Chapter 181 It is truly a divine weapon, I will control the faith of God!

Deya clenched the God's Spine in his hand, and he raised the spine that was like a bone sword and a staff high up.

Through the connection of the spine, his consciousness was connected with countless believers. At this moment, Deya really thought that he had become a god, the God of Dawn.

Trying hard to restrain the power that made him excited, Deya reminded himself that all this was just an illusion, just an illusion. He was just a five-ring necromancer, not a real god. He should not indulge in the power that did not belong to him.

Deya calmed down and looked at Patricia, who was sitting in the air with a leisurely look. He asked softly, "Silent Chanter? You said that you tore off half of the essence of this god. What does that mean exactly?"

Patricia shook her head regretfully and said, "I still can't quite recall anything about this."

Deya frowned: "You haven't recovered all your memories?"

Patricia looked at the body of the God of Dawn floating in front of her, her scarlet eyes flickering as she said, “After seeing His body, I remembered some things, but these memories are discontinuous and lack a connecting thread.

This is about the historical mystery of the nine great gods. Even for me, at least my current weak strength, I cannot break through that historical mystery."

"Historical mystery lock? Never heard of it."

Deya thought about it and shook his head.

The mystery lock is actually similar to a magic circle, using the concept of "lock" to hide things, mainly for assistance or defense.

But precisely because it is blocked by numerous locks, if you want to find what is hidden by the mystery lock, you need to crack it or use violence to solve it.

It’s just that puzzle locks usually exist in reality, but Deya doesn’t understand the historical puzzle locks which are almost conceptual.

“This is a mystery lock that affects the entire world and was jointly set up by the nine righteous gods. What they have sealed is the history of a thousand years ago.

You and those wizards have been searching for the true history, but can't find any clues. This is because of the active intervention of the gods."

Deya asked, "Why did the nine gods do this? What important information has history hidden that the gods dare not let people know?"

Patricia smiled and said, "Hiding history is only one of their purposes. Their more important goal is to cut off the strong from this world.

To advance, you need to recall the world, and the world recalls all come from the true history of ancient times. If the ancient history is completely cut off and no one knows about it anymore, do you think anyone can successfully advance to the eighth ring?"

The puppet girl's words changed Deya's expression, and he immediately understood what Patricia said.

If even the world's memories cannot be traced back to an older history, then wouldn't it really completely cut off the possibility of becoming an eight-ring?

The number of rings increases as the level goes up, and the difficulty becomes higher and higher.

What the world recalls is real history. Judging from the past thousand years alone, there has not been any historical event that is likely to make it possible for a seventh-ring person to be promoted to an eighth-ring person. The difficulty is simply not enough.

Unless one is like himself, participating in the world recollection of forbidden objects, but forbidden objects are rare, and even the eighth ring may not possess one, which almost cuts off the possibility of mortals' advancement.

"Got it, Deya? As a mage, you should be qualified in history. Think carefully, has anyone successfully advanced to the eighth ring in the past hundred years? Excluding the nine orthodox churches."

Patricia's gentle words made Deya's thoughts diverge quickly.

Has anyone reached the eighth ring in the past hundred years?

Deya’s answer is no!

Being promoted to the eighth ring is a major event even in the Okaner continent. Becoming the eighth ring truly represents that you have power beyond the mundane world and are almost like a half-god in the mortal world.

Therefore, whenever someone is promoted to the eighth ring, it is a major event worth writing about, but in the past hundred years, no one has been able to succeed in the promotion.

It is quite normal for the nine orthodox churches to have eight or even nine rings, because the priest system is different from all other professions.

The promotion of a priest depends on the grace of God and the blessing of faith, so every pope of the nine orthodox churches is either eight or nine rings.

This is also the reason why the nine righteous gods are believed in by countless people and regarded as true gods.

"What do the nine righteous gods want to do? They want to cut off the entire extraordinary system in the mortal world. Do they want the church to unify the world?"

Deya murmured to himself, unable to give a reasonable explanation for the gods' actions.

