Chapter 8: Piety

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In May, Enriel had become a bit hot, and the students of Enriel Academy of Magic and Wizardry began to reduce the amount of time they spent outside and chose to hide in comfortable air-conditioned dormitories and classrooms, meditating slowly or learning spells and practicing spells, while the freshmen mainly made up for the basic courses.

The weather was still cool in the morning, and in Renard's dormitory, the thermostat on the air conditioner was still working, making the temperature in the room extremely comfortable. Renard, on the other hand, frowned, a few drops of cold sweat running down his forehead from time to time, and he was chattering a little nervously at a book, as if he wanted to hypnotize himself.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through him. Nothing that is created is not made through him......" Renard frowned, and forced himself not to say the word "bullshit" in his heart.

Even if he completely forgot the slap in the face of creationism and the paradox of "can God create a stone that he can't lift by himself", as well as the satire of theology such as the Flying Ramen God Cult, even the various realities of this world, he can easily realize that the God of truth in this world is a relatively powerful life form, and it is still far from feats such as Genesis.

"How the hell did those guys convince themselves that the God of Truth is the Creator?" Reynard thought to the question again, and then he forcibly suppressed the thought that had arisen for an unknown number of times, and then continued to think backwards, and began to hypnotize himself: "Life is in him. This life is the light of man. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness does not receive the light......"

At this time, the students in the class relied on their piety and were basically able to release two small spells. Renard was almost standing still, although his other classes were progressing so fast that within a month he could basically recognize Enriel's words and read common books.

But if you can't keep up with your main business, you don't need to be despised by others, and you feel worse and worse. In fact, it can't be said that he is completely standing still, he still has some progress, after a series of self-hypnosis, the light in his hand has changed from a candle to a seventy-watt light bulb, but compared to others, it is still too far behind.

Renard didn't know what to do, so he could only intensify his hypnosis, and he knew very well that he could never really believe in the God of Truth.

That evening, at the end of the day's classes, Durga once again summoned everyone to the classroom of the Department of Light. He still looked just as pleasant, but as soon as he spoke, everyone could hear that there was a lot of seriousness in his voice. After a flurry of nonsense, Durga finally got to the point.

“...... Now that we have gone through a month of study, most of the students have made gratifying progress. However, there are still a few students who are much worse than others in terms of progress. Their main problem is that they can't calm their hearts and realize the greatness and omnipotence of the Lord—"

Speaking of this, Renard couldn't help but think in his heart about the stone that he couldn't lift. "And the Lord is merciful, and if any of us lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all men, and does not rebuke men, and the Lord will give it to him." But ask in faith, and do not doubt at all, for he who doubts is like the waves of the sea, tossed and tossed by the wind......"

Hearing this, Renard already felt that something was wrong, and his thoughts were really not a secret to Durga. And Durga, who has been teaching for so long, should be no stranger.

"We will provide guidance to glory to our lost children, who will experience great joy in the midst of many trials, knowing that your faith is tested and endured. And the only way to the glory of the heart is absolute darkness and silence......"

Speaking of this, Durga looked at Renard sternly, Renard lowered his head expressionlessly, but when he recalled this look, Durga's sternness seemed to be very empty, as if it was only manifested in his eyes.

Durga's gaze shifted and swept over the children one by one, some of them sad and some of them silent when they were seen. Renard understood that they were all in similar situations to himself. They are about to be confined in the same way as themselves.

That night, Renard was far away from the comfort of his accommodation. He came to a room with only a wooden bed, a table and a chair, which was not decorated, except for the chandelier and the toilet in the toilet.

The only thing Renard was allowed to carry with him was the Bible that Durga had given him, and it would be alone with him for a week. Other than that, all he gets is dry bread and water every day. The only thing that comforted him was that everyone lived in a room alone, and he didn't need to live an ascetic life with other people.

Renard was in the room, bored looking through the Bible, he wanted to become religious, but the situation of captivity and the trouble with his future made him more and more irritable.

"I thank him who gives me strength, and our Lord hath appointed me to serve because he thinks I am faithful. Therefore, brethren, be more diligent so that your calling and election may be steadfast. ...... , who are you trying to fool...... If you do these things, you will never stumble. So you will be given riches to enter into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour. ...... Hehehehe...... Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking to the mercy of our Lord unto eternal life. ...... What did Lao Tzu do? I need your mercy, your forgiveness, who do you think you are?"

Renard didn't feel it, the emotional seal in his body seemed to suddenly disappear, and he didn't feel it, the Book of Death slowly opened in his spiritual world, emitting a soft black glow. Under the illumination of this black light, the emotional seal in Renard's spiritual world became very faint and faint.

Renard, knowing that everything he was doing was under surveillance, went to turn off the chandelier first, and in the empty dark room, the resentment he had accumulated for a month finally exploded completely. He slammed the Bible in his hand against the wall of the room with a loud bang.

