It was late in the evening when Lord Raven arrived at the Vulture Cloister, and he was still wearing the priest's robe of the Church of Avalon, and he was still holding a scroll of scripture proverbs from the god of nature.

But the truth is, the guy who has been hosting weekly meetings of believers in the Scarlet Keep's Avalon Sanctuary and giving them scriptures is a complete unbeliever!

Murphy couldn't understand why Avalon would allow the crows to roam in his sanctuary, and he couldn't understand even more that Ms. Natalie, as the patriarch of the church of Avalon, had officially commissioned the crows to help them revise their doctrines and texts to complete a complete doctrinal and ritual break with the old church.

For an unbeliever to carry out such a faith-related operation, and to be unanimously approved by the entire Avalonian Church, Murphy could not help but feel that Lord Raven had a great talent for professional ability.

In fact, he felt that this guy had some kind of "speech and spirit" skills, and he had completed the brainwashing of the management of the Avalon Church in a quiet manner? Otherwise, it would not be possible to explain the fact that he was not only not burned at the stake, but could even thrive in other people's belief systems.

In the face of Mistress Murphy's strange eyes, the crow who knocked on the door returned the smile with a mild, non-aggressive smile, and sat down in his chair again, waiting for the discussion to begin tonight.

Murphy wasn't going to be fooled by the crow's harmless expression, and the contract he made with the crow when he and Mannes were selecting the Astral Guardian is still impressive.

This guy is anything but good!

Opposite Murphy and Raven are two projection ceremonies in motion, presided over by the eldest lady Phimis, representing that the other two participants will participate in the discussion in a projection manner, and a few minutes later, Trace's psionic projection will be generated during the ceremony.

She glared at Murphy fiercely, then sat down in the chair she had prepared for herself.

The last attendee soon arrived, and when Lord Pa Ying appeared, all four people present stood up to salute him.

"Sit down."

The Lord, dressed in a blood-colored robe, was a little tired, and he waved his hand and said:

"I am currently in command of the Knights of the Blood Alliance rushing to the Genoa Peninsula, the situation there has deteriorated, Murphy, you estimate that you will soon receive a request from the official of the Chardo Port, and the Transcaya side must be ready."

"Hmm."

Murphy nodded, but the situation on the Genoese Peninsula was not the subject of discussion tonight, so after everyone was seated, Murphy took the initiative to speak:

"I've commissioned Lord Ovgol to make the Primordial Shrine for the Vampires, using purified Godheads, and using techniques from Spider Lady's Primordial Shrine.

Lord Ofg promises to complete the casting of that thing as soon as possible, but before we can get it, we need to do a deep analysis of the matter and come to a reasonable conclusion, and to be honest, if we can't find the right way to contain the Mother of Midnight, then I'd rather we don't use it.

Actually, I have another way to solve the hidden danger of the Mother of Midnight. ”

He glanced at Tris and Phimes, and said:

"We now have two 'human bodies' that can resonate with the Mother of Midnight, and we also have the means to kill the evil gods in the physical world, so when things go to despair, we can lure that god from the subspace to the physical world, and then solve all the problems with a single scepter of God."

"That's the worst-case scenario, and it's far from that stage."

Lord Pa Ying shook his head and said:

"That's why we're here tonight, and I've heard that voice in the midst of the God-Killing War that conveys order to me, and encourages me to persevere until Murphy completes the launch of God's Scepter.

Based on the reports you both submitted about what happened in Cadman City, I am convinced that the god who roams the subspace does indeed have a strange double face, which is enough to prove that the Mother of Midnight has the power to be a vampire race god in addition to filth and depravity.

It will watch out for vampires who need help and give them a reminder.

Since there is a benign side to it, it proves that it also has the possibility of being reversed in its current vicious posture. ”

"Wait, guys."

The crow listened in a fog, and he couldn't help but ask:

"Can anyone explain to me what exactly 'it' you're talking about?

I heard the word 'sinner', and in connection with the battles my people had experienced before, were they talking about the strange creature that was born in the Hall of the Holy Blood in the Crimson Cloisters?

