Under the huge sculpture of Hades, the two sit opposite each other.

"As long as you give the order."

Kirkland said, "At least three hundred and seven casting worlds will immediately flock to you as the Chief Glory Representative. ”

The corners of Hades' mouth twitched under the mask, but his gaze remained the same,

"What's the difference between this and my current position in the Mechanics?"

"There is no substantial difference, but you can justifiably command these casting worlds."

Kirkland said calmly, but Hades always felt that under the words of the sage, it seemed as if there was tumbling magma,

"You know, while we all belong to the glory of the great God of Machines, the various casting worlds do not have a friendly relationship with each other—each casting world has its own faction."

"With the help of the Death Guard, Faos formed a confederation with Greier and Miint, and made an alliance with the remaining seventeen worlds of the Foundry."

Hades blinked, and the massive sculpture cast a shadow over him and Kirkland,

"I guess - your twenty casting worlds have also been at war with each other?"

The question came from Hades' intuition.

Because he witnessed it just now, because he wanted to seize the opportunity to talk to him, and to the crowd of sages who started fighting.

Kirkland's face did not change, "Yes, but please rest assured that the academic dispute between us is correct, legitimate, and willing of all parties, and will never slow down the progress of scientific research." ”

Hades was tempted to say, really, he didn't believe it.

Although the scientific research achievements of the sages are very touching and worthy of praise and praise, in terms of inappropriateness, these mechanical sages are also unbeatable.

It's worth guarding.

Just now, for example, the bold sage rushed over and tried to grab a fragment of Hades' armor - and in front of the black-faced Hades and Kirkran, his answer was that the Hades object had a special effect of strong luck.

Therefore, he wanted to take a piece back and enshrine it in the Contemplative Array.

It is a scientific superstition based on theological traditions.

Faced with the sage who suddenly came out, Hades finally gave him a small metal sculpture himself.

Hades then realized something was wrong.

Because the next second he sent out the metal sculpture, he heard the roar of countless engines.

The sea of scarlet silk rushed towards him.

Don't come here!

"Slow !!"

As a last resort, Hades had to open the Black Realm Quiet Field.

It was really a hearty viewing, Hades wiped sweat in his heart.

But in the end, under Kirkland's death sight, Hades still completed the reception and gift giving of the sages one by one, he never imagined that the Void Dragon's ability would be so useful in the Void Pinch Gifts.

Hades blinked and looked at Kirkland, who was in front of him with a serious nonsense,

"Then why do you still have an academic war when the Death Guard is matching?"

"To argue whether you are a god or a man."

Kirkland was as good as he stared at Hades,

"Great academic ideas always need to be exchanged with each other in order to be perfectly presented to the world."

Hades remembered what he had been told, and it sounded like Kirkland and King had fought a fight, and then King had won, and he was able to defend his shaky status.

The statue of Hades that enveloped them stood silently, the last stubbornness of Faros and Kirkran, not the statue of Hades of the Kim faction, crouching on the ground and reaching out to the believers.

Instead, standing, the sculpture reaches out and holds the scythe, pointing high into the stargazing ceiling at the vast nebula.

As he raised his arms, he was greeted by layers of black robes, the sliding legs of the sculpture like heavy curtains, cleverly blocking the treacherous starlight from the starry sky.

And now, Hades and Kirkland are sitting in the shadows.

At first, Hades felt a little uncomfortable, but after seeing the many decorations and sculptures about him on the ship No. 21, Hades became numb.

Scythes, black robes, black lights, three-headed dogs, various proverbs, and running Blackstone equipment......

He felt as if he was walking on a huge ship decorated with various Immortal perimeters.

Hades wanted to tear them down, of course, but the thought that it would be a drain and that Kirkland might remember him in another way forced him to swallow his criticism.

What's more, this is an add-on product of the Hades cult, and as long as the Hades cult exists, these creations will appear in a steady stream.

For the Hades Cult, Hades also has mixed feelings, on the one hand, he doesn't want to be praised and mythologized by people, but on the other hand, this is indeed the fastest and most convenient way to connect his black domain.

