Chapter 18: Sowing Discord

All the people who had been talking to each other for the first time have fled. Only Koji, who caused all this, was not involved.

Rick watched the whole process dumbfounded.

One of the hostesses, whose clothes were torn, managed to break away from the warband and rushed to the back corridor.

Koji ran to Seren and whispered, "Follow her. 」

Then Seren grabbed Sealk with one hand and Nemo with the other, and chased after him with Koji.

After running for a while, Seren let go of his hand and stood side by side with Koji. Tsik overhears the conversation between Koji and Seli.

Serens asked Gusi, "...... Know her ...... Background ......"

Koji replied, "...... The location of the station will reveal a lot...... The look in that look was obvious, and the wound on the hand was ...... These people are so easy to guess......

The waitress they were chasing turned into a small door, and they waited outside for a while, and heard the waitress crying and complaining from inside, and asked the people inside to let her go to the master to "administer justice". Then Rick and Naimo had a very tacit understanding, and at the same time put a large slice of sleep spell into the door. They waited until all the people inside were gone, and then they walked in.

This is the backstage of the venue, and they are not bold enough to go directly to the stage, and take the path to the bottom of the stage.

The preaching hall was filled with golden curtains, orange lights, and sequins everywhere, which was dazzling. There were about 200 people crowded into the room, and Xi Ke could see that they were all dressed in expensive imported clothes, almost all of them had decorations such as medals and other decorations to show their noble status, and they kept exchanging business cards, which were crowded with small print, and there were too many titles to put down.

Rick found that since he came in, Naimo and Seren's expressions had become more and more solemn, and he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Naimo pointed to a group of women drinking wine from goblets in the corner, "Those are the wives of officials. 」

"The husbands are on the other side. Serian looked at the other side of the venue: "There are many artists, celebrities, politicians, and other people in the public industry, and they are really crowned. 」

"Except for those who live a down-to-earth life, everyone is here. Nemo said, "In order to counter the bad record that they have leaked out and to prevent their reputation from becoming as bad as they are, the cult will focus on propaganda warfare. One of the tricks is to woo public figures. Nothing surprising. 」

Brippeg is getting down to business. He was still sitting in his chair, so he couldn't make a sound, so he had to clench his throat and scream, "Dear beloved children of God, today by God's grace, we have gathered here to prevent the coming end of Shijie!"

Xi Ke was testing whether there were any drugs in the fruit wine provided at the scene, and he felt that this was the only way to explain the atmosphere of the scene in a reasonable way, when he suddenly heard the words "Shijie Doomsday" and almost spilled the wine on the ground.

"Yesterday, Shijie was supposed to split in half under a huge typhoon with a diameter of 100,000 light years, but because I prayed to God sincerely, God took pity on us and decided to postpone the destruction of Shijie so that I could save more hearts!"

Even if a tornado were to be converted into a typhoon, it would never happen!

The celebrities in the audience shouted, "Master, it's all over without you!"

First fabricate a disaster that will not happen, and if it doesn't happen, say that you prevented it. This is a very traditional deception.

Bripeg still uttered the lie on stage: "You are all sincerely repentant people, who have departed from the demonic faith of Etara, which has been deceiving you, and are moving towards a more civilized and beautiful haodeshijie!

"The Etheric Demon Mind is the source of this shijie's chaos! In the Etheric language, beasts are called 'animals', which is so cruel, they think that beasts are just moving things, ignoring that they also have life!"

Brieberg paused, letting his words ferment in the crowd. The people in the audience had a suddenly realized expression on their faces, and continued to self-enlighten.

But Rick was outraged, how could Brigg slander the Etheric language like this! The Ethero called beasts "animals" because there was also a word for "living things" in the Etheric language, which included all life such as beasts, plants, and bacteria. It is because the Etharos believed that it was not only beasts that had life, that they were called animals. But he twisted into the Etheros, who didn't think beasts were alive!

Moreover, the Eitaro word for "thing" does not mean an inanimate object. Everything in the world can be called a thing without distinction, and there is no distinction between life and non-life...... Be it human or non-human. Even people can be called "people".

The word itself has no positive or negative connotations, nor is it noble or inferior, it is completely neutral. It was after the Duozhou culture was passed over, in order to find an Eitharan translator with the negative meaning of "replaceable consumables" on their side, that they forced to add a negative impression to it.

"They also worship dragons, dragons are a symbol of evil, evil shili that has corrupted humans, and it's a shame that the Etheros love them!"

If Ampaert were here, he would have been mad to hear that.

"You are people of great wisdom, so you abandoned the cult leader Evansar and returned to the arms of God..."

Hearing this, Vic finally couldn't help but curse loudly, "Evangelsal has never practiced religion!

