Novel Bin
Chapter 812
ꨡ[6B a~oN{2: Chapter 0812: The Church Chapter 812: Chapter 0812: The Church The flames danced merrily, licking the breadfruit.
Several crevices burst open, revealing the snow-white flesh inside, and the fragrant smell wafted everywhere.
Phil sniffed, his stomach already growling, but he did not dare to be the first to move; instead, he glanced at the white-robed figure sitting there.
He looked very young, very clean, even cleaner than the upper-class residents of the settlement, which was quite inconceivable.
And just moments ago, Phil had witnessed the other’s terrifying strength.
The beast that lurked in the breadfruit woods, thwarting scavengers time and again, had been easily obliterated by him.
The leaders of the Black Tiger Gang and the Skull Society didn’t even dare to fart in his presence, compliantly walking away.
‘If only I had such power…’
Phil stared at Su Lu and felt puzzled: ‘I feel like I’ve seen this person before…’
…
“My lord, it’s done!”
Tannasa didn’t think too much and handed the baked breadfruit to Su Lu.
Su Lu took a piece, tasted it, and found the flavor mediocre, a bit bland, a bit astringent, not like real white bread.
But seeing the envious stares of the people around him, it was obviously considered the ultimate delicacy, and he couldn’t help but smile, “Go on, eat!”
After Tannasa’s signal, a group of children, like beggars, immediately pounced on it, clutching the flesh in their hands, even if they coughed from eating too quickly, they desperately covered their mouths, not willing to let even a tiny bit fall.Phil did the same, so it didn’t take long before he was desperately rolling his eyes, pounding his chest.
“Eat slower…”
Su Lu took a sip of water with a smile, “Are you locals?”
“Yes, lord, where are you from?”
Tannasa asked curiously.
Though she was an adult, her understanding of the world was still limited to the area around the settlement.
“Me?
Consider me a lone wanderer…” Su Lu thought for a moment before answering, then asked, “Is this… how you all live?”
“If it’s not this kind of life, what else could it be?” Tannasa’s expression showed bewilderment and numbness.
In her view, this life of uncertainty from the moment of birth, scrounging around for food like a dog, enduring hunger—hadn’t countless generations done the same?
“No… in distant lands to the east and west, new powers have emerged, known as—the Church!”
A smile flickered across Su Lu’s face.
Although He made it difficult for the divine entities to enter the Star Realm in their true forms, casting divine powers, influencing events, or even descending avatars, posed little problem.
After centuries of recuperation and exploration, those divinities exiled to the Star Realm had all learned this method.
And for them, although the faith of mortals was not essential, it did have its benefits.
Therefore, establishing the Church and developing faith was a natural course of action for these divinities.
“The Church, what is that?”
Phil’s ears pricked up, and he forgot about competing for food, hurrying to ask.
“It’s a large force made up of many people, whose faith has spread across several city-states.
The priests within possess magical powers…
They worship the divine, hoping the divine will save them and free them from suffering.”
Su Lu’s lips curled up, as he elaborated for them, “In the east, there’s the Natural Sect; they worship the ‘Mother of Nature,’ also known as ‘Lady of the Earth,’ and in the west, there’s the Church of the God of Knowledge, which venerates the ‘Wise Sage’…
Both of these are Righteous Gods.”
With the collapse of the Magic Net, Ilya was no longer ‘Goddess of the Magic Network.’
The so-called ‘Natural Sect’ was a front she’d created herself.
Tacro, on the other hand, declared himself as the ‘Wise Sage,’ without conflicting with Ilya over their preaching territories.
“Righteous Gods?”
Gazing into a sea of bewildered eyes, Su Lu continued his explanation, “The so-called Righteous Gods are those that are quite benevolent to humanity.
They don’t demand overly severe sacrifices, nor do they intentionally kill their followers…
In contrast to the Righteous Gods are the Evil Gods, whose followers are very fierce and dangerous.
They often use living beings as sacrifices and possess very strange powers; one must be careful when encountering them.”
“Some well-known Evil Gods include the ‘Star Explorer,’ ‘Master of Dreams,’ ‘Original Fire,’ ‘God of Resurrection,’ ‘Master of the Arcane,’ and so on…”
In reality, these were just covers for the Ancient Rulers.
Aside from the ‘Star Explorer’ and ‘Master of Dreams,’ Montiq, who had already escaped his confines, the other three were still sealed.
But they were already able to extend their power beyond the seals, similar to Montiq’s condition from before.
These Evil Gods are worshipped for their formidable powers, and they gather followers with various intentions, mainly to break free from their confines.
As for Montiq, it was purely because he was so contaminated with power that he accumulated the most progeny.
‘It’s actually quite amusing…
Ilya and Tacro both refuse to associate with the magicians from the past; after all, they’re the ones responsible for causing the continent to fragment.
Therefore, they took on new identities to preach…
In contrast, the Ancient Ruler known as the Dominator of the Skies, Avit, truly possessed the domain of the arcane…’
“Then are you a priest, sir?” Phil asked Su Lu, staring at him.
The mysterious power the other had displayed before was still on his mind.
“Me?” Su Lu laughed: “I’m not a priest, but I indeed have a power at my disposal, and it’s called—Knowledge!
With enough knowledge, one can leverage transcendent strength.”
“The foundation of power for ancient ‘magicians’ laid in the ‘Vormont Language’; all other spells, even the Magic Net, were based on the runes of the Vormont Language…
Of course, the divine’s intervention transformed the world, rendering the Vormont Language gradually ineffective, resulting in the magicians heading into their twilight…”
As Su Lu narrated, not only Phil and Tannasa but also some children who had eaten their fill listened intently to the tale, their eyes shining.
“However, even though the Vormont Language has lost its power, there’s more than one transcendent language…
For instance, the ‘Morphy Language,’ which is the language granted by the divine to priests…”
Upon hearing this, Phil’s expression shifted: “Sir…
Can you teach us the Morphy Language?”
“No!”
Su Lu laughed: “Learning a language is a long-term course, and I won’t stay that long…”
Seeing Tannasa’s somewhat disappointed expression, he changed his tone, “However…
there is another path that can grant you power from the Beasts, if you dare to take it.”
“What path?”
Phil eagerly asked.
“Integration…
with the bloodline of Beasts!”
Su Lu said, “This has already been successful on the northern continent, where eating and breeding have been proven to be the two most suitable ways to seize the power of bloodlines…
However, I suggest using alchemy for a better harmony.”
This path leaned more towards Bloodline Wizards than magicians.
Still, one could indeed bypass the Magic Net and gain power!
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