The next step is to go to church and ask about vampires and ask for some help.Taking Marpel with him, Owen immediately set off for the church without stopping.At the entrance of the church, a group of clergy are busy carrying sacks of food and hot magic stones for the weekly alms, which should be distributed to the people in the afternoon.Noticing the arrival of the lord, a priest in charge of command hurried to meet him."
Lord Marquis, why did you come here on purpose?""
I have something to do with Bishop Flynn."
Owen said."
No problem, I'll go inform Bishop Flynn, and ask the Marquis to wait in the reception room for a moment."
With that, the priest turned around and called for a probationary priest."
Ossi, come over and take the Marquis to the reception room to rest.""
Okay!"
Osi, whom he had met before, put down what he was doing, hurried over, and made a gesture of invitation to Owen."
Please come with me, Lord Marquis."
Compared to the last time, Ossi behaved well this time, at least he didn't look nervous at all.Led by him, Owen made his way to the reception room and met with Bishop Flynn."
Sit down and talk, Marquis Eisen."
After the two sat down face to face, Owen couldn't wait to get straight to the point: "Bishop Flynn, I received a report this morning that a civilian had encountered a vampire. ”"Vampires?!
Is it true?
”Hearing this, Bishop Flynn was shocked."
I don't know, that's why I'll come to you to confirm."
Owen then recounts how the civilian found the vampire in the cowshed."
Hmm......
I'll send someone to check the bite marks on the cow later to see if it's really a vampire. ”Bishop Flynn frowned, touched his chin, and muttered, "I didn't expect vampires to haunt Frontier Town, I haven't heard about vampires for a long time. ”"When was the last time you heard about it?"
Owen asked.Truth be told, Owen only learned about vampires in the Holy Scriptures.That was a long time ago, though, and I had never heard of a vampire haunting a place.If it hadn't come out of nowhere last night, he would have thought that the vampires had been completely wiped out by the church.The birth of Lumicha is closely related to vampires.About 600 years ago, a vampire True Ancestor suddenly appeared.She led the vampire legions to wreak havoc on the world, and even as nations rallied against them, they were defeated one after another.Just when everyone thought the world would be ruled by vampires, a saint, Raev, appeared.He says that he received a revelation from the gods in a dream, and thus mastered the way to deal with vampires - faith in magic.This is also the origin of belief in magic.Compared to elemental magic, humans have not been using faith magic for a long time.In order to fight against the powerful vampire army, many mages and magic knights have chosen to believe in the gods and successfully learned to believe in magic.Vampires are powerful and resistant to elemental magic, but only belief in magic can cause them massive damage.As a result, the kings had high hopes for Raev and made him the supreme commander of the Union Army, commanding the entire army to counterattack the Vampire Legion.With the blessing of faith in magic, the vampire legion was defeated by the coalition forces led by Raev one after another, and the situation between the two sides was quickly reversed.Eventually, Rayev defeated the vampire True Ancestor on the Paz Plateau, where he founded the Holy City, founded the Lumigal Cult, and served as the first pope himself.At that time, the main task of the Lumigala cult was to annihilate the remaining vampires, and the countries also actively cooperated, and were worshipped by countless people.It was at that time that the great unity of religion was formed.Prior to this, countries had a wide variety of religions, large and small.After the vampire plague, only the Lumichaels religion won the hearts of the people and had a large number of followers."
About twenty years ago, in the territory of the kingdom of Gurman, which was not yet a dead country, there was a terrible incident in which almost the entire village was killed—the massacre in the village of Karn, and the murderer of such a grave crime was a vampire."
Such a bloody thing happened, and Owen's face became heavy.On the right back, Mapel also looked solemn, raising his hand to grasp the hilt of the sword.Since the vampire is so powerful, she must also strengthen her precautions and be sure to protect Owen."
Has that unforgivable vampire been caught?"
Owen asked."
Hmm."
Bishop Flynn nodded, "It took the Templars three days to catch the murderer, and the Inquisition sentenced him to the Lights. ”As a Templar, it is no wonder that this vigorous and resolute speed of work will be well received by the people."
Oh, yes."
Owen suddenly remembered a question that Winster had asked this morning, that is, after a vampire bites an ordinary person, will that person be transformed into a new vampire?
The answer is not necessarily.According to the Holy Scriptures, if you want to turn an ordinary person into a vampire, you must have a vampire who actively uses fangs to inject their own blood into the ordinary person's body.The transformation is not 100% successful either, and it is said that only people with strong willpower can withstand the pain of the transformation process and become vampires.In other words, it is inevitable that such a group of innocent people will appear.They subjectively didn't want to become vampires, but were forced to convert.After becoming vampires, they never attacked humans and did not commit any major crimes."
If you find a vampire who hasn't sucked human blood or done anything bad, how does your church generally deal with it?"
The vampire found last night was only sucking the blood of a cow and not attacking civilians, so maybe it was one of those innocents."
Judgment first."
Bishop Flynn said, "If no major crime has been committed, such a vampire will be sent to the Holy Church of Caleb, where the Church will provide refuge."
There is a loss of freedom, but at least there is a safe shelter. ”"What kind of trial is it?""
There are two main types."
The first is relatively simple, which is incarceration.During this period, only animal blood is fed, which can be used to determine whether a vampire has sucked human blood.However, any vampire who has sucked human blood will be insensitive to non-human blood, and will enter a state of madness if they have not ingested human blood for a long time.Of course, this is simply a matter of distinguishing between the presence and absence of human blood.The most reliable is the second one, where the people of the Inquisition peek into the memories of the vampires.The Inquisition is a special institution of the Church that is responsible for judging the crimes of the wicked, vampires, etc.Most of the members are dark magicians, as there is a type of dark magic that can peek into the memories of others.If you resist being spied on, you will be treated as guilty."
I see."
Owen understood, and finally explained the purpose of his visit."
Bishop Flynn, I hope you can help me with this matter.""
I'm sorry, Marquis Eisen."
Bishop Flynn said apologetically, "Without the Templars, we would not be able to provide any assistance in the search.However, if you find the vampire's location and want to capture it, I can send a few priests to help, after all, belief in magic is a vampire's weakness. ”"That's enough."
Owen understands this.After all, Bishop Flynn, they have a lot to deal with this winter, and they are understaffed.After that, the two talked about other things.Not long after returning to the castle, Owen received news from a midshipman that the bite marks on the cow had been identified as those of a vampire.