Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

"It's simple."

Grossel moved out the remarks he had prepared earlier in the morning, and said seriously:
"As long as you believe in other existences."

Sounds reasonable at first glance——

The Lord of the Silver City Faith killed the king of the giants, so the giants cannot let you go.

But if the City of Silver has a new belief, then the giants have no reason to stop you.

As simple as it sounds, it is also very simple to do.

But these words have completely different meanings in the ears of different people.

For ordinary believers, their belief in the gods is far from firm, and it is reasonable to change their beliefs in exchange for a chance of survival.

But for devout believers, they will think that this is an insult to their beliefs, and they will inevitably fight desperately.

And which type does the City of Silver belong to?

In the dark land abandoned by the gods, their beliefs have not changed after thousands of years. Such beliefs can definitely be called pious!

However, when the members of the exploration team heard the conditions of the giant, they did not show any extreme behavior, and even faintly hopeful looks reappeared in their eyes. If they can leave just by changing their beliefs, what can't be allowed?
Yes, the City of Silver does believe in the Lord, and it has not changed for thousands of years.But this is not because of how pious their beliefs are, it is simply because they have no choice!

In the dark land abandoned by the gods, the only god they know is the ancient sun god!
But for thousands of years, the Lord they believe in has never saved them!

If there is a new god who can save them, most people in the City of Silver will definitely change their beliefs without hesitation—such as Derrick, such as Lovia!

For Derrick, it was 'The Fool' who saved him when he was most desperate, and it was also 'The Fool' who brought him new hope, so he would only believe in Mr. 'The Fool'.

As for Lovia, the 'Ancient Sun God' couldn't save the City of Silver, so she chose the True Creator—she didn't know if the True Creator was really the incarnation of the 'Ancient Sun God', but at least the 'True Creator' would occasionally answer her prayers.

This point alone is already many times stronger than the 'Ancient Sun God'.

They are like this, and so are other people in the City of Silver, even the chief is no exception—if Colin's beliefs are really devout enough, how could he allow heretics like Derrick and Lovia to exist?
He acquiesced in Derrick and Lovia's belief in other existences, and also acquiesced in some of their outrageous behaviors, because Colin hoped that the existence behind them could save the City of Silver!

In the tense and expectant eyes of other members of the exploration team, Colin was silent for two seconds, and asked slowly:
"What kind of existence?"

The gray-blue-skinned giant stared at them with one vertical eye, and slowly said:

"'The Fool'."

Derrick almost didn't hold back. Although he had already guessed in his heart, when Grossel said the word 'The Fool' himself, Derrick still couldn't help being secretly startled—as expected of Mister Fool.

Colin Iliad calmly turned his gaze to Derrick, he knew 'The Fool'.

Because the ceremony for his promotion to Sequence 3 requires the blessing of a 'god'.

Of course, angels can also achieve the same effect.But there are no angels in the City of Silver, and the gods they believe in have never responded to their prayers.

Therefore, he can only seek help from other gods.

And the only ones in the City of Silver who have established contact with other gods are Derrick and Lovia.

Although he had doubts about the gods they both believed in, the "true creator" that Lovia believed in was obviously darker and more depraved, and it posed a considerable threat to the City of Silver.

As for the existence that Derrick believed in, even the path given to Derrick was the path of the 'singer' representing light.

Light and darkness are in front of us at the same time, as long as they are normal people, they will tend to choose light.

So is Colin.

He chose to pray to the "fool" in Derrick's mouth during the promotion ceremony, and even made a sacrifice for it.

But that 'fool' didn't do anything, he just simply gave blessings, and then disappeared.

If not, Colin would not have dared to let another elder of the Council of Six, Werther Hillmon, be promoted to Sequence 3 in the same way.

It is.

The moment he chose 'The Fool', he had already decided the belief in the City of Silver.

But now, the giant named 'Grossel' also believes in the 'Fool', and even told them without hesitation that only by believing in the 'Fool' can they leave the Land Abandoned by God.

