Chapter 553 Prayer Ceremony
It's a pity that Amon was almost sent to the starry sky.
The Fallen Mother Goddess was like a cat that came by smell, and He happened to help Amon once.
After what happened tonight, the Fallen Mother Goddess would definitely hold on to the starry sky, and it would not be so easy to open the starry sky portal again in the future.
After this failure, Amon should learn to maintain a certain respect for the stars, so that He would not mess around.
Otherwise, with His bad personality that lacks humanity, He might extend His claws to Audrey, Sharon and other people who are close to Him one day.
For such a bad kid, He should be hurt first, so that He knows which bottom lines cannot be touched.
At present, Adam is preparing to become a god, and Amon should be quiet for a while, and he should be busy digesting the magic potion of the Enlightened Saint Master in his body.
In the Hall of Stars, Hastur is summing up the gains tonight.
Except that Amon was not sent to the starry sky, other aspects are still in line with his expectations.
The God of Knowledge and Wisdom was the first to jump out, indicating that the balance in His heart had begun to lean towards the stars, which was a good start.
Among the other five true gods, the Eternal Sun was locked in his kingdom of God, the Goddess of Night had a close relationship with the Goddess of Earth, and the Lord of Storms was suspected of forming an alliance with the God of Steam.
Hastur seriously thought about their respective calculations and the possible direction of the future situation.
In the end, he still felt very sorry for not being able to send Amon to the starry sky.
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On February 31, Backlund's Yellow Church began to get busy in the early morning, summoning nearby believers to prepare for the first large-scale prayer ceremony tonight.
In order to attract more believers to join the Yellow Church, they sent many people to the streets to distribute some candies and small gifts, taking this opportunity to publicize the existence of the Yellow Church to the people of Backlund.
And clearly told them that even if they just watched the prayer ceremony on the sidelines, they could get blessings from the gods.
"Is there really a blessing from the gods?"
Wearing a gray men's work suit, a black hat, and two fake mustaches, Xio was walking to a small propaganda base of the Yellow Church on the street with a curious look on his face, holding a small gift worth 2 soles in his hand.
She accepted a task from the MI9 and came to investigate the monthly prayer ceremony of the newly emerged Yellow Church.
After coming here, she found that the members of the newly emerged Yellow Church seemed to have an indescribable temperament. Is it the kind of life satisfaction that only people with a fulfilling life can exude?
Uh, what a mess...Xio suppressed the strange thoughts in her heart, chatting with the members of the Yellow Church while observing the movements nearby.
When night fell, she originally wanted to have a meal nearby, and then come back to investigate tonight's prayer ceremony.
The person in charge of the Yellow Church over there has begun to distribute food for free, attracting many people to go, so she followed the crowd.
When she arrived at the food distribution site, there were white bread, sausages, grilled meat strips, mashed potatoes, and a delicious sweet soup.
A full portion, enough for an adult man with a normal appetite.
It smelled good, the food was fresh, and even the sweet soup was generous with sugar. Xio silently tasted the free food.
As she ate, she was surprised to find that such a free dinner was better than what she usually ate, not to mention the ordinary residents nearby.
Fors, who was too lazy to go out, ate very little dinner, most of the time it was fruit with some vegetable salad, and she didn't even say it was to control her weight.
Fortunately, this is the West District. If it was opened in a place like the dock area, the food distribution place would have been crowded.
This yellow church looks very rich... Xio was thinking about things while finishing the food on her plate.
After eating, she put the plate back to the recycling area and walked around nearby, waiting for the prayer ceremony tonight to begin.
The starry sky tonight was so bright that the light of the crimson moon did not seem as dazzling as before.
Outside the gate of the Yellow Church, as it was the first time that the Yellow Church held a large-scale prayer ceremony, Pope Lisa personally held the prayer ceremony tonight.
The team participating in the prayer ceremony tonight was divided into two sides in an orderly manner. The Pope, who was emitting a light white light and whose specific appearance was difficult to see clearly, walked at the front of the team.
Xio came earlier and had a relatively forward position, probably in the middle of the team. On both sides were believers who spontaneously wore yellow clothes, making her appearance seem a little awkward.