I've learned from other sources that the creature was a corrupted being that had been molded into the way the Proto-Vulture clan had destroyed itself. ”

"That's pretty much it."

Murphy explained to the crow in succinct terms what had happened recently, and the guy immediately understood why he had been invited to this high-level meeting tonight, and the unbeliever suddenly felt in his heart that these vampires were really bold!

It's so exciting that they want to use the method of faith connection to reverse a fallen god back to the orthodox posture of believing in God!

"I know that you have been exploring the mysteries of the faith, and therefore we would like to hear your opinion on this matter as a stranger."

Murphy said.

Under the gaze of the four vampires, the crow thought for a moment and then coughed, put down the Avalon tome in his hand, and said in a deep voice:

"I come from an atheistic world, and it stands to reason that I have no say in such matters, but since Governor Murphy has invited me, I will be bold enough to make an axe, and I hope you will forgive me if there is anything wrong in my words.

But before I draw conclusions, we need to discuss a question about the nature of faith.

It seems to me, ladies and gentlemen, that faith is a bearing.

It connects the gods and the believers and works at both ends at the same time, and it is not a static system, but it is constantly changing.

The imaginary community of mortals will form the face of the gods through this changing connection, so as to determine the personification and behavior style of the gods, and once the faces of the gods are generated, they will also affect the mentality and spirit of the believers.

It is a kind of help to both sides, but also a constraint on both sides.

And in my understanding of the belief systems that exist on the continent, there is a rather glaring logical hole in the beliefs of the Avalonian Church, the Winter Wolf Church, and the Vam Church.

Believers only know that their gods are great, strong, and righteous, but they do not understand what the gods want to do or what they are doing.

As a direct result of this, the imaginary community forged in their prayers is grossly lacking in purpose, and it may seem difficult for me to say this, so let me give you a realistic example.

The new gods have a unique form of existence that allows them to exist independently of faith, so the lack of purpose does not affect their power, yet Vam the Berserker suffers from it. ”

"Oh?"

Murphy blinked and said:

"I've always thought that Vam's faith didn't develop because his followers were too wild, but it seems like you have a different understanding of this?"

"Well, it is true that the barbarians are too rough to be conducive to the spread of faith, but these are only appearances, especially since the prevalence of the Vam faith among the Gentile groups has proved that the barbarian roughness is not the main problem that the Berserker faith is difficult to spread."

The crow explained very seriously:

"I've studied the process of Vam's birth, a god that took hundreds of years for barbarians to condense, and who remained in a relatively closed system for many years after his birth.

His followers are warlike but do not know why, which severely limits Vam's progress to strength.

The opposite example is the Lord of the Hunt.

The common imagination of the Jackals, eager to conquer the world and free them from their embarrassment, has been guided by the teachings appointed by the Lord of the Biting Bones himself, and has formed an evil god who acts brutally, honors strength, and aims at conquest.

The power of the evil god makes the gnolls even more crazy and savage, and this savagery further deepens the face of the Lord of the Hunt and makes it more powerful.

The joint efforts of both sides will advance the goal of 'world conquest'.

Ignoring good and evil, but simply deconstructing it in terms of efficiency and system, this is a fairly successful homomorphic evolution, which is the main reason why the belief in the Lord of the Hunt can give birth to the form of an evil god and awaken it in just a hundred years, and the power of its birth can surpass that of Vam.

By comparing the Lord of the Hunt with Vam, it is not difficult to see that the best way to establish a clear goal for an imaginary deity in shaping a belief is to help him become strong as soon as possible.

Mortals need a clear goal if they want to make a career, and the same goes for gods.

The more specific the goal, the stronger the execution of the followers who respond to the goal, and the more complete the rules and agenda corresponding to the goal, the faster the shaping of the gods and beliefs.

In this process, the devotion of believers is not even the most important factor, after all, in the community of faith formed by thousands of imaginations and thoughts, individual piety does not affect the overall situation at all, and my actual experience in the church of Avalon during this period of time, the number of truly devout believers is much smaller than we think, most people worship God with a purpose, is to hope that the gods will help them solve the problems they encounter in life.

