On the top of the hill in the distance, watching the battle in the sparse woodland ahead, Anna looked at the thin branches in Marin's hand, smiling in silence.

It was a gift from a foreign god. Anna had seen that there were no less than ten such "wooden products" in the Church of Justice. Each one had the same power as a divine weapon. It regarded ghost energy as a real thing and could attack spiritual bodies.

, ghosts and other incorporeal objects cause damage, but when they hit innocent people, they can have a healing effect.

It is said to be a twig picked from a huge and divine tree.

Anna has never seen such a giant tree, nor has she heard of such a legend in this world. However, in the mouths of some travelers from the outer plane, this tree is called the World Tree, and the God of Justice has different names in the outer plane.

Name, and some travelers from a large world affectionately refer to this god as...Anonymous.

They are all foreign gods. This one is a great existence. Different from those evil gods, he appears in different planes, all for the purpose of saving.

Without the Just Church, hundreds of years ago, this world would have slipped into the abyss and become the lair and incubator of evil gods. Every child born in this world would be a carrier of chaos... The eternal destiny of everyone in this world would have been lost.

A good ending, and a worthy death is the best comment for all living things in this world.

Fortunately, this righteous god appeared. Today, when the local gods are gradually declining, he is also reshaping the pantheon.

Even if it is an elf, Anna sometimes thinks that such a great god is indeed worthy of her faith.

But he actually does not need faith. Unlike the local pantheon, this great being does not need faith. He prefers his believers to follow the right path, do good deeds, believe? Pray? Those are not necessary for him at all.

He can even unconditionally grant his priests the ability to use sacred spells every day.

None of this requires faith, it just requires priests to stick to the good camp.

Now, he has awarded the sacred twig to Marin - even if it is only a temporary use right, it is enough to prove that his has passed the test of this great being and his character is impeccable - after all, this

Planting twigs is not something anyone can hold in their hands. In the history of the Just Church, their owners have died on the battlefield more than once. There are a large number of records proving that those evil and dark entities want to pick up or destroy

They, but every time they do this, judgment from the outer plane will come as expected.

Now, all creatures in this world know that only the good can pick up the twigs of the God of Justice.

"I feel the presence of my Lord here. Lady Anna of Lilianm, good afternoon."

The Bishop of the Just Church came out of the portal. He took a look at the battle situation, and then frowned: "My Lord's Holy Knight...has sacrificed another one."

"It is a great sacrifice, Your Excellency Bishop, the great God of Justice has come, and Marin of the Harvest Goddess Church received a small branch."

"I have seen it, and it can be recognized by my lord. This child has the right to hold it, but madam, do you really feel free to let him fight that ghost." The bishop frowned.

"In the Battle of the Oath, the righteous man made an oath with Marin. I can only wait for them to decide a winner before I can enter." That was the agreement between the Paladin and Marin. Anna has no qualifications or power.

To interrupt this sacred battle, only when Marin faced a desperate situation could Anna get herself involved in the battle.

"Nonsense, even if this child Marin does have a talent that far exceeds that of others... However, only a warrior who can resolutely make an oath at that desperate moment can have the character." The bishop looked at the battle on the field and shook his head.

: "If the battle does not end for a long time, the ghost transformed by the saint will become stronger and stronger, and his winning rate will become lower and lower."

"I believe this child, his father... is my mentor." Anna put her hands on her hips and looked at the battle below. The child Marin had just rolled to avoid the flashing stab of the ghost, and then made a beautiful somersault to get past the beheading.

Attack, and at the same time, you can use the twigs in your hands to counterattack.

It feels like...this child is not bound by gravity at all.

Very much like the old man Anna once loved most - her mentor.

"...I see, so are you." A smile finally appeared on the bishop's old face.

"Yes, just like you." Anna turned and glanced at the old man: "We are all gifts left by our mentor to this world, and so will that child."

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Using the twigs in his hands to push back the ghost in front of him, and watching it become blurry again, Marin first turned to the left. At the moment when the ghost disappeared, while turning to the left, he faced the wielding psionic long sword.

He used the twigs in his hands to hold the slashing sword.

There is no sense of impact. The ghost and the long sword in its hand use negative energy, that is, phantom energy, as a path of damage. Therefore, this small branch can block the phantom energy and also cause damage to the ghost in front of it.

The ghost did not give up. He screamed and grabbed Marin with his free hand.

If it is an ordinary person, this scream that can control the mind is enough to make him suffer damage from ghosts, but for Marin, this is just a little noisy.

He quickly slid away, and at the same time he pulled the gun from his waist and pulled the trigger on the ghost in front of him. The first bullet penetrated its body without causing any damage, just as the ghost screamed and rushed closer.

, Marin pulled the trigger for the second time.

This is a specially-made bullet baptized with holy oil, with a silver-infiltrated steel ingot as the warhead, and sacred blessed gunpowder as the base.

The moment the warhead touched the ghost, it screamed and disappeared into the air.

Marin rolled again, dodging the thrust from behind. At the same time, during the rolling process, two bullets flew into the air. When Marin stood up, he just happened to catch the ejected bullet chamber, the thrown bullet casing, and the falling bullet.