If the Eight Rings and Nine Rings no longer exist in this world, and if only the Orthodox Church has the Eight Rings and Nine Rings, then it would be very easy for the nine Orthodox Churches to unify the world.

This is equivalent to me having a nuclear bomb and you don’t, and I can use this nuclear bomb at will, who wouldn’t be afraid?
What happens next? After unifying the world, the nine gods fight among themselves to determine the winner?

Deya doesn't believe that the nine righteous gods can really wear the same pants. Just like the fire of order and the will of chaos, they are inherently opposite.

Unless there is something that is the common goal of the nine righteous gods, they will carry out a joint plan together.

"I didn't know that this matter was also hidden in the historical mystery. Your teacher and the mages of the Nine Rings Tower were also investigating and researching these things.

What exactly do the nine gods want to do? This is the puzzlement of all the Nine Ring Tower mages. For the mages who value inheritance, this is something they absolutely cannot allow. If they lose the promotion channels of the Eight Rings and Nine Rings, the mages will completely lose their inheritance!"

Patricia's words finally answered many of Deya's questions.

Deya even thought of many things. Could this cursed continental island be the experimental site of the nine righteous gods, and a successful one at that?

Is God spreading the results of the experiment to the entire world?

But according to records, the island had already become like this when the Goddess of Dawn and the God of Dark Moon were still alive.

The two goddesses were unable to stop the nine gods? Because they were not strong enough?
But the Dark Moon Goddess also said that He tore off half of the Silent Singer's divine essence, which shows that the Dark Moon Goddess is definitely not weak.

Some of Deya's doubts were answered, but at the same time, more questions arose.

It’s not that Patricia didn’t tell him. Judging from Patricia’s condition, she had problems herself and was really affected by the mystery lock of the nine righteous gods.

"If, I mean if, I want to become a god, what should I do?"

The ambition to become a god still burns in Deya's heart.

As a time traveler and a wizard, Deya has no fear of God at all. The so-called God is nothing but a creature with more powerful power.

This is a completely different idea from the indigenous people's belief in God.

"I do not know."

Patricia shook her head.

Deya was stunned.

"You do not know?"

You don't know what the hell you're saying!
Patricia laughed softly:

“Although I don’t know, your teacher may know. Although I didn’t die completely, my consciousness should have completely fallen. Coupled with the loss of faith, I even lost the way to resurrection.

But your appearance changed everything, Deya. No matter whether it was seven hundred years ago or five hundred years ago, your appearance has made me feel much better. My consciousness has occasionally been able to become clear in the past few hundred years.

I have been observing you. Your teacher Irwin was also my subject of observation. He is a person who pursues the truth to the extreme. He has been searching for the secrets of God, and he has really discovered something. "

After a pause, Patricia continued, "...Go find your teacher. Combine what he knows with the weights in my hand. Perhaps we can create a miracle."

Deya looked at Patricia calmly, and her words undoubtedly completely acknowledged her identity.

Deya asked a secret that he had kept deep in his heart and no one knew: "Did I change history?"

"Based on my observation, that's right."

“How did I do that?”

Deya himself only has a vague understanding of himself.

“I don’t know the specific reason, but I have a guess that it is related to the world’s recollection. However, you know, my memory is confused now, so I can’t give you a definite answer.

You just need to remember that you are special. I believe you are the opportunity to change everything. Otherwise, why would I boldly connect with your soul? It is just to make you trust me.

If you die, I will die completely too. I am taking a gamble, a huge gamble with my own life."

Patricia stared at Deya with her ruby ​​eyes encouragingly:

"...You have to work hard for it. If you succeed, you will get everything you want, authority, immortal power, and even... the goddess herself!"

On the doll girl's delicate face, there appeared a deep and mysterious smile, like that of a night-glowing grass.

Deya was not at all agitated by Patricia's words. He felt unusually calm inside.

Everything Patricia said was exactly what Deya was looking for.

He is a man with strong subjective initiative. He has been pursuing these things since he traveled through time.

"First, let me tell you what benefits it can bring to me."

Deya raised the staff of the divine spine in his hand and asked slowly.