This is evident in the two worlds.

As for the shaping of the gods, in my opinion, this is a systematic project that requires precise planning and scheduling!

Efficient group operation, complete belief structure and scientific management methods are the most important decisive factors for the popularization of a kind of faith, to put it simply, a hundred believers with strong executive ability and clear goals can bring more help to the gods, far more than 10,000 pious fools who only know how to bow their heads and chant scriptures. ”

The crow got into the groove.

He waved his hands, walked across, and loudly explained his deconstruction and understanding of the gods in the posture of an unbeliever, and his eyes lit up:

"The reason why the Church of Light has grown so rapidly is also because the members of the Riptide Knights are all Gentiles with clear goals and strong execution!

Tepal had invited me to revise the organizational structure for them, to plan the management of the circle of believers, and I set the principle of assembling to debate the faith every week in groups of twenty, and did not prohibit the believers from reinterpreting the doctrine from their own thinking, because the truth always needs to be dissected and deconstructed again and again before it can be understood by more people.

I arrange all kinds of simple tasks for them, let them start from small things, slowly accumulate a sense of honor and responsibility as a believer of the Holy Light, and guide them to help those in need around them, so that they can use their own hands to make their living environment a little better.

This is not to expand the faith directly, but to make more people understand why the Light is born and what kind of change it can bring to the world!

That's really important.

When believers know exactly what their God is going to do, they know what they have to do to respond to their God.

Of course, it is not possible to organize well by relying on personal consciousness alone, and a set of effective rules is also very important.

So Tepal and I modified the teachings of the Light, distilling them into a simple but self-contained way of life, allowing the devotees to start with something as small as personal hygiene, guiding them to follow the habit of being kind to others, and making the devotees understand that a help, even the smallest, done by their own hands, would please the gods.

Especially on the premise that the birth of the Light will make the world a better place, each of their acts of kindness is to practice the Proverbs of the Light, and when the core believers of Riptide Castle firmly believe that they are using their own hands to build an imaginary kingdom of light, the needs of God and the needs of mortals are also perfectly united here.

After all, who wouldn't want to live in a peaceful and perfect world?

In a world where supernatural forces do not exist, such guidance would at best enhance their personal qualities, but in a world where gods and spirits really exist, such a pattern of action itself is the best way to interpret faith.

They should leave the church and return to their personal lives to practice the teachings of the Light.

They are not preaching for their own benefit, they are worshipping their gods in order to make the world a better place!

They don't fight for themselves, they fight to change the world!

It is to fight to overthrow the corrupt oppressive forces under the guidance of the Light! It is to fight to spread the beauty and sincerity of the Holy Light to every dark corner of the world!

They are goal-oriented and confident.

They will eventually be on the stage of this continent, and they are ready.

Although the Church of the Light is now only practicing this kind of faith in Riptide Castle, I can conclude that when this more pragmatic, active, and group-oriented faith begins to expand, whether it is Avalon or Vam, whether it is Plantagenet or Nordutov, those local beliefs that do not seek to improve will collapse under such an offensive!

What do believers who only know how to bow their heads and chant against the Light Walkers who are armed with high faith?

They will burn this dark world like the fire of the Holy Flame with the precepts of the Change, banishing the fools who honor ignorance with a comparatively more advanced faith! ”

The raven gasped, and as the four vampires stared at each other, he realized that what he had just said was a bit too extreme, so he calmed down and said in a gentle voice:

"I'm doing something similar at the Avalon Sanctuary, and Madam Natalie has a lot of complaints about it.

She thought I was blaspheming an ancient tradition, but it turned out that under my guidance, the local Avalon believers were more dedicated and motivated than ever, and they saw attending church mass not as a burden, but as a group activity to release mental stress.

Father Eugene appointed me to run the Templar for the same reason, as they had realized after the collapse of the Old Church.

The gods need not piety!

What the gods need is for believers to truly act for the morality of their hearts.

It is far better to do a good deed in God's name than to recite the scriptures a thousand times, and on the other side of the faith, the gods draw far more power from the act itself than they do from listening to boring prayers. So, what is the essence of faith?