They came together organically, completed the reloading, and put the revolver back into the holster. Marin held the branch in both hands. In an instant, the branch in his hand became the length of the gun.

Sweeping away the ghost in front of him, Marin pursued with a thrust. When the ghost was about to escape into the void again, a golden ball of light jumped out from the fingertips of Marin's left hand. The latter landed on the ghost's body and 'healed' it

At the same time, it interrupted its action, and then the small ball of light 'jumped' back to Marin.

At the same time, the branch had penetrated the ghost's chest.

It grabbed the branch, even though black smoke was rising from the wound and the hand that was in contact, but the ghost still waved the long sword, forcing Marin to choose to retreat, and at the same time, he had to take back the branch.

But before the ghost could recover from the injury, the golden bead bounced again, and it landed on Maya's head, and then quickly hit the ghost again.

Then there was another scream. Treatment of injuries is neither a blessing nor a burden to a healthy creature, but to a ghost - it is like poison.

While the ghost was still screaming, Marin pulled out the revolver again and withdrew his left hand from the branch stuck on the ground. Marin held the gun in his left hand and quickly fired the firing pin with his right hand, emptying six shots in one second.

Shoot bullets.

The ghost's scream, which had suffered a lot of damage, was out of tune, and it began to spontaneously combust - a state caused by exposure to too much divine energy.

Throwing away the revolver, Marin pulled up the branch. At this moment, the branch turned into a sword again. Facing the approaching Marin, the ghost swung the sword, but Marin swung it away.

Then this exotic object was stabbed into the ghost's chest by Marin.

As if something had been punctured, the psionic energy in the ghost's body was swept away.

The transparent soul in front of Marin had facial features appearing on its face. It pulled out the branch from its chest and handed it to Marin's hand.

After Marin took the branch, he stood up and said, "Thank you, child."

"...I should say thank you." Marin looked at the paladin in front of him: "Can your god resurrect you? He is so... great."

Marin really doesn't want to mention the word great. Even though he is now in a world with gods, he still doesn't want to worship gods.

"No, I ignited my soul. All this is irreversible. Although we failed to eliminate all chaos, but... your friends helped us complete the last piece of the puzzle." It turned its head and glanced at the girls,

Then he turned and walked deeper into the forest.

In front of Marin, the woodland was gradually replaced by a golden wilderness. In a distant place, a huge tree stood. The branch in his hand was shaking, so Marin dug it into the ground.

This branch did not drill into the soil as Marin thought, but new shoots sprouted from it, and a small vine wrapped around Marin's hand.

Marin did not take back the branch immediately. He watched the paladin walk away, where many figures dressed the same as him gradually appeared.

Someone walked over to shake his hand.

Someone walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

He also touched his chest and bowed his head in salute to one of the old men.

Then a paladin who looked like a girl walked out of the crowd. She opened her hands and hugged him.

"The Golden Fields, the Holy Land spoken of by the Just Paladins, I have always thought that all this is just the beauty that exists in the teachings of the Just Church." Faye walked to Marin, her expression was a little complicated, and she looked at Marin's

Her Royal Highness the Princess lowered her head first, and then said sorry.

Marin shook his head - he didn't need her apology, he stayed voluntarily to break up their marriage: "This is all a choice I made, there is no need to apologize." Marin stretched out his hand and rubbed Faye's head.

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The golden field gradually dissipated in front of them. At the end, Marin saw the paladin caressing his chest.

Marin also caressed his chest.

He doesn't believe in gods because he was born in a godless world; but he respects heroes because he has seen from books the time when countless heroes sacrificed their lives for the same dream.

When the golden field disappeared completely, Marin turned to face Faye. Looking at the apologetic peers in front of him, he smiled and stretched out his hand and took her hand.

"I really don't blame you, but you came back...I'm really touched, because I feel that you can abandon your life for me and march towards death...I don't know how to repay you."

In Marin's mind, he brought them to this place of death, so they should naturally be given a chance to survive. It was also Marin's idea to let Faye take Maya away - they were still young, and it was not like he had already lived a life...

And the girls returned for him. This is the most sincere friendship that is difficult to repay.

"...Then, you will use your whole life to repay us." When Faye said this, Jessica came over, the little lamb leaned over, and the rabbit girl moved herself over with red eyes.

Ma Lin was stunned for a moment.

"I seem to have made a lot of money from this business." He looked at the girls with some embarrassment.

"It just makes you a lot of money. Are you not satisfied, Mr. Marin?" Faye asked with his hands on his hips and his mouth pursed.

Marin naturally shook his head. He couldn't be nice when he got an advantage: "I...I don't know what to say."

Here, Marin was still thinking about how to make a speech as a winner in life. Over there, Maya turned over the elf's body, and then ran over quickly: "Brother! This guy is still alive!"

Marin could feel the unhappiness on the faces of the girls, but Faye, the leader among them, still raised his eyebrows: "Forget it, let me think about your winner's speech in life first." This girl's job

She learned to use the new words written by Marin in the novel, and then took Maya's hand: "Let's go and treat the lucky guy."
To be continued...