Patricia smiled in appreciation of Deya's calmness, as he remained true to himself and was not affected by external things.

She said: “First, it allows you to control the Dawn Church. With the power of the Dawn Pastors, you will be the orthodox of the Dawn Church.

Before you were the Son of Dark Moon, now you are the Son of Dawn, and you must make all church believers bow down to you as the Son of God."

Deya nodded slightly.

Unfortunately, both the elite armies of England and the Church of the Dawn in Sussetani were destroyed in the battle of the Third Cathedral.

This reduced the strength of the Dawn Church to its lowest point.

But on the other hand, if both sides had not perished together, he would have had no chance of entering the Third Church and obtaining the Spine of the God, and he would have been impossible to control the Church of Dawn.

So there is no need for me to feel lost.

Moreover, even if the most elite troops of the Dawn Church have perished, the broad foundation of faith is still there.

Especially as for England, it was a country with a true integration of politics and religion. When he controlled the ability to select priests of the Dawn Church, it meant that England had already submitted to him.

Before, Deya was worried about how to conquer England, a country with a very strong religious atmosphere, but now the worry can be put to rest.

Precisely because of its strong religious atmosphere, it has become easier to make England surrender now.

Patricia continued:
“…Secondly, I mentioned before that you can let your undead creatures gain mythic power. Now you can use it to grant undead creatures mythic power.

But there is a prerequisite, that is, this undead creature must have believed in the God of Dawn or the Dark Moon when he was alive. "

Is it necessary to believe in these two gods?
Well, it makes sense if you think about it carefully. If the mythical powers of other extraordinary professionals are related to the nine righteous gods, then the mythical powers of the God of Dawn and the God of Dark Moon are not within the system of the nine righteous gods.

I must optimize the types of undead creatures.

The bone dragon must never give up. Even if the bone dragon cannot master the power of myth through the spine in its hand, it has the shadow of the dragon and can use the power of dragon feast.

In particular, dragons are far more powerful than ordinary extraordinary professionals, so the bone dragon must be kept.

For the rest, you need to consider it yourself.

As expected of a divine weapon made from the corpse of God, these two abilities alone are enough to satisfy Deya.

The first ability will allow Deya to obtain the highest authority in the Church of Dawn, and the second ability will make Deya nearly invincible below the eighth ring.

The reason why he was close was that he was still a five-ring necromancer and there was still a possibility that he would be beheaded by others.

But Patricia's next words relieved Deya of all his worries.

"Gods can bestow power upon their believers. You are God's Chosen One. If it were during my heyday, I could even allow you to directly become an eighth- or ninth-ring priest.

Although I don't have that power now, you can use it to give yourself a perfect chance to advance to the sixth ring!"

Deya thought for a while and asked, "Will this promotion make me a sixth-ring mage or a sixth-ring priest?" Deya suddenly remembered that he still had the level of a level 1 Dawn Priest.

The power bestowed by God increases the level of the priest. Does this mean that he can change his career?
Patricia explained: "Your teacher should have explained to you the principle of mythical power, which is to open a channel from the material world to the outflow world.

The most widely known channel is owned by the nine righteous gods. The gods can fully use their authority and power to give you the green light at the channel, making your promotion extremely simple.

However, this requires the consumption of the power of the gods, so the gods will only use it among their believers and cannot use it indefinitely.

Now that you have mastered another path that is different from the nine true gods, you can open a shortcut for yourself and let yourself go out of the world, and naturally gain the power of myth."

After a pause, Patricia continued: "...But this can only be used when the fifth ring is promoted to the sixth ring. The promotion from the seventh ring to the eighth ring is completely different.

If you want to open the channel from the outflow realm to the formation realm, this requires you to recognize the power you possess. This is not something that can be opened up for you by the outside world.

Unless you are a priest of a certain god, and you make your cognition equal to that of the god, and thus be promoted, that is how the god bestows the power of the Eight Rings upon his followers. "

From Patricia's words, Deya finally had a conceptual understanding of the basic principles of this promotion system.

As a mage, understanding the source of power will help you achieve a breakthrough.