For me, the answer is clear.

Faith is the expectation of the future and the remembrance of the past, and believers hope that the future will be better than the past, and the common hope of thousands of people in the present will be able to create a god in the realm of supernatural powers.

This is true of the birth of Vam, the birth of the Lord of the Hunt, and even the birth of the god of trade based on the satisfaction and thirst for wealth of the brass dwarves.

And the process of a group of people with great hearts and clear goals coming together to take action for a common ideal is itself the best embodiment of the formation and deduction of the power of faith in the material world!

Whether it meets this definition is also the best yardstick for judging whether a god is good or evil!

Those gods who can make the future of most people advance in a better direction are good gods, and the gods who can only destroy the future and interfere with the future are evil gods that must be eradicated!

The majesty of the gods cannot override the needs of believers! Since it is the believers who have shaped them, they must also fight for the welfare of the majority.

If they can't do it or don't want to do it, then there's no need for them to exist. When believers renounce their faith on this ground, that is, when the gods die, the relationship between man and God finally reaches a mutual balance.

A relationship that can last for a long time must be a relationship of equality.

By this standard, the belief systems on the continent that require believers to unconditionally give everything to the gods without mentioning the duties and obligations of the gods are too backward, and they are completely unequal slave contracts and overlord clauses.

Such bullshit has no legal effect on our side, and the drafters are going to prison!

So if the vampires want to use faith as a tool to reverse the form of the Mother of Midnight, then what you need to do is not to discuss how to plan the doctrine, how to promise the believers, you have to act.

Set a clear enough goal and unite the vampires who are willing to act on it, and set out for your God from the outset what He needs to do and what He does in the relationship of faith.

It is better to make a 'contract of gods' to clarify the obligations and responsibilities of both parties, the clearer the terms, the better, and to delete and revise the terms every once in a while to keep up with the evolution of the objective laws of the material world, and not to give careerists the possibility of exploiting loopholes.

And at the moment when the common goal of both parties is achieved, the Mother of Midnight will naturally be liberated and sublimated.

Of course, these are all my family words, and there must be mistakes and omissions, especially in the face of such a brilliant theologian as Archduke Trissy, who is really just an axe in the class. ”

The crow ended his speech humbly.

The shocking description caused Murphy and Lord Pa Ying to look at each other, and then to the frowning Tracy, who was waiting for Trash's opinion on the matter.

The eldest lady next to her looked at the crow with a strange gaze, and she felt that the spirited state of the stranger when he had just described his thoughts was really dangerous

I can only say that I am glad that this guy is a foreigner born in the atheistic world.

If he had been born in Transasia, he might have been the leader of some terrible cult of evil gods.

As for Tracey.

As the best theologian on the continent, when Murphy invited her to participate in this discussion, she was still unimpressed, and she did not think that a foreigner's study of faith could inspire her.

But as it turned out, she was too arrogant.

The Raven's actions and summaries over the past few months have almost upended her perception of gods and beliefs, and it has made Triss confused that she can't say a one, two, three.

Murphy saw Tracey's embarrassment, and he took the initiative to speak to Lord Pa Ying:

"Lord Raven's description is wonderful, and we happen to have a target that attracts a lot of vampires."

"Original sin!"

Lord Pa Ying said in a deep voice:

"Cleansing the vampires of their original sins and linking them to the purification of the Mother of Midnight forms the basis of the bloodline's beliefs, which we can also associate with the fight against the corruption of the subspace.

It's up to you to be the spearhead and symbol of this 'Great Atonement', Murphy, and you'll be able to use that weapon once it's forged! ”

"Of course."

Murphy stood up and said in a deep voice:

"Let us, then, from now on, advance for the atonement of our sins, and may the Mother of Midnight protect us until our sins are paid for."

"Is it really appropriate for you to say her name so openly?"

Femis said with some concern:

"Tracey and I are here, will you let it look here?"

"No, it won't."

Tracey shook her head and said:

"It's calm. It may not realize what we're doing, but maybe it's the right way to go. ”

(End of chapter)