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Chapter 368: Ordinary Mortal’s World
Translator: iion would loath heretics far more than any other enemy Traditionalists would feel that the heretics’ explanations of doctrine and new inventions would cause the religion to lose its "purity and tradition,&8221; needlessly confusing loyal believers
An analogy would be thedisease back on Earth—cancer Ordinary cells would es within one’s body spread to a certain degree, it would be impossible for that person to remain alive For the ones who battled and defeated cancer, it would put great strain upon their body
In this world of True Gods, heretics were those with different understandings and explanations of the True Gods’ teachings This could cause changes in a Divine Concept or people’s belief
Soes were permitted by the True Gods Soes while seeking to better understand or develop their Divine Concepts But that would still cause internal strife, whether large or ses would trod upon a True God’s taboo The True God would be furious to the point they directly send down divine punishment
Back in Sulfur Mountain City, a certain villainous individual (fine, I mean myself) performed an experi hiht I had this dehts nor the Holy Light
Although this deht he had suh to make even the ht into the trash
"Holy Light is supposed to be a gift froht’s ht? He’s either an idiot, or he’s blind Maybe other Gods are the same as well…&8221;
Gods were supposed to never make mistakes If they made mistakes, they had no foundational differences from mortals, but Gods were supposed to be venerated, far above the ordinary mortal Mortals were supposed to try their best to coes delivered in intentionally obscure fashions That was because if ot too close to the Gods and could see them for what they really were, they would naturally lose their fear and respect So-called "pure&8221; belief in the Gods wouldn’t exist any pure belief or faith like I did in a single Concept Their faith forever revolved around a particular God Even though they themselves were mortals ould definitely make mistakes, they perceived the Gods as forever correct and all-knowing Only then would the Gods be worthy of theive everything about themselves to existences they can’t even see clearly On the other side are powerful existences who pretend to play at divinity Which side is the hable one?&8221;
That was enuine
Only very few individuals at the apex of poould have information about the True Gods Ordinary mortals would only knohat their local priests told them
"True Gods are wise and majestic They reside in the skies up above and watch theus…&8221;
The incident of "The Humiliation of Soros&8221; which had happened in the Northlands was proof that there was no foundational difference between Order and Chaos But this supposed difference between Order and Chaos was the iin with Just this alone had been ht believers, including the now Fallen Angel Aivla If everybody knew that "True Gods could be easily fooled, and they hbor,&8221; everyone’s faith would be shaken frouess that revealing this information to everyone would lead to a world-scale destructive result In the worst scenario, it n of how often the Gods would die off
The only reason I never exposed this information to the world was because I was uncertain to just how bad the fallout would be if everyone lost their faith If e amounts of Order Gods would die in droves, and the Holy War would be instantly lost
But when ht sunk into a faith crisis, I considered the topic a while before giving her the information in the hope she would overcome her overreliance on the Gods and create her own path And together with the infor of Law and the secrets of the True Gods
There’s a fa like this: "I only told one person but suddenly the whole world knew&8221; Cough, I should change that phrase to "If you tell a secret to soer a secret&8221;
In this world, knowledge represented actual power But this wasn’t lihts, who relied on their faith and devotion as power, knowinge than she could handle, Diana sunk into a more severe faith crisis She was utterly lost about her past life and future path Her Soul Iend rank
But the most important part hat I had casually said to her
"Maybe I’m the most devout believer of all At least, I’ve never expected the Gods to do anything for me I don’t even believe in the True Gods the to use Law to improve the world we live in&8221;
These words echoed in Diana’s head every night, like the ringing of a loud bell After she shared this knowledge with her "younger sister&8221; Victoria to receive assistance in understanding this knowledge, Diana reconsidered her past way of life and came to a conclusion Finally, she came to a decision
"…My disappointment in Dark Elf society where even close family members would kill each other ht to obtain salvation I hoped the Holy Light would be able to save me and my species, so we could walk out in the open under the sun
"…When I discovered that Holy Light was only capable of ‘cleansing,’ which would destroy le species to live together in peace at Sulfur Mountain City So I abandoned the path of the Holy Light and desired that this newly born power of Order known as Law could bring us out under the sunlight
"…When round as well as to search for a way to ht Goddess’s teachings Yet even though I succeeded in bringing ht, I was even more confused inside&8221;
Diana’s silver holy sword flickered with changing powers of Order The shattering of her Soul Imprint allowed her to break free from past restrictions Her pure and simple mind and heart allowed to reach a state of synchronization with these powers of Order
From a certain standpoint, this "subordinate,&8221; who always stood by the side, observing, wasabout the truth of the world
The fact that Diana became a hero spoken in epics as well as the leader of the entire Dark Elf species in the game’s history was evidence that she was an extraordinary individual