But Deya vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The method by which gods help believers or others to ascend is to skip the world's recollection.

This makes the world recall the concept of promotion, which seems not important at all in this theory of promotion with the help of gods.

Because God can let you get promoted directly without having to go through the world's recollection.

Therefore, either there is something wrong with the world's recollection, or there is something wrong with the gods themselves.

Deya had a hunch that this might involve the greatest secret and truth in the world!
"Even if you can make me an eight-ring, the price is to make me a priest, I will refuse."

Now Deya has a clear understanding of the entire extraordinary career system.

Among all these professions, only the priest is the most special. The priest is completely a vassal of God. On the contrary, other extraordinary professionals are more free.

Among them, the one with the greatest freedom is the mage!
There is no upper limit to becoming a priest. You can already see the climax in your lifetime. Deya's identity as the Chosen One of God is the ultimate pursuit of all priests.

Deya's fingers gently stroked the pale spine in his hand.

This spine has temperature, it is not dead cold, Deya even feels that it is alive, and it is not that the spine has its own consciousness.

Instead, if Deya feels carefully, he will find that the goddess' spine moves in his hands, as if it still exists in the body of the god.

"Do you want to use this ability to advance yourself to the sixth ring?"

"Of course, there is no doubt about this."

"There is one thing I want to remind you of. There will be a side effect of doing this."

"What side effects?"

Deya frowned.

"Your current strength does not meet the standard for promotion from the fifth ring to the sixth ring. If you force the promotion, it will make it more difficult for you to advance from the sixth ring to the seventh ring. I have to remind you that this is like the word 'loan' invented by humans."

Patricia floated in the air, her arms folded across her chest as she spoke.

Isn't this similar to the shortcut of the evil way and the accumulation of strength of the righteous way?

Deya thought in his heart.

Since you have chosen a shortcut to promotion, the price will naturally be paid in the future.

This is actually a choice between immediate combat capability and future combat capability.

Deya made the decision without much thought.

He chose immediate combat power!
As long as he is promoted to the sixth ring, he will possess the power of myth, the last shortcoming will be made up, and the decapitation tactic will not work on him unless the opponent is a strong man above the eighth ring.

As for the price to be paid afterwards.

Deya glanced at his panel and sneered in his heart.

Maybe for other people, this matter may make them hesitate, but you don’t have to care about it at all.

The most powerful thing about the panel's golden finger is that your efforts will be rewarded.

Besides, there is Lamia's power to control time. This price is actually the same as nothing. He can completely use Lamia's power and the gold finger of the panel to offset the side effects.

"I understand. Now help me get promoted directly."

"Now is not the time."

"Why? Does this promotion require other preparations?"

Deya said somewhat unhappily.

Patricia pursed her lips and smiled: "Promotion always takes time, but now you have more important things to do. Lamia and Mavis, those two witches, are no match for Kirkadi II.

They have bought you time for so long, and it is almost reaching its limit. "

Only then did Deya remember that there was still a battle up there that was not over yet. He was also a little too excited to have suddenly obtained so many benefits, and he became a little too proud of himself.

He said calmly: "Well, we should deal with Kirkadi II first."

At this time, Deya looked at the Pope of the Church of Dawn with disdain as if he were an ant at his feet.

Because the Pope is a priest, a priest of the Dawn, which means that his power can be deprived at any time.

"Let's go, Patricia, let's get rid of our Pope first."

After that, Deya held the Spine of God in his hand and pointed it at the half-body corpse of the Goddess of Dawn. Layers of crystals appeared on the corpse again, protecting the corpse.

Patricia flew to Deya's shoulder and sat down. She crossed her slender legs, crossed her arms over her chest, and said leisurely:
"You can temporarily use this corpse as a source of energy for the Mage Tower. With it, your Mage Tower can be built."

Deya was not happy, but asked: "You just said that this body will be given to you in the end, but if I build a wizard tower, what will I use to replace it?"

"Then you need to find a replacement yourself."

“It turns out I still have to rely on myself.”

Deya muttered.

