Chapter 180: Divine Favor, Divine Power, and Divine Cutting Swordsmanship
"Tell me, Dark Wizard, what do you see?"
Howard, who had never actually appeared on the scene, and whose old voice had always lingered in the night, was silent for a moment before hesitantly replied:
"I saw a 'vibration'...... A particle, a particle that I can't grasp. In other words, it is even smaller than the essence of the Magic, and it is in the midst of a frantic and disordered cluster of vibrations...... Is this the use of 'divine power'? No, no, it should be somehow to mimic the same effect as God-given power... Is this why Borgia's family swordsmanship was given the name 'Divine Judgment'......? ”
Because this is a world where there are indeed "gods" in reality, the noun that can be recognized as "god" will not be a simple thing. For example, the profession of the Divine Favor -
They are the third great system of extraordinary beings independent of knights and wizards, and the strength of this group does not come from the "palace of knowledge" that has been forged little by little through training and learning and stored in the minds of the extraordinary, but from the "tree of faith" planted by the gods themselves, so there is an essential difference.
The way in which the Divine Favor obtains extraordinary abilities may seem like a free-earned process to the uninformed, but in reality, the number of people who can meet the requirements of the Divine Favor is much scarcer than that of the Knights and Wizards.
Not only do they need to devoke their devotion to the gods and even their lives, but they will never be able to break away from the control of the order, the church, and even the Holy See to which they belong, and they must not betray them for the rest of their lives, and they must not violate all kinds of prohibitions and regulations.
The gods have completely lost the "freedom" of being human, and this is what the extraordinary people often crave most after possessing superhuman strength......
The war between the Blonde Knight and the Hive Clan is still going on for a short time. Ten seconds later, when the fiftieth monster's hideous-looking huge head was lightly cut off by Qiong'an, and fell into the mud with a bang, splashing a large area of filthy muddy water, the old wizard who had been secretly observing from the side seemed to have come to a new conclusion:
"But you have only caused this phenomenon that is similar to 'divine power', and you cannot use 'divine power' and 'divine power' like high-ranking divine dependents."
He responded affirmatively, and at the same time his attitude regained his calmness and confidence.
"That's not enough to give me an 'absolute advantage' over my magic."
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The biggest difference between the Divine Beings and the Extraordinary is the "power" they use.
Some of these people also use magic, but because they don't come into contact with it often, after all, the gods do their daily job praying to the gods rather than exercising themselves, so they will definitely be at a disadvantage compared to knights or wizards of the same rank.
It's just that, on the one hand, the Divine Favorites are able to do incredible things through all kinds of wonderful divine abilities: in the first battle, even the high-ranking extraordinary people may suffer a loss in the face of the surprise attack of the Divine Favor who originally had a rank gap without knowing it;
On the other hand, what really makes them impossible to underestimate is that they can mobilize the "power of God" in a short period of time. Although extremely faint and insignificant, it is indeed part of the supreme power of the Mayan world.
The difference between "divine power" and "magical power" is that magic forces the magic element, while the divine power interferes with something more fundamental, and compared to the magic element that has been ubiquitous in the Mayan world, which is more secure and stable, the material particles that the "divine power" interferes with are more dangerous and unstable.
Because of the difference in nature, the power of God can completely restrain magic, and this difference is what Howard Nullen called "absolute superiority".
According to the theory, the extraordinary beings who have reached the legendary rank have been able to grasp the existence of "magic elements" in nature through their own senses; But they can't see the more microscopic realm, which is the realm that only belongs to the saints and even the gods in the human world, which is the forbidden area of divine power.
Of course, ordinary deities are also unable to comprehend the mysteries of this level.
They are merely using God-given power mechanically, following the instructions given to them by the Tree of Faith; Or to put it more exaggeratedly, they are just vassals of the "power of God", a fragile carrier based on the **mortal womb.
Because of this, in terms of strength and realm, they do not have any room for self-improvement, only through the rewards of the gods...... Unless you can inherit the legacy of a fallen old god like Willett Edward. But this odds are no different from those of the Chosen One.
For the self-respecting and ambitious extraordinary, this kind of life like living in prison is not what they want. Even if people are willing to maintain fear or respect for the gods, and are willing to be loyal and serve the gods, they cannot like to be marionettes for the rest of their lives; At least reach the rank of legend and reach the realm of the crowned one, and only then can he be qualified to rule the world as a servant of God-
This is the goal of the vast majority of extraordinary people.
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The reason why Howard was able to tell that the school of swordsmanship used by Joan Borgia resonated at the level of "divine power" was because as a legendary wizard, although he could observe phenomena such as the air being heated by high temperatures and the turbulence of energy that erupted when the neck of the three-headed snake lizard was severed, he could not observe the process that caused this phenomenon.
For the same reason, he was able to confirm that the blonde knight was not a god.
Even in the Holy See, not all clergy have been "baptized."
On the one hand, it is due to the high requirements of the faithfulness and purity of the bereavers, and on the other hand, the nature of the deities makes them destined to have great flaws.
Moreover, because the abilities and attributes of the gods are often determined by their beliefs, the abilities they are good at are relatively simple, and once they are analyzed, it is easy to find weaknesses - this is why in the history of religious evolution in the Mayan continent, countless emerging shoe cults and sects will never be the opponents of the official forces that really take action to carry out encirclement and suppression.
A giant organization like the Holy See, which can rule over most of the Eastern Continent and Middle-earth, naturally does not leave loopholes. They actively recruited talents in various fields, including the direct clergy they trained, and the absolute number of them continued to be the most ordinary: "Templars" and "cathars", and even "theologians" whose names differed but whose actual scope of study was not much different from that of wizards.
The "youngest cardinal in history" in front of him is one of the best.
"I'm sorry, Lord Nuron, but I lost my words just now, but your eyesight is actually pretty good. I'm starting to want to meet you a little bit. Next ......"
The blonde youth had once again killed a dozen howling monsters in an instant, smiling as he shook off the sticky, dripping blood stained with the "Earth Sword" as if he were using a real knight's sword, and struck a standard thrust stance.
- "I'm coming for you. ”
His figure vanished abruptly, leaving only a fierce sound that pierced his eardrums echoed in place.