the streets and alleys where Fengyue freely leads, you can always see the happy smiles of the people."
"Lie can deceive people, but a happy smile cannot deceive people...Mr. Judgment of the Bishop."
"When the Church of Life does these things, what is the Eternal Church doing for the people?"
Old John talked about the beauty of Fengyue’s free collar. Listening to his story, the onlookers became more and more serious, and many people showed a look of yearning.
Some church clergy were thinking, but most of the nobles on the platform frowned.
Noting the changes on and off the stage, the judge's bishop's expression changed slightly.
He snorted and sneered:
"I am worthy of being the preacher of the Church of Life. Even now, I still want to incite the people and make them a stepping stone to realize your ambitions!"
"Ambition? Stepping stone? No, Mr. Judgment Bishop, you are wrong. We just want to make the world better."
Old John shook his head.
As he said that, he looked solemn:
"If we really have ambitions, then...the ambition is to make everyone have personality equality and to make everyone have a bright future."
"If there is really a stepping stone, then we believers in life are willing to be the first stepping stone on this difficult road!"
"Crazy, you are already crazy, you are completely bewitched by the hypocritical teachings of the goddess of life!"
Looking at the old John with a passionate look, the judge's bishop scolded incredibly.
Old John sneered:
"Crazy? No... it's not me who is crazy, it's you."
"Mr. Judgment Bishop, you are above your superiority and will never understand the struggles of the lower classes..."
As he said that, Old John's expression gradually became excited, and his voice also had a hint of anger:
“Have you ever experienced a day when you work hard for a day and your harvest is not enough to fill your stomach?”
“Have you ever experienced the days of struggling to make a living while enduring bullying and oppression from the nobles?”
"Have you experienced the tragic experience of having a child but not being able to bear the pressure of raising him, and finally being able to endure the pain of killing babies?!"
"Have you ever seen the tragic situation of the demons ravaging the village after they invaded, and the nobles fled early, abandoned their people, and allowed the demons to kill them?!"
"No, you don't have it! You don't even know about these things!"
"You only communicate with the nobles and the church. You are used to judgment and punishment, but you never thought about why people resist."
"You are the only one in your eyes!"
As he spoke, it seemed to awaken the sad things in his heart, and Old John gradually became angry.
His eyes were red and his voice was trembling:
"These things happen almost every moment in the entire human kingdom. People are helpless, people are in distress, people are confused, people want help, but where are the eternal churches and nobles?"
"They are at banquets, they are comparing, they are enjoying peace of mind, and everything they enjoy is obtained through exploiting ordinary people!"
At the end, Old John shouted angrily, and the loud voice spread almost every corner of the square.
When he heard his words, he recalled what he had encountered on weekdays, the people seemed to resonate with each other, and the commotion began to appear faintly. Many people looked at the nobles and the Eternal Church with a hint of subtlety.
And John Older became more and more excited:
"You believers in the eternal church are like fireflies in the forest in summer, living in your own world, never knowing the coldness of ice and snow in winter..."
"You are protecting your own interests and will never take into account the vast majority of people!"
"You hold on to the path of ascending, you stifle the thoughts of progress, you oppress, you exploit, you are enemies of the people!"
"It is precisely because of your existence that ordinary people cannot be liberated. It is precisely because of your existence that ordinary people can only struggle on the line of food and clothing!"
"Such a corrupt kingdom! Such a decaying church, only when it is overthrown can people be liberated from oppression and have a better future!"
Old John spoke amazingly.
Hearing his words, the nobles on the platform changed color and the clergy changed their expressions.
The Duke of Coronce snorted coldly and cursed:
"What else did he tell nonsense? Stop his mouth!"
"He's crazy! He's stolen!"
The archbishops sitting high above also scolded.
The judge of the bishop was even more panicked.
Speaking of which, this was just his first time as a judge, and he was promoted from a pastor to a bishop. He thought it was a good job to have a great fortune, but he didn't expect to encounter such a thing in front of him.
At this moment, he seemed to be able to feel the sympathy that his colleagues cast.
The judge's face was a little pale, and he looked at the angry nobles, then at the church bishops with ugly faces, and finally stopped his eyes on Pope Benedict II.
Benedict II did not experience any emotional fluctuations due to the blasphemy of Old John, and even the faint commotion of the people below the audience did not seem to make him feel turbulent.
He was like a bystander who had nothing to do with him, watching all this coldly.
To be continued...