Patricia whispered, "Go find all the parts of the body. When you find all the parts, I will exchange the part of the Singer of Silence that is God's essence with you."

Patricia has been with Deya for quite some time, and she knows Deya's character very well.

You must let him see the obvious benefits, benefits that can be exchanged with him, then he will work for you seriously.

If there was no benefit at all, Deya would probably be passive and would have no interest in helping her find all the body fragments.

Deya will be enthusiastic and motivated only when he knows that he can benefit.

Patricia sat on Deya's shoulders, and the two dolls walked out of the basement and went up the stairs.

When he walked up the long stairs and arrived at the auditorium again, Deya saw Monroe, the president of the Inquisition, standing next to the coffin in the auditorium.

When Monroe saw Deya coming out from underground, he asked, "I won't ask what's down there. I only have one question: Can you kill Kirkadi II now?"

Deya looked at him calmly and nodded, "Yes."

"How sure are you?"

"Absolutely sure."

Monroe was finally relieved when he heard Deya's answer. He smiled and said:
"Although I am also one of the murderers and have no right to say this, but being able to see him die here, I can finally atone for my sins."

He looked at the coffins and said, "...Kirkadi II has lived for more than 400 years. His teacher is Kirkadi I, the first pope of the Susaitani Church.

He had been in charge of the Church of Dawn after the death of Kirkadi I. As a seven-ring priest, he should have lived to be no more than a hundred years old.

But Kirkadi II possessed a power that I didn't understand. He broke through the limits of his lifespan, and he didn't want the British to discover this, so he needed to hide his identity.

Inside these coffins are all successive popes of Susaitani, all of whom were chosen by Kirkadi II, who then killed them and replaced them with himself to perform false roles.

Monroe murmured, telling Deya about the true identity of Kirkadi II.

Deya was indeed a little surprised. He originally thought that it was the Dawn Church of Susetani that had used generations of people to study the corpse of God to achieve the current result.

It turns out that the only person who actually did this from beginning to end was Kirkadi II, who was the genius that Patricia mentioned.

But no matter what Kirkadi II's true identity was, his fate was already determined.

Deya took a step forward and left the auditorium.

It's time to end everything, not only to kill Kirkadi II, but also to completely unify this continent.

Although Deya had the idea of ​​unifying Susaitani in the past, the Cavendish family also had sufficient legitimacy.

However, Deya actually doesn't have any good ideas on how to rule the theocracy of England.

His original idea was to take over the country by force and then spend a long time integrating the two countries.

But now that he has obtained the "Goddess's Spine", Deya is absolutely sure that he can completely control the church country of England in his own hands.

……

In the square of the third cathedral in Susetsat, the dull eyes of King Kirkadi II, who had been unable to move, became clear.

In front of him, Mavis's face was pale and she was sweating all over.

Lamia also looked grim and was breathing heavily.

Kirkadi II is a fake Eight Rings, but in this church, he can truly control the power of the Eight Rings.

Because of the curse of the continental island, Mavis could not fight for long. She used Lamia's power of time to restrict Kirkadi II's actions.

Now Mavis has reached her limit and can no longer maintain her consciousness as a witch.

Kirkadi II smiled and said, "High elves, in this cathedral, even if a Nine-ring strongman comes, he may not be able to kill me.

You cannot defeat the curse of this island. The only fate for those who make my enemy is death.

Now that your power has reached its limit, how can you stop me?"

Then, he looked at Lamia again and exclaimed:
"...The power of time. It's incredible that a witch can control such power. I'm interested in you!"

Mavis wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hand and whispered, "Why hasn't Deya come back yet, and..."

Moreover, even if Deya came back, would he really be able to defeat the Pope? In this cathedral, as Kirkadi II himself said, even if a Nine Rings strongman came, he might not be able to kill him absolutely.

Here, there is the power of God!
Lamia said nothing, but she was ready.

If things don't go right, she lets Mavis kill her and start over.

At this moment, in the corner of the square, there was a crisp sound of footsteps, and Deya said confidently and calmly: "It seems that I came at the right time!"

(End of this chapter)