But the eyes and minds of these believers were not on her, but on the figure of the Pope who was leading the team in front.
Their eyes were firm, as if they were very convinced that as long as they followed that figure, they could reach the ideal shore.
The team lined up in a long dragon, first circled the Yellow Church, and then walked towards the lake behind the Yellow Church.
The brilliant starlight fell, spread on the clear lake, reflecting the dreamlike starry sky.
I don't know if it's an illusion, but Xio always feels that the starlight in the lake is flowing out from the depths of the lake.
When the team completed a circle around the lake, the starlight in the lake seemed to be brighter than before.
Then, the team continued to circle the lake. It is said that they will circle the lake twelve times in total, which takes about four hours in total.
While no one was paying attention, Xio quietly checked the time. It was just after eight o'clock. After completing twelve circles, it would be almost twelve o'clock.
This was also the actual time for the Yellow Church to hold a prayer ceremony.
The boring route of circling the lake in circles made many ordinary people who came with curiosity choose to give up. They left the team and stood about ten meters behind, turning from followers to curious spectators.
When the number of circles reached six, more and more people left the team. Most of those who really stayed were wearing yellow clothes.
They were loyal believers of the Yellow Church, and it was normal for them to persist until now.
But like Xio, there were also many people with intentions mixed in the team.
Xio had seen a member of the same Military Intelligence Department in the circling team.
When the circle reached ten circles, Xio was keenly aware that something different was happening quietly.
Her eyes turned from the back of the man in front of her to the lake, where the starlight was particularly strong, so strong that it seemed like a ball of light blue mist. As she circled, the starlight gradually spread from the center of the lake to the lakeside.
When the twelve circles were completely completed, the team participating in the prayer ceremony was already wrapped in the starlight mist.
A very comfortable feeling rose from the depths of her heart, gradually dispelling the physical fatigue caused by the boring circle.
Xio was so comfortable that she wanted to close her eyes. This comfortable feeling from the depths of her heart made her whole body feel lighter, and her tense nerves were effectively relieved.
When she was about to indulge in this feeling, Xio suddenly woke up again, she opened her eyes and began to look around.
The surrounding Yellow Church believers all closed their eyes at this moment, enjoying this blessing that seemed to come from the gods.
Xio's eyes swept around and looked at the center of the lake. The lake was as bright as the starry sky, and the starlight was particularly bright, but that was all, and there were no other different changes.
The dense starlight that was about to melt did not block her vision. She looked at the crowd not far away who gave up and chose to watch, and wondered.
Why could they still choose to watch so calmly?
Couldn't they see that this place was shrouded in dense starlight?
Only those who insisted on walking twelve circles could enjoy this blessing from the gods?
When Xio was still wondering, a neat, melodious chanting began to sound.
"Along the shore, cutting through the clouds
The twin suns sink into the lake
Long shadows fall
There, the wonderful night when the black star rises
The wonderful moon running in the night
The yellow ragged clothes flutter in the wind
The song disappears silently there
When the soul no longer sings
When the tears no longer flow
The Lord of the Starry Sea in the distant starry sky
The nameless one of chaos and formlessness
He will come in the expectation of thousands of believers!"
This is the most important prayer poem of the Yellow Church. Xio has seen it in the intelligence news given by Military Intelligence 9, but it is the first time to be in the scene and experience this kind of pious prayer in person.
She can clearly feel that her heart is touched, and she can't help but want to join in the ceremony of singing the prayer poem.
In the end, she still covered her mouth tightly with her right hand to prevent herself from humming along.
When her mind was fluctuating, she suddenly found that she could no longer integrate into the feeling just now. The so-called brilliant starlight in front of her also dissipated into nothingness at this moment.
What appeared in front of him at this moment was just a calm lake without waves. The starry sky reflected in the center of the lake was still beautiful, but there was no longer the mysterious and strange feeling just now.
And those believers who devoutly believed in the King in Yellow were still immersed in their own world of faith. The blessing from the gods seemed to be nourishing their bodies and souls.
Each of them had a calm and peaceful expression on their faces, with a gentle smile on their lips.