23 The conspiracy of fear
In the silent chapel, the middle-aged bishop's voice was serious and solemn.
"Although I don't know the details of your ability, I can see that it is actually full of inducing properties. And that's just one sign that the Lord of Fear has his eye on you. ”
Bernie, who was standing next to him, nodded thoughtfully, "Indeed, this ability allows me to do a lot of private things without being detected. ”
Bishop Rhodes didn't expect this to be quite self-conscious, so he was stunned, and then said approvingly: "Yes, if I have this wonderful ability, then it is actually difficult for me to guarantee that I will not try to do something out of the ordinary in private." ”
"Or maybe I can restrain my thoughts for now, but in the future, can I keep trying?"
"And then, when I do these things, do I still have the idea of reverence when I face our canons?"
The middle-aged bishop's words meant something, and Bernie echoed in response: "I may still obey it on the surface, but in private I don't think so, because I can foul at any time, and no one can find out." ”
"I'm glad you can detect this trap." Rhodes applauded this, and then the conversation changed.
"But there's another trap here."
He spoke, looking inquiringly at Bernie, as if expecting Bernie to perceive something he was trying to say.
"Do you mean about money?"
"Money ......"
That's not what Rhodes was trying to say, but he didn't interrupt Bernie, so he heard Bernie say a series of remarks that he couldn't help but be a little dazed.
"Although the main thing we seek in our daily life is money, money is not what we really want."
"For the sake of convenience, we used the equivalent of money in exchange for the goods we needed, but as we became more and more dependent on the use of money in exchange, the things we needed were marked with different prices." 78 Chinese fastest .7&δ update on the whole network
Bernie frowned, "Once we're not sure what exactly we're pursuing, we're going down the path of hoarding money. ”
"The same is true of this ability, the difference is that it does not even use money based on the mutual trust of the crowd, but uses the supernatural ability to use the wealth that seems to be human money from the void to buy what seems to be what the human world has."
"Its source is emptiness, existence is emptiness, the future is still emptiness, and once such emptiness is mistakenly regarded as a kind of glory, I will sink into such emptiness."
As he spoke, Bernie concluded: "In the long run, money will be my master, and I will take this situation as an honor." It has to be said that this is a sinister ability. ”
"Yes, it's sinister......"
Rhodes nodded a little stiffly, "I mean, huh...... You should use it sparingly. ”
"But now that I've learned it, running away seems to have become a form of cowardice."
Bernie said thoughtfully: "The demon king may be tempting me, but the wisdom of God is also protecting me. ”
Rhodes was stunned when he heard this, and then he was surprised.
He didn't expect that this person not only had a unique insight into this induction ability, but also had such a positive mentality.
This made some of his original worries completely disappear, and he felt very happy.
"If you think so, I'm completely relieved." Rhodes said cheerfully, and then explained, "But that's not what I wanted to talk about before. ”
"What's that?"
"Your anomaly isn't just about this unique ability. You may not realize that some people around you can easily panic. ”
"Panic?"
"Yes, panic, it's hard to detect, but it's there."
Rhodes nodded and said, "This will not be a problem for a short time, but after a long time, when you realize that you are surrounded by some fragile and small people, will you still see them as your kind in need of help, or will you see them as some imbecile idiots?"
"Of course, transcendents are inherently different from ordinary people, but the difference you face will be even more obvious."
"So on the one hand, the demon king wanted me to feel the insignificance and fragility of worldly human beings, and on the other hand, he gave me the wonderful power to transcend the world and control the world...... Does he want to make my arrogance look empty? ”
Bernie smiled, "That's a good intention. ”
Bishop Rhodes smiled as well, "I was worried about this before, but now I want to say that the Demon King has underestimated you, and you will surprise him. ”
As he spoke, his smile narrowed, "But we still need to be vigilant about this, and we must not be careless." Because the Demon King's tricks may not be the only ones. ”
"So why do you think you're the Lord of Fear?" Bernie asked, "Maybe it's some other devil?" ”
"I guessed it from Hull." Rhodes replied, then mentioning that he had sensed something was wrong at the time of the gouging incident and had conducted an in-depth investigation, eventually learning of the suicide of the Patriarch of the Church of the Blind God.
"There are indications that during that ritual, all of them were subjected to a strong sense of fear, which eventually scared them into madness."
"And the suicide of Longman Mormon, although there is no clue, but referring to other people, I think that his death was also because of this fear shock."
As Bernie listened, Rhodes explained, "Longman Mormon is a veteran heretic, and it is impossible for a mortal being to force him to commit suicide with a fear spell, only some powerful devil, or even the Lord of Dread himself, can do it. And the demagogic demon on the murderer's body is also not something that ordinary devils can drive at will. ”
"But that alone doesn't seem to be certain...... Bernie asked, "and I don't think it's the only clue to your conclusion?" ”
"That's right, beyond this, we can't ignore what happened in Ibiza, isn't the female devil who released the seal a minion of the Lord of Fear?"
Under Bernie's quiet watch, Rhodes dug deeper and deeper into the matter.
"It also explains the holy water incident in Neham."
"We had previously suspected that there was a hellish force behind the Holy Water incident. Now that I think about it, if it weren't for the Holy Water incident, you would still be in the deacon stage, and it would be impossible to be promoted to the priest level. What is happening in Hull Town is very different from the Holy Water Incident, but the effect is similar. ”
"The results of these things are in line with the abilities and traits you possess, and they seem to be very helpful to you, but in fact they are all quietly fueling your pride and complacency."
"So, the Seal, Neuham, Hull Town, ......"
Rhodes concludes: "This series of events seems to be unrelated, but in fact there is a hidden connection. Perhaps the Lord of Dreads had his sights on you before you entered the Sealed Lands, perhaps even earlier. ”
"But did he do so much just to make me arrogant and vain, and eventually go to depravity?" Bernie asked faintly.
There may be more reasons for this, but this alone is understandable. Bernie, don't underestimate the value of a god's favor to the church, and don't think that a fallen god's favor will do no harm to the church. ”
Rhodes said solemnly: "You are important, important enough that the Lord of Fear will be willing to do these things quietly and not choose to act forcefully, in the hope that you will be able to make your fall silent and undetected before it takes shape." ”
As he spoke, he said in a soothing tone, "Fortunately, we detected his conspiracy in advance. ”
"So what are you going to do?"
"First of all, the matter must be reported to the Pope. And then...... That one broke the seal and planted a lure for you, maybe there will be some big moves in the future, so maybe, um......"
"Maybe we can use my depravity to mislead the other side?"
"We can't try to calculate a demon king, Bernie, it's arrogant in itself."
……
"But we can give this advice to His Holiness the Pope, and let him decide."