For those who need the Black Domain to expel the pollution of subspace, Hades naturally can't force them to pray to him because of his likes and dislikes.

“…… I am human. ”

Hades reluctantly said, "Maybe my behavior may be a little different from what you normally think of as a human - but I'm sure it's not that big." ”

Kirkland stared at Hades in a metal mask,

"I know, sir."

"But ......"

Kirkland said smoothly, "Kim is stubborn because he has never seen you perform miracles, and every feat you has been witnessed by me, so I forgive Kim for his ignorance." ”

If Jin had seen a dark giant, holding an eternal flame in one hand and a shattered metal silk in the other, his three views would have been impacted.

If Kim had been pulled out of death twice by a god, he would have understood what a god was.

Hades sighed,

"Can I convince you?"

Kirkland shook his head,

"I'm sorry, my lord, but I can't back down on this issue - I've been holding out for 10,000 years."

Hades looked at Kirkland meaningfully, Kirkland had made his bottom line clear, for the sake of the god in his heart, the believer had been holding on for ten thousand years, and the first thing the "god" did when he came back was to try to shatter the believer's faith.

Hades was silent for a moment, he looked up and looked at his sculpture, the black stone sculpture was oppressive and solemn, even he himself, sitting under the statue of Hades, was so small.

"What's the difference between man and God, Kirkland?"

Hades asked,

"The gods can do things that no one can."

“……”

Hades sighed again,

"If I were God, would I be able to modify the criteria for judging me and put me in the realm of humanity?"

"Of course you can."

Hades was forced to be silent, realizing that arguing with an oil guy who had been arguing for 10,000 years was a ridiculous thing to do, and that only made him unhappy.

Next, he should bring Jin over, provide substantial evidence during Jin's debate, and cheer him on.

"Then I change the category of humanity,"

Hades said, "I am a man, and the emperor is a man...... Motarian is also human! ”

Kirkran paused,

"I accept your first two items, Your Excellency, but I expect you to make an argument after you have met Lord Motarian,"

“…… Otherwise, there would be too much need to be called a human being. ”

Hadiston felt bad, he had never seen a sculpture or portrait of Motarian since he woke up, and he still wanted Motarian to maintain at least two eyes, a nose and a mouth.

In the original book, the primordial body that ascends to demons or awakens its own subspace essence looks relatively abstract.

"Do you have a portrait of Motarian?"

Hades asked suddenly, and Kirkland shook his head,

"This is top secret within the Death Guard, Hades," Kirkland scratched his hair, "I've seen the Pale Lord a few times, but the mist has clouded his countenance. ”

"But my gut tells me that the true face of the Pale Lord is not something that humans can appreciate."

Hades felt even more bad.

But he remembered Motarian, who ascended to demons in the original book—he felt that Motarian's pawns were still very handsome.

No matter how ugly it is, after you can't awaken your essence, it's even more difficult to accept than after you ascend to the demon.

Besides, as long as Motarian himself feels comfortable, to the original body, the appearance is only a mundane thing.

"We'll see when the time comes,"

Hades said,

"I wish he had jumped out and scared me now."

Instead of not believing it, is the news of Kalas true? Don't you really need his help?

But since Callas said so, Hades put aside his thoughts on this for the time being,

Although he still didn't trust Callas Typhon much, for 10,000 years, Kalas had led the Death Guard to prosper, so Hades could probably trust that trust.

Hades planned to go straight to Barbaros next and ask the Death Guards what was going on.

In the face of Hades's answer, Kirkland paused inexplicably, and Hades saw Kirkland's eyes twitching,

Kirkland let out a rare sigh,

"I hope the Pale Lord won't surprise you."

"But rest assured," Kirkland continued, "that Faros has worked with the Death Guard for a long time, and since you are gone, the Death Guard has largely not slipped through the cracks, and you can trust them and accept their loyalty. ”

Hades nodded, as if reminded of Kirkland's words, but then—

"Don't talk about whether I'm a man or a god, Kirkland."