Everyone in the audience turned their heads to look at Xi Ke and glared at him, but Xi Ke was very angry and looked down on these people, so he didn't feel afraid.

"There's an Evansar follower in front of you, and you say it's not a cult?" Bripeg said lazily.

"I don't believe in Him, I respect Him, and I respect Him for His knowledge, wisdom, and courage, and it has nothing to do with whether God is holy or not!"

"Respect is faith!" Brippeger argued.

"Evangelsal never asked his disciples to take everything he did, he asked everyone to think for themselves about the true meaning of the ancient books, which is different from your religion!

"Your religion, if the same person believes in different religions at the same time, he is crazy. But the more the same person is proficient in different schools, he is a master. This is the fundamental difference between your religion and our school! Our school is a system of knowledge! He asks everyone to open their minds and see more different ideas!"

"You can tolerate a person believing in a different school of thought because you are not religious!" Bripeg did not refute what Rick said at all, but continued to believe that Evan Sal was a cult, and since it was a cult, all conditions were of course the result of unpiety.

"Impiety" is a super-convenient word for the stick to make excuses for everything.

Everyone in the audience echoed it, and the content was unbearable.

Xi Ke felt a chill rush upwards. He found that the believers were not listening to him at all. He had long recognized that it was normal for no one to listen to what was said, so he wouldn't be surprised by it.

The problem is that they take everything Brigg says.

weishenme can only hear crooked reasoning so accurately?

Bripeg went on to preach to the audience, "You see, that is a soul that will not be saved! Only you will be saved, and you will be the next ruler of Shijie under God's guidance. Anyone who doubts God will be destroyed at the end of Shijie, and if you listen to His heresy, you will bear the wrath of God with Him!"

I see. Nick understood.

Bripeg said what these people wanted to hear. It's true that they don't listen to others, so they don't actually listen to Bripegg, they listen to themselves through Bripegg's mouth.

Listen to yourself and say that you are special, that you are great, that you are noble.

These believers need Brippel to lie to them so much that they need to do whatever it takes.

Rick lost. There's no way he's going to change these people.

"You've all been lied to, this person just wants your money!" Xike Zuihou's struggle is to say this most basic truth.

And the situation turned out as he expected, and no one believed it.

The believers smiled brightly and said, "He taught us to have love and mercy and to be tolerant, how can a person who advocates such a thing be a bad person?" "Ever since I met Him, I have been in the highest happiness!" "It is the common defect that defiles humanity that makes you attack the Messiah in this way." "Another false accusation, attention, you have violated the criminal law!

They uttered these words with great joy and fluency, as if they had practiced so many times in their minds, and now they had finally found someone to target them to actually speak.

Rick suddenly understood, Brippeg had known that there would be people like Nick, and first gave the believers a "preventive shot", so that they were preconceived and hostile to everything that was not said by Bripegg.

Namo walked over and patted Rick on the shoulder and shook his head. Serian also walked over and crossed his chest with his hands, helpless.

The religion led by Bripeg is undoubtedly a "cult." Whatever he says, no matter how bright it sounds, no matter how similar it is to the teachings of a decent religion, no matter how affectionate he is, no matter how much praise he says, the purpose is only to control the believer and make the believer listen only to what he says. When necessary, he can always change his statement according to people's doubts, so that he can perfectly "pretend to be a good person".

To Rick, this could not be more obvious, but no one else could see it. He couldn't convince those people either, because Rick couldn't understand how they couldn't see such an obvious thing!

Bripeg pulled out a disc, a five-fold magnified version of the wooden disc artifact, but the fake magic symbols on it were more intricate, like a circle of magic that appeared in a fictional mage story, so dense that it was difficult to read.

Xi Ke was alert to the fact that it was the original artifact that had attacked them earlier. Xi Ke closed his eyes and saw that each of the believers had gray monsters lying on their stomachs, using their blind faith to add liliang to the magic weapon, and then that liliang would allow the gray monster to damage the object it was attached to.

The "Thousand Blessings Method" relies on the belief of people, and it is extremely easy to gather so many people here who voluntarily give up their judgment.

Bripeg began to tell fortunes to the faithful, pretending to use Tatar solitaire, but in fact, he said that the disasters that befell each of them were God's tests of their faith, and that they would spend money to eliminate them, and so on. When a believer was unwell, Brippeg also told him that this was a test of God's faith, and that he should not see a doctor, especially not a doctor, otherwise he would lose the right to go to the next good shijie, and as long as he was devout, he would be fine. Every time he finishes counting someone, there will be one more youkai on that person.

