This page was the core page of the Book of Wisdom. It depicted an angel wrapped in light, holding a ball of light in both hands. Beneath the angel's feet was a ground full of broken corpses. Light burst out from the ball of light, and the corpses opened their eyes.
The super divine art, Resurrection Spell!
That's right. This page of the Book of Wisdom recorded one of the ultimate divine arts that mortals could use, the Resurrection Spell. Moreover, it was a mass Resurrection Spell.
He looked at the corpses on the ground with a compassionate expression, stretched out his finger, and said softly,
"Life should not be silent. Death will eventually be reversed …"
When he said this, the Book of Wisdom in his hand began to emit a milky white light. The entire book lit up, and wisps of white light gathered on the flipped open big book.
"In the name of the God of Life and Wisdom, reverse life and death …"
His voice became louder and louder. He did not speak loudly, but when he began to use this Resurrection Spell, it naturally resonated with the laws of the underworld, and thus produced some kind of extraordinary qualitative change.
Boundless life force converged, forming a huge angel of light in the sky. The angel gently flapped its wings, and the extremely dense life force converged into an incomparably thick pillar of light that soared into the sky. The boundless life force made the living people feel as if a miracle was descending.
No, this itself was a miracle. The Resurrection Spell itself was a miraculous divine art.
"Resurrection!"
A soul-shaking voice sounded. The Angel of Light in the sky shattered, turning into streams of light that fell and entered the corpses on the ground. The Light of Life gushed out and drowned the corpses one by one.
Regardless of the enemy, whether it was the enemy who had just died in battle or the dead on the battlefield not far away, they were all drowned.
At this moment, his four subordinates knelt down and lowered their heads reverently.
Affected, the two knights and subordinates on the side also knelt down, looking at the corpses covered by the Light of Life with shock and anticipation.
In less than ten seconds, a corpse that should have been completely dead suddenly trembled. Everyone's eyes widened, and there was an expression of shock and disbelief in their eyes.
"It really … came back to life!"
"Oh my god, this is a miracle. This is a real miracle!"
Alphonso raised his head and looked in shock at the Angel of Light that had yet to completely dissipate. He then looked at the enemies that were reviving one after another. At this moment, the shock in his heart was indescribable.
At this moment, an unprecedented thought arose in his mind. He looked up at Lin Xiao, who held the Staff of Life in one hand and the Book of Wisdom in the other. He lowered his head devoutly and silently chanted the name of the God of Life and Wisdom.
In that moment, he quickly abandoned the Divine God that he had not been devout to begin with, turning to the God of Life and Wisdom that he had just met.
Furthermore, his faith was growing at an unprecedented rate. His faith in the God of Holiness had only reached the level of a general believer in his previous life. Now, in less than an hour after hearing about the God of Life and Wisdom, his faith had rapidly surpassed the level of a true believer and reached the level of a devout believer.
Lin Xiao sensed it the moment the lines of faith connected, but he was not surprised. Instead, he took it for granted.
He hadn't expended so much effort to use this mass resurrection spell out of pity or sympathy. His main goal was to save the first heir of the Gibson family, and the others were just collateral damage.
If he wanted to open up the situation quickly, he needed the support of the Lord.
Not only did he need the Lord's subordinates, but he also needed the Lord's military strength and status to resist the suppression of the Holy Church.
In this world where religion was unified and the influence of religion was unprecedentedly strong, the struggle between the Theocracy and the Royalty had never stopped. The nobles believed in the Gods, but they were also wary of the Church. No Royalty or Nobles were willing to let the Church overshadow their authority.
Of course, this was a bit far-fetched, but one thing was certain: the relationship between the nobles and the Holy Church wasn't that harmonious.
This gave them an opportunity.
Especially since the Holy Church had never displayed any miracles, and their priests didn't know any proper Divine Arts.
Lin Xiao could foresee that even if it wasn't him, the other Descenders would also be able to overthrow the Holy Church.
And among them, the Church of the God of Life and Wisdom, who could use Divine Arts, would definitely benefit the most.
As for the conflict between the new Theocracy and the Royalty after the Holy Church was overthrown, that was a matter for the future. Right now, he had to get up first.
While he was deep in thought, the Life Force of the corpses was absorbed into their bodies. The dead woke up one by one, revealing a blank expression as they looked at their surroundings.
Lin Xiao held the scepter in one hand and the Book of Wisdom in the other. At this moment, there was still a remnant of Life Force in his body. In their eyes, he was like a holy and inviolable saint who had descended to the world. His voice also contained a power that shook their souls.
"The Lord of Life and Wisdom has taken pity on you and bestows you with new life!"
