Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 602 Faith
Shasha~!

The sound of pages turning was heard. In the secret room, Yamu looked at the diary in his hand and fell silent.

"I'm going out to have a cigarette."

Finally, he put the diary in his hand into the hand of the deceased, said in a deep voice, and left the secret room.

The person holding the deceased looked at the diary in his hand, without saying anything, he calmly opened it and began to read it quietly.

Time passed by little by little. After more than ten minutes, Yamu, whose expression had returned to normal, returned to the secret room. Looking at the Death Executor who had put the diary back on the table, and Xin Lailai who had finished the investigation at some point, he said:

"How is the result?"

"Just as written in the log, there is indeed a large-scale spell under the palace. If it is activated, it will probably cover the entire royal city."

Xin Lailai spoke, glanced at the skeleton on the seat, lowered his eyes slightly, and said:

"Put his body and the things here away. The academic sect has a special database that records the worlds or civilizations that have perished."

Compared to the notebook obtained from the eastern border, the amount of information recorded in this "Saidan Journal" is obviously much greater. It not only fully describes what measures the White Kingdom has taken to fight against filth in the past thousand years, but also completes all the content that is not mentioned in the world introduction and Orton's notebook.

Not only that, the research on the power of filth and the records of various plan results in the secret room are also extremely valuable data. There are also various magic, secret methods, miracles and prayers recorded here... It can be said that the crystallization of the wisdom of the White Kingdom for thousands of years is all stored in such a small secret room.

"Although we are late, at least... there is still a chance to let people know what happened here."

Xin Lailai spoke, looking at the bookshelf in front of him, and saw a very strange-looking painting placed in the corner of the bookshelf. At first glance, it looked like a black canvas sprinkled with fluorescent powder, but if you look closely, you will find that there are spheres painted on it.

At first glance, the whole picture gave people a sense of wild imagination, just like a child depicting the world in his dreams. At the edge of the frame, there was an inconspicuous little note with a short paragraph written in the language of the White Kingdom:

'What does the starry sky look like?'

"..."

Yamu and the holder of the dead followed Xin Lailai's gaze and looked at the painting on the bookshelf without saying a word, while the little white saint walked to the skeleton on the seat, stretched out her little hand, gently stroked the skeleton's head twice, closed her eyes, and made a prayer gesture, as if she was blessing it.

"I need some time to study and record the spells in the palace's underground. It will probably be over in an hour. I will leave Lily in your care."

Finally, Xin Lailai spoke and sat down cross-legged on the spot.

"Ah."

Yamu and the Death Bearer nodded slightly, each found a place to sit cross-legged, and did not disturb Xin Lailai and the Little White Saint who was taking out the filthy crystals for purification.

Although they have all read Sedaen's diary, there are some things that only Xinlailai, a wizard, can do, such as recording and disassembling spells, or deciphering some information recorded by magic or spells.

……

After one hour.

"All right."

Half an hour later, Xin Lailai opened his eyes and spoke. The mental fluctuations around him gradually subsided, and in the vast spiritual world in his mind, an incomparably huge magic formation was floating there quietly.

Since the Master of Magic was promoted to the Grand Master of Magic, the breadth of his spiritual world has been greatly improved. Therefore, even such a large-scale magic array can be easily recorded. Of course, the prerequisite is that he has enough knowledge to analyze it. Otherwise, it is easy to make mistakes such as copying '1' as 'I' and not being able to understand it.

"Brother Black Sword, can you now use the erasure technique mentioned in the log?"

Yamu asked, and Xinlailai shook his head slightly and said:

"That kind of technique requires the use of both soul power and faith power. I can't use it with my own strength."

Because of the existence of the White Saint and the White Holy Spirit, the system of the White Kingdom is such that even a great magician who studies magic will more or less learn a few miracles and prayers. It can be said that if they want, most of the great magicians in the White Kingdom can switch to become orthodox white priests to have fun. Therefore, although they don't say how much faith power they have accumulated in their souls, at least they will never lack the power of faith when they need it.

But for a wizard like him who came from a pure magic faction, it was a different matter. Although he had come into contact with the power of faith, that only occurred when the team skills of the Lailai Cult were triggered. As for normal times, let alone accumulating the power of faith, they had not even made many serious prayers.

Not only them, in fact, few of the official members of Lailai Religion have the habit of praying. After all, although Lailai Religion is called a religion, in essence it is more like a talent collection place specially created by the big boss. There are probably only two or three people who come in because of their belief in Lailai, and the others are all mavericks.