Bripeg said to one of the believers, "You have a problem with your eyes, it won't be long before you have a seizure!" and the gray monster on the believer's head stabbed its claws into the believer's eyes. He didn't feel it yet, and in a few days Shili would have a problem to confirm Bripeg's "prophecy", and he didn't know if the damage could be repaired.

Pretending to be a fortune-teller, Brigg held up the disc and said in a loud voice, "Noble saints, this is a god-given artifact that I can use to save Shijie! It can open up the world, control life and death, and resurrect people! It can sweep away the cultists in an instant!"

The audience was all convinced by his words, and Xike saw that the magic Liliang was channeled through the minds of these believers to concentrate on the disc and form a curse spell. If this continues, the magic weapon liliang will get bigger and bigger.

At this time, Koji raised his hand and spoke, "Master, I have a problem!"

Brippegg, with a look of compassion, said, "Say, child. I'm always ready to answer your questions. 」

"What is to be done about the traitors in us?"

The people at the scene talked a lot.

"God knows who a traitor is, and God will punish him. Brippeg said.

"Didn't God want us to punish the traitor? That man had stolen the wealth of God's glory! I already know who did it, and I have proof!" said Koos.

On the spot, two men grabbed a man in the left rear of the venue and shouted, "It's you, I must expose you today!"

Koji continued, "Of course you agree, Master, how can the wealth of the gods be used for personal gain? The woman said that she was going to see her sister, but in fact it was the red apricot who came out of the wall!"

At the front of the room, a woman screamed, "I didn't!" and the man next to her, who was supposed to be her husband, glared at her fiercely.

"God will not allow lewd behavior! And he secretly worships other gods at home!"

The woman to the left of Rick cried, "My parents forced me to worship!" and the person next to her roared, "You did this!"

The atmosphere became more and more excited, and every time Koji said a crime, someone would be accused by the people around him. He talked more and more, until he even spoke of those who accused others. So those people are even tougher to blame the person who is being spoken first, in order to divert the attention of others.

Seeing that the hall was about to turn into a battlefield like the hall, and when people began to exchange slaps and fists, Bripeg finally reacted and yelled at Guji, "Stop! God will forgive you, and God will tolerate all sins as long as you sincerely repent......

Koji smiled and said loudly, "Master, where is the god?"

"God is watching all of this from heaven, and He is watching every man's works. 」

"How do you know God will forgive all this?"

"My word is the will of which he himself told me!"

Koji smiled again, "All of you who are fighting for God, the master says that you are wrong, and that their actions should be forgiven. Even if they are lascivious, stealing money, or even not believing in God, they are just as worthy of mercy to God as you are, and God will bless them. 」

Xi Ke didn't know what kind of magic Gu Si was using, and as soon as his words came out, the liliang flowing to the magic weapon instantly decreased.

"You or maggots, all are the same to God. Koji laughed.

Shouts began to be made for Bripeg to explain how to punish the traitors. If he is asked to retract what he just said, sin is sin and cannot be forgiven.

"I'm the one who really believes in God, these people are pretending!" "I've always obeyed God's teachings, and I'm different from Him!" the men scrambled and roared.

Bripeg became confused and said to the crowd, "That doesn't matter!"

Bripegger's reply caused more mana to flow out of the artifact than it flowed in. The magic weapon is getting weaker!

"If you don't punish those who don't believe in God, aren't these people cultists?

Finally, after a flash of white light that only the mage could see, the connection between the artifact and the believer was broken. The gray-skinned monster whimpered and vanished.

Koji crossed his chest with both hands and supported his body with one foot. At this time, a tall man jumped from the crowd to the podium in full view of everyone, took out handcuffs, handcuffed them to Bripegg's wrists, and took out the badge of the First Intelligence Department of the Mage in his wallet with the other hand: "I am an agent of the First Intelligence Department of the Mage...... You are violating Article 19, Paragraph 8 of the Law on Magic, claiming to be curative of unapproved therapies by claiming to be effective, and making instruments without a license is in violation of Article 3 of the Law on Magic, as well as the Magical Injury Item under the Criminal Code of Injury. Please come with me. This is the arrest warrant. 」

Bripegg, who had just been unbeatable and distorted other people's culture as a pope, was like a deflated ball in an instant. It looked like I was stuffed in a chair and didn't want to get up, but now it looks like I'm limp and can't stand up, and my head is about to sink into my neck.

Xi Ke was stunned, and so did the people in the audience, and at this time, the sound of a police car came from outside the house. Not long after, a large number of police officers poured in from the gate and surrounded the venue. The celebrities, who were originally excited and full of confidence, let out screams that were not like people one by one. It wasn't even the sound of a beast, but like a hollow container falling to the ground, making a soulless sound.

Brippeg struggled to get up from his seat, and his back, taken away by the police, looked a lot like a boneless creature like a leech.