After a dozen minutes, the Holy Power Flame on Jessie finally toned down a little . At the same time, the [Wings of Bless] also disappeared on his back as if they had the intelligence of their own .
The priest who lost his lower legs was now out of life-threating danger; the wounds stopped bleeding . Right now, the injuries were healed, and it looked like he lost his lower legs for ages . It was impossible for someone to recreate his lower legs; even the Sun-Class Lords couldn’t do it . After all, only the gods could have that kind of power .
“You guy…… Can get up now . ” Jessie knew that he couldn’t keep his low-profile anymore . He looked at his peers who were kneeling and sighed, “You guys don’t need to act like this . I’m really just a priest-in-training . In terms of my strength…… I’m from Black-Cloth Shrine . ”
“Black-Cloth Shrine?” some of the people on the ground gasped, “The shrine that is forgotten by God?” What Jessie said created an uproar .
The Holy Knights no longer looked at Jessie with respect like how they did a moment ago, and they seemed relieved and were gloating again . Some of them even stood up and didn’t want to kneel anymore . An embarrassed expression appeared on Red-Robed Deacon Pellegrini’s face, and the anxiety and the hopelessness he was feeling disappeared . With the help from a few priests around him, he grabbed onto his golden cross wand and stood up . He already regretted his decision; he felt like he overreacted too much . Kneeling for a member of Black-Cloth Shrine was a big shame for him .
The expression on Alan’s face changed repeatedly . In the end, he looked sorry for Jessie; he didn’t expect that this kind and powerful priest was from Black-Cloth Shrine . Black-Cloth Shrine was a shrine that a lot of people in the Holy Church didn’t want to mention .
More than 100 years ago, this shrine was at its peak! It reached a height that no other shrine has achieved in the history! Out of the six most recent Popes, four of them were from Black-Cloth Shrine . The former Pope, Nicolas the 130th, was from Black-Cloth Shrine, and out of the eight branches of power such as the Execution Department, the Administrative Department, and the Holy Knight Legion, five of their heads were from Black-Cloth Shrine . In that era, no other shrines could compete with Black-Cloth Shrine, and the priests and Holy Knights who were from Black-Cloth Shrine were all proud of themselves . Put it in simple terms, even the low-level workers in Black-Cloth Shrine had higher statuses compared with priests and Holy Knights from other shrines .
However, that situation quickly changed in the recent 100 years . Perhaps what goes up must come down . 100 years ago, both Pope Nicolas the 130th and Black-Cloth Shrine’s [God’s Favorite Child] suddenly disappeared from the Holy Mountain, Waulu Mountain .
This news was a huge shocker to the continent . In the beginning, no one believed the report . Pope Nicolas the 130th was one of the top masters on the continent, and the [God’s Favorite Child] of Black-Cloth Shrine was also a Sun-Class Lord . It was unbelievable that two people like them disappeared from the Waulu Mountain entirely without leaving a trace .
Afterward, there were massive shifts in the power dynamics of the Holy Church and its four Regional Churches .
The other masters in Black-Cloth Shrine started to investigate and seek revenge . Soon, the Holy Church connected the mysterious disappearance of the Pope and the [God’s Favorite Child] to Undead Shrine; they believed that the Undead Mages from Undead Shrine sneak-attacked the two] . Therefore, the masters in Black-Cloth Shrine started to kill all the Undead Mages on the continent . However, some intellects sensed something fishy; even though a lot of Undead Mages were killed in this period, the most powerful masters in Black-Cloth Shrine also died mysteriously in the process .
The effect of that incident continued for 20 years .
20 years later, Pope Blatter the 131st, came into power; he was from a shrine that stood opposite to Black-Cloth Shrine .
The new Pope represented the rise of a new power .
As the biggest threat to the new Pope, Black-Cloth Shrine that was still considered the most powerful shrine at the time suffered a lot . After the former Pope disappeared, the heads of the forces in the Holy Church who were from Black-Cloth Shrine died one after another . The strength and the influence of Black-Cloth Shrine quickly diminished .
At first, the shrine was still able to make its voice heard since it had a lot of accumulation of resources, but it declined and fell rapidly after the new Pope and other new forces attacked it together .
Of course, Black-Cloth Shrine that still had an accumulation of resources tried to fight back .
50 years after Pope Nicolas the 130th disappeared, the loyal members of Black-Cloth Shrine brought out a talented [God’s Favorite Child] named Platini . This [God’s Favorite Child] became a Sun-Class Lord at the age of 25, and the light he radiated covered all the brilliance emitted by other talented geniuses in his time . He was loved by all, and the members of Black-Cloth Shrine who had poured a lot of resources into him thought that he was the hope of the shrine .
However, who knew that the same person would destroy the only hope Black-Cloth Shrine had . Right after Platini became a Sun-Class Lord, he declared that he couldn’t accept the faith and teachings of Black-Cloth Shrine, and he betrayed Black-Cloth Shrine to join Pope Blatter’s shrine . This blow was destructive and lethal to Black-Cloth Shrine .
Although the faithful members of Black-Cloth Shrine found some [God’s Favorite Children] to nurture later, these efforts were useless . These [God’s Favorite Children] never got the chance to fully mature, and they all died for various reasons . In the end, Black-Cloth Shrine didn’t get a [God’s Favorite Child] in 40 years, and they never got the chance to fight for the throne of the Pope . They were no longer the main shrines in the Holy Church, and they were on the outer edge of the power circle . Since Black-Cloth Shrine didn’t get a single [God’s Favorite Child] in 40 years, it was associated with bad luck . Therefore, this shrine that was once popular among everyone became a beggar-like existence . In the end, there were only about 100 faithful members who stayed in the shrine .
Without new blood and the support from top-tier masters, Black-Cloth Shrine continued to lose in the battles between the shrines, lost their privileges, and even got kicked out of the Holy Mountain . In the end, Black-Cloth Shrine had to close their shrine on Waulu Mountain and move away to avoid the tragedies . After that day, the 113 members of Black-Cloth Shrine moved to the Northern Regional Church and had to do whatever they needed to do to survive .
The fact that the once dominating shrine fell this low made a lot of people feel sorry for them .
Since there was no sign of uprise, they were pushed out of the power circle even more and were forgotten . Many people in the Holy Church thought that this shrine already disappeared, and Black-Cloth Shrine was a laughingstock in many people’s eyes . The members of this Execution Team were shocked to find that this Half Moon Elite was from Black-Cloth Shrine .
They were feeling a lot of emotions . They were terrified and scared by the strength Jessie showcased a few moments ago; they thought that he was a genius who belonged to a powerful force, and they wanted to lick his toes and beg for forgiveness . However, since they found out that this young priest was from Black-Cloth Shrine that even lost the privilege of participating in the Grand Worship Ceremony in the Northern Regional Church, they were no longer afraid of Jessie . To them, Black-Cloth Shrine was worse than cancer; no one in the Holy Church wanted to be associated with this name .
In the Holy Church, strength equaled status . However, the status was also influenced by background . Even though Jessie was young and had a lot of potentials, everyone knew that he could never enter the core power circle in the Holy Church . In the current era, Black-Cloth Shrine no longer represented honor and glory but shame .
Everyone knew that the current Pope Blatter didn’t like Black-Cloth Shrine, but this shrine no longer posed any threats to him . If Black-Cloth Shrine didn’t get a lot of merits from the past and didn’t have some loyal followers who believed in its faith, it might have been wiped out by now already .
P . S . A big shout out to Clinton B . and Guilherme! Thanks for the support on Patreon!
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