In other words, looking at the top and outsider echelons of the entire Sanctuary Paradise, in fact, only the top and outsider echelons from the Church of Justice can still maintain their extremely devout faith in the God of Justice after arriving in this area. As for the other contractors, it may be more appropriate to describe them as identification rather than belief.

This is not to satirize the top and outer-level contractors in Paradise as ungrateful wolves or something like that, but people who can reach this level basically have their own persistence and ideas, including Xin Lailai himself. He can agree with the ideas of a certain god, but to say that he has an extremely devout belief in it... I guess he himself doesn't even believe it.

At the same time, this is also the reason why it is easy for a belief system to produce top-tier contractors, but it is extremely difficult to produce super-top-tier and above strong people. After all, it is basically impossible for a true strong person to rely on "belief" in a certain thing to gain strength, and it is even more impossible for him to really put himself in a position of "a devout believer in a certain existence" and be inferior to others.

It is better to rely on oneself than on others. Only one's own strength is the root of everything. This is the psychological state of most people in Paradise. For these people, letting them follow a belief system that requires them to believe in others to gain strength may be more painful for them than killing them.

Of course, if the goal is to become a god, that is another matter. In that case, it is not a belief system, but a system of gods.

For example, the so-called "Way of Incense and Fire" within the Three Thousand Gods Religion is an extremely classic system of gods. It regards itself as a god, accepts the faith of others, and then distributes power to believers, ultimately gathering all the power in one body. Although the power of faith is also used in this process, it is completely different from those in the belief system who use the power of faith to pray and pray for miracles.

As for the specific strength, let's put it this way. If the top echelon is the upper limit of most belief systems, then for the divine system, the top echelon is the lower limit of most divine paths. -- The premise is that the path to becoming a god is correct enough, without any miscellaneous things, and it is to "ascend" to the position of god step by step through one's own efforts, rather than taking some shortcut to get there.

By the way, because the truly powerful often only have "identification" rather than "belief", among the top religions in the Sanctuary Paradise today, except for the Religion of Justice, the objects of faith of other religions are actually just the concepts or ideas corresponding to the religion.

For example, the concept of "Tao follows nature" followed by the Three Thousand Gods Religion is really just an idea. There is no such thing as a 'God who follows nature' in reality. Even if you really want to find one, the operating rules of the astral realm are probably the thing that best fits the definition of 'God who follows nature', and this thing cannot meet the expectations of any believers.

The same is true for the Mechanicus. Although everyone shouts "Long Live the Mechanicus", when the few gods who are responsible for managing the power of faith in the Mechanicus really speak, none of them dares to truly admit that they are the so-called "God of Machinery".

As for the Dark God Cult, let alone, if someone really dares to say that he wants to be the God of the Abyss, the bishop and the leader of the Dark God Cult will probably be the first to take action to clean up that person.

As the goddess of destiny of the Destiny Cult is still missing, among the ten major religions in the Sanctuary Paradise, the only one that actually has a corresponding deity in charge is the Justice Cult.

The God of Justice believed in by the Church of Justice is currently the only orthodox god in the Star Realm who relies on the power of faith rather than the rules of the Star Realm to reach the super-top level. Many people even speculate that he may become the first supreme god of faith in the history of the Star Realm, and imprint the "justice" he pursues into the underlying rules of the Star Realm.

"However, if we really want to use the erasure spell, there is a way. With my current level of magic power, if I study it, I may have a chance to use the power of faith in the nun to perform the erasure spell."

As Xin Lailai spoke, she looked at the Little White Saint who had completed the purification of the filthy crystals beside her, and behind her was a four-armed, six-eyed filthy giant squatting, and spoke.

It is obviously impossible for him to produce the power of faith on his own since he has neither a belief system nor a divine system. The power of faith, which is a mixture of multiple energies such as world power + soul power + life energy + magic power + mental power, is definitely not something he can analyze and rub out with his hands now.

Fortunately, there is a nun in their team who has a large reserve of faith power. Although controlling this extraordinary energy generated by others is several times more difficult than controlling the energy in one's own body, for a LV.20 mana master, this is not an impossible thing, especially when his mana master also provides a bonus to the efficiency of analyzing other extraordinary energies.

As for why we must pursue the use of the erasure technique, the reason is very simple, because this thing is extremely useful against filthy creatures.

