War is the best breeding ground for the spread of faith, and every war is the best way for the gods to gain faith, so to speak, the faith of the gods is completely piled up by the blood and flesh of mortals. This was uttered by one of the most famous anthropologists of the early Quaternary period, the historian and philosopher Marin Werther, and the most famous unbeliever in human history. After forty years of in-depth study of the history of the Third Age, he suddenly became an unbeliever like crazy, not only no longer believing in any gods, but also repeatedly criticizing the mistakes of the gods in public, preaching that even without the existence of the gods, everyone can live a better life, and calling on the people to throw the gods aside like him and control the world where only mortals remain.

However, none of the gods sent an oracle to punish him for such blasphemous remarks, and the gods allowed him to propagate his theories like bystanders. Under the indulgence of the gods, the number of followers of Marin gradually increased, and at the most time, the number of believers willing to follow Marin even exceeded 30,000. In order to confirm his theory, Marin called on these believers to go into the wilderness and establish their own villages and towns, hoping to prove that people's lives would be better if they left the gods behind. However, the truth is not as he imagined, without the protection of the goddess of the earth, the yield of crops is less than one-tenth of the original, the gift of the gods of life is lost, the disease and pain cannot be treated, the protection of the wind god is lost, the monsoon can no longer pray for distant rain on dry days, the enthusiasm of the fire god is lost, it is even difficult for people to gather fire attribute elements to warm the cold body, the gods don't even need to do anything, just no longer shelter those who no longer believe in themselves, so that Marin's followers no longer believe in his theory and return to the original world。 And Marin himself, who also did not adhere to his own theory, returned to the human world and publicly admitted his failure after proving that he was wrong, and that having the blessing of the gods could indeed make people's lives better, and this courage to admit reality not only did not damage his reputation, but gained a higher reputation.

The story of Marin has been circulated on the mainland for thousands of years, especially among scholars, as a standard example of speaking with facts, not being controlled by prejudices and preconceived notions, and used to educate students. Of course, there are occasionally different voices for this reality, and people who are darker in their hearts will also secretly speculate that this history from beginning to end will be just a play played by Marin and the gods, because during that time, it was just the end of the faith war, after Yara drove the gods away from the main world and restored the Yala continent, due to the years of faith wars, people's belief in the gods weakened somewhat after calming down, and after this incident, people's belief in the gods became firm again, and they no longer hesitated as before。

However, regardless of whether Marin's entire theory is right or wrong, at least his evaluation of the relationship between war and faith has been recognized by many people, and even the gods have to admit that what he said is indeed the truth, and every war will expand the faith of the gods to a certain extent, and this war that has not yet begun is no exception. The other cities are unknown, but they are only the capital of knowledge, and the number of people who go to the temple area for daily prayers has doubled since the start of the war, and although the shadow of the war has not yet loomed over the capital of knowledge, people have noticed many subtle changes in their daily lives. For those who live in the ordinary, change is often accompanied by uneasiness, and in order to ease their inner uneasiness, or to send blessings to relatives and friends who may be involved in the war from afar, more and more people are entering the temple and increasing their devotion to the power of faith. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this chain reaction of multiple parties benefiting, whether it is the gods, the temple, or the mortal town hall and those who pray, they can all get what they want, so neither side will break this tacit agreement.

Sure enough, war is the best breeding ground for the spread of faith. Walking through the streets of the temple district in a stern formal suit, Pannis did not look lazy as usual, but cooperated with the priest girl like a well-bred gentleman, but after seeing the obvious increase in the flow of people in the temple area, the words that came out of his mouth would make most of the clergy want to throw at him whatever they were holding.

Fortunately, there was no one else around him, only Lina, who was dressed in a white robe, holding his arm and accompanying him, the girl had long been accustomed to the strange remarks that he suddenly came out of, so she didn't make any drastic moves, just rolled her eyes helplessly, and said in a low voice: "This is the temple area, you guy can't wait to leave here?"

"Rest assured, the gods have long since changed their attitude towards mortals, and now it is a win-win situation of mutual cooperation, so they don't care about this kind of talk at all. Pannis shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't believe we can try, even if I shout that sentence here, I won't be punished by God." ”

"But you will be killed by tens of thousands of clergy. Lina gritted her teeth and said, "Even Kateria's gentle personality is planning how to teach you a lesson, let alone Tifa's, but Caterina is quite happy, she said that there is finally a lively scene to watch." ”

"It's okay, your body is too weak, they control your body, and they can't beat me at all. Before Pannis finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something terrible, and said in a low voice: "You two stop, don't instigate her to let that woman out, this is the temple area, do you want to wash this place in blood? ”

Lina's expression changed several times in an instant, and finally regained her original expression, squinting at Pannis, and said, "Kateria said that you are smart, Tifa said that this matter is not over, and the blood girl said that she has remembered your provocation and asked you to wait for her." ”

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. Without hesitation, Pannis bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and said with a sad face: "Please be sure to forget, don't remember me." ”

"Hmph, look at how dare you talk nonsense. The priest looked around to make sure that no one heard the conversation between the two, then she took Pannis's arm again and said softly, "Thank you for accompanying me to this prayer, it is very important to me, let's go in now." ”

(To be continued.) )