This not only surprised Colin, but also felt that all this seemed reasonable.

After all, he had met Groselle in the Afternoon Town camp, and learned from his testing of Derrick and Lovia later that Derrick responded to the names of Groselle and Ember, which meant that he actually knew those two outsiders—even though he tried his best to hide it, Derrick was obviously not the kind of person who was good at acting.

Derrick was born in the City of Silver and grew up in the City of Silver. Even when he went out to explore, he was always watched by Colin himself. The only way for him to establish contact with outsiders was the 'The Fool'.

And the reason why they know each other is obviously because both of them believe in that 'The Fool'...

Many thoughts flashed through Colin Iliad's mind. He looked up at the gray-blue-skinned giant, and said solemnly:
"We are the believers of 'The Fool'."

Grossel was stunned for a moment, and scratched his head with his hands, this time he couldn't fix it all at once.

Shouldn't the script flow be that he tells Mister Fool's honorable name, and then you all recite it?
When Colin saw Grossel's expression, he knew that he had doubts, and immediately recited devoutly in the language of giants:
"The fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious ruler above the gray mist, the yellow and black king who is in charge of good luck..."

After reciting the honorable name of 'The Fool', Colin looked up at Grossel again and asked:
"Can we leave?"

"Ah? Is it okay?"

Grossel scratched his head, I won't make it!

Is there something wrong with this script? ——
"Is there something wrong with this script?"

Above the gray mist, Klein the Fool, who was at the head of the long bronze table, had a headache.

Grossel is his believer, so he specially asked Grossel to say a prayer when the City of Silver exploration team entered the Giant King's Court, and then used the corresponding crimson stars and the 'Scepter of the Sea God' to expand their field of vision to a certain distance around them to watch the 'live broadcast'.

The only problem is that this method of 'seeing' relying on prayer light points cannot last for too long.

This has nothing to do with his own spirituality, it is that this connection will fade by itself, and it can last for three quarters of an hour at most.

Of course, in Klein's vision, three quarters of an hour is actually quite enough.

After all, Klein doesn't intend to let Grossel and the City of Silver exploration team clash, he just needs to spread his honorable name.

In the original plan, it should be Grossel who made the request that 'only the fools with faith can leave', and then everyone in the City of Silver chose to compromise after a brief inner struggle, and then returned to the City of Silver to promote the belief of the 'fool'.

But he didn't expect that the Chief of the City of Silver didn't follow the routine, but directly admitted his belief in the 'Fool'.

This was completely beyond Klein's expectations, because the only thing he did to this chief was to provide him with a certain 'blessing' during the other party's promotion to Sequence 3 ceremony last week, that's all.

He never expected that the other party would believe in him so easily, let alone that he would admit his 'faith' so frankly in front of the residents of the City of Silver who had always believed in the 'Sun God'!
Klein could understand the urgency of the Chief of the City of Silver to leave the Land Abandoned by God, but his behavior still disrupted Klein's plan in fact.

And the reason why Klein did this was not because he deliberately made things difficult for the City of Silver, but because he had to do it——

He needs to use the miracle of the City of Silver to leave the Land Abandoned by God to become an angel of Sequence 2, in other words, he needs enough anchors!

In fact, no matter which extraordinary path, the higher the sequence, the more serious the tendency to be crazy and inhuman, which will gradually surpass its own humanity, and it must rely on the help of external anchors to maintain sufficient balance.

Normally speaking, in Sequence 4 and Sequence 3, this situation is not so obvious, but at the angel level, even if there are enough anchors to 'fix', it will fall into a dark, negative, and abnormal state from time to time, and must endure and fight alone, waiting for relief.

This is like a sacred and solemn existence, which usually seems to have no problems, can answer your prayers, chat with you normally, and even make a few jokes, but sometimes, it can only hide in a dark room, hide in the shadows, tear off the surface skin, reveal the dark side of prey, and show all kinds of signs of madness!
At Sequence 3, it can be regarded as a god in a certain sense. It can respond to prayers within a certain range, and it needs a certain anchor.But because it is not yet at the level of an angel, the anchor may not be a believer, and it can be replaced by other things, such as those distinctive imprints in life that have mystical significance.