Hades said solemnly,

"I don't want the casting world to be at war with each other in front of me over the so-called codified doctrine."

Kirkland reverently agreed,

"We know, my lord, that if the foreign enemy is endless, we will not be angry with our disloyal people."

Hades knocked on the table, "If you're talking about gold and other things that are different from your beliefs, you can't describe it as unfaithful. ”

"I know, my lord."

Kirkland spoke, and it could be seen that he was not convinced.

…… Religion is the problem with this, because of differences in ideas, even if they are of the same origin, people will crusade against each other.

In particular, although the various casting worlds believe in mechanism and their political frameworks are built on religious guidance, in reality they play their own roles, and it is almost impossible to unite together.

To be able to command them, to unite the different casting worlds, in addition to interests...... There is only one way left......

…… Faith.

The trick that the emperor played back then, it looks like Hades has to do it again.

Hades pondered, and although he still resisted being described as a god, after approaching Bouz and asking Hades to pass on a doctrine to him, Hades discovered that the teachings were written by Bouz and Kim...... He is acceptable.

In short, in addition to some of the rituals necessary to expel subspace pollution;

Pluto's religion advocates simplicity in everything, and there is no such thing as ransom money (and money is also advocated, but instead of binding sin and loyalty, it exists in the form of buying knowledge in cooperation with the local mechanicalism and/or simply donating money);

Kneeling is not advocated, and the Aquila is used instead.

What is even more jaw-dropping for Hades is that the Cult of Hades even focuses on a believer or not, and even allows religious beliefs for their own benefit (expulsion of subspace pollution for their families; fear of being polluted; Or simply to climb the local oil guy and death guard relationship. ）

To sum it up simply, it's very secular.

But if you go deeper and want to become an insider of the Hades Sect, the screening conditions become very strict.

First of all, believers who want to go further need to join the church to learn (this part of the believers usually has really faced the subspace pollution, and relied on their own intelligence and the blessing of the Hades to defeat the subspace pollution. ）

Before participating in the study, they are examined for their character - for Hades, believers must have a moral bottom line and be sober.

Lucidity here refers to something like the train problem, where believers have to choose which one will save the most people.

In addition, they will be faced with the time to give up their options, and believers must have a consideration of their own value, and should exchange their value for more value at the moment when the profit is maximized—not just to save others and sacrifice hastily.

At the same time, after the assessment, people who have too much guilt will be brushed off.

The Cult of Hades needs beings who are as benevolent as Hades.

Next, believers who have passed the preliminary examination will be asked to memorize the "Verse Song".

The book is divided into seven parts, namely Benevolence, Rising Subtlety, Fulong, Stealing Fire, Salvation, Black Descent, and Recoming.

Hades hastily scanned the book, most of the books are composed of a few sentences or short stories, very short, each small story can be connected, but also the past and the future,

Although the content of the book is well written, it would be nice if the protagonist was not him.,

Hades' scalp tingled when he looked at it.

Benevolence talks about some of the ideas of Hades, from the perspective of "Hades himself", telling that human beings need to help themselves and help each other in order to defeat evils such as subspace - and at the same time emphasizes why they all say that "Hades" is merciful, because as long as the ritual is done right, whether it is a saint or a sinner, He will send blessings together.

Hades can't refute this, the Black Domain is really like this, whoever throws his soul into the Black Domain will be "blessed".

But this is not the subjective benevolence of Hades, but the fact that believers have applied their own subjectivity to objective facts.

The story of Hades in Barbarus, when he was described as an "ordinary man", but relying on his intelligence and virtue to make friends with the original body, he eliminated evil alone.

Fulong, the story of Hades on Mars, this part of the story metaphor makes Hades feel that something is wrong, the dragon ...... Void Dragon......

But in the book, knowledge is compared to a dragon.

This part ...... Maybe it's for those who can understand.

The Flame Stealer is a string of Hades' story of establishing Faos and killing a false god named "Obstruction of Truth".

