Chương 46: Your Goddess is Like a Wooden Pillar

When Roland regained consciousness, she was already sitting on a bench in the chapel.

Seraf looked at her with concern, his hands glowing with healing magic.

"How are you feeling? Are you feeling better now?"

"It's okay, just a little bit of an adjustment."

She synchronized with a small part of the goddess's feelings, as if she had taken off ten times in a row.

It's hard to imagine how this noble goddess ended up like this.

Serafie quickly pressed for more information.

"Sisters Roland, did you just see the goddess? How was she? Did she say anything?"

Roland recalled the image of the Goddess of Radiance bound hand and foot, her lips twitching, and could only give a vague answer.

"The goddess is not in good condition; she is being imprisoned and her power is being drained."

Roland tried to be tactful with her words; she couldn't very well say it directly to Serafie.

Your goddess is acting like a sow now, snoring "Oh snore snore snore~" whenever she sees me.

She feared that the devout saint in front of her would split her in two on the spot.

Upon hearing this, Serafie immediately showed an angry expression.

"Just as I thought, those damned traitors dared to treat the goddess like that."

"No wonder the goddess's responses are getting weaker and weaker."

As she spoke, she affectionately took Roland's hand in hers.

"Sister Roland, I apologize for my previous actions. I shouldn't have branded you directly."

"I resorted to this tactic because I was worried that you would be misled in your faith by the current God of Light. I hope you can forgive me."

As she spoke, she closed the distance between herself and Roland until their large breasts collided, and their hands were enveloped in softness.

Roland was a little embarrassed, and continued to ask.

"So what exactly happened to the Goddess of Radiance, and why is her title different from the one I use in the scriptures?"

Serafid was surprised by Roland's direct question. He raised his hand to reinforce the surrounding sealing array again and said to Roland.

"I shouldn't have told you this so soon, but since you've proven your devotion to the goddess, I will tell you the truth in detail."

"The God that the Church of Light now serves is actually the original Pope, Kantus."

"He stole the power of the Goddess of Light and corrupted the members of the church."

"Only I and some of my sisters still believe in the Goddess of Radiance. We secretly steal a little faith to maintain the goddess's fragile life."

Roland feigned ignorance and asked.

"Isn't it said that faith is a useless thing? I've never heard of any technology that can utilize faith."

Serafie, unusually cautious, moved closer to Roland, almost touching her face, and whispered in a low voice.

"Indeed, faith is useless."

Five years ago, the church somehow obtained the research manuscripts on the fall of the Goddess of Night.

"The Church has developed magical techniques for converting faith, which can transform the power of faith into nourishment for divine authority."

"They called it divine power."

Roland exclaimed in shock.

"The manuscript of the Goddess of Night? Is it the goddess who died in an explosion while conducting research on the front lines of the Abyss?"

Serafie nodded, his eyes showing approval.

"Yes, this matter is only recorded in some ancient books. I didn't expect you to know about it."

Roland pressed on with more questions.

"So you managed to steal this technology and put it into use by the Goddess of Radiance?"

"Yes," Serafie nodded.

"That's why I was ousted from the center of power."

"Although they doubt me, I have worked diligently for so many years and have gathered a considerable amount of faith for the church."

"They couldn't find any real evidence, so they just made up an excuse to kick me out."

Seraf looked at Roland sincerely.

"May Goddess bless them, they would never have imagined that in a distant empire I would still meet you, who also worships the Goddess."

"You are different from me. The power of people's faith is directly concentrated on you, which may be the key to your ability to awaken the goddess."

"Please, you must revive the goddess. Do whatever you need of me."

Roland's lips twitched.

First of all, she doesn't believe in that so-called Goddess of Radiance at all; her ability to offer faith is purely due to the system.

Furthermore, the Goddess of Radiance is already awakened, but she seems to have some mental issues. Whether releasing her would be a good thing is still uncertain.

Whose goddess is this, coming on stage shouting like that?

However, this is a good opportunity to utilize Serafie's power.

Therefore, Roland still put on a sincere, devout, and firm appearance and made a promise to Serafie.

"I will do my best to bring the goddess's glory back to us!"

Seraf was deeply moved and tears welled up in his eyes. He immediately kissed Roland on the cheek.

……

Thirty minutes later, Roland watched Serafie disappear into the darkness and began to tally up her spoils.

A magic pendant with a milky scent, imbued with a high-grade holy light shield; a rechargeable premium item.

A magical earring with a delicate fragrance, containing a resurrection spell. As long as the soul remains, the corpse can be resurrected within three hours.

Both magical items were given to Roland by Seraf to protect herself.

In return, Roland has to pay the Goddess of Radiance about a thousand faith points every day.

At the same time, Serafi will try his best to give the green light to Roland's commercial projects, but he can't be too obvious, so as not to attract the attention of the higher-ups.

After all that, although I gained another mark today, it doesn't seem like a complete loss...

Weird!

Roland touched the brand on her forehead with a headache.

Like other branding marks, this thing will disappear under the skin if not activated.

But this mark always gave Roland a strange feeling.

It's as if the goddess of light couldn't handle it anymore, so she relied on the mark to share some of the pressure.

If I'm not mistaken, the Goddess of Radiance has been in this state for at least three hundred years.

That's insane! I feel like even if you rescue the Goddess of Light and heal her, you'll probably still be drooling over her.

Suddenly a cold wind blew by, and Roland realized that it was still late at night, and only an hour had passed.

She sighed. She had come out because of insomnia, but after all that, she was even more unable to sleep.

Reluctantly, Roland walked back to the third floor.

……

Shortly after Roland left, a light suddenly shone again on the statue of the goddess standing in the silent chapel.

The light had an eerie purple hue, flickering and changing, as if it had used all its power to appear.

The purple light scanned the area as if searching, but found nothing, and then reluctantly disappeared into the air.