Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton

Chapter 715: Chapter 409: So Annoying, I Miss Bronze Dragon_2
 

Ange pondered for a moment, then asked, “Who are you?”

“Tomb Guardian, Lord Holy Spirit, I am Albert, the Tomb Guardian of the stone chamber, specifically tasked with guarding the stone chamber cemetery.” The priest replied hastily.

If Ange had remained silent, the man might have wet himself by now. Asking questions was a good sign.

Ange asked again, “Who am I?”

“Huh?!” This question threw Albert for a loop, “You? Are you not Lord Holy Spirit? The slumbering soul awakens, the decaying body housing a holy spirit. The sacred Light Wings shelter the world, and with a holy sword, you judge all realms and condemn evil.”

Ange tilted his head, a familiar tune. The Church of Light? There’s a Church of Light here too?

Somehow lost, Ange suddenly knew what to do. He mustn’t forget his other identity — Ascetic Monk An. Playing the role of a cultivator of Light was second nature to him, and he easily fell into his familiar rhythm.

Ange looked at Albert and said, “You are guilty.”

No sooner had he spoken, a thin chain shot up from the ground, binding Albert. Upon closer inspection, Ange realized it was a Chain of Greed.

Only one Sin Chain appeared? This priest seemed quite devout and ascetic.

Having been an ascetic monk for so long, Ange had a lot of experience. The seven original sins embedded in the Sin Chain were inherent instincts of beings, and were not sins at all.

Is gluttony a sin? No, it just leads to obesity. Is greed a sin? No, robbery and theft are.

If a greedy person can control himself and earn money to satisfy his desires, is that a sin?

As for lewdness and sloth, that becomes even less logical. Without lust, there would be no procreation. Without sloth, how would society develop?

However, the Church of Light has defined these as ‘sins’, in the hopes that all priests and disciples could overcome their desires and devotedly serve the Gods of Light.

The ascetic monks are those who manage to overcome their desires through severe spiritual discipline.

In principle, all beings possess original sins, maybe only Ange, a desire-less skeleton, was clear of them.

But why do some people trigger the Sin Chain while others don’t? Therein lies a clever nuance: only when you feel guilty will you trigger the Sin Chain.@@novelbin@@

That is to say, when Ange shouts ‘You are guilty’, if you firmly believe you are innocent, the Sin Chain wouldn’t be activated.

This is a principle Ange discovered after judging many people. It’s not Ange who condemns them, they condemn themselves.

This explains why many of those who trigger Sin Chains are Disciples of Light and clergy members. They know what original sin is and subconsciously believe they are sinful.

On the contrary, the guy who kidnapped children in the slums of the Land of Fallen didn’t trigger the Sin Chain. He didn’t see his actions as a sin but rather as doing a good deed.

He believed he was doing a good deed by taking children from poor areas to wealthier places. Furthermore, some children were sold to him by their own parents, muttering things like ‘finding a good home for you’.

The priest only triggered one Sin Chain now, indicating he subconsciously believes he has only committed one sin. If this is the case, his life must have been quite austere.

The Sin Chain didn’t last long and disappeared shortly. Ange was only a projection and his power was not enough to sustain the Divine Art for too long.

Albert seemed a bit confused, kneeling motionlessly. Ange brushed past him, opened the door and stepped out.

Though the priest had mentioned he was the sole guardian of the stone chamber, suggesting that he was the only person present, Ange didn’t pay much attention to it.

Because he was merely a projection, even if someone chopped him down, it wouldn’t harm his true self, so he didn’t worry too much about it.

As he stepped out, he found himself in a long stone corridor. Similar doors stretched out into the distance. There were at least four or five doors like the one he had just come through, indicating there could be as many stone chambers.

One side of the corridor was sealed off, while the other side was illuminated. Ange headed towards the light, turned a corner, and saw a stairway. He ascended the stairs, took a few turns, and arrived at a semi-open cave.

Standing in the cave and looking out, he could see tens of acres of abandoned farmland on the slope below.

Upon leaving the cave, Ange took in the view of the neglected farmland at the cave entrance and the yellow desert stretching out into infinity. This cave seemed to be at the edge of a desert.

There was a noise of footsteps. Ange turned to see the priest cautiously nearing the corner, peeping at Ange nervously. As soon as Ange looked back, he quickly retracted his head.

After some time, he poked his head out again and kept repeating the action. After realizing Ange didn’t mean him harm, he slowly ventured out.

“Where is this?” Ange asked.

“Responding to Lord Holy Spirit, this is the Yellow Sand Wilderness.” The priest replied hastily.

“I’m not…” Ange attempted to say he isn’t the Holy Spirit and wondered why Albert would refer to him as ‘Lord Holy Spirit’ when he was obviously a skeleton.

However, he only got three words out before stopping. To explain properly, he would need a lengthy dialogue. Just thinking about it made him weary, so he decided not to bother with explanations.

At this moment, he somewhat missed Negris. With the Bronze Dragon around, he never needed to speak for himself.

The priest waited for a while, hearing no follow-up, he found it odd. But after some thought, he began to explain proactively, “It is remote, but safe. This is the safest stone chamber cemetery, so much so that few even in the curia know of its existence, let alone the Undead. Hence you will be perfectly safe here, sir.”