novelraw #235 - Section 235
#235 - Section 235
If he didn't have a moral bottom line, he should have been able to help this saint unlock all positions at this moment.
Also because of her hidden attributes, she can handle scales that ordinary people can't accept.
But Roger didn't want to take advantage of others. He always felt that love between men and women should be mutual, and that there was too much deception and exploitation in faith for believers.
When negotiating with Nicole, in order to determine what she was thinking, they were walking on the edge of ambiguity.
But later, when he realized that it was just Nicole's disguise, a way to please him and get closer, Roger didn't ask her to do massages or other services for him again.
Ever since returning to the City of Mysteries, his contact with Nicole has been to treat himself as a part-time idol and psychologist, trying to rebuild Nicole's spiritual world.
They discussed theology, studied history, explored the relationship between faith and depravity, and also talked about many current events.
Nicole was knowledgeable and intelligent, and had been in charge of the church for many years. Although her perspective was a bit skewed, such exchanges were still very pleasant and could bring Roger some inspiration from new angles.
Tonight they talked about Shana, and Nicole put forward her own views based on what a saint knew and learned.
Roger pondered and murmured: "In that case, Nariel is different from ordinary angels. Is she already on the path to depravity?"
Nicole was very sure: "Six-winged angels are indeed much stronger than me, this saint, but their mission is still to serve the Lord, and the gods' control over them should be even more profound. That Shana has transformed so quickly, as if she had never had faith. That's not her credit, but because Nariel no longer believes in God in her heart."
Roger frowned and corrected her:
"If that's the case, it's just yearning for freedom and shouldn't be described as depravity, right?"
"If the heart is no longer pure towards the Lord, that is already depravity."
"Nicole, you are no longer a believer."
"Ah... I'm sorry, I was wrong, I won't do it again!"
She immediately lowered her head, looking panicked and apologetic because of Roger's slightly reproachful tone.
"You are no longer a believer... Okay, let's get back to Shana."
Roger felt both helpless and a little distressed to see her like this.
Any dissatisfied emotions of his would be infinitely magnified in Nicole's eyes, and then she would earnestly correct them.
Nicole's type of patient would definitely make doctors feel troubled enough to vomit blood. She would even pretend to be a healthy person in order to please him, so it's difficult to judge what state she is in through her appearance.
However, if the doctor is irresponsible and pretends to be a normal person, then she can declare herself cured.
Who knows how many lunatics are hiding in this stressful world, disguised as normal people?
Roger rubbed his temples with a headache, skipping Nicole's problem and gaining a deeper understanding of the general state of angels.
Shana is not replicable. Even if there are more descending angels performing similar operations, it is impossible to obtain a blank new individual and become a potential combat force for the empire.
First, Nariel herself had to sever her connection with the God of Knowledge, and then Roger and the Night Empress would have room to operate on her, otherwise they would only get a suicide bomber.
Another gain was that Nicole, based on her understanding of Shana in the group chat, proposed a new idea to make the little angel work for the empire.
"This is very useful." Roger praised her.
"It's good to be able to help you, sir!" Nicole looked delighted and expectant. Roger couldn't resist her eye attack and rubbed her little head.
Nicole rested her head on his big hand, looking affectionate and reluctant, both well-behaved and pitiful, with a different kind of temptation.
Sanctity stained with the mortal world, a beautiful girl who completely opened her heart and body and can be tasted at any time, what kind of otherworld plot is this!
Roger took out the super-dimensional drawing board, ready to trick Shana to divert his attention.
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Anti-Green Vine Alliance.
Shana had been scolding Roger in the group for several days.
After Nicole was kicked out, Shana was the only one in the group who didn't know what happened, and asked confusedly for a long time.
In the end, Tassica gave her an explanation: because they detected intelligence that the Sea Country was defeated, Nicole was captured, and had already defected to the Green Vine Empire.
"If she stays in the group, I don't know what intelligence she will expose, so I can only remove her," Tassica said regretfully in a tone for the good of the alliance.
"The empire is really insidious, and Roger Charles is not a good person either!" Shana naturally accepted this explanation.
If it were someone else, she might doubt whether it is possible to disintegrate the faith of a saint.
But if it was Roger, that guy has the most tricks, the poor little saint must have been deceived miserably, boo hoo hoo...
Thinking of this, Shana could feel sorry for herself. She once naively thought that guy was a good person!
After this incident, Shana's daily routine was to post Roger's dark history for discussion in the group.
After all, Roger swept the imperial nobles, killed so much that blood flowed like a river, and I don't know how many people hated him to the bone, living a life of greatly reduced quality in exile overseas.
Some are real black materials, some are inexplicable scapegoats, but Shana is a die-hard "Roger hater" and uses them all without exception.
Copperbeard gave this a thumbs up. That guy actually betrayed himself to support Lydia, he must be scolded!
Whether it's a real or fake pot, you can scold him!
Roger and Tassica belonged to those who didn't say anything and casually agreed, scaring Frankenstein into not daring to say anything more.
NMD someone is peeping!
But Shana has been enjoying it.
Today Roger took out the super-dimensional drawing board and flipped forward, and found that it was still Shana's daily discussions, which were a bit boring.
Nicole is offline, it's time for Tassica to recruit new targets to fool!
But for now, let's solve Shana's problem first.
Roger used the routine he discussed with Nicole and complained in the group now:
Jostar: Alas, damn Night Guard, we have sacrificed another comrade.
Tassica:?
Copperbeard:??
Shana: I know, it's all Roger's fault!
Jostar: What to do, it's getting harder and harder to carry out intelligence work here in Odu.