At least judging from the contents of Saidan's log, the destruction of the evil spirits by the erasure technique is simply devastating. Even if it cannot change the evil spirits' instinct to eat, it can greatly reduce their subjective aggressiveness, which may play an unexpected role in their subsequent journey.

and……

In the secret room, Xin Lailai narrowed his eyes and glanced at the empty experimental table. A hint of deepness flashed across his dark pupils. At this moment, a cold reminder suddenly sounded:
[Tip: The effect of "Hunger Digestion" has ended. According to the result of this "Digestion", the Pioneer's "Thunder Resistance" has increased by 3 points]

The straight hair on Xin Lailai's head suddenly trembled, and then fell down weakly like wilted flowers, making Xin Lailai's hairstyle change from "Shamatte" to a slightly messy normal state. Seeing this, Xin Lailai's eyes moved slightly, revealing a look of satisfaction. At the same time, he took off the [Evil Bite] from his waist and said to the Death Holder and Yamu:

"I added 3 points of resistance to lightning. Does anyone want to try it?"

"We'll talk about it after we return."

"Ahem, we appreciate Brother Black Sword's kindness, but there's no need to rush into this matter, don't you think?"

Yamu said with a smile, and without hesitation, he and the executioner rejected Xin Lailai's "good intentions".

After all, the "side effects" of Xin Lailai's use of [Bite of Evil] were too obvious. Although they were not the kind of people who would give up strength for a moment of handsomeness, they were not interested in adding another photo to their black history.

"That's it."

Upon seeing this, Xin Lailai threw [Bite of Evil] back into the storage space with some regret, then simply used a magic chip to tidy up her hairstyle to make it look less messy, and led everyone towards the exit of the underground maze.

Da, da, da...!
Steady footsteps sounded from the dim corridor. As they continued to move forward, the stench in the air gradually became thicker. When the group returned to the surface, Xin Lailai simply glanced at the corpses of the evil spirits in the corridor and walked directly to the upper level of the palace.

In terms of the characteristics of the evil ghosts, their bodies are not actually dead. It's just that because they are located within the effective range of the isolation barrier, their immortal characteristics have been greatly suppressed, and they can only remain in the current state of death where they cannot be resurrected.

"arrive."

Finally, Xin Lailai stopped in front of a silver-white door that looked extremely majestic. He looked at the dark lines faintly appearing on it, spoke, and at the same time reached out and pressed on it.

Peng——! !

Almost at the moment Xin Lailai pressed his palm on the door, the dark lines on the door seemed to come alive and rushed towards Xin Lailai, but they all automatically melted away when they got close to Xin Lailai's palm, turning into wisps of black smoke and dissipating into the air.

"This is?"

"It's a counter-attack sealing technique based on the power of blood. It has a strong ability to block perception. If you touch it without any precautions, you will most likely be sealed to the point where you lose all five senses."

Xin Lailai answered casually, as if he didn't care at all that he had just touched it directly.

With his level of skill, he could naturally tell at a glance that the sealing spell on the door was just set up by a half-baked guy. Although the sealing effect was very powerful, the structure itself was full of flaws. If there was really a master of magic who could be fooled by this level of sealing spell, then he could just find a place to bury himself to avoid embarrassing the wizard.

"However, since it is this form of sealing technique, there is no need to guess the identity of the person sealed inside."

Xin Lailai spoke, exerting a little force with his palm, and the door in front of him suddenly opened to both sides with a bang as if it had suffered a heavy blow, revealing the scene inside:
Behind the gate, the first thing that caught the eye was a long white carpet symbolizing sacred status. On both sides of the carpet, silver-armored knights who had turned into bones were half-kneeling there. Judging from their movements and situations, it was obvious that they were destined to end their lives before the arrival of filth and corrosion.

At the end of the long carpet, a majestic white throne stood there. On the wall behind the throne, the emblem of the White Holy Spirit was located in the center. The emblems of the Magicians Association and the Royal Knights were located on both sides of the emblem of the White Holy Spirit, one on the left and one on the right, silently declaring the status of the faith of the White Holy Spirit and the White Saint in this country.

Following the emblem on the wall, they saw a slender figure wrapped in a black cloak half-kneeling there, as if paying respect to the bones on the throne. The strong filthy smell emanating from her body and the prompt that popped up at the edge of Xin Lailai's sight all reminded them of the identity of the figure in front of them:
The Fourth Guardian - "Shadow Guardian" Yela Sel

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(End of this chapter)