The beautifully packaged Bible slid limply to the ground, the pages spread out, the dust on the ground staining a single line of the Bible with layers of dust, and the words and phrases in the dust praising the greatness of the God of Truth seemed weak and ridiculous. Renard sat down on the ground and looked at the Bible, and the text under the dust loomed, although it was dark, but Renard didn't know why, but still saw it:

The Lord said to him, "Why do you ask me about good works? If you want to enter into eternal life, keep the commandments. ”

"Only one is good...... Hehe, why is goodness prescribed by you? Without you, there is no goodness? Without you, there is no justice?" These words were shouted by Renard in Chinese.

In a trance, he seemed to have become Lu Tianhao again, standing on the roof of the apartment where he had lived and grown up for more than 20 years, and what caught his eye was the traffic of the cities on the earth. What you hear is the laughter and laughter of the earth, not the "God said" here.

He raised his head, the starry sky was clear and beautiful, and when his mind turned, the whole world seemed to disappear, only a comfortable breeze that came from nowhere, the starry sky above his head, and the buildings under his feet. He suddenly felt a burst of freedom that he had never felt before, as if the soul bound in Renard's body suddenly dispersed, allowing him to exist in both Earth and Renard's body.

Renard opened his eyes, and he saw two different visual overlays, but each one was clear. His fleshly eyes, seeing the dark confinement room in front of Renard, for some reason, were much clearer.

And his spirit, perhaps the eyes of the soul, saw the building where Lu Tianhao lived on the earth. Renard lowered his head, his body clear in the confinement chamber, but on Earth, there was only a mass of nothingness. The heart of his body in his confinement chamber was beating vigorously, but everything on earth seemed to be still.

Renard looked ahead and found that the battery car ridden by the courier who delivered the courier to him was still stuck downstairs in his house, and the courier didn't seem to have walked down the stairs yet, and time seemed to be still stuck at the moment when he opened the Book of Death.

A strange feeling welled up in Renard's heart, and he raised his head and looked at the starry sky again, this time there were no stars in the starry sky, only a huge vortex slowly swirling, and in the middle of the vortex was endless light.

"I thank the God of Truth for giving me a glimpse of the true light and giving me the opportunity to climb up. Renard's heart became calm, and he himself did not know why, and slowly began to speak to the light, which became brighter and brighter, and the whole city was enveloped in soft light.

"I adore the light that shines from all souls, whether it be goodness, humility, bravery, tenacity, holiness, or piety itself, as the God of truth has made us do...... But they are all present in our souls, not in His gifts, and their roots come from our hearts, not from His definitions. The light in each of us...... is our own God!"

As the last syllable of this passage spoken by Renard in Chinese landed in the dark confinement room, the light on the still earth suddenly began to shine, and then the light of the whole world was gathering in Renard's soul, and at the same time, Renard in both places, his body and soul emitted brilliant light, and then, a ball of light wrapped the confinement room.

At the same time, in the monitoring room of the Academy of Magic, an operator called his boss in a panic: "Professor Jorgen, the image of the sixth monitoring room has become completely white, and it is suspected that something unexpected is happening!" Professor Jorgen is an old mage with a white beard, the old mage looked at the screen seriously, and then tapped his fingers, and a starry sky figure appeared faintly in front of him, and with the movement of Jorgen's fingers, the star map changed in a law that was difficult for others to understand.

As Yogan solemnly read the words, the star map slowly stayed in a certain position, and then Yogan's expression became relaxed: "It's okay, don't worry about him, it's just a student of the Light Department who has had an epiphany." ”

In the confinement room, the inside of the ball of light that isolated all monitoring spells, at the same time, on the building on the stationary earth, a large number of pure light elements burrowed into Renard's body and soul, and then his skin became whiter and whiter, and his body slowly floated into the air, and at the same time, translucent light wings gathered by light elements appeared behind him and began to fan slowly.

With the completion of the transformation, a new spell naturally appeared in Renard's mind, and he also understood that his body and spirit were too fragile to maintain this angelic form for a long time. Reynard's spirit began to draw a pattern in his mind, this pattern was composed of pure light elements, and the moment the pattern was completed, the light elements that Renard transformed into formed an illusory round of sun and moon above his head.

Renard could also feel that there was a connection between this illusory sun and moon and the real, earthly sun and moon. They seemed to be beside Renard, and they seemed to be at infinity. This connection was not able to be analyzed further, as he felt that his body and soul were reaching their limits. Then he naturally completed the spell, the first spell he had used himself.

Renard's mental power instinctively aimed at the walls of the confinement chamber, and the Bible, the thing he hated most right now. The illusory sun and moon shone dazzlingly from infinity, and the light immediately spread and dissolved on the walls, but the walls and the Bible also disappeared with the light. A huge hole appeared in the wall silently, and outside the hole was the woods outside the school and the starry sky of this world.

The starry sky of this world is as clear and beautiful as the starry sky of the earth, and it is full of the same feeling of freedom. And the confinement has been broken, and the effect of confinement is no longer there. Renard's heart was extremely relaxed. He could see a large group of school security personnel approaching from afar, but he enjoyed the freedom and peace of mind.

"The name of this spell is the Light of Judgment!" Renard finally muttered to himself silently.