Chapter 203: Hiding from the Sky and Crossing the Sea
No one knows what God is like. But it's certainly not like a mechanical puppet like the gods of the Divine Grace Realm. Sheary named the complete version of the book he was working on called Atheism because he came to this conclusion.
The Grace Realm has been ruled by the gods for so long that even the mages here can't realize that there are no gods in the Grace Realm at all.
In a simple version of the Book of Divine Grace, even though Ciri is now a traveling scholar and protected by the god of knowledge, it is impossible for him to speak freely. He has extensively redacted out all the parts of the Book of Divine Grace that deal with the fall of the gods, and the nature of the gods has been revealed in a very subtle way of linguistic suggestion. If you don't take it seriously, you can't grasp the nature of the gods in the book, and even if you read it carefully, it will take a while to wake up. Of course, the owner's perception of the gods will change somewhat.
The Nether period is the most difficult to choose, and in fact it is a pivotal period in the history of the Terrans. Keeping quiet would make the entire history of the charity world seem vague and full of loopholes. Cutting it out directly will definitely make the "Book of Divine Grace" rank among the top churches.
After thinking about it for a long time, Ciri decided to describe this history in critical language that was in line with the tone of the church. Humanity relied on arcane to blaspheme the authority of the gods alone, and the first god of magic, Netheril, was cleared by the gods for protecting sinners, and many gods died heroically on the spot, while the rest were seriously injured.
In this way, many ecclesiastical believers in the gods can escape the scrutiny of many churches, and the fanatics of the gods will only think that the Book of Divine Grace is a praise of the great deeds of the gods and a warning to the world not to offend the majesty of the gods, or they will perish.
However, the wise will understand that the boundary between humans and gods is not so clear, and there are humans in history who can threaten the gods. And the gods are not as invincible as the church proclaims, and they will fall.
During the period of the Holy See, Cary focused on the history of the development of the church system, and of course praised it from the perspective of the Holy See. Here he wants to tell the world that the clergy of the so-called servants of the gods are not so noble as everyone else, they are also from ordinary people. The nobility of the clergy is based on the authority of the gods, and if you recognize the true colors of the gods, all the clergy are just accomplices of some ordinary rulers.
Ciri portrays the stupidity of the gods who have fallen after losing their struggles during the Wars, because they are the former enemies of the gods today. However, all the mistakes involving the reigning gods of the present day have been brushed aside. This also shows without a trace that the gods are not very intelligent, and that they are sometimes even inferior to mortals.
Although the abridged version of the Book of Divine Grace is based on the full version of Atheism, Ciri feels that he has spent no less energy on the Book of Divine Grace than on Atheism. Atheism is destined to be released only in the "underground", so Ciri can record all history as it is and speak freely. The Book of Divine Grace, on the other hand, requires a high degree of linguistic skill in order for it to pass the Church's review and be published normally, and to enlighten the world and expose the various essences of the charismatic realm.
After finishing the historical section, the Book of Divine Grace is finished, and Ciri's conclusion about godlessness will only appear in the complete version of Atheism, and there will be no such obvious remarks against the church and the gods in the Book of Divine Grace.
As for the complete version of "Atheism", Ciri not only has to note his own opinions and perceptions, but also needs to sort out and analyze all the magic materials in the Divine Grace Realm, and this complete version will not appear until he has summarized the magical background of the Divine Grace Realm and remarked it at the end of "Atheism".
After the creation of the "Book of Divine Grace", Ciri carried out some careful inspection and rectification to prevent the "Book of Divine Grace" from being defined as ** in the first place, and there was no room for revisation.
Ciri then asked someone to send the Book of Divine Charisma to the diocese headquarters of the god of literature, Dinaire, for review. All books intended for distribution in the charity realm must first be reviewed by the Dinaire Church to see if they contain some manifest prohibitions. Of course, the censorship system of the Dinaire church is very relaxed, as long as it does not contain specific content such as magic, and opposes the speech of all gods, even if the book denigrates a certain god, it can still pass the censorship, because there are many nonsensical things between the believers of the hostile churches and attack each other.
Of course, after the books have passed the censorship, if they want to sell in a certain diocese of the gods, they will have to be reviewed again by the church in power, and they will not allow books that slander their beliefs to appear in the diocese.
The Book of Divine Grace has a lot of content, and there are more than a dozen thick books after binding, but the review of the book is unusually smooth, and there is no specific magical content in the book, and there is no opposition to the gods, but it is full of many praises to the gods. Even if some of the content is related to the development and struggle of the gods, it seems to be a celebration of the greatness of the gods.
As an academic mage, Ciri's Book of Charisma is unusually well-organized and very appealing to readers. Coupled with the good writing, this historical book is even more interesting to read than those adventures.
In the end, the "Book of Divine Grace" not only passed the review of the Literary Church, but also sent clergy to send it to the Church of the God of Knowledge for filing. Books that have passed the examination of the Church of Literature and are considered to be of intellectual value can be sent to the church of Ogma, the god of knowledge, for filing, which is an affirmation of books.
These news were told to Ciary by the clergy of the Literary Church in person, and they were very optimistic about the value and prospects of the Book of Divine Grace, so they came to the New World to discuss the release of Ciri as the author.
Ciri didn't care how much he could benefit from the Book of Divine Charism, but only demanded that the book be distributed as widely as possible. He came to discuss cooperation with a diocesan bishop of the Literary Church named Cork. The god of literature, Dinaire, was only a weak god, and the Church sent a diocesan bishop to show that he attached great importance to the Book of Divine Grace.
The Bishop of Cork was very pleased with Ciri's attitude, and in his opinion, those who opened their mouths and closed their mouths to know that those who talked about book sharing were all followers of the goddess of wealth, Worgin, and only Ciri, who cared more about the dissemination of books, was a loyal believer in Dinaire, the god of literature.
After everything was settled, Cork agreed to Ciri to do everything in his power to make the Book of Divine Grace accessible in all dioceses, and then left the New World of Vasco to prepare for the release of the Book of Divine Grace. Ciri then went on to refine the last part of Atheism, an analysis and summary of the basic principles of magic in the charismatic realm.
The magic part at the end of "Atheism" is more like the textbook for junior and intermediate mages at the Colin Plane School of Magic, which is easy to understand and clearly organized, and does not seem esoteric and difficult to understand. With this section of the content, anyone with a modicum of magical talent can get in touch with the mysteries of magic. Once started, these beginners will find opportunities to take it further on their own.