Just as he finished speaking, the eldest son of Baron Gibson, Alphonso Gibson, raised his head and shouted:
"You should have died, but the great God of Life and Wisdom has taken pity on you and performed a great miracle to revive you!"
Lin Xiao revealed a look of praise. This was a good assist.
This sentence seemed to make the dazed Warriors remember what had just happened. Their eyes quickly became clear, and they all knelt down at the same time.
"I remember now. It was the great God of Life and Wisdom who revived me and saved me from the hands of the Grim Reaper."
"The great God of Life and Wisdom above, please accept my humble but devout faith."
Dozens of resurrected Warriors knelt down at the same time. At this moment, more than 20 threads of faith were connected to Lin Xiao's mind. They were all devout believers.
"Very good. The price I paid was not in vain!"
He slowly put away the Book of Wisdom. Casting this mass resurrection spell just now had exhausted all the energy stored in the book. He could no longer cast even the simplest divine spells.
But it was all worth it. There were nearly 30 soldiers on both sides who could fight, all of whom were retired warriors. Including the militiamen who had died in the previous battle, there were about 50 on both sides. There were nearly 90 soldiers in total. In addition to the 14 church knights that he had trained previously, he could now mobilize more than 100 soldiers.
Among them, 16 had reached the level of knights in this world, 32 were retired warriors, and the remaining 50 were militiamen.
This strength was not inferior to some of the weaker barons. If they were prepared for a period of time, they would be able to face any barons head-on.
But Lin Xiao didn't plan to do so. In fact, he didn't plan to take all of them with him. Instead, he let Alfonso, who had just joined the church, take his men back to the castle while he took the ones he had just subdued.
He didn't need to look for the stone statue anymore. After knowing his purpose, Alfonso patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me."
On the way, Lin Xiao found a group of Gulda's men and asked them about Gulda. The leader of this group was called Demon. When he heard Lin Xiao's question, he quickly told him everything he knew. After listening to Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao let out a sigh of relief.
According to Demond, they were originally wanderers or bandits who lived in the northern part of Baron Gibson's territory. A month and a half ago, they met Gulda. Their original leader was killed by Gulda, and they were conquered by Gulda's strength and treated him as their new leader.
After taking office, Gulda made bold and decisive changes. Not only did he change the way he looted, he also officially occupied a village and made it his base. Then he began to wantonly farm and recruit wanderers and bandits everywhere. His strength rapidly increased.
This set of armor was prepared for them by Gulda. According to Demond, Gulda only had 40 sets of this kind of armor, and he also had 40 elite soldiers under his command.
This time, half of them were sent out to plunder the Gibson Family's mines. Their goal was to continuously plunder the ores and weaken the Gibson Family's strength. Once they were weakened to a certain extent, they would attack Fort Gibson and plunder the riches of the Gibson Family.
After that, they would use the mine as a bargaining chip to pay tribute to the ruler of this land, Earl Dyson, in order to obtain a noble title.
As long as they had a noble title, they would have the qualifications to fight with other lords and plunder their territory.
In this world, as long as you weren't a noble, no matter how strong you were, you wouldn't be recognized. Other noble lords had the qualifications to attack you and plunder your territory.
Once you had the status of a noble, you would have the legal qualifications. As long as you had the ability, as long as your actions were righteous, then everything you did would be legal.
As for how righteous this was, wasn't it just a matter of mouth? If you had the qualifications, why would you be afraid of not having an excuse?
If Lin Xiao hadn't interfered, Gulda's plan might have succeeded. After all, 40 elite warriors with equipment that far surpassed the strength of this world, even knights couldn't cut through them. Under such circumstances, it wouldn't be a problem to kill an ordinary baron.
As for now, it was too bad.
Gulda took away half of the 40 sets of elite equipment he brought with great difficulty. Not only did his strength drop, but Lin Xiao also knew of his existence in advance.
Of course, Lin Xiao wouldn't go all the way to deal with Gulda. It was enough to know that there was an opponent nearby. The most important thing now was to develop himself.
As long as he was strong enough, exterminating the opponent would be a matter of minutes.
After returning to Fore Village, he brought back 20 militiamen and temporarily settled them outside the village to cultivate the fields with the villagers.
This was only a small village, and with the productivity of this world, it couldn't support so many soldiers.
Normally, a small village could support 10 or so soldiers at most, and this was the biggest limit. In fact, even 10 was very difficult.
The Gibson family had a small town, eight villages, and an iron mine. Even so, they could only support 40 or so soldiers and 5 knights.
Fortunately, he had the support of the summoning of food divine spell, and could transfer food through the Tesseract of Fortune. Otherwise, the dozens of elite warriors he brought back would have to disarm and return to work.
This was the limitation of this plane and this era. Productivity was too low, even if a serious person was very strict.
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