And that's what Klein did. The reason why he has a good mental state until now, without a split personality, and without becoming uncontrollably cruel and terrifying, is because the imprint of the "ancient scholar" in history is his anchor.

Sequence 3 is fine, but it doesn't mean that angels of Sequence 2 can do the same.

The angels of Sequence 2 cannot be tricky, their 'anchor' must be enough believers.

This is also the reason why gods need to preach. A believer is the anchor of the gods, and a believer is an anchor. In this respect, there is no difference in essence between a nobleman and a poor man. No one is more noble and no one is lower.

In terms of numbers, there are tens of millions of believers in the Seven Great Orthodox Churches!
And even if you only look at the 'evil gods' believed by those secret organizations, there are at least tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of followers.

And in order to ensure that he will not lose control during the promotion to Sequence 2, Klein must have enough anchors before the promotion.

But it's impossible for him to spread preaching in the Northern Continent. Firstly, he doesn't have the ability, and secondly, he doesn't have the time.

The people of the Northern Continent know that they should not believe in evil gods casually, especially those evil gods who don't know how to come out of that horned Gada.If you want to openly develop believers in the North Continent, you will definitely spend a lot of time and energy-and this requires organized and premeditated dissemination of beliefs.

But Klein lacks the necessary conditions. He only has one person, so he cannot do large-scale missionary work.

Of course, he can also mobilize other members of the Tarot Society to help preach, but this is completely chasing the end.

Doing so may not have much effect, and it will inevitably expose the fact that Ms. Justice and the others believe in The Fool, which in turn will make it difficult for them to gain a foothold in the original church and faith.

of course.

Klein can also choose another path - that is to give up using believers as anchors, and instead use the 'First Fire' as the anchor.

That's what Grossel did, so even if he doesn't have a single follower, he can be promoted to a Sequence 2 Angel smoothly.

But this path is also not feasible.

Grossel can do this because his limit is Sequence 2, and Ember doesn't expect him to become a god.

So give him the greatest degree of convenience.

But Klein is different, he is destined to be on the throne of Sequence 0, a man destined to become a god!

And if one wants to become a god, one must have all the steps in the traditional sense.

Among them, using believers as the anchor is undoubtedly crucial.

The question now is, does Klein have enough anchor points?

"Is my current 'anchor' enough?"

Klein murmured in a low voice, feeling a little uncertain.

Theoretically, he actually has quite a few anchors—all members of the Tarot Club can be counted as his followers.Although the number is small, and most of them are not related to fanatics, they are at least moderately devout.

In addition, he has three main sources of believers.

The first part is those scattered ignorant youths.

This part of believers originated from the behavior of Aurora Society spreading the name of 'The Fool'.

The original intention of the Aurora Society was to use this to find followers of the 'Fool', but it backfired.

The spread of the name of 'The Fool' has caused many ignorant young people who pursue innovation to choose to pray to the 'Fool'.

Of course, Klein never answered their prayers, so these people can only be regarded as shallow believers, and it is hard to say how useful they will be.

The second part is the believers of the 'Sea God' Kavitua, which is also the part with the largest number.

These believers have always believed in the so-called 'Sea God', but 'Sea God' is now Klein's vest.

So these people can also be regarded as followers of Klein, and to a certain extent they can also be regarded as followers of The Fool.

And the third part comes from the family of Abraham.

Mr. 'Gate' personally came forward to mobilize the entire Abraham family to believe in 'The Fool', and its appeal is not weak.

Therefore, although the time is short, the members of the Abraham family are extremely "devout" in their belief in the 'Fool' - although there are still not many fanatics, there are quite a few devout believers among them.

There are at least tens of thousands of 'believers' in these three parts.

But Klein still felt a little unsafe, otherwise he wouldn't need to develop the City of Silver into his followers.

Therefore, when Colin made a request, Klein was a little tangled.