Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 1003: Chapter 141: Mole Wanderers and the Holy Land Watchtower Gate

Upon hearing Demster’s humorous response finally emerge after such a long rumination, Su Li felt he nearly lost his breath.

You don’t know this Divine Magic, what are you talking about!? Isn’t that a waste of emotion?

Perhaps sensing Su Li’s anger and guessing how the Lord might berate him, Demster quickly spoke up: ”Lord, please don’t rush, don’t get angry. Although I don’t know this Divine Magic, some orders within our church do! That’s why I said building a Mole Holy Land here makes sense!”

”Oh?” Su Li finally suppressed the urge to rebuke him: ”Tell me about your sect and the Holy Land.”

In the upcoming war against Blue Mirror Territory, besides stabilizing the situation, Su Li needs to nurture the fruits of victory from this battle. Another important task is to advance the expansion of the Mole Church to counter the Blue Mirror Territory’s Green Ghost Cavalry.

Therefore, Su Li is patient enough to listen to information about the Mole Church.

Feeling as if he had received a pardon, Demster quickly wiped away the nonexistent cold sweat from his forehead and explained rapidly, fearing that a delay would incur the Lord’s wrath: ”Wise Lord! Our Mole Church, as you know, has the core doctrine of ’remembering’ and ’guarding the peace of the deceased’. Yet, under this grand doctrine, there are various order branches due to regional and duty differences. The most famous main branches are of course the Shroud Sect and the Diviners, with the former honoring Mole as the God of the Dead, and the latter honoring Mole as the Dream God and God of Prophecy. The larger Shroud Sect controls some other orders within the church, like the Night Guard, while the Doomsday Prophecy Sect allies with the Diviners. But there’s rarely tension among these groups because all believers acknowledge Mole’s different aspects.”

”But there’s another internal division in the sect causing some tension. Almost all Mole Priests live within a church and seldom venture out. Beyond these, there are those who travel the old world pursuing their dreams. Though few in number, no church can manage these wandering priests, who, as travelers, all attend Lucini’s secret meeting, marking them never labeled as heretics.”

Su Li interrupted him with a question: ”What is Lucini’s secret meeting?”

”Hm? I haven’t mentioned it before?” Demster briefly paused, scratched his head, then unapologetically divulged all the secrets of their church: ”Mole’s church is completely independent in daily affairs. However, every ten years, the priests hold a secret meeting in Lucini, reaching agreements on funeral rites and doctrine matters. This is the most important Lucini meeting of our church. Theoretically, all priests should attend, but abandoning the churches is not allowed. So, each church dispatches at least one representative, officially chosen by Mole through a dream. Generally, only the representatives dream relevant dreams, though occasionally a Great Priest claims to dream a particularly annoying subordinate should leave. In the church, the Great Priest organizes daily activities. These depend on hierarchy, and Mole’s hierarchy varies greatly, so it must be considered separately.”

Chosen by Mole himself?

This God of Watcher of Death surely has formidable intervention capabilities.

Comparing this, Su Li realized he had never directly experienced intervention from the Sun Goddess. At least until now, he has no idea what the Goddess looks like.

Perhaps the Sun Goddess doesn’t usually have matters requiring her to meet her Divine Chosen individually, appearing only in fierce battlefield clashes, and bestowing Divine Grace upon the entire army, rather than focusing on individuals like Yurik.

Thus, Su Li didn’t dwell further and continued speaking to Demster: ”Continue, what makes these wanderers different?”

”Oh, oh, alright. Continuing on our church’s impression of them. Though they’re not officially declared heretics, most established Mole Priests don’t favor them and encourage them to leave quickly. The wanderers usually help out willingly. Most roaming diviners are members of the Doomsday Prophecy Sect, under official sect jurisdiction. The roaming members of the Shroud Sect aren’t organized into a formal team but have many commonalities. They travel around performing final rites for those without priests. This usually involves venturing into dangerous locales to find bodies. Once discovered, they conduct funerals for the deceased, no matter how old the remains may appear.”

”These priests are faithful followers of Mole, entering legendary treasure-rich tombs: they do this to perform funerals for treasure hunters killed by traps and safeguard the treasures within. They also visit battlefields, villages devastated by Beastmen, and other similarly dangerous places. Due to most tasks being unable to attract Night Guard services, they frequently travel with adventurers. For instance, Swift William, the most famous of these priests, is renowned for completing a full funeral service in a minute while escaping from a group of Beastmen. However, since one of William’s companions is a minstrel, his prowess might be slightly exaggerated. Wanderers, like other Mole Priests, pay attention to their dreams but also heed rumors and watch for unclaimed bodies. Overall, their relationship with the living far surpasses that of their peers, but their deity clearly approves of their conduct, as they face no issue when performing Divine Magic.”