Tassica: Suspend it for now, don't work too hard.
Shana: Can I help?
Jostar: You haven't received any training in this area, is that okay?
Shana: I can learn! I learn things very quickly! As long as I can make that Roger look good!
Jostar: Is that so... It's definitely not okay to go directly to the Night Guard. Maybe you can start by submitting articles to "New Arcana", take another path to get close to him, writer - editor - editor-in-chief, ambush Roger through this way and provide us with information.
Shana: I'm learning to be useless, this will make magic great again!
(This is the "New Arcana" subscription spell)
A'Fu provided feedback that Shana did purchase "New Arcana" and started reading, and then prepared to write.
Roger and Nicole smiled at each other, the trick was successful!
Shana's combat power is strong, but the empire is not short of strong people now, what it lacks is intelligence on the Seven Gods camp.
Because of the previous coincidences, it is already difficult to make Shana work directly for the empire, or it will take a huge price, but it is not certain how much valuable memory Shana has, so he is too lazy to do it.
Now Nicole's routine is to let Shana write articles for "New Arcana" and break into Roger's side.
And if you want to gain Roger's attention and trust, you must write valuable enough articles, and the work must be very hard, right?
With Shana's strength and knowledge reserve, she can easily write high-quality articles and provide a different perspective from imperial magicians.
Then it will not be difficult to enter the editorial department of "New Arcana" with a pseudonym.
In this way, the empire can make Shana exert 100% or even 200% of her work enthusiasm without spending much cost.
Nicole's method is really clever, completely satisfying Shana's psychological needs, and maximizing her subjective initiative.
"What reward do you want?" Roger asked Nicole.
Nicole summoned a whip: "Sir, test me."
Roger took it helplessly.
You believers have very unique hobbies!
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One month later, Naga Empire.
The defeat made the whole country feel heavy, and the debt pressure of Terra and a series of strongly signed treaties made them feel humiliated and helpless.
At this time, Saint Nicole, who everyone thought had died on the front line, led a group of high-level generals of the expeditionary force and returned to the royal city of the Naga Empire from another direction.
This is actually an arrangement similar to the "Tassica Jailbreak Case", except that Saint Nicole is a real Sea God Saint, who can directly use the excuse that they were saved by a miracle and teleported by the Sea God to a direction far away from the Green Vine Empire.
It's just that the Naga country doesn't have a good face for Nicole and these defeated generals.
It was they who dragged the Naga into the quagmire of war and are about to enter a decline.
Only the Sea God Church supports Nicole as always. The Sea God's protection on her has not changed, which shows that her faith is as pious as ever, and that is a qualified religious leader.
In fact, that is the piety to the Roger figure in her arms!
The right and wrong judgment of believers is so simple, unadorned and boring.
Those who believe in God are good brothers and sisters, and those who don't believe are heretics.
With the support of the church, Nicole is still a saint and took in military generals such as Camille, temporarily staying in the church.
The Naga Queen is of course very dissatisfied with Nicole, but she can't do anything about it.
The construction of Naga's cities cannot be separated from the Sea God Church to appease the volcano, so she cannot break with the church, and must publicly welcome Nicole's return.
Well, very tired.
Later, Nicole entered the palace and had a secret talk with the Naga Queen, explaining to her that now is a good time to change the attitude towards the vassal races.
For a long time to come, the Naga will no longer expand outwards, but will adopt a defensive posture. It is time to boil the frog in warm water, so that those who are used to contributing to the empire and even bleeding and shedding tears for the main ethnic group.
Those who are not of my race must have different hearts. Loyalty is not cultivated by a luxurious life, but by participating in construction and constantly paying for this country, so that they will share the honor and disgrace.
Anything that is obtained for nothing will not be cherished, unless you spend money on this thing later.
Roger told Nicole this truth, citing the example that the empire could clearly issue Soul-Forging Handcuffs to the empire for free, and the improvement to the people could completely recover the cost, but it still stipulated a price.
Even if the purchase price can be fully refunded after signing in for a certain period of time, the price of that one gold coin has not been cancelled.
It's like the first charge in the game, which deceives you into spending six yuan, but you can get very good rewards.
The empire is not cheating money, it just wants the people of the empire to use the Soul-Forging Handcuffs seriously, instead of really buying them back as watches to worship.
The Naga's subjugation of the vassal races is not to support the masters. Using welfare and preferential policies to keep them is by no means a long-term solution.
The vassals must make corresponding contributions to be considered as the Naga's increased population, otherwise it is an increased burden.
Before, the Naga Queen naively wanted to use time to influence these vassals, which was high in risk and long in time.
Now Nicole took the initiative to stand up and said that the church is willing to be this villain, to manage the vassals so that they are in dire straits, take the opportunity to seize the accumulated wealth, and then the Naga Queen stands up to win people's hearts.
This is actually a variant of the Green Vine Empire's approach to winning over the hearts of the seventeen nations, except that the role of the restoration army is played by the Sea God Church.
The Naga Queen was moved, a saint willing to take the blame, loved it, loved it!
Chapter 212 Margaret: Your sister exploded!
In fact, similar plans have been proposed by people, but there are too many exquisite egoists among the long-lived species, and no one is willing to take the blame.
"My dear, your sacrifice is too great to do this!"
"Your Majesty, I just want to redeem my sins."
Nicole's eyes flashed with complex meanings that the Naga Queen could not see through.
The Queen thought that the saint's sin referred to the defeat, but Nicole was regretting the blind belief in the past.
Since the gods have abandoned the Naga, the Naga naturally does not need to worship the gods anymore. In the explanation of the relationship with the gods, let the church play more value as much as possible!