Salvation, from the City of Perfection to the Maelstrom, from Nikaia to Cadia, tells the story of how Hades fished for the original body and the years of being a cow and a horse under the emperor.

Black Fall, some short stories that record Hades opening the Black Domain, Hades can see that this Kirkland must have provided a lot of material.

Finally, there is the revisit, which tells why Hades will come back and what the believers can do so that Hades can return.

Hades flipped through some of the old sayings that exhorted others to strive for self-denial.

After those believers memorized the Ode to the Dead, they would learn about the subspace under the auspices of the Church of Hades.

This aspect of learning will sift out a lot of people, and even die on the way to study, and generally large Hades churches will have soulless squads to ensure the survival rate of believers.

Then it's about learning how to better banish subspace, not only teaching you how to use some of the Blackstone weapons, but also how to use the god-emperor doctrine in the state religion to banish demons.

Finally, there is the miscellaneous of personal ability improvement, coordination with the squad of the soulless, coordination with the mechanical sage troops, coordination with the death guards, pacification of the masses, pacification of the tainted, how to deceive the demons (?) ）……

But the most bizarre thing is that the content of the examination of these believers does not include an examination of the piety of Hades, and it is purely based on one's own realization after teaching the "Ode to the Underworld".

……

Hades liked this, but that didn't stop him from being blown away after watching it.

If he were a citizen of this time period, he might also believe in the Hades Sect, purely for life-saving purposes.

Moreover, this is also in line with Hades's view that it can be used, and it spreads the method of how to block subspace pollution as much as possible.

Hades muttered inwardly that in this regard, he might have to thank these people for spreading the Cult of Hades.

Hades stared thoughtfully at Kirkland,

The situation on the side of the Mechanic Sect is a little different from the Underworld Cult spread by the Empire, and almost all sages who join the Sect have to go through strict screening conditions (ditto, but the part of expelling the subspace has become how to make knowledge more pure), which means that every sage is an insider of the Underworld.

But for the sages, the screening conditions for joining the religion are not difficult, and becoming a sage is naturally different from the ordinary imperial masses, and what is difficult for others may not be difficult for them.

Relying on the low trigger condition, there is no penalty for trigger failure.

The sages have nothing to believe in Hades, and praying to Hades can really reduce the interference of subspace on experiments.

It's almost a panacea.

It is this subtle benefit that in the casting world where the Hades Sect has not actively proselytized, hundreds of millions of mechanical sage believers have been accumulated for Hades.

This is also the fundamental logic of why the Underworld Sect has developed so rapidly.

But this is also the reason why the Underworld Sect is loose and has no direct control over each other.

Before Hades returns, the only person who can ask the Underworld to unite and help is the Death Guard Captain - and he must be a respected Death Guard Captain who has made outstanding contributions before he can command many Death Guard followers.

And now......

Starlight drips from the stargazing ceiling, but it does not stain the foot of Hades' robe,

"All faith...... Hades' ...... Or the emperor's, the one who still has a conscience...... They are all beings that can be united. ”

Hades whispered,

Surrounded by aliens, the subspace is eyeing each other, and as Kirkland said, it is true that this is not a time to divide because of different beliefs.

According to personal preference, Hades should shout directly, I'm not a god, don't believe in Rausch's teachings,

But in the face of reality and logic, Hades follows pragmatism, using a wave first!

After all, this is an objective fact, and he has no way to directly reverse the subjective views of others and directly overthrow the religion that has developed for thousands of years by himself.

Not to mention...... Now that the believers are willing to believe in him (albeit in a 700-fold embellished image), Hades must try to save the world!

If you have the responsibility to escape, you can't save your strength, it's for cowardice!

Hades has already thought about it, first fight this wave, develop the empire, and when human beings can be self-reliant, if people still insist on the existence of gods, he will put this hat on the emperor's head, and then run away!

Of course...... Believe in those things, Hades will also help the Lord of mankind to share,

Hades silently added in